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Gerald Walker Is Hoping
To Enter 2,OOO-Hit Club

CINCINNATI, June 25-Some
fine day next month, Gerald
Holmes Walker, fiery right fielder
for the Cincinnati Reds, will slap
out safe hit and thereby enter
the exclusive "2,000-hit club" for
major leaguers.
The unpredictable Gee Gee, -
who plays baseball as though he
received his tutoring in Brooklyn,
had 1864 hits to his credit June %.
He will be the 81st major leagu-
er to have reached the tWo-grand
mark.
The 81 year old fly catcher is
playing his fourth season for Gin
cinnati and has established him.
self as the darling" of the right
above stealing second base while
another Cincinnati player is roost-
ing there.
He is easily the most colorful
player on the otherwise conserva-
tive ball club. Pop flies in his di-
rection, which most managers
would consider an automatic
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Masonboro Will Meet
Wallace On Home Field

The Masonboro Ramblers, who
dropped an eleven inning thriller
Sunday afternoon to the strong
Southport Coast Guards, 4-3, will
meet Wallace tomorrow afternoon
on the Masonboro home field at
$3.50 pm.
Manager Frank Manor will prob
ably start Howard Pepper on the
mound. The rest of the Ramblers
lineup will be as follows: Vic
James at third, James Groom at
short stop, Richard Farrar in cen
ter field, Amos Carter in left
field, Dan George or Burney Cow
ington catching, James Todd at
first, Lee Bass at second, Johnnie
Kirkham in left field.
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That is, it almost invariably is
the team Or individual against
nom the breaks seem to be 90.
ING They're getting their ears
pinned back, in other words. and
just can't take it.
Inc Brownies were losing the
game in which the brawl took
place, and the Brownies have been
losing a lot of other games. So
many, IN fact, that the boys. fav.
ored IN many quarters to repeat as
nag winners, were pretty much
on edge. ''
You seldom hear of a winni, g
team or individual athlete getting
upset by what is said to it, or him
remarks that are downright vic.
lous can be laughed off by the
lads in the drivers seat.
But sometimes even the most
even tempers snap under adver-
sity' SO maybe the Brownies
shouldn't be condemned. Even
the Yankees, who sailed along
"AASI t1A1IASS we're GONG
their way, began to snarl and SNAP
when the going began to get rough
last year.
Had the Brownies been five
games out in front, and winning
the particular game that saw the
hstlc fireworks, it isn't beyond the
realm of imagination to picture
them as ignoring the heckling
White Sox catcher.
The Brownies may have let
themselves in for lot more of
the Scheel treatment by their up
rising, as the other clubs know
now they are vulnerable. Their
best bet would seem to be to adopt
ear plugs as standard equipment.
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|PAV0T, POLYNESIA
CARRY TOP WEIGHT.

BOSTON, June 25.-W.R)-Pavot,
last seasons two-year old cham
pion, and the Preakness winning
Polynesian were assigned top
weight of 126 pounds today for the
Fourth of July running of the $685.
600 added Yankee Handicap at
Suffolk Downs.
The pair topped a lineup of so
three-year-old stars named for the
18th running of the stake over
a mile and three sixteenths.
Walter M. Jefford's Pavot, a
disappointment in the earlier rae
ing this season after a sensational
1912 performance, leaped back
into the national thoroughbred
picture when he won the Belmont
Stakes last Saturday.
Polynesian, Mrs. P. A. B. Wild
ener's star, became one of the
outstanding contenders for national
three-year-old honors by it's Freak
ness and Withers victories.
This years running of the Yam
kee Cap drew perhaps the fan
ciest field in years with Mrs. W.
G. Lewis Darby Dieppe and C..
V. Whitney's Jeep rated as the
horses to beat. Darby Dieppe
finished third in both the Ken
lucky Derby and the Peakness.
In his last time out, Jeep was
forced to accept third in the Bel
mont to Pavot and Wildlife but
still rates as contender by vir-
tue of his victory in a division of
the Wood Memorial.
Hoop Jr., the Derby winner, was
an early nominee, but was decIar-
ed out because of a bowed tendon.
Rating chance and considered
the New England standard bearer
in the holiday race will be Mrs.
Weston w. Adams Kewey Dee
which ran in show position in last
Saturdays $4,000 Constitution
Handicap at Suffolk Downs.
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Gus and-believe it or not-the fans
are treated cordially by the help.
That's precedent set by the
boss, who once washed dishes for
So a week before becoming an Of
flee boy for the late Clearance Mac
Kay, the telegraph tycoon. He re-
NAMED with MacKay until he was
81 and then decided to be a clergy
man, but left a theological semi
nary to marry his childhood sweet
heart.
OF farm stock, Valentine man
aged his fathers acres for a while
and then moved into the real es-
tate and insurance field. The coun.
try youth erected some 1900
homes, and the swanky Wheatley
Hills Golf Club, and soon found
his pockets ajingle. Now he's presi-
dent of the Minelo First National
Bank and president Of the Queens
Nassau Agriculture Society, which
runs the famed Mineola fair.
He has two sons in service, Capt
Alfred of the Air Corps and 1t.
Richard with the Navy in the Paci-
fic, and a daughter, Barbara Jane,
recently graduated from Smith
college. And this full family life
and those early hardships combine
to make him a democratic million
aire.
He knows every Roosevelt race
way employe by his first name and
many of them have been guests
at his home. For they are the peo-
pie he counts on to boost the sulky
game into one, of the major post
war sports. And at the rate it is
going, it's six, two and even that
the farmyard frolic is in the shad-
ow Of New York's skyscrapers to
stay.
-V
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meet nicer one than this quiet,
gray-haired fellow with the slow
smile and the fast dollar when it
comes to sports.
The 55-year-old sportsman is the
man responsible for gearing the
country-fair sulky game to a me-
tropolitan tempo while still keep
ing much of the games old-time
color and customs. 1t wasn't easy
at first, back in 1910, when he set
about his task and the exigencies
Of war made it even more diff
cult in 1871. Fortunately, Valentine
had the wherewithal in his jeans
and he stuck to his guns.
Valentine shifted to Empire City
in l943 and last year restrictions
eased enough SO that he could re-
turn to Roosevelt raceway in West
bury, L. I. The sport finally click
ed there and in 10 nights last sea-
son drew 673, 431 cash customers
who wagered SIS, 1892, 738-a new all
time high for crowd and handle.
This season opened with de-
cided bang, the average attendance
running from $500 to 5000 and
s285OG0 nightly betting average.
June IS crowd of $4,000 laid
s366,9l0 on the line for a new all
time record harness racing handle.
The reason behind it all is Val
entine. His night racing provides
everything the customer wants
and comfortably. There is plenty
Of parking space, the lighting is
splendid, the grandstand is spaci-
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CUCCINELL0 STILL.
LEADING HlTTERS

CHICAGO, June 25.- R The
baseball season is pushing toward
the halfway mark and still veneer
able Tony Cuccinello, Chicago
White Sox third baseman, cner-
rily swings along as the junior
circuits No. / hitter with a .342
average.
It's getting to the point where
the rest of the leagues sluggers
are taking turns trying to over
haul the consistent "Cooch," who
slumped five points last week but
holds. the lead by Is points over
George Case of the Washington
Senators.
Case surged nine points to .3e7
during the week to wrest the run
ner-up spot from Nick Etten of
the New York Yankees, who drop
ped eight points to third-place
800.
MeanWnlle, BOD EStella OF the
Philadelphia Athletics nose-dived
"a points from third to seventh
with .297. Official statistics for
games played through Sunday
showed Bob Johnson of the Bos-
ton Red Sox in fourth place with
.314, while Vern Stephens of St.
Louis, banging II hits in % trips,
made the weeks best showi~-a
24-point climb to fifth with .312.
Other leaders: George Stirn-
weiss of New York, 1903; Roger
Cramer, Detroit's 39-year-old out
fielder, 1872; and Jimmy Outlaw
of the Tigers and Johnny Dickshot
of the White Sox, 1856 each.
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FOOTBALL GAMES
PLANNED ABROAD

CHICAGO, June 25.-(P)-Com-
missioner Elmer Layden said to-
day the National Football League
was ready and willing" to COM
ply with the Arrny's wishes fo-
European exhibitions, but indicat-
ed All-Star League groups would
not go overseas until the 1915 sea-
son ended.
League officials already have
conferred with Col. Henry W..
(Eskie) Clark of the Amy S
Special Services branch on the SUBJ
ject, Layden said, but tabled any
definite plans until Clark returns
from a current assignment in the
South Pacific.
'lt was decided, though, that as
soon as the league season was
over couple of All-Star teams
could be organized and sent over!
SEAS" he said.
Layden said it would be ex-
tremely difficult to assemble such
units in time for the Victory
Games carnival planned at
Nuremberg late in August. "But, "
he added, ''if the occasion demands
it, our members will be willing to
make every effort to comply"
AS for sending individual mem
Der teams, Layden said he be-
lieved such a plan would further
complicate an already acute trans
portation problem and would nc.
be as interesting to the soldiers
as All--Star competition.
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DUKE ANNOUNCES
FOOTBALL CARD

DURHAM, June Is B Duke
University's football team will
play both the Army and the Navy
next fall.
The Blue DEVILS 1915 schedule,
announced today, lists six other
games, including four with South
ern Conference opponents.
The Naval Academy teams will
play here October and Duke will
engage the West Point Cadets at
New York city October 81.
The schedule: Sept. % - South
Carolina here Sept. 2s-Can1p lie.
jeune here; Oct. g. Navy here;
Oct. 13-Wake Forest at Wake For.
est; Oct. 20 permanently open
Oct. 27-Army at New York Nov.
3Georgia Tech at Atlanta; Nov.
10-North Carolina State at Dur
ham; Nov. Impending: Nov. "a
North Carolina at Durham.
The Blue Devils, last years
Southern conference and Sugar
Bowl champions, are considering
several opponents for the Novem-
Der II date.
Duke will meet Army, 1914 Ma
tional champions. at New York for
the second straight year and the
Navy will make its first trip to
Durham. Duke lost 10 decision
to the Tars in 1914 and lost 1913
the previous year. both games be-
ing played in Baltimore.
N. C. State will return to the
Duke schedule after a one years
absence.
Coach Eddie Cameron said he
expected only half dozen letter
men back from last years squad
which defeated Alabama 1926 in
the Sugar Bowl at New Orleans.
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LEAGUE LEADING
TEAMS AT HOME

NEW YORK, June 25.- R -
Brooklyn and Detroit, both hotter
than a policeman's feet in July
and leading their respective leag-
ues, get the benefits of their home
baseball parks for the next two
weeks.
There was no action in the big
leagues today and only two games
are booked for tomorrow as the
Western National league clubs
travel East and the Eastern
American loop squads hurry west.
During the three-week intrasec-
tional series that got under way
on June 5 Brooklyn won 16 of 10
games and bounded from fourth
to first place in the National
league. The "Ferocious Gentle
men, from Brooklyn now are
three and a half games in front
of the second place st. Louis
Cardinals.
In the same period Detroit hop
ped from second to first in the
American circuit by winning Is
of 81 and built up a cushion of
one and a half games for the in
vasion of the New York Yankees,
Boston Red Sox and the other
eastern clubs.
Both the leaders expect to gain
strength, as well as percentage
points, during their home stay.
Catcher Johnny Peacock, re-
Gently acquired by the Dodgers in
trade for Pitcher Ben Chapman,
has recovered from the bruise on
his left hand and took over as the
clubs No. l receiver Sunday.
Detroit expects to unfurl Hank
Greenberg, S a lwart batsman,
sometime during the Tigers two
week home stay. Greenberg, one
of the major leagues most potent
hitters before his induction, was
placed on the Army Air Forces
inactive list last week after four
years of service.
Tomorrow's games show Gin
cinnati at Boston in the National
league and New York at St. Louis
in an American league night fray.
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Tilden Win First Match
In National Pro Tourney

NEW YORK, June 25--(P)-Bill
Tilden, one-time amateur champi
on of the tennis world, moved into
the second round of the National
Pro Championship by default to-
day when Jan Cozolo of Woodmere,
N. Y, failed to appear.
Welby Van Horn of Atlanta, Ga.
expected to annex the title, breez-
ed through his first round foe with
out the loss of a game, downing
Danny Lee Of New York. 60, 60.
Other early results today:
Herman Petersen of Hollywood,
defeated Lester Cummings of
Greenwich, Conn, 6-2, 60.
George Lyttleton Rogers, New
York, defeated Ted Rericha, SIAM
ford Conn, 81, 60.
Sam Shore, New York, defeated
Martin Meth, Pinehurst, NJ. c., g.
O. 60.
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QUEENS HANDICAP
WON BY VETERAN

NEW YORK, June Is - U.D -
Olympic Zenith, William Helis' vet.
eran which had been unable to re.
gain the promising form he show.
ed as a three-year-old, scored his
first victory in 16 months today
when he won the ,000-added
Queens County handicap, opening
day feature of the 18-day Aqueduct
meeting here.
Jockey Conn McCreary, likewise
coming out of slump, held the
four-year-old Olympic Zenith in
third place from the quarter and
whipped him into the lead a hun
dred yards from the wire. Olym-
pic Zenith negotiated the mile and
a sixteenth in 1855. His hackers
in the inaugural day crowd of 49,
729 received $3.50 for 81.
stymie, coupled with Halle as
Mrs. Ethel D. Jacobs favored en-
try, moved up from fourth nearing
the finish to whip his stablematc
for second. Stymie was two lengths
behind the winner and another
three in front of Halle. Swimmin
Hole held wide margin of five
and then six lengths through most
Of the 10th running of the fixture,
but faded to finish fourth.
Eddie Arcaro, king of the year
handicap riders, was second in on
Stymie, but booted in Walter JEFF.
fords' Ace Card in the secondary
IS, 900 Takalon for fillies. He open.
ed the seven race program with
Big Party, $500, and completed q
triple with Art of War, SOTO, in
the final event.
Arlington Park likewise opened
its summer meeting, with the vet.
eran Zacapet capturing the $4,000
Spokane, a seven furlong test for
three-year-olds and up. The H. J
Damn campaigner led all the way,
holding a three length margin most
of the sprint, and covered the strie
in 1923 flat. He paid $500 for ST.
Full Cry was second at the quar-.
ter, dropped back at the half and
came back again in the stretch tc
take place honors over Sameron.
Sandy Trail registered his first
triumph in four starts in 1915 by
winning war relief purse number
five at Delaware Park.
T. Leatherbury's four-year-old
grandson of Bull Dog stepped the
mile and a sixteenth in AS 81
to reward his hackers with $3.50,
S9.4 and $3.50 across the board.
Astral and Red Gin were second
and third in the event which car
ried a purse of $4,000 plus $1,250
in War Bonds.
Broke Even completed a double
for Jockey Johnny Breen at Suf
folk Downs by annexing the So, 500
hub purse at Suffolk Downs. A
crowd of 1857 was on hand to see
Morris Wexler's four-year-old Bay
Colt take the lead from Cactus
Foot in the stretch and go the mile
and an eighth in Isl As to pay
$3.50. Toolmaker and Cactus Foot
ran two-three.
Breen also won with Shave, So go,
in the second race.
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out,' have an air of uncertainty
about them. Walker might fall
down, or, he might lose the ball
in the sun or the glare of the
lights. These thoughts race through
Manager Bill McKechnie's brain
everytime the ball is hit to right
field.
But then, most of the aggressive
ness and color that can be attri-
buted to the Reds is packed in
Walkers 188-pound frame.
Once Walker gets on base there
is never a dull moment for the
opposing pitcher. Quite often, he
is caught flatfooted out on the
basepath when he should have
been standing on the bag, but
more frequently he pulls up with a
stolen base to his credit.
Since coming to Cincinnati in
1912, Walker has increased his bat
ting average yearly. In that year
he hit .230; the next year .245;
in "a it was .278, and right now
he's lowering around the .300-mark
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Bus Accident Claims
Tar Heel Serviceman

JOPLIN, Mo-, June 25.-WH-
Ten soldiers and two civilians
were killed today when a bus
struck a cow and careened over an
18-foot highway embankment.
Twenty-ei other passengers
were injured. All were servicemen
-27 soldiers and sailor.
One of the civilians killed was
the driver. The dead included:
Cpl. Ralph Looney, 26, Hanaker.
Va.
Pvt. Edward P. Neil, 20, Nouma,
La.
s-sgt. Warren A. Mertz, %,
(5003 Norwood Baltimore.
s-Sgt. Thaddeus W. sutula, 49,,
d533 Elizabeth) Scranton, Pa.
M-Sgt. Sylvesta Mccarthy. So,
Wiliston Park, Long Island, N. Y.
Pvt. James A. Poindexter, 20,
Dobson, N. c.
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DAVIS
PLAY NEXT WEEK

Last nights scheduled game be-
tween the Wilmington Pirates and
Camp Davis was rained out. The
contest will be played next Mon
day night, according to an an
nouncement made by Bert Kite,
manager of the Buccaneers.
Kite also said he has booked the
Camp Lejeune Marines for Wed
nesday night at Legion stadium.
The game will be called at $3.50
o'clock. This will be the second
meeting Of the two clubs. The
Pirates defeated the Leathernecks,
IA to 9 in the last encounter.
Wednesday nights contest will
see Phil Roy, star hurler of the
Marines on the mound. Fans will
remember Roy as the lad who
hurled the last inning for the Camp
Lejeune club in the previous game.
He showed plenty of speed and
control in the lone stanza he work
ed.
The Camp Lejeune lineup will
be selected from the following
players, Embler, Owens, Terry,
Morgan, Kucab, Ziober, Gibbons,
Hildebrand, Phillips, Crosley and
Roy. .
The local manager did not men-
ton his pitcher for the game, eth
er Louis Cheshire or Johnny Will
bourne will get the assignment and
the remainder of the lineup will
be as usual.
A large crowd is expected to wit
ness the Marine-Pirate game.
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Racing Officials Ask
Permission For Move

NEW YORK, June 25.-P)-
The New York State Racing as
ISOLATION said today that officials
of aqueduct track had asked per-
mission to transfer their July 4
program to Belmont Park. A de-
cisin will be made Wednesday.
The aqueduct stands can handle
only 1000 spectators while those
at Belmont, surrounded by a vast
park, hold 1880.
The $4,000 Brooklyn handicap
for three.year olds and up at a
mile and a quarter is the main
attraction Of the holiday bill.
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Cardinal Outfielder
Escapes Skull Fracture

CHICAGO, June rs -(P)- Out
fielder Johnny Hopp Of the St.
Louis Cardinals, struck on the
head by pitched ball in game
with the Chicago Cubs yesterday
was reported greatly improved
this afternoon at Illinois Masonic
hospital.
His physician, DR.. L. Braun, said
thorough X-ray examination fail
ed to show any evidence of a skull
fracture but that Hopp probable
would remain under observation
at the hospital for another 48 hours.
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NYU Announces
rs" Grid Card

NEW YORK, June 25-U.D-New
York University today announced
a seven-game 1945 football seized.
ule opening Oct. against Temple
at Philadelphia and closing Nov.
II against Rutgers at New Bruins
wick.
The rest OF the schedule: Oct.
IL, Boston College, away; 80,
CCNY, home, ~, Brooklyn, home,
Nov. 3, Rochester, home, and TO-,
Lehigh, home.
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Ohio State Takes Honors
In Collegiate Golf Meet
BY HAROLD HARRISON

COLUMBUS, O., June 25-R-
Neither rain, nor wind nor light
ming could slow Ohio State Uni-
versity's golf team today and the
Bucks swept all honors in the first
phase of the 48th Annual National
collegiate golf tournament.
They copied the team title for
the first time in history with 49,
stroke margin over Michigan and
Northwestern, which tied for Sec
ond, and Howard Baker took the
Individual qualifying medal with
an even par 142 for SO holes de.
spite the fact he was knocked
down when lightning struck near
by tree during the afternoon
round.
Baker: his caddy, Bob Edwards
Jack Atten of Northwestern's team
and his caddy, Donald Smith, were
knocked flat at the Sixth hole by
the bolt which came during a ter.
rifle rainstrom. None were hurt.
Baker, serious-minded lad who
walks with limp, bounced right
up off the ground, birdied two
holes in row and finished with a
four-under-par 68 which tied the
amateur competitive course
record.
His 36-hole total of 142 was seven
strokes better than the 149 turned
in by the next low Individuals
Johnny Lorms Of Ohio State and
Robert Abrahams of Northwestern.
Ohio States four man combina-
ton of Baker, Lorms, Bob Kamp-
fer and Dan Roker finished the
SO holes with a team total of 6O2.
Bakers 142 went with the 149 by
Lorms, 1855 by Kampfer and 1866
by Rocker.
Northwestern rallied in the after
noon rain and windstorm to equal
Michigan's total of 621. Notre
Danes defending champions were
next in line with 633 and Mime.
sofa was last with 638.
The 16 low individual scorers
today qualified for match play. be-
ginning tomorrow, which will de-
eide the individual title and it took
a score of 156or better to get into
the championship flight. The only
exception was Louis Lick of Min
nesota, the defending champion,
who was qualified automatically
despite 1877 today.
The battle for the individual
championship will be virtually an
all mid-Western affair-Lt. De Witt
Num- of West Point being the only
qualifier from outside the corn
belt.
Bakers 68 this afternoon was a
masterpiece considering he played
more than half his round over
course that was waterlogged.
His round and Lorrns' SO in the
forenoon were the only ones under
I70.
Michigan salvaged some glory
When Robert Ernst blistered the
back nine during the forenoon for
a four-Cnder-par 80, the best nine
hole score of the day
Ohio State will have four confess
tants in the match play COMPETE
ton. Michigan will have three and
Minnesota, Northwestern and
Notre Dame two each. The other
three spots were divided among
Detroit, Army and Bradley Tech.