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j r.:.i-: i .v v!:.!. ,'n h-.')i f Wednesday,-July 2, 1930 )ST0N IN NEED , OF REAL HITTERS Ped Sox Equipped ,With One ot pest : ritcning Staffs in Big Leagues. 4 itimh s. Fullerton Jr. ; Associated Press Sports Writer) Rpcrardless of their, humble position n tho American league standings as 'the baseball season neara jis nan ay mark, the Boston Red Sox can -put in a claim lor the honor of hav ing the best pitching in the major (leagues. They eau't hit well enough ;to take advantage of their hurting Of the group of moundsmen. Milt 'Gaston Is perhaps the hardest work er and most effective pitcher. The ' itar right hander pitched again yes terday and held tue Cleveland In dians to three hits in his sixth com plete game In succession and his 13th ii.- eaoenn Ho alcn mart illfit ) M many hits as he allowed, having W perfect day at bat. - The Rod Sox i collected 11 blows off Mel Harder, but the best score they could pro duce was 3 to 1, It was Cleveland's lGth defeat in 19 games. la , Short One-Hit Game Bob Grove, Philadelphia's speed ball ace, did about .as well as Gaston In the brief time the weather allowed the Athletics to play. He allowed etrolt just one hit. in five innings 'While young Bob Williams aided him to a 4 to 1 victory. Williams pro- 'duced most of Philadelphia's count ers by driving out a home run when he was sent In as a pinch batsman with two on base in the second in- ;sning. -- - - ;t The National league was . saved a . lot of complications when the Brookr lyn Robins blew off the accumulated i bad baseball of weeks in one Inning against the St. - Louis - Cardinals.. I Watson Clark, j Brooklyn's leading i southpaw, proved ineffective in the i second game and Clise Dudley and ) Jim Elliott were not much better. They gave nine nits ana oemna tnem lthe Robin fielders committed three ,f errors. The result was eleven runs and a 15 to 7 victory for St. Louis. I m. Cubs Downed by hints .fwhile this was eolne on. the leaeue leading Chicago Cubs were in the process oi losing a to d decision to the New . York Giants. The Cubs are a game and a half ahead now, but the Robins, had they won, would have found themselves In the strange position of being ahead In the per centage table and behind in games, Fred Fltzaimmons was the leader (in the victory over the league lead ers that kept the Giants in third place. K Klkl Cuyler's two home runs and Hack Wilson one were all that pro duced tallies for the Cubs. Pittsburgh replaced Boston in fourth place by defeating the Braves, 8 to 3. ACCUSES GIItltONS COLUMBUS. Kan., June 30 (fP) O. D. "Pete". Irwin, who was returned here yesterday from Phoenix, Ore., by Sheriff John Krechet to face a first degree murder charge in connection, with tne slaying at uaiena, win., : May 24 of Ralph Price, was said byo-f fleers today to have told them that j Charles Gibbons, suspected of being j Price's actual slayer, forced him at the point of a gun to drive him to ' Oregon. IOWANR PIOS lROTKCTKI BY TRICK WKATIIKB VANE f PLAINFIELD. Iowa (P) When win der comes again' no Arctic blast will iplnch the backs of the Roach bro th ere' pigs. A weather vane atop a house big enough for 1000 hogs has been con nected with an electric motor so that when the wind shifts, the win 1 dows on the windward side auto I matlcally will be closed. Elimination of sudden drops in j temperature is expected to lessen the hogs susceptibility to disease. I Farm Management Gains ! AMES, Iowa UP) An Increase of t 102 per farm over 1928 in manage l ment returns is recorded by 650 Iowa I farmers who completed records last year. Management return Is the amount left after all expenses are de i ducted from the gross Income. Wheat With Smooth Awns BRANDON, Manitoba &) Brought about by mutation which Is believed transferable to commercial varieties i through hybridization, wheat plants wun smootn awns nave been pro--, duced by Prof. 8. J. Blgfusson of the Dominion experimental farm at Bran don. ; WHITE PLAINS, N. Y. (P) Since Bingo lived for nearly two years on flsh mostly there Is an Inclination to Torgtve him. He stole and ate the , roast beef that had been bought for . a welcome dinner by relatives to Joe De Ganahl, who was with Byrd. Bingo - is a dog. 3 Madrid Cabinet votes for return to ; - gold standard. , Words From the Wise , - The most wonderful nnd the strongest things In tlio world, you know, ore just the Uiin?g that no one can see. Charles Klngsley (1810-1S70). "The Wa ter Bubles." Paperweights The very tlrst nillleflore paper weights were manufactured In Venice, but later they were made In other foreign countries and iu 'the United States. v Colored Fireworks It was not until the first nuar ier of the Nineteenth century that (tlor8 were added to the displays of fireworks. Jot a Suggestion SclentiPts who are looking fur some niuteriul to make rubber more elastic might try mixing In the average human conscience. Arkansas Gazette. Weight of Honey Beei , Honey beea weigh about 5,000 Individuals to the pound. So the average weight of a honey Ime would be a little less than one three-hundredths of nn ounce. No Bargain - "The trouble with yon, baby." complained the young husband, "is that you want to go buy-buy too often." Pathfinder Magazine. Iv. (I ATTRACTS MANY CHAMPIONS It iitcr Crab he (left) anil Josephine Me Klin (right), both students n( the liiilversitv or Southern Oiilirornlit, are two ot the record holders unte red In t)iu Nutlumil A. A. L. outdoor swimming meet ut Los Angeles. 'Sammies' Various stories are t.-.M ns to why the Americim snkliors In France were culled Sammy. One of the most plausible is Hut when United States ironps disembarked In Franco the French children called, "Co sont les anils! Ce sont les mills!" To the unaccustomed ears of the marching Americans it sounded as though the children were culled out "Sammy! Sam my!" and they took it to mean themselves. Early Alarm . The pioneer nf daylight saving was un earjy morning lly in a bed room. Louisville Times. PRE - FOURTH SALE HATS. REDUCED 0Q OK $5.00 Hats - tPO.Otl S6.50 Hats . -- - $4.85 SWEATERS Special Lot (PO QK that sold to $4.85 -.- pdVO Light color, all-wool PQ QK FLANNEL TROUSERS, 55.85 kinds .... tJ50.0t Black and Tan all Leather CQftP OXFORDS PO.Oi Special Lot $1.00 " . HKst BELTS I tJU ALL PAJAMAS 9fl REDUCED ..... : - ' SPECIAL LOT SUITS Men's or young Men's that 17 Qff sold to $35 - tpJLi UO COMPLETE STOCK OF REGULAR SUITS REDUCED Hart Schaffner & Marx, $30.00 Kinds $37.00 Kinds $40.00 Kinds $15 & $50 Kinds . SHIRT Fancy broadcloth or plain All sizes - 3 for, Extra quality silk stripe Broadcloth Shirts 3 for LADIES' HOLEPROOF HOSIERY REDUCED $1.00 Kinds 85c $1.50 Kinds $1.30 $1.95 Kinds $1.65 Trunks, Suit 20 The Stoue For Everv Ma c Don't Get Behind Truck Lima Benne says the straight and nurrow road is nil right, pro vided you don't have the hard luck to net behind a truck. Toledo Blade. Long-Lived Presidents John Adams, who died at ninety, holds the longevity record of Pres idents. Monroe came nest, tils age at death being eighty-live. ,! Thumb Rings . Rings are seldom worn on the thumb today, but during, the- FJf ieenlh and Sixteenth centuries the thumb was the popular ring linger. $22.50 $28.85 $33.85 $38.85 SALE white. '. $1.00 .. $2.75 $1,45 $4.00 - Cases and Bags OFF "LA-GRANIE E VENING Slaughter 61,000 iiorses in uregon SALEM, ore., July a Out of 123.518 horses that were slaughtered In the United States for eating pur poses during the 11 months ending with May 1938, Dr. w. H. Lytie, state veterinarian.- estimates that nearly half were killed In Oregon. He sala that In Portland horses are Killed for meat at the rate of from 100 to 200 dally. The killing a done under fed eral Inspection, and much of the meat Is shipped to other states or ex ported to other countries. The total horse slaughter in the United States for the preceding yeat was 104.907. showing a gain of 16 per cent last year. During the same time the slaughter of cattle and hogs in federally Inspected plants decreas ed and sheep Increased. . Woman Club Owner Defies K. M. Landis CHICAGO, July 2 ( AP) A woman, O ItM, The Tt Coiapaa - 3 : l Oi ir fT-1 yi ' 1 Uiiyiiili K MmM- y - : n r w m ten& ' OBSElivMi;! whose business world Is baseball, to day was determined to fight alone, if necessary, even against an old war rior like Kenesaw Mountain Land is. She was Miss Florence Klllilea. president of the Milwaukee club of the American association, who has defied the high commissioner of base ball by filing suit In federal eourt against his transfer order on one of her players. Outfielder Fred Bennett. - The Bennett case has been post poned until Commissioner Lund is makes his reply. Eddie Tolan, University of Michi gan sprinter, clips one fifth second off world's record for 100 -motor dash. 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But never until now have all these advantages been JH. who wears tho welterweight chain- j pionshtp toga, and Young Corbett , of Fresno, one of the -foremost chal-j lengers, wind up training prepara tions today for their ten round non- tuiA nnut Iiato rm fho flftprnoon of July Fourth. i Corbett. sturdy southpaw, twice won.-decisions over Thompson before the latter became champion and local fandom, mindful of those victories, had made him a popular favorito with edds of 10-7 most widely quoted. FOUL PUNCHES RULED OUT IN GOTHAM RING NEW YORK. July 3 (!) In the future, there will be no foul punches in New York rings. The New York state athletic commission has legis lated them out of1 existence. . Under a new regulation adopted by the commission, boxers will devise their own Implements of protection, subject to approval by tho commls- 1 slon. and thou waive nil riht to combined in any oncsinglelubricant.That motor oil is ready for you today. 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The. drastic 'ruling was suggested by Sammy Mnndell, llghtwelgmt champion, and Al Singer, of New York, who meet In a titular battle here July 17j Both asked for a. rul ing which would prevent, ttjat , bout from ending in a foul. Detroit Earl Masro, txiicagd? out pointed Bud Taylor, Terr Haute, Ind.. (10). Tony Herrera,' Mexico, outpointed Harry Dubllnsky, Chl catjiv (10). Chicago Jackie S:ewart, Louisville, outpointed Ward Sparks, Detroit, (8); Patsy Pollock. Winnipeg, outnolnted Frank io Burns, Milwaukee, (8), Indianapolis Li 111 Rose, Cincin nati, outpointed Sammy Price, In dianapolis, (10); Rosy Baker, Ander son, Ind., outpointed Jackie Rosen. I Chicaco. (10). : 1 Fresno. Cal. Tommy Hughes, Cleveland, knocked out Plnkey Dlge, Omaha, (3) OTOR OIL CRAGK- PROOF TEXAS COMPANY Vage Seven ;- i ''( KENT SCHOOL CREW WINS IN ' PRELIMINARY HBNLET." England, July 2 Vf) The Kent school eight oared crew of Kent! Conn:, easily won Its opening heat" Id the Thames challenge cup competition as the Royal Henley re: gatta opened today. The American school boys trimmed Sidney Sussex college of Cambridge university in 7 minutes -49 seconds,- , , ' The x'kent sehool crewi -defeated Sidney Sussex by two and a half -. lengths and f InlBhed strong. The boys from Cambridge, on the other hand; were completely rowed out and two of' their men were In a state of collapse at the finish. . , Kent led all the way. .. ( Princeton . university's lightweight crow duplicated 'the. opening success of the Kent school eight by beating Twickenham handily In another pre liminary of tho Thames challenge cup competition In 7 minutes 47 sec- onau. ;rN
