The White Falcon - 09.06.1945, Side 6

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NEW YORK OUTFITS MAINTAIN
LEADS IN DIAMOND SCRAMBLE
If Bob Yawkey stopped
drawing so many $ signs and
sent more telegrams he
might possibly achieve one
of his dearest ambitions and
give Bean town diamond de-
votees their first pennant
flag since 1918.
Yawkey, who has spent
millions in an effort to field
a flag contender, got Dave
Ferris, baseball’s hottest
pitcher, for the mere price
of a telegram, and if the re-
cruit twirler has his way the
American League bunting
will be flying over Fenway
Park in Boston next October.
The Red Sox are perched
in fourth place at present
after seven wins in their
last eight starts and mainly
responsible for their place
in the loop is Ferris who
chalked up his eighth conse-
cutive decision Wednesday
with a 5-2 triumph over the
Phillies.
Still leading the junior
circuit, however, is Joe Mc-
Carthy’s New York club
which boats a game and a
half lead over the Detroit
Tigers.
Over in the National loop,
Mel Ott’s New York Giants
had their advantage cut
slightly but still enjoyed a
three and a half game marg-
in over the stubborn Pitts-
burgh Pirates whose latest
feat snapped a Cincinnati
Tami Mauriello Kayoes
• Dudas; Cochrane And Ray
Chalk Up Mitt Victories
Tami Mauriello kayoed
Stfeve Dudas in the first
^round of their heavyweight
battle at Madison Square
Garden in New York City
last week.
In Jacksonville, Fla., Red
Cochrane, welterweight
champ, stopped Pete Lello
in the second round of his
first fight since his discharge
from the Navy.
Elmer (Violent) Ray de-
eisioned Larry Lane in their
10-round Chicago heavy-
weight battle.
win streak at nine straight.
For the first time this sea-
son the world champion St.
ouis Cardinals Jxegan to
make eyes at the top rung
and moved into third place
a half a game behind the
Pirates.
In the lower leagues,
Montreal has a four and a
half game ldiad over Jersey
City in the International;
Indianapolis leads Milwau-
kee by half a game in the
American Association; New
Orleans boasts a full game
lead over Chattanooga in the
Southern Association; Port-
land has half a game advan-
tage over Seattle on the co-
ast; and Williamsport leads
the Eastern circuit by half
a game over Hartford.
Pacific Preparation
Calls For Athletics
An extensive sports pro-
gram will be part of the re-
conditioning in the United
States for Army ground
force troops enroute from
Europe to the Pacific, offici-
als have revdaled.
In outlining the program,
the Army said that every
soldier will be required to
participate in swimming and
boxing and one team sport
as part of his regular mili-
tary schedule.
There will be instructors
for each of the sports in a|
unit of company size, and,
besides swimming and box-
ing, training will be given
in football, baseball, softball
and basketball.
Inter-camp competition
will be arranged in the vari-
ous sports, the Army said,
and some leagues may be
set up subject to transporta-
tion limitations and mili-
tary training requirements.
Tab Lcabv For St. Mary’s
Lt. Frank Leahy, Notre
Dame grid mentor who is
on leave for the duration, is
slated to coach the St. Mar-
y’s Pre-Flight football team
this fall.
GIRLS BERT
ROWERS
Radcliffe College girls (right) sweep to a crew victory
over Harvard's shell when the Crimson rowers “mis-
judged” the finish line and stopped 50 yards short.
THREE
“RUN FOR
IN DERBY TODAY
Somewhere around 2100
hours tonight (Rock time)
a bugler will play “My Old
Kentucky Home”down in the
Blue Grass Slate, calling out
some of the best three-year-
olds in the United States for
the 71st running of the hist-
oric Kentucky Derby at
Churchill Downs.
Usually run in May, but
postponed this year as a
war measure, the Derby at-
tracted 155 nominations of
which about 20 or less will
enter the stalls at post time
today.
Latest entrant to give
handicappers a headache is
Darby Dieppe, a rank out-
sider, who won the Blue
Grass stakes at the Downs
last Saturday, leading such
favorites as Calumet Farms’
Pot o’ Luck and Col. E. R.
Bradley’s Burning Dream
which finished fifth and
sixth respectively.
Leading Eastern entries
include Hoop Junior and
Col. C. V. Whitney’s Jeep
which recently captured the
Wood Memorial Handicap,
run in two sections at Jam-
aica this season.
Last year’s two-year-old
champion and winter book
favorite, Pavot, will not com-
pete in the “Run for the Ros-
es” but is expected to go to
the post in the Preakness at,
Pimlico, Md., next Saturday.
AFTERNOON
Just about the time some of you start to hit the “sack”'
tonight Eddie Arcaro will be aboard Dockstader (above)
in quest of his third Derby victory in the 71st running
of the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.
Major League
Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
New York 27 14 .659
Pittsburgh .... 23 17 .575
St. Louis . .. . 23 18 .561
Brooklyn . .. . 21 19 .525
Chicago 19 18 .514
Cincinnati '.. . 19 19 .500
Boston 15 21 .417
Philadelphia (. 10 31 .244
Louis Needs But
Three Months To
Train For Bill;
Three months of training
are all T/Sgt. Joe Louis
needs before climbing
through the hemp to face
Billy Conn.
Tipping the scales at 220
pounds — 15 pounds over
his best fighting weight —
Louis, in Alberta, Edmont-
on, to referee the AAF’s Al-
aska Division boxing tourn-
ey, squelched thoughts of a
fight with Conn.with “right
now the Army is my manag-
er, so I guess I’ll have to wait
until this thing is all over.”
Joe admitted that Conn
had given him his toughest
fight but refused to predict
the outcome of the “if and
when” battle.
Brooklyn Tigers Move To
Yankee Stadium For Tilts
National Football loop of-
ficials announced that the
former Brooklyn Tigers will
operate as the Yankees und-
er owner Dan Topping in
New York’s Stadium this
fall.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L.
New York . ... 24 15
Detroit 21 15
Chicago 20 18
Boston 21 20
St. Louis . .. . 18 18
Washington . . 17 21
Cleveland . ... 16 20
Philadelphia 15 25
.615
.583
.526
.512
.500
.447
.444
.375
IBC SOFTBALL TEAMS OPERATE
UNDER REVISED LOOP CHANGES
Ferris Sets AL Record
Dave Ferris, sensational
rookie hurler of the Boston
Red Sox, set a new Americ-
an league record for conse-
cutive scoreless innings for
pitchers beginning Big Time
careers when he threw 22
straight goose-eggs in three
games at the outset of the
current 'season.
Because of a previous en-i
gagement in the Pacific, |
Uncle Sam threw two strikes
past IBC softball plans the,
past week and necessitated |
drastic changes in the
Reykjavik and Keflavik div-
isions.
Withdrawal of certain
clubs cost the Knox Tars
their perch at the top of the
Reykjavik heap as their two
victims won’t be seeing ac-
tion any more—on the Rock.
The revised chart goes into
effect this week in both
loops, with Keflavik teams
just starting play. Reykjavik
standings:
W. L. Pet.
Porters ....... 1 0 1.000
Bulldozers ... 1 0 1.000
Fess . .. .. . . 0 0 .000
Tars . . 0 0 .000
Redskins . . . . . 0 1 .000
Qua-Mas ... . . 0 1 .000
Cpl. Andy Riccardi of
Chester, Pa., and Pvt.
Hardy Montooth of Knox-
ville, Tenn., wearers of
the heavyweight and
light-heavy weight boxing
crowns, became the first
U.S. mitt slingers on the
Rock to receive the IBC
medallion inscribed with
boxing figures and name
for leather- participation
on the island.