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Win, Lose Or Draw tiening JRfe ^pjrftjs• Walters Becomes as Washington, D. C Friday, June 9, 1944—A—10 Cards*Master; Yanks Fade Homer Hitters Low Scoring is Seen Lose or Draw Hunt Heads Big Field Both Champs Downed; Win, As 40 Schoolboys In Star's Net Event Beats St. Louis By GRANTLAND RICE Red Browns, Athletics Now Pets of Nation's Fans Begin Golf Test Tomorrow Third Time in Row In the wild scramble now taking place in the American League, Opening j Sizzling scores were expected as where all clubs have the of two months un- By ROD THOMAS. By JACK HAND, eight spent greater part the 11th annual schoolboy golf a blanket we have conducted a What teams are Lt. Gilbert Associated Press Sports Writer. der popularity poll. "championship got under way at Army Hunt, possibly: Manor the most brilliant tennis i Leave It to Walters and the the mass or mob rooting for. outside of their own home-town squads? Country Club today with a player Bucky has The answer is the St. Louis Browns and Connie Mack's Athletics. field of 40 topflight youngsters Washington called its own, cer-i Cincinnati Reds to ruin the St. tainly its most colorful, heads the These teams take the place the Dodgers held a year or two ago representing 13 Metropolitan Area Cardinals’ dreams of a third schools scheduled to tee off big lineup for The Star's City of Lot^s when they became the national favorites. The Browns are top fav- in quali- National rounds. Washington tournament to open to- straight League pennant. with the Athletics, Mack, the second fying orites. piloted by 81-year-old morrow on the courts at Sixteenth Leave it to the home rim, and the First-round matches among to- choice. and streets N.W. day's 16 low scorers will be played Kennedy Seeded New York Yankees will wind up in It’s easy enough to understand the pennant popularity of the No. 2 is the defending tomorrow at Manor starting at 8, champion, the American League’s also-ran Browns. are the one team that never has won a in Davey a medical student They pennant with the second round set to get off Johnson, at George Washington column. the 44-year history of the American League. at 11:30. Semifinals start Sunday University. Lt. Hunt won his These are two Clark Griffith’s Chicago White Sox won the first pennant in 1900 morning at 8, and the Although way strange develop- championship into the national 10 ments in the major and repeated in 1901. Mack’s Philadelphia team came along in 1902. match is scheduled for 11:30. top ranking produced before entering the service—he leagues by a third wartime season. Then we had Boston. But in the march there is no mention of The entire Roosevelt team of Stan long played no tennis last Abrams, Jake Mel competitive Up to 1944 Walters had beaten St. St. Louis. Chicago. Philadelphia, Boston, New York, Cleveland, De- Papier, Diamond, has Lew year—the Capital seen little of Louis only 18 times in 42 starts, but troit and have’ won. Limber, Kent Kuhn, Mort Neely Washington him in tournament play. Since ma- now he has them three and Gene Racca that placed second handed Now the Browns have at least a chance. Handled by Luke Sewell, turing as a racketer he has chosen setbacks scores of 1-0. in the team match championships straight by a swell fellow and a good manager, the blasted and battered Browns of out-of-town battle fields where the 2-0 and 2-1. Not the ninth this season was to until play. Represent- was the to be had. past years, the wrecks of more than four decades, have just as a going toughest frame of last night’s 2-1 tilt in Cin- good ing Wilson, team champ, were Harry Verdi His First cinnati were the Cards able to break chance as any other club to give St. Louis a city series against the Gustin, Norman Manders and Stan- Opponent. a of scoreless Cardinals, the class of the National League. ley Harris. Lt. Hunt, meeting unranked Eman- string 30 innings nual Vardi. will be among the first against Bucky’s effective tossing. Stan Abrams of Roosevelt and group to tomorrow, his match Walters thus became the first big Mack Has Nine but Is Cellar Norman Manders of Wilson were play Flags, Champ starting at 5 o’clock. Johnsen an league hurler to notch a ninth vic- a the early favorites, with Allen Wies- Only minor miracle will keep the Cardinals away from the top hour later will defense of his tory. of begin LOOK WHO’S HERE —Lt. of the National race. had berg Coolidge a dark horse. Man- League Chicago has her intercity World title in a joust with Norris Ruck- Gilbert Yanks’ Penchant Backfires. ders fired a 79 at Bannockburn last Hunt of Washington, Series. New York has had many such affairs. man. ! Two National Sunday. nationally high-ranked net- top-ranking League Now there's a chance that St. Louis will hook up with Chicago STARTS BIG INNING—George Case going into third on a dou- Barring upsets, quarterfinals in hurlers clashed as Walters tangled Schools represented include: St. man, who for the first time and New York in this that October ble steal with George Myatt in the fifth session at the upper draw will pit Lt. Hunt with Max Lanier, and South- respect. Always remembering still Landon Philadelphia in will Billy Albans, Prep, Western. Lt. R. L. Hill and Staff years compete locally. is a off. At the a as yesterday after both had walked. Jake Powell scored them against worth followed a second ace, George long way least, Browns have team that is well Coolidge, Central, Wilson, Roosevelt, He heads the field in The with a and the Sergt. Buddy Adair against Austin Munger, in relief, but the Cincy No. balanced as any other club can show' at this June date. Bethesda. Blair. single Nats got four runs before the round was Gonzaga, Tech, Rice while in the lower half the Star’s City of Washington 1 man took the nod on two un- Next to the Browns, we found most of the interest built around Bullis and Devitt. over. —A. P. Wirephoto. _ seedings indicate Johnsen against event opening tomorrow. earned runs. baseball's most amazing manager—Mack. Connie has been in baseball Today's pairings: Capt. Merrit Cutler, former co- Since 1935 the Yankees have been over 60 years. He has won nine American League pennants. Eustace Florence. St. Albans; Johnny holder of the national indoor Walker. Landon Prep. home-run kings of the Harridge He has had two of the ever throwm greatest squads together— his Stanley Abrams, Roosevelt: Brian Bell, Seeks Ninth in Row Over doubles title, and Jerry Courtney but the blow that built the Western: Rex McDowell. Wynn to Seek Owens' loop, big Athletics, from 1910 through 1914, who won four Coolidge. against Navy Lt. John Curtiss. Young championships—you Allen Wiesberg. Coolidge; Glenn Fergu- stadium in the Bronx has been son, are entered in men’s remember—Collins, Mclnnis, Barry, Baker, Bendey, Plank Coombs, etc. Bethesda: Harry Gustin, Wilson Sixty-nine backfiring against the world champs. Norman Manders. Wilson; Richard Griffs singles and 21 in the women's whose In his career, Connie has given the game the four greatest left- Sturges, Coolidge; David Clark, Blair. Mackmen; Quit Cellar In 42 games only 20 Yanks have Reid be 4-Win Illinois of all Phippeney, Blair; John McKelway. »Y JOHN B. KtiLLKK, batter.in the ninth, so it was old pairings will published Sunday. Mark, 27 handers time—Waddell, Plank. Pennock and Grove. But against Central; Bob Roy, Devitt. homered, against by the opposi- Star Staff Correspondent. Joe who took the in They will start play at about 2 this, he has broken all records by finisning in the cellar 14 times. Edward MacArthur. Central; Stanley Bbrry beating tion, the latest being Roy Partee's Harris, Wilson: Bob Pritchard. Western. PHILADELPHIA, June 9—Early the eleventh. Johnny Sullivan was o'clock on the sabbath. Tom Tuienko. Tech: Herman Worsham. first round-tripper of the season in stalwart hander with safe when: the and Is NCAA Favorite Connie Has Had Best Clubs and Bethesda: LeGrand Edgett. Coolidge. Wynn, right shortstop erred Mrs. Van Ryn Out of It. the last of the ninth yesterday to Also Worst Bill Kusch, Coolidge; Jack Papier, Roose- the to the .500 Nats, hopes reach Candini, after bunting two fouls, Mrs. Midge Van Ryn. 1943 winner, By the Associated Press. Boston an 8-7 From 1915 1921 velt: Eddie Campbell, Western. give twilight edge. through Connie's staggering Athletics finished Iliner. level and also run his bunted to Sidney Bethesda: Chester Guild, pitching spot- again drag the ball by will be unable to defend the cup. 9. The Red Sox Joe Tech: Bob Worsham, Bethesda. MILWAUKEE, June —Claude pounded Page In the subway division. No other manager could have survived such less record against Philadelphia's the pitcher for a single. Case’s The are: Ann No. Mel Diamond. Roosevelt; John Hunton, seedings Gray, 1; (Buddy) Young, Illinois’ sensational for five runs in the first, but the a to nine as he span of wreckage and disaster. Connie happened to own a big part Tech: Norman Donnelly. Bethesda. Athletics victories, hoist moved Sully to third and Sarah Moore, No. 2; WAC Lt. New Yorkers rallied before Lewis Limber. Roosevelt; Harry Miexlell. freshman sprinter, shooting at Jesse dropping of his club.
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