The White Falcon - 06.05.1944, Page 7

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COURTESY OF KING FEATURES SYNDICATE.
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St. Louis Clubs Cling
To|League Sun Spots
Although the Browns had their sensational winning streak brok-
etl at nine games, St Louis teams still have control of the sunspots
>n both Major leagues today after another heatic week of action
"'hich saw everything from a no-hitter to an old fashioned knock-
down-dragout battle between the Dodgers and Giants.
The win streak of the Browns
^as ended when the White Sox
topped them last week-end,
3, but they still hold' a com-
fortable lead over the wofrld
champion Yankees, who hit
their stride last Sunday when
they climbed into second place
♦ ^ith a double — 2—1, 3—2 —
'v>n over the Senators at Wash-
,nSton. Closest competition for
the Cards is being furnished by
Mel Ott’s Giants, who have drop-
ped only three engagements.
Highlighting a week of fine
Pdching performances was that
turned in by big Jim Tobin of
the Boston Braves. Tobin, who
Major League
Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
W. L. Pet.
Sb Louis . 10 2 .833
New York . 5 4 .556
Philadelphia ... . 5 4 .556
Heston . 5 6 .455
Cleveland . 5 6 .455
Washington .... . 4 5 .444
Detroit . 4 7 .364
Chicago . 4 6 .333
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
W. L. Pet.
St- Louis . 9 2 .818
W York . 7 3 .700
Cincinnati / 7 4 .636
Philadelphia ... . 6 4 .600
Hrooklyn . 5 6 .455
Pittsburgh . 3 5 .375
Heston . 3 8 .273
Chicago . 1 9 .100
LEADING HITTERS.
American League.
G AB R H Pet.
Etten, New York 9 30 6 14 .467
Wyatt, Wash. .. 9 36 5 16 .444
Swift, Detroit .. 10 31 1 12 .387
Savage, N. Y. .. 9 34 2 13 .382
Eoudreau, Cleve. 10 39 6 14 .359
National League.
G AB R H Pet.
Musial, St. Louis 11 38 8 17 .447
Walker, Brookl, 11 43 8 19 .442
Eitwhller, St. L. 11 39 3 10 .410
Sehult*. Brookl.. 11 45 8 18 .400
^edwlck, N. Y. , 9 37 0 14 .387
already had a one-hitter to his
credit this season, stepped into
the hall of fame with a no-hit,
no-run performance as he stopp-
ed the Dodgers, 2—0.
Another record was tied when
George Myatt, second-sacker of
the Washington Senators, smack-
ed out six hits, in six trips to
the plate as Washington stopped
the Red Sox, 11—4. Myatt drove
home four runs and scored three
in equalling the old Major League
record for consecutive hits in one
game.
Among other things, the Athlet-
ics and Red Sox turned in the
longest game of the season, with
the A’s copping in the 16th frame
by a score of 7—5 when Woody
Weatton singled with two a-
board.
The managerial siutation saw
two new' developments. In the
National League, Jimmy Wilson
resigned as boss of the Cubs and
immediately accepted a job as
coach of the Cincinnati Reds,
the same job he held before tak-
ing over the Bruen reins. “If
you can’t win in baseball you’d
better get out.” Wilson said. “I
don’t have any squawks.” Coach
Roy Johnson is directing the
Cubs until a new manager is
named.
In the American League, Cleve-
land fans breathed a sigh of joy
when it was announced that
youthful manager Lou Boudreau
had been rejected by his draft
board because of an old ankle
injury. Boudreau is now hitting
the apple for a .359 mark.
And just to make it seem like
old times, Manager Leo (Lippy)
Duroclier had his first battle
with an umpire. When the Giants
poured it on the “Bums” to the
tune of 26 to 8 in the first game
of a twin bill at the Polo Grounds
Sunday before 55,000 fans it was
more than Leo could stand and
he proceeded to give out with
some Flatbush adjectives which
weren’t appreciated. They were
so unappreciated, in fact, that
Durocher ended up ^|th n $100
fine.
This is the lineup that Marse Joe McCarthy of the New York Yankees started out the presont sea-
son with. Boxes indicate their standing in the draft. Left to right, Spud Chandler, P; (Spud
answered the call this week); Bill Drescher, C; Oscar Grimes, ss; Don Savage, 3b; Larry Ros-
enthal, rf; John Lindell, cf; Nick Etten, lb; Bud Metheny, If; and George Stirnweiss, 2b.
The American Scene
Experts Like
Chicago In
American Loop
According to the latest rumor
in the baseball underground, the
Chicago White Sox are going to
be the American League repres-
entatives in the annual October
major league classic.
Among others, youthful Lou
Boudreau, boss of the Cleveland
Indians, says that the Windy
City Sox are the men to beat.
And even Manager Jimmy Dykes
of the Chicago team admits that
he thinks this is his year.
The Sox have the men to doUt.
The veteran first sacker Hal
Trosky is back and belting the
ball in his old-time style; old
Tony Cuccinello is fighting it
out with LeRoy Schalk for the
second base position; Jimmy
“Skeeter” Webb is the shortstop;
and the American Association
batting champ, Grey Clarke, is
up from Milwaukee at third base.
In the outfield, the Pale Hose
are loaded with talent, Guy Gurt-
wright, Wally Moses and Ralph
Rodgins are back as regulars.
The meanest man in the world
is being sought by the Atlanta,
Ga., police. According to J. L.
Niles, this mean man walked
but are draft-eligible. That would
worry most clubs, but the Dykes-
men still have Johnny Dickshot,
who hit .356 on th Coast last
year, and Myril Hoag, discharged
from the Army, to take up the
slack. Ed Carnett, the pitcher
and general handyman, could
also fill an outfield post.
On the hill, the White Sox
have what might be called the
best staff in the now war-ridden
league. If Thornton “Lefty” Lee
can return to his 1941 22-game
winning form, the Sox are all
set. Besides L6e, they have veter-
ans like Orval Grove, Buck Ross,
Joe Haynes and Gordon Matltz-
berger in 4-F. Also available are
Bill Dietrich, Johnny Humphries
and rookie Ed Lopat, up from
Little Rock.
Both last year’s first-string re-
ceivers, Vince Castino and Tom
Turner, were rated 4-F, giving
the Sox Important catching
strength,
along the main street jabbing
an ice pick into automobile tires,
damaging about a dozen.
•
An ambulance rushed to the
scene of a trolley-milk wagon
crash in Atlanta, Ga., with driv-
er Burr A. Bixler Jr. at the
wheel. Bixler discovered there
was no one injured and was
ready to make the trip back to
the hospital. He looked at the
crowd of prospective trolley
passengers waiting at the curb.
“Anybody going my way?” he
yelled. A total of 14 men and
women piled into his ambulance
and got a free ride to work.
•
A full military funeral was
held in Tillamook, Ore., for
Spike, an English bulldog mas-
cot, who was killed “in line of
duty.” He met his death in an
automobile crash. Spike had 300
hours of flying time and his
chevrons put him in the rank
of a sergeant major. Marines,
many of whom were veterans
of Guadalcanal, attended the
funeral of their faithful little
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