OETROIT TIMES, SEPT. 21,1942 PAGE 13 Record of 2,033 Compete in Times-Ward Shoot

By DON GILLIES Selfridge Field pilots nosed out thu Detroit is definitely gun-minded Third Ferry Command, Waynu They proved their fondness for County Airport, 93 to 91. clay target shooting yesterday at On the Selfridge team were Cap* the L. A. Young Gun Club, when tain Hanson, 18; Major Henicker, SPORTS the second annual Detroit Times- 12; Lt. R. Booth. 22; Sgt. F. Page, By LEO MACDONELL Montgomery Ward Hunters’ Spe- 17, and Warrant Officer K. Allen, * 24. Cpl. cial Skeet and Trap Tournatnent • Bud Russello, former Hurler Shuts Out attracted a total of 2.033 gunners, ,xn jjilj r 4 of the L. A. Young Gun jCooper May Give Yanks Card largest | number ever to compete in Club is instructor of the team. Plenty of Trouble Cubs With Four Hits a shotgun shoot. The old record 2.004, Scores of Wayne County airmen was set during the first were: Sgt. in the for His 21st Victory year. Arthur Shook, 19; Lt, Times-Ward shoot last R. G. Higgins. 19; The turnout Lt. D. M. record-breaking iJames. 18; Maj. H. B. Johansen, GAVE 3 BUNS IN ALL-STAR GAME was established despite a heavy 17, and Sgt. J. P. Donahue, 17. rain on Saturday followed by cold Two targets back came the United weather Sunday that sent hunters .States Army Signal Corps. R. . the Cubs are not the Yankees H. CHICAGO, Sept. 21.—While digging into their duffle bags for Pepin with 20; Capt. talented Morton Cecil F. Preson, by any stretch of the imagination, the high-top boots and warm hunting 18; Lt. L. Judd. 16; Capt. R. Fer- Cooper from Sappington, Mo., is anything but a sap. He's a 6- clothing. guson. 18, and Captain Clifford foot 2-inch 200-pound who may give the American The profits of the shoot, esti- with 7. if the Cardinals go on mated at close to $3,000, will be Corporal Russello. won the indi- league champions plenty of trouble turned over to the Army and Navy vidua 1 world service men's title with through to win the flag, as the Emergency Relief funds. Shooters SPECTATORS LINE ONE OF THE RANGES TO H ATCH NAVAL ARMORY TEAM SHOOT 25x25. anticipates. * received $1,200 in prizes, consist- Carl B. Tuttle, broke a perfect Yes, we remember that the All-Stars got ing of war stamps, and shotguns. watch the gunners warm up for bombers and pursuit planes roar- Auxiliary skeet team won the with 24; Ralph score of 25 straight hits to tie 88 will be sent hunting many ing overhead, jeeps other gunners their throe runs off Cooper to win the All-Star game against the More than 500 prizes t.it* season found ftrmy and other servicemen's event, breaking a ;Reghi, 22; Chick Austerberry, 22;: and then win out in out to winners this week. other attractions. Field trials by w'ar machinery also delighted the team total out possible Henry Platz, Griffith, the draw for an expensive Leaguers York in July, but his three- of 107 of a 21. and 18. i 20 National in New Thousands of spectators who famous hunting dogs, coon dog throng. • 125 targets. On the team, cap-1 A nip-and-tuek battle resulted gauge shotgun. B. Stevens won night may or may not mean anything. firing coon, army Griffith, performance that lined the half-mile line to chases with a live The United States Coast Guard tained by Eddie were Bill for second place when the second (Continued on Page 17) With a masterly four- performance, Cooper at Wrigiev Field here, Sunday, shut out the Cubs for the St. Louis clubs’ • victory in the -header. It was Cooper s twenty-first vic- NO-HITTER the Cardingls’ Brother! tory of the season, it was his ninth shutout, and Briggs Seeking It's sixth consecutive victory. The quartet of Cub hits were all Lion Defeat By Cardinals aingles, two of them collected by Phil Cavaretta. No two knocks came in the same inning, and Cooper posted nine . He High School whiffed Bill Nicholson, Chicago’s formidable power hitter, twice. World's Softball Nicholson exploded 21 home runs during the current season. No Meat Rationing Here Hard Knocks First in Seventeen Games is expected to start Cooper against the Crown Tonight Yankees in St. Louis, September 30- unless, of course, the Dodgers achieve a miracle. Cooper will probably face Ernie Schwenk's Passes Bonham, also 6 feet 2 inches high but 15 pounds heavier. So Bv MARGARET RUSSELL yoti are liable to have plenty of meat on the mound for the first It's been since way hack in 1935 Carry Chicago tilt of the fall classic, meat rationing or not. that Detroit has boasted a world’s A modest, likable chap, Cooper is 28 years old and a product championship softball team, but to 13-0 of Rickey's Cardinal chain store organization.- After a H. 0," the odds are even that tonight Victory Branch - • ml sizable spell in the minors, much of which time was spent at Briggs will bring the title here for By LEO MACDONELL Columbus, the St. Louis clubs’ American Association farm. Cooper the second time. CHICAGO, Sept. 21—With thelf came up the Cardinals in 1938. While he revealed himself as Briggs gained the final round of to first start of the season somewhat a potentially great flinger, Cooper did not really get going until the current title tournament by less than auspicious, the Lions Mast season. Then, before the season was well along, he was dropping the previously undefeated were on their way home today Operated™ for a growth from his pitching elbow, which appar- Deep Rock Oilers of Tulsa. Okla., 3-2, yesterday. The Detroit team mournfully in the wake of defeat ently was what the big guy He was laid up about six needed. drew the bye and at 9 p. m. will at the hands of the weeks. Cardinals, LEO LUKEN, ZOLLNER’S meet the winner of the Zollner 13-0, under the lights at Comiskty Incidentally, it was an operation recommended for Schoolboy Piston-Deep Rock game at U. of D. defending champ.. Park here last night. Rowe, but the Schoolboy would never go for it. ..eliminate Stadium at 7p. m. In the girls division the un- It was the Chicago team’s see* No Illusions of Grandeur beaten. unscored upon Jax team ond league victory in as many That Cooper was no illusions of grandeur, despite his bril- from New Orleans sent the Phoe- starts this season and the nix Ramblers rambling back to first liant pitching, was indicated on the special train which carried Cards Boss victory over the Lions in 17 games Are the state of Arizona with a 1-0 the players and writers from New York to Cleveland for the defeat and will play Garden City that extended over a stretch of All-Star game” with ’s service stars. Some of girls of Chicago at 8 p. m. If Chi- eight years. Prior to last night's cago wins, the same two teams setback the Lions had won 13 y will play at 10 m. ¦ * >. h Of Race in N. L. a. under the games and tied three with th« tw-o-game knockout rules. ' City girls gained jdm K. t* '^B. Cardinals. The St. Louis Cardinals today Garden the ¦ were complete bosses of the Na- finals with a 2-1 triumph over A crowd of 14,742 paid custom* tional League race. Erin Brew- of Cleveland. Zollner era saw the Cardinals come on leading two Pistons of Fort Wayne put out strong in the second half to scoro Now by and a half the defending games, the Red Birds have placed men’s champions, two touchdowns after the two tight the red Bendix of South Bend, 2-0. teams had battled on fairly even the pressure on Briggs its runs a necks of Manager scored all in the w.rfii terms in the first two periods. In * inning. Tyson up .. .j- ¦¦¦ battered, beleaguered first Eddie first i-Jr ‘Sx. •-• BIWr WTr , ,¦- , , k »¦ "'¦¦t fact, the Lions had edge in and his safe ths bunted and was when Billy - Dodgers. .. v** j >»“ ”.. • T' territorial play in the opening Brooklyn King to rover If the Cards lose two games of failed first base. period. their remaining six Walter Butkowski tried a bunt contests, the and was safe when Jim Pharr, LION'S FUMBLE Dodgers must win ail seven of their third sacker, fell w-hen fielding Both touchdowns were prod* remaining games to force a w " the the to •*¦ r t I vX' ‘H'i ball. In an effort still get ¦ 2 *, & - -ice , uct of prettily executed passes by Butkowski, Pharr threw wild to Bud Schwenk. towering 203-pound l right field. Washington University It Stands Wade, right back from How Del fielder, who of St. Louis, and both were set up NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (FP). recovered, threw high to third by pick Tyson, Lion fumbles. —The National League pennant trying to off and Eddie Bill Daddio, veteran from Uni* rare at a glance: scored. Bill Johnston popped to versity of Pittsburgh, and Stev# the pitcher. Linde, and was safe W L GB To Play A 1 RALPH DOUGHERTY’. ST. THE RESA, CARRIES THE BALL Lach, last year's star at Duke, ... when Linde St. I/>ui« 100 48 6 dropped the ball. scored the Chicago touchdowns, . . . hapless gridder . . and St. Leo get’s a bump'he'll remember . Brooklyn 97 .50 2' : 7 (Continued on Page 14) Daddio scored his in the third period, and Daddio’s attempted play-off. Otherwise, they are as kick for the point after touchdown through as a broken bat. Xew Threat was blocked. Mort Coopers superb, four- Time Prize The second touchdown came on gave Won hitter that the Cards a 1 to 0 Auto Club Wins the first play of the fourth period, RAY MACK DROPS BALL victory over Chicago yesterday hi Redeemer Reveals Unexpected Zip in Blanking a 20-yard pass from Schwenk . opening game, Boudreau .. the while 'the .. . Higgins safe on Cramer's grounder to which Lach too kbehind the hapless Dodgers were losing 7 to 3 to Detroit line. Daddio this were pooh-poohing Lou Judges St. Gregory, 33-0; St. Theresa Wins, 55-0 team’s the National Leaguers aboard the train Philadelphia, placed the Brooks By Sail National Crown time kicked the point after tho ißoudreau's home in the All-Star game in the Polo Grounds. squarely on the spot.- It was Coop- touchdown. twenty-first St. Theresa has the makings of return put the ball on the three- W Cooper did not scoff at Boudreau’s achievement. er’s win and ninth By GEORGE*E. VAN High Aujr|e Lio,Lion guard, attempted another Catholic # School yard hne, and Nick Sczerba YOUNGSTOWN. 0.. Sept. 21. shutout of the season. League football championship, but two field goals ih the first period, “That would be a in most any park in the desperate fought It look Freddie Temple’s War- Auto Club of Detroit holds the The flatbushers it appeared today Holy Re- plunged over for the touchdown both going wide of the goal posts. major*, ""Cooper declared. to 4 to triumph the rior 3 hours 23 minutes 15 that hack a 2 in and sec- deemer would offer plenty of com- that gave St. Ladislaus a 6-0 ver- Nctional Amateur Baseball Fed- Daddio’s attempted field goal in It will be remembered that Rudy York also got a homer in nightcap behind six-hit hurling by onds to sail w’hat was called a petition dict over St. Anthony. St. Cathe- eration championship today. the second period was short of the the in the first division under the same contest, but there was a bit of extra good fortune in Bobo Newsom while Cardinals 26-mile course in the Grosse Pointe its new , Francis (Deb) rine nailed St. Benedict. 7-0. on a With Slongo pitching mark. were losing to the Cubs, 3 to 0. Ernie six- the Tiger slugger's blow. It sort of slid off the end of Rudy's Yacht Club's zig-zag Yace Sunday Sneedy. 65-yard march climaxed by Jim ball, the Vince Banonis, University of But the Cards still held a strangle- but it took the judges nearly Cunningham's scoring hit Detoriters defeated Detroit bat into the right field stands, which as you may know, are only hold their challengers twice While the defending champions run from All-American star, re* on because that long to figure out what had were leathering 55-0, the seven-yard line. the New York Hotel New Yorkers, placed Ray Apolskis at center for niblick shot in the New York Giants’ park. Brooklyn now trails by two and a St. Leo. Sun- a happened out on Lake St. Clair. day, Redeemer revealed unex- A lateral pass from Bob Miller 2-1 yesterday in the final game. the Cardinals when the former half games on the losing side of Warrior made the fastest pected to Jim Thill period A 3-2 victory over the same outfit Marquette center injured Claude Passeau No Slouch the ledger and those are the tough time zip in shutting out St. in the fourth was on of the day around the novel Gregory, 33-0. enabled St. Mary's of Redford to Saturday made a third game in fbe play of the game and Claude Passeau no slouch of a pitching job for the Cubs one*; to up. Truck Telmont’s did make course, used for the first time, 86-yard touchdown run featured tie St. Cecilia, 6-6. St. Cecilia the series unnecessary. played through the entire remain- Sunday, the In shutting out the Cardinals in the second game which roughly followed the out- the Lion victory as Joe Wood tal- counted in the second period when Walt Hajdyla scared the first der of the oentest. He intercepted Cards assembling only five hits off the Chicago right-hander. Probable lines of an hour glass. Some lied twice and Earl and Bert Wal- tackle Harry Paulian stole the ball Auto run in the second inning on a pass by Tommy Colella in the Three of these were scratchy. But the Cardinals, for all their skippers had difficulty finding the decker scored once each. .from Bob Prendergast and ran 65 S'ongo's , and Hajdyla’s sin- third period, setting up a scoring American i.r.AC.rr markers but all went yards to gle in the third brought vaunted speed, alertness, dash and daring and so on and so on, Chic*** (Smith S-20) at DETROIT who finished St. Theresa s regulars rolled up pay dirt. Bill Eb- opportunity that went unrealized. (BRIDGES »•«). 3pm around the same course. a 34-0 lead at half time over hap- Catholic Central highlighted the ranyi home with the winning run. Tony Arena, former outstanding are not a powerful hitting club. That will be, in this writer's Benton (HughiKtn 30-*) at N*w York the right Slongo (Br.utr S •>. 3 p. m Whether it was one or less St. Leo, and the reserves non-league schedule, gaining a filled the bases in the Michigan State center, who has opinion, the difference when they meet the Yankees. (Only came* •rhMulad). not will be one of those things to played the rest of the game. Bill 34-0 triumph over Resurrection at sixth and walked home a run. but been called by the army, also saw .NATIONAI. I.EAOtE enliven yachting discussions dur- Lansing. In games a double play ended the action game Joe McCarthy’s clan has everything the Cards have—pitch- PltUhurgh iGornlrkl 5-5) at St. Loula Dillon scored three touchdowns, other St. Jo- threat. in the here. He will p ing the coming in- Art ing, smartness and so on and so on. added to which is power. The (Braalcy I#-*), 3 m winter. £or Leo Diamond two. seph trimmed St. Paul, 13-0; LaPointe grabbed pinch-hitter play his last game with the Lions Ptiila