Shamokin News-Dispatch from Shamokin, Pennsylvania • Page 10

SHAMOKIN NEWS-DISPATCH, SHAMOKIN, TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1950 AGE TEN TODAY'S SPORTS KL Uharfy wA Somar mmi SMS nip PARADE 4 Uniontown, East End And Maine Defeated Bottom Division Nines Win; Excelsior Takes Lone Possession of 4th Place Shamokin Home Association registered its first victory in the local baseball circuit yesterday, defeating Uniontown, 11-8, while Liberty toppled third place East End, 6-3 and F. S. downed Maine, 6-3. Maine's Title Race Switches To Detroit Tigers Open Long Home Stand With Athletics Tonight By JERRE Le DONNE Schedules Outlined for Junior Baseball Teams Four practice games and a meeting are scheduled for teams in the Sha-mokln-Coal Township Junior Baseball League. In the 9-12 year bracket, the Tarzans and Palookas will play tomorrow afternoon on Bunker Hill, starting at 1:00 and the Hooples and Dog Patchers will cross bats, beginning at 2:30 tomorrow.

Thursday afternoon, starting at 1:00, the Alley Oops and Humphreys vlll play and at 2:30 the same day, the Comets will play the Rockets. A meeting of the 16-18 group will be held tomorrow afternoon at Bunker Hill, starting at 2:00. ioss cave Excelsior lone posses sion of fourth place. Excelsior did Coal Township Booster Association, a recently organized group of men interested in high school athletic programs, reports favorable response to its current drive for funds to maintain activities during the coming season. Stanley Binkoski, secretary of the association, says that while the coal has not been reached as yet, fans and followers have been measurably generous in donations.

The association plans to send the C. T. football squad to camp again this year for preseason training. General Mine A. Mount Carmel boxing promotional group, today announced that Joe Baksi has agreed to appear in a fight at Mount Carmel next month, but as yet, no opponent has been found for the Kulpmont heavyweight fighter.

Plans call for an outdoor show, probably in Mount Carmel about the middle of July. A card with Baksi as the feature fighter, is certain to attract a packed audience. Baksi was contacted in New York by members of General Mine. Final preparations Pigeon Entered by Zerbe Man Victor In 400-Mile Event DETROIT, June 13 (U.R) The Detroit Tigers, terrific on tour, open the defense of their slim American AvVV' TV 4 wm jr 'V i 1 i 'jmt iwf C- JF v1 Utf-t ''ti, xe League lead tonight in a home ball park that seems to favor the otner fellow. While the St.

Louis Cards hit the A bird entered by Frank Vottero, Promoters Expect Plenty of Action in Mt. Carmel Fights General Mine-Schuylkill AC today figured that the Jock Leslie-Baby road to defend their National League margin at Philadelphia, the Tigers open a two weeks' home stay against the Philadelrjhia Athletics in me first night game of the season here Ahead of the New York Yankees by two percentage points after their Art Randall windup bout of its fi'th hottest road trip in 15 years, Detroit Trevorton, won a 400-mile race from Lexington, N. over the weekend under sponsorship of the Shamokin Racing Pigeon Club. Statistics released today by John Fertig, publicity officer for the club, shows Vottero's pigeon negotiated the distance in two hours, 57 minutes and 50 seconds for a yard-per-minute average of 1,368.08. A flyer owned by Henry Lauer came in second with an average of 1,296.09, traveling the route in three hours, 29 minutes and 25 seconds.

One of Fertig's birds finished third with a completion time of three professional fight show in MOC Hall for the feature bout await success in the promoters' seardh for a foe for Baksi, Mount Carmel Friday night will be a good forerunner to the nroposed appearance of Joe Baksi, Kulpmont Another boxing show under spon heavyweight contender, in an out door attraction July 18. sorship of General Mine A. C. and not play yesterday. S.

H. A. piled up an 8-1 lead in the first five innings and continued in the front, 11-4 before Uniontown rallied for four markers in the ninth chapter. S. H.

A. garnered 14 hits, one of them a double by Danny Boychuck and two triples by Dorko and Lauer. Hummel and Fox sparked the winners with four hits apiece. Tasker accounted for three of Uniontown's 12 safeties. Liberty trailed, 3-1 until the fourth when the firemen scored two to tie East End.

Single runs in the fifth, sixth and eighth iced the decision. Chops, winning pitcher, yielded 13 hits, while Witman, losing hurler, and Kaleta allowed 11. Lees, Van-aski and E. Miscavage slapped homers. Sosky, Yoder, Zaneski and Andrews clouted doubles.

Sosky was the power in Liberty's batting attack, collecting four safeties in five times at bat. Zaneski, Vanaski and Andrews had two hits apiece for East End. F. S. paddled along to a victory after taking a 4-0 lead with two runs in the first end two in the second innings.

Maine scored twice in the third and each side tallied once in the sixth before F. S. added its final marker in the eighth. The Brewers niched Long, losing pitcher, and Makowski for 14 hits. Mushinski, winner on the mound, gave up 12 hits.

Lubnow rapped a homer. Covel-eskie, Narje, Barnhart, J. Sheptock, Crowl and Klemick connected for doubles. Narke and A. Kanaski bad four hits apiece for F.

S. Webber, (Continued on Page 11) Members of the club laud Leslie from Flint, Michigan, for having Schuylkill A. C. will be staged Friday night in M. O.

C. Hall, Mount Carmel. The card, Johnny Ballent, given an impressive account of him hours, 44 minutes and three seconds for an average of 1,263.27. self against Willie Pep, world's matchmaker said, will be the last indoor promotion for the season. Be cause of the heat, the promoters Birds from lofts operated by Shamokin, Trevorton and Herndon featherweight champion, in 1947, before losing to the titleholder on a 12-round TKO as a result of a cut have decided to go outdoors after this week's show.

fanciers competed in the race. An other race is scheduled for next eye. Jock holds a three-round knockout over Sandy Saddler, former Saturday between Spartansburg, S. a distance of 500 miles. Connie Mack and his Philadelphia A's will play an exhibi- 4 Inn n-i vt a nirnlnrt (mUkiitia'a 126-pound boss.

In addition, Leslie has the drop Results of the last race: on Lou Alter, Montreal, Canada, in four meetings. He was decisioned by Alter at Lakewood Park in 1945, was ready to send young Art Houtte-man to the mound against the Athletics' rookie Bob Hooper. The Tigers weren't sure what tune to sing. In the face of their rampaging road record 24 wins and five losses "Home Sweet Home" would sound hollow. The Bengals have lost nine and won eight at Briggs.

Detroit Manager Red Rolfe was jubilant enough over his blazing swing through the East, capped by a victory over the second-place Yankees and t. three-game sweep at Boston. But, the Tiger boss said he still figured New York and Boston the top contenders for the pennant, and Detroit just a dark horse. "Sure, some of the boys have been playing a bit over their heads and arc bound to cool off sooner or later. It's how much they cool off that's going to decide our chances," he said and he said it seriously.

"We just get Hal Newhouser working right again and Virgil Trucks comes up with a sore arm," Rolfe said. The biggest surprise of the Detroit staff is aging but still effectiveDizzy Trout. He's come up with four victories against no defeats. "We're a club with too many 'ifs' to be a real favorite," Rolfe theorized. "If our hitters don't cool off too much, if Trucks gets back in ANOTHER ANCLE Rocky Graziano has his line out for a big one at Greenwood Lake, N.Y., but his thoughts seem far' away, perhaps on Jake LaMotta at Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., where the Bronx Bull is training.

The Rock of New York's lower east side will be fishing for the middleweight championship he once held when he tackles LaMotta at the Polo Grounds, June 28. Boxing in Siam Mixture of Jiu-jitsu and Flying Teeth BANGKOK, Thailand (U.R) The national sport of Siam is something that could pass any day for Murder Incorporated. They call it boxing, but it is more a combination of jiu-jitsu, la savate and street fighting. The T. P.M.

1.368.08 1,296.09 1,263.27 1,203.79 1,147.14 1,086.89 1,044.94 Time Frank Vottero 2:57:50 Henry Lauer 3:29:25 John Fertig 3:44:03 Ted Kolonosky 4:11:44 Wilmer Schoch 4:40:32 Frank Allen 5:14:03 Walter Dudek but beat Lou at the New York Garden and in one of two clashes at New Orleans, the other ending in a draw. 1WU OUIC A 5 as 113 SlAltl9UUt Senators at Island Park, Harrisburg, August 7, Business Manager Frank Spair of the Inter-State League Senators announced today. According to Spair, Connie will be on hand to call the shots for the major leaguers against the class team. Senators play Leo Durocher's New York Giants July 12, and play host to the Chicago White Sox in another exhibition game August 21. North Atlantic Baseball League av Brooklyn Dodgers Open 3-Day Tryout stretcher at the ringside gets con BOWLING WOOLEN MILL Yodzio 147 152 191 209 699 Malasheskl 147 162 198 507 Koproskl 204 137 127 468 Duda 202 173 183 143 701 Manney 168 104 2C6 157 635 Anderson 210 161 371 Camp at Hazleton By OSCAR FRALEY June 13 (U.R) he Philadelphia Phillies' "whiz "kids," figured to be at least a year 'away from a pennant, still were hanging in there today with the veteran Cardinals and the favored t)odgers and one of the reasons was Bobby-come-lately with a Frank sMerriwell pitch.

The youngster is Bob Miller, a Detroit product who somehow escaped the ever-watchful eyes of the Tiger scouts and may help bring the once-futile but now-fighting Phillies home a vear ahead of time. Miller's record currently is four wins against no defeats, two of those victories being shutouts, and his fantastic record after leaping from "jClass ball to the majors one stride is credited to a two-speed fast ball which picks up momentum as it nears the plate. The Phillies' two prize youngsters of the hill are Robin Roberts and Curt Simmons, but Manager Eddie admits that Miller may surpass them both. He has the equip-iment-along with surprising poise. Don't just take Sawyer's word for it.

Listen to Frank Dascoli, the umpire who worked behind the plate in -Miller's 4-0 shutout of the Reds. "I have never seen such poise in a young pitcher," Dascoli insisted. And on top of that, Miller is unbelievably fast. His quick one takes off about 10 or 15 feet from the plate and shoots like a bullet." It was this unusual pitch whicn attracted Sawyer's attention during spring training and caused the Phillies' manager to jump Miller all the way to Shibe Park from Terre Haute in the Three-Eye League. The six foot, three inch right hander with the calm brown eyes pitched at Terre Haute in 1948, scoring six wins against five losses, and then really went to town last year as he won 19 against seven defeats.

In compiling that mark, the brown-haired 190-pounder hurled 25 complete ames. The Phillies had grabbed him at the national amateur tournament in Youngstown, Ohio, and when Sawyer saw that Merriwell pitch during spring training, he decided to gamble on the youngster. "I used him in relief at first, just to let him get the feel of things," Sawyer explained. "Then on April 29 I decided to give him a chance." It was a wise decision, for Miller, unperturbed at his first major league starting assignment, won a close 2 to 1 triumph over the Boston Braves, setting the Beantown Indians down with six hits. Sawyer immediately put him back in relief work, to "keep the pressure from building up." Miller drew his second start against the Cardinals May 6 and beat them, 11 to 7, although Hank Borowy relieved him in the sixth.

His third time out he shut out Pittsburgh, 3 to 0, with three hits, and then on 7 threw a seven-hit 4-0 shutout at the Reds. In his last start, Pittsburgh was leading him, 4 to 3, when he was lifted in the seventh for a pinch hitter. The Phils tied the game, so Miller was not affected by the outcome. But when Pittsburgh finally got to him in the third inning of that game, Miller had pitched' 25 scoreless innings and had an earned run average of 1.125, a throwback to the dead ball era. In 48 innings he had given up only six earned runs.

That's why the Phils are high on Miller, and feel that his delayed action fast ball may speed up their pennant timetable. And from the looks of things, it just might, at that. Eastern League The two top teams in the Eastern Ensfc'uail League sustained defeats last night. The league-leading Wilkes-Barre Indians were trounced, 11-3. by the Binghamton Triplets.

Binghamton collected a total of eight runs in the seventh and eighth innings. Bill Dyck scattered seven Wilkes-Barre bingles. holding the Indians scoreless until the seventh frame. Second place Albany was shaded by the Elmira Dodgers, 4-3. Elmira was held to eight hits compared to Albany's 14 but three Senator errors helped the Dodger cause.

The winning run came in the eighth inning after Albany had tied the score in en uphill battle. The Hartford Chiefs and the Williarmport Tigers divided a dou-bleheader. Hartford staged a 16-hit attack to win the first game, 11-8, on three runs in the ninth inning Alex Nedelco hurled a six-hitter as the Tigers edged the Chiefs, 4-3, in the nightcap. The Boston Red Sox beat their Scranton farm club. 9-3.

in an exhibition contest. No other games were scheduled. erages show Manager George Pfister of the Hazleton Dodgers setting an example for his charges with a .407 batting average, and the Dodgers, as a team, leading the Duke Landgraf Leslie's opponent, Randall, New Orleans Negro, boasts a victory over the likes of Frankie Sodano, according to promoters. The Leslie-Randall scrap Is scheduled over the eight-round route. In two of five supporting four-rounders, two undefeated pro battlers, Ralph (Kid) Gonzales, Mount Carmel welterweight, and Harry Deputy, Pottsville lightweight, will be out to defend their records.

Gonzales will meet Bob Bailey, Philadelphia Negro, while Deputy takes on Marvin Hickman, also of Philadelphia and colored. In other preliminaries, Don Graham, Atlas heavyweight, goes against Charley Williams, Atlantic City Negro; Tony Wolfe, Lebanon, encounters Jimmy Decerio. Norristown middleweieht, and Mike (Choo Choo) Kasko, Mahanoy City light heavy, tackles Robert Jones, Chester Negro, the curtain-raiser at 8:30. The Brooklyn Dodgers will stage a hunt for talent in Hazleton this week by means of a three-day try-out camp in Cranberry Park. The school opened today and will continue tomorrow and Thursday, according to an announcement re circuit with a classy .310 rrark.

elbow smashing into face or solar plexus. The knee also is useful in a situation like that, while a well-placed barefoot kick in face or body can do much to shake the composure of one's opponent. Apart from the style, Siamese boxing follows Western modes. There is a regulation ring, referee, rounds, seconds and time-keeper. The fighters crouch and circle each other for an opening.

The usual technique is to try for a good kick, rush in with fists flying and come out with elbows flying. And Buddha help the guy who can't get out of the way fast enough. Lou Hummel, who has been succeeded as Berwick manager by Mike shape again, if our starters can keep up without much relief which we don't have Detroit may be tough to beat out." Totals 868 728 917 8683381 OFFICE Lubnow 171 191 147 175 684 Perless 151 127 165 443 Delbaugh 162 177 339 Mack 138 191 186 172 687 Holshue 136 144 133 413 Paul 179 149 151 147 626 Koons, of Hazleton, Is the only NAL ceived by Leroy (Mack) Olley, sec batter topping Pfister's mark. He It's the hitting department that has .417. Third Baseman Perry Stangvik, of Hazleton, is seventh with Totals 775 802 779 8363192 .360, while Outfielder Mike Witwicki, stant use and the officials wear pith helmets to protect them from flying teeth.

The contestants wear padded gloves to keep them from gouging each other's eyes out, but there the resemblance to boxing ends. Most of the punishment is inflicted by feet, knees and elbows, planted forcefully in any part of the body. The bouts are limited to five arounds and before each one the contestants pray to Buddha for success in a' graceful, dancing invocation. Standard equipment at the ringside is an ear-splitting Siamese band whose reed pipes, gongs and xylophones help drown out the sounds of mayhem. One of the up-and-coming youngsters is Sidsri Vitheechai, 119 pounds, who is described in the program as possessing "hurtful elbo, terrible kick and forceful knee." Sadsidth Naru-pai, 117 pounds, is noted for his "reverse elbow and mallet knee to whirl opponents down by K.

The reverse elbow is the blow that sends the teeth flying. When coming out of the in-fighting, each contestant tries to whirl suddenly and catch his opponent with a flying cheers Rolfe the most. Third Baseman George Kell looks like he's on his way to a second consecutive batting crown. His current .381 average tops the rest of the league. currently on the disabled list, is also in the "Big 10" with .351.

retary of the Shamokin City League. Phil Weinert, Dodger scout, and a veteran of years in pro ball, is in charge of the program. Remembered as a "Frank Merriwell" for pitching exploits as a West Philadelphia schoolboy flinger, Weinert is rated as one of the keenest judges of diamond hopefuls. He will be assisted by Ray Welsh, Dodger FINISHING Landau 183 185 144 157 669 Jeremiah 133 189 131 116 569 Schlegel 181 183 143 122 629 Rocuskle 142 166 121 176 605 Goes 170 178 153 175 676 Four of Kells teammates are above the .300 waterline. Hoot Evers Fight Results CHICAGO Joe Arthurd.

cago, outpointed Billy Brown, 167, ford, (10). swats at a .363 clip, Johnny Groth at .332, Johnny Lipon at .327 and Vic BASEBALL TODAY BRADY Totals 809 901 692 7163148 DYE HOUSE NO. I Jiggerjlan 175 160 211 167 713 Kazmerskl Ill 156 173 440 Cager Score Plenty MANKATO, Minn. (U.R) A Man-kato High School eager, Charles van Lanen, set a scoring record of 98 points in 24 minutes of playing time in a game with another prep school. He led his team to a 114 to 23 victory.

SPRINGFIELD. Mass. Jo Lindsay, 193, Brooklyn, N. outpointed Art Henri, 188, New York, (10). scout, end George Pfeister, manager of Brooklyn's Hazleton club.

Welsh is baseball coach at Stroudsburg VI. Derk 147 145 158 168 619 Wertz, .314. The Yankees start a 14-game road trip at Chicago tonight. The Boston Red Sox, trying to catch their breath after the drubbing by Detroit, face Cleveland in a night tilt. Washington travels to St.

Louis for a twi- Koproskl 123 172 142 123 56U Blind-Ace 118 149 95 159 521 State Teachers College. Baseball players, between 17 and TOLEDO, Ohio George Costner, 150, Camden, N. outpointed Charlie Cotton, 150, Toledo, (10). John Doe 143 143 ST. FRANCIS DRAMATICS' FIELD Time: 6:00 P.

M. Totals 674 782 780 7602996 night doubleheader. 22, inclusive, are eligible to attend the tryout sessions. Workouts will be held daily from 9:00 a. m.

until 3:00 p. m. Dogs caused 25 of the 127 street accidents at Cardiff, Wales, in a recent month. PHILADELPHIA Gene Burton. 148, New York, outpointed Honechlle Johnson, 149'a.

Philadelphia, (8). It's an arc-light program through-. Continued on Page 11) Candidates are required to provide their own uniforms, gloves and shoes. Expanses will be refunded to pkyers signed to contract. Go-fbra N.

Atlantic League The Hazleton Dodgers strengthened their hold on first place in the North Atlantic Baseball League last night by beating the Berwick Yanks in both ends of a doubleheader. Hazleton bunched nine hits with three Berwick errors to win the spi'pn-innirig opener, 9-0. Je Ma-talavage distributed seven hits as the Dodgers gained a 4-1 victory in the nightcap. The second-place Lebanon Chix divided a doubleheader with the Carbondale Pioneer Blues. Carbon-dale won the opener, 5-4, rallying four runs in the fifth inning.

Lebanon reached two pitchers for eight hits to take the nightcap, 4-3, halting a Carbondale rally in the ninth inning. The Mahanoy City Brewers scored three runs in the twelfth inning to beat Nazareth, 918. The Brewers tied up the contest at 6-6 with two runs in the ninth inning and won the game after Nazareth tallied twice in the twelfth. The Bangor Slaters beat the Stroudsburg Poconos, 12-7, knocking two pitchers off the mound in a six-run uprising in the sixth inning. Interstate League By UNITED PRESS The Hagerstown Braves had their lead in the Interstate Baseball shaved to four games last night whtn they dropped a 4-3 decision to the Harrisburg Senators.

Harrisburg piled up a four-run lead with three tallies in the third inning and one in the fourth, but had to stop a Hagerstown uprising which produced two runs in the eighth and one in ths ninth. Harrisburg had eight hits and two errors, Hagerstown seven hits and one error. The second-place Blue Rocks got five-hit pitching from Leo Christante to beat the Allentown Cardinals, 9-0. Wilmington collected 13 hits and scored in every inning but the first, fourth and eighth. The Lancaster Red Roses scored five runs in the sixth inning to edge the Trenton Giants, 6-5.

The York White Roses blanked th; Sunbury Athletics. 10-0, on a five-hitter by Bill Lawler. 'if The Dominican Republic will build 1.000 homes for workers at Ciudad Trujillo. Ail-Star Baseball Poll Water will be offered with meals (American style) at a new Wollaton England, inn. Major Leagues and (jotlffqo -for HOff American PIcyer National Plover Team Pes.

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