Wrigley And Veeck Declare Themselves On Player Policy AMERICAN HAGUE Yesterday’s Here HORNSBY BOSSES WILSON-HARTNETT RACE RUNNING TO Phil Collins, who pitched the AROUND THE CLOCK Phillies to a 2 to 1 vic- BACK LEADER IN BENCH YARN PIPE tory over the St Louis Cardinals. WITH PHIL SCOTT EASTERN LEAGUE. CAW LEAGUE. FORM GAMES SHOW Collins allowed the Cardinals only DREAM SAYS RAJAH TO TEAM I 7 hits and was invincible in the REGARD L. Per. W. L. Per. pinches. Itaadlng^ ( Yankees Still on By DAN PARKER Hartford .10 1 .769 New Tork .12 .000 Top—In- 7 * .688 Philadelphia .10 7 .588 and Wilson Too Cubs Are Class of National Albany ... Rogers 8 7 .533 Cleveland 12 10 .646 dians Smacked Bridgeport 11 .622 Tigers— Men to Thinks Springfield S 7 .463 Washington .12 Good Business League, Hornsby « .455 Detroit ....•••••12 12 .500 Crosby-Torrington; Norfolk .. 5 Phil Collins Beat Car- 6 8 .439 Chicago * 11 .450 Hurt in Richmond 11 .460 Allow Feelings to Spiking Phoney Story New Haven < 8 .439 Boston ..1 vs S .384 St Louis ..6 12 .223 dinals Scott will return to the ring next month to hie Allentown S Wilby Bridgeport Team’s lor (Mr recoup barber BY DIXON STEWART Fight Flag Games Yesterdar. shop losses). Press Staff Games Yesterday. BY LEO H. Out of town games were booked (United Correspondent) New York at Chicago (Wet PETERSEN 7 A. M.—Awakened by the alarm clock bell, he hollers" Gorblimey, New Norfolk 0. (United Press Staff By GEORGE KIRKSKY York, May (UP).—Rog- Hartford 1, grounds). Correspondent) for both Crosby and Wilby I’m fouled,’* and falls in abllnkin’ faint. ers that his Richmond 8. — Press Staff Hornsby is convinced Albany 8, at Cleveland New York, May 12—(U. P.) (United Correspondent) 6. Boston (cold). teams to-day. The Schofield crew 7:15 A. M.—An breakfast—a bloomin’ with and are the class of the Springfield 6, Allentown at St Louis The American League’s 1931 pen- Chicago, May 12—(UP)—The ap- English egg his tea, Haven 3. Philadelphia (rain). National and believes they Bridgeport 3, New 14, Detroit 4. nant campaign apparently is justi- had Torrington as its destination parently premature reports that the sports section of the Dyley Myle. League Washington of the swim min’ will beat St. Louis and New York fying the pre-season opinions of this afternoon, where they were to , 7:30 A. M.—To the blarsted pool to indulge In an 'art Games Today. Games Today. • after a hot three-team fight for the baseball experts. Chicago Cubs, planned to bench dozen dives or so. at Norfolk. Boston at Detroit. hook up with Tracey Garey’s 1931 championship. Hartford As the fifth week of the race Hack Wilson, second highest paid 8 A. M.—At his Weedin’ barber shop, where he throws his bloomin’ Albany at Richmond. New York at St Louis. charges in a game that should give AO X BCO l*. Allentown. started the four teams regarded as player In the , be- “I Springfield at Philadelphia at Chicago. chair into gear and cries: sye, there, mytle, you’re next!” have the best - New Haven. the strongest in the circuit are hold the winner a high spot in the Nau- cause of his batting slump served Bridgeport at Washington at Cleveland. 8:15 A. gets bis signals crossed and gives a Bloomsbury ting club In the ing the first division berths, al- gatuck one purpose—they showed Hornsby M.—Philip Valley league standing. a instead of a and Hornsby GAMES TO-MORROW Games Tomorrow. though the Philadelphia Athletics, stands with his boss. costermonger nger wyve shyve massage. league,” Wilby had Warren Harding of told the United Richmond. Boston at Detroit. favorites to repeat their champion- "Rogers Hornsby Is manager of 8:30 A. M.—Pockets tips of thrupence hapenny and whistles ”Ood Albany at New York at St Louis. as its Press. "Our pitch- Haven. ship performances of 1928 and 1930 Bridgeport opposition. Ike the Cubs and he is running the ball SCyve the King.’’ Bridgeport at New Philadelphia at Chicago. ing has been Norfolk. are still a game from first place. Kern and Sonny Connell were club,” said William Wrlgley, Jr, 9 A. M.—Hears the Are brigade passing his shop and, dropping his Hartford at Washington at Cleveland. good and I be- at Allentown. Game Ahead scheduled to start owner of the team, when the rumor razor In the middle of a chases the he’s no Springfield One on the hill for shyve, engines, forgetting lieve will com- INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. their over the reached him from New York about "Fearless theL ondon Fire Although margin their respective teams. longer Philip of Brigade.” pare favorably clubs is small and action. "Ev- NATIONAL LEAGUE. second division Hornsby’s contemplated 9:30 A. M.—Arrives at Charing Cross to nd that the lire was a with that of any Games Yesterdar. indicates that the race will not be is in Hornsby’s hands and Buffalo 1. erything Philip Scott, which is English slang for false alarm. other team over Standing! Jersey City 5, the runaway predicted, the New I have the greatest confidence in Newark 6, Montreal 4. league clubs, began their intersec- 10 A. M.—Back in the barber shop, he gives a customer a cauliflower the 164-game W. L. Per. York Yankees, Washington Senators him.” Hack .778 tional competition a 2 ear, him. what he would have done to that blarsted stretch. St Louis 4 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. and Cleveland Indians are sharing by dropping telling Lithuanian, .700 to I decision to the And That’s That Wilson, Gabby New York .14 the Phildelphia Sharkey, If ’e 'adn’t fouled 'im. the first divsion places with K i k 1 Boston 8 .600 Games Yesterday. Phillies. Phil Collins, ace of the more Hartnett, Athletics. The Yankees in first place If Hornsby needed any sup- 10:30 A. M.—Becomes Involved In a heated argument with a female .If.ll 8 .579 6. Phillies’ held the Cuyler and Woody Chicago Toledo 2, St Paul hold a over hurling staff, port, It came from William Veeck, customer, who claims that the permanent wyve he her lasted 13 .478 one-game advantage gyve only English are the Pittsburg .11 Cardinals to seven scattered hits. Cubs who Is 111 at his two and her back. 12 .429 YORK-. the Athletics and Indians, who are president years demands money nest men m the Philadelphia .? NEW The Phillies got but five hits oft Bill Wilson ® 15 ■ 34S tied for second while Washington home. “Hornsby has charge of the a from Brooklyn 11 A. M.—Receives cyble (collect) Joimes Johnston, no- at their * 16 111 Hallahan and Lindsey but bunched he Joy league Cincinnati Games Yesterday. in fourth position is a game and a Cubs and whatever changes him to Into condition to meet the winner the two of them in the sixth for tifying get o( Sharkcy-Car- respective positions. We haven’t a Elmira 6, Harrisburg 1. half from the league leadership. wishes to make are entirely In his tilt a both their tallies. 's nera in a bout to be rescognlzcd as world’s championship affair. really weak spot in the line- Games Yesterdny. Williamsport 6, Scranton 2. When the season started Philadel- power,” said Veeck. and we excellent reserves. at New York (rain). sixth home of the season tied 11:30 A. M.—Starts doing his road work for the bout circling up have Chicago (Other games postponed). phia was the favorite to win first Any trouble between Hornsby by Cincinnati at Boston (will be play- the score and Mallon's a stout green grocer from Wembley whose hair he is Why shouldn’t we win?” honors with Washington a close sec and Wilson would wreck the cham- cutting, snipping ed tomorrow). SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION. brought in Arlette, who had walk- ott a hunk each time around. No Drastic Shirts St Louis 1. ond and the Indians and Yankees pionship hopes of th£ Cubs, and the Philadelphia 2, Games Yesterday. ed, with the winning run. British dinner of Hornsby admittedly is disappoint- Pittsburg 4, Brooklyn 2. Little Rock 2, Atlanta 1. battling it out for third and fourth two ball probably know that 12 M.—A bully old roast beef, taters and a mug players ed by the Cubs’ weak hitting to Birmingham 4, Memphis 2. places. Vance Beaten better than on the outside. of art an’ arf. anyone date but is confident the team soon Today. Chattanooga 5, New Orleans 8. Ten Run Games Margin Helnle Meine pitched the Pitts- Hornsby Is drawing a Balary of $40,- 1 P. M.—Is so absorbed in reading the Pink 'Un sporting page he (Other games postponed). will shake off the hitting slump. at Brooklyn. Washington advanced to fourth burg Pirates to a 4 to 2 victory over 000 and Wilson approximately $35,- shoves his shaving brush into a customer's mouth, whereupon latter Pittsburg He has no intention of making St Louis at Philadelphia. place yesterday by defeating the Brooklyn in the other National and both are good business works himself into a lather and leaves the place in a ryge, 000, threatening drastic changes in the lineup or Cincinnati at Boston. Detroit Tigers, 14 to 4, in the only league contest of the day. MMne al- men. not be particular- to ’ave the lawr on ’im. York. They may benching his stars, us was reported Chicago at New American contest played. The Sen- lowed but five hits, thre of them of each but when it ly fond other, 2 P. M.—A friendly visit from Joe Beckett, his patron saint, who in dispatches sent out by corre- ators bombarded four Tiger hurlers in the fourth when a baseball the odds coming inning comes to game tips him oft to some new tricks—such as 'ow ter break the force of spondents with the team yesterday, Games Tomorrow. for 18 hits and clinched the game the Robins scored their runs. are that understand each other only they the fall when taking a dive and ’ow ter screw the face into an expres- although he plans to give his re- St Louis at Boston. by scoring six runs in the first in- ten blows. yielded pretty well. sion denoting extreme agony. serves occasional workouts when vet- Chicago at Brooklyn. ning. Fishcher, International League Four of them the Pirates combined Pittsburg at New York. Still Showing the Has Own Ileas 2:30 P. M.—Phil starts active for liis comeback erans need rest. rookie, held the Tigers to 11 scat- for three runs in the fourth inning training by sitting Cincinnati at Philadelphia. Pick of the Pictures writer last week "The report that Hack Wilson and tered hits. while their other Hornsby told the In his barber’s chair and allowing himself to he lowered to the horizontal METRO they registered Hartnett were to be benched from FOX, him- ■ Gabby Rain and cold weather forced the marker in the first, largely because he wouldn’t hesitate to bench position, in which postume he languidly Sniffs smelling salts, groaning was one of those day and PARAMOUNT of the Boston-Cleve- of Vance’s self or any player if the occasion the while. Just rainy pipe postponement poor fielding support. loudly "When -NOW PLAYING called for such a move. If Wilson dreams,” explained Hornsby. land, Philadelphia-St Louis and New The New York-Chlcago contest 3 P. M.—Finding the barber business a bitslow, he wires I.loyd on our In 50 or 60 major league teams have an off day York-Chicago games. was postponed because of cold wea- were batting .270 games George, advising the blighter to get a haircut. MAJOR LEAGUE Giant Granduscope Screen are he the correspondents sometimes be- The St Louis Cardinals, who also ther while the game scheduled be- instead of 19, the chances Starts at 1:30, 4 P. M.—Offers to trim Bernard Shaw's beard at bargain rates on come imaginative or inadvertently have lived up to pre-season predic- tween Cincinnati and Boston will be would bench him If he had a better 3:42 6:45 condition Bernard stick of the drama and stop trying to pick fight winners misinterpret remarks and someone LEADERS tions by building up a substantial played as part of a double-header man to take his place. 7:57 and 5 P. in the middle of a shave for tea, the cus- starts a wild report. lead against the western national to-day. The biggest risk Hornsby T^ould M—Adjourns forcing 10:00 tomer to go 'ome to his wife and Kiddles with only one side of his face run would be in arousing public •‘Real Punch of Team” (By United Press) sentiment against him and for the clean. "I certainly have no intention of Following statistics compiled by Wilson or WHAT THE PRESS more popular Wilson, but Hornsby S:30 P. M.—A hurry-up job. Philip is commissioned to trim and benching Hartnett. They United Press includes games of AGENTS SAY has Incited the fans against him wax a complete set of false moustaches for Scotland Yard. Fp to then are the real punch of our team and Monday, May 11: will be in the before and seems to be immune to Philip had thought Scotland Yard was 34 inches. lineup every

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