The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-06-13
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ELLIOTT
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DEAR NET: Did the Detroit
u Tigers score 10 runs IN
one inning IN q Uorld series
game? Did the Detroit Tigers
win their first icorid serics9
And iohom did they play first?
:. Rudy =.
Dear Rudy: No. you are
thinking Of the Philadelphia
Athletics. They pounded out
10 rms in the eighth inning
against the Chicago Cubs.
1929. Detroit played its first
,Uorld series (modern pldy) IN
1907 against the Chicago
Cubs, ieho ICON four and tied
ono. The Tigers Uon none -.
SAIS Al uV>t"N, WV" 'e'
soily krieger for AIRS former
middIeweight title, 1t Seattle.
June -:
IF I heat krieger, and I believe
I will. TN put the title on the
block ~ fast - chaIiengers come
forward. I'll he no fancy Dan.
I wasn't before f.. ] won't he
now. A guy makes money fight
ing for the crown. That's why I'm
In the fight game TO make
money" =.
RUD WARDS play In the national
open golf championship has
been . boon 10 Northwest golf.
b. shooting nose and noss with
the great pros Of the sport. the
Olympian has sent tongues wag-
ging hcreabouts -.
II has been years since this
corner has heard such talk about
a golfer. The little fellow simply
has captured the curiosity Of the
folks and they are talking. talking.
talking. Which is good for the
game -.
Not only in this, his native land.
but all over the country his name
Ia passing from mouth to mouth.
Critics rate the olympian the top
amateur Of the game. three strokes
better than any other -.
That. friends. is quite an honor.
II simply goes to show that the
Northwest has come to the fore
once again in athletics of major
rating =.
Yep, that's the same Bud Ward
who played for the Tacoma Coun-
try club and we let him get
away to Spokane. Tsk! tsk! -.
THOSE Yankees Of the WI league
Wenatchee also have
plenty Of powerhouse juice In their
willows. The Tigers will tell YOU
about that. However. when two
strong hitting clubs like the Chiefs
and the Tigers get together
well. anything can happen any
thing does happen -.
CAV little Don Barovic, age IL,
catch two trout Saturday. And
no guy who ever brought down
lion in Africa a deer at 500
yards cougar at the kill
ever had more thrill. 1t was
worth plenty just to hear that
childish voice 60 TO the heights in
excitement
IWORD from Mayo Brothers
clinic 1t Rochester. MIMI, tells
that Eddie Daily. former crack
amateur and semi-pro catcher. IL
recuperating from . serious ILL
ness. which is good news to Ed
dies horde Of friends -.
7 Els GREENE. secretary Cooks 4
Walters union, Tacoma. back
from auditing international union
books at Cincinnati, reports:
"Cincy is baseball nuts. Never
saw anything like 1t. The fans
talk. sing, eat and drink the game.
Manager Bill Mckechnie is an idol.
His pictures hang in hundreds of
buildings. eating houses. taverns
and the like. Elevator boys leave
their posts to get an earful Of
radio broadcasts Of game. The
boys and girls bet like mad. Fans
must make reservations q week or
two In advance. The park u sold
out for every game. Yes, SIR,
Cincy IL BASEBALL mad" -.
WELL. IT'S finally decided that
Jimmy Braddock viii referee
the Hsstak-krieser crown battle.
Soon after II was originally an
nounccd that the Cinderella man
would be the third guy In the
ring. reports came from the East
that Jimmy would fight Tommy
FAIR IN Londen about the same
TIM Al end solly went ct II. But
when Promoter Druxman checked
Up with Jinny. the lrishman re
ported he would referee the hattie
out here. The FAIR match has
. beea postponed. So, that's that