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Mr. Mahoney told the old gang where to get off and hooked up with the American Automobile Association. Any Canceled Game Field in U. S. Tourney With his hams and his mint prize Virginia juleps, Mr. Mahoney Would Be Blow to Over Pair of probably is the top host among the sports promoters around town. By Quaky the same token, he is a hard-hitting, please-me-quick businessman. He Redtyrds' Hope Rounds Today has averaged something like 3\600 paid admissions at his wooden saucer tucked away on his baronial Maryland estate, and that he wasn’t satis- By J1TDSON BAILEY. By BILL KING. fied was evidenced by his switch to the A. A. A., which commands some 85 Associated Press Sports Writer. Associated Press Sports Writer. of the Nation's midget auto drivers. Rain falls on the rich and the BROOKLINE. Mass Sept 10 alike and it was an The elimination of Betty' Now. it may be that John Q. Public doesn’t give a hoot w’hether the poor impartial startling storm that washed out both the Jameson of San Antonio, Tex a American Drivers’ Club boys are the track or whether Racing circling to her Brooklyn Dodgers and the St. Louis B top-heavy favorite gain third the little are A. A. A On the Ss-// noisy putt-putts being piloted by disciples. Cardinals yesterday. RUSTY" IS GREATLY INTERESTED IN straight women's national golf tltl*. othpr hand, it may be important. For one thing, Mr. Mahoney's original Neither team liked it because the (SETTING COLLEGE /MEN OVER 21 To failed to bolster the hopes of ft# drivers were just, beginning to earn r following when the boss man downpour created two double- SIGN UP FOR SERVICE IN KEEPING lesser lights today as they faced the thought he smelled a mouse. headers today—the Dodgers at WITH THEIR YEARS OF TRAINING !. dread task of two rounds of match Of the two organizations the A. A. A. is the larger and probably Chicago and the Phillies at St. plav at The Country Club. the better conducted. It has prestige because the A. A. A. handles such Louis—right on the threshold of the When Miss Jameson bowed to the clash aieve* Janet Younker of White as the But the stars this vitallv-important three-game Xio S1C TKAT surprising things Indianapolis Speedway. even of rival SOM... 5 of the National League leaders with ( AIN’T A StfEETEr WELL Z'lHiua, in. x., ijy up, uiiri iihvui^ circuit, like Ronnie Householder, Paul Russo, Tony Willman and Duke \ each other. / BITE JHA'S MAKE IT SWELL a four-hole lead at the halfway, Nalon, are strangers in this neck of the woods. What Mr. did L ‘ Mahoney But the weatherman bv a slight V My /MUSCLE1 UP LIKE AM point of their first-rounder yester- was to horses in midstream. V change slip at this stage of the crurial com- t>. ENSISN'S ) day, the dethroned Texan queen 3 petition in the senior circuit could L_ HEAP!J robe*, it appeared, would be draped Is of Promoters crush the Cardinals virtually out of over the shoulders of Mrs. Betty MaHoncy Envy Fight three Hicks Newell of Beach. sight. Trailing by games, thpy Long " Now, of course, it is Mr. Mahoney's business and his money that is Calitj need to have every contest played ;TX Tramples Mary Hall. 9 and 7. sunk into but the is that he is it, suspicion overrating midget auto racing, in order to maintain their oppor- Mrs. Newell convinced all her re-„ or gas-buggy competition of any kind. The fight promoters around town tunity of catching up. maining rivals that she was ot.. caliber when shi gladly would settle for 3.600 cash customers a week. So would the Weather Forecast Ominous. championship raced 11 holes in 3 under, wrestlers and. during the middle of a week when the Browns or the A’s are The weather forecast in the Mid- TO THE LIEUTENANT through QUOTE to overwhelm Agnes Wall in town, so would Clark Griffith. Those crowds at West Lanham con- west today was cloudy with possible par Mary DIRECTLV; “I JUST CAN'T of Menominee. Mich., 9 and 7. That" sistently have been good, especially in view of the long, dusty drive from I showers. If anything should pre- IMAGINE A SMART FELLOW one-sided victory paired Mrs Newell, the vent today's games they would be city. owner of the California title, wita wiped off the schedule. Even if they BEING WILLING To ToTE A Walter Stebbins, who built the track and w-ho was the man with another Far Westerner. materialize there always is the "Betty Jear^ whcm Mahoney fell out, left behind one of the better midget racing RIFLE WHEN HE HAS 4 SWELL Rucker of Wash. A see« i chance that some other tilts might Spokane. Ted Allen, of the A. A. A., admits this much. i TO RIDE A NAVV ond-round win will move Mr<£ strips. racing secretary be crowded out. so it is just as well CHANCE Newell against either Miss Younket "It's just about perfect," says Allen. “I wouldn’t have the turns banked to consider, in elementary arith- THOROUGHBRED l or Mrs. William Hockenjos. Jr., thp quite so steeply but otherwise it ought to produce wonderful racing.” metic, what the efTect of the ele- ^ i New Jersey champion, later in With this track and consistent attendance, despite half a dozen rainy ments could be. f tljfe day. seemed to be The As the teams stand now, Brooklyn /> race nights. Mahoney prospering. overhead, excluding Two other threats, Mrs. i has won 88 and lost 47. compared California whatever political expenses were deemed necessary, is comparatively low James Ferrie and Clara Callender, ; with St. Louis’ 84 and 49 In the game The total of purses for one evening of competition was $800, ...AMD IT'S HIS JOIB both semifinalists last also are and St. year, If all contests played, To FIT MEM PHYSICAL LV * with additional expenditure of $450 advanced weekly for transportation arv? ma;aI AFPAinN were expected to encounter stifTer tyt Louis spurts to capture 16 of its A'. WELL AS «Brauv of drivers and their cars. This is a total of $1,250 a week, competition in the second round plus lighting, remaining 21 games for a total of f) FOP A PROFESSION Gail Wild of tickets, press agent, etc. All considered, it isn't overwhelming. 100 victories. Brooklyn still could WINDOWS NOW / d against Springfield, j WHICH HELPS INEM AS N. J., and Elinor Jones of Albuquer- win by taking 13 of its remaining 19. VToSkiT MP' J *Mi j WELL AS UWCLE SAM.. N. Mex. I In that- case the final standings que. Mrs. Estelle Lawson ol National Defense Threatens Racing Industry ! would be: Brooklyn, 101—53; St. Page > if Greensboro, N. C.. the 1937 national' This fellow Mahoney is a tenacious individual. He dropped some- Louis, 100—54 / » Is loomed as the Souths* like the bided his time and If the were rained out >■> Angotl Suspended champion, thing $12,000 In ill-fated Capitol Speedway, Dodgers r t , would ,. standard bearer, for she appeared to constructed his own track on his own estate. He dug down for a reported of two engagements, they > Jr „ Lieut. have an easier second-round have to take only 11 and still could assign- $40,000 more to further exploit the doodlebugs and now, even after showing ment Toronto's Grace lose six to beat the Cards’ 100—54 For Non-Defense of against Sears, a profit In his second venture, he is making a change and demanding RUSTY" the starter, than in percentage. only foreign any; fresh drivers and a new deal. of the other seven survivors in her It All Favors Dodgers. The wrestling promoters around town used to do something of the , TMO^tt>SON, u.s.n.r delegation. If the Cardinals were knocked out Title Within Year sort. Whenever interest to Promoter Joe Turner lA/tuoc m nunina, uir appeared bog down, two would have to FORMER WASHINGTON ScHOOLESoy of games, they was would shift from the late Jack trust to Dusek's or Jack Southern champion, paired Curley's Rudy won 16 and lose only 3 to beat a YTHLETE ANDPECEKJTLYCOACHATTECH N. B. A. Fires at Jacobs against no less than the famed FfefFer's. He played one against the other and managed all right. finish of 101—53. " Brooklyn HIGH...NOWON ACTIVE DUTYATNAVAL Mrs.
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