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Major League “Greenhorns”Put Veterans in Shade with Bats “Greenhorns”Put Veterans In Shade With Bats HRS -— — ■ ■ Major League — I '1——————— ATHLETICS NOT IN Trio Of Rookies Stand KAPLAN WON OVER Rumors And Reality Gathered From JUtOURD THE CLOCK TRIPLE TIE FOR LENNY HANDILY; Out After First Week WITH BABE HERMAH AMERICAN LEAD CHAMP GOT Gin This Sporting Vl^orld By DAM PARKER Babe Ruth's Pair of Home Of Big League Pitching Jersey Boy No Match for The Grist Of Athletic Contesl A's Ex-Champion—Martin Is Runs Beat Yesterday BY DIXON STEWART By JOHN A. CMJNEY —Cardinals Rule Na- New York, April 21—(UP)—Three rookies were among Victim of Bad Verdict— hitters at the close tional the five leading major, league of the first Dubois Won Over Bon S A. M.—Hears alarm clock ringing;, but figures It's the curfew sound- week of play in the 1931 pennant campaigns, statistics com- A Reason mulled! There’s Always so he goes back to sleep. Just another signal Press ^ Bon ing, BV TiEO H. PETERSON piled to-day by the United revealed. catches three files In succession, which Is one of the ■me before • A. M.—Babe Stall first week of competition When a world's boxing champion gets the hooting of his life his mouth 'United Press Correspondent) (By JOHN' A. CLUNKY) evil effects of sleeping with open. closed yesterday with Joe Vosmlk, and it can't be dream® New York, April 21—(U. P.)— Hartford, April 20—When a rush- his home town fans, there's something radically wrong, JO A. M.—Awakens with a start from a horrible dream. He 20-year old Cleveland outfielder, Joe Wall s enter- MARATHON RUNNER ing, weaving, hard-punching fighter to the fickleness of the fans, cither. Such was the Robins had won a ball game, their opponents being The 1931 major league races leading the batters with a percen- charged entirely reputed finally of fifteen years experience and in All-Stars. ed their second week to-day with tage of .636. Vosmik, whom the the case last and what was was the decision given FINISHES IN HOSPITAL excellent Is paired with a 19 year night, entirely wrong codfish cakes, kippered herring and a Indians picked up from the Cleve- 10:30 A. M.—Breakfast of Washington, New York and Cleve- old boy that has plenty of class but Bat Battalino over Martin of Boston a of six points. who have fled with King Alfonso, the Babe land sandlots, has hit safely 14 Andy by margin of Spanish mackerel the no one does need a couple land tied for first place in times in punch, not who has received $50 for the two head somewhere that fish is a great brain food. Boston, April 21.—(UP)—JThe his 22 trips to the plate. In- Referee Billy Conway, every job past having and St Louis at horoscope reading to figure out the his half hour of American league name of Roy G. Hunt of South cluded among his hits are five dou- and the it 11 A. M.—To Improve his mind. Babe does daily result. Such was the situation here years or more in Connecticut, rendered the verdict, reception it the National. one of IS# long-dis- bles, two one home run and he Is the box scores to see whether they called a the head of Lancaster, triples,1 tonight when Louis Kid reading. What reads started the six t Kaplan, received must have made Bill feel a little bit funny inside. According on that line drive to the fence. week of tance runners who singles. hit or an error when he ran In The opening competition erstwhile Meriden “buzz-saw” gave tenth the Boston A. A. marathon yesterday, • Out of 20. to his official score card, Battalino won the first six rounds and the an audience to Jeremiah Francis Looney- closed yesterday as Brooklyn and young Ralph Lenny of Union City, 11:50 A. M.—Grants was on the list at hos- James for the two of his celluloid col- danger City Levey, shortstop N. J„ a for ten rounds with the three to Martin. If Bat Battalino won the of Long Island City, who brings along won their first games of St leathering remaining going Lindbergh Cincinnati pital to-day. Louis Browns, and Harvey that will the Babe to autograph. dtj him little good and bout then there’s more to be lars for the season. The Robing won from At Cooltdgc corner, 2.3 miles Walker. Detroit outfielder, are the first six rounds of that last night, nothing when Jeremiah shakes comprised one of the worst bouts 11:40 A. M.—Interview with Looney ends Hunt was over- other men the the 10 to 6, from the Mulsh, facing major league ever seen in a Hartford said, but we believe that Battalino himself would not have and "Holman, old pal, don’t dis-apernt us by Philadelphia Phillies, ring. Kap- honestly hands with the Babe says: come by the heat and collapsed pitching for the first time who fin- lan chances. tne Reds defeated won nine of the ten rounds. nerve to the six some of which he was made to hoited ’cause that would sperl Brooklyn’s while Pittsburg 24 miles of ished the first five. claim first rounds, during getting after covering nearly umong Used Ills Clutch. -• Atlantic and Fourth 7 to 5. amateur, feet and so 12 m._Babe stands at the Junction of Flatbush, I lie course from Hopklnton to' Levey, who was with Wichita Trying to match his but look like a rank, inexperienced missing punches by to him by young Avenues, picking his teeth with the gold toothpick presented Joe Shaute. formerly with Cleve- Boston. Falls last season, has an average of limited with the windmill at he was the in a neutral corner in the Texas strength bewildered times that punching sopcs the fans of San Antonio, Tex., for being the best base-runner de- Though the runner’s condition .450 for third place. He has been attack land, made his National League of the bull-like ex-feather- Martin In back of him. was he was rest- at bat 20 times and has nine hits with League. for the and held the serious, reported weight champion, Lenny held Kap- their but Robins to his 12-50 P. M.—All the diszv dames in Brooklyn ogle Babe, rolling ing comfortably. credit. His batting has been lan's arms with all his power, until Some of the boys were talking a little on the way out of when that has no effect, from Phillies to 11 scatered hits. Brook- the feature of the Browns' eves at him, first from left to right, and, play .thus he became so tired from holding There wag said about a return into a tantrum ana lyn pounded four Philadelphia far. the Armory. something Kaplan- to left. Hearing: of this Rudy V&llee foes jealous that he was a comparitively easy rignt roundsmen for IS hits. a Babe of stealing his public. Walker, who played with Evans- target for the hooking, smashing Battalino bout this summer in Hartford. If that’s so, figure accuses The Big Bang and the dizzy damsels, Babe remains on ville in the Three-Eye league part of Kaplan, that looked like the Louise last decision for Just Pal, I P. M.—Ignoring both Rudy Nick Cullop’s home run with two HOTEL MEN PLEAD out night’s yourself. big business, the street corner. To prove he has read the Book last season, has a mark of .444 for of old as he crowded his youthful display for his public on on, two out and the score tied at that’s all. with his left hand while picking his a tie for fourth and fifth place with adversary into corners and whaled of Etiquette, he shields his mouth three alV in the fifth inning, feat- to the fact that, though Babe is a Oscar Melillo of the St Louis Browns. away with both hands to stomach teeth with his right, which brings light ured the Reds first victory of the tooth wlelder. FOR DARTMOUTH Walker has hit safely eight times in and head. The bout was a bad left-hand hitter, he is a right-hand year. Two errors by Regan gave the Animal Athlete Proves His Prowess at 18 times at bat. match in the first place, and re- 1:50 P. M.—A half hour at Joe Wall’s baseball school Prospect Reds their first three runs. Babe one Some Clouting. sulted in a terrible exhibition of which Professor Wall drills into The New York Giants and Boston are The stride Park Parade Grounds, during Charles the of who Many athletic records held by the kangaroo. longest never to steal second with GAME AT BOSTON Berry, Boston Red So* part Lenny, apparently of the more obscure base-running rules, vis., Braves played the first double head- catcher, ranks second to Vosmik. He was kidded into the belief that he taken animal is his, which covers 25 feet at a normal clip, bases full. er of the season, the Giants winning by any heavy the is could a to hitting for an average of .529. He outpoint Kaplan, following a foot fence without effort. In at least one Wall dismisses class, but orders Pupil Herman the morning game 4 to 3 and the Boston, 21.— ap- He takes nine apparent boxing 2 p. M.—Professor April (UP)—An has been at bat 17 times and has diet of pushovers and third-rate the erasers.
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