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GOOD MORNING YANKEES NEAR Thumbs Up! — w 'a" 'i’ ''1*' HOMERUN RECORD 'K 'K 'K-'m, XXX * * * Hr Hr Hr Hr Hr Hr By GLENWARD BLOMME DEFEAT CHICAGO Pirates To of Meet Fort No better show British spirit and courage has come WHITE SOX, 7 TO 2 Screven Here -- Tonight *_ *-—— oUt of the war than that which prevailed in Newmarket, Wednesday. The entire sporting world will Hits in 32nd Con- England, long DiMaggio WAS BEFORE THE FATAL 13TH remember the 261st running of the ancient Derby which secutive Game; Keller Hom- GUARDS WILL BE I_THIS SAM BULLA the 12th Earl of Derby way back in 1780. BYRD, was* started by ers With Bases Full The race was moved from Epsom Downs by the govern- WELCOMED HOME at the start of the war and drew the largest crowd LEAD IN FOUR BALL ment NEW YORK, June 19.—(if)—The since racing was begun by King Charles, an estimated 50,- New York Yankees found their Gala Night of Baseball, Fire- 000 yelling, roaring Englishmen. The bloody conflict was Former New York Yankee way back to the victory trail today works Contest and every eye and every heart was turned to- Planned; and His Partner forgotten with a 7 to 2 assault on the Chicago Outfielder the hard-running thoroughbreds. It was thumbs up! Begins at 8:15 ward White Sox, who had whipped them Rip 7 Strokes Off Par must stop the Derby! ‘Nothing one run in the first two *- by games The Scene With “Welcome” on the door of the series. the Chisox. was By FRITZ HOWELL Newmarket track is not dirt, against Spud mat for the benefit of National The Charley Keller hit a homerun downhill car- hard for his first win. TOLEDO, O., June 19.—(fl—For- but a straight uphill, trying with the bases loaded in the fourth Guardsmen returned home for the It is ty-five birdies and an eagle flew of emerald green grass. He was too much in the pet probably thinking inning for the big spark week-end, the Wilmington Pirates off the blazing clubs of 16 of the the familiar circular track Yankee onslaught. It was his third {Jot about baby shoes and pink toes will play tiie team of country’s top -flight professionals we see in America. The in three' days and 12th of the season. strong post which Poor old Senators. It today as Sammy Byrd, former over the green hill Tom Henrich opened the inning Fort Screven at Legion Field to- borses start New York Yankee outfielder, and seems they can’t get a bill passed with to center and scored can’t even see them, a triple at 8:15 o’clock in a of where you to night night his partner, Johnny Bulla, flashed thrill guarantee a victory After on a single by Buddy Rosar before and it brings a spine tingling baseball that has all the earmarks into the lead in the first round of waiting until midnight on the Lefty Ed .Smith of the Sox loaded the spectator as the three-year the 126-hole seventh annual Iver- to Giant-Pittsburgh game it has to the sacks for Keller. of excellent entertainment. come tearing over the hill ness four-ball matches. olds show a tie Vander the crowd. The color- up Johnny Joe DiMaggio extended his hitting In the first place teams appear straight at and Bulla seven meer lost his second start of the streak to 32 consecutive games with to Byrd ripped was gay under a brilliant be about evenly matched, with ful crowd week to a Hank strokes off par with a sizzling best rookie. Leiber a perfect day at the plate—his 14th the Pirates a which showed off the gay throwing strong ag- ball of 64 to win three over sun is the noise of the Cubs homerun of the two up and flashed big year, singles gregation of and ex- „0wns of the girls youngsters Henry Picard and Johnny Revolts, He hasn’t hit but six homers but and a walk. ball the trass buttons of the sol- perienced players against the the only two-time winners of the. from he waits until some of the boys This was the 15th straight game uniforms. On the horses best of the ball talent of Fort $7,000 round-robin classic. diers’ are on the sacks The Indians in which the Yankees have hom- and out of the distance and Screven, gathered from all over came hit behind Feller and the star ered and now are within two games Results of other matches, with hill came a North Carolina. over the same green of the American League record set the best-ball scores in parenthe- racked up number 14 The In Hurricane fighter plane. the Detroit last fall. the second place, there is sis: 4 as by Tigers speedy league-leaders got times many an elaborate a roar went up from the Marvin Breuer, giving his best planned welcoming What" hits as the A’s Another rookie Horton Smith and Lawson Little sound of horses’ hoofs in a held program for the boys returning crowd! The pitching performance year, (65) two up over Jimmy Thomson did it for the Cards with a first home from Fort Screven for the drowned out in the weird sym- the Sox to five hits, one run was a and Byron Nelson (67). was inning homer Diz Dean may of sound. On raced the homer by young George Dickey, week-end, replete with fireworks, phony be for the before Ralph Guldahl and E. J. (Dutch) and coaching Army brother of the Yankee catcher, and music and a gathering of all their horses, away sped the plane Harrison (65) one up over Clayton ... He is an long old soldier and the other came in the fourth when friends and acquaintances to greet the Derby had been run. Owen Heafner and Dick Metz (66). packed a gun before going into two walks and an error loaded the them on their return. Tudor was the victor. Lloyd Mangrum and Harold the majors Oh, I forgot, I bases with none out. Double Reunion Records (Jug) McSpaden (65) even with lost a bet on the heavyweight CHICAGO Ab R H O A In addition to the reunion of the of the 2b_ 3 0 0 1 4 Jimmy Demaret and Ben Hogan joe DiMaggio at the end battle ran into Knickerbocker, Spitfire Billy cf_ 4 0 0 1 0 National Guardsmen with their had hit Kreevich, (65). Wednesday safely too of the 0 game many guns Bomber. Lodigiani, 3b_ 3 10 1 friends, there will be another re- 3i consecutive contests. William Kuhel, lb_ 3 0 2 12 0 in the Gamut union—that between Bert Challenger Conn of left, stings Joe world’s with United States investments Ru- Running Appling, ss_ 4 0 0 2 5 Kite, Billy Pittsburgh, Louis, heavyweight champ, a left in H. Keeler, pitying for Baltimore to the throat in their scheduled fifteen-round title bout at The old Hoag, If_ 4 0 0 1 0 manager of the and Lieut. jab the Polo grounds. New York city, June 18. mania are estimated at hit in 44 favorite wrestler Sailor Pirates, $46,300,« in the National. league, Wright, rf_ 4 0 12 0 Joe closes his eyes as the blow lands and telegraphs a left hook from away back. Joe retained his title by 000. Barto HiJI is back for a visit. Col. William E. (Rube) Pool, com- 4 games between April G. Dickey, c_ 4 115 0 scoring a knockout in two minutes and 58 seconds of the thirteenth round. consecutive 2 0 10 0 officer of the 3rd Bat- the The newcomer, Chief Ousley Bird Smith, p_ manding 22 to June 18, 1897 which is 1 0 0 0 0 Saunooke will to tie the Sailor Ross, p_ talion of the 252nd Coast Artillery, both George try Davis, c 0 0 0 0 0 record for leagues. coach of the Fort Screven NEVER A into knots Wel- 24 team, 11th •leintzelinan, _ 0 0 0 0 1 for St. Louis in the Monday night. TOTALS_ 32 2 5 10 Crespi’s Inning i> Sisler. playing z 1 o o o o come to the new NEW YORK Ab R H O A and a man who played baseball GIANTS TRAMPLE Collins, hit in 41 boxing instructor, 0 0 0 0 0 American league, straight lb_ 4 0 0 7 0 Hit Wins for Cards Klinger, p GAMBLE Pvt. Ivan LaFrance of Camp Da- Strum, with Kite 20 years ago. from 27 to Septem- Rolfe. 3b_ 4 115 3 contests July Wilbur TOTALS_30 0 11 27 9 vis The coach has a great Henrich. rf_ 4 113 0 Dosher, Wilmington post- ber 17. 1922. In the National league ST. LOUIS, June 19.— <-T> —The z—Batted' for Heintzelman in 8th. will cf_- 3 2 3 3 0 master, will be the master of cere- 9 TO 6 in record and whip up a good DiMaggio, PIRATES, 77.—Batted for Lopez in 8th. since 1900. Rogers Hornsby hit c_ 4 115 0 Cardinals were on the brink of de- team the time the Golden Rosar, monies at the opening of the game, while at St. from by Gordon, 2b_ 3 10 2 4 feat but Prank New York _101 100 312—9 33 games, Louis, which Robert com- today Crespi’s Gloves comes around. The Keller, If_ 3 1110 in Strange, Both Teams in Pittsburgh_ 200 103 000—0 13 to September 19, 1922.