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W-Tear-Old Pollet Faces Confident Dodgers KIBBLE's SThF’WßfijflPtßfit'or' W-tear-Old Pollet Faces Confident Dodgers FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 12, 1941 PAGE 8 Veterans Who'll Load Romeo Football Team Davis Called In This Comer High "11 ipty- Clashes MWJjFjLipi' IFP 1 W ’MMWMWWIMB MAX CAN WARN ADOLF ABOUT RACE with Cosmos Today so Hurl Second SUPREMACY; NATS TO HAVE «* BATTING ~ V Jy m> TEAM of football candiates, I •Aceomponied by o squad 36 Bather for Brooklyn BY J. DENNIS BROWN Cooch Ernest J, Buckholz left early this afternoon for Ham- ?k, Heel: Reports that one Joe Louis, a fisticuff performer first view of what promoter hromck where he was scheduled to get to his Four ise parts, is about due to sign Uncle Sam as a the city high gridders can do in oction. Both Tooms Boot and of Uncle Mike Jacobs should not encourage Mr. Adolf "We intend to let all the boys see at least some action/* Choncot in Oponor; Hitler, a fight promoter of Berlin, Germany, and central Euro- Buck said this morning. 'We're going to hove to depend on pean points. will an ideal place to Froddy Fits Winnor One of Mr. Hitler's boys, a Max Schmeling, fighter by p lot of new boys this season and this be Der Fuehrer all them out." trade but parachutist by necessity, can tell test about Joe and the supremacy of the German race . Max Coach Floyd Stocum of the Cosmos is also expected to • St. Louis, Sept. 12—(/P)—A theories, scintillating 20-year-old south- probably has reasons of his own to doubt the Nazi he moke frequent substitutions from his squad of 50 boys, headed j 'w BH f W| having contacted personally some rather bruising rebuttals. ' : paw only month removed Coptain 3 tackle who weighs 200 ¦¦m m a back to the by Ted Grobowski, 6 foot ERgES Ja; ¦* As far as that goes, if Mr. Hitler will think Godfrey, s B- HHBRiS v bHI M frm ihe Texas League, shoulders pounds. Sparking the Bathers will be Captain Bob m I—¦ burden St. dented 1936 Olympics, he can probably remember a Mr. Jesse Owens, 4 the of Louis' game high honors veteran 210-pound center who played guard and tackle last pennant bid today in the sec- whose long chocolate legs carried him to the . Probably year. ond three-game as he brought home three gold medals Adolf clash of a vital stayed trying figure that > A hslf-hour scrimmage cli- series with the leading Brook- up for nights afterward to one out. maxed yesterday's drill with lyn Dodgers. o Strassburg’s passing showing im- • They Bat Well, Too: No matter which club wins, the National Draftee Tom? provement as Buck continued to Howard Pollet, whose cool- League figures to have its first offensive team in the series since work on an aerial attack. An ness belies his youthfulness and the St. Louis Gas House Gang edged the Tigers in a seven-game Ind., Sept. 12—<*¦) organized gGARY, unexpected change came when brief experience in affair, back in 1934 ... In that year, the Redbirds pounded out Hannon, University of —Tom baseball, Manager Billy . Johnny Johnson, sophomore —Dally Monitor Photo was 65 hits ih the series for an average of nine-plux a game . Michigan All-American half- back, was moved up into an end four veterans expected to the Romeo football team in its South worth’s choice to oppose Since that date, Nats have never been able to collect graduated last SHOWN ABOVE ARE the lead the back who was position to make the fourth this year. Left to right, they are Eugene Marchewitz, 175 pound tackle; Mack Quick, the veteran flatbush flock in more than seven runs in any one game—and that only once . June, spent a half hour be- schedule game which may wingman on the squad. 150 pound end; Louis Lothery, 190 pound fullback, and Harold Throop, 185 pound half who was the make or Defensive ball has been their strategy, and not too successful a fore his draft board last night Birds’ as- soph Bruce on the first All-County team last The Peachmen are coached by Dan Barnabo and break the Red title one ... In the meantime, the Americans have piled up four seeking deferment. Another back. placed fall. a Bostwick again appeared to ad- Blake Smith. pirations. games of seven and eight runs, one 13-run game and a 18-run Harmon has asked a 3-A vantage in the scrimmage—as Against him gesturing Leo latter when the Yanks panzerized the Giants, 18-4, the ground fiasco—the classification on - he had Wednesday—and may be probably be in the center boss of the Bropk- in the second class of 1936 . All of which is rather embarrass- parents, Mrs. Lou- Should Hove will Four Letter Winners Durocher, his Mr. and the cream of the large crop of Barnabo Scheunman, 167 pound lyns, planned use Curt Davis. ing to President Ford C. Frisk and his National League mem- Harmon, dependent slot. to is A. are second year backs the city high should do plenty to help School; formerly was • not Experienced Team, tackle, Leave Throop Like Durocher. he bers. on him. The board did mentor is boasting this year. A end of line. Nat fans, though, are quick to point out that the Cincy Reds request immediate- hold down his the with the Cardinals. act on his hard tackier, Bostwick’s running Heavy DROP OUT Leads Those Returning —strictly a defensive team—scored a series victory last year ly. Backfield VETERANS Since coming to the majors showed up well last night. Only Worst spot in the Romeo set- in seven games without ever scoring more than five runs, while He failed show up for a Only a week remaining Ganfield ann Wilbur Lothery, in mid-August Pollet has gain- to one serious injury was suffered g before Seven reserves who lettered the Tigers were manufacturing a pair of 7’s and one eight-run hearing on the petition a first game, Coach Dan Barn- backs. John Licht, 170 pounds, ed three triumphs while drop-' in the rough drill last night with the last year were on hand to glad- mark in winning their three games. week ago and was put in Class candidate, abo of yesterday, pushed up is the fact that four letter oing one 3-2 decision at Brook- Bill Nicolai, tackle Romeo, den Barnabo’s first practise o 1 automatically. 46-man grid squad with new winners—all seniors—have left lyn. Davis has won eleven and getting a finger hurt. his session and he's counting heavi- • League Leaders: The Yankees have only one man leading the The board, however, sched- starting lineup for energy, determined to put a school. They are Frank Siglow, lost six. Probable ly on them to fill out the vacant American League batters King Kong Keller who tops the uled a second hearing and the Bathers today was expected well-conditioned team on the Keith Danhauser and A1 Cain, DODGERS CONFIDENT spaces. are Mike Bow- run batted in department . Three second place marks are notice. Hafmon fellows: Ralph the Peachmen Included all of whom left to go to work, sent him a to bes Siewert field when clash Bob Withorn and The Dodgers were confident held by the New Yorkers DiMaggio ranking second in runs said he had no written notice and Tate, ends; Ber- Heights in Romeo, erman, end; and Bill Short, guard, who mov- Howard with Auburn . Ray guards- Fred after yesterday’s 6 to 4 victory and runs batted in and being tied for number of doubles . hearing. May- Shields and Bran- Kaiser, ed. Cain was an end and Siglow of the first nard Chuck a week from Friday. Carl in 11 innings increased their Keller stands second in home runs. Montgomery, Johnny and Scheunmann tackle, and and were tackles. nard board yan, tackles; Olszak The Auburn game opens a Danhauser first place margin to two games, In the National, Brooklyn has Reiser at the top In bat- chairman, said Harmon had Bill White, guards; Bob Godfrey, seven-game with one On paper, Barnabo lines up to schedule but the Cardinals continued de- ting average, in runs, in doubles and in triples .. Camilli takes been told of it verbally. center; Aldon Banks, quarter; Oct. 3 —and Barn- have a hot backfield with a good- open date—on fiant and determined to take blue ribbon honors in runs batted in and homers ... St. Louis George Dalusky and Ken Strass- ly amount of experience and abo is anticipating no easy job in Towers leadership by sweeping has Johnny Hopp in second place in batting, Mize a tie for burg, George weight to burn. over the in halves; Mason, completing the season success- enough the two tilts remaining. second in runs batted in and in a split for first in the doubles Bsctaurive UP) Wire Serviee fullback. has four re- With Throop and Lothery, fully. However, he played a major in department with Reiser. includ- to Play monogram winners, he can com- Errors role turning first team boys, by bine Wilbur Lothery to have the first contest, witnessed ing Harold Throop, senior half 19,130 paying customers. who sparked the team through- Game Over three men averaging 178 out the 1940 season and was an pounds—which isn’t hay for a Ernie White, freshman south- paw, who had beaten the Do- all-county player. Also return- 9 Fisher Towers, supposed win- high school outfit. ing are Lewis Lothery, 190- ner of the Blue Water League PROMISING NEW BOYS dgers four times previously, seven hits and Sports Roundup pound Negro fullback, Gene championship, turned out not Promising new boys who may doled out only won but an- look-in on the team this could have easily for 12—(The .
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