The White Falcon - 14.08.1943, Blaðsíða 11

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Gas House Gang Slaps Down Bucs;
Rip Sewell’s Streak Ends At 11
It doesn’t make much difference who occupies second place in the National
League these days. They all look alike to the front-running St. Louis Cards, and
the Gas House Gang has been killing ’em off as fast as they get within range.
The Pittsburgh Pirates serv-
ed as guinea pig this week, in-
vading St. Louis ten games be-
hind the champs and departing
13 games in arrears. The Bucs
salvaged a 4-1 verdict in the
five-game series, but dissipated
every chance to tighten the race.
The Cards rudely jolted Rip
Sewell’s 11-game winning streak
with an 8-3 triumph, then grab-
bed the rest, 5-2, 8-6 and 5-2.
However, Sewell still is the lead-
ing moundsman in both circuits
with a record of 17 victories
and three setbacks.
Cincinnati took three out of
four from the Chicago Cubs to
replace the foundering Brooklyn
Dodgers in third place. The
Daffy Lads protected their string
of consecutive defeats by hand-
ing the Boston Braves four
straight wins, 4-3, 7-4, 6-2 and
5-4. Brooklyn has lost ten in a
row, and trails the Cards by
16 games.
League Leaders
BATTING
American League
AB R H Pet.
Appling, Chgo .. 369 37 113 .333
Wakefield, Det.. 416 57 135 .325
Curtright, Chgo. 262 45 85 .325
Stephens, St. L.. 309 43 94 .304
Hockett, Cleve. . 351 45 104 .296
National League
AB R H Pet.
W. L. Pet. G.B. Redskins, pro champions.
New York . 61 37 .619 With Sammy Baugh, Redskin
Washington 55 49 .527 9 aerial wizard, pitching passes,
Chicago .... 50 48 .515 11 the Stars will have their work
Detroit .... 50 48 .515 11 cut out for them. However, Coach
Cleveland .. 49 48 .511 li'A Harry Stuldrelier’s eleven has
Boston 48 51 .487 13 Vt plenty of punch, too, so some
St. Louis ... V 54 .448 17 Yt 50,000 fans can look forward to
Philadelphia 40 61 .396 22 Yt an action-packed- affair.
NATIONAL LEAGUE Some of the early arrivals at
W. L. Pet. G.B. the Stars’ camp include: Line-
St. Louis .... 66 32 .670 .... men Don Currivan, Boston Col-
Pittsburgh 54 46 .547 13 lege; Pat Lyons, Wisconsin; A1
Cincinnati 53 47 .529 14 Wistert, Michigan; Del Dicker-
Brooklyn .. 52 50 .510 16 hoof, Iowa, and -Leslie Kalchik,
Chicago ... 46 53 .467 20'A Marquette. Backs are Cammille
Philadelphia 47 56 .451 21 Vi Piccone, Notre Dame; Boh Steu-
Boston .... 43 52 .451 21 Yt her, Missouri; Roy McKay, Tex-
New York . 37 63 .374 30 as, and Joe Winkler of Purdue.
Musial, St. L. ..
Herman, Bkn. .
Vaughan, Bkn.
Cooper, St. L. .
Dahlgren, Phil.
Hack, Chgo. ..
399 67 137 .343
386 50 124 .321
406 81 127 .313
284 32 88 .310
379 39 117 .309-
375 53 116 .309
HOME RUNS
American League — Keller, NY,
17; York, Det., 15; Stephens,
St. L„ 14.
National League — Nicholson,
Chgo., 15; Ott, NY, 14; Di-
Maggio, Pitts., 13.
RUNS BATTED IN
American League — Etten, NYT,
72; Johnson, NY, 64; Laabs,
St. L., 60.
National League — Nicholson,
Chgo., 76; Herman, Bkn., 69;
Elliott, Pitts., 67.
STOLEN BASES
American League — Moses, Ch-
go., 34; Case, Wash., 31; Tuck-
er, Chgo., 22.
National League — Vaughan,
Bkn., 13; Lowery, Chgo., 8;
Gustine, Pitts., 8.
LEADING PITCHERS
American League — Grove, Ch-
go., 10-2; Chandler, NY, 13-3;
Smith, Cleve., 10-4.
National League — Sewell, Pitts.,
17-3; Cooper, St. L., 15-6;
Riddle, Cinci., 14-6.
Umpire Jocko Conlan chased
Manager Leo Durocher and Pit-
cher Whit Wyatt in the sixth inn-
ing of the series opener when
they disputed a decision which
gave the Braves the tying run.
The Dodgers lost the argument,
and the game, too, when Char-
lie Workman cracked his ninth
homer of the season in the tenth.
Washington bounded back in-
to second place in the American
League this week, dumping Chi-
cago and Detroit into a third
place tie, only half a game in
front of Cleveland. New York,
of course, maintained its firm
grasp on first place.
The Boston . Red Sox ended
Washington’s eight-game win-
ning streak by topping the Nats,
7-5, aided by Bobby Doerr’s 12th
Major League
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE
homer and Jim Tabor’s ninth.
But the Nats recovered to sweep
the next three, 4-2, 4-3 and 5-1,
while other clubs were killing
off each other.
The White Sox pounded Hal
Newhouser for a 7-4 victory to
give bespectacled Bill Dietrich
his seventh conquest of the sea-
son. But the Bengals captured
the next three, 6-0, 8-2 and 3-0,
Orval Grove, Chicago’s freshman
sensation, absorbing his second
loss in the 6-0 affair.
Grid Stars
Open Drills
Dozens of gridders, many
garbed in service uniforms, are
converging on Dyche Stadium
in Evanston, Ill., to begin drill-
ing this week for the annual
All-Star football game to he play-
ed Aug. 25. The star-studded
squad will meet the Washington
Joe Medwick (left) looks out from Shibe Park (Philadelphia)
dugout with his boss, Manager Mel Ott. Blasting enemy pitch-
ing with new fervor since the change, Medwick was snatched
for the waiver price of $7,500 from the Brooklyn Dodgers by
the New York Qlantg,
Haegg Lowers Mark;
Loses Handicap Event
Army Backs
Sports Ban
Despite public sentiment and
many petitions—including one
signed by 256 Congressmen—the
Army has • emphatically denied
intercollegiate eligibility to GI’s
assigned to colleges for military
training.
The Army attitude is that the
men do not have time for athle-
tics. Officers in Washington
stated this week, “The question
isn’t an open one,” meaning the
ban will he enforced.
The average soldier-student
has six leisure hours weekly, not
enough to keep in condition for
a rigorous sports campaign.
However, many men had indi-
cated they would make a stab at
it—before the edict was issued.
The Navy is more liberal, per-
mitting its sailor-students to
play, but with specific restric-
tions. Total freedom is not want-
ed by the Navy, as Navy Secre-
tary Frank Knox proved last
week when he limited travel-
ling distance for Navy men in
colleges.
The AAU finally has devised
a plan to keep Gunder Haegg,
the Flying Swede, from,winning
races, hut the U.S. ruling body
still can’t keep the speedy visi-
tor from breaking records.
An 18-year-old Day village, O.,
schoolboy, Bob Berger, took ad-
vantage of a quarter-mile handi-
cap to snap the tape 15 feet a-
head of Haegg over the two-mile
route, but the Flying Swede pro-
pelled the distance in 8 minutes
51.3 seconds for a new American
outdoor mark. Haegg didn’t even
threaten his own world record
of 8 minutes. 47.8 seconds set in
Sweden.
Haegg caught Bill Hulse of the
New York Athletic Club and Gil
Dodds, Boston divinity student,
on the fifth lap of the eight-lap
grind, but his efforts to nip Ber-
ger failed. Hulse and Dodds, who
started even with Haegg, finish-
ed third and fourth, respectively.
The Flying Swede’s perform-
ance lowered his. own American
outdoor record because he eclips-
ed previous marks with a sizz-
ling race in Los Angeles two
weeks ago. However, he could-
n’t surpass Greg Rice’s indoor
record of 8 minutes 51 seconds.
Savold Stops Nova In Second;
Fritzie Zivic Whips McCoy
Chicago fans who reached
Wrigley Field late almost miss-
ed the action Monday when Lee
Savold of Paterson, N. J., one-
time protege of Jack Dempsey,
planted the birdie punch on Lou
Nova’s chin in 1:40 of the sec-
ond round of a scheduled 10-
rounder.
Nova, slowed down consider-
ably since his last major en-
gagement, was hardly a match
for his youthful foe. Savold start-
ed with a rush, had Nova in
trouble in the opening frame,
and floored him for the count
with a barrage of hard rights
to the head midway in the sec-
ond round.
Fritzie Zivic, former welter-
weight champ, moved farther a-
long his comeback trail this week
as he pounded out a fourth-
round technical knockout victory
over Young Kid McCoy of De-
troit at Forbes Field, Pittsburgh.
Zivic, at 149 pounds, gave his
opponent a four-pound edge.
McCoy stumbled into a shower
of fierce rights and lefts early
in the fourth round when Zivic
began to find the range. The Mit-
chell Field sergeant managed to
get to his feet, but Referee Buck
McTieran stopped the slaughter
after two minutes and 12 seconds
of the fourth heat.
Chalky Wright, who joined the
MAKS
EVERY
PAY DAY
■X* BOND DAY
Maritime Service yesterday, cele-
brated his entrance into the ser-
vices prematurely Monday when
he turned in a seventh-round
knockout win over Angiel Avi-
as, Mexican lightweight king.
Chalky put his opponent to
sleep in two minutes and 17 sec-
onds of the seventh round.
—Softball
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who wins their lest—next week.
The Beavers registered the
first upset of the playoffs when
they sidelined the Grease Mon-
keys, 6 to 3, Thursday. The Bea-
vers rapped out ten hits, while
the Grease Monkeys were check-
ed with five.
With the Athletics eliminated,
the out-of-town entry now con-
sists of the Hustlers, Pirates and
Roi Tans. Every sector of the
Command had a favorite son in
the tourney, an unusual devia-
tion from last year’s localized
whirl.
The Pirates, a surprise 11th-
'hour competitor after indicating
the long trip was impossible,
will swing into action against
the Duchins. The Hustlers will
face the Whales. •
The Pigeons,1 who reached the
playoffs after a precarious jour-
ney through the preliminary
flight, will tangle with the wcll-
rega'rded Indians to complete
the elimination docket. The
Pigeons, blvouaeed in ihe lower
bracket far from the Racers,
loom as the Hkely finalist,