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1 4Ce.0101, ...4., 4 1 SPORTS Tbt 61 64' XTed teir' 4f1 te0g; i 0 FINANCE A 1 4.. 1:: 0 109th Year No 124 Tuesday, September 5, 1939 Free Press Want Ads Bring Best Results I Australia's Game Rally Wins Davis Cup for First Time in 20 Years i .01 cl immAnc9 IT nill rrn IrPha et rblirl rnn in Rtlentril 111111(1P SPORTS 109th Year. No. 124 Australia's Game Rally Wins Davis Cup for First Time in Simmons' My Sin Takes Gold Cup in ttroid Yitt yiteffso Tuesday, September 5, 1939 Free Press Want Ads ecord Time FINANCE Bring Best Results 20 Years Eastern Entry only One Left at Finish Line Detroit Loses Event; Mishaps Cut Field From Start Detroit Says Goodby to Gold Cup Regatta EE 0 I De 1 It A A- 1 Th "44 on et Za Gree 4, i My hullo cut -) 1, On ti Si Of tt 4 to fl ir, r- 1 1 ing 1 age 4.. 4 9 over I rne 1 ilAsSTinti The( .,41..20,4, 4 2 -V? war t'- ,71 a Si V.

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4 (II. a sample of the courage they soon may have to show on the battlefields of Europe, two young Austral ian today won the Davis Cup for their country with a stirring rally against odds in the two concluding mingles matches of the challenge round with the United States. Trailing one match to two because of their disastrous rout Sat. urday, the Australians were given little or no chance to make a clean sweep against America today. But Adrian Quist, who will go from here to join his trench mortar brigade, handled his racket like a rifle to riddle Bobby Riggs in five sets, 6-1, 6-4, 3-6, 3-6, 6-4, and levci the challenge series at two matches all.

Big John Bromwich finished the job. Cold and calculating, he routed Frankie Parker, of Milwaukee, in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3, 6-1, to make the big cup Australia's for the first time since 1919, when England was beaten, 4 to 1. Overcome 2-Match Deficit The cup was accepted for Australia by Sir Norman Brookes, himself a Davis Cup player in his time. Brookes was a member of the team that last won the cup in the United States in 1914 and went straight from the turf of Forest Hills to the fields of Flanders, where his cup partner, Tony Wilding, died in an attack on a German trench. Australia's rousing rally made tennis history.

Not since the cup was placed in competition in 1900 had any team lost the first two matches of the challenge round and still won. Quist's victory oyer Riggs set the stage for a smashing finale and the 8,000 spectators were on edge with excitement when Bromwich and Parker came out with the cup at stake. But they were not actors worthy of the stage. As if rendered helpless by the responsibility that was his, Parker's game fell completely to pieces. Parker Far Off Form In winning only four games in 22, he played no better than the average club players.

Nothing he tried would work. From start to finish he netted the simplest shots, knocked the gentlest returns yards out past the line and served as if he were dusting some delicate and precious piece of porcelain. flay was so bad that after the first set, hundreds of spectators left. Bromwich quickly sensed the dreary condition of his opponent and contented himself with keep-Turn to DAVIS CUPrage 20 The worst happened in that Indian Harbor cup race of 1927, Greenwich Folly, again flying Indian Harbor colors over the protest of the saltier members, winning for the second time. And thst year the old-timers just hit the roof.

The result was no cup race in 1928. Everyone was wondering what the 1939 reaction would be. Since the days of Greenwich Folly's triumph, the feeling has softened twixt sailors and power boatmen. The latter craft are indispensable Turn to TABOOPage 20 'Stink Boats' Taboo Former Tiger Hurlers Beat and Tie Detroit in Holiday Twin Bill 'TS 0 it ll By Charles P. Ward A NYONE who sits down to dope the coming bout between Bob Pastor and Joe Louis for the heavyweight championship, may, after due consideration of the talents of the two men, find himself inclined to climb out on a limb in favor of the Brown Bomber of Mullett Street.

Joe is bigger, heavier, has a longer reach and a heavier punch than Robert the Ripper although he is not quite as fast afoot. That would seem to make the 'odds four to one in favor of Louis although these odds would be reduced somewhat because of the fact that Pastor would not have to tag Louis as bard in order to hurt him as Louis would have to tag Pastor. In other words, Bob, in addition to being a trifle harder to hit than Louis is also harder to However, Louis figures to win because he has too many points in his favor. If Pastor should win it will be a tri. umph of mind over matter, 1 for Pastor, handicapped on I the physical side, will have to win with his head if he is going to win at all.

And there is not the slightest doubt that Pastor and his manager, Jimmy Johnston, intend to use a lot of headwork I when the big moment comes. They can be depended on to fight a smart fight no matter what happens. Johnston has been around too long, has handled too many good fighters, to do anything that might lay him and his fighter open to charges of stupidity. And Pastor, an "Old Blue" from New York University has a higher intelligence quotient than most of the men Louis has fought. The Pastor mob is a smart outfit and Pastor is among the smartest of the lot.

I Too Many Underdogs Have Come Through LTHOUGH one is inclined to 1- favor Louis in the Pastor fight it would be foolhardy for anyone to climb out on a limb for the Bomber. There is always that chance that anybody who does so may find himself dangling uncomfortably in the warm September sunshine. Too many times have the underdogs in championship come through to win. Going away back, we can take that little affair between John Lawrence Sullivan and James J. Corbett in New Or.

leans. Even today there Sr. sons of men who saw that sad affair who insist, on their father's word, that it was all a dream. The brash bank clerk, the San Francisco dandy, could never lick the Boston Strong Boy and never did, although the eyes of the spectators told them that Sullivan was knocked out. There must have been something wrong somewhere.

There must have been. Sullivan couldn't lose. Likewise James J. Tunney could never lick Jack Dempsey. He out-boxed and outfought the great Manassa Man Mauler in Philadelphia, it is true, but it must have been the rain that fell all through the bout that was responsible.

Certainly Dempsey couldn't lose, SC 'Unbeatable' Dempsey Loses Second Time EMPSEY and Tunney fought a return match in Chicago and again Tunney was returned the winner. But of course that time he received the benefit of a Ion count. Again Dempsey couldn't lose. But he did. Going back further we recall a featherweight named Terry McGovern, who was nicknamed "Terrible Terry" because of the impetuosity of his attack.

Nobody could stand before him. But from out of the west came a fearless young man named Willie Roth-well, who fought under the name of Young Corbett. He beat the Terrible One to a frazzle. Not Once but twice. The world couldn't understand.

And then there was the classic of J. Louis Barrow himself. When he fought Max Schmeling the first time the world and the devil said he couldn't lose. Wasn't Louis the greatest fighter the world had known? And wasn't Schmeling just an old has been, fighting to get a few bucks for beans and cakes? Certainly. Louis couldn't lose.

But lose Louis did. He not only lost but was knocked out after receiving a severe beating. Since that Louis-Schmeling affair the boys who pick them have been more cautious in their picking. A lot of pickers will be on the wrong side if Pastor should beat Joe. But you can depend upon it that there will be a few larng "I told you so," in case of such an eventuality.

Both men are human and the pickers have come to the realization that anything can happen when two humans start throwing punches at each other. British Team Postpones Ryder Cup Golf Series LONDON, Sept. laritish professional golf team' Invasion of the United States to 'tempt to regain the Ryder Cup was postponed Indefinitely toy as a result of the war. The teltiiib hal been scheduled to meet at Pcrte Vedra Beach, Nov. 0 0 ca a result or tni war.

lne teallits hal hen lir heilkiled to met at l'f'nte Vedra Beach, Nov. 13-1a. By Tod Rockwell Gold Cup was lost to Detroit Labor Day. Zalmon G. Simmons took it tO Greenwich, with hie ship Sin, pure-motored and certain by beating the jinx that down the ranks of six starters the Detroit River by five.

Simmone' boat, flying the colors Indian Harbor Yacht Cluh, Greenwich, was the only boat finish the race. And in so it set a world's record, accord, to Cup ()Mehl's, with an speed of 66.227 miles an hour the 90-mile grind. record a Beaten act here year by Cup Defender Count conditions. Rossi, at 64.340 m.p.h. Rossi Italy, held there by European Simmons' fastest lap wes the orr in he final heat when he clocked at 70.153 miles an two miles an hour slower Rossre lap mark of 72.207 also made last year.

My fastest heat was the first m.p.h. But the winner did not corn. escape the tenacious Gold jinx. On the tenth lap of final heat, with hull. motor driver functioning smoothly victory just six miles away Simmons cut a buoy too sharply.

Cuts Speed at Finish port pontoon struck the mooring pile and it was split open the water line to the side the boat. So Simmons finished a walk, fearful that he, too, not finish. But he did and was determined that the dam- while dangerous at high was not extensive. Dan Arena, piloting the Al- entry, Notre Dame, came closest to finishing anywhere near the flying Simmons. The Notre Dame broke down during the third lap of the first heat, with a bent rudder shaft, re-entered the second and ran a good but futile race, rfiningishtihneg sfeiresotndhalf of the During heat Dan chased Simmons with intent but the eastern boat was the smoother riding.

with more speed on the straightaways and slicker on the turns. Notre Dame Goes Out Simmons led Arena by half a lap halfway through the final heat lapped him just before the and Dame broke down for the second time during the race. Thou-make sands of spectators were unaware that the Notre Dame had failed to finish. It broke down on the downstream turn of the course on the tenth and last lap and was towed back to its boat well in the twilight. The start of the race was de- layed more than two hours by high winds and rain.

But after the start of the event, the course I became perfect for fast racing I boats. 1 Lou Fageol's widely acclaimed which set a qualifying I of 88 miles an hour, never WRS a contender. It bent a propeller at the outset of the race and lentfinished a badly crippled fourth in the first heat. So-Long nagged Off Nor was his performance any different in the second heat. He cruised around the course for eight laps before being flagged off the course when finishing time had elapsed and all other boats were in.

It did not start the final heat, and the Gold Cup tough luck had cut down another challenger. Miss Canada stepped out in the first heat into the lead, display. ing all the smooth riding qualities and great speed that had made It a pre-race favorite. It took the lead away from Notre Dame in the third lap of the first heat and paced the roaring field for six laps. Then its supercharger failed and it merely cruised the last two laps to finish the heat in second place.

It failed to enter the second heat, but started the third heat, only finishing two laps before breaking down and going out of the race. Thus did Canadian hopes for a Cup race on Muskoka Lake, near Toronto, fade Monday. Cantrell Leads Twice The story of Wild Bill Cantrell at the throttle of Why Worry. of Louisville, is a brief and interest. ing one.

Wild Bill gunned his ship full throttle up the starting lane in the first and second heats. He was first across the line both times. His boat, a 725 class craft, deppeared signed for going around the course in the opposite direction to the counter-clockwise direction of the Cup race. folded up its piopeller in kthe first lap of the first heat It toseed the propeller off corn-I pletely in the second lap of the second heat. But to Bills credit.

there was none who wanted to go any faster in the race than he. At no time did he trael at less than porutive However, Indian Harbor Yacht Club May Relax and Hold 1940 Gold Cup Race The swank and salty Indian Harbor Yacht Club, of wich, almost entirely a windjammer (sail only and no power aboard) organization, will have No. 1 opportunity to stage the annual Gold Cup 1940 race, Zalmon G. Simmons announced late Monday after winning the highly prized trophy. "In case," said the very pleasant eastern sportsman, altogether conscious of the antipathy which all good sailors hold for 'stink boats', "Indian Harbor does not, wish to stage the race, propose to defend the Gold Cup at Montauk Yacht Club, Long Island." Back in 1926, Greenwich Folly, a swift eastern hull, was 4'entered in the Cup event un- der the Indian Harbor colors.

The sailors were aghast, according to reports, when they NATIONAL LEAGUE found themselves with a power 7 L. ret. GB regatta on their hands. Cincinnati 74 47 .612 But like a good gang of sailors, St. Louis 71 52 .577 4 they went to town and staged Chicago 70 59 .543 8 the race.

The old-timers at the New York 63 59 .516 club, however, sat back on their Brooklyn 63 60 .512 12 haunches and cussed and wouldn't Pittsburgh 57 66 .463 18 help and raised hell about the Boston 56 68 .451 19V1 "stink boats" closing up their sailPhiladelohis 40 83 .325 35 Inc course. Cincinnati 1 St. Louis 71 Chicago 70 New York 63 Brooklyn 63 Pittsburgh 57 Boston 156 Philadelphia 40 But like a good gang of sailors, they went to town and staged the race. The old-timers at the club, however, sat back on their haunches and cussed and wouldn't help and raised hell about the "stink boats" closing up their sailing course. Major League Standings Standings By Charles P.

Ward Four of that little group of willful men who were transferred to St. Louis earlier this summer in the mass migration that brought Buck Newsom to Detroit returned to Ilriggs Stadium Monday to plague their old teammates and make a crowd of 11,957 spectators wonder if the Tigers had not acted too hastily. The groupBob Harris, Mark Christman, Chester Peter Laabs and Roxie Lawson were the principal figures in a doubleheader that brought no joy to the Tigers. The Detroit-erg lost the opening game, 3 to 2, chiefly because of a five-hit pitching effort by Harris and were held to a 5-5 tie in the second. This contest was called on account of darkness I 1, at the end of the eighth and Gold up Race will be played off Tuesday, originally an open date in the Is Aptly Named schedule.

The Tigers can blame Lawson, who did a fine bit of relief hurling, for their as Jinx Event failure to win this one. Manager Del Baker sent Paul Why they call the Gold Cup Trout against Harris in the first race the jinx race of American game in the hope that he would racing power boats is indicated by be able to register his ninth vie- the following facts: tory of the season. Diz pitched nine-hit ball but was touched for FIRST HEAT a run in the eighth and charged Bill Cantrell's Why Worry went with his ninth setback of the out of the race after the first lap year. with a cracked-up propeller. The Immediate cause of Trouts Dan Arena, after assuming the downfall was Laabs, who wangled lead in the first and second laps, Diz for a pass after One was out went out after three laps as the In the eighth and scored when Notre Dame bent a rudder shaft.

Joe Gallagher doubled to left to Miss Canada then paced the collect his third hit of the field until the ninth lap, when it Turn to TIGERSPage 20 slowed down because of super. Why they call the Gold Cup race the jinx race of American racing power boats is indicated by the following facts: FIRST HEAT Bill Cantrell's Why Worry went out of the race after the first lap with a cracked-up propeller. Dan Arena, after assuming the lead in the first and second laps, went out after three laps as the Notre Dame bent a rudder shaft. Miss Canada then paced the field until the ninth lap, when it slowed down because of io were I migra- a )t acted Peter 7es in a Detroit- five-hit in the 1Ce rze mark old Cup cated by rry went first lap ler. rung the Ind laps, as the shaft.

red the when it super- supercharger trouble. So Long perceptibly was slowed down after the first lap owing to 6. bent propeller. Six started first heat and four finished. SECOND HEAT Miss Canada wax unable to start because of difficulty in repairing supercharger difficulty.

Why Worry. back in the race with a new wheel. paced the field from the starting gun. but cracked up its wheel again and never got across the finish line for the third lap, It was towed away. Mercury encountered motor trouble on the second lap and was towed off the course.

So Long never was a contender In the heat. With two laps still to go. Fageol was flagged off the course because time lunit had expired. Propeller difficulty appeared to be the So Long jinx. Five boats started the second heat and three finished.

THIRD 'IEAT So Long was unable to repair damage done by faulty propellor and did not start. Mercury's gear box had cracked up and the damage was too exb.nsive for hope of repair. It dld slowed iwing to ind four to start ePairing he race he field cracked ver got he third motor Ind was Intender ipe still off the had ex- second repair ropellor cracked I too ex- It did i Cardinals Cut Reds' Margin Win One, Tie Second to Gain Game ST. LOUIS, Sept. 4(A.

PI The Cardinals worked themselves a game nearer to first place in the exciting National League race today by blanking the leading Cincinnati Reds, 4 to 0, in the first game of a double-header and breaking even in the nightcap. The second game, tied 6-6 after nine innings, was called because of darkness and will be replayed here tomorrow. The probable pitchers are Lon Warneke or Bob Bowman, for the Cards, and Bucky Walters, for Cincinnati. Fiddler Bill McGee held the Reds to six hits in scoring the shutout which reduced Cincinnati's margin over the troublesome Cards to four games. It was his eighth Victory of the year.

The Cardinals scored all their runs in the first inning, knocking Lloyd Moore out of the box. Johnng Mize furnished the big blow of the attack, hitting the screen above the pavilion for his twenty-third homer of the season to score behind Joe Medwick. Mize drove in three of the six runs in the second game with another homer and a double. Twice in the nightcap the Cards came from behind to tie the count and then forged ahead, 6 to 5, in the eighth. But the Reds blasted right back in the shadowy ninth and gave them a terrific scare.

Turn to CARDINALSPage 20 MONDAY'S RESULTS New York 10-7. Philadelphia 0-6. Brooklyn 5-2, Boston 4-5. Pittsburgh 2-0, Chicago 1-3. St.

Louis 4-6, Cincinnati 0-0 (second game, called end of ninth, darkness). TUESDAY'S GAMES Cincinnati at St. IAmis. Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Brooklyn.

Only games scheduled. Churns to Spray as Gold Cup Winner Speeds with Throttles AMERICAN LEAGUE AV Pct. GB New York 111 38 .705 Boston 76 52 .594 1412 Chicago 1 51 .555 191,2 Cleveland 68 59 .510 2112 DETROIT 67 61 .523 2312 AVashington 57 73 .438 3412 Philadelphia 45 82 .854 45 St. Louis 35 89 .282 5312 Games behind leader MONDAY'S RESULTS New York 7-2, Philadelphia 6-0. St.

Louis 3-5, DETROIT 2-5 (second game, called end of eighth, darkness). AVashington 7-8, Boston 6-4. Chicago 5, Cleveland 2 (ten innings; first game postponed). TUESDAY'S GAMES St. Louis at DETROIT.

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