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Super Cleaners Winmajorleague Crown Sports Roundup- Super Cleaners Win Major League Crown By HUGH FULLERTON. JR. stretch and boosting hLs average In the Air for that span to .538. Two Yeor Throne Lease the (API —Of oil the orguments for O'Neill Views Cramer singled to open NEW YORK Sept. 8 r when likely to carry the most first but was cut dow n and oga.nst night baseboll. the one of Lumberjacks Expires Eddie Mayo hit into a double oppeared in the At- weight seen in the following note which play. Pinky Higgins, Rudy York, is arU °' Pitcher Mel Frederick Well Backed by Batters last Tuesday morning: Due to a P Tiger Future Dick Wakefield and Jim Outlaw lanta Constitution there is Encounter Before Big Crowd at St. Mary’s holiday in the Constitution's composing room yesterday in 4-0 then pasted successive singles Atlanta Crackers- but only one run came home no story on the sports poge regarding the For the first time in three years Mount Clemens has anew . Bob Swift popped out to . Lew Tendler before Orleans double-header last night. champion. Super Cleaners, sponsored by Roger Quinn Confidently New tor softball end the inning. lightweight, has just become a grandfather Irwin, to title last the old-time - snd managed by Fred earned the right the Hoover Trout singled radio reports that the Hu Trout's Scolping Joe and the third time. ... The Nazi night when nine "old men" backed their pitcher, Mel Freder- to start the fifth and Cramer a of its best action Swimming Association has barred number ick, with perfect fielding and seven solid blows to topple the of Indians Aids was safe at first to fill the bases part in on competition for refusing to take from held when Bagby fielded bunt too swimmers from t Hubarth Gr Schott Lumberjacks the throne they Climb of Bengali his meet Bratislava Probably figured they would" score was 4 to 0 ond the late to catch Hoover at third. fntro-Axis at showing during 1942 and 1943. The final a chance against the Germans, who have been played before an immense crowd ot St. Mary’s BY FRANK KENESSON Mayo’s single to right drove have game was but Trout was great ability as tankers. DETROIT, Sept. 8 (/P) houe Hoover Stadium. forced at tthe plate on Higgins* The champs ore anything but youngsters. The average age Temperatures in the sixties Tongue Sid aren’t conducive to comfort in double play bouncer to the Silver starting ten is years and four of the members par- Luckman of the 32 the baseball stands but Steve mound and York grounded out Before the Bears-AII Stars football game. Sid in the city's Fumble deliver in ac- ticipated O’Neill, manager of the Detroit to short. spent time composing a speech to year. age box. Schonschack popped to considerable most League lost But Tigers, looked ahead to cool Cramer singled to left lead- Carr Memorial Trophy as the valuable short for the first out and when seventh, cepting the Joe John- didn’t matter to the Cleaners. September afternoons with con- ing off the was sacri- . Coach Luke player in the national football season. With Catcher Hank Brenni- Denewith hit to third base, fidence today after Dizzy Trout’s ficed to second by Mayo, took he knew the speech caught son, who listened to Sid's rehearsals until instilling new life into the Brenniman was between superlative three-hit shutout of third by beating Boudreau’s the big moment man plate tagged Hig- better than Luckman. had to stand by at with his lively play third and the and the Cleveland Indians that put throw to Ken Keltncr off "Thanks, er-er every- club the batter being safe on a gins’ grounder and scored after while Sid stammered into the mike: throughout the season, the out, the Bengals within a single I took |ust for fielder's choice. Seibert made game of the American League York’s deep fly to center. That . that punishment body. Thanks.'* . "All Supermen breezed through the "And to top it off. they gave the third out popping to second lead. was all the scoring. thot." Johnsos moaned afterward. final playoffs without losing a one man base. Trout’s 24th victory, achieved Cleveland got only Sid the wrong trophy." winning three and tying past first. Ray Mack opened the game, Herb Martcll got as far as by a 3 to 0 score in 66-degree third w'ith a single, went to Sportt Page one. third base with two out in the temperature yesterday, provides One-Minute In all fairness to Hubarth 8c third on Bagby’s hit to right as & passed the key to Tiger pennant hopes, Foxx went to bat in his new role can be said they didn't H. S. fifth on a walk, a there as Mickey Rocco The first time Jimmie Schott, it as expressed by O’Neill. and died . .Don ball and stolen base, but the League manager he hit into a triple play. go down without a bitter strug- next popped to Higgins and Myril Piedmont batter grounded to right short The big righthander, w'orking quarterback (Navy V-1 2> who II move on gle. The aggregation had to play Hoag hit into a double play, De- Weir, Oklahoma U. for the final out. consistently every third day the son of He.n.e Weir who more games in the playoffs than troit's 156th of the year. to Annapolis next summer, is both as a starter and in relief, season game agams Bo any other outfit and kept the The final Lumberbaek oppor- the Texas Aggies in a post will thrive on rest and cool captained °kc the fag end tunity to produce came in the v br doubt until :-- •- Colonels. Jan. 2. 922. issue in . ->" \'' ;V f 'v ¦ through Centre College j ‘X’ ! weather the American McMillin’s Snort, of last night’s battle. The Lum- sixth canto. With two aw’ay, v v'' -tl that game. Naturally, Coach • League stretch drive if his per- How'd you like a his leg on the first ploy of the season Beardslee and Helzcr singled, to ¦J*' . also finished . The Interna- bermen through to convert, practice his fingers crossed. Many a game is lost failure but if formance in hurling his sixth keeping * er Luster is without the services of their place men on second and third makes perfect Cards-Pitts of National Football League not be cold bottle of an increase of about 25 P er cent ma will shutout of the year means any- nice tional League will show giant first baseman, Ralph Sie- following a stolen base by the found lacking in this department. Conway Baker place-kicks ball a total of around a miH.on and ca George Magulick College training camp, thing. tendance this season with wert, who was injured c rly in latter, but they couldn't advance held bv at Carroll Wauk- football drills have been hampered late- esha, Wis. Chicago Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steeler* are combined. Trout never was more for- . as . Tulane’s and had to retire for the Frederick tightened up and half if Little Monk August midable than against the . In- warfare practise." . Sounds as year. forced the next player to be re- ly by "gas time. rest of the dians yesterday. He gave only exercising prerogative ahead of tired, right short to first. Simons was the coach’s ANYBODY’S GAME three singles, pitched the last was a ding Last night’s affair The Cleaner hurler gave up Bathers Up Stiff six innings without allowing a Service Department dong tussle for five innings, but six safeties, all singles, divided Limber Tulagi and for- hit and fanned five men, two of Pvt. Wilbur Greene, a veteran of the Cleaners got busy in the equally among three H. & S. 1 | them—Lou Boudreau and Roy Marine Island, appears to have a mer jiu-jitsu instructor at Parris sixth frame and iced the game batters. L. Trombley, Beardslee Joints in First Workout 1 Cullenbine to end the ninth strong man at Penn State College. He with three big runs. After Glenn and Hclzer went plateward inning. strangle hold on the title Thirty-five men reported to contingent battle on the in periodical had been called out for will Navy V-12 field for the third time Tatham three times and were credited morning gridiron. With the Tigers idle seven of topped the interference, Brenniman work- Coach Roy Quinn this Mount Clemens . Vite o hits. Warren with two Frederick walked strength tests. Pvt the next 11 days both Trout and physical fitness & for football practise at Mount The "big game" with Port the regular Iceland Softball ed Marv Duckert, H. S. pitch- but one man and struck out the club’s other big pitching Warren, 0., doesn't pitch in Clemens High School, and start- Huron will follow the Royal too many shifts, but er, for a base on balls. Mel three. Duckert had no strikeouts winner, Hal Newhouser, should Leoque his outfit hos to work odd ed to exercise all those stiff Oak match, followed by games becouse hod Frederick, who had been and handed out three passes. His be at their strongest going into hod won 15 games without o loss and joints and eweak muscles that with East Detroit, Ferndale, ot lost report he Patrick, chucking good ball after a nhaky support in the field was nothing Detroit's 14 - game home stand . no-hitters. Lt - Lynn the are apt to take form during ab- Grosse Pointe and Hazel Park.
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