DETROIT TIMES, June 1,1942 PAGE 11 Red Sox Sell CATCHING Snead Fools Dopesters MOSES

Foxx to Cubs • OFF IST Who Figured He’d BlowUp

'— SPORTS - - - -¦ " ’ . . |- ; By LEO MACDONELL Slugger, Now unM—i¥mii¥vrn' ~ ir~ “n" "T" r .. Comes From * •“ *' *». ¦- - v- Mr. Dykes, Never One Chicago Pilot Relates 34, at Boston IP25' m Behind to Win | to Tell a Lie, Says His Tale of Sadness, Since 1936* P. G. A. Title 'Yanks Are a Cinch' Mainly Thornton Lee * By LAWTON CARVER .»,* A^-j u BOSTON, June 1 (UP).—First International Ncwi Annie* **porl« Mitmr * STILL HAS HOPES FOR PALE HOSE baseman Jimmy Foxx was sold ATLANTIC CITY. N. J.. June 1 today by the of (INS).—After a week of tense, ** James Joseph Dykes was discovered behind a fat cigar in the to the Chi- tough competition during which cago Cubs of the National League the visiting team’s club rooms at Briggs Stadium. He was chin- he had blasted Ben Hogan and for an unannounced cash sum. Byron Nelson, among others, to with Herb a Chicago scribe. ning Simon, The 34-year-old Foxx, a "boy incredible defeats, the Little Cor- to thirty-fourth “Is this a private conversation?” we ventured. wonder” under Connie Mack with poral came the hole of national professional “I never have private conversations,” replied the eminent the Philadelphia Athletics, had the since championship final yesterday with umpires.” been with Red Sox 1936 staring Dykes airily, “The more the merrier. I even talk to and was playing his eighteenth a 16-foot putt and defeat the pair. m League. him in the face. He was two Mr. Simon stressed Dykes’ invitation so we joined season the American to go and Foxx established a reputation as down with three holes “Maybe you would like to know what the of the with Sam Snead going hotter and volun- a slugger by topping the American White Sox thinks about the American League race?” League in home runs for four sea- hotter as he scented his first teered Dykes. “Well, I am thinking It will be just too bad sons and pacing the circuit's - major golfing victory. Keller get to hitting.” ters for tw’o years. The Little Corporal sank that when Joe DiMagglo and Charley a other 16-footer for a bordie 4 and Then the fankees might keep drawing away from the halve in such silence that the clubs. 2,000 piled around the green could ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ IK •«** “Quite so,” pronounced Dykes, twirling his overstuffed Major |KHK|||| iHijHKj Kg|'‘ ¦¦ hear the click of his old wooden- Leaders against the ball, cigar. ‘ I jBl BHHL jH '¦ Is I shafted blade IH then the roar that went up beqt And then whad? oaks and pines along the fair- v the then will he a scramble for the rest of the first \ ¦.{"-7 k way gallery “And It \>>' s 7 ..+*{' ‘ u as the trooped to the division—with every other one of the seven clubs having a Seem to Be In' thirty-fifth green. chance.” The Little Corporal was keeping the match alive and was about to What happened to the White Sox? nr r«H*a Pr»*« The major leagues took time pull another miracle such as he “Well, a lot of things have happened to the White Sox,” Saturday out today to draw a deep breath had done on when he won the two finishing holes from * 1 and see what could he done about the Dodgers, Nelson to square his semifinal, the Yankees and to running away with the and then won the extra hole who are against pennant races. go into the final Snead The Yanks, with an eight-game SSSBXMgm MMMmj&JsMm? yesterday. lead. look invincible, even with DRAMATIC CLIMAX power hitters. Joe DiMaggio their The Little Corporal might have and Charlie Keller, in batting DiMaggio is hitting .255 done it for the second time. He slumps. might have given hard- \ and Keller .237. that , rooting gallery and his soldier m The Dodgers, with a six-game pals a final victory, but Snead lead, can seem to do no wrong. *+> ' . _ , _ , I C , ?¦ **w&* , . AA*a combination of luck and skill BEAT WEAKER CLUBS that brought a dramatic climax One of the main reasons why to the twenty-fifth championship the Yanks and Dodgers have com- MOSES IS DOUBLED OFF FIRST BASE IN FIRST INNING for theapro title. manding leads is their ability to Two up and two to go at the knock oIT the weak clubs. The thirty-fifth of their 36-hole match, Yanks have won 21 of their 31 Snead chipped in from a bank games from the White Sox. Sena- Wonders ever a hump from about 50 feet 7-Inning Up with a fast moving, skidding shot tors and Athletics, the three bot- Browns Trade l Cubs Give '"Sj ** and with that finally reached the p y L teams, and hav# lost only • k t tom s promised two to those three clubs. The While Sox Score 5 Runs In Tenth to Beat Tigers; land—finally proved, too, Dodgers have copped 18 of their that he can win under pressure. in He came from to take 32 victories from the Cubs, Braves It’s 9th Loss Late Innings for Detroit Night Ball Hopes behind thia Hayes week-long and Phils and have lost only two For Frank one after a struggle that started last Monday and he games to that trio. By LEO MACDONELL (INSL—The Boston is Brooklyn’s deep-dish ST. LOUIS. June 1 (INS).—The CHICAGO. June 1 won the last national pro cham- apple Dodgers walloped "We Did It Before and We Can land lost tw’o games, which put possibility of night baseball for pionship for the duration from a pie. The St. Louis Browns announced to- Chicago in 1942 gone the twice again Do It Again!" the Cubs has game. scrapping little corporal. He Braves yesterday, day the trade of Bob the Tigers in second place. was learned today. JIMMY DYKKS 10-2 and 3-1. and didn’t have to That’s a well known war ditty glimmering, it won it for tbe nary as Snead will Swift and Boh Harris to A crowd of 29,154, approxi- Owner P. K. Wrigiey had equip- week, sleep ... sweat to do Every Tigers might use be inducted this , . cigars up a but the well it. . he doesn't smoke in his i wogk it. the Philadelphia Athletics for 2,500 than Saturday’s ment ordered Wrigiey Field close decision went against Bos- The Tigers can blow those games mately less for i As they went to the thirty-fifth catcher _Frank Hayes. when the Japs raided Pearl Har- “things we didn’t figure on before the season | tttp and finally the Braves got in the late innings! And how!! turned, ssvy the Sabbath Day da*, yesterday there id Dykes, r Don Barnes, president of the «vet to. the wasn’t thinking about hoi and bothered Manager They did it again yesterday at bor. rued-4- K among those familiar w ittiMPud’s »rted. Now. mind you. In March I AHn Brpwns. said the deal was in- bade. government shortly after this, and career Mack and Casey Stengel and catcher Clyde strengthen Briggs Stadium, the White Sox Maybe games who didn’t fbel that'he was :iy first place for the Sox. I liked to hear Mr. < tended to the club’s it Is seven-inning made a few overtures to the Chi- about to blow this one as he had Klutte were tossed out of the hitting as well as the catching scoring five runs in the tenth in: tizzy Dean and these other gentlemen speak of the White Sox onener( shortstop Eddie Miller ning to lick the Tigers, 9-4. in the that the Tigers need. They have cago White Sox suggesting that sc many others, although et that and department. lost games in the late innings. the Cubs be allowed to play some >attiing the Yankees for first place, but I wasn’t thinking anv given, the gate in the nightcap. first game of what was to have nine next to the last hole he needed This, course, in Comiskey kid himself. But I . Max West was lucky he wasn’t been a doubleheadcr. The weAlher of doesn’t speak well night games the Sox’ only a half to win. Somehow you such thing. James Joseph Dykes doesn't : for relief pitching. Park. This got nowhere. division, place, cut short the second game inHJhe the knew he must do something a lit- did think we were a sure pop for first for second (Continued on Page 12) j Sandlot News, Page 15 Then Wrigiey got the idea he tle crazy or must fold up—but h« club third inning. The only joy in START SEASON BADLY perhaps. And despite what’s happened I think my ball day’s proceedings was that Cleve- might be able to improvise a didn't this time. He won this on« The Tigers dropped the lighting by assembling a is still capable of making it. As for first place—well, we don’t season’s system by coming from behind and by opener to the Indians after the large number of bulbs from his playing his greatest shots oul figure and never did. sixth inning. They lost another like other holdings and erecting them biggest shock this spring Cajun Cousins Top there in the stretch to keep th* “What happened? Well, our Major that to the Browns. Then they on wooden poles at Wrigiey Field pressure had (Taft Wright). League on Tumesa after he was the loss of Lee (Thornton Leetand Wright | were the victims of a pair of until he was free to purchase managed to switch it off of him- Cleveland, Lee, our best pitcher, hasn’t pitched a game, lie has some atrocities in losing both regular lighting equipment. Now self. Fair Grounds Jockeys Standings after holding five-run leads in the has plan is not mysterious arm trouble. The doctors don t seem able to do he decided this I saw Snead lose to Paul Run- eighth inning. feasible. see your man Bloom here in By LEWIS H. W ALTER lyan in the PGA finals at Shawnei anything for it. He was over to Buddy Blair of the Athletics ! in 1938 by an incredible 8 and 1 trainer for the AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit. (Dick Bloom is a former assistant Down In Louisiana, the little Thrall's charges some real horse- beat the Tigers in the ninth with and I watched him let Byron Nel Tigers.) Manngouin is known as backing. Other trainers are after W L Pet. *GB a triple, and the Browns w’on an- son come from behind in the lasl 1 town of New York 31 11 .738 Johnny Dawson Wins games last season, lie of the in services. It his fault other from Detroit in the ninth. holes and bv one up al “I.ee won something like 22 for us one, sleepiest settlements Eric's wasn’t DETROIT 26 22 .542 8 jlhree win the Cajun country that is peo- that Best Seller didn't quite last Then came the week-end hor- Jlershey in 1940. I also watched beat the Tigers six out of six. And Johnny Rigney has gone all Boston 23 20 .535 8‘a yard 1 by descendants of the to boat Marriage in the Alger rors at the local hall in which his face a greenish white ai holiering'about that. pled the Cleveland 24 21 .533 B’a Meet turn k, the army. That’s okay—we aren’t ! Frenchmen deported from Canada Memorial Saturday. He did every- the White Sox on Saturday scored First Amateur Philadelphia when he took a fin- St. Louis 23 24 .489 104 (INS). got a war to and that’s bigger than the White Sox get seven runs in the ninth and five LOS ANGELES, June 1 ishing win. 200 years ago. thing he could to the former Chicago 18 26 .409 14 8 and blew the Open whicl Lee and Rigney won games But racegoers would never guess Bradley colorbearer home in front.! in the tenth yesterday. —Johnny Dawson smashed out an he had won and I’ve heard al or baseball. But between them S 3 Washington 17 27 .386 15 As over that Manngouin was a sleepy was contrasted to these setbacks, impressive 10 and 8 victory about his 8 in the recent La last year. Cousin Euclid Loßlanc a Philadelphia 19 30 .388 154 the Tigers on only four occasions Bruce McCormick to win the little backwater town after watch- leading apprentice around Detroit Angeles Open and about the resl “Wright, our best hitter, got back Into the game just tb«* •Games behind leader. came from behind to beat the forty - third Southern California ing Eric Guerin and Euclid Le several years ago. but he's fighting YESTERDAY’S RESULTS ithat he has blown one way oi other day. Then there are a lot of other things that haven’t Blancj in action at the Detroit race enemy in the late Innings. Bob Amateur Golf championship. It another. weight these days along with FIRST GAMF, home helped us any.” track. These two wide-awake sons George King, kingpin of last Chicago 9-15-1. DETROIT 4-9-1 Patrick’s run in the ninth was Dawson’s first tournament With that record. Snead figured 1 the Lyon* and Treah; Bantnn, IHenahaw (9) against granted amateur ( of Manngouin are two of the season. Nevertheless he can turn the White Sox accounted since he was and Tabbatta. Paraone 4 7». quartet. rating. expects enrter hustlingest race riders m action in a competent ride and so far has' Second game postponed for one of this Then the He to the (Coatinued on Page II) Simmons Takes Up the Burden cousins FIRST GAME Tigers in a stirring rally in Boston Hale America tournament in here. They’re and they managed to get five winners home ! St Louis 5-8-0 Cleveland 4-9-1. havp in the ninth inning scored four Chicago. Edgar Smith s tough luck. He made the race for riding Auker and Swift; :Bagby, Smith (7) and Dykes might have mentioned honorsj a family affair. They stand; S HAVE FOUR WINNERS Hegan. runs to whip the Red Sox, 4-2. jidn't, SECOND GAME Rudy York beat the Yanks in COMFORT FIRST but Mr. Simon did. | ( one-two on the jockey list as the Grouped behind him with four St Lrnjia 8-12-0, Cleveland 3*7-1. New Ecorse Crews Beat Culver of his Nlggelmg and Ferrell; :Kenned>, Milnar York With a homer and Pinky Hig- “Smith has pitched fine hall yet hasn’t won one 73-day racing meet enters its sec-' winners arc Elvie Hust, * . apprentice (4) and Denning. gins came through with a clutch The Ecorse Rowing Club’s teams mmm a eight starts,” Simon explained. “He lost five of them by one < ond week. from the J. C. Ellis Stable; Nunzioi FIRST GAME today Philadelphia knock that licked the Athletics started practice for this he had an Pariso and Gilberto Olivera, the New York 11-13-0 7 9-2 in meet run—two by scores of 2to 1. In the eight games BIG LEAD FOR ERIC Donald. Branch (s>. ’Murphy and the final frame. week's after sweeping all league. Cuban. Olivera removed himself Rosar; ;Marchildon. Knott <8). B***e (8). events in a match at Culver Mili- of 3.lft, his lowest in the Better (8) Wagner. (7). Roy Henshaw, veteran left- Eighteen-year-old Eric, who from the competition for 30 days, Fowler and Have* Academy Saturday. year when he won 13 and better than the year before , his riding BECOND GAMF. hander drafted from Jersey City, tary Strok- than last started career last year,' however, when he fouled a winner, Philadelphia 4-13-1. New York 2-4-0 ing rough course (8) was the victim of the White Sox over a with their when he won 14.” has a big lead on the fielp with last week. Harri* and Wagner; ißreuer, Lindell boat all but swamped, the Ecorse eight winner*, eight and Roaar. attack yesterday after a All of which seems to give Smith the hard luck pitching ' seconds and Olivera Isn’t the only, jockey to FIRST GAME senior team finished 6 minutes three thirds. The apprentice hoofer, Boston 11-14-0. Washington 1-7-0. by Ned Harris, pinch hitter, had over our own get himself in trouble. Sammy; and 2 seconds ahead of the Cul- championship A 1 Benton. for the strong stable of J. W. Judd and Conrov. Newsom and Evana. given the Tigers a four-all tie in Luke Appling as an “of Parise, who has been guilty of veryj SECOND GAME ver first team while the juniors Mr. Simon also pointed out instance Brown. Nrw Orleans turfman, was to I Boston 4-7-0, Washington 3-11-2 (Continued rough riding, is expected go < on Page 12) won by 6 minutes and 10 seconds the sensation of the New Orleans be- 1 Butland. Brown <7). Hughaon (8) and lomething or another.” Conroy; Zuber and Early. “In 39 games Appling has hit something like .23ft and and Is giving trainer Johnny * (Continued on Page 15) twinning pttrhar. iLoatng pitcher. runs,” the veteran shortstop TODAVS GAMES driven in only three Simon said of No games scheduled. who once won the league batting championship. 193,689 Arearo Boots One “It’s a screwy hall club,” Simon went farther. “Joe Fans See Rain Cuts Federation NATIONAL LEAGUE Haynes, picked up from Washington for a fraction ahme the Wf L Pet. *GB game Brook lvn 32 13 .711 Eddie Hit for Holding Whirlaway Too Long and waiver price, won his third relief in four Have and has Sunday's i Ball Games Baseball Program St. Louis 25 18 .581 6 wins and no defeats—and Smith is 0-8.” a record of ft NEW YORK. June 1 (UP). Rain storms cut yesterday's pro- Boston 25 21 .543 74 Forgetting About Market Wise gram the had an- in Detroit Baseball Fed- i Cincinnati 22 22 .500 9 Wants a Couple of Hitters eration. canceling the two games New York 23 23 .500 9 4 By 808 CONBIDINE Dykes Just other big turnout Sunday with a in A, < .467 Class and all four contests Chicago 21 24 11 International Newt Imlff Sport* Writer Dykes resented the “screwy ball club" tag. total of 193.689 attending the in Class C. Only four of the! Pittsburgh 19 27 .413 134 j “It’s a pretty good ball club,” insisted Dykes. “I still have eight games. Saturday's Decora- scheduled 16 games in Class B Philadelphia 14 32 .304 184 NEW’ YORK. June I.—lnasmuch Can't Wait was slower than usual, were played. •Games behind leader. up leaders and good pitching. If I had a couple of hitters, we might go places tion Day doubleheaders drew as we didn’t see it. and therefore kept close to the ——-—..._—_ VESTERDAY’S RESULTS sent Market Wise into the lead the Tigers are Putts win golf matches. Ray, by any yet Yes, we tried to get Bruce Campbell, hut FIRST GAME are not blinded great a hung back, as AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 3-5-1. Philadelphia 2-4-1 after mile. Arcaro with. I offered them Knickerbocker and Major League Leaders Mancuao; truths, it appears today that Eddie usual, tough to do business Philadelphia SS, | Lohrman and J Hughes, N'ahem and when at last Whirly Nmr York at 137 (8) Livingston could use good now, Chkagn at Detroit 29.133 and lArcaro turned one of the poorer made his great Market Wise Wehh. They Knickerbocker pretty LEADING HITTER** SECOND GAME in move. Ross, W’a»hln*toa at Boston 23.137 Philadelphia 1-7-0 rides of his life on Whirlaway did. Whirly's rush overtook couldn’t they? They wanted Ross (Lee pitcher) so we Cleveland at St. Loula 9,181 AMERICAN LEAGUE New York 7-11-3. in also Playtr—Club- AB R H Prt Carpenter and Dgnning, IHoerat, Melton the Suburban. the rest, but James had outsmarted for Trout. They wouldn’t give up Trout and nothing Gordon. New York ISO 22 57 .380 ,(8) and Warren. asked 95,807 GAME Arcaro, Arcaro by staying nearer NATIONAL LEAGUE Do«rr. Br>«ton 148 19 55 .3771 FIRST i who discovered that the up the Knickerbocker—pretty • Pittsburgh happened. But they could use that Dlckry. N«w York 98 10 35 .3851 Cincinnati 8-8-0, 2-5-2 secret of getting the most out of pacesetters. St Leal* at Chicago "“34*185 Bp*no*Wiuih!ngton .380' i Walter* and Hemsley; tSewell. Lannlng the Tigers right now, eh? 175 27 83 (51. Klinger (8» Phelpa. along fekood man for Bo«ton at Brooklyn 29.104 Priky. Boatnn 181 32 55 . 342 Baker (5), and Whirlaway is to let him loaf Incidentally, the constituted could use a good hitter, like that Rudy York, for Philadelphia at New York 18 082 NATIONAL LEA or E SECOND GAME until the stretch turn, no matter authorities who warned New York “Yeh, 1 Plttaburgh at Cincinnati 18.721 Playtr— Club— AB R H Ppt. Cincinnati 3-5-1, Pittsburgh 0-8-0. and Lopes. how he Instance. There’s a guy who’s liable to hit a home run before Pbrlp*. Pm*bur*ll 83 10 31 .373 Btarr and Lamanno; Butcher many lengths falls behind. racegoers that the Belmont course 98 082 R*l**r. Brooklyn J4O 31 48 .343 FIRST GAME ,must have forgotten about Market was a den in which the rankest you can say Jack Robinson—or bingo." Total both league* 193 889 Lombard* Bouton 98 14 33 .337 St. Louta 3-7-0. Chicago 0-10-0. W.Coopvr. St Loula 102 12 33 .324 Pollen and W’ Cooper; JOlsen, Erickson Wise Saturday.; Market Wise is negligence flourished, so far as air- proved Dykes I (8». (9) With two homers less than an hour later, York Madwlca Brooklyn 143 20 48 322 Blthorn and McCullough. (pretty much the same kind of run- raid precautions were concerned, Giants Option Infielder HOME HI Nb RUNS Second game postponed Whirly a good prophet. i William. RadSox 15 William* RadSox 38 FIRST GAME ning horse which Is. He's certainly scared away the cus- * DlMasaio. R. .181 , Brooklyn 10-11-1. Boaton 2-9-3. was asked which of the recruits impressed him. (UP).— York. Tlicer* 12 *ox Wallace slow out of the box. likes to rate tomers. The crowd of 51.903 was Dykes NSW YORK. June 1 9 York. Tlaar* 3C Davl* and Sullivan: tJavery DIMaAKIo. Ynka (3>, (31. (4) himself through a race, the largest ever see race “That Stephens, the Browns’ shortstop, looks mighty fine,” Connie Ryan, rookie second base- Doarr. Rod Sox 8 Mualal. Carda Sain Salvo and Klutta, Masl. much of to a in ‘Oanflin, Dod(Or. 8 Haath. Indiana 33* SECOND GAME and. win or lose always picks up New York. The mutuel handle, Dykes declared. “I think he’s a better hall player than Pesky man of the New York Giants, has I Brooklyn 3-9-1. Boston 1-6-0. been optioned to the Jersey City RI BS RATTED IN HfTS Wyatt and Owen, tDonovan, Eerly (81 tiring horses in the home stretch. was a world record and insures of the Red Sox.” William* RadSox 55 Spanca. SCnaicr* 83 and Lombardi In the Suburban, Basil James, Belmont's record average of k A club of the InternetH>nAl League, Doarr. Rad Box 40 Horkatt. Indian* 57i ’Winning pitcher. tLoalng pitcher. more: from as the best shortstop York. Tlgar* 39 Fiamtn* Indiana 57 appsrently keenly This racegoer takes shoe* Pesky came up Louisville hailed secretary Eddie Brannick an- TODAY’S •AMES sensing more than a million dollars a day for ,o > M Yankaaa x DiMmk Ttaka Gordon, »7 pace meeting. | off to watch races. (Continued on Page I2y Inouneed today. . Mtxa, OlMta 38 McCUpky, Tlgara M| 1 No games scheduled. than Arcaro that the set. by ithe