The daily independent., 1937-07-30
Yankees Win From Tigers Dodgers Stop Leading CUBS

Wimbledon put the United States
Lawn Tennis association right
back on the gold standard Big
gates will feature all major tour
neys in this country next year =.
Because the crack team in Europe
and probably Australia will be
over here to compete in the inter-
zone final They'll remain af-
ter the challenge round for the
y. S. National and other Journeys
With the eyes of the tennis
world focused on the United
States, other top-flight foreigners
also will be attracted {. Moreov-
er, the U.S.L.T.A. will not have
to spend money to send its Davis
Cuppers abroad.
1t won't be long now before the
boxing writer's must pack their
bags and start hopping from camp
to camp, like the. press associa-
ton baseball investigators during
spring training . Because I'm
Gle" Mike Jacobs is completing
plans to stage five major fight
shows during the next couple OF
months And one Of those
shows will have four champions
on the same card =. That card
means several camps But the
boxing writer's won't kick They
have a lot more fun at training
quarters than the baseball scribes
-. Uncle" Mike certainly seems
to have a corner on the cauliflow-
er patch And people are ask
ing, us Madison Square Gar
den still in the Larrup league?"
When the Americas Cup races
open off Newport, R. l., on Satur-
day, the professional sailors on
Harold S. Vanderbilt's defending
yacht Ranger will be drawing
more prize money than any crew
in the classics history . Wander
bilt pays his afore-the-mast sail
ors a basic 500 per month wage
And for the best four out of
seven contests he is giving each
man $40 bonus for each sailing
day And $40 bonus for each
winning day The scale in 1884,
the past Cup year, was $65 per
month, with $3.50 sailing money
and SIS winning money.
Ducky Wucky Medwick's robust
batting average does not surprise
the Cardinals brawny felt fielder
Ducky made several WagerS-
hats and suits and things down
at the Daytona Beach spring
training camp that he would hit
above 400 this season And
Catcher Gabby Hartnett of the
Cubs says Mcdwick is the great
est right-hand hitter he ever saw
Says he would hit around
500" if the pitchers would throw
to him like they do to other bats
men. Ducky has to go after
bad balls or walk.
Gene Sarazen's recent play in
Chicago's $4,000 open indicates
that the Connecticut squire may
have a couple more national
championships left in his bones :.
In spite of his retirement talk af-
ter the British open at Carnous-
tie, Scotland Gene is putting
we'll now And when he is up
on his putting, it's virtually i'm
possible to beat him Because
he has all the other strokes.
Bookmakers are so convinced
that the New York Yankees will
win the American league pen
nant that few will accept bets on
them And Jack Doyle, Broad
way commissioner, hammered
down his earlier lis odds against
their chances to IA o.. And only
longtime customers can get those
odds Brooklyn Dodgers are
even more goofy playing under arc
lights against a Three Il" league
club than in the sunshine of their
National circuit ... Playing
against Clinton, Ia, Tuesday night
the funny boys of FlatbuSh went
through the most weird gyrations
under fly balls, etc. And lost
to Clinton 81 Meanwhile a
lot of fans figure that Rogers
Hornsby's losses on the bases was
responsible for his dismissal as
manager of the st. Louis Browns
But the Rajah claims 1t was
winning on the gee-gees that
brought it about . He said he
put over a good bet at $32 on
So ticket And the bookieS ad-
vertised it to lure in the custom
ers That's how club President
Donald L. Barnes heard about 1t.
Looks like Tom Yawkey's plan
to use a farm system instead OF
his wallet in rebuilding his Boston
Gold Sox may ultimately pay
dividends Because Little Rock
is leading the Southern Associa-
ton race Minneapolis heads
the American Association parade
And Hazelton tops the New
ork-Pennsylvania league :. And
Tom has several promising young
Sters on those clubs.
When our ace Davis -Cupper, red
headed Donald Bulge, returns to
these shores he will have offers
totalling between $4,000 and
100000 for the first year if ne