Golf Tourney for AllServicemen Tomorrow tit Red Run DETROIT TIMES, JULY 6, 1942 PAGE 11 SANDLOT ACTION-TWO MAKE CLEAN STEALS OF HOME J SPORTS I By LEO MACDONELL Every All-Star Game Ted Williams' Homer Is Good, But ’4l Tilt Off Passeau Was the Here Was the Tops Blow That Won LOTS OF CHANGES THIS YEAR “_J
NEW YORK, July 6. —While the prominence of the players assures color in all of the midsummer classics, the super-thriller of the nine big league all-star games to date was the s|)ectacle at Briggs Stadium a year ago in which Ted Williams exploded a home run in a drama-packed ninth inning to give the American Leaguers their sixth triumph in the series. hitter for 1941, and currently Williams, the league’s leading *' ;> ** * '•••*„ ~ ¦**" the home run king of major league baseball, has added notoriety '..'fit* '*&.¦ -• . to his fame. As you know, the lanky Boston slugger was and given a lecture fined $250 JOE KMAZ.%. PARIS. BEATS THROW HOME \(iAINST ALTES by Joe Cronin for "loafing." It seems Ted took his time in run- ning between bases in a game in V Hub town. Batting in 17 h6me ' v\ runs and flocks and flocks of \ runs, it would be hard to visual- Benton May Start Jze Williams otherwise having much time to "loaf." With his draft status settled Tebbet+s gloriously, (Ted recently en- Florida listed in the navy and may be and York Put In Opposes called before the end of the V\ baseball season i the cause of Woos Williams’ temperamental Also Slated understand. Easier Field in flare-up is hard to jJHpWBg-r.; fe By LEO MACDONELL himself, in an apology. NEW YORK, July 6.—With the Majors to Pwas senior circuit representatives he betting favorites, the Americans NEW YOH£. July 6 —Appalled Big Race Today One Out From Victory and Nationals were girded to en- at the threatened collapse of its Florida assures ' gage each other here tonight in tourist business. j But, hack to that hair- } the baseball world that its '-- the first wartime big league All- winter! By LEWIS H. WALTER raising all-star game in Detroit W& Star game. will have plenty of room; iresorts Put In. the colt that was run- last July 8: I /BHHW The midsummer classic, start- for players, according to Frank manager the Jackson- ning mighty close to Shut and » of Out It looked as though Hie Na- £ ing at 6:30 p. m. f is expected to jwinchell, draw than 50.(XX) customers ville tourist bureau. earlier sea- tional Leaguers had the game more V’aldina Orphan this who will pay SIOO,OOO to the Winchell. fortified with a letter son. will take another run at the put away in cold storage. They W^s' major league’s bat and ball fund from Spessard L. Holland, gov- 3-year-olds at the Detroit Race ‘ within of re- * ' to send equipment to the service ernor of Florida, is in New York Track in the $1,500 Wolverine loop's Y* Icamps. All receipts over that to tell big league club owners and Handicap this afternoon. will to the Army representatives ‘‘the true facts.” By Conscript to set. figure go and j Beaten a nose by Navy Relief, be the “I was told by lakeland hotH- in $5,000 Handicap a Witji the leading, which will the Test Nationals beneficiaries of the game tomor- men that they will have plenty week ago Saturday, the 3-year-old to runners row night in Cleveland between of rfHim and want the Tlgerft son of Stimulus appears to have a said, ii base and two balls and one tonight’s winner and Mickey Coch- hack there,” Winchell little easier lot today in the mile < ft| The I rane’s team. i annual midsummer meet- and yards of the .‘-•rike on William *. T> exploded All-Star Service 70 Wolverine. 1 sis Either Spud Chandler or A ings of the American and National Bam. NELSON, ALTES, ALSO GETS HOME HARD WAY his four-base swat high 1 With his stablemate War mighty B Benton will he the starting pitcher leagues were to be held in sepa- which won last time out. he will off the the right ¦ for the American League against rate New York hotels today. After go as the entry of George T, Wil- *)old stands, ther.by giving his the Nationals. For the senior these gatherings wav scheduled a liams against five rivals. ue »nd circuit it is expected that either joint meeting with Commissioner lra K victory 7 to 5. CERBERUS IS THREAT . Claude Passeau or Whitlow Wyatt K. M. Landis. Yachts rlunpnK 54.6 1 4 fan. into a wild Goes .. . starting Among might M6A Race ¦„ hrrn will be the pitcher. I matters they dis- The Williams entry would ap- demonstrstjon. With Bill Dickey out of the cuss are Jack Zeller’s suggestion pear to have dead aim on the hit in It was a tremendous drive, but not Ted’s longest lineup with injuries. Birdie Teh- of a shortened season and no purse were it not for the presence In Photo Briggs Stadium. He hit two there in 1939, one clearing the roof betts probably will be behind the southern training trip, and a pro- of Cerberus, the hard-hitting geld- plate while Rudv York Ls a likely posal that a protracted World ing owned by Bob Needham of Into Last Week and the other dropping on it. starter at first base. iSeries he staged this fall, with the Detroit. Cerberus, which earned Arky Vaughan, then a Tirate, and now with the Dodgers, The indications were that there early games at the parks of the the nickname of Little Iron Legs Finish Outcome of the race in the east beaio Tickets were winning clubs later meetings he up homers, after would sellout. and when racked three in a row the Metropolitan Golf in the seventh inning had hit the first of his two still available this morning. No played on tour, the excess profits at Churchill Downs, is coming By GEORGE E. VAN section of error, standing being go Navy Association won’t be determined Enos Slaughter had singled and gone to second on an room tickets arc to to the Army and Re- back to his best form. He’s been She may have seen better days sold and there would he a seat lief and the USO. third in his last three starts and until next Sunday when Hillcrest the Nationals ahead, 2. Vaughan bagged the second but Minx is still more than hold- putting 3to for every ticket holder. The tiekets finished three lengths back of Put opposes Beverly Hills at the latter! had laced out a >HI for SI 10 to $4.40. In in his last start, but he’s capa- ing her own with the younger sot of his homers in the eighth, after Johnny Mize club in the final round of the Beaten six times in nine starts ble of taking it all. and doing it with all the charm of two-bagger. That made the scqre 5 to 2 in favor of the Na- regular schedule. 61 the Nationals are desperately Mrs. H. P. Bonner’s Unbuttoned, another ageless beauty, Billie Nets tionals. The American League, in their half of the eighth, sliced eager to post a victory 1 here this Birlers Whirl which lost jockey Eddie Campbell Beverly Hills has the advan- again in our evening. They are especially de- when he stumbled out of the gate Burke, who is midst. tage. It kept its slate clean by the enemy’s lead to 5 to 3. sirous of a triumph in view of the Friday, will try for a little better You see this is Minx’ thirty- winning yesterday at Sylvan Glen. Golfer Williams’ homer came off Claude Passcu. who is expected super-disappointment in Detroit eighth year on the water as a 8-4. while Hillcrest was being last July when they had the 19*11 (Continued on Page 12) its defeat. see action in the all-star game here today. By a queer twist For U. S. Crown racing yacht. Most of the girls handed first 64-5*4. to contest apparently locked up in Bald Mountain, she used to play with long since Bald Mountain. of fate it left the unluekiest pitcher of the American League the safe .only to 10-e when Ted with only one defeat, also may SIOO Bond a home run into GLADSTONE. July 6 (UP) have gone ofT to the old ladies’ the White Sox. the winning flinger. Williams blasted Standings have to be reckoned with. It; this year, Edgar Smith of the third deck of the right field Walter Swanson. 24-year-old lum- home or wherever yachts go when plays Sylvan Sunday. Alaska, at Glen next Bv M. F. DRI KENBROD once again Smith is in the junior league squad, piloted this stands at Brigg-» Stadium with two berjack from Kodiak. and they begin to hog and open up at this Bvnd 21, Beloit. Wis.. The winner of section will McCarthy. mates on th»' runways. The Amer- James Running. AMERICAN LEAGUE the seams. join Duck Lake of the north sec- Nomination as Detroit’s No. 1 year by Joe 5 will be on the opfiosile ends of a winning icans won the game. 7 to W Minx has a hard time a tion and Warren Valley of the Hale America golfer goes to J. R. AMKRICA.N .NATIONAL whirling log today competing for L Pet. *GB is heavily penalized - race. She already L1.A4.1L LLA4.IL rolling New York 50 I’R .658 west section, which have Donahue of the Detroit Golf Club. Avg the men’s national log title. handicap Important Changes This Year Avg Boston 46 30 .605 4 under the new rules. One qualified, in the P DiMiirkui, r( 21<« Frown. ?h 2A.1 Mary Jean Malott, Cornell. Wis..! of days perhaps the owners One of the thousands who par- *» V*(JKh*n Cleveland 7 these playoffs. stars Bnupitchers the pitching Cooprr Ladysmith. Wis., im- 31 44 .413 IH’a David led for and Mort Cooper Krltnrr 3h 2**.’> W c 2**4 rill of and rating. In ihe meantime her sqip- through a i* ** Philadelphia 33 51 .393 Hills yesterday. Ronnie MacDon- with a snappy 84 for be definitely different. Both Bonham and Cooper are Trbbrtt r 241 Millrr. 268 mediately challenged the winner of *2l Wunseh, ment will Washington L’9 90 .367 per, Eddie and his crew- ald of Hillcrest also had a 69. Mike net of 61. It was the best score Average men’s title to a saw-ofT match. 22 1 k new’ to all-star competition. Average 304 293 the take solace in what tney can uo in he ever made - Running finals •Games behind leader. Wilt paced Duck Lake with a 67 and 41 strokes under be missing. The Red Sox man- The Swanson boat-for-boat racing. his 125 in the spring Joe Cronin, of course, will started yesterday but. after 45 3LMTLHOA3 M RKM LT« as if won at Twin Lakes. club’s with Johnny Pesky taking care of DKTROIT 10-IR-2. Cl*vfland 1-ft-l Trout' WINS BY thereby maintaining its perfect roundup. ager is now on the sidelines, minutes of fast log-rolling, the jKrnnrdy. SECOND and Trbbett*: Gromrk »4> and 1 Valley, also un- His reward ? Well, it was plenty. the shortstop post for the galloping And. we might Gowanie Golf Meet match was put off until today be- Drnnln*. Megan Lyona gatta Sunday. Splitting tacks at thing. Johnny is the best hitting shortstopper in the Ferena and Hayea, Sewell; and low* of 69 as his team won from he at stake in the club’s Red and For one Gowanie Golf Club of Mt. Two birlers from Cloquet, Minn., (flrat The Turner garnet. the finish with Toot Gmeiner’s Hilltop team.) Blue Day later in the season. league. Clemens will present $125. repre- James Johnson and Joe Connor, St Lout* 13-lft-l. Chicago 2ft 2 Sttndra Minx a short-handed and Hayea; IRoaa, Grove (ft), Lee (6t and Apache. Wunseh nosed ’ll4-4. Ulewicz* card included; Jimmie Foxx, now w’ith the Cubs, is another absentee, as senting net gains on week-end lost out in the semifinals. Johnson (second garnet. finish, A HARDER 61 Turner across the line in a photo a five birdies. Bill Beaupre of Plum Lee the White Sox. Bob matehes, to the Detroit Chapter lost to Running and Joe Connor, Philadelphia 5-10-1. New York 4-11-1. are Luke Appling and Thornton of the champion, lost to Swan- Wolff and Wagner;. tDonald. Breuer (ftt second ahead. Brook came through with a 70 as No. 2 citation among the Hale of the American Red Cross this 1937 (firat garnet Feller is in the navy and will show his stuff in Cleveland tomor- and Rosar It was a stirring finish and the Ridgemont was edged out, 6*a-54.; America gang goes to Otto Klopsch wf*ek. Winners of the matches son. Philadelphia 2-8-2. New York 4-9-0 Res*e the GPYC dock actually Cleve- de- Swift:; B irowy crowd on Wise’s defeated Silver Lake, 9-3. of Red Run. He also had a net of row. Cecil Travis is in the army and will also be seen in were V’. Gilchrist, handicap. 91- Birling. or log-rolling, was and •'Gomez. I.indell (B*. crew, which R. (8 1 and Hearse (aecond game* cheered and Minx was 61 but got it the hard way. He's were in the 1941 squad and who will be Crook**, veloped by lumberjacks who Boyton land. Others who 23 71: Mrs. M. women’s 3-10-1. Washington 4-10-4 N'ew- made up of Ted Butt rick. Dr. Jack only a 10-stroke handicap man, kickers; Croix, learned to ride the spinning logs some and Peacock, Conroy; Newsom and Evergreen Poloists Lose missing are Marius Russo, Yankee left-hander laid up with a Albert La low (flrat garnet. Prendergastr John (Old Silver! during the spring when timber was Karlv which means he had a 71. His best sore arm; Frank Hayes, now a Brownie, and Roy Cullenbine. gross with 71. Boeton 5-11-2. Washington 0-5 2 Dobson Longley, Jack McLean and Al The Evergreen polo team counted previous score this season was floated down swollen streams to and Conroy; TCarrasquel, Zuher (Sti and Thomas, behaved like w ild Indians. its first loss of the season today now with Senators. sawmills. Earlv (aecond game). a 76. N. Y. Sports Writer Dies twinning Itcher. ll.oaing pitcher. But when Tore Franzen’s after dropping a 20 to 4 decision The golfers who probably got the The farts of Detroit will have their eyes on Rudy York. A 1 to trio Evergreen July 6 U P)- judges finished their compilations ihe Zephyr at biggest thrills out of the numerous Benton, Birdie Tebbetts and Harold Newhouser. The latter is NEW YORK. Loch Alpine Suspends Field yesterday. Moe Bergman. William S. Hennigan. 52. veteran NATIONAL LEAGUE Minx was down in third place. week-end competitions were Lloyd again, Zephyr forward, led the scoring the only Tiger in the quartet who wasn’t picked on at least one sjiorts writer and publicity direc- l.oeh Alpine Golf Club, located W L Pot. *GB Apache had won on cor- Clawson of Red Run and C. B. - with’ nine goals after Voinov of the previous all-star squads. tor of the New York Yankees beyond Ann Arbor and a member i Brooklyn 52 21 .712 rected lime, her fifth in a row Field of Bloomfield Hills. Clawson in of the suspended St. Louis 43 29 .597 8L and Toot Gmeiner is eyeing that Bailey, Evergreen ace. was forced sank his No 4 iron tee shot on since 1939. died early Saturday MGA. has ofiera- the lineup after suffering a City on Welfare Island. tions, owner Malcolm Rlakely an- Cincinnati 41 34 .547 12 from Red Run’s 183-yard fourth hole, Hospital (Continued on Page 12) broken collar l>ono in practice. Ruth Hit Homer in First Game Ho had been a member of the nounced tftday. A sharp decline in Now York U> 37 .519 14 while Field holed out with a No. the play and increased o|»crating costs Chicago 38 41 .481 17'a 3 iron on Bloomfield Hills’ 165- Daily Mirror sports staff for ’ While the 1941 game in Detroit was the standout thriller, last 10 years. prompted the decision to close. Pittsburgh .34 10 .459 18 a yard ninth, the second ace on this all-star games of the past have had their theatricals. Babe | Boston 34 17 .420 22 <»<•!* hole this season. 54 .280 32 It<»venge ) The among the Ruth, in the first of the series at Comiskey Park in Chicago in I Philadelphia 21 llardor two-timer Hale •Games behind leader. America golfers was C. Hugh 1933, a homer with Charley Gehringer on base. The Babe hit All Services !*lay \KNTKRII4EB fiA.ML* to to Split Twin Bill Whitelaw. On Saturday at Orchard hit it off Bill Hallahan and the Americans won the game, 4 to 2. Chicago 3-ft-l. St Louta 5-11-1 tl.ee Mel Holds Tigers Three Hits Lake he had a low gross of 75. Monty (ftt and McCullough; Uumbert and, Yesterday he moved over to Gehringer w’as the only Tiger picked that year. O Dea (firat garnet. After Trout Wins Opener From Tribe While the 1934 game was a slugfcst, which the Americans Golf Can Chicago ft-11-l, St Lnula 11-10-2 Bloomfield Hills and again was Entries in The Detroit Times Tournament I Schmitz, JBlthorn (1). Olsen Carl Hubbell struck out Be (second game). the amateurs over the week-end Cincinnati 3-12-1, Pittsburgh 4 8 0. :I>er- Mel Harder, knocked out in less Detroit showed it was still tops Gehrig and Simmons in order. Then in the next inning rlnger. tftt. Thompson (7 1 . Hegg* Shoun inning by the Tigers as a baseball crowd, however, with (Continued on Page 12) of the good or average, a (8i and I.amat'.no, Sewell and Phelps (first than an Fri- branches will have ' ¦¦¦ " continued his strikeout feat by w’hiffing Foxx and Cronin. Golfers from all game paid fans, more 1 ¦ to share in the jaizes. t. day night, today has more than his a crowd of 31.032 were the for armed services will compete for chance Cincinnati 5-6-1. Pittsburgh 2-lft-l Starr his than in both the Bridges, Cochrane and Gehringer Tigers named he hy the Hemaley, tHamlln, Klinger (1), Hetnt- share of revenge. It was bril- Cleveland drew Run Luneh will served and Tiger Pitching this contest. the state title at Red tomor- USO and there will be free re- zelman 49i and Lopez Phelps (second liant three-hit pitching in the sec- night game Friday and the double- Records game t. tournament, ond game gave the a header on the Fourth. . - Foxx hit a homer in 1935 at Cleveland, a game that set a row. The sponsored freshments. There are no entry New York 2-9-o Philadelphia 3-lrt-t. that Indian* Times, is to charges. Entries 1 Schumacher. Hubbell (7). Adams (8) and split in yesterday’* double-header. Harder, shelled from the mound o w l ip to »n r*t. record with an attendance of 69,812. The Americans w’on, 4 to 1. hy The Detroit open fees nr other Manors in ft I*', • IM may Dannlng (first garnet. The Tigers, unloosing a 16-hit rteforo he eould retire the side. 7 10 servicemen whether stationed be filed during the day at New York 3-7-0, Philadelphia 5 7-2. RrHic-o IS 7 31m XI 33 .TM Again Bridges, Cochrane and Gehringer were named, along with all the first game, <;->rxir» the first tee. Mortie Dutra. Red tSunket. Koslo (H.* Feldman (4t, Adams barrage in won Friday, complained to Manager II 3 l It It 14 .fit here or on furlough. ! (|) and Manruso; Johnson. R Melton (7t 10 to 1, with Truck ¦ 10 > I NS M 23 .SM Schoolboy Row’e. home Run pro. will have charge of the easily. Dizzy Trout Lou Boudreau that he wasn't feel- 3 and Warren (second garnet Renton 17 4 IW-. S 3 IS The Nationals beat the Americans. 4 to 3. in Boston in 1936. Cash prizes totaling more than tournament. Red Run is just north Brooklyn 2-7-2, Boston 1-7-2 French and turning in a six-hitter. Vern Ken- ing well and asked another chance N*«hou«#r /<> I l| .VI II IMM Sullivan, J a verv and Kluttz (first gamei nedy, an old Tiger, was the losing While 17 ft 7 112% 17 II . 142 S2(X) were Besides the of Royal Oak on Rochester road. He said after yesterday's game he » the first triumph for the senior circuit. Rowe pitched two offered. Brooklyn 5-8-1. Boston 6-7-0 Davis. Head Trout IS S 112*. 34 34 I2f pitcher. Pinky Higgins’ home run never 4 innings. Goslin figured in the hitting. Besides Rowe and>Goslin, regular 18 holes for the ehampion- Jimmy Demaret, Plum Hollow 1 41. Kimball (7). iHighe (8t and Owen; felt belter in his life. Hrnxhsw 12 I .32 II 14 24M Hills, Tobin and Lnmhardl (second garnet. in the fourth was the Tigers’ lon*' Only three hits, two in the ship there will be a kicker bandi-, ,pro; A 1 Watrous of Oakland •Total* S,i 33 734 274 . VJT Tigers chosen for this w’ere Bridges and Gehringer. but Tommy TODAY'S 4iA ML run in nightcap. Cleveland get- II cap pitching and putting contests and Dutra will pla> an exhibition ALL-STAR GAME at Polo Grounds, New MnetodilM t'*t«i* <«f Purha •n