The White Falcon - 10.07.1943, Page 11

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Cards Open Margin Over Dodgers;
American League Teams Bunched
Jackie Callura Loses;
Chalky Whips Cuban
Lippy Durocher’s Brooklyn
Dodgers would be miles ahead
in the National League pennant
scramble—if they didn’t have to
play the standard 22-game oblig-
ation with the world champion
St. Louis Cards. Unfortunately,
the Dodgers don’t rate any speci-
al dispensation so today they
trail the Red Birds by two full
games.
The Daffy Lads rushed into
position to jostle the Cards from
first place last week, but that
was before St. Louis invaded the
Dodger lair for a three-game
series. When the smoke had
cleared from Ebbetts Field,
Brooklyn was a sad place to
hang your hat ’cause the fair
haired lads dropped every game,
5-3, 2-0 and 7-2.
It was just a temporary jolt,
however, and the Dodgers pick-
ed up a full game Monday when
they trounced the Chicago Cubs
twice, 6-3 and 8-2, while the
Cards divided a pair with the
lowly Philadelphia Phils. The
—All Stars
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“hums” wasn’t picked. Not only
that, they are asking, “Whassa
matta wit Arky Vaughan?” And
then, too, the Flatbushers don’t
see what is wrong with Kirby
Higbe.
Here are the two squads as they
were named:
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Pitchers — Spud Chandler, Er-
nie Bonham, Yankees; Tex Hugh-
son, Oscar Judd, Red Sox; Jim
Bagby, A1 Smith, Indians; Hal
Newhouser, Tigers; Dutch Leon-
ard, Senators.
Catchers — Bill Dickey, Yank-
ees; Buddy Rosar, Indians; Jake
Early, Washington.
Infielders — Ken Keltner, Lou
Boudreau, Indians; Bobby Doerr,
Red Sox; Vern Stephens, Browns;
Joe Gordon, Yankees; LHke Ap-
pling, White Sox; Dick Siebert,
Athletics.
Outfielders — Charlie Keller,
Johnny Lindell, Yankees; George
Case, Ben Johnson, Washington;
Chet Laabs, Browns; Jeff Heath,
Indians.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
Catchers — Mickey Owen,
Brooklyn; Ernie Lombardi, New
York; Walker Cooper, St. Louis.
Pitchers — Mort Cooper, Max
Lanier, Howie Pollet, St. Louis;
Truett Sewell, Pittsburgh; A1
Javery, Boston; Johnny Vander-
Meer, Cincinnati; Claude Passe-
au, Chicago.
Infielders—Frank McCormick,
Linus Frey, Eddie Miller, Cin-
cinnati; Martin Marion, George
Kurowski, St. Louis; Billy Her-
man, Brooklyn; Babe Dahlgren,
Phillies; Stan Hack, Chicago.
Outfielders — Stan Musial,
Harry Walker, St. Louis; Augie
Galan, Dixie Walker, Brooklyn;
Vince DtMaggio, Pittsburgh; Bill
Nicholson, Chicago.
champs took the nightcap, 4-3,
after losing the opener, 15-2.
Other clubs in the National
League battled to a standstill
among themselves, and merely
paved the way for a two-corn-
ered race between St. Louis and
Brooklyn. The Giants notched
the week’s best record, winning
five and losing two, but it wasn’t
enough to lift them from the
cellar.
Detroit opened the week with
benevolence for the second-place
Washington Senators by grab-
bing three out of four from the
New York Yanks, but the Nats
stumbled against the St. Louis
Browns, 4-2 and 10-3, to fall two
Two teams hold an edge over
their rivals in this loop, with
the Racers boasting six straight
victories and the Rattlers close
on their tails with five wins and
a loss.
Late games in this league saw
the Rattlers trim the Asps, 4 to
3, and the Racers top the Gart-
ers, 17 to 2.
Word from ETO was still be-
ing awaited this week regarding
dates and full particulars on the
Pancho Segura's powerful all-
round game carried him through
the NCAA tennis tourney with-
out the loss of a set. Here he’s
returning a shot by Tom Brown
Jr. in the finals which the Ecua-
dor ace won, (j.g, 6-J and 84L
and a half games behind. Detroit,
meanwhile, lags a half game be-
hind Washington.
The American League race is
closer than it has been in re-
cent years. Excluding the cellar-
dwelling Philadelphia Athletics
who are confronted by an 8-
game deficit, only five and a half
games separate the seventh-place
Cleveland Indians from the front-
running Yanks.
Teams in both leagues will be
idle Monday and Wednesday to
make room for the All-Star af-
fair Tuesday at Philadelphia.
However, some of the clubs book-
ed games against military camps
to cancel the short vacation.
excursion which a team from this
Command will make to England
late this summer.
The" trophy
which will be
presented to
the Command
champs by THE
WHITE FALC-
ON is expected
to be here short-
ly. Acknowled-
gement of the
order for the
“prize mug” has
been received
from a firm in
the States.
In the Officers
softball loop, the
Cedars have got-
ten away to a FALCON
lead in League Trophy
A with two
straight wins. The Blues, Greens
and Browns are undefeated as
yet in League B.
Late results of enlisted men’s
games are:
Anacondas 18, Cobras 2; Pyth-
ons 6, Garters 3; Diamonds 15,
Corals 3; Buffaloes 6, Panthers
0; Tigers 13, Badgers 0; Mohawks
9, Chippewas 7; Nahomis 12, Si-
oux 4; Shawanos 9, Comanches 8.
McNairs 4, Stilwell’s 1; Hom-
ers 11, Devcrs 2; Clarks 17, Ingles
10; Pattons 6, Eisenhowers 3.
BATTING
American League
AB R H Pet.
Hockett, Cleve 227 32 76 .335
Stephens, St. 1... 198 27 64 .323
Higgins, Det...... 214 29 68 .318
Wakefield. Det.... 211 23 63 .299
Cramer, Det....... 211 23 63 .299
National League
AB R H Pet.
Dahlgren, Phil.'..... 230 22 80 .348
McCormick, Cinci. 243 29 82 .338
Herman, Bkn....... 249 38 83 .334
NCAA Names
All-American
Track Stars
With the close of the school
term, the National Collegiate
Athletic Assn, released its annual
all-American intercollegiate track
and field team, chosen from the
cream of the indoor and outdoor
thin-clad crop.
Following is the complete
team:
100-yd. Dash—Davis, Californ-
ia; Trouttrout, USC; Metcalf,
Oklahoma A & M.
220-yd. Dash—Davis; Kelsey,
Princeton; Shy, Missouri.
120-yd. High Hurdles—Cum-
mings, Rice; Tate, Oklahoma A
& M; Jacques, Texas.
220-yd. Low Hurdles—Cum-
mings; Feiweger, Lawrence; Al-
exander, Missouri.
440-yd. Run—Burland, USC;
Kelley, Illinois; Fulton, Stanford.
880-yd. Run—Nowick, Ford^
ham; Ufer, Michigan; Pohland,
Minnesota.
One Mile—Burnham, Dart-
mouth; Dixon, NYU; Dunn, Il-
linois.
Shot Put—Aussieker, Missouri;
Mayer, NYU; Delaney, Notre
Dame.
Discus—Henderson, Texas A
& M.
Hammer Throw—Fisher, Har-
vard; Dodge, Maine; Kent, Col-
orado A & M.
High Jump—Watkins, Texas A
& M; Sheffield, Utah; Fulton,
Stanford.
Pole Vault—Marcum, New
Hampshire; Defeild, Minnesota;
Moore, Drake.
Broad Jump—Christopher, Ok-
lahoma A&M; Dupre, Ohio
State.
Haegg Moves West
After Easy Win
(hinder Haegg, the thin man
from Sweden, was headed for the
west coast after beating Gil
Dodds by 20 yards over the two-
mile route at Chicago. Haegg’s
time of 9:2.8 was considered ex-
cellent on the soft track, and was
the third fastest outdoor two mil-
es ever run in the U.S.
HOME RUNS
American League—Keller, NY,
10; Stephens, St. L., 9; Gordon,
NY, and York Det., 8.
National League—Ott, NY, Lit-
whiler, St. L., and Nicholson,
Chgo., 8.
RUNS BATTED IN
American League—Stephens,
St. L., 42; Johnson, Wash., 40;
Siebert, Phil., 39.
National League-Herman, Bkn.,
48; DIMaggio, Pitts,, 42; Elliot,
Jackie Callura of Canada, NBA
featherweight champion, clung to
his diadem this week, but will
have a tough time explaining
away his third-round collapse
against Phil Terranova of the
Bronx in their non-title bout at
Hartford, Conn.
Callura looked like a champ-
ion only in the first round when
he caught Terranova with a
whistling right to the head and
dropped him to the canvas. But
Terranova recovered rapidly and
floored the Canadian for the
count in the third heat.
Chalky Wright, veteran feath-
erweight, returned to the States
after scoring a technical knock-
out over Kid Nacional, Cuban
favorite, at Havana. Chalky fell
before the Kid’s punches in the
third round, but came back with
a rush to end the fight in the
eighth.
Another champ was much more
impressive this week. Bob Mont-
gomery, recognized as light-
weight king in New York and
Pennsylvania, stopped A1 Reason-
er of Chicago in the sixth round
of a non-title match.
In other bouts during the week,
Joey Peralta outpointed Rudy
Garcia in a 10-round lightweight
match at San Francisco; Ray
Brown decisioned Leo Dulmaine
in eight rounds, and Jerry Moore
of Baltimore drew the nod over
Jorge Norella of Mexico in an
eight-round middleweight match
at San Diego.
Cremos Set
Fast Pace
In WA Loop
The Cremos added another vic-
tim to their string this week to
waltz into first place in League
G of the Western Assn, softball
tourney, while leaders in the oth-
er brackets held their leads.
LEAGUE A
W. L.
Camels ................. 7 1
Phillip Morris ......... 5 2
Old Golds .............. 5 3
Spuds ................. 5 4
Kools .................. 5 4
Lucky Strikes .......... 2 4
Wings .................. 2 5
Pall Malls ............. 1 3
Chesterfields .......... 0 6
LEAGUE B
Models ................. 7 1
Half & Halfs............ 6 3
Grangers ............... 5 3
Raleighs ............... 4 3
Blue Boars ............. 3 4
Union Leaders........... 1 6
Prince Alberts ......... 0 4
LEAGUE C
Cremos ...; ;........... 8 0
Roj Tans-".'...........• •••••3*
White Owls ........... 6 3
Phillies ............... 5 4
Ponies ................. 5 5
Harvesters ............. 4 7
Dutch Masters .......... 2 5
La Palinas ............. 2 5
Robert Bunts , 1 7
Frey, Cinci.......... 224 30 73 .326
Hack, Chgo.......«... 239 31 77 .322 Pitts., 41,
Command Softball Race
Moves Into Home Stretch
The closest race among a number of close races loom-
ed in League 4 this week as Command softball league
teams approached the half-way marker._
League Leaders