Tommy Freeman Outpoints Jack Thompson to Win Welter Crown
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THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1930 Tommy Freeman Outpoints Jack Thompson to Win Welter Crown REIGN OF NEGRO KING ATHLETICS WORRY ABOUT SEATING WORLD SERIES CROWDS GUT SHORT BY BOXING Charles Revives Indians’ Athletic Fame I LOOP CHAMPIONSHIP Welters Have New King SKILL OF NEWCOMER STANDINGS SEEMS ASSURED FOR OF THE New Champion Is Given Credit CONNIE MAGITSGLAN for Eight Rounds and Cali- k CLUBS.i NATIONAL LEAUI’E , W L I. Pet. fornian Five Washington and New York Only Chicago 79 55 .590 St. Louis 74 58 .561 New York 74 59 .;,a« Two Teams Who Have Math- Brooklyn 73 60 .549 TOMMY FLOORED IN SECOND Pittsburgh 70 64 .522 Boston 62 72 467 ematical Chance Cincinnati 65 76 423 Philadelphia 43 S 8 .328 Thompson Says He Thinks De- AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia 92 45 67’’ cision Was Fair and Hopes CARDS ADVANCE TO SECOND Washington 84 50 627 New York 75 58 .564 for Another Chance Cleveland 74 63 .540 Detroit 65 70 .481 Yankees Drop 17th in 21 Games St.Louis 53 82 .393 Chicago 51 82 .383 Cleveland. Sept. 6.—(/Pi—They’re Boston 44 88 .336 hailing Tommy Freeman, the Arkan- This Season to Rambling 9 sas buzzsaw, as welterweight cham- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Senator Crew Louisville 85 58 .616 pion of the world today. St. Paul 82 5T .590 After nine long, tough years of Toiedo 78 61 .561 fighting. the last (By The Associated Press) Minneapolis 69 70 496 Freeman won title Kansas City OS 70 ’4*l3 night when he defeated young Jack The principal worry of the follow- Columbus 61 77 44 •> Calif., in a 15- of Milwaukee 57 82 Thompson, Oakland, ers the Philadelphia Athletics is Indianapolis '4lO round battle fought in League Park. whether they can find places in Shibe 54 .84 .391 Patsy Haley. New York, referee of the Park when the A’s meet the cham- bout, unhesitatingly raised Freeman’s pion of the senior circuit in the hand in victory. Haley figured Free- world’s series. BillTerry Seems man won eight of the 15 round' with The Athletics have eliminated all five going to the dethroned tit'.ehold- but too rivals mathe- from even a TOMMYFREEMAN JACK er and two being even. matical chance of taking the Amer- YOUNG THOMPSON Swatting Winner Freeman Down For Six ican League flag. Washington and Pictured above are the new and the old welterweight boxing champions of Freeman, knocked down for a count New York are left with only hopes of the world. Winning the decision over the California negro in a 15-round in anj National Loop of six in the second round with overtaking the world’s champions. championship bout at Cleveland last night, Freeman, the “Arkansas Buzz- his knees buckling from a right that The Senators remain six and one-half saw,” became the new czar of the division. It was Thompson’s first title rattled off his chin in the tenth came games behind the Athletics. The fight since he knocked the crown from Jackie Fields’ brow a short time ago. New York Giant Travels Along back to defeat the negro titleholder Yankees are 15 games away from in his first defense of the title since Wilson “Buster” Charles, 22-year-old Oneida who captur ed the decathlon in the A. A. U. championships at Pitts- first place. at Merry Clip With Only an Institute, he won it from Jackie Fields in De- burgh, is all-around athlete at Haskell starring at football, baseball, basketball and track. Cleveland fell by the wayside yes- Three Weeks troit just four months ago. terday although winning its. seventh 169 MASHIEWIELDERS STAND Left A crowd of 15.000 agreed with Ref- game in succession, defeating the ere Haley's decision. The spectators, Chicago White Sox, 6 to 1. Phila- New York, Sept, 6.—(AV-With only first stunned at the change tn the Battle for P 010 Trophy Opens Today delphia also won a game and the In-' BETWEEN BOBBY AND HIS GOAL a few days more than three weeks to championship, suddenly cut loose dians were left 18 games behind and go, Bill Terry of New York continues with a deafening roar in approval of with only 17 to play for each team. to lead the National league race by a the verdict. Thompson was the most s Jablonowskl held the Sox to four hits. Emperor of Golfdom Neverthe- wide margin with every prospect of Tommy Hitchcock and Hi Gehrig holding top surprised man in the ball park Carroll Masters Simmons and Ruth The Boston Red Sox were only one less Is Favored to Win Fourth Increases the place until the end. He thought he had won, or at least American Four Favored to run behind up to the eighth inning Continuing his steady pace, Terry has had deserved a draw, but he made no when the A’s scored three runs, two Major Title held his batting average well above protest. Leading Colonels Win Over British Clout Home Runs on A 1 Simmons’ 34th homer. Swat Leadership the .400 mark while his nearest rivals “I think the decision was fair.” he Washington gained nothing by are some distance below that level. said after he got over the shock of slamming New York, Sept. 6.—(A*)—One Semi-official averages released to- New York, Sept. 6.—(A*)—For the Yankees around for 15 sixty-nine golfers stand as Simmons Slips day, losing. “It’s all in the breaks of the Toledo Wins 9 to 0 While Saints Athletics and Senators Both hits to defeat them for the 17th time hundred and which includes Wednesday’s game. hope give polo’s devotees, all roads led today between Bobby Jones and his fourth games, credit Terry with a mark of I Freeman will me in 21 games this season by a 14 to 5 major another chance and that he will be a Are Gaining With Win Over to Westbury, Long Island, scene of Win Contests and Yanks championship of the year. .410, two points above his average of count. Babe Ruth hit his 45th homer A’field of 170 has entered the 34th Yankee Now Has 13 Point Mar- the creditable champion.” the opening match of the tenth ser- in the ninth. week before and 21 points ahead Milwaukee Are Beaten Again' national amateur championship to be of Chuck Klein of Philadelphia and Champ Was Outboxed ies between the* United States and Detroit and St. Louis had a day of club, gin; Grove and Ferrell Set the title because of played at the Merion Cricket Babe Herman of Brooklyn, who are Freeman won idleness as did four of the National Haverford, Pa., Sept. Thirty- place his ability to outbox the champion, Louisville, Sept. 6. f/P> Carroll, Great Britain for the International Philadelphia, Sept. 6.— (lP)—Simmons’ League 22-27. Pitching Pace tied for second at .389. The run- Toledo pitcher, allowed Louisville four cup. 34th home run helped Philadelphia clubs. six holes of qualifying play will be ners up each gained who missed more punches last night Friday. have one point hits and the Hehs won, 9 to 0, defeat Boston, 5 to 1, Monday. The St. Louis Cardinals profited by field for the match play to 32. Two in the past week. than he ever missed in his life. The Colonels made 7 errors. Arrangements were made for 40,- Boston 000 100 000—1 7 2 this day of rest, going into second «22 R staged Sept. 22 and 23, reducing the Chicago, Sept. 6.—(/P)— Catching Rfggs Stephenson of Chicago Thompson complained as early as the Todedo 000 050—9 0 000 persons at the Meadow Brook Philadelphia .... 000 200 03x—5 TO 2 place in All con- Louisville 000 000 000—0 4 7 the National League stand- 18-hole match play rounds will be tinues to hold fourth place among tenth round that his hands were sore, Carroll and HenlinO; Williams, Fen- club’s International field to see Russell and Heving; Earnshaw and ing, four games Sept. Simmons in the midst of his worst 1 Cochrane behind Chicago, staged on Wednesday, 24. but these players who qualify as regulars but he did not offer this as an alibi. ner and Thompson, Barnes Tommy Hitchcock’s American four without making an effort as Cubs batting slump of the season, Lou defend the trophy held by this coun- the the rest of the week’s play will be with a mark of .384. He is followed Freeman boxed and Jabbed as he SAINTS XOltl OIT 11KNS SENATORS WIN ANOTHER and New York Giants both lost. at 36 holes. Gehrig boosted his margin to 13 by O’Doul, Philadelphia, .380; Lind- never boxed and jabbed before and Bt. Paul—By scoring a run In the try without a. break since 1921. New York—Washington wos Its New York dropped Jones, year inning, is 17th game out of 21 played tht* sea- to third as the winner this of the points during the twentieth week of strom, New York, .3681 P. Waner, he caused the champion by skillful ninth St. Paul nosed out Mil- The series on a best-two-out-of- hung straight open waukee 8 to 7. game son from New York, 14 to 6. Ruth hit Boston Braves a third British and British amateur League Pittsburgh, .368; Traynor, Pittsburgh, feinting to miss repeatedy. Only the three basis with the second set his 45th homer. the American batting cham- Milwaukee 100 150 000—7 10 1 Wednesday defeat on the Giants, 6 to 4.