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/ fEtenittg f&fe Mark Yanks Win Record sports** Tied, D. Major 1947—A—12 Eye __Washington, C., Friday. July 18, League ------- -------'-♦ t-—------ Bombers Need 7 More or w in, Lose, Draw To Match Giants' 26 By FRANCIS E. STANN Star Staff Correspondent The First Truly International Race Straight Victories BELMONT PARK, N. Y„ July 18—The sports spotlight swings By Jo« Reichler back to racing tomorrow. It focuses on those two fabulous money- Associated Press Sports Writer American winners, Assault and Stymie, and on a pair of South The New York Yankees’ merci- thoroughbreds, and on a young man named James Butler, less victory march in the American ML Butler is not a jockey nor a trainer, but president of the League had even the rival National Empire City Racing Association and a gentleman League clubs jittery today. with fresh ideas. His newest is the $100,000 added With 19 straight victories under their belts to tie the American Gold Cup, billed as the first truly international League consecutive win record, the race in America. Bronx Bombers are casting covetous could well be authentic. Foreign The billing glances at the only two winning There horses have invaded America in the past. streaks exceeding theirs—the 21 in for ex- were Papyrus in 1923 and Epinard 1924, straight by the 1935 Chicago Cubs ample. But these were foreign horses invited to and the major league record of 26 compete here individually. Mr. Butlers Interna- polled by the New York Giants in 1916. tional Gold Cup invites au comers. The Yankees made it 19 in a row The Invaders in tomorrow’s race, already yesterday when they defeated the construction if not in tradition, are a classic in Cleveland Indians in both ends of de Atucha’s Endeavour, a modest twosome—Jorge a double-header, 3-1 and 7-2, at 17-hand horse from Argentina, and Nelson Seabra’s Cleveland’s Municipal Stadium. The as If Ensueno from Brazil. For a while it looked double victory enabled them to would but the rrsncit K. gtinn French and British representatives run, equal 41-year-old standard set by the Chicago White Sox in 1906. for a starter Endeavour and Ensueno will do. the it The opener was a special occa- If the Gold isn't the standout horse race of year Cup sion for Bobo Newson, the much- this takes in, the Kentucky Derby and the comes close to It and traveled pitcher who Anally landed races. All the Gold Cup lacks Belmont and the *100,000 California with the Yankees last week after the of Armed. to make tomorrow's test perfect is presence having been with seven other big league clubs. Old Bobo scattered Breeders Barred the Gelded Armed itine hits effectively to register his conceived the idea for the second straight win in a Yankee The story goes that when Mr. Butler his sixth of the season and he went to Europe to sound out foreign owners, uniform, international race the 200th of his ideas with his own. Thats big league career. to feel their pulses and to pool their Heads Yank rest of the field tomorrow will be asked McQuinn Attack. how come A.ssault and the to of wins New GRAZIANO FAMILY REJOICES—New Middleweight Champion distance of a mile and five-eighths, a TIES LEAGUE RECORD—Manager Bucky Harris (center) points number the Vic Raschi, a 29-year-old right- to run the strange, grueling one discolored and over both, hoists been asked to run without a loss, thus tieing a record set in 1906 by the Chicago hander recalled recently from Port- Rocky Graziano, eye patches which incidentally, has not yet York Yankees have accomplished route Assault, land of the Pacific Coast his daughter, Audrey, three, to his shoulders in his hotel room White Sox. Bobo Newsom (right) and Vic Raschi (left) yesterday won the 18th and 19th games League, formally. P doled out six hits in the second yesterday in Chicago as his wife Norma raises his right arm in a Mr. Butler soon for the Bronx Bombers against Cleveland. Wlrephoto. But getting back to Armed and his absence, _____~A- game to gain his second victory in victory gesture. Graziano dethroned Tony Zale in the sixth Armed is a found himself knee-deep in breeding politics. gelding. a ■week. Veteran First Baseman round of title bout at Chicago Stadium Wednesday night with a The breeders wanted no geldings taking first prize so they are Two Golfers Killed George McQuinn was the batting technical knockout. —A. P. Wirephoto. the British Browns two hits in each barred. Later on Mr. Butler is almost certain to find Nats' Pitchers Falter Hope Negroes star, getting game, one a two-run homer. differing with the French—and possibly both differing with Americans Bolt By Lightning The double win enabled the Yanks —on the delicate of purity of breeding. By th« Associated Press question Will Lift Club From to maintain their liy2-game lead Fancies Butler's The big question of the moment As Batters Pick Spence Tiger Hurling; Which is Mr. problem. Up; KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 18,— over the second-place Detroit iu is the race tomorrow. Can Assault, greatest mouej-wimiei ujmuij, Two golfers were killed here Tigers. s first horse? Can Phalanx, winner when struck by light- The Nats Indians win and become racing $700,000 Take Two yesterday League's Cellar Boston Red Sox remained a Facing Tonight 3 take it all? It s a weight- Tigers ning. game behind the a Staff Correspondent of The Star who a no-hitter of Belmont and years old, Tigers by Ry recently pitched the only th« Associated Press winning 116 Killed at Municipal Golf Course By two from the will go for race, meaning that Phalanx will carry only pounds, Burton Hawkins White Sox in Chi- CLEVELAND, July 18.—'The against Philadelphia, for-age By Navy and the rest the mare, were Conrad Pifer, 21, ST. LOUIS, July 18.—The St., cago, 4-1 and the second game blasted the Indians. Wynn will be or 10 less than Assault except Star Staff Corr»»p6nd*n! 6-3, Nats’ Stan Spence has pounds veteran of World War II, and Louis Browns have become the third going 11 innings. Joe who shooting for his 11th win. 121. What of the South American invaders? Dobson, four home runs at Detroit's Gallorette, carrying CLEVELAND, July 18.—It’s equiv- Robert W. 19, member ball club to The Nats will be Grant, modern major league has become the number one pitcher Stadium this season, each tonight get- has one of his real good days? to a diamond Briggs And what If Stymie alent discovering of a well-known golfing family. the door to on the Red Sox won ting their first glimpse of Larry open Negro players, staff, his 10th into the upper right-field deck Ensueno that the former while serving a life term at Sing and the Indians’ ln- Little is known of Endeavour and except joining the Brooklyn Dodgers game with a six-hit effort in the and each with Mickey Vernon on Dob.v, utility ; but in their lowly second divi- fielder and first colored is a animal which has been working well and the latter Is Sing, Cleveland Indians with the signing opener. was made plaver gigantic base. .. The first pair sion cell the Nats suddenly have an The to see action in the American apeedv. Water of two men and the purchase of Philadelphia Athletics, lead- successively off Stubby Overmire located a gem in slim Mickey Ver- Tricky Annoys 7-2 Outfielder Joe Grace, on a third. ing going into the ninth League. Endeavour, particularly, has been a revelation to American fans, option inning, and the second set also socked non, who is beginning to resemble Infielder and whacked across nine more runs idle a week due to a damaged ride like with short Henry Thompson to successively off A1 Benton. accustomed to watching exercise boys jockeys his 1946 self that won the American has resumed Outfielder Willard Brown joined trounce the St. Louis Browns in a Detroit shoulder, batting Here Belmont the im- In five games against cross-reins and "feet on the dashboard." at League batting championship. in Defense of and may return to duty Kelly Harold (Muddy* Ruel’s club last night game in St. Louis, 16-2. the Nats scored 12 runs in the practice ridden leading rider, Juan Pedro Artigas, A in three or four ported racer, by Argentina’s Mickey’s .266 batting average isn’t night, with Thompson seeing action queen trumped a king on the first inning alone, but pathetic days. with a loose rein. And still he looks impressive. diamond Mel Bluege says Third Baseman works stirrup-less and on speaking terms with the lofty at second base against the Phila- wj^en Queen, newest pitching offset the batting sprees. Title Eddie Yost has more instinctive ! .353 mark he compiled last year, but U. 5. Rowing delphia Athletics—but he went hit- pitching member of the Pittsburgh Jerry Priddv and Umpire Joe Assault first baseman Pirates, won over and baseball sense than any other The Big Horse, Though, Is .Washington’s angular By th» Associated Press less in four batting trips and Clyde King Boyer exchanged heated words Nat. ... He stardom for is a nice stab at a comeback an error on a the Brooklyn Dodges, 7-1, at Ebbets sec- predicts The Big Horse, though, is Assault, winner of $613,370 and fresh i making chalked up grounder.