THE CHARLESTON DAILY MAffi, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 6, 1928 »• PAGE SEVEN CHARLESTON SENATORS OPEN SEASON WITH HUNTINGTON BOOSTER CLUB
and Harmon's retirement from rac- AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL JOE DAWSON PACER ing until this year. RATHER SLATED PIP6RAS AGAIN IN In the 1914 race Dawson was *erU OF SPEEDWAY RACE ously injured in an accident wMch TOURNEY PLANS TO BE MADE caused- bis retirement from the Former Star Driver to Start speed sport and which coined * FRESCO THOMPSON SHDTODTTRIUMPfl FOR LEAGUE PARK Junior Baseball Schedule Will be Considered in Session on Indianapolis Event slang phrase that la used only in Philadelphia Nationals New York Hurler Blanks Chi- automobile racing. Monday; Service Club Representatives to Meet INDIANAPOLIS, May 5. — Joe Ray Gilhooly, for no apparent Lid on Semi-Pro Season Will Sox for Second Time; Dawson, famous auto racing star ot reason, spun around three or four At Elks Club at 8 O'Clock times in the south turn of the fcteick. , be Pried on Cabell County Score, 7-0 other years, winner of the 1912 In- On one of his whirls his car struck » dianapolis 500-mile race, will pace Dawson's mount and drove It j Into ; Ball Field the start of this year's International the pit wall. Gilhooley was unin- XEW YORK, May 5.—George Plans 'or the Charleston American be less tliart 17 years old now, ind race at Indianapolis on May 30 in Legion junior baseball season will of an age which will make them lees a Marmon roadster. jured. Since then whenever any Pigras' pitching shut out the White be made in a conference at the Elks than 17 on Dec. 31. The city Utle The start of the race at Indiana- driver does a spin In the track It is TO TRY NEW TOSSEE Sox here today for the second time, club In Quarrier street on Monday must be decided by July 5. A "dead- polis, promptly at 10 o'clock each spoken of by other drivers as "dolns the Yankees winning 7 to 0, evening at 8 o'clock. line" for entrance; of teams will be May 30 is one of the most spectacu- a Gilhooley." Pipgras allowed hut six hits and set. struck out eight batters, though he Boyd Stutler. commander of lar scenes in sport. Thirty-three Bescom Stone May Get Call on walked five. John Brawley post, will preside at cars roll away from the tape in RENE LA COSTS WINS Three of the Yankees' runs were the meeting. Heads of service clubs, rows of three each, with exception HARD COURT CONTEST Hill for Powell Clan scored by the aid of sacrifice flics, Scout troops a.nd others interested In PYLERS ^CHICAGO of the first row in which the pace in Opener two by Meusel and one by Gehrlg. boys work have been Invited, but car occupies the pole position, lined BOURNEMOUTH, England,, May Earl Combs led the Yankees at bat the affair is not an Invitational one. Marathoners Face Last 1,000 up with the three fastest cars. 5—Rene La Coste of France won with four hits, all o£ which were ITr. Stutler urged that the impres- Slowly they get away and roll into the English hard court champion- singles. Babe Ruth's catch of Cls- sion be given that everyone Inter- Miles of Long Race the first turn. On the back stretch ship today by defeating Patrick 3>. With fair weather predicted for sell's liner In the second Inning was ested should consider himself in- CHICAGO, May 5.—C. C. P> le's they gather speed, gradually in- B. Spence, South Africa Davis cup Sunday, Charleston baseball fans a fielding gem. Tin Babe fell into vited to attend. foot-wc-ary marathoners today creasing it until the cars enter the player in the final, 6-2, 6-2, 8-2. field box, but held on to the ball. The main idea of the junior sea- reached Chicago and tomorrow ivlfl home stretch. Then the pace car La Coste, playing his best tennis will ba turning their radiator caps son is to provide a Charleston cham- embark on the last 1,000 mile* of thunders along at race car speed of the year, had little difficulty dis- CHICAGO AB R H P A E pion. The junior team winning the until the field crosses the line at the posing of Henri Cochet's conqueror, towards Hur.tington to attend the Cissell, se i 0 0 i 3 0 the 3,500-mile trek. John S.Uo, 1 opening of the season there. 0 0 : local race will compete in a sec- Passaic, X. J., led the runners into judge's stand—and the race is on. Miss Elsie Goldsack won the wo- Clancy. Ib . , 1 tional race comprising several ad- It requires skillful driving of the men's title when she triumphed over Huntington was to have co.me here Reynolds, rC . "v 0 i 1 0 0 Chicago, covering the 42.3 miles Metzler, cf ., , 4 0 i 3 0 1 joining counties. Winners of these from Joliet in 5:05:07. He arrived pace car to keep the race Held in- Miss Joan Ridley, 8-6, 6-4. for the season opener last week, but I i Falk. If 0 0 2 0 0 sectional races will meet to decide 15 minutes ahead of Phillip Gian- tact and to get out of the way of The men's doubles title Trent to rain and enow spoiled it. NowT ! Barrett, 2b ., ! 4 0 2 0 1 0 the state title. Then the winner ville, Hamilton, Ont., Walker, who the racing creations after the of- the South African pair, Spence and 0 0 5 0 0 of the state title will play for the took second in 5:20:20. ficial Hying start of the race.' T. E. C. H. Kingsley, who beat La Coste Huntington is to have the honor of i Kamm, 3b .. . 3 title in several states. Winners ot and M. Joba, 3-6, 8-6, 6-2, 8-2, prying the lid. One Sunday later McCurdy, c , . * n 1 4 0 0 The day's only mishap fell to "Pop" Myers, general manager of 3 0 0 0 5 0 these meets will have still another the lot of Ollie Wantinen of Xew the Indianapolis track, always rides Miss Betty Nuthall and Mr». In the month, Huntington will be Blankenship, series which will provide an eastern Michael Watson won the women's . here. x-Hunnefleld . 1 0 0 0 0 0 York, who was injured slightly in the pace car to assist in keeping and a western cham: ion. These wlien struck by an automobile a few the front line drivers from breaking doubles championship by defeating Penny Bailey Is boss of the o two teams will meet for the junior the barrier before the start of the Mrs. Shepherd Barron and Miss Huntington Booster baseball club Totals S2 0 6 24 11 blocks from the Chicago control. He x-batted for E kership in "9th. world's championship, and the managed to stagger to the goal in contest. Gwendolyn Sterry, 6-2, 6-3. this year and he is said to have or- champions will have a grand prize third place with 3:34:24. With the 520,000 in lap prizes, The French-English team of Henri ganized a high class aggregation for XEW YORK AB n \{ P A E for having won. This will lie a trip Peter Gavuzzi, Southampton, Eng- ?100 being hung on the finish wire Cochet and Eileen Bennett won ths , the edification ot the Cabell base- Combs, cf . . . n i 4 3 0 0 to the major leagues world series land, who is leading in total elapsed for the first car around in each lap, mixed doubles championship when ball population. . 4 2 •j 1 2 0 aboard a palatial Pullman car. The time for the 2,402.6 miles from Los it is readily understood how anx- they defeated the English pair, H. K. "Watt Powell, head of the local Koenig, ss . . Lester and Joan Ridley, 9-7, 8-Z. ! Ruth, rf 3 1 0 rt 0 0 boys will travel in their car attached Angeles, finished in a dead heat ious the drivers of fast cars are to club, has added names to his list of I Gehrig. 1 b 3 n 1 S 1 0 to the major league special trains. with his nearest rival, Andrew get every possible advantage of players and has cut other names off. Meusel, If ,.. [ 2 i 1 1 0 0 Mr. Stutler pUns to appoint an Payne, Clarcmorc. Okla.. the two speed and position at the very out- FOXTR MONTH SENTENCE The newest of the new names is that Lazzerl, 2b . , , 4 0 0 0 1 0 athletic officer us soon as he and leaders placed tenth for today's lap set of the contest. Pleading guilty to assault and . of Bescom Stone, hurler who was to Dugan, 3b .. , 4 0 2 0 1 0 other legion officials can find the in 6:43:52, allowing the 22-yar- Dawson, wllo is now a resident of battery in intermediate court (ThunK set a trial against the Boosters to- Grabowski, <: . 4 2 ;{ s 1 0 right man. It is the hope to get as olil Englishman to retain his Mx- Philadelphia, was the 1912: winner day, George Buster was sentenced ,to *' day. Stone comes here from Harris- Pipgras, p ., . 4 0 0 1 2 0 many teams as possible interested in hour .and 68 seconds time advan- here, the year following the victory servo four months In the connty « burg by way of Baltimore and he the race. Boys to be eligible must tage. of Hay Harroun In a Marmon Wasp jail. has been very highly touted. Totals . . . ,s;: 7 ] 8 0 Another r.ew Senator name is Chfcaso . . i A niin nnit n Ken Sexton, who will play second. New York 3»0 111 Ols—7 Elsewhere the infield is as it was Runs batted in: Gehrlg 1, Meusel last year and that puts Dearlen at 2. Dugan 1, Comb? 1, Koenig 1. first, Rogers at short, Echols at Two base hits: Meusel, Gehrlg. third. Fan-ell, Orcutt and Martin Stolen base: Metzier, Sacrifices: will comprise the outfield, G-ehrtg, Mfiusol (2). Trouble plays: If Stone doesn't start for Charles- Blankenship to Cltsell to Clancy, ton today, Kirk Heatwole will. Grabowski to Koenig.; Blankenship Which aver gets the assignment, it to Clancy to K:unm. Left on bases: Is known that Vandenberg will Now York S: Chicago 10. Base OP. I balls: off Pipgras 5: Blankenship 3. STUDE BAKER ',-atch. A'andy is a newcomer with The Great Independent a whale of a rep. !i Struck out: by Pipgras S: Blanken- Today's game will start in League ship 4. Wild pitch: Pipgras. Um- park, Huntington at 3 o'clock. jpires: Geiscl. Campbell. Time: 2:06. 1 FOHANAUN 'w INNER IN There are only two ball players with the Philadelphia Phillies, to borrow that old vaudeville gag, and young Fresco Thompson is both of • VICTORIA CUP EVENT them. He is not only the one real ball player on that sad Philadelphia HURST PARK, Kngland. May 5. SAILOR TELLS TEX team but he is one of the most valuable ball players in the league. —Sol Joel's Fohanaun won the Vic- Announces Barney Dreyfuss and John McGraw weep when they hear his name, i'or the Pirates and the Giants once had him. turned him loose and would toria cup race over the seven fur- have given great big dough to get him back. Pittsburgh Imd him in longs route bore today by two IHERETOGET OFF 1925 and released him outright to Buffalo. The Giants bought him from lengths from Captain G. Dunnes' Buffalo and then shipped him to Philadelphia. That "Fresco" part of Portland. F. H. W. Cundclls' Oak Sharkey Once Again Becomes his name is not a nickname of Pacific coast appellation. Fresco is a given Ridge was third, a half-length be- name and he comes from Alabama. His nickname is Chick—and he is a hind Portland. Twenty-three ran. Garrulous Gob; Wants nice fellow. . The betting was 2 to 1 against i Fohanaun, 5 to 1 against Portland Title Contest | ami 100 to 9 against Oak Ridge. A New Brooklyn, where they will meet the j SOX SIGX SCHOOLBOY NEW YORK. May 5. —Jack PARKERSBURG HIGH Brooklyn Wanderers. | The Boston Red Sox' are picking Sharkey, irr refusing to meet Johnny All of the players who figured in them young. One of their latest Rlako in a return bout in June, has winning the Scottish cup will make rookies is Robert Ashjonison. 1S- completely reverted his real role, the trip and will be under tho di- for stock cars under $1400 year-old boy of Concord. Mass., who which he temporarily submerged fol- J1NS TRACK MEET rection of Manager William Struth starred as a catcher for his high lowing his knockout at the hands of and President Baillie Graham. school team. Jack Dempsey. last July. A trip to Boston to sign Sharkey Charleston Takes Second Place for a match with Risko at Yankee . Stadium Juno 2 netted Tex Rickard With Huntington Close nothing but the information from In Third Sharkey that the latter will fight no one but the winner of the Gene Tun- ney-Tom Heeney title bout or Jack PARKERSBURG, May 3.—Led by Dempsey. Foley, Stevens and Marchl. Parkers- The only condition on which he burg high school's Big Red track and B0ttefr than would meet Risko again, Sharkey Built to give field team won the annual triangu- explained, was that if victorious, he lar meet ivith Huntington and be matched with the survivor of the Charleston here today. Tunney-Heeney match in a second The score: Parkersbur_: 76 1-8, championship bout In September. Charleston 39, Huntinpton 38 5-(i. In telling Rickard where to get Prazer. with 12 points was high more mileage a mile a minute on and off, Sharkey found himself itgain. He has cast off the com- pointer for Charleston who finished plex he acquired after his defeat by the meet just 1-6 of a point ahead Dempsey and which threatened to of Huntlnpton. Priced to cos? less per mile ruin him as a heavyweight contender The meet was held under adverse as evidenced by his disappointing weather conditions. It was cold and work against Heeney and Risko. rain fell In the Cirst part of the pro- for SOQO miles Sharkey is once more the loqua- gram. cious Lithuanian, the garrulous Gob, A queer incident of the meet oc- Built to meet 1928 trafiilc the boasting Bostonian. The role of curred in running heats of the 100- silent sailor is not one for Sharkey. yard dash. The first heat had a time conditions of high speed He is a braggart—it is part of his of 12 2-5 .seconds. The second was make-up. He is a man of hunches, 12 3-5. Officials wondered how the and quick start and stop. impulses and moods and he must be time could be so slow. Then Rome- allowed to follow them through. one discovered that the runs had When Sharkey's handlers stopped been of 120 yards. Suprex tires are heavier him from talking before the Heeney The summary: R.nd Risko bouts last winter and at- 100-yard dash: Frazer ot Charles- and stronger in carcass — The Dictator $1195 to $1395 F. O. B. FACTORY tempted to tell him to fight, they ton. Stevens of Parkersburg, Gwinn i!id so at the risk of ruining him. of Huntington, Cain of Parkersburg. bigger in air capacity — Sharkey j'jst recovered in, time to Time: 10 1-5 seconds. savo himself from flstic oblivion. 220-yard dash: Stevens of Park- Before the Delaney bout, ho took ersburg. Mason of Parkersbuny. thicker in tread rubber. Y traveling 5,000 miles in 4,751 consecu- matters Into his own hands and re- Frazer of Charleston. Ciwinn of Erskine and The Dictator have made records sumed his old tactics. He predicted Huntington. Time: 22 3-5. B tive minutes, the Studebaker Dictator has unequaled by any other stock cars at or near he would knock out Delaney within 440-yard dash: Board of Ch.-irles established a record unequaled by any stock car