The White Falcon - 22.09.1945, Blaðsíða 3

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FINAL GAMES IMPORTANT
AS SENATORS & TIGERS AND
CARDS & CUBS BATTLE
. The pennant races in both the big leagues continued
at their crazy pace this week as the Tigers met the
Senators early in the week and came out on the short
end by one game after taking a double header from the
Nats last Saturday.
Meanwhile in the Nation-
al League the Cubs lost the
first game of a vital series to
the Cards on Wed., but came
back to trim the Cards on
Thursday. This victory gave
the Chicago team a three
game lead over their St. Lo-
uis rivals.
The American League
leading Detroit team did not
have the same luck as the
Cubs in their Thursday game
with Cleveland for Bobby
Feller downed them 2-0 to
cut their lead over Washing-
ton to one full game.
The fans are really enjoy-
ing the show; they are pour-
ing throiigh the turnstiles in
droves, and 1945 may prove
to be the game’s biggest year
at the gate.
In the playoffs in the In-
ternational League, Newark
won its series over Toronto
and Baltimore took the Mon-
treal Boyals.
Louisville has won its ser-
ies over Milwaukee in the
American Association play-
off, while St. Paul defeated
Indianapolis.
The Eastern League play-
offs are in the second series
with Albany leading Utica
three games to two.
In the' south the Southern
Association playoffs have
not begun as yet, but Atlanta
will meet Chattanooga and
Mobile will face New Orle-
ans.
On the west coast the Pac-
ific Coast League is still
playing its regular schedule
of games with Portland lead-
ing by eight and a half
games over Seattle.
Durocher Plans USO Trip
Manager Leo Durocher of
the Bklyn Dodgers is going
to the South Pacific and pos-
sibly Japan on a USO tour
immediately after the close
of the season. He will he ac-
companied by Comedian
Danny Kaye and the latter’s
accordionist, Jack Snyder.
Major League
Standings
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Chicago 91 53 .632
St. Louis .... 89 57 .610
Brooklyn .... 79 65 .549
Pittsburgh ... 78 66 .542
New York .... 73 66 .525
Boston 62 80 .437
Cincinnati .. 56 82 .406
Philadelphia . 43 97 .307
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pet.
Detroit 85 62 .578
Washington . . 85 64 .570
St. Louis .... 79 69 .534
New York .... 73 70 .510
Chicago 69 68 .504
Cleveland .... 69 72 .489
Boston 64 76 .457
Philadelphia ,. 48 93 .340
GOLF PROS GET
NEW COMPETITION
WITH HOGAN BACK
The Army has placed a
new obstacle in the path of
golfdom’s present king, Byr-
on Nelson. This was accom-
plished with the discharge of
Ben Hogan, the little 132 lb.
man “with the delayed wrist-
lash.”
In the Nashville Open,
Ben’s first tournament act-
ion since his release from
the Army, he proved he is
still the man to beat by cop-
ping the match, 19 strokes
below par.
Moving on to the $10,000
Dallas Open a week later,
Hogan came down with the
flu. Playing with a 102 de-
gree fever he still managed
to finish fourth.
In the opinion of golfing
experts Ben is considered
the man to succeed fast-
greying Byron Nelson as
king of the links. Nelson is
,at present 18 lbs. under-
weight after the nerve-wear-
ing grind of winning 16 tour-
naments within a year.
The Wolf______________ by Sansone
Copyright 1945 by Leonard Sansone. distributed by Camp Newspaper St a ice
J’What difference does it make how we pair off?" ,
Yankee Batting
Practice Pitcher
Star For A Day
A few weeks ago baseball
fans were treated to another
of the strange sights result-
ing from war-time baseball
when 42-year-old Paul
Schreiber toed the mound in
the first half of the sixth in-
ning for the Yankees to pitch
against the Tigers.
Unless you’re a regular
Yankee fan it is a safe bet
to say that you have never
heard of pitcher Schreiber
although he’s been with the
Yankees steady since 1937.
His name never got into the
box scores, however, simply
because Schreiber was the
Yankee’s batting practicepit-
cher. His job was to warm
up the bats of such men as
Keller, DiMaggio, Gordon,
etc., by feeding them home-
run balls.
But shrewd Manager Joe
McCarthy, who rarely passes
up a *good opportunity,
found himself short in pitchv
ing this year so he decided
to place Schreiber on the ac-
tive list and have him com-
plete games that were hope-
lessly lost.
Such a game occurred
Sept. 7, when the Yankees
were entertaining Detroit.
As a matter of fact they were
overdoing the entertaining,
being on the short end of a
10-0 score at the end of six
Innings. Here was just the
spot McCarthy planned for
Schreiber, in order to save
his regular, pitchers. Let the
Tigers get the hitting out of
their systems all in one day.
But to the amazement of
McCarthy and the rest of the
Yankees, Schreiber entered
the pitcher’s mound, struck
out the only batter to face
hint in the sixth and finish-
ed the game without allow-
ing the Bengals a hit. All this
after they had collected 15
hits in the first 5 frames.
So in spite of their defeat,
the Yankees garnered a hero
in the chunky old man whose
job for the past 8 years has
been to get the batters to bit
’em over the fence.
The York, Pa., club of the
Interstate League left 700
runners stranded in its first
78 games this year.
Prosperous War Time Fans
Break Race Track Records
The 1945 summer racing
season saw new attendance,
betting and parimutuel
marks set during the Sara-
toga race meet held at Bel-
mont Park.
Attendance for the 24-day
meet totaled 762,699, com-
pared to 690,909 in 1944. Bet-
ting aggregated $74,810,170
or an average handle per pa-
tron of| $98,09. The State of
New York received $4,811,
817 in revenue as compared
with $3,972,798 received in
1944.
GUS D0RAZI0 HELD
AS A DRAFT EVADER
»
Gus Dorazio, former he-
avyweight boxer who once
met Joe Louis for the cham-
pionship, was arrested last
week after a Federal Grand
Jury indicted him on charges
of obtaining fraudulent
draft deferments.
Arrested along with Dor-
azio were three former pro-
prietors of welding compan-
ies who allegedly told Doraz-
io’s draft board he was em-
ployed by them in vital war
work.
FORMER COMBAT PILOT RECEIVES MEDAL
The teammates of Bert Shepard, relief hinder on the
Washington staff and former Army combat pilot, ad-
mire the Distinguished Flying Cross awarded him in a
colorful homeplate ceremony. The new Secretary of War
Robert T. Patterson made the presentation. L to R are:
Joe Judge, Roger Wolfe, Mario Pieretti and Shepard.
"SHARKEY" TECHNICIAN 6th GRADE By Pete Ranilovich
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— Air Show
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ward rather than forward.
The RAF Airport at
Reykjavik was open to the
public all day last Saturday.
An estimated 10,000 Iceland-
ers visited the field and got
a birdseye view of the Brit-
ish planes, equipment and
methods of operation.