Milford chronicle., 1932-06-10

Many stars have come and gone
on the Pittsburgh Pirates during the
past ten years, but Pie TraynOr has
clung to third base for the Buccaneers
each coming season since 1921, with
out hint of anyone replacing him.
This season he again has proved an
anchor for the Bucs and his steady
ing influence both at the bat and in
the field has helped the team over
many of the rough spots encOIm-
tered since the beginning of the year
in the form of injuries and other
mishaps. Just how rugged PIE is
was shown again May 2Sth when an
injury forced an interruption of a
consecutive games streak for him.
One day later he was playing half
of a double-header against the Cubs.
Pie played his l500th game in a Pi-
rate uniform on May 22nd thus join
ing a select circle of veterans which
includes only Is others now in the
major leagues.
The threat that Rogers Hornsby
made almost as soon as the season
started finally materialiZed on May
29 when he played the Outfield in
dOuble-header with the Pirates, get
ting two hits out of seven trips. to
the plate. He has taken his baptism
as a right fielder, post entirely
strange to him, except that he has
been rehearsing almost every day
since the fly chasing bug got into his
head. The experiment hasn't prog
ressed far enough to furnish any idea
whether it IS going to be a success,
but at least nothing much can be
lost. Just why Hornsby should elect
to take a chance on a new job at
this stage in baseball life isn't hard
to answer. The Cubs have been
weak with the fail from the very
outset. They have won a lot of
games and are up among the elite, |
but the victories weren't achieved by |
consistent hitting. 1t was because |
of sensational pitching and great |
fielding. AS soon as the pitching |
slowed down a little bit and a few |
errors were committed the wins be-
came infrequent. Hornsby believes |
that his bat will restore at least a
semblance of a punch to his team.
Smashing a speed record that has
stood since 1925, Fred Frame, Los
race driver, flashed across
the finish line at indianapolis to win
the 5O0-mile Decoration Day classic,
at an average speed of 104 miles per
hour. The previous record was 1O1
miles per hour, set by Peter de
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thrilling as Howdy Wilcox, of In
finished less than A sec
onds behind Frame. The winner re
ceived $4,000 as first prize and
stands to collect total of $3.50, 900
as featured driver in other races
this year.
The Alumni-Varsity baseball game
tomorrow afternoon will be a fea-
Lure of the annual commencement |
program at the University of Della
ware. Dory Collins, star southpaw
wirler at the university some years
igO, is getting together what is eX
lected to be the strongest Alumni |
cam ever sent against varsity ag
at the university, although |
he exact lineup has not yet been
The alumni has won
our out of the last seven games at '
and is hoping to l,
make it five out of eight tomorrow.
'he varsity feels sure that they will
ven the series this year. 1t is eX-
lected four former Delaware stars
low coaching high and preparatory
choOls will be OH the alumni team.
he quartet will include Joe Roth
ock and Phil Marvel; the former
ow coaching at Peekskill Military
academy, and the latter at South
Irange High School. Vic Litchen- '
tein, coaching at Wilmington High,
nd Ace Taylor are also expected to
tar for the alumni.