The Monitor-Leader Trailers THURSDAY MAY 28,1942 PAGE 8 25 ABC Checks BonhamHasFlying Hogan, Laffoon Meet llurv l |» Corner for Bath City Start on 30 Games in Cellar in PGA Match Play This it- In Covered Wagon entrenched Yank Reach Craig Wood Tanglei TOP SOFTBALL HURLERS; May self more firmly in the cellar VERNIER, SARVER Total $515.42 of the Twi- an 'Unknown/ of the Blue Division with Mark Last Hung Up Penn Giant night RUTH'S FIRST, LAST HOMERS Local Winnings High light Softball League last | Major League Dix Dean in a Gibson of K.C. APART in '34 by as it lost out to Peschke 20 YEARS Town; inning, 12-11. for Size of wild seventh Affair Tonight May 28— BY JUDSON BAILFY St. Mary’s Sta- ATLANTIC CITY, BY DENNIS BROWN The victory at Gahlau Top Man Asiocialrd Press Sport* Writer a .500 mai k Members of the Bowl-O- ! (>P>—The outstanding match in Ken and Don Vernier. brothers, were dium gave Peschke •LOCAL JOTTINGS: the loss Drome Major League were teams meeting in softball Tues- The most coveted pitching for four starts while the second round of the profes- leadoff men for their respective Among the thousands of cities in a strong cel- reminded again today that topped batting order while goal in the major leagues is 30 put the Trailers sional golfers association champ- day ... Fielder Ken the Merchants’ represented at the A B.C. this in a victories in a season. It is much spot with four losses the loop's banquet will be Don not only led off for Spruce Inn. but pitched them to a year. Mount Clemens must stand lar ionship the sprawling Sea more valuable, and a whole lot like number of times at the post. held this evening at the Den- at victory while getting two doubles and a single at the plate in high any listing winnings ¦¦Rh ~*iL ¦ in of more difficult to obtain, than a Heading into the seventh, marsh Hotel, North River View club today appeared to be four trips. | according to size. no-hitter. held a 10-7 lead, hav- Road, starting at 7:30. the one between Ben Hogan and Vernier and Ed Sarver, incidentally, are leading the loop Peschke For a check on the AB C. after being behind Several sports celebrities earned averages and hurling effectiveness . The feat hasn’t been accom- ing rallied Ky Laffoon, each of whom has, in . . awards today revealed that Bath Three consecutive are expected to be present at three, and six hits in his plished since Dizzy Dean had his ir. the first. Vernier has allowed rations of three City keglers brought home a bases, how- the afair, at which members in turn, been a seven-day wond- efforts, however, great season for the St. Louis errors loaded the trio of starts ... he lost one of three- to will pick up their A. B. C. among country’s big goll | total of $515.42 in prize money, Cardinals in 1934 and it hasn’t ever, and a fourth —on a throw er the Pete Trombley and Sears, when Trombley held Spruce Inn to outfield checks. all but one prize coming in the been done in the American from third ipto the winners in recent years. four blows. minors events. Only team to League since 1931 when Robert let a run in. A single by Henry Sarver’s presence on the mound has given Leander all of Either that or the match be- place was Altes Lager, with a Moses (Lefty) Grove won 31 Duekert added two more tallies He pitched three innings of hitless ball as a re- its victories. i 2730 good for $39. for the Philadelphia Athletics. and Duekert counted on a pass- tween Craig Wood, the National liefer in Leander s opening game, added a one-hit performance After traded his ed ball to give his team a 11-10 Open Champion, and Leland next start and turned in a three-hitter I uesday after hav- Top winner at the Columbus errors Three-Hitter in his baseball togs for a Navy uni- lead. Four of the five in ing bit and allowed six blows in his third start. event was Harry Gahlau, whose Gibson of Kansas City, Mo., who slipped a form last winter there didn’t the seventh were at third. COMING THING? 663 in the singles earned him is little known in big-money TWO-BALL FOURSOMES seem to be a anywhere Needing one to tie and two foursomes may be the coming thing, if threatened $45.30, top prize for either in- circles but who has been shoot- Two-ball with even a remote possibility to win, Peschke pulled through. Wins for A-W materialize, according to MacDonald, dividual or team among the local golf ball shortages Alex gaining pinnacle this sea- Gerry Bourdage made first on ing more than anybody’s share contingent. picked of the ... players Gahlau up pro-manager at Hillcrest In the two-ball matches, ; next, advanced to third Three-hit pitching by A1 Sah- of golf here. George son—or either. an error and strokes, playing only one ball . . . Guy half of the $28.73 he and on each side alternate BONHAM, PERHAPS on Ward Conklin’s single, cross- row and perfect hitting and TRUE TO FORM Brown Jr., whose near-daily golfing efforts at Hillcrest this Noteboom collected for a 1163 fielding by shortstop Jerry Con- Yet, Ernie (Tiny) Bonham, ing the plate a minute later on difficulty of a season had been confined to the first 9, tried the backside for in the doubles and won $9 for a ti boosted the A & W boom in That is the big righthanded ace of the New a . Then, left-fielder For the ... He’ll play the ; all-events. P. G. A tournament. the first time this week and fashioned a 39 fine 1833 in the York Yankees, apparently has John Barry, who had scored the Junior Softball League last most part the country’s money cart before the horse from now on in, which should serve as 1202 TOPS DOUBLES found the right trail and his three times in three trips up night as the favorite in the Brown and several others for players run true to form. Some- due notice to Gerry Lozen, Ken i Mel Frederick and A1 Glcfke chances look about as good as and had two singles to his cred- youngsters’ loop defeated La- busy baiting hooks at 10 cents a hole. & Groesbeck, thing like 100 professionals from whom Guy is topped the doubles winners Feller's ever did. it, came up and singled between Croix 4-1. The Carleton Indians, member of the Blue Water Softball bagged push every corner of the country with $44 on a 1202 followed by Bonham his seventh third and short to Conk- It was the first game for both League, in which the Fisher Towers girls also play, got straight victory yesterday, 8-3, with the winning started play in the qualifying Andrew Woodarski and Joe lin across outfits and the losers’ escutcheon their name from the old Indian trail which runs through Carle- round three days ago, yet of the Cornish with a $39 check for from the Philadelphia Athletics. count. was not tarnished by the defeat. ton, miles to the west of St. Clair. The crowd at Yankee Stadium, lfi still in there pitching today several their 1192 effort. Twenty-five Lcn Lovalvo, allowing eight They were behind only 2-1 going O where he hadn’t been scored there were only two who might checks were collected by local hits, took credit for the victory into the final frame when a dou- SPORTSTEW: ’s first and last homers in the ma- upon all season, was hoping he he termed outsiders. • | bowlers, lowest being a $5 draft while Henry Duekert was the ble, single and double led to a jors were 20 years apart to the month . . . He hit his first for would get his fifth . He Peschke, to A1 Glcfke for a 1794 count in losing hurler. For pair of runs. One of them was the afore- the Red Sox on May 6, 1915, and his final on May 25, 1935, missed this, but he pitched an Barry had three for four, Leo the all-events. Dave Smith’s Sole run for losers in mentioned Gibson. The other when he blasted out three—the last his 723rd—for the Boston expert seven-hit game without Sandrowski had two for two, the came , 1820 brought him SB. the fifth after Roy Harms had was ’lorn Harmon of Montclair, Braves. allowing a walk. both singles, and Bourdage had Floyd Frederick's 638 in the doubled, coming home an N. J The other 14 either were Leo Durocher, who pops off at will as manager of the The big fellow is no strike- a pair of doubles in four trips. on er- singles was good for S3O, follow- walk I players who have won their Brooklyn Dodgers, got his nickname of “Lippy” when he was out specialist such as Dean or Blakely's triple was the long- ror. A followed by Jerry by LaCroix with a 629 single share of national headlines in a young rookie just up with the New York Yankees, back in ed Norm Grove or Feller, but his ‘‘fork- est hit of tin* game. Conti’s gave the winners for $26. their first run and Conti’s homer their time or who still dominate 1925... They sent him back to the minors for two years, a fact j ball’’ is something the opposing Duekert and Colan Pipe both CONGRESS game . trouncing boys got in the series AMERICAN BOWLING batters usually pop up and his in the fourth gave them another the which, when added to the his find Annual International Tournament had a pair of singles in four May is amazing. In the seven tally. He doubled in a third run last Autumn, is not calculated to make him a bosum friend of Columbui, Ohio. March H 13, IDtt control trips for the losers. Gibson appeared to have the FIVE-MAN EVENT games he has pitched this sea- in the sixth. Money 8 of scoring an upset the Yanks. Cov. W. . 120 112 4—l 1 5 best chance Name Score son ... he has walked only five bat- play o Lager Beer . ....2730 $39.00 < Conti’s short cut off slight, Altes ? Peschke . 024 220 2—12 8 11 at today. The blond Kansas -V * —Albert LaCroix and Harry Dorm.ES ters. V ***% jfc* ! several possible hits and he led City surprisingly TEN YEARS AGO TODAY 00 ' Batteries: Loval- player shot M. Frederick-A. 1202 44 \y*. <#'4' t*Tv Peschke Glefke..*. * over RIGHT ON BEAM “t JT v • a homer, "Mushy” Albrecht led the Bather golf team to a victory A. Woodarski-J. Cornish .. 1192 39 00 J u Y vo and Bourdage. Covered Wag- all batters with double good golf in the qualifying round N. Paulsen-M. Murphv ... 1167 30 37 He may 30 games, not win ¦*-' - a score a »., single up Grosse Pointe . . . LaCroix had the medal with 74 while S*** +**m on—Duekert and Allor. and for 1 000 mark. The and kept it in overwhelming ... 73 V G. Noteboom-H Gahlau 1163 28 because there are only 24 w eeks "A* T . ••* hits, . . . George Moriarty, r winners collected six well Longview, Albrecht rapped out a 78 American H. Elliott-W. Held 1145 22 71 Bar 69 and Sears team, Jimmy Gauntt of Ervlng in a season and he may not -r- both League umpire who is well known here, came out on the losing R. Capron-L. 1154 25 00 Y-»5 divided, off Cowlter. Texas, in yesterday’s first round, H. Huemiller-H. Schans ... 1133 19 00 work often enough. But w'ith a undefeated in Blue division & 000 69 end of a clubhouse scramble with a group of Chicago White E. Stadler-Russell Miller .. 1132 19 00 play, will meet tonight at St. L C» 010 o—l 3 2 He had a in the morning—- I.aCroix-Henry LaCroix 1128 17 12 team like the world champions Sox after a game with the Cleveland Indians. N. game A & W 100 102 x—4 6 2 three strokes under par—and .. „.«—‘s^jj* Mary’s Stadium in a H. Starbuck-Charles Hess 1128 17 11 behind him he is not likely to

- .. & only outward R. Wilson-David Smith 1126 16.89 lose many and at present he is which will break the first Batteries: A W Sahrow took 32 for the SINGLES and Darling. & nine in the afternoon in beating Harry Gahlau 663 45 30 right on the beam approxi- place deadlock between the L G—Cowlter Floyd Frederick 638 30 00 mately one-fourth the victories two. and Trombley. i Gauntt 10 and 9. Norman LaCroix 629 26.00 Romeo Loses Title Battle Harold Elliott 577 6.00 in approximately one-fourth the David Smith 617 22 00 season. 602 14 13 Albert Glefke The Yanks gave Bonham a id Beotem—all 6-feet 6-inehes George Noteboom 559 12 06 md 267 pounds of him—all out in on Bth Frame Triple, Henry Schans 582 7 00 five-run boost in the fourth in- put. Herman Timpf. Sr 581 7 00 ning shot Andrew Woodarski 576 6.00 yesterday, three of the w Oxford Wins Tri-County Crown with 1-0 ALL EVENTS runs coming on a homer by Tom Harry Gahlau 1833 900 Henrich, and this enabled the 6e/// David Smith 1820 ide Victory; Peachmen Take Second Place 800 /tsetse /w/p Albert Glefke 1794 500 champs to coast to their 16th victory in 19 games. SperUl to The Dolly MonUor-Leadrr a position they have held for 17 Walks Fail : The came out i' ROMEO, May 28—An eighth two years now. Their season’s of a slump to overpower the | inning triple and balk gove Ox- included nine victories in record Washington Senators, 10-1, in a ford a one-run victory over 11 starts; their other loss was at Consistency Romeo yesterday, a victory night game. Oscar Judd limited to Win Game the hands of New Haven in the the Nationals six well-spaced which meant the Tri-County to opener. hits before a crowd of 17,000. Eagles Win Despite League’s baseball title to Ox- Romeo’s only good scoring Pays offin S Rookie John Pesky collected ford. chance came first when Passes to Schwarxkoff IS” in the three of Boston’s 13 hits and Clashing on the Oxford dia- they had two on with one out, scored twice. Making their second start of mond, both teams were unde- Imlay City finished the Tri- GolfLeague Chicago’s usually weak - hit- meeting County the season, Eagles eked out feated in loop play, in card in third place, with DETROIT EDISON GOLF ting White Sox collected 17 hits the for both a clutch battle—the last three wins and two losses. LEAGUE at Cleveland, but had plenty of a 10-0 victory over Schwarzkoff the crown. Through Romeo 000 000 2 trouble taming the 9-7. night Red Division soft- outfits—for 00—0 3 Team W L Pet. Indians, last in a seven innings, the iyo went Oxford 000 000 01—1 4 2 Three of the Tribe’s ten hits ball game at Griffith. Schwarz- * Sales Dept 4 0 1 000 scoreless. In the last of the Batteries: Oxford Collins were homers and it remained fact that Overhead 3 l .750 koff lost despite the eighth, Bud Blumeric/c of Ox- and Gordon. Romeo—Frost and for relief pitcher Joe Haynes to they got a total of 17 walks off Bookkeeping .... 3 1 .750 (his ¦ win his own game for the Sox Eagles’ ford tripled—one of teams Yerrat. Dept 2 2 .500 a pair of the hurlers. safeties. A minute later, [Credit by singling across two runs in four 'Engineering 2 2 .500 The victory gave the winners George Frost, winding up, struck the eighth inning. | Collection 2 2 .500 a .500 mark while pushing the against his leg, kicking The St. Louis Browns backed his arm Tigers | Meter Dept 2 2 .500 losers down to three straight side for a Return up Johnny Niggelling with ex- the ball out to the Service Dept. ... 2 2 .500 swing! a high mark tra-base hitting to beat the De- losses in a like number of starts. 1 —What a Others set balk and an automatic base for Customers Accts. 0 4 .000 . troit Tigers, 5-2. W’alt Judnich to shoot at .. but all along we had the whis- Blumerick and the game for Ox- to Meet Indians Lighting 0 4 .000 After marking a pair of tallies led the attack with a homer, a key to top ’em all! For Imperial gives you ford. 28—(/P)—The in the front of the first, the DETROIT, May a single. double and Eagles handed out a fistful of expensive-whiskey aroma . . . costly-whiskey The loss gave Romeo undis- Detroit Tigers, returning home Posting a 204, one of the low The Brooklyn Dodgers in- scoring on straight . . . chances four . . . flavor puted possession of second place for six games in four days be- foursome totals of league play smoothness premium-whiskey creased their walks and three singles to see fore making their second East- | this season, the Sales Depart- lead to six games by belting the all at a popular price! their opponents take a 5-2 lead. even we were ern swing of the American ment maintained its grip on first r 2 What a climb! But Boston Braves, 4-1, w it h a A trio of runs in the second, League season, make a pass at place in the Detroit Edison Golf - - surprised how quickly Imperial rang three run ninth inning rally however, tied the game up for second place in a two-game ser- League last night on the basis that settled a hurling duel be- the bell! Listen!- in one test-state alone Softball of consistent team play. the Eagles and they counted ies that opens today with the tween Whit Wyatt and Jim To- Imperial three more in the third off three -ii? _ where got its first big featur- Cleveland Indians. -A —L .Jl-.* 1 The leaders’ scores varied by bin. hits and a walk to take the lead. ing, it shot ahead of 332 long-estab- Schedule The Tigers, although getting only four strokes, with a pair of Wyatt rationed five hits and Two more tallies in the fourth ... no better than an even break :n Tobin scattered seven and the lished brands to first place where it 49's and a duo of 53's giving provided a winning margin. THURSDAY six games at Chicago and St. them their count which was six only runs till the final frame has stayed ever since! Blue Bar 69 vs. Sears, St. Louis, are two games behind s t ro k e s above the Overhead were Billy Herman’s homer for WALKS AID LOSERS Mary’s. Cleveland which has dropped j score, however. A 198 by Over- Brooklyn in the first and Scb- The losers fought gamely •' by in K- Red MCAC vs. Nesbitt's, five of its last six starts. A head gave them a win and kept Sisti’s round-tripper the back. One run came in during Jr Covered Wagon. sweep of the current series them in a tie for second as third Then Dolph Camilli walk- the third, after a walk. Another / ‘ Junior —Gasow Boat vs. Mon- would put the teams on virtually Louis Gutschow showed the way ed, Joe Medwick and Pinchhit- walk and single led to one in the jlip Consumers. I I I ¦I 3 What a ringer! And it kept right itor-Leader, even keel before the Chicago with a 41. ter Pete Reiser singled and fourth, followed by another in FRIDAY Mickey Owen tripled. ***>>. Iik?? I \ on ringing the bell in state after state. White Sox come here for dou- Medal of the evening play at the same frame off an error, Blue Spruce Inn vs. Busi- BUCKY ble-headers Saturday and Sun- Hillcrest went to Vincent WINS pass ball and another boot. In It’s the fastest-growing whiskey in all Men, Burky pitched seven- ness Griffith. day. Light- Walters the fifth, a walk, two pass balls FI America! Taste why. ..ask for Imperial Bearss. with a 37 for the Red H. & S. vs. Schwarz- hit ball as the Cincinnati Reds Manager Del Baker nominated ing Department Chuck Nicolai’s and wild pitch gave the ninth. koff, St. Mary's. conquered the Chicago 10- at your bar, or take home a tryout bot- rookie Virgil (Fire) Trucks to 35 was awarded on the basis of Cubs. Junior —Kresge’s vs. A. & W., 1. with a 13-hit offensive that Strubank, who had started for tle of this great whiskey tonight! pitch today against Lefty A1 his average, since he was ab- Consumers. included a grand slam the Eagles, was relieved by Du- (|-| Smith. sent. Wins last night were by by Gerald Walker to climax a prey in the fifth, the latter turn- Overhead Credit, Sales over seven-run spree in the fourth ing in a good stint of relief hurl- AUGUSTA, Ga„ May 28 over Customers Accounts, Book- Sloftball inning. ing, allowing only two hits. Only i/P>—The South Atlantic League keeping over Collections Meter The surging St. Louis Cardi- four were chalked off Strubank. isn't surprised at anything these over Engineers and Service over moved into second place Standings days. Lighting. The latter match end- nals Coulon’s two for three—one a slightly ahead of Boston by BLUE DIVISION At Augusta a night game was ed in a tie at 215 alike for nine double—-paced the winners at routing the hapless Pittsburgh Team W L Pet. postponed because of darkness holes, with Service winning a the plate while Redmond had a Pirates. 5-3. Three errors figur- Bar 69 2 0 1 000 —a test blackout. lone-hole playoff. pair of singles in three times up ed in Pittsburgh’s fourth straight 2 0 1.000 for Schwarzkoff. Sears’ setback. Spruce 2 1 .667 Inn Bob Carpenter pitched the Schwarzkoff 501 21st 0— 0 6 .7 2 2 .500 Merchants New York Giants to a 6-2 deci- Eagles 237 2(10 x—lo 9 7 Peschke 2 2 .500 Major League Standings sion over the Phils in a night Strubank, Business Men ... 0 1 .000 Batteries: Eagles game at Philadelphia. Covered Wagon . 0 4 .000 Duprey (5 2/3) and Rachow. LAST NIGHT’S RESULT *. Schwarzkoff —Laribee and Mc- Peschke 12, Cov. Wagon 11. JOL Pherson. IKu* Score |W J Eighty-six proof. 70% RED DIVISION AMERIC AN LEAGUE NATIONAL LEAGUE F. I H —i II il EAGLES AB R H grain neutral Pet. W L Pet. *GB w L r«t. OB Fleming. If 4 1 2 0 spirits Team W L WAOON AB R H F COVFRIIt E. Rarhow, c 1 Cop' IC4? Hirom ... Wolk*» & S 3 0 1.000 New York 26 10 .722 Brooklyn 28 11 .718 Weir, 4 10 1 H. rs P. Smith, 4 2 2 1 fppno. * rs ft S©r*» !««., HI, Cleveland 23 16 .591 4' 2 St. it 6 Allor, 2 1 1 ' 0 n 1 111 1 0 1.000 Louis 22 564 r Anriing. 1* Nesbitt’s 0 0 0 Wakefield. Is 4 Fankhauser. r* 2 0 11 ... DETROIT 23 20 .535 Ii ton 18 .561 6 Leander Case 3 1 .750 6W Duckert. p * ¦* 0 0 2 19 : 19 8 1 -j 2 1 Godfrey, 2b FOR 2 M. C. A. C 2 1 .667 Boston IS .514 7 1 Cincinnati 19 .500 Pipe, cf 4 3 Rapp. 3h 3 VjgS 22 9'_. 19 Reh. lb 4 0 0 0 Mrlnerney. lb 12 0 0 Eagles 1 1 .500 St. Louis 19 .463 Pittsburgh 22 .463 10 * J "***' Peltier. 2b * Coulon. cf 3 2 2 0 .... 16 22 Schwarzkoff 0 3 .000 Washington 421 1 1 New' York 19 22 .463 10 Rrrtlmke. 3b 3 0 10 n 0 “Veti.urior JggE Duprey. p I Blakely. -1 1 1 0 mmZM .000 Philadelphia 17 26 .395 12'-. Chicago 17 23 .425 11' 2 If Strubank. p 2 10 Owls Club 0 4 r» 3 10 1 MMm LAST NIGHT S RESULT Chicago 15 24 .385 12V6 Philadelphia 13 28 .317 16 Wituktewlcz. Raj, 11, fl I I 0 0 ¦*~****" *. behind Total* 37 11 * 5 10 7 J7S! Eagles 10, Schwarzkoff 9. •Games leader. •Games behind leader. Tot ala 27 9 ij WEDNESDAY’S RESULTS WEDNESDAY S KF.SI I TS I V-' I JUNIOR LEAGUE rrnciiKF ab r ii f. SR2PINT w I, Pet. St. Loms 5. DETROIT 2. Brooklyn 4, Boston 1/ Ifaya. It 2 10 2 SCHWARZKOFF All R H E CODE Na. M Tmm Oourrtage. c 4 2 2 1 Laribee, p 3 1 0 0 ••. • - 1 000 Chicago 9, Cleveland 7. St. Louis 5. Pittsburgh 3. o Merchants 1 0 Conklin, lb 4 2 2 Diener. la I 1 1 w 0 MJUrt* V Kretge’s 1 o 1.000 New York 8. Philadelphia 3. Cincinnati 10, Chicago 1. l.ovalvo. p 4 1 1 o B MrPemon rs 2 I 0 I * 10 'l Barry. If 33 0 Ballard. If 2 0 I HO-t | I lo V. ~ I ! York I A. It W 1 0 1.000 New 6. Philadelphia 2. cf 3 0 0 0 Redmond, ra 3 2 2 1 $935 Calleuaert. L. * O o l .000 THURSDAY’S (.AMES THURSDAY S GAMES Fenton, rs 3 0 0 0 L. Newman, lb 3 1 2 0 qi'ART Tremlett, ra I 1 0 0 N Newman. 2h 4 0 0 I IMPERIALl»g U $ Fa* Off. CODS N*. 94 at at Qaaow Boat 0 1 .000 Cleveland DETROIT. Brooklyn Boston. Sandrow«kl. 3b 2 12 1 H. Moritz. 3b 2 110 0 Monitor-Leader . 0 1 000 Philadelphia at New York. Cincinnati at Chicago Ifeflinß. 3b . I 0 5 O'Dell, rs 2 0 0 0 LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS Chicago at St Louis, night. St. Louis at Pittsburgh, night. Verscbeuren. 2b 2 1 0 0 K. McPerzon. c 3 1 1 0 A. * W. 4, L. * G. 1. Boston at Washington, night. Only games scheduled. Totals 30 12 10 11 Totals 23 9 ft 3 m