i Tigers Play For
High Stakes With
Pair of Aces
Benton, Newhouser
I Win Pair From
Senators
NEW YORK, July 19 (UP)
Playing for big stakes with a
I pair of aces isn't always the
soundest strategy, but it began
i to look today as if Detroit Tigers
would make it pay off with a
j pennant.
1 At least they managed to
' squelch (the ambitions of the
1 Washington Senators most effec-
I tivcly last night by sending aces
I Hal Newhouser and Alton Ben-
ton out for 0 to 4 and 5 to 0 vie
torios that dropped the District
of Columbia clubbers from sec
I . ond to fourth place.
Making a rout out of the clos-
' est anoroach to a "crucial series
there has been in the majors this
season, the Tigers now are five
I full ganws ahead of the Senators
: and four and a half ahead of the
deadlocked Yankees and Red Sox
in second place. And the vic
i lories had an immense psycho-
' logical lift for the club because
it had started out on what loom
ed as a disastrous road trip with
four straight defeats.
I Seven Hits
Benton's second game perform
I ance was superior to Newhous
I er's. In winning his eighth game
I against only one defeat the ex
service man gave up only seven
hits and was in control of the
situation at all times, leaving
' seven runners stranded on base.
I , Newhouser, shaky at the start,
' also pitched a seven-hitlur btil
he walked six, threw two wild
pitches and made a balk. The
game was played on a rain
drenched field.
Dave Ferriss, improving his
margin as baseball's number one
I pitcher, gained his 16th victory
for the Red Sox, beating Chicago,
6 to 2, at Boston. It was his
1 fourth victory over the White Sox
and he had a four hit shutout go-
ing into the ninth when he weak
ened and yielded four hits and
two runs. Johnny Laor batted
in three runs with a double and
single.
' Lost 12 Innings
I The work' of 12 innings went
for nothing at Philadelphia when
rain washed out the Indians
Athletics game with the score
tied at 2-all. The second game
was postponed.
The Cubs krfcit three games
ahead of the Cards in the Na
tional by splitting with the Dod
gers while St. Louis was dividing
a pair with the Phillies. Ray
Prim shut out the Dodgers, 5 to 0,
in the opener for his second
whitewashing in five days, a
seven-hitter. Lon Warneke, the
old Arkansas "Hummingbird,"
was making a fine comeback "de
but" as a starter in the second
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WHERE'S THAT SMILE, HAPPY? A. B. "Happy" ChBndler,
commissioner of baseball, is caught In one of his infroqueni grin
loss poses at baseball meeting of both major leagues in Washing
ton. Left to right, front row: Clark Griffith, owner of Washing
ion Senators; Chandler; Louis Perini, president Boston Braves;
Back row; Larry MacPhaiL president N. Y. Yankees; V, P. Free
ley, treasurer N. Y, Giants; William DeWitt, vice-pesidenl St.
Louis Browns; Warren C. Giles, general manager, Cincinnati;
John Quinn, gonoral manager Boston Braves,
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Performances at .'! & S P.M.
Doors Open 2 & 7 P.M.
game when the roof fell in on
him and he lost, D to 5.
The Phils broke a 4-all tie in
the ninth to win the second
game, S to 4, after the Cards took
the opener, 7 to 3.
The Giants, perking up on the
road, took over fourth place with
two wins over the Pirates, 6 to 3
and 4 to 3.
Cincinnati and Boston were not
scheduled in the National and
Nw York ad St. Louis were rain
ed out in the American.
TODAYS
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Three Champs May
Put Titles On Line
WASHINGTON, July 10 (UP)
Abe J. Greenb, president of
the National Boxing association,
disclosed today three champions
may defend their titles before the
outdoor season closes.
He listed the potential defend
ers as Ike Williams, lightweight;
Sal Barlola, featherweight; and
Manuel Ortiz, Bantamweight.
Ortjz was released recently from
the army.
Greene emphasized these prob
able defenses while releasing the
quarterly N.B.A. rating. He also
revealed Freddie Cochrane, wel
terweight champ, "is viitually
signed for a contest with Sugar
Kay Robinson." Greene made no
mention of a title being involved
in this bout.
Meanwhile, c predicted" at
least two other champions will
be back in action "before the end
ol the year." H(. did not indicate
which two he meant; but ho did
say Cochrane excellent show
ing against Rocky Graziann had
"set a pattern," for such service
hound champions as Joe Louis,
Tuny Zal and (ins Lcsncvich.
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SINCE 1353
By JACK CUDDY
UP Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, July 19 (UP)
It's a fact little Mel Ott is man
aging the New York Giants; but
if alienists should examine him
at the close of the current season
they'll probably find him bab
bling about his "Dodgers."
Although Ott has no Babe Her
man on his club, he has two fel
lers who may out-goof the Babe
if they hustle desperate Danny
Cardella and Bill (Complex) Voi
sellc. And the club itself has
been performing with the con
sistency of a shell-shocked ele
vator, v
Already baseball writers are
saying, "The 1915 Giants belong
at Ebbets field not the Polo
Grounds."
Back Again
Although Ott's zanies are back
in first division again today by
virtue of a victory over the Cubs
and yesterday's surprise douhle
win ovor the Pirates, a sensible
forecast for their future would be
something like this: they will
finish above the Phillies.
Right-fielder Ott, undergoing
his fifth campaign as pilot of the
New Yorkers, has at his disposal
now the most unpredictable club
in the majors. He takes the field
daily with all the confidence of a
man with false teeth wading into
a mess of caramels.
Too Rich
Although the Oilmen finished
fifth last year, they amazed
followers fif the hnrsehitle diver
tissement by opening this season
like champions. They lopped the
circuit for the first two months,
holding a seven-game lead at one
tune and threatening to make a
run-away of the race. That was
on May 27. when they had set a
National league record for a
ipiick get-away, with 25 victories
in .12 states for a .7H1 percentage.
The victory diet was too rich
for the blood of an outfie sport
ing such Ulsters as Ott, Medwick,
Wointrauh and l.ombardi. (This
was before Medwick was sent to
Boston). And their batting line
up became a nuirderlcss row.
Weintraub soon went out with
a leg injury, and he wasn't up to
par later when he returned to
first hnse Th:it' u-liv n:innv
Cardella is there now hitting a
I hit like Babe Ruth, but fielding
like Babe Herman.
Not Cured
Anyway the Giants' tail-spin
dropped them back through the
ranks until they were hovering
around fifth place. Early in their
drop, Ott surprised everyone
particularly pitcher Bill Voiselle
by fining Voiselle $500 at S'
Louis for allegedly serving up a
soft pitch to Johnny llopp of the
Cards Ott thought this drastic
penalty would cure tile big right
hander from Ninety Six, S. C, of
"complexes" he suddenly devel
oped after starting the season
wrh eight straight victories.
Voiselle had lost three in a row
when he was fined; but he got
worst- instead of better, and
dmpped three more. His chief
complex seemed to bo lack of
cneliiic nee. It wasn't until little
more than a week ago that Big
Bill was aide to go the distance
once more. Then he beat Cm-
Herrera Spoils
Carl Dumler's
No-Hit Game
By Untied Press
When Chet Rosenlund reported
too sick to play in Wednesday
night's game against San Diego,
Manager Billy Raimondi put Jim
Herrera back into the line-up at
third base,
Herrera, who had played less
than 10 games to date this sea
son and who was a regular
Acorn inficlder last year, reward
ed Raimondi's faith when his sin
gle spoiled Carl Dumler's chance
to enter baseball's hall of fam-?
with a no-hit game.
Only Run
Herrera's hit drove in the only
Oakland run while the . Padres
went on to triumph 7-1 before a
crowd of 2700 at Emeryville.
Portland trounced Hollywood,
12-4, with Roy Helser on the hill
for the Bevos. Los Angeles cap
lured a doublcheadcr from Sacra
mento by scores of 5-4 and 6-5.
The slipping Seals dropped their
game to Seattle, 7-4, and now
hold fourth place by only a game
over Oakland and three games
over the climbing Angels.
Dumler struck out eight Oak
land batsmen in chalking up his
13th victory of the season. He
also collected two hits in four
trips to the plate.
The lone Acorn run off Dum
ler followed a walk to Glenn
(Gabby) Stewart who then moved
to second on an out. At this
point, Herrera picked out one of
Dumler's pitches and stroked it
for a clean single. -
Win Pair ,
Ancient Carl Fischer hand
cuffed San Francisco while regis
tering his 13th victory. The Seals
held a 4-0 lead when the Suds
came to bat in the fifth. They
scored two runs then, one in the
next inning and four in the sev
enth to clinch the contest and re
main on the heels of Portland.
Helser was in control of the
situation against the Stars and
coasted to victory after his team
mates gave him an early 6-1 lead.
The Los Angeles' twin victory
stretched their winning streak to
six games their longest of the
season. An Angel run in the
ninth frame of the nightcap
broke a 5-5 tie. Rip . Russell
walked and scored after singles
by Mel Hicks and Roy Patton.
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cinnati with a six-hit shoutout.
But the next time Bill took the
mound, he was hammered like a
batting-practice pitcher by the
Cardinals. However, the prob
lem child came back again on
Tuesday to limit the Cubs to five
hits, as the Giants downed the
league-leaders, 2-1.
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Bartzen, Flam to
Meet in Finals
RIVER FOREST, 111., July 19
(UP) Bernard Bartzen, San An
gclo, Tex., and Herbert Flam,
Beverly Hills, Calif., battle for
the junior boys singles tennis title
today, after easy wins in the semi
finals of the River Forest open
tennis tournament,
Bartzen, seeded No. 1, defeated
Tom Malloy, Panama City, Fla.,
who was seeded seventh, 6-1, 6-0.
Flam downed fourth-seeded Rob
ert Doll, Tampa, Fla., 6-2, 6-1.
Tobia Greenberg, seeded No. 3,
and Dorothy Watman, seeded No.
1, meet today in an all-Chicago
match for the girls under - (15
crowns. Miss Greenberg rbeat
Pat Praeger, Kalamazoo, Mich.,
6-6, 7-5, and Miss Watman de
feated Gail Wold, Minneapolis
6-1, 61.
Pitted against each other today
for the junior girls singles title
are Vivian Greenberg Chicago,
second seeded, and first seeded
Alice Kiechhefcr, Milwaukee.
Miss Greenberg defeated Martha
Miller, Hinsdale, 111., seeded No.
4. by a 6-2, 6-4 score. Miss Kioch
hefer beat third seeded Doris
Jensen, Des Moines, la., 6-3, 6-3.
Application For
Strike Vote Made
PORTLAND, July 19 (UP)
An application for a strike vote
affecting more than 500 mills and
85,000 workers in five western
stales will be asked shortly of
the national labor relations board
by the northwest council of lum
ber and sawmill workers, AFL,
it was learned today. A series
of meetings with the war labor
board and conferences with rep
resentatives of labor locals deter
mined the impending strike vote
request.
Kenneth M. Davis, executive
secretary, said the AFL unions
were asking for such increases
as would establish a minimum of
$1.10 an hour for all workers in
the industry, meaning raises of
from 20 to 37 Mi cents an hour.
Similar, demands were being
made by the CIO workers.
The-strike vote, if granted,
would take place in 30 days un
der the Smith- Connally act,
Davis said.
i Nelson, Snead to
Miss at St. Paul
ST. PAUL, Minn., July 19 (UP)
It was a great day for the "for
gotten men" of golf today as the
$10,000 St. Paul open started on
the rolling Keller country club
course.
Byron Nelson of Toledo, O.,
the greatest money monopoly
golfdbm has ever known, was
forced to withdraw his entry due
to ani njured back. And with
the Buckeye state's pride and joy
on . the sidelines, most of the
game's near champions and run
nerups have their first real
chance at the big money prize in
more than a year.
For' the 100-man field, it was
like having the tax collector miss
a Visit.
Ky Laffoon of Chicago re
marked, "Gee, that's too bad. I
hope the course is in good shape."
"I guess Nelson wanted to give
us a chance at some real money,"
said Sgt. E. J. (Dutch) Harrison
of Wright field, Dayton, O.
Nelson, winner of the last eight
major individual tournaments
and of $31,500 in war bonds al
ready this year, underwent a
physical checkup at the Mayo
clinic, Rochester, yesterday. He
was told he was suffering from
a "pulled back muscle."
So Nelson decided to rest his
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golf-weary back and wait, along
with Slammin' Sam Snead, for
the $60,000 all-American open
which starts Monday at Chicago.
Before leaving by plane for
Chicago yesterday. Nelson con
cluded an exhibition series with
Harold (Jug) McSpaden at the
Rochester country club, shooting
a four-under-par 66 to better the
course record.
Snead, who has won mot
the prizes Nelson missed lh?.
year, also postponed his exwriJ
comeback when he wired tourh. .
ment officials late last nS;
"doctors advised against plavta.
because of a fractured wrist bo
he suffered in the PhiladelBhi!
open a month ago."
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