I ISmoke Rings BEAT TO HOLD LEAD TIGERS ....NATS » l L -L. -X- .1 " " " XXX XXX * * " " " " Yanks Say Yes HUTCHINSON GETS SAM RAGAN Beat By FIRST 7-5 Bucs In 9th To Beaufort, 5-4 Rally — WIN, ______-——-+■ ★ ——————————— terms with baseball If you’d asked anyone on speaking Relief Hurling Of Benton Burke To who would win the American league pen- Walters Pitches Reds HARGROVE DAVIS Mildred Meet back in April Saves Day For Detroit; would have said the Yankees. Ask him today and nant he Homer know. But if for an answer, Greenberg Gets he’ll' say he doesn’t pushed IN RUNS around to To Win Over DRIVES Gillian On Mat he’d probably name three teams before getting Brooklyn Tonight DETROIT, July 24.—(TP)—The De- the Yanks. * troit Tigers’ $70,000 rookie, Pitcher Cincinnati Increases Errored Grounder Enables Sammy Manacher To one of boys who still think the Loop 8-6 Grapple But there’s group Freddie Hutchinson, chalked up his Star-News Scores re- Runs To Come In are the Yanks. From all win today at Lead To Eight Games With INDIANS TRIUMPH Winning In; McCoy ‘Grudge’ Battle1 Yankees will win—and they first American league Win Over Junior Order about make the of Washington’s Sena- Hurls Four-Hit Tilt Newman Meets ports they are very confident it, saying they’ll expense 6 To 3 Triumph Shoaf Grovo and tors, but the league leaders owed 1 last minute drive in late August September. 6 team de- to 5 7 TO The Star-News softball no small part of their 7 victory OVER A’S, Believe It a Mildred Might to the relief pitching of big Alton BROOKLYN, July 24.—(TP)—Bucky Hargrove Davis slapped out hard feated the Junior Order ten 8 to 6 Burke, the world eh:,". 1 telling themselves Benton. Walters mastered the Brooklyn ground ball that scampered through pion woman wrestler, wi.; i If they keep Rov Weatherly’s Two-Run in a Hanover league game played ;an-# believe it. And YANKEES DEFEATED Hutchinson shut the Xats out with Dodgers with seven-hit pitching to- of Second Baseman G. with that, they might the hands afternoon at Robert Gladys Gillian, the X\ i 1 three hits for the first five innings, night for his 15th victory of the Homer Decides Game For yesterday as the psychologists say, Hassell, allowing two runs to cross lenger for the title, in the believing, but he yielded four hits and two season as the Cincinnati Reds rap- Winner Strange park. mam Cleveland; Smith the in the last half of the ninth is half of accomplishing. -12 runs in sixth and three consecu- out a G to 3 decision and in- plate attraction on the mat BY BROWNS, 14 the ped The Juniors outhit the Newsmen weekly card from the Bronx say tive singles—each good for a counter creased their National league lead inning, and gave the Wilmington at stadium The boys 9 to 8. but their three errors to the Legion tonight. —before he was removed from the to eight games. will be the team they'11 CLEVELAND, July 24— W—Roy Pirates a 5 to 4 decision over the The two women Cleveland Walt Hits 18th Home Tex winners’ two offset the nave appeared Judnich mound in the seventh. The Reds clouted Carleton homer was the advantage. I we add our Weatherly’s two-run Beaufort baseball team at Legion here before and Miss have to beat. Apd a in the Burke ; s With One who relieved him, with foiy-run flurry second as the Cleve- Bill Bowen with three for three Run Of Year Tom Seats, decisive factor today field last night. the record of never haw: i, said it.” and never were in danger, al- •‘you went the way of Hutchinson after inning land Indians turned in their fifth Three errors and a walk marred and High Griffith with two for three beaten in a match in ■ On In Ninth Camilli took some of the But the old fable of the tortoise Inning he had the three runs to though Dolph to stay a half-game the defensive in the locals’ half Newsmen at bat. Borne- state.' permitted straight triumph play paced the The main bout on the the off their hit- c.,rd .. the hare is still a pretty good and Benton took over for De- edge triumph by Detroit stanza. i and score behind the league-leading of the final man and Rhodes garnered two foi be the battle around until the 24.—UPI—T h e ting his eighth home run of the received “grudge” between yarn. And loafing ST. LOUIS. July troit. The towering right-hander Tigers. Southpaw A1 Smith Skipper, pinch-hitting for Shoaf, three to lead the losers at the Medwick on plate, Sammy Manacher, of Xw.v the train is York Yank- and a walk season with Joe base over y..r..‘ last minute to catch world champion New yielded only one single credit for the 7 to S victory grounded out and McKeithan -walk- his first and two out in the ninth Thigpen, pitching game and Bibber McCoy, the former to be the little man ees came at the seams to- in two and a third innings, while inning. ed. Moore went dow’n and bic a good way apart Philadelphia. swinging won the Star-News’ first game of the baseball to It was the 17th victory in 19 league catcher, of E5 o who wasn’t there. losing a 14 to 12 debacle he struck out four. Dean, the Ath- an error by Pitcher Ben Wade en- day, the whose Neither Chubby second half season. Griffith was the won over a when Walt games for Reds, sweep of McCoy Manacher m , The Yanks are talking good the St. Louis Browns The got all seven of their letics' starter, nor Smith, who post- abled Carter to reach first safely. Tigers this series gave them a winners’ catcher. Voss and Russ and tumble brawl but the boys run of three-game came and rough lust week Judnich hit his 18th home runs off Hudson. Three of ed his tenth of the season, Davis then to the plate pennant grabbing, Sidney of seven in their triumph made up the Junior Manacher them ninth. record wins last strikes. battery. and asked for tire return who bet on ’em are wanting the year with one on in the the markers came in the first inn- went the distance. The Tribe gained was promptly tagged for two with the Dodgers. match as a means of eight games was redeemir.1 a little with the big It was the fifth straight defeat and four in the third. a 7-1 lead off Dean and Herman A foul ball dropped by the third to do talking ing Walters worked effortlessly to- himself. stick. The champs win now and for the Yanks, who skidded within Hank Greenberg’s 18th home run Besse before the Athletics rallied for baseman and he dx'ove the next pitch ward his no walks and Castle Street Defeats In the in goal, giving to When Hassell errored the semi-finals set-to Sadr then. And you know, hope springs a game of the secon^ division of the season drove in two of the five runs in the sixth, sending Smith second. out of trouble except in the ■ Pat keeping ball it l-olled on out to the outfield Newman, the cx-U. S. eternal. the American league. runs in the first inning. Pinky Hig- to the showers. Harry Eisenstat fin- Tar Heels To xavj ( second and ninth stanzas. The first Cop Fla% will meet What made the outcome all the cut loose a round-tripper with the Philadelphia scor- and McKeithan and Carter scored grappling champ, Whitt College-Bred gins off him came on successive ally stopped run Grovo in a 50-minute time Sanford won the North Carolina more shocking was that New York two men on base in the third. ing. standing up. limit I doubles by Dixie Walker and Jim Behind the two-hit hurling ol hniit.. on six-run lead in the The could not solve Joe Thus ending as close a ball game semi-pro championship college had gained a Tigers Wasdell. Bob Feller, kingpin of the Cleve- did the Bill hit Krakauska.v who follow’ed Hudson as has been played at Legion field Raynor, the Castle Street baseba^: The McCoy-Manacher tangle will baseball players. They first inning when Dickey The crowd of lost most of land mound staff, was hit in the 30,102 be a 90-minute time and if run with the bases loaded for four innings, nor Walter Master- this year. team defeated the Tar Heels 10 to i limit affair, same thing last year, you’re a home its enthusiasm when the Reds scor- face by a thrown ball during pre- § Jack Shoaf his and the will the of team they hit one with them son, who worked the eighth. but was not pitched perhaps gals grapple through interested in type and Joe Gordon ed a run in the first frame on Lonny game practice seriously to take the first half ehampionshif | best ball to but a ‘tis: Joe and Tom warmed in the bull game date, allowing .one-fall heat. have, here empty. Dimaggio 4 2 0 double and Frank McCor- hurt and up pen Case, cf_ 13 Frey’s four hits and out seven. For in the Coastal league in a game A.