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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-20

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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1940-09-20

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Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Odsouzeni k smrti.

Ctyri trestanci 2 Arkansasu,
ktefl v Columbia, La. byli po-
hnani pred soud ma obzalobu,
re 2. Zaf1 zavrazdili elena stf-
hac1 Getty ,ktera je pronasledo-
vala, byli uznani vinnymi. Roz-
sudek why automaticky zname
ma trest smrti. Jsou to: Will
Meharg, Bill Heard, William
Landers a Floyd Boyce. Jejich
ob6t1 sc stall Frank Gartman,
jehoz zabili, kdyz Sc priblizil k
jejich autu, v nemz prchali z
arkansaske statnl trestnice.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Americtf Sokolove vsnovali I.
csl. dslostreleckemu pluku v
Anglii krasnou vIai kr.

Krajansky fisk v Chicago pri-
nesl obs1rnou zpravu O odvezda
nj krasne vlajky, kterou veno-
vala Americka Obec Sokolska
prvn1mu csl. delostreleckemu
pluku v Anglii. Americtf So
kolove venujf vlajku jake d.
kaz, re nezapom1naj1 ma hrdin-
ne hochy a re jsou pripraveni
pomahat jim We spravedlivem
boji az do konecneho vitezstvf.
K odevzdanf vlajky doslo v u
rednl mlstnosti Sokola Chicago
"a 1casti predsednictva Anne
ricke Oboe Sokolske, technicke
no a vzdelavac1ho odboru a "a
stupcG tisku. Slavnostnf cere-
monte byla doprovazena procf-
tenymi proslovy starosty Anne
ricke Oboe Sokolske br. Karla
Prchala, nacelnfka br. Jarky
Jelinka, nacelnice ses. Kat.
Dankove a ses. B. Cihakove.
Vlajku, do ktere je vetkano
heslo: PRO cest a vlast vitezne
v pred prevail jmenem csl.
armady a jejfho nejvyssiho We
litele presidenta DIR. Edvarda
Benese DIR. Jan Papanek, ktery
podekoval americkemu Sokol-
stvu "a tento nejkrasnejsf dar,
ktery mohl byt dan csl. armade
do vlnku a ktery il vzpruzf v
tezkem boji.
Vlajka tato pc vfteznych bo-
jich teto valky Dude jednou z
prvn1ch, jez Dude vysoko vzty-
cena az Sc Dude csl. armada
vracet do osvobozene vlasti.
Slavnostn1 akt byl pax zakon-
cen zapenim csl. hymny.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Ia ctyri roxy Sc prihIasil.

" Davenport, Iowa, 35letJ
Alfred Finck, ktery tam slouzil
jake mestsky hasic, pred ctyr-
mi Lefty zmizel "a zahadnych O.
kolnost1. Vzeobecne sc verilo
re svej zivot ukoncil v rece
Mississippi; ackoli jeho mrtvo.
la nebyla nikdy nalezena.
Nynl sc pfihlasil sam. Dose
cd neho dopis re San Francis
co, Kalif., nemz vysvetluje
tehdejs1 sve jednanl. P1se, Il
Sc tehdy trapil k Will svemr
zdrav1 a re vlastne "ani neve
del co della"
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
N~ejhloupsjsi napoi.

Nejhloupejsl napoj je kava,
pravil jisty filosof.
Prazis kavu, ably odvar byl
cerny a prilevas mleka, ably byl
billy; pridavas do neho cikorie.
ably byla kava hofka a hazis do
nj cukr, ably byla sladka: vaTfs
j, ably byla horka, a foukas do
nj, ably byla studena.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Nechce bYt tercem manzeIce

V Rochester, Ind, Jack C.
Kofron vypravel obvodnfmu
soudci Robertu Millerovi, re
chce rozvod Cd sve manzelky
Marian, protoze i donna zkousi
ma mem sve umeni We vrhani
nozG, coz provadi v cirku Cole
Brothers, kde jsou oba zamest-
mani.
Pokud by ty noze vrhala ie.
nom v cirku, nemel pry by pro
tt tomu niceho. Ale re Sc cvic1
i donna pouzfvajfc jeho "a ner-
vosni terc, to pry jde uz pfflis
daleko. Kofron, ktery zije tam
s jmenovanym cirkem, jenz ia,
dy prezimuje, pc tonic svedec-
tv1 rozvod obdrzel.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25

V Sault de Marie, Mich, 20
Lefty Arthur Ahola, povolanim
farmar, zavedl hadici Cd vyfu-
ku do vnitfku sveho auta a po-
I'll jeste jedu, ably ukoncil svaj
zivot. Y jeho kapse byl lfstek
cd jedne d1vky z Detroitu, KITE
rym mu oznamovala, re Sc den
pred tim provdala "a jineho.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Medal Sc.

Ucitel: "Ma-li barak tfi pos
chodl a vede-li do kazdeho pa
ira dvacet schodd, kolik jich
vyslapne ten, KIDD vyjde az ma
horu?"
Yak: "Vsechny."
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Neni.

Slanecek neni velryba,
vino neni vajxlovka,
chytat stony neni chyba,
BENIN nen1 sodovka,
straznik nenf zadny rytff,
hloupost nenf pretvarka, ,
a vlast nase nenf dneska
zadna milionafka.
(:zouvak nenf varyto
kdyz to neni, neni to!:)
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Odsouzenec Sc podrezaI.

35lety Otto Beerbaum, ktery
byl odsouzen ma dozivotf jake
nenapravitelny zlocinec, pod
rezal 81 hrdlo zelfzkem ma ho-
len1. Sebevrazdu spachal v ce-
lie venice okresu Macon, I'LL
nois.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
Move slovenske postovni
Znamky.

THE Philadelphia Inquirer"
6. f1jna reprodukuje obrazky
petit novych slovenskych pos
tovnlch znamek propagujfcich
pr1rodn1 krasy Slovenska. Jsou
to znamky v hodnote $1,000
Is a 80 halerG. Znamky nesou
nadpis Slovensko.
Telegraf. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1909-1951, 1940-10-25
I Washington.

NN41x-
ky velkych stroll, ktere jsou
pouzivany pri obdelavani ia
rem.
DIE odhadn zalozenych ma
dosavadnfch 1cincich, stroie
donutf v dobe pristfch 10 let a.
81 100000 farmaf1 opustiti far
my.
Vladnf 1rady Sc nyni zaby-
vajf otazkou jak takove steho-
vanf z farem zameziti. Byl pre-
dozen program O 80 bodech,
ktery Dude patrne vydatny pro
prace v budoucnosti. Nejvy-
datnejsf pomoc Dude, poskyto-
vanl prace ma venkove pod Via
dnim dozorem die nynejsfch
praci pomocnych.
- 1fadovny odboru statu
bylo oznameno O pripravach
pro zruseni konsulatu v Praze.
Zruseni Dude uskutecneno DO
slan1m tr1 1rednfkG z konsula-
tn ma jina mista. Zda-li Dude
zrusenf toto ma zadost nemec-
kych uTad1 Spojenych Statn,
nebylo zastupcGm tisku sdele-
no.
= President Roosevelt pre-
wal 1plnou kontrolu pres pro-
DEF a vyvoz surovin a hotoveho
materialu, potfebneho pro ma
rodn1 obranu. Pozadal armad-
nj a namornicke municnf rady,
ably lined sestaven byl seznam
vec1 p~otrebnych pro narodnf
obranu. Zaroven bylo ponecha
no ma rozhodnutf rady, ktere
veci by Sc molly odprodati a.
niz by narodn1 zbrojeni tim u
trpelo. Rozhodnutf presidenta
ma dalekosahly vyznam, die
vyroku odbornfkd narodnf O.
brany. Spojene Staty mohou
zlskati znacne valecneho mate
rialu, jenz byl prodan ale nebyl
dosud do CHI zeme zaslan. Ten
to valecny material mohou 81
|Spojene Staty ponechati nebo
prodati do ciziny. Toto tyka
Sc hlavne objednavky aeropla-
MI pro svedsko, jez nachazi Sc
dosud v prfstavnfm skladisti a
v tovarnach. Panujf obavy, re
kdyby byly aeroplany do sved-
ska zaslany, zmocnil by Sc jich
Hitler a postavenf Anglie by sc
tim zhorSilo.
- Sekretaf valky Henry L.
Stimson prohlasil, re do Is. Ger
vna Dude povolano k vojsku
100000 muzi a CO Dude po
tonic datu, vi pry jedine "Bdh
a Hitler. Do onoho dine Dude
me videti, IDA budeme dale nu-
tceni odvadeti v takovem poctu,
abychom byli pTipraveni ma
vpad nepT1tele.
Prvni branci v poctu 10000
muzu, poslano Dude do cviceb-
niho tabora asi 10. rfjna a 2.
proisnce Dude nasledovati co.
600 muzG - 8. ledna 6O,OOO-
Is. ledna 10000 - 10. 1nora
100000 - S. brezna 200, 900 a
rovnez 100000 Is. cervna. z
ufadovny odvodnf bylo sdele-
no, re v prvnf vyzve 10000 mu
ia nachazeti sc Dude velika vet
sina dobrovolnikn6.
Department valky snazf Sc
posllati odvedene k vojenske-
mu vycviku do taborl blizko
jejich domovG, pokud jest to
mono. Ku pf1kladu, bude-li
mono prvnimi rekruty zaplni-
tt kasarna We Virginii, nebudou
sem posllani z Kalifornie, jez-
to okolni staty by doplnily zby-
vaJlcl pocet. Kalifornie by wy
plnila dals1 vyzvu.
" zapetf pc odhalenf. re
vsechna ancisticka podvratna
cinnost We Spojenych Statech
je fizena gauleitrem nacisticke
strany vicekonsulem Draoge-
rem, prichaz1 zprava, re ne
mecka legace We Washingtone
odstranila vsechny sve fondy z
washingtonskych bank.
Tato akce, v n1z jde O obnos
asi 100000 dollaru, Sc povazu-
je "a zcela moznou pTedehru
pferuseni ~diplomatickych sty-
kG mezi Nemeckem a Spojenv-
mi Staty. Take vyslanectf l.
rednici vybrali z bank vsechny
sve osobn1 vklady az ma nepa-
trne obnosy.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Bobby Jones Urged as Southeastern Conference Car
Averaging Eight steout Come One Inning Of Loop Minutes

game ut Humboldt. Kans.. the
other day should qualify for
something. The 1irst inning lasted
IS minutes. Thirty runs crossed
the plate and Il errors were com.
mitted, Z by Sid Debaets, Hum.
boldt's shortstop. Old Mike Coma
xales would have said: mo field.
good hit"
Perscnals-Coach Dutch Meyer
of Texas Christian Is In Colorado
showing the trout streams . few
plays. Wedding bells will peal out
Sunday for Dominic Principe,
who full-backed for Fordham
last fall. The Pacific Coast League
has presented ]. g. Taylor Sphinx
with Z gold lifetime pass In ap.
probation Of the fine work
Spinks paper, the Sporting News.
has done for organized baseball.
The Rev. Cornelius MEG Gtllicuddy.
q cousin Of Connie Mack, now y
assistant pastor Of st. MaryS
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Mourning Peter Moher's Death,
Pat O'Connor Asserts He Was
Too Softheurted to Fight

q man." O'Connor said. But too
soft-hearted to be a fighter. Never
liked to punish. an opponent un-
necessarily and had q right that was
as good as anybody's. Oddly enough
he licked all the colored fighters
he fought, but didn't have much
success against the rest Of them
He stood about 6 feet tall, weighed
around 100 and was just q senti-
mental Irishman at heart"
Great Friend Of Sharkey.
Miller made Maher's acquaintance
some years later-l915 to be exact
when the old warrior was taking in
the San Francisco fair with Tom
Sharkey. Sharkey and he were
great friends and always together
Mahsr. born in 1se. began fight.
ing at the tender age Of 13 and
quickly attracted attention. He
fought exhibitions with John l.
Sullivan and Peter Jackson while
still in his teens and was brought
to the United States by a New York
syndicate, comprised Of Irishmen
for the express purpose Of fighting
Bob Titzsimmons and Tom Sharkey,
A willing mixer he lost number
of important bouts by quick kayoes
bowing in this fashion to Fitz-
simmons. Kid Mccoy. Guy Rubin
and Joe Choynoski. He fought oil
OF the top -notchers, taking his one
night stand opponents as sort of q
side dish. -s. ..
One night at the old Monument
Theater, Baltimore, he fought and
whipped nine men.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Five Teams Jam Top
In City League
With IL Marks
Two Even in Section B;
All Groups to Offer
Four Comes Sunday

Our celebrated 4:30 trafic jam is
no longer . synonym for confusion
in sports jargon. The boys now say
as muddled as section A, National
City League. and . quick glance at
the second-half standings reveals
why.
Five of the eight teams are dead
locked for first place with two VIC
tories and one defeat at this writing
and Sundays games aren't going to
untangle more than two teams. Dis
trict Grocers, j. G. Flood, Klein's
Tavern, first-half winner; Packard
Washington and Miller Furniture
are deadlocked for the lead.
Conditions are slightly better in
section b, what with Plaza Tile and
Marble out in front with three VIC
tories and Capital Cafe close behind
with two. Both are indicated.
Sundays schedule:
Section A Is P.M).
klein.s Tavern vs.. J. c. Food Plumbers
Miller Furniture vs.. Orange Disc. East
b. q. 8. vs.. Small Motors. No. Monu-
Hary.n's Credit Vs. kard-washinston.
North Ellipse.
Section . II A.M. to 1 P.M.).
st. Francis Xavier ". Plasa Tile and
Maple; SoEtn , Eiiipse; ipse;..,,.x.,., v...
Evening star., 1940-07-24
BY BURTON HAWKINS,
Star Staff Correspondent.

DETROIT, July 24.-Your WASH
ington ball club won't be within
telescope view Of the American
League pennant winner, but when
the race Is over. two or three con-
tenders likely will look back and
wish the Grinmen hadn't been in it.
Washington's q. chief concern at the
moment is solidifying its sixth
place standing, but during the
course of the past few weeks the
Mats have played . major part in
disrupting the smooth sailing of
more highly regarded clubs.
The Mats jolted Detroit out Of the
league lead by capturing the first
game Of . recent series at Washing
ton and then swept three games
from the Indians to cui1 Cleveland
out Of first place: Yesterday they
bumped Detroit. which had returned
from sweeping three games from the
Yankees, and appeared polished in
snatching their 6-3 victory.
There has been no con-
sistency in the Mats perform
ance against 1irst-rate clubs,
but they have been graspinS
triumphs on occasions when it has
meant much to their foes. They
have clipped infant winning streaks
and figured In launching damaging
losing strings by opponents. Al
though winning only II Of 30 games
against frst- division teams. the Mats
have inserted those victories at spicy
intervals.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Van Horn, Irish
Ace Losers at
Sea Bright
Bells and Schroeder
Score Upsets; Hunt
Among Survivors
By the Associated Press.

6y tEe Associated PRESS.
SEA BRIGHT, N. j., July a.
Americas fourth ranking Welby
Van Horn of Los Angeles was . nom
combatant and only two foreign
stars remained in singles competition
today in the third round Of the an
nual Sea Bright lawn tennis tourna-
ment.
Van Horn gave way yesterday to
q young man with q mighty de-
pendable lob and uncanny ability to
keep the ball in play-1sadore Bells
Of Philadelphia, unranked and un-
heralded.
Drops First Set, Then Wins.
Twenty years old and playing his
second grass court tourney Of the
year, Bells bested the rangy Cali
fornian, SIS. 6-S. 60 to gain the
third round and . joust With veteran
Sidney B. Wood, jr., New York.
While Bells, captain Of the Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania tennis team
last spring. was ousting the hard
smashing Van Horn, another rising
California youngster, Ted Schroeder
Of Glendale, eliminated George
Lyttleton- Rogers of Ireland, 90,
60, 60, in . comparatively mild
reversal Of form.
The 6-foot-7-inch Lyttleton-
Rogers was seeded second In the
foreign list, and his exit left only
England's Mary r. Hardwick and
Ladislav Hecht, former Czech Davis
cupper, carrying colors Of other
lands.
Blocking Miss Hardwick's path in
the women's quirter final round was
defending Sea Bright Champion
Helen Bernhard of New York.
On the Mems side, Is competitors
caught up with Bobby Riggs, the
national open champion, to Join him
In the round of Is.
Hunt Defeats Podesta.
Two young Cahfornians, Frank
Kovacs Of Oakland and Jack
Kramer, Montebello, came through
with straight set victories. and today
Kramer was pitted against Frank
Parker, Pasadena, defending cham
pion, while Kovac went against the
veteran Wilmer Allison of Houston.
Among other survivors scheduled
for action today were Bryan Grant,
r., Atlanta: Gilbert Hunt, Washing
ton, D. c.; Elwood Cooke, Portland,
Oreg.; Henry Pruso1, Seattle, and
0ardnar Molloy, Coral Gables, Fla.
Hunt advanced at the expense Of
Gerard b. Podesta, former Princeton
star and one Of the better Eastern
players, ", -, and today Is
opposing Schroeder.
Evening star., 1940-07-24

parish at Evanston. III. South
ern writer's say Steamboat john
son, umpiring his 2lst year in the
Southern Association, II having
the best season Of his long career.
.Todayb guest star - Banjo
Smith, Columbia (s. c. Record:
II guess the Old World u still on
It's feet o. long %. they can get
: q, 900, 600 for . ball club hitting:
Dahlgren. .247: Gordon, asa:
Heinrich, IA: Dickey, .222;
Crosetti. .189: Rolfe, .24S; Keller,
200; Selkirk. .3o7. and Di Maggie.
.3l7.
Jack Kerns Is lining up . series
Of transforming bouts through
the Southwest for Patrick Edward
Comiskey, the young heavy
weight who may be the man to
knock out Joe Louis. Down South
they say II the Tennessee angular
season winning streak u stopped
next season. Duks will do It. The
Evening star., 1940-07-24
Frenziied Fans
H:oot Dodgers
In Twin Loss
Fistieuffs Fly Again;
lndions Cut Tigers
Edge to Half Come
BY JUDsON BAILEY.
Associated Press Sports Writer.

Tho Cincinnati RAds are at the
stage sometimes called, "as good as
in" in the National League pennant
fuss.
They took all the fight out Of the
fighting Brooklyn Dodgers yesterday
in a double decker triumph that
put them seven full games on top Of
the pile.
The Dodgers, who have had some
sort Of = run-in with about every
club in the league except the tail
end Phillies and Boston Bees this
year, erupted again in the thinning
first game with furry Of nsticuf1s
centering around Pete Coscarart OF
rBooklyn and Lonny Frey Of Gin
cinnati.
But this time the greatest modern
exponents of fighting baseball''
were up against something they
couldn't lick. After Coscarart and
Frey had been thumbed of the
field, the Reds worked out . 4-3 VIC
tory in that game and then deliv-
cred 4 crushing % blow in the
nightcap.
Better on Then in 80.
Although the Reds were 10 games
in front on this date q year ago,
they are Ia better shape now than
then. A year ago they had won 50
games and lost 30-and had played
only IL Of their 22 scheduled games
with the troublesome st. Louis Car
dinals.
Today the Reds have won 81
games, lost only as and have but
toned up Brooklyn to the satisfac-
ton Of everybody except the
Dodgers. They have won 10 out Of
II games with the Dodgers, assured
themselves of taking their second
straight series, and after tonight s
tussle will have but four more games
to play with Brooklyn. j..
They triumphed yesterday with
their secondary" pitchers-0ene
Thompson, Joe Beggs and Whitley
Moore. Tonight they were ready to
fire . real broadside with Bucky
Walters. who has won II games, in
cluding five since his last defeat.
Thompson was spiked in the
scuffie yesterday and had to with
draw In the eighth inning with the
score tied. Beggs held the Dodgers
scoreless for four frames and his
mates won out with Z double and q
single In tho lith. %
Brooklyn made four errors in this
game, for three unearned runs OH
Whit Wyatt, and two more in the
nightcap in contrast to the hawlesa
fielding Of the champions. In addi-
ton Moore scattered seven hits and
the Redlegs made II In the second
game to drive the capacity crowd OF
0,000 loyal F1atbuShers to such q
Evening star., 1940-07-24

Dodgers and Reds had q sellout
yesterday, but Larry Macrhail,
who always Is building for the
future, made 'em make room for
$500 young knotholers. Most Of
the lads will be good, paying
customers In . few years. Mike
Jacobs made one Of the smartest
moves Of his career when he
named Nat Rogers to succeed
Johnny Attell O. matchmaker for
the 20th Century Sporting Club
Mail box-From the pictures d
DempseyS matches with the
wrestlers 1t Is easy to see Jack
still has his paunch left. Dan
Darnell, Denver, Colo.
Information Dept-o. A. Lind
sey, jr., Homewood, Ala: The
first two games Of this years
World Series viii be played in
the home Of the National League
champs, probably during the
flrst weak In October.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
ByLEW1s r. ATCHIsoN.

Pat O'Connor, knockdown time
keeper for local bouts and one-time
amateur ringman, and Heine Miller,
president Of the National Boxing
Association, were among q host Of
old-timers who today mourned the
passing of Peter Maher.
Last Of the colorful school OF
bare-knuckle gladiators who -four
lshed in the glittering gay COS. when
the Marquis Of Queensbury's code
was just getting a foothold, Maher
passed away Monday in Baltimore.
Funeral services will be held there
tomorrow.
oConnor recalled Maher's first
visit to Washington some 40 years
ago, when he appeared at Kernan's
Theater meeting all comers.
Ed Roach and myself were train
ing q big colored fighter by the name
of Al johnson to meet Maher," Pat
recalled today. "The idea was to stay
three rounds with Peter, who was
travelling with the show, and win
something like 500. We felt sure
johnson could do It.
Makes d. C. Scrapper Retire.
"They fought on the stage with
no ropes or ring of any description,
as was the custom in those days.
Maher was extremely cautious.
Fighting every night, taking on any
body In the house-and a lot of
tough fellows came over the foot
lights to try for. that hundred, he
had to be careful.
well, to make q long story short
johnson looked all right for two
rounds, then Maher clipped him with
a right on the chin In the third and
knocked him cold. johnson gave up
fighting soon after that and Joined
the police force"
Jim Condor, q native of Galway
ireland, from whence sprang Maher
brought him to O'Connor's home at
81 II street northeast, . couple Of
days before his sparring session with
johnson to make Pats acquaintance
Jim was president Of the stone
cutters union and . stanch sup
porter Of both Irishmen. Pat, how
ever, had gone dancing over in
Southeast that night and didn't
shake hands with the great Peter
until after he fiattened johnson.
HE was q handsome specimen OF
Evening star., 1940-07-24
frenzy they were hooting their own
heroes before they left.
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frenzy they were hooting their own
heroes before they left.
The American League puzzle
showed no signs Of solving itself.
The pace-making Detroit Tigers
were tanned by Washington and at
night AL Milnar and the Cleveland
Indians shut out the Philadelphia
Athletics 10 to cut the gap between
first and second places to half 4
game. It was the 18th victory for
the Tribes southpaw star, whose g.
hit hurting was matched by Johnny
Babich Of the AS.
The other 'contenders" were
pushed farther into the background.
The Chicago White Sox edged out
the Boston Red Sox, 81, with Moose
Solters going on q tear. He hit 4
home run, double and two singles
to drive In five runs and scored the
winning counter himself.
The New York Yankees folded,
s-5, In = night game at st. Louis
as Walt Judnich, whom the Yankees
sold to the Browns last spring. hit
two home runs. Ten of the games
IA runs were Tailed in the first two
innings.
Carl Hubbell mastered the Pitts
burgh Pirates again under lights,
doing out hve hits as the New York
Giants won, 81. His roommate.
Mel OFT. hit Z homer and two
singles to bat in five runs and
Burgess Whitehead hit i've singles
in five turns at bat as the Giants
clipped II hits of three pitchers.
Rookie Ken RafYensberger scat
tered eight hits to lead the Chicago
Cubs to a 81 conquest of the Bees
and the Cardinals cut loose q A.
hit attack against the Phillies to
triumph, 7-3.
Evening star., 1940-07-24
BY EDDIE BRHTZ.
Associatsd PFoSS Sports Writer.

NEW YORK. July 24.-It has
been IS years since . major
league pitcher has averaged q
many strikeouts - Bobby Eel
ler-sliehtly more than eight
per game. The Knoxville News
Sentinel is nominating Bobby
Jones for the Southeastern Con-
ference's athletic czar. Here's q
second. Can't say Mickey Heath
didn't 90 down squawking on his
last day as Milwaukee manager.
Pinch hitting in q close game, he
said such awful things about .
third strike they chased him right
out Of the orchard. Jack Demp-
sey has given old Bronko Nagur-
ski ideas, and he may try another
year Of football with the Chicago
BearB,
Boy, oh boy-The Pittsburch-
Humboldt Ban johnson League