Muskogee Daily Phoenix and Times-Democrat from Muskogee, Oklahoma • 6

uikogee £tailg Jhornix TUESDAY MORNING AUGUST 16 1931 AGE SISI Ed vs De Albert cham Loomis vs Pure Al SCHMELING AND WALKER PIRATES ARE BEATEN HAVE AGREED TO IGHT BY HUSTLING DODGERS WINNER MEETS SHARKEY HEINE MEINE IS CHASED Madison bowl September 19 two in to this coun the for re mis GAMES TODAY 3 3 2 5 3 3 2 3 58 58 500 3 0 43 IT 27 11 Totals 39 11 27 11 28 84 250 RESULTS YESTERDAY 5 7 Queen Helen's i WHY BLUE? i LEADING HITTERS phane wrapped the Gillette BLUE SUPER BLADE is easy to iden tify on the counter and line in your razor when you shave and here tlie put Chagnon fin the Dodgers 67 46 593iChicagO 61 51 545Bo3ton Harper alone of failed to brush in two sets The extended to dls 2 2 14 0 0 13 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 team making the road trip In some new talent secured from teams playing in the sandlot meet on composed scheduled here next and Eu WELU WELL! hla th Taylor Stripp Wilson 3b If out six hits Taylor made Okmulgee quarter Chipman Chicago Pittsburgh Brooklyn Philadelphia today Chi team battle June would 51 60 45!) 51 67 432 are Rill It one fell 6 0 de TWO PITCHERS RELEASED BY SPRINGIELD CHAMPS STANDINGS TODAY mound to give Har 58 52 527 52 60 464 Kansas City the last year is not en Several Exciting Tussles Carded or Program Coving ton Springs Upset de 6 2 GRIMM ORMALLY SIGNED BY CHICAGO BALL CLUB last the ma fell DIDRICKSON'TO COMPETE IN CHICAGO TRACK MEET CLASSY PLAYERS ENTERED IN GOL TOURNEY overwhelming title she has years was entries are: Keefe Rogers Oklahoma Bryan Tulsa Okla s'evada Mo Maurice given a nice battle McAlester youngster led 3 1 the first set in danger and made needed them Three Muskogee Boys Are Into Semi inals Of Boxing ournament Pct609533439435 dubbed Man the name of know meant as a USELESS i lUErfiMkW PWIUES OUNDED OUT L7S3 8J6E A1TS IMOAE SEASON' tow) £11 AlkE MIMlb UDn IS SMDTo AAfeBEEl So PROICIENT AT IE GAME JOtwLED the ball on the sljcK and nine MILES TUUHOOl ONCE tU INCT IHb TlUi 'I ALL IO IHfcfcrKOONU Schmeling formal 1 wo 1 with Joe act ing lo 2b Wright es Slide as Clancy lb Lopez Sukef firth Shaute Sharkev for the COURSE if it had been agreed that 'players were to be allowed Eufauha has no right or rea son to abrogate that agreement But was such an' agreement made? rank ly I know I attended a couple of meetings of team managers but had to leave before any important business was transacted I heard a number of vague suggestions personal opinions and gossip but I re call a single definite decision that was made SPRINGIELD Mo Aug John Baker left hand pitcher who came here from the Monroe club of the defunct Cotton States league was4 released outright today by the Springfield Western association club He had won one in five games here John Kerdock left hand pitcher who recently was placed on the voluntarily retired list by the Springfield club was released unconditionally today also! Kerdock here last season been batting practice pitcher for the St Louis Cardinals in recent weeks TENNIS MEET THROUGH IRST ROUND too bad that a disagreement has come up to mar the championship series between Eufaula and Musko gee Pure OH which will begin here next Sunday to decide the sandlot baseball championship of eastern Ok lahoma I am certain however that everything will be ironed out before the playoff begins and that the teams i will enter the series as friendly com petitors Klein Ruth Averill Indians 27 Simmons Athletics 26 Gehrig Yankees 26 Ott Giants 26 Robers Hornsby was certainly a good manager anyone is who can borrow 6000 bucks without putting up any security Until I talked to Manager Hall last night I had a definite opin ion that Eufaula should concede the Pocos the right to use Pruett star young pitcher but now I'm in clined to string along with the Eu faulans The Eufaula club has ac cumulated a number of debts and the only means of getting "out of the is to win the tournament champion ship which should carry with it a juicy cash prize Under these condi tions Eufaula is hardly in a position to get big hearted fcand make conces sions that might imperil their chances of repeating as champions Meine Harris 1 Chagnon Bud Clancey scrappy first baseman recently acquired by Brooklyn was apparently just the tonic the Dodgers needed his fire and spirit has helped the club immeasurably Home Run Leaders Athletics 43 Phillies 35? Yankees 33 were head over in work so his death was some neglected but he was a fine fellow a game youngster who everything he had to the fistic originally iami of AMERICAN LEAGUE St Louis at Boston Chicago at Washington Detroit at New York Cleveland at Philadelphia Brooklyn Bombers Uncork Sizzling Attack to Turn Back Pitts burgh 11 to 6 NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Pittsburgh Philadelphia at St Louis Boston at Chicago New York at Cincinnati As has been mentioned too bad the disagreement has occurred too bad that sufficient foresight was shown before the tournament to have obviated such wrangles But the managers of both teams are good sports and confident that things will work out all right a hurling between King or be well miles to which reduced the fur 32 an the many i the initial round Teachers college flash at should prove one of the spots Both have met often competition with Kisner SPORT' GOSSIP: Tiny Kittrell for mer Muskogee infielder is tfce leading hitter of the Tulsa city league he Is clouting the pill at' a 397 gait which is pretty pert in any league Singles Third Round Albert' Rollins Okmulgee vs George rederickson Oklahoma City James Scissions Okmulgee vs Al bert Upshur Oklahoma City Jprryc Sass Muskogee vs Winner Maurice Plunkett Jack Kisner Junior Singles Quarter inals Albert Upshur "Oklahoma City (vs Victor Grant Tahlequah Terrell Covington Muskogee vs Richard rank Oklahoma City Second Round Harrison Humphries Muskogee vs Ed Linsdey Oklahoma City Bartlesville fans have ager' Marr with "Little whether or not it compliment Marr was also crown ed in but not queen of the May to the throne HORSE INISHES SECOND BUT PAYS LARGE ODDS ELY TURNS PRO CHICAGO Aug The racro Bears professional football announced today that they had signed Harold Ely 270 pound Iowa tackle for next season "Why you say something nice about Rube Johnson when he died re Tl I was asked yesterday The popular and courageous ort Smith lad died during the sandlot tourney when we 5 heels what little gave sport and deserves all of the praises i' and more that he has received DETROIT Aug 15 (P) Johnny went to sleep quite sud denly when struck on the head by hatted baseball and woke up in a celving hospital a celebrity Physicians had discovered that heart is on the right instead of left side and pronounced him statist tlcally 'speaking one person' in 100000 Johnny is normal except tor his placed heart 18 21 23 26 Will Tangle in 15 Round Battle in Madison Square Garden Areda September 19 formers holder of the title and Mickey have a meet in bout a NEW YORK Aug After a delay of six months during which Jack Sharkey won the heavyweight boxing championship Max Schmeling DALLAS Aug 15 (IP) Mildred Babe Didrikson star of the Olympia games agreed today after persuasion to appear in an Olympic and field meet Thursday night at oldiers field Chi cago She will gip an exhibition only The meet is sponsored jointly by the Amateur Athletic union and the Chicago Daily News Miss Didrikson previously had de clined an invitation to participate She changed her mind after receiving an urgent telegraphic appeal from Lyman Bingham assistant to the president of the A and after Bingham had two long distance tele phone conversations with her coach Bingham telegraphed the coach Col McCombs that the ticket department said "hun dreds will demand ticket refund if Didrikson Soesnot appear They say Babe the only attraction for them Must have her by all means She may choose her event or appear in exhibition Walter Johnson Pounded for ive Runs as Present Team Wins Game 6 to 2 Special Bargain Counters STAR PRINTERY 3rd and Wall Sts Phone 1078 OKLAHOMA CITY Aug young pitchers Kester of Greenfield and George Marietta were the stars victories in the Special to The Phoenix TAHLEQUAH Aug Legion" team will 'invade Westville Tuesday afternoon in the first game of a five day trip on the road Westville is the only Oklahoma team the Legionnaires will the tour the balance being of Arkansas teams The locals will play In Tuesday journeying for the nn through Sharkey and eventually lost his title Walker who the scales dnly a few pounds over 170 earned the right to meet Schmeling months ago when he fought Sharkey to a draw at Eb bets field Since then he has met the best of the heavies losing to Johnny Risko the Cleveland baker boy his last time out KANSAS CITY Aug three of last contestants in the field of 14 the 36 hole qualifying round of the national aqaateur tournament for this section' will be held tomorrow over the Indian Hills course Paul Jackson and Carey Ballew Jr Kansas City and Broaddus Bartlesville Okla again will seek to be among the four who will represent tfris area at the national tournament at Baltimore opening September 12 rank English fourth qualifier tered this year The other 11 Carter and City Gilbert Carter Smith Kendall Mayor rank Ayl ward Dan Dunlap Andrew Sid Titdnr and Ed McMahon Kansas City ahlequah Ball Club Will Make Road Trip ive Games Scheduled OREST HITKS Aug Stripped of much of its accustomed glamour by the absence of the cham pion Mrs Helen Wills Moody and leading stars the national tennis championship moved through the opening round today with no upsets and very little excitement The big 'bowl at the Westside Ten nis club was thinly populated for the first 20 matches 1 field of contenders sceptre to an even Helen Jacobs favorite to attain sought for these accorded a bye in She devoted part of the afternoon to backgammon fully secure in the knowledge she is the best women's tennis player in this country for the time being Mrs Lawrence A the seeded players aside her first rival lefthanded star was pose of Eleanor Goss New York by scores of 6 2 5 7 6 3 Miss Goss was runner up for the national crown back in 1918 sible for this contingency being overlooked the blame rests else where MATCHES TODAY 9 Mattle loyd vs Armel Jones 9 Grace Marie ox vs or rest Dutton 10 Terrell Covington vs Richard i rank 10 Harrison Humphries vs Landsey Ray McSpadden vs Wai Howard o'clock Maurice Plunkett vs Jack SAVE MO NEY The question of players should have been definitely settled before the tournament was started According to reports it was that the two teams going into the championship series were to decide on the question of but that no provision was made for a settlement in case a satisfactory de cision could not be reached Neith JASPER lAte Rockies Co Richards Bulla of of their Irla krtmo state baseball tournament here today as first round games were completed Richards missed a no hlt no run game by a narrow margin McAles ter scoring three runs in the ninth Greenfield winning 7 to 3 Bulla shut out Hulen Marietta win ntng 3 to 0 A Oklahoma City won from Stroud 8 game ended by a shower in Jake Schaefer 182 balk billiard champion has outlined most active campaign of his career for the 1932 1933 season He may extend activities to Europe playing Edouard Horemans of Belgium and Roger Conti and elix Grange of rance: Pruett known that Pruett dazzling young left hander who hurled for Bald Hill in the preliminary games of the sand lot tournament Around Pruett the battle is raging but he will not see action unless the Eufaulans have a change of heart Champs Bank on Pitchers know and I know and every one connected with the tournament knows that our only chance to beat Pure Oil in the playoff is because we have a better pitching Hall Eufaula manager told the Phoe nix by telephone last night "So un der these circumstances it fair to ask us to allow them to hire a pitcher who would make them almost sure of winning the he added Eufaula is banking on June King and Johnny Budzinsky sparkling young righthanders to pitch that city to its second title in a row The cham pions have a hard hitting well bal anced club' but the Oilers have more seasoned players and apparently a tighter defense and also have con siderable power AV Kruse business manager of the Pure Oil team and Oscar Suhre tournament manager conferred 'with Eufaula officials at length yesterday and when they returned to Muskogee it was announced that a meeting of the executive committee would be called today The committee is com posed of John Brown Jim Reasonover and Poole all of Muskogere The decision of the committee on the question of players can mean but little however unless Man ager Hall changes his mind "We ab solutely will permit no and if there is a championship series it will be between the Eufaula and Pure Oil teams with no outside help for Manager Hall stated positive ly and without equivocation Prior to the tournament team man agers voted to allow the finalist teams to decide whether or not players would be it was said There was no provision made how ever in case the rival clubs failed agree on the matter Special to The Phoenix ORT SILL Aug 15 Three flashy Muskogee boxers have fought their way into the semi final matches of the national guard tournament will be out to add to their laurels Tuesday night i The scrappy Muskogee lads Howard Renfro 135 pounds: Wooster 145 pounds and Paul Bur ney 125 pounds Burney is slated to meet Benny Breen sensational little battler from the Duncan Athletic club in the semi finals and will probably have the most torrid competition of any of the Muskogeeans Burney is a stu dent at the Bacone Indian college All three of the Muskogee fighters have won two matches in decisive fashion and have excellent prospects of copping championships HIT ON HEAD BY BALL BOY AWAKES CELEBRITY It would certainly be entertaining see Pruett hang up with one of Eufaula 8 pitching aces in duel A mound Pruett and either Johnny Budzinsky worth driving miles and witness But it might be costly for Eufaula The championship purse will be at stake 80 a case of man for himself and the devil take the hind most Pocos Want to Use Pruett Star Southpaw Champs Say Nothing Doing Westville to ayetteville game and will meet Ropers Arkansas team at Rogers Thursday riday and Saturday team will nlav a two game sei des with the Siloam Springs organization Returning from the five day7 trip the Legionnaires will meet Pryor on the local lot Sunday afternoon A fourth game is being discussed with the Pure Oil team to be played here Monday evening Nq definite arrangements have been made for this game however Pure Oil Sunday handed the Tahlequah team their third defeat but local managers still enter tain the idea they can defeat the Pocos The eludes other tournament in addition to the regular lineup Eddie Beavers "will handle backstop position Clark a new mem ber will hold down second sack Ham ilton will play shortstop and Swank has been added to the pitching staff WESTERN ASSOCIATION Muskogee at Springfield i Hutchinson at Bartlesville lhe Tulsa and Shawnee game was laueu out game ended oy a Strouds half of the ninth Tlea TL mt John Colored a beautiful blue and contained in a blue package Cello TENNIS RESULTS Singles Second Round Albert Rollins Okmulgee defeated Ralph Hopkins Okmulgee 6 6 1 1 George rederickson Oklahoma City defeated Clarence Rimovsky Musko gee 6 1 6 1 Jerry Sass Muskogee defeated Leon WhIib McAlester James Sessions Ernest Chipman Albert Upshur feated Lee Hines irst irst Round Harrison Humphries Muskogee de feated John Naron Checotah 6 3 6 3 Albert Rollins Okmulgee defeated Tom McSpadden Tahlequah 6 2 8 6 PAIRINGS American Association Kansas City 11 Toledo 7 Texas League San Antonio 4 Longview 3 Southern Association Birmingham 7 3 Chattanooga (second game called end 5th dark) Little Rock Knoxville rain The today as the Washington team bowed to the Nationals of 1932 in a baseball festival held as part of the George Washington bicentennial The score was 6 to 2 and the old master Walter Johnson yielded five of these runs in his three innings on the mound Harris now manager of Detroit let in the first run wheft he dropped a fly Inability of the veterans Johnson and Judge to negotiate a play at first led to a four run rally in the third But the champions of old had the roaring support of a crowd of more than 12000 The Nationals showered Al Schact comedian coach with to matoes and cabbages as he went to the third base line in the first inning for the champions In the seventh the team 'of today galloped enmasse to the flagpole and hauled down world championship banner The it up again in the next inning Marberry relieved Johnson after third inning McAfee went the whole route the 1932 team Manush was its cham pion at bat driving out a double and three singles in his four times up PITTSBURGH Aug The Brooklyn Dodgers continuing their headlong dash toward the top of the National league advanced witn a half game of second place and one and one half games of the pace set ting Cubs as they humbled the Pitts burgh Pirates 11 to 6 in the only game played in the major leaguesay In accounting for their 20th victory in their last 25 games and handing the second place Pirates their 14th defeat in 15 games the Dodgers scor ed all of their runs in the first two innings Nine of the runs crossed the plate in the first frame and the second Heinie Meine started on the for the Pirates but was forced way to Bill Harris in the first ns in turn was sent to the showers in the second inning 1 ished the game holding scoreless The Dodgers pounded in their big first inning two of them a triple and a single Errors by the youthful Pittsburgh keystone combination Piet and Vaughan also helped the Dodgers The Pirates were unable to make any headway against Joe Shaul southpaw slants until the fourth Gus Suhr came through with a homer to score two runs Another run eras ed the plate in the eighth and three more in a desperate but futile ninth inning rally Box score: BROOKLYN ABHPOA OIL Waner cf 3V aughan viA ivanerrr OlBarbee If 4Traynor 3b 2(Suhr lb 2jPiet 2b OiOracft OtPadden PITTSBURGH AB PO A 2 0 2 60 50'545Boston 60 32 536 St Louis 61 55 S26lNew York 59 57 Cinrinn i AMERICAN LEAGUE WLPct New York z77 35 688iDetroit Philadelphia 69 46 600St Louis vieveiana Washington OKMULGEE LAD GLITTERS IN TENNIS TOURNEY I 1 ks li A Albert Rollins Wins our Matches In Sensational Day Performance State 2 high in college usually emerging victor Covington Springs Upset The classy Oklahoma City pair of iuniors Richard rank and Ed Lind sey go into action this morning at 10 clock rank meeting" Terrell Cov ington and Lindsey tackling Harrison Humphries Muskogee champion Humphries defeated John Naron of Checotah in his first match 6 3 6 3 while Covington defeated Bruce Bar ling of Muskogee 1 6 7 5 7 5 Probably the most surprising result vet recorded came when John Coving ton junior champion in the recent duh tournament defeated Raymond Clement singles dub champion in a junior match 6 3 3 6 6 4 Dick Kisner of Tahlequah defeated Phillip Bohart a fellow townsman in a junior match 6 2 6 4 while Victor Grant of Tahlequah won over Bob Algeo also of Tahlequah 6 1 7 5 Rimovsky Is Beaten Clarence Rimovsky Muskogee's 'No 2 player went out of the picture at the hands of George rederickson of Oklahoma City 6 1 6 1 Rimovsky reached the second round 'yesterday morning by defeating Harry Loomis of Muskogee 6 2 6 3 While he w'aSjgiven an even chance to advance Albert Upshur was not expected to defeat Hines of Ok mulgee in so decisive fashion The Southwestern college star fell before the capital youth 6 2 6 4 James Sessions another collegian advanced to the finals by taking out Ernest also of Okmulgee 6 2 6 0 Jerry Sass Muskogee favorite was by Leon Willis but while Willis Sass was never points he promoter announced principals had come to terms and sign contracts Thursday Jacobs manager for the German heavyweight Schmel ing is scheduled to sail for try August 21 7 Schmeling and Walker were scheduled to meet at winter in another but the match failed to When the match Schmeling signed to fight Old Time Sens Defeated Badly By 1932 Outfit WASHINGTON Aug toll of the years counted 1924 woyld champion The first battle between the Eu faula and Pure Oil baseball taams which are contenders for the sand lot baseball supremacy of eastern Ok lahoma was stag ed yesterday and wras entirely ver bal Pure Oil wants permission to use one play er in the pionship hich is to begin Sunday faula has no desire for a and is adamant against allowing the Pocos the privilege It is generally Oil wants to use 2 Kisner 3 Anthls and uge Groot and Howard 3 Dick Kisner vs Rollins 4:30 Withers and vs Parrish and Plunkett 5 Harry Beardsley James McSpadden 6 o'clock Coon and Clement Wilkiemeyer and Coachman HENDERSON Ky Aug Orchestration finished second In the third race at Dade park to day paid the astonishing price of $62654 for a $2 place mutuel with a $2 show ticket bringing $6156 Jessie Carey winner of the race paid less than 2 to 1 for finishing first There was more money wagered on Orchestration to finisli first than on hischances of running second Had he 'won he would have paid $54792 for a $2 straight mutueL Western Association (Not including last nights game 28 24 22 20 Bartlesville Springfield Hutchinson Muskogee NATIONAL LEAGUE Charley English former Muskogee Infielder is the nominal batting lead er Of the American league tie is belting the ball for a382 average YOUNG PITCHERS STAR IN STATE TOURNAMENT WGOfc NEuMK CklcHER SWtOJ CIIANCfe to bac to The Cu I CXrti C7 I tliTu ixmwvuuw'im TieYAMEES 6ECAlXEj The wks woou) CHIP UiM RACK moment Bill AMP iWlHE MEMiUMB 010006 SEWED0P8ySoMEEaSE Totals 2 Batted for Chagnon in 9th BROOKLYN 920 000 000 11 PITTSBURGH 000 200 013 6 Runs Taylor 3 O'Doul Wilson Cur cinello Wright 2 Clancy Lopz 2 Vaughan 2 Traynor Suh Piet Com orosky Errors Wright Clancy Vaughan iet Two base hits Cuceinello Stripp Slade Chagnon 2 Suhr Waner Lopez Taylor Three haBe Taylor Home Suhr Double plays Currlnello Wright to Clancy Traylor Piet to Suhr Base on balls Off Harris 1 Chagnon 1 Shaute 2 Struck Bv Harris 1 Chag non 5 Losing pitcher Meine lHWuDAS aBdiTTo 7 rtnTOJE OP UlS BAIL AU)ATeRAK1AR0 1 JACTBoThUe BALL Ah EISA Eufaula and Pure Oil Deadlocked Over Question of Pickup9 Players I The progress of Albert Rollins of Okmulgee state junior champion pro vided the chief topic of interest in yesterday's matches in the Eastern Oklahoma Tennis tournament being played on the Muskogee Tennis club courts Twenty fourth street and Ok lahoma avenue Paying no heed to the hot sun the young Okmulgeean began the work of defending his junior title by defeat ing two pretenders united with Albert Upshur of Okla homa "City to win in doubles and advanced to the quarter finals in singles for hi? fourth victory of the day 1 first victory was recorded over Tom McSpaccien latest standout of the Tahlequah McSpaddens in a junior match 6 2 8 6 Apparently choked up at first McSpadden gain ed confidence as the match progress ed and extended the state titlist to an extra game set Exciting Matches Carded so happened that Ralph I Inpkins of twice victim to his sharp strokes Rnl defeatod him In the second round of the junior event 6 0 6 2 and later in the day conquered him In a second round singles match 6 1 6 1 fourth win was shared by young Vpshur the nifty combination repulsing the veteran youngster team of Maurice Bebb and Harrison Hum phries 6 2 6 3 Several exritino matches are card ed for today which opens with two singles contests The match between Maurice Plunkettof Checo tah Southeastern State Teachersj col lege ace and Jack Kisner Northeast ern 6 4 6 4 Okmulgee defeated Okmulgee 6 2 Oklahoma City Okmulgee 6 2 Round Clarence Rimovsky Muskogee feated Harry Loomis Muskogee 6 3 Doubles irst Round Albert Rollins Okmulgee and bert Upshur Oklahoma City defeated Maurice Bebb and Harrison Humph ries Muskogee 6 2 6 3 Junior Singles Second Round Victor Grant Tahlequah defeated Bnb Algeo Tahlequah 6 1 7 5 John Covington Muskogee defeat ed Raymond Clement Muskogee 63 3 6 6 4 Dick Kisner Tahlequah defeated Phillip Bohart Tahlequah 6 2 6 4 Terrell Covington Muskogee defeat ed Bruce Barling Muskogee 1 6 7 5 7 5 CHICAGO Aug 15 (IP) Charley Grimm formally signed his contract today as manager of the Chicago Cubs Grimm succeeded Rogers Horns by as manager 13 days ago in Phila delphia At that time the Cubs five games out of first f)lace but Grimm brought the team home today from a long road trip In first place by half a game When Brooklyn beat Pittsburgh later in the dav the 2 lead was increased to a full game 1 K' 'Tv' LT V' 3' I woiiunenLs t' "I '7 a 1 1 rreed to a 15 round A 4 gl JL 11 A 5 4 21 Leading batters: AB Pct Dodgers 111 451 98 165 366 oxx i Athletics 112 439 115 158 360 Klein Phillies 116 495 129 177 358 Hurst Phillies 112 432 89 153 354 Gehrig Yankees 112 441100 153 347 Manush Senators 107 450 97 154 342.