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Evening star., 1942-07-04

Witty, OF course, has something
there. We happen to be believer
in the fact that golf is leveling
game, that every player has his
groove and that day in and day
out he'll shoot to that groove or
score. But catch 90-shooter hav-
ing a good day. The puts are
dropping, the tee shots are splitting
the middle and he winds up with an
81. From that time forth his true
game is 81, and he's an unhappy
gent when he slips back into the old
80 groove.
THAT fellow is only fooling HIM
SELF" says Witty. "If he works hard
on his game the improvement may
be permanent, but if he hasn't
worked hard and the 80 came by a
flock of puts he shouldn't be sur
prised when he gets back to 80.
That's his personal par"
Smith Marcy Meet Tomorrow.
Leroy Smith, former public links
champ, and Earle Marcy, president
of the East Potomac Golf Club, will
meet at l pm. tomorrow for the
East Potomac Park spring cham
pionship. 1t may be tantamount
to the public links championship,
although it wasn't so advertised
The boys won't play in the national
public links title tourney this year
and no plans have been announced
for a local municipal title tourney
Thousands Of linksmen were play
ing today at the local country clubs
in an all-embracing series of Hale
America golf Journeys for Red
Cross benefit. That is, those who
could get gasoline to get to the
clubs. There's no use having ar
X-card when dealers display mo
gas" sign. as so many have been
doing lately.
Mrs. Virgil Rule played her final
shot up the 18th fairway to win a
flag tourney for women Of the
Washington Golf and Country Club
Not far behind her,.i second place
was Mrs. r. D. Young Other win
ners were Mrs. r. l.. Hutchison and
Mrs. A. C. Body.
Congressional women also played
in a flag tourney with Mrs. D. H
Henderson, Mrs. M. r. Paul and
Mrs. E. S. Hansen winning in
Glass A. Glass B winners were Mrs
Dixon Lewis, Mrs. H. l.. Cobb, Mrs
M. Meier and Mrs. D. L. Norman
The putting prize went to Mrs. H. A
Knox with 81 strokes on the greens
Evening star., 1942-07-04
More Than $50 Doqs
To Seek Kennel Club
Prizes Tomorrow
Many District Owners
To Exhibit at Event at
SoftbuI| Studium

More than $50 blue blooded
CANNES will match poses and fine
points tomorrow in a show spon-
sored by the National Capital Ken
mel Club at Washington Softball
Stadium, Bladensburg road and
New York avenue NE. The first
class will be Judged at o'clock and
competition is expected to continue
until dusk.
The interest shown in this affair,
which has been arranged with an
eye TO the convenience of a public
harassed by gasoline and tire prob
lens. is expected to result in one of
the best shows of the year.
Among the nationally prominent
dogs entered are the Kerry blue
terrier, Oh. Sirano's Sophisticated
Lady, best -in-show winner at the
recent Pikesville (Md) event; Mrs
James Austins winning Pekingese,
Oh. Chi Lee of Matson's Catawba
Mrs. Florence Ilch's collie, Ch
Baegate Model of Bellhaven: the
boxer Oh. Overture of Mazalaine
and the Marienland Kennels Do
herman pinscher, Oh. Westphalia
Rameses.
Competition for sporting dogs will
come from the pointer champions
Hie-On Coronation and Rolew Roy
atty and Dr. Fletcher Vinson' s
English setter, Oh. Big Boy OF
ROCKFORD.
Numerous local dogs are entered
including R. w. Lyons bulldog. Lon
arch TUCSON, and Mrs. Agrippina v
Anderson's chow, Oh. Lu Tang's
Introduction
Obedience test classes and chill
drens handling classes also are or
the program.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Baltimore Heinicke
Choice al Start Of
dc. 10-Mi|e Run
1910 Victor Out to Beut
KIeinermon, al Winner;
New Route Is Used

Don Heinicke, Baltimore bunion
fancier who ran the final five miles
OF last years race barefooted, was
the favorite to cop today's 18th
annual 10-mile jaunt sponsored by
the District of Columbia Recreation
Department and Takoma Citizens
Association.
The wiry White Horse Club athlete
was to lead 27 runners to the post
in one of the outstanding events on
a slim holiday program. Although
somewhat restricted this year be-
cause of war activities, the event,
nevertheless, attracted a representa-
tive field.
Heinicke was after his first leg on
The Evening Star trophy placed In
competition last year when Joe
Kleinerman of New York breezed
home a winner in SIS minutes, 81
seconds. Don had whipped Kleiner-
man and Joe Sullivan Of Philadel-
phi ain 1910 with a thrilling stretch
run over the last half-mile and his
appetite was whetted for another
fight with his rivals.
John Leiss, veteran Washington
A. A. traveller, was to defend his
District title, automatically awarded
the first local man to cross the finish
line. Leiss was we'll up with the
leaders last year, finishing eighth In
the good time of 1928.
Post entries were to be accepted
today before the field got away at
1:3O on new course that wound
through Rock Greek Park and out
Piney Branch road to the finish line
at Takoma Playground.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
ST. hary's Ringmen
Win -Four Of Eight
Bouts in Meet
Lotsios ond Lloyd Score
Knockouts; Wonkowicz,
Smith Lund Verdicts

Although disappointed by the
slender crowd, St. Mary's Boys Club
of Alexandria had another gilt
edged page in it's book of achieve
ments today after winning four of
eight bouts, two by knockouts. in
the Alexandria Municipal Stadium
last night.
Nick Latsios, former Golden
Gloves champion and popular
favorite, f1attened Hershel Todd in
the second round of their bout
sending him to the canvas with a
right to the jaw. Todd attempted
to get up but fell face downward
and was counted out by Referee
Eddie LaFond.
Eddie Lloyd, 1.-the 135-pounder
scored a technical knockout over
Jimmy Hubbard of the Apollo Club
for the home teams second alb
breviated win. Hubbard caught a
hard smash on the nose in the first
round and when it continued to
bleed throughout the second after
first aid was rendered the officials
halted the action.
One Of the evenings best scraps
was that between Kid Smith, st
Mary's lightweight. and AL Gray oi
Merrick. 1t was close and at a furi-
Gus pace.
Edsel Martz, Washington Boys
Club, outpointed Alex Sinegal, ano
Gilly Smithson won the nod over
Joe Jeanette in other good matches
The summaries:
55 pounds-Freddy Richardson (Mer-
rick) defeated Bob Lawson tSt. Mary 81
95 pounds-Billy De George (Washins
ton Boys Club defeated George Fuller
(Merrick).
I37 pounds-Kid Smith (st. Mary's) de-
feated AL Gray tMerrick).
115 pounds-Gilly Smithson Apollo)
defeated Joe Jeanette (Merrick).
145 pounds-Al Wankowicz (St. Mary's)
defeated Herb Drayheim (Merrick)
135 pounds-Ed Lloyd tSt; Mary's)
tko Jim Hubbard t2) tApollol.
155 pounds-Edsel Martz lWashingtor
Boys Club) defeated Alex Sinegal (st
Marys).
I47 pounds-Nck Latsios tst. Mary'sl
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Spencer Tops Snead' ,
Record 10 Advance
In Virginia Golf
Scores 81 on Cascades
First Nine; Bottle His
Foe in Quorter-Finol
Py the Associated Press.

Ey the ASSoCldGcu
HOT SPRINGS, Va, July 4.-As
eight championship flight survivors
teed off on their quarter final round
today, most Cascades Clubhouse OBJ
servers were of the opinion that they
might as well save themselves
trouble and humiliation by just
handing over the big Virginia State
amateur golf championship trophy
to slim Wynsol Spencer of Newport
News.
This rush-for Spencer bandwagon
was the result of the 22-year-old
Langley Field employees sizzling ex-
hibition in eliminating Wayne Clark,
topnotch Portsmouth golfer, in yes
terday's second round.
Breaks Snead's Record.
The diminutive Spencer caused a
sensation in this hometown of Sam
Snead when he bested Snead's all
time course record figures for the
abbreviated distance it took him to
oust Clark.
When Snead recently ripped seven
strokes off the tough Cascades par
with a 81 he needed 80 strokes tc
get by the mountainside outgoing
nine. Spencer slapped a 81, foul
under regulation figures, at Clark
and added two more pars to end
the match on the 18th.
Spencer met a top-notch foe to-
day in lanky Bill Battle of Char
lottesvllle, and Battles hackers
pointed out that in 1941, after
Spencer had equaled the Cascades
amateur record of 70-one under
par-to win the medal, Waite,
Cushman of Charlottesville, pre-
viously an unlucky contestant in
! State Journeys, came along anG
gave young Wynsol a good beating
Other Big Matches.
The Spencer-Battle match at
tracted most of the holiday gallery
but some held back to watch such
features as Medalist Jack Hamil.
tons meeting with Howard Musser
a Richmond dark-horse entry, anc
former champion Sam Bates Of
Norfolk tangling with Aulick Burke
Of Petersburg.
George Payton, 17-year-old o1
Newport News, was to match his fint
game against Harry Thompson
Richmond, the only oldster advanc'
| ing to the quarter-fnals.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Quick Knockout Goal
OF Hanbury in Bout
With Stewart
New D. G. Pro Is Eager
To Show Critics He Has
ReoI Ring Quolity

Lew Hanbury wants to win by
Knockout Monday night when no
steps into the dueling pit at Grifflth
Stadium for his second professional
fight. He wants to win quickly and
iApressively, for the erstwhile Mer-
rick Club ace is in a hurry to get
to the top.
Tutored by his dad, feir-to-
middling leatherpusher in his salad
days, young Hanbury is giving his
all this time, physically and finan-
cially, for the family of the late
Preston Drew, whom he fought in
his ill-starred debut. He wants to
do what he can for Drew's depend
ents and he wants to prove to a
doubling public he really has the
makings of good pro.
In amateur ranks, Lewis strong
suit was potent right and a SEEM
ingly inexhaustable supply of en-
ergy, and the combination was
enough to get him by handsomely.
He won so consistently the supply
of opponents dwindled gradually and
finally vanished completely. Nobody
wanted to fight him.
But If Lew thought he was ready
for paid ranks lot of wizened ring
fans disagreed. Too green, over
rated and over-anxious was the
verdict handed down after his
debut. Some of the critics thought
he wasted too much energy. threw
too many erratic punches and
showed crying need for much
schooling to be even good pre-
liminary boy. At best, they de-
cided, he could hope to be only
$3.50 pro, not a ball of fire.
Hanbury heard all that chatter
after the fight and he didn't like it.
II he wasted energy he had 1t to
burn. If he tossed a punch and
missed there were more where it
came from. If he didn't look i'm
pressive he at least gave everything
he had and did his best. The
important thing was to win and he
won.
Monday Lew tangles with Way
man Stewart, local colored boy, and
| he may not win. But the Navy
Yard apprentice machinist thinks
he will and also thinks he'll put
a muffler on some Of his more
vociferous critics.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Preseason Favorites
Columbus Finally
Second in A. A.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
The Columbus Redbirds, pre-sea-
son favorites to repeat for the Amer
lean Association flag, have wormed
their way into second place of the
percentage rankings after struggling
so long in the depths that they were
regarded dead and buried.
The merry chase entered the
showdown stages today and tomor-
row in double headers which should
help determine how high and in
what direction the unpredictable
Redbirds are flying.
While the league-leadin Kansas
City Blues were setting down Mil
waukee. 6-3, last night, Columbus
pounced on Toledo, Az, to wind up
with a .528 percentage as compared
with the Brewers .526.
Last-place ST. Paul also worked
wonders by knocking off Mime
apolis, 60 This kept the Millers
in fourth place with a sos rating.
Louisville, idle last night, is holding
third with $40.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Petersburg Crowdine
Pulaski for Top Spot
In Virginia League

By the Associated Press.
The Petersburg Rebels were right
back on the heels of the Virginia
league leading Pulaski Counts to-
day. Only a couple of games sepa-
rated the two clubs after the Rebels
blazed past Newport News, 81, last
night, while the Counts were
dropping 5-3 battle to the last
place Staunton Presidents.
Petersburg Inundated the Build
ers in more than one way. Besides
handing them a sound thrashing,
Luther Knerr, ace Rebel hurler,
pitched to Newport News batting
star, Bill Burgo. four times and held
the Builder left fielder hitless,
swapping his consecutive batting
streak at % games.
Only an unearned run kept Knerr
from scoring shutout in his ninth
triumph Of the season.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Fights Last Night
By tie Associated Press.

DENVER.-Reuben Shank, 147, Den
YER, outpointed Henry Armstrong, LA.
Los Angeles 10).
MOUNT FREEDOM: N. J.-Alsx
Doyle, 40. Garfield. N. j., outpolnted
John Rudolph, 1873, Morrlstown' N. :.
ELIZABETH, N. J.-Freddie Archer.
143. Newark, outpointed Able Kauf-
h'a1t. FORT y HAMILTON. N. Y.-stanley
Walker. 1881, Augusta, Ga, Knocked
cut Bobby Mcintyre, 140. Detroit GO.
HOLLYDOOR.-Man Ortiz. 1lS12,
over Elwood Romero. 115, Sacramento
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Cameo, Airmen Rally, Get Back
Into SondIot League Fights

1t got back in the race yesterday
by topping Young's Market, 60.
Western Electric also evened mat
ters for the week, 1t having lost on
Tuesday, by routing Union Primers.
War Production Board furnished
surprise in the Government
League, upsetting Library OF Con-
gress, 7-5. The eventual winners
twice came from behind to tie the
score with 3-run rally in the third
and another good for two markers
IN the seventh. then sent across two
runs In the eighth.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Stars Yesterday
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Walt Masterson, Senators-BIanked
Athletics on five hits.
Frank Crosetti. Yankees-Drove in
runs that beat Red Sox with fourth
inning single and sixth-innins home
run.
Whitlow Wyatt and Johnny Rizzo.
Dodgers-Wyatt stopped Phils with five
hits and Rizzo batted in three runs
Hal Newhouser. Tigers-Beat In.
dians with three-hit pitching,
Mel OFT and Mickey Witek. Giants
Each hit two-run homer to pace vic.
tory over Braves.
Elbie Fletcher and Vince Di Masgio,
Pirates--Led victorious assault against
Cardinals with home runs.
Evening star., 1942-07-04

Cameo Furniture baseball team,
nosed out during the last week for
the Industrial League flrst-half
title, is back in a contending posi-
ton in the second-half race and SO
far has won three and lost only one
game.
Coming back after Tuesdays
defeat, the Furniture club yester-
day swamped H. e. J. Construction,
ll2, behind the Shit pitching of
Bill Helmer.
Another club making up for a set-
back earlier this week was Boiling
Field IN the new Metro League.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
indianapolis Hitters
Setting A. A. Pace
Bestudik on Top
Thirdsucker Bots 1888,
With Mate Blackburn
Runnerup at .3l2
B, the Associated Press.

Bt the Associated fFSSS,
CHICAGO July 4.-Manager Cab
by Hartnetts Indianapolis Indians
have grabbed a corner on American
Association batting honors.
Joe BestudiK, the Tribes third
baseman, continued to lead. Team
mate Wayne Blackburn vaulted
from sixth last week to second.
Bestudik clipped off a 1888 per-
centage, unusually low for leader,
while Blackburn came up with .312.
Behinl this duo came Ed Stanky,
Milwaukee, with 311; Howard Moss,
Columbus, .3O6; Willis Norman, Mil
waukee, 3O6; Gene Geary, Mime
apolis, 1903; Eric Upton, Kansas
City, .3J2; Don Lang, Kansas City,
.301, and Joe Vosmik, Minneap-
oils, 300.
Stanky led in doubles with 26;
Johnny Mccarthy of Indianapolis
had eight triples to tie Bestudik
Hub Walker of Minneapolis had 13
homers, and George Myatt of Co.
lumbus Is stolen bases.
Four pitchers were unbeaten, the
Blues Herb Karpel leading the pack
with five wins.
Pete Blumette of Louisville has
won four, Fran Barrett of Colum-
mus, three, and Ray Campbell OF
Milwaukee, two.
Strikeout king was Louisville's
Nelson Potter, who has left 80 bat
| ters cutting the air in 109 innings
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Major Leaders
ry the Associated Press.


AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Batting-Gordon, New York, .352;
Runs-Williams Boston. 81: D. Di
Runs batted in-Williams, Boston, rs;
Hits-spence. WASHINGTON. 90: Pesky.
DoSbissm Detroit u; Doerr'
Triples-spence. Washington;, Bou-
dreau and Heath, Cleveland, and
Di Magic, New York, Z.
Home runs-Williams, Boston. II;
York, Detroit, IA.
Stolen bases-Case. WASHINGTON, and
Kuhel, Chicago, 13.
Pitching-BoroWy, New York, 81;
Chandler, New York. %.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Bstting-Reiser. Brooklyn. .351: Med
wick, Brooklyn. .346.
Rurs-Ott, New York. 81 Mize, New
York. and Reiser. BROOKLYN; 50.
Runs batted in-,Mize, New York, oS;
Medwick, Brooklvn, 53.
Hits-Mize. New York, s4; Medwick.
Brooklyn, S3.
Doubles-Joost. Cincinnati. 90: Hack,
Chicago. and Reiser, Brooklyn. 20.
Triples-Slaughter. st. Louis, Z: Mich
olson, Chicago. 6.
Home runs,-Mize, New York. 13; OFT,
Stolen bausies-Miller. Boston, and Rel
Pitching Brooklyn. SO:
Wyatt, Brooklyn, So.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
eeptve Delivery Control Won Him SIP Games Claims
20 Years AGO
In The Star

Ruth and Meusel have swatted
the Yankees out of their slump.
Both hit homers-it was Ruth's
18th this season-as the Yanks
won their fifth straight in beat
ing Philadelphia. 12-1, and
climbed to within two games of
the frst-place Browns.
Two knockouts were registered
on the Sportland Heights Arena
boxing show at Berwyn, Md. AL
Carpenter disposed of Mike
Ukraine, local heavyweight, in
the second round of the feature
match, and Sailor Woodman sent
Silent Paterson down for the
count in the fifth round of one
of the supporting engagements.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
MeIIonus Club Travels

Leggett and Murphy will form the
Mellonas Cafe battery tomorrow
when that club plays the Park Circle
A. c. at Hagerstown, Md. All Mel
lonas players are to meet at Six
teenth anr u streets at 10 o'clock.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Horse Dies After Race

MARION, Ohio, July (P).-Peter
Chance. a big brown gelding by
Captain s., died of heart attack
after harness race here. DR.. l.
B. Reed, Pittsburgh, Pa, owned the
horse.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Cox Devises Private Par Plan
To Help Colts High Scorers
System Based on Natural Links Ability;
Thousands Out for Holiday Journeys
By WALTER McCALLUM.

Accepted golf handicapping such the Calkns
system SYSTEM K with Witty Cox far
the opinion of the Congressional they don't
enough Which is the Congressional members today
have handcapping method which they not as
they ft branchd posted in his golf
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Sports Mirror
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Year ago today-Cleveland cut
New York Yankee lead to two
games by defeating st. Louis
Browns twice; idle Brooklyn
Dodgers hand Outfelder Joe
Vosmik outright release.
Three years ago-61 1903 fans
turn out to pay tribute to Lou
Gehrig at "Gehrig Day" celebra-
ton in Yankee stadium; Reds
split with Pirates and move five
games ahead of New York Giants.
Five years ago-Dizzy Dean
won 18th game of season for st.
Louis Cardinals by defeating
Cincinnati Reds, l to 0.
Evening star., 1942-07-04
Minor Leagues

By the Associated Press.
TEXAS LEAGUE.
Tulsa, IL: Dallas, 8.
San Antonio, g.; Houston, 8.
Fort Worth. 5, Oklahoma City. 2.
Shreveport at Beaumont, postponed.
EASTERN LEAGUE.
Binghamton. 3; Albany. l..
Wilkes-Barre. 4: Scranton, I.
Elmira, IL; Williamsport, 10.
Only games scheduled.
VIRGINIA LEAGUE.
Petersburg, 9; Newport News, I.
Richmond. B; Durham. ,.
Lynchburg, IL; Salem. 2.
Evening star., 1942-07-04

SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION.
Chattanooga, 10: Knoxville, 8.
New Orleans, 4; Memphis. 3.
Atlanta, 2; Nashville, /.
Only games scheduled,
Evening star., 1942-07-04

SOUTH ATLANTIC LEAGUE.
Savannah, IL; Charleston, 3.
Only game
Evening star., 1942-09-15
Fans Want Baseball
Despite War, Says
A. A. President
League Shows Increase
In Attendance; Ready
To Do as u. S. Wishes
BY ths Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Sept. 15.-Re-
porting an attendance increase of
rs per cent for the 1912 American
Association baseball season, Presi-
dent George M. Trautman asserted
today that the people of the United
States want baseball in spite of
world conditions"
What the future holds for all of us
no one can say" he declared. Base
ball will do its full share in CO.
operating with the Government in
the future just as it always has
done in the past. If it is their
desire, as we believe it will be, that
baseball carry on in 1913, the game
will again be doing its part in hold
ing high the morale of the Nation u
Trautman reported that 1,136, ,32O
fans paid their way through the
turnstiles in eight league cities this
year, compared with 1,G57,060 in
1941 and 1858 in 1910.
THE closeness of the race un-
doubtedly contributed to the sue
cess of the season." Trautman said
noting that seven teams remained
in the pennant race until the last
two weeks and that three teams
Columbus, Kansas City and Mil
waukee, were still fighting for the
pennant on the last day.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
BY HUGH FULLERTON, Jr.,
Wide World Sports Writer

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Brook-
lyn fans may wind up without
even wait till next year" to con-
sole them if you can believe all
the hints about green lights turn
ing red on sports. And the fans
are no sadder than the Eastern
baseball scribes who contemplate
making the trip to st. Louis and
back without special trains, cars
or comforts. Brooklynite Mac
McGrath reports that his radio is
a Dodger fan, too. After five
years of perfect service, it quit
cold in the eighth inning Satur-
day. OF course, you still have
to think of those seven games
with the Phils, but from the way
they were acting up to the ninth
inning yesterday, you'd figure
they were trying to ease up and
let the Cards coast in. Didn't
Hans Lobert say they were so
far behind because they were
trying too hard?
Negative vote-Red Burman,
who is working in a Baltimore
shipyard, stopped the other day
to help blind man across the
street. Feeling Reds bulging
Evening star., 1942-09-15

writing a book. The Bainbridge.
Ga, Basic Flying School had just
begun to realize that John Geilen,
who scored 243 points in 20 games
as a freshman basketballer at St.
Johns u, would be quite guy to
build court team around when
Jack was sent on to officers can
i'd a tie school, Pilot Officer
Harold Byrd, RCAF, former Okla
homa U. grappler sends word
home that he'll be back in the air
as soon as he gets his nose re-
modelled. He recently was shot
down IN a scrap over England.
With the baseball season hardly
over the Norfolk. Naval Training
Station already has carded
basketball games with Virginia
and four Southern Conference
schools.
1ngenuity-When the transpor-
tation restrictions tied up the
usual means Of transportation for
the Fairview (W. Va.) high school
grid squad, the boys found SIM
pie way OF cutting the knot. They
merely Communicated the towns
volunteer fire department aux
iliary truck and packed in Is
persons for . 150-mile round trip.
Evening star., 1942-09-15
SIowest in Baseball,
With .333
Tops n. |. Hitters
Broves' Catcher in Only
SO Games; Williams Of
Bosox Hos No Rival
By the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Big Ernie
Lombardi of the Boston Braves, who
is the slowest man in baseball with
out much doubt, bounded blithely
into the batting leadership of the
National League during the past
week, waving in passing to Pete
Reiser Enos Slaughter and Stan
Musial.
Big Ernie, with an average of 1893
in SO games, came to the fore sud-
denly when the statisticians recalled
that the National League leadership
was decided among those players
who had taken part in 100 games
or more, whereas the American
League works on basis of 400 times
at bat.
With nearly fortnight of play
remaining, lombard is certain to
go over the 100-game mark.
Brooklyn's Reiser, who was out
ahead week ago with mark of
1874. held second place, although his
average fell to .318. Slaughter and
Musial, the Cardinals twin terrors,
were tied for third at .314.
Ted Williams of Boston, with the
lofty mark of 1853, still had no real
rival for the American League lead
ership, but was being pursued by
his rookie teammate, Johnny Pesky.
with .339.
The leaders through yesterdays
games.