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THE FORT WORTH PRESS
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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28,1985
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Palaver
Aha, A Poker Story
Villian Biedmont Bill
Liked His Black 9s
Talked a Whole Lot
Wife Rung Him Right
Finally Got His’n
‘s
THAT’S that? You ask me to
W tell a poker story?? Well,
that's funny. I was just going to
do that very thing. How come?
All on account of me doin' some
kabitzering over a bridge player’s
shoulder the other night. He
DOWNS SPRING MEET VERY PROMISIN
__. . ,_ . - -. In Turfdom’s Hall of Fame. , ‘♦I?' -
Class of Horses
Will Be Raised
Claim Officials
Racing Strip Will Be Re-
surfaced; Condition
Books Out Soon
showed me bis club suit, which spring
was a four-carder from the 8 to
the jack.
By POP BOONE
Unless the dope goes wrong be-
tween now and the date for the
meeting at Arlington
Downs, the boss lovers will see
the greatest array of thorough-
breds ever assembled at a South-
'em track, not excepting the Flor-
"TTOW’D you like to have that
Il in a poker game?" my
friend asked. I shook my head.
"I wouldn't care much about it.” been mailed out as yet: tentative
said 1. "Them kinda bands just plans for the 21-day meeting are
cost me money because 1 can’t almost certain to attract some of
the finest stables in the country.
Only the Tops ’
Of course, the $15,000 purse
for the Texas Derby is the big j
spot in the coming condition book,
but there'll be a lot of other
stakes during the three weeks.
And the minimum purse will be
never seem to make 'em. They’re
fun in a two-bit limit, but not in
a table stakes. Just can't use
’em."*
I speck I been playin' poker
of and on now for TO year-
about every kind there is from
a dollar ante, 10-handed and no
limit down to poverty where
you never go broke but keep
drawin' hands even after you
have lost your two-bits worth
of matches--and only once
have I ever made a straight
STOCK IS DROPPED
Parrots Clinch
First Half Flag
In Cage Chase
Poly Loses Two Regulars
After Friday Game On
Eligibility Rule
FINAL STANDINGS.
(FIRST HALF)
Team— W. L Pet.
Polytechnic .............6 0 1.000
Central ...............3 2 600 %
North Side ..............1 * 200
Stripling . .......... 1 4 .200
ida strips.
While condition books have not
retained at $800.
However, the plans include a
more careful culling of the horses.
Art Lasky.
Lasky Prepares
For Irish Foe
These plans may even set a limit i -
on the value of the horses allow- Art Pushed Back To Par
ed stable room Wn other words. With Three Others
the horses given stable room, at Wit Three others
Downs, or most of. :------
At
LEADING SCORERS.
Player-Team—
Goldstein. Polytechnic
Thompson', Central
Middleton. Stripling
* *
FG.FT.TP.
30 7 67
34
9 57
3 57
‘Old Red" Never Paid Even Odds Canopai,W
. N
JI J
J J 1 al
*
Man o- War Triumphed in Lawrence Realization at Record Time To Pay Off Lowest Start April 16
Odds in History at 1-100; Only Rivals Trailed by 100 Lengths P
all of the bookmakers quoted him and a quarter in 2:03 2-5, which
at odds of 1-100. | was equal to the fastest Kentucky
His five world marks were no. Derby ever run save Twenty
index of his ability, for he al-Grand’s race,
ways won under a pull. And, | * * *
moreover, he broke at least 10 TILL fighting for his head, and
intervening marks. D running with marvelous ease, 1 By United Press.
u est exhibition of speed ever ' With these facts in mind vision he hit the mile and a half in
given by a horse was that of the Law rennet KeaTizaton Beak OTOP A 2s 3-3, the fastest time for mar 1238 National League season ml
mile and five furlongs on Sept. 4, distance ever recorded, although
1920. With him was only Hood-Handy Mandy equaled It.
wink, the rest having retired be- He finished the course in
This is the first of a series of
articles, telling of the outstand-
ing feats of horse racing.
By MAX. RIDDLE, -
NEA Service Turf Writer,
TTNQUESTIONABLY, the great
Opening Dates for Two
Major Ball Leagues
Are Announced
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.’— The
r
Back
immortal Man o’ War when he
i raced for the Lawrence Realiza-
| tion Stakes in 1920.
While It was true that almost
fore his greatness.
• a a
any of his races might be used as THE odds on “Old Red" were
an example of supreme speed— 1 1-100. Facipe him was a
Coach Wes Bradshaw’s Poly “Old Red" broke five world rec- | world mark of 2:42 3-5, made by
Parrots, undefeated in five starts, ords—the Realization race in
clinched the first half champion- many respects was the greatest
ship in the city Class A high of all.
school basketball race last night
flush when it’d do me much
,ood.- , eo them, will he expected to be worth | By United Press
T ™H^p^an^^ mumNeWYORK, Jan:-3.
tone TheP libsameatit purse of #S00.Lasky went into training today
tone. I ata bena played Bill Already, according to word for his Feb. 1 fight with James
us that we called Piedmont ill from the racing office many big J Braddock, although he has
on account of the brand of cisa stables have written about the slight respect for his opponent.
rets be smoked, much as the Aus condition book, the prospective Braddock is one of the hardest
sies called the Limies Woodbine stakes in addition to the $15,000 hitters the Heavyweight division
so-and-sos because they smolied Texas Derby and chances for get-has known and it TA certainty
ting good stable room. The book that somewhere along the 15* , .
ANYHOW, this Piedmont Bill Track to Be Surfaced the veteran irienman win connect.
A got in bay hair In a poker I Only one improvement to the at least once
—game. A bout his worst fault out- plant will be made this winter. LA will be battling to re-
side of a poker game was he As soon as theweathersettles. Lasky will be batting to re
talked too much with his mouth work will start on resurfacing of
and this trait ain't much help the inner track. Thousands of
in a poker game, either r. I knew loads of mixed track surface will
better than not to like anybody be hauled, spread, rolled and
Arlington
open with St. Louis at Chicago,
New York at Boston, Brooklyn at
■The history of Man o' War is
with a 51 to 36 win over W. C. too well known to require repeat-
Stripling Jackets at the Poly gym. ing it here, but just to brush
Central defeated North Side, 26 aside the cobwebs of nearly 15
| to 21, as the first half was years, here are a few salient fea-
brought to a close. . tures of his career:
j The teams renew action Friday %. • *
night with the inaugural of the
second half. Closing contests in
the first' half, scheduled for to-
night, were canceled when Poly
clinched the title last night.
The Parrots, defending cham-
pions, will lose, two starters and a
ITTE started in 21 races, winning
IT 20 He carried 138 pounds
as a three-year-old and broke a
pay as much as even money, and
. . in three of his races, some of or
capable substitute after Friday -____+
night’s game. The game will mark ! ___. ’_____1
Art the-endof The fall semester and
will nip the eligibility of Adkin-
son, lanky center, and Randolph,
regular guard, as well as Wad-
dington.' substitute guard. Poly
lost two stars last season, how.
ever, yet the Parrots won the sec-
ond half with ease.
Poly moved into an early lead
all the way. Led by lanky Lon
Goldstein, left-handed shot maker
who took the lead in point mak-
tain his position among the four
outstanding challengers for. Max
Baer’s title. He won’t, however.
be protecting the No. 1 position
as he had expected. The boxing
in a poker game. Any time you worked into the strip. -......paucinr trtica nac Th him
get to lavin’ for a guy in a poker As usual, the Arlington Downs commission turn d back to him
game it’s too bad. Any poker play- dates fit well- into the hiatus at :
er knows that, other tracks. Not only this, but
+: the fame of this handsome plant.
But knowin’ a thing and
keepin’ from doin’ that thing
are different. I didn’t like this
Piedmont Bill and the more. I
tried to trim him the fatter he
* got offen me. We had A stiffish
sorta game table stakes—and
most of us could, play prefix
good poker.
• %..
ITuus Piedmont Bill always was
1- poppin off about two black
and the class of racing here has.
spread wherever racing men con-
Yoegate and unless signs, fail, the
stables at the Downs will house
the cream of strings from Cali-
fornia Florida, New Orleans And
other winter tracks
Right now, horses which won
here are winning in Florida. Cali-
War Mint with only, 78 pounds in
the saddle, and an American rec-
ord of 2:45-made by Fitz Her-
Philadelphia, and Pittsburgh at
, Cincinnati.
12:40 4-5, which was 4.1-5 sec- They will respond to "Play
onds faster than the American Ball!" on April 16, one day ear-
mark, and 1 3-5 seconds, faster lier than the 1934 opening. Pres-
than the English and world mark. Ford Frick announced to-
Hoodwink was 100 lengths be- , —
hind. day.
While his entire race was re-
e L 1 , STANTINGDATES ANOUALEU
markable, he simply, amazed ev- SMERI LEAACUE
eryone who saw him by easily Bcere 0 1E
burdened with 48 pounds more Increasing his speed In the last — Th . h i
three furlongs. Unpressed andCHICAGO, Jan 23. TheAmer
When the barrier was sprung, unchallenged, he fought Kummer ican Leastre iaseballseason will /
for his head and ran the lastopen April 16 and close Sept .9.
1 President---W’iL-----larridga-----aa. 1
bert in 1909.
Man o’ War was
than War Mint had carried.
Man o' War went immediately to,
the front, but was under a pull eighth ofa mile n a time which
equaled his average pace for the nounced today,
games follow-
in doing so. When he went around
the first turn he was nearly a third and fourth furlongs.
half furlong in front and Jockey
Kummer had a tight hold on him
A search of speed records will
The opening
Nevertheless,
without being
show not more than one or two
such instances, for horses always
track record. At no time, not -------- .
even in his first race, did he ever challenged by any horse, he’ran come home slower than they go
the half in, :47 3-5 and the mile
in 1:37 2-5. He made the mile
out, relying on early pace to slip
time from the records.
Ponies To Pick
Coach Tuesday
Clyde Littlefield Applies For
S.M.U. Position
By United Press
‘DALLAS, Jan 23.
Selection
ing by ringing up 20 points, the
Parrots were never threatened.
Central led all the. wav against |
North side, but was forced tohead—oach at Southern—Method-
of a successor to Jesse Ray. Mor-____
rison, who resigned recently as
ist University to accept a similar
fight off a determined raMly in the
last quarter to win. Tommy!
. 7 Thompson looped In 17 points for
today bis check for $2500 posted the Panthers ’of trustees next Tuesday, Dr C.
as forfeit money for the cfirst —-- :------:—
' * I STRIPLING I POLY
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to Byrne-f 3 1 1 TMChlMt, 5 1 3 11
I Thmpsn f 1 0 1 2 Crowley f 1 0 0 2
Hief-e-f--p-2..0 0 4 Goldstein 9 2 0 20
1 Middletn c 30 1 6 Goldstein 1 92 0 20
Snyder S 7 01 4 Tatum f 1 n n 2
Turner s 0 0 3 0 Adkinsonic 4
Sears.g-C 5 3 4 13 Brown c
Horner,
Adams S'
Randolph E
Wadietns
position at Vanderbilt, will
be
made at a meeting of the board
crack at Barr.
The commission decided
rank Lasky even
with Steve
Hamas, Max Schmeling and Pri-
mo Carnera, instead of on top of
the heap.
Carnera Booed
C Selecman, president of the
university, indicated today
Selecman said he had received '
more than a score of applications.
7
n
including those of Clyde Littre- |
| field, former head coach at the:
University of Texas, and Matty
Bell, line coach at S M 1
Others bidding fot the S. M. U.
| post are Harry Faulkner, former ■
CAN SHE COME BA K?
1 CAN SHE
/ COME BACK
" AMER A YEAR
- AND A HALF
OF INACTITY,
DUE 10 AN
INJURED BACK
Chicago at Detroit
Cleveland at St Louis
Boston at New York. (
Philadelphia at Washington.
GEHRINGER RD K FROM
JAPAN, SIGNS TERMS
By Unied Press
--DETROIT=—Jan ===—courtay,
Gehringer, second baseman — for :
the pennant-winning Detroit TH -
- liters. today was the seventh mum-
ber% of the team to sign and re
■ turn his 1935 contract Just.lac
2 from a Japanese barnstorming
Stour, Gehringer signed yesterday
■ Others already signed are Man
M ager Mickey Cochrane Goose Gor
Bln, Hank Greenberg, Tommy.
Bridges, Fred Marberry, and Big
Rogell.*
—LOPHIGN-----—--
WITH BROOKLYN
I NEW YORK. Jan-Es. Al
Lopez, first string catcher of the
Brooklyn. Dodgers has returned
4 in
inating all fears of his joining
the holdout ranks-again.
The New York Giants announc-
• d receipt of the signed contract
of Norman Ma......22-year-old
southpaw from the Crook ton,
Minn., club of the. Northern
League: He is from Pittsburgh
fornia. New Orleans and San An |
tonio. but this spring, according
to Jockey Club officials. DTP bis j
fields at Arlington Downs—the 1
| largest, Incidentally, of any track
.in the country are likely to in-
flushes or threes which seems to elude only horses valued at $1,000
sett.
mines. I reckon most of us has
certain pairs or straights or
sorta rally around and help us in
our hours of need. Well, this guy
Totals 15 4 11 36. Totals .2
In Rio Battle
Ex-Champion Prepares To
Sail for U.‘S.
CENTRAL NORTH SIDE
tr ft of tp fe ft p
Diacf-----t fl 0 D Cardweh f1 0.
Wages.f 0 0 0 0 Dulons.f i 1
Bilinasly,f 1 0 2 2/Willfams.e 0 0
Hoffman.f 0′0 0 0 Green E 0 0
Thmpsn c 7 3 7 17 Shook E 1 0
[ Owens 1
King. &
Turner.
5 751 Terrill School coach; Henry
Frhka of Greenville High; Johnny
to Pierce of Corsicana High: Charles
1Bassett. University of Arkansas
0 line coach: Blair Cherry of Ama-
9 fillo High, and Mark Saxson,
4 Texas School of Mines mentor
NINE 111X1 HI GO <IB»
REMAIN UNSIGNED
Br Unied Prea- —
embers Of the Chicago Cubs re-
aimed unsigned today, but none
re classed asholdouts by Manager"
By United Press.
was just plumb nuts about two - D 1
blank nines And his belief in Hiaslet Battles
1 -P Cage Quint in a week, his South American
. . . ©b o xing cam-
after week Bill and his paign- having
Contest To Feature Major ended la si
* — night in a six
City Cage Card 1 round technical
them was borne out many a time.
Those two black nines got on my
nerves, too. ’
T/EEK
nines took after me and I got
sorer and sorer. I simply pined for
an opportunity to sock Bill and |
his nines In a grand slam which
would go a long way toward wip-
ing out a lot of grief.
' One night me and Bill just
4 about had the game in our
stacks.
ft was gettin' late and
we expected Bill to
get. his
phone call pretty soon. His wife
always seemed to know when
he was ahead and phoned him
at very opportune times. He
was even that sort of a guy, if
you know what I mean.
TELL, Charley Dwight was
W dealin and his first two cards
Totals
RIO DE JANEIRO. Jan 23 .
Stripling Blanks
Riverside Quintet
Primo Carnera- prepared- today to
depart for the United States with
| knockout over
Irving Klaus
Haslet and Texas-Pacific Coal
and Oll Co. will fight it out for ner
the contenders’ position in the, C
men’s Major Citv League tonight Apparently
at Recreation Hall (This contest, the ex - cham
scheduled at 7 o’clock, will fea-pion could
ture the three-game program on have flattened
the big cage circuit's card. | his foe with a
In other games, Sproles Trans-punch at
fer, undefeated league leaders,
take on the T. W C. quintet at 8
and Montgomery Ward meets
Springtown at 9.
• while 40
000 fans booed.
Two Officials
To Boss Joust
- W 1 Stripling Junior bla Or of the most novel ideas of L
Ri verside, 21 to 0, in a freak a ttein pt in g to-maintain order in
seoring game in the junior high
school cage race yesterday.
In other games, North Side
Junior beat William James, 2.1 to
10. and Jennings Avenue won
from E. M. Daggett, 22 to II.
a mat struggle in the history of
the game will be tried out here
tomorrow night. It’s the plan
announced early in the week to
have two referees for the return |
battle between Billy Edwards and
HELEN
WILLS
40ODY
kiemn: have
trimmed
Audine hunk
had their wages
Georg
tainback, one of 1934‘s
prize
; rookies atid Catcher Walter Goe
bel !».' year with Los Angeles,
signed yesterday nd brought the
| total number under contract to
to Bill were two black nines,
which Bill turned face up in front
of him. "You guys better take to
the tall and uncut," says Bill. "I
got my two black nines. And 1
— got ’em to go with, which means -
its toush on somebody."'
ATY first card was the queen of
clubs and my second sard
was' the trey of diamonds and 1
raged inwardly. It looked as if I
was coming up with one of my
favorites trey to a queen in four
different suits. My third card was
the deuce of diamonds and the
fourth was the four of diamonds
and the last card was the ace of
Dallas, Fort W orth
--Boxers to Battle
any-
time after the
opening gong.
He chose TO CARNERA
fiddle instead and refused two
opportunities to nd the finisher
in the fifth and six rounds when
Klausner was helpless
Responding to the booes. he
! nailed Klausner to the ropes in
The first of a series of inter-city, the latter part of the sixth, and
boxing matches between Dallas’ belabored him. Then the towering
4. Fort Worth y M C A, teams. Venetian set himself, drew a head
win be Inaugurated in Dallas Fri- and put his 265 pounds behind a
day night with the locals invading
the Dallas Y Dallas will return
Venetian set himself, drew a head
right hand.
That stretched Klausner. who
was game enough to try to arise
team, before the end of the count, but
the matches Feb. 8.
Members of the local -----
coached by Johnny Goins, are the referee awarded the fight to
Thomas Davis, Bob Long, George Carnera.
Swift, H. J. Francis, state V light-’ —-----------
weight champion; Milton Coffey
and Travis Griffin. Select Field W ill
Race at Millrose
diamonds.
Ordinarily, I might not have
stayed on this four-flush but
Bill and his black nines had my
goat. Bill opened, as we were
playing straight jackpots, 15-
cent ante, open on sevens, gen-
erally for a buck and a quarter.
Two guys stayed and I put in
Berry Baptists W in
Over T.W.C. Quint
Berry Street Baptist defeated
T. W. C., 29 to 22, last night to
| hold its lead in the Class "A"
Church League." First Methodist
NEW YORK, Jan. 23.- A se-
lect field of four outstanding stars
has been arranged for the Mill-
rose "600" on Feb. 2. The 21st
running of the oldest of Millrose
fixtures will include Chuck Horn-
defeated Poly Baptist, 31 to 10, in
the other game of the loop. The bostel and Ivan Fuqua of Indiana
X 7 t triumphed over Engle- University, Milton Sandler, 1934
wood Methodist, 46 ‘to 11, in the winner and Arnold Adams, 1933
----er. .n "B" league, winner.
my dollar and a quarter an-
other guy stayed.
DILL drew first, asking for
b three, still popping off about
his two black nines. He flipped
over his first card. It was the nine
of hearts. He didn't show any
more I drew one card and
my lips. Bill bet two and
with a warning to me
wasn’t afraid of my
draw. 1 was shufflin' my cards
and prayin.’
that he
one-card
REPORT WARNS GAME
GROUP THAT DUCKS
MUST BE PROTECTED
Bobby Stewart headlining the Fox
_. wrestling card In North Main |
Auditorium. 1
| By United Press
NEW YORK. Jan 28.—De-
IV claring that “what we
want is preservations and not
— post—mortems.”.—N—Par-
One of the officials will be in [
the ring as the “starting" third
man: the other just outside the I
ropes as his alternate. Should
the' referee inside the ring catch
a kayo wallop, as was the case
last week when Edwards was
awarded a disputed decision, the
other will jump In and take,
charge of things.
.Much interest also centers on
ling, chief of the U. S. Bu- the semi-final, which’ pits Mar-
read Biological Surter shall Blackstock against Dr. Karl
H All 1ICTEIN Are Sarpolis. Dick Lever tackles Bob
Wagner and Young Sampson
has launched an appeal for
the protection of_w id ducks
at the American game con-
ference.
Darling said that reports
reaching the survey indi-
cate that ducks are being so
depleted that something
must be done at once.
However, the meeting of
800 sportsmen, the largest
1 gathering in the history of
the game organization,
brought sharp division of
opinion on whether a closed
season for a year should be
declared, and as a result it
was predicted that no stand
would be taken on the major
issue before the conference.
Darling was one of a
number of st peakers yester-
day and last night before
the organization,
4.1-------:---------------------------
faces Sailor Barto in time opener.
Harness Men Meet
To Map Out Plans
By United Press.
TOLEDO, Ohio, Jan. 23. —Ways
of retaining Interest in big-time
harness racing were discussed
yesterday at the 10th annual
meeting of stewards of the Grand
Circuit Racing Association.
One suggestion was to estab-
- lish "amateur" races for drivers
who never have raced for money.
It was recommended that one or
-two amateur events be included
on each day's racing program. |
t Additional dashes, which were.
... I proposed.
7 TIMES HOLDER
OF US WOMEN’S NET
TITLE, EXPEC 1 0 AGE
THE WARS AAN THIS
YEAR NJ SEARCH O
LOST LAURELS -
Father of ( Central
High Mentor Tries'
- 1 LOST 1
’ T HERE
,‘8 SOME WHERE
Coach Benny Winkelman, of
| Central High last night received
word of the death of his father,
C W Winkelt in of Fayetteville
Ark Mr. Winkelman, 59, died in
! Rochester. Minn., at 6pm Tu*s
I day following an operation.
Coach and Mrs ■ Winkelman left
today for Fayetteville where fu-
neral services will be held Friday.
Other survivors are his widow,
another son Charles E Winkel-
man of Wink, Texas: a brother.
Laryinkelman and four_
ters. Mr. T: C. White, Mrs. Ed. .
Colgin, Mrs. Ed Blake and Mrs.
Hodges, all Kansas city
Risko Trains in Department Store . ...
1 * - Montgomery V ictor
Over Jack McDonald
Syracuse Middleweight Will Make Debut in Madison
Square Garden Against Dundee
By United Press.
NEW YORK. Jan 2 Eddie
of until New Year’s afternoon
"Habe" Risko, the Syracuse boy
with lead in bis fists who meets
Vince Dundee Friday night, took
his last afternoon of hard train-
when he made Teddy Yarosz, th"
world middleweight champion,
look like an elevator boy, as he
ing today amid the latest in fur-
niture. toys, ladies’ underthings
went up and down six times and
finally out on a technical knock-
Bob Montgomery of Birming-
ham last night defeated Jack Mc-
Donald in two straight falls, to
win the feature of Promoter Louis
Richker ‘s mat program at Recrea-
tion Hall Max Cohen beat Tuffy
Barnes, Wildcat Hood won from
Ed Sharpe and Pat Swanson to
on disqualification to Verie
Lewis
and other odds and ends of a de-
out.
Now he further confounds them
partment store.
by accepting an offer from one of
This very tough guy has given New York's biggest department
stores to train there in an im
provised syn im his Mad.------
Square Garden debut.
the laborers in New York’s cauli-
flower patches their second jolt
in three weeks. He was unheard
"dh
“Stand On Aggressive Rights” --- That Is Tyrus Cobb’s Ad vice To Young Ball Players
ss s ssa saw ass.. — a * * *
Famous Tiger Overcame Lack of Natural Ability With Desire to Excel: His Teaching Cropped Out in Last World Series and Baseball Received a Shot in Arm Then and There
By HARRY GRAYSON,
NEA Service Sports Editor.
spikes and flying arms.
CLEVELAND, Jan. 23.—In ex-
U plaining why he was the ter-
ror of American League batteries
and infields for 24 campaigns. Ty-
rus Raymond Cobb says he simply
T KEPT shufflin' and shufflin
1 not sayin' a word. Finally 1
turned MRa! ere trad the rive of stood on his "aggressive rights."
diamonds Believe it or not. I
studied awhile and tilted Bill two
and a half, actin' as scared as T
could. Bill warned me, sayin not
to forget he told me.
sell *#
Pepper Martin, Joe Medwick,
Bill DeLancey, Rip Collins, and
Ernie Orsatti didn't stop to be
tagged, and the Cardinals edged
can spread the flag fever. Mickey Baseman Owen with glistening
Cochrane's fiery charge, backed spikes whistling in the air.
by the spirit of skinny Jo-Jo |
"Aggressive rights'—a definl- |
BOWLING RESULTS
".......”"’'' YEGIE RESLITS.
Tavener's Alleys,
LONE STAR OBERLE BARBERS
BLA
TMaginn 157 170 139 Elliston 136 137 158
Anderson 136 178 179 Cleveland 179 179 145
Chandler 162 152 140 Jones 181 120 146
223 181 177 Haberztle 163 150 123
147,174 143 EPeters 1«9 146 149
Handicap 11 11 It
825 855 778 Totals 839 743732
with Cronin*, Werber, Roy John- Al Lopez, of the Dodgers, never
son. Bill Cissel, and Wesley Fer- hesitates.
Finley
Jarrell
Totals
a
DILL moved to town—tapped
D me. He was surprised when I
had a few more chips than he did.
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tion of success in any form of
competition as short as Cobb
made the sprint from second base
to the plate. "Aggressive rights"
| —taking all the rules allow and
then some, “Aggressive rights"— !
the difference between the winner
and the loser. The general run
of baseball attacks are altogether
whatcha got? “I gotta too mild
- 24 The Cardinals and the Tigers
me to the wunwo-w -— .
flush,” says I. "Well," drawled
Bill, “let it grow. I cat-hopped a
full’ house.’ I let him reach for
the pot, then drawled In Imita-
tion "Wait a second, Bill- it’s a
straight flush.”
made the 1934 world series a
memorable one by taking their ag-
gressive rights. The base lines
were theirs, and they claimed ev-
ery inch of them, with menacing
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GREASE CO Goldstein 161 189 761,
Shanks 148 161 125 Cole 153 197 168
Meals 159 112 162 Tippit 167 99 171
Hill 118 156 164 Marsh 146 176 211
Evanson 119 2 38 166 Johnson 201 175 137
Buckner 172 198 151
Handicap 41 41 41
Totals 757 906 809 Totals 828 836 848
Athletes with vastly less ability"
than many who remain in the
rell. Johnson steps out of the
way for nobody. Cissell’s hustle
ToorelZieverahastrumcontendema t background have made themselves
1 1932. [outstanding simply by standing on
A pitcher's "aggressive rights" their “aggressive rights."
are of a different type. While Contemporaries of Cobb hit
Wesley Ferrell no longer has the
high, hard one that prompted hit-more naturally, were faster, and
ters to pull in their necks, he gets threw better than the Georgia
all he Is entitled to in other ways. Peach, but lacked his dominating
Ferrell dislikes to lose. Fellows passion to excel.
t like that are hard to beat. | The career of Jimmy Dykes.
** * * . [manager of the White Sox, now
DEN CHAPMAN, of the Yankees, closing out his run, Is a striking
D loves to get on the bases and success story of a player who kept
__- Tony Lazzeri, while not [ trying.
his life than any other player demonstrative, never has been Baseball could use more young
cheated. men who are not afraid to stand
Dick, Bartell, traded to the on their "aggressive rights." Then
Giants by the Phillies, makes his the game wouldn’t have to be
Bill Jurges, of the [played at night, and a major
league park wouldn't he going to
In 1933, it was the get-the-hell
White and Goose Goslin, kept the [out-of-the-way assault of Joe Cro-
Detroit Tigers fairly roaring nin, Heinie Manush, and Buddy
along from barrier to tape. ,
Myer that sa w
Washington
“ TT was White's scissors slide that
- 1 turned what otherwise might
5 have been a humdrum world
D series into a sizzling scrap. The
Cardinals are firm believers in re-
MILLER BROS. RADIATORS
Jenkins 168 142 186 Carroll 187 1*1 133
McBrayer 161 152 149 Thompson 168 157 174
173 171 155
175 154 159
149 121 ,
Alderson
Koch
Perry
Totals
193 180 184 Boice
187 194 127 Tibbetts
170 155 189 Gisvold
879 823 835
ECHOLS BROS
Totals 852 70
taliation, and two sides were play- |
ing the game after White kicked I
the ball from Frisch’s hands two
or three times in St. Louis.
I The climax of what was per- through. Manush undoubtedly has
Frankie Frisch never went out j haps the wildest world series ever had more first basemen threaten: | to.
played came in the closing con- : _
test, when Judge Landis took the of recent years. %
easy way out, and banished Med-It was his dash that last year
wick in a shower of bottles and suddenly lifted Bill Werber, of
nuns. Medwick was only making the Boston Americans, from the own breaks., won
the most of his aggressive rights ranks of the mediocre. The Red Cubs, slides first, without even r
came roaring Into Third Sox won't be sluggish this trip, stoppinguto ask questions later, the dogs.
out the Giants in the dizziest
stretch drive in the history of the
majors, .
of his way to cause , trouble, but
neither aid he ever run away
from it. While the once Fordham
Flash has lost much of his get up.
and go, he, too blazed in emergen-buns.
cies.
One or two inspired players'l
easy way out, and banished Med-
when he
Bin
CATHOLIC LEAGUE RESULTS M
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BEARS CUBS M
Crotty 126 168 156 Royer 102
Gleeson 187 189 192 Phillips 1231
. Manning 193 149 158 Purcell 15 T
Mulvey 210 165 158 Zaehringr 153:
Handicap 45 WA V4,
Totals 716 671 664 Totals _ 585 631 *49
PILOTS NOVICES
O’Gara 142 105 105 AO Brien 130 118 119
Carson 162 141 134 Osterhaus 134 132 188 a
Wagner 180 199 147 Feregar 196 145 191
MO Brian 14* 151 205 Felderhoff 165 224 121
Handicap 13 13 13
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