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DROOKLViJ EAGIE asiwiiaiii.iisl 1 1 i in iairiraMI')1 an am 'I Mini.fi I 'BHH'miim a-iiasjaesawaj rsm fitful i tzzr III 'fill ...4. i fill lt" If iff I' 1 1 'V i VI Flag by, July Is Yanks' Aim In Home Stand White Sox Are First Of Western Teams In Stadium Invasion The high-flying Yankees open a long home stand today at the Stadium, and before the month has MEDWICK GETS MAD AT BALL FOR DODGERS Dodgers Ready to Clip Coupons On Joe Pittsburgh Visit Recalls $200,000 Purchase Two Years Ago By TOMMY HOLMES Pittsburgh, June 2 Two years ago, almost to the day, the Dodgers were playing in this city when they received news of the biggest deal the Brooklyn club had made In many years. Joe Medwick, the fabulous slugger of the Cardinals, had been grabbed by Larry MacPhail for the equivalent of $200,000. The news sent a real thrill through the entire Flatbush entourage and visions of the long-sought pennant were immediately floating before every one's eyes, for the Jersey Jolter's' powerful bat was expected to be the difference in TUESDAY, UNE 2, 1942 IV run its course the McCarthymen i xr i I BOTH SIDES hope the American League pennant will be virtually wrapped up and ready for delivery. The New Yorkers have a till eight-same advantage over the second -place Detroit Tigers.

The pennant race will be very much In the background as the Yanks LEADING HITTERS IN MAJOR LEAGUES By Harold Parrott I) the then close race between the AB. 1 1 B.l II 140 (IB 20 102 41) 14 BASEBALL'S GREATEST STORY Lou Gehrig died a year ago tonight but he'll live again when that movie, "Pride of the Yankees," hits Broadway soon. You have the word of his widow, Eleanor, for that and there couldn't be a more severe critic, could there? I'd been wondering what those celluloid slashers out in Hollywood were going to do when they made this real story Into a reel story. Mrs. Christina Gehrig, Lou's Mom, was wondering, too.

A few weeks ago I sat chatting In her modest Mt. Vernon home and she told me: "They sent me the NATIONAL I Hl.l Plaver and club. Phelps, PillsburKh Reiser. BrooKlsui Lombard. Boston W.

Cooper. St. Medwick. Brooklyn AMKRICAN 1.11,1 Player and club, rioidon. Doerr, BosiOn Dickey.

Y. Sbf nee. Pehky, Boston AB IS ISO A MS as 4.1 ITS 161 TV- i if )K Ail r-di 21 fh i I fit AMERICAN a il.atns. R. Sox Tlaers Pi.Maimo, Yanks 1 Horn Rilnil NATIONAL Camilli.

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Giants Marshall. Giants Med ick. Dnaiter Dodgers and the Cincinnati Reds. As all the world knows, Medwick did not live up to his press notices in Brooklyn. Beaned by Bob Bowman five days after his acquisition, he came back to Ebbet-s Field a changed man.

He could not seem to find the old formula, and, though he was a satisfactory left fielder and batter during the remainder of 1940 and throughout 1941, he was not the Medwick of old by any means. Today, almost two years after the deal that rocked the baseball world, the husky Hungarian seems ready to give Larry MacPhail a dividend on his Investment. For the past two weeks he has been showing signs that he is once again "mad at the ball." Medwick in his heyday always seemed as though he couldn't wait until the ball reached the plate he Just charged up after it. He is again walking into the pitch and the results of the past ten days fully bear out Manager Leo Durocher's statement of today that "Joe looks better than at any time since he joined the Podgers." Now Among First Five TSt. net AMERICAN Ifi Williams.

R. Sox I)ierr. Red Sox 30 York. Tiliera script, and in it I do not see my Lou at all. I am worried but then I was worried when they told me who was going to write a book about my boy.

'Frank I said, 'What does he know about the Yankees? Always Prank Graham traveled with McGraw, with the Giant teams. But I was wrong. Never could a finer book be written than Frank wrote of my Lou. I could be wrong about the movie, too" "THINGS PEOPLE NEVER KNEW" So the movie is going to show the real Gehrig, Is it? Well but let Lou's crass bats with the fast-improving Chicago White Sox. The main attraction will be F.rnie Bonham.

who will be out seeking his eighth successive triumph without a setback. Bonham's streak is most amazing. For one thing lour of Bonham's victories have been via the shutout route. In addition Ernie has shown almost perfect control in all his games. On three occasions he has gone through the entire nin innings without issuing a single pass.

Bonham hasn't been knocked out of the box this season, and every, game he has pitched has been a complete game. Sox Last Shutout Victim The last shutout scored by Bonham was at the expense of the White Sox, the same club he INCENTIVE Dolph Comilli is hitting only .234, but is second among Dodgers in runs-bat-ted-in with 27. Fact that Medwick now leads him by three should provide spur for Dolph on Western tripjwhich Dodgers open in Pittsburgh today. widow explain: "I used to say to Lou 'You run like a freight car which has lost its engine and is just careening along as if it would jump the track any You've all seen Lou run many times Lou Gehrig's Ma In his last ten games Medwick has cracked out 15 hits in 41 times at bat for an average of .366. He has brought his season's mark to .322 and today is up with the five leading hitters of the league.

He has also driven in seven valuable and Gary Cooper has that Ott's Judgment Vindicated by Marshall's! runs during this period and Is third JSr" I Mai deMer Now Snead's Big Fear But Slammin' Sam Is Expected To Make Good Gob for Uncle Sam By RALPH TROST Babe Dahlgren faces today. Right-hander Johnny Humphries was expected to handle the Chicago hurling chores. On Friday the Cleveland Indians. Quantity Added To Quality in Women's M. G.

A. who are tied for third place with the Red Sox, eight and one-haif games off the pare, will arrive In town to play a five-game series with the Bronx Bombers. A bad showing against the Yanks probably would drop the Tribe out of the firs', division. The Indians are the same club that won 13 in a row at the start of the season and appeared headed for a pennant. Sam Snead was in Washington, D.

yesterday. There he was to have learned hi.s in the Navy. He hoped that his Navy career wasn't to be continued in case of seasickness. Sam can get sick even when a ship's at dock. He's got all the instincts of Sir Joseph Porter, K.

C. B. in the National League in this respect with 30. This IS the Medwick of bid, and if Joe can keep it up he'll regain the throne he occupied so long king of the right-hand hitters in the National League. He seems a sure shot for the circuit's All-Star team again and it will be the ninth year in a row that he has played left field for Ford Flick Dream team.

The dynamite in Medwick's bat recently has been especially welcome to Skipper Leo because two of his offensive standby's, Dolph Camilli and Billy Herman, have fallen by the wayside. Sunday Leo went so far as to place Herman eighth in the batting order, where Billy had been either leading off or hitting second. The former Cub star, however, is too good a natural hitter to be long in the doldrums and the Brooklyn bass figures his hits are just money in the bank to be spent for Dodger victories in the near future. Camilli seems to have fallen into another of his periodic slumps, 'Special lo the Brooklyn Eagle Chicago, June 2-Mfl Ott. was hoping that his Giants were still under the impression! they were playing the Dodgers as the New Yorkers opened a three-game series with the Cubs here tod(ay.

The GianLs have won as many games from the Dodgprs as they have from the last lace Phils. Only the Cardinals ha fared better than the Giants (against the National League champions. The Cards have beaten the Brooks three out of four while the Giants have won five out of 11 from the Diirocheiinen. Ott is of the opinion that the Giants' record against flhe Dodgers wouid have been much (better if it weren't for some extrlemely bad i DODGER DIARY It may be the new P. G.

A. champion isn't as happy now as when we talked with him Sunday night after he had settled down to accepting as fact that he was, at last, a champion. That business of going to sea really bothered him whenever he let the thought arise. But being Sam Snead, he'll probably go to sea and. after considerable trial and tribulation, become The field in the Women's Metro-politan championship that started at Lakeville yesterday not only was good something know a week ago but it was relatively large.

Before the deadline for entering there weren't enough entrants to make up a championship flight of 16. But when play began there were many more on hand than needed to fill out the scheduled championship list of 32. The qualifying test wound up In a triple tie at U. What with the customary rain-that 's the most stride down to perfection." She paused a minute, as if the memory of it hurt her. In fact, she said "Gary did a really beautiful job even if It was torture for me to sit through it.

Remember that little trick Lou had of pulling the lobe of his ear? Gary even has that down pat. It is not strictly a baseball picture, you know. The baseball furnishes the background, of course but it is Lou's life at home, and what a wonderful man he was off the field and lots of things that people never knew they're all in this picture HOMESICK BOY Hmmm there was a thought what sort of fellow was this Mechanical Man, this Locomotive Lou who played 2.130 consecutive ballgames between 1925 and 1939? I asked his Mom. "You wouldn't believe it," she said, "If I told you what a mother's boy he was! Always homesick. When he went on a long trip for the first time in his life to Chicago, it was, with his Commerce High School team, -to play the game he won in the ninth inning with a homer well, when he came back, there were crowds in Grand Central Station.

As they were cheering, he leaned over to kiss me and into my ear he whispered 'Never again, Mom. I hate a trip like that too lonesome. Couldn't wait to get Somebody wrote that Lou was 'the Schoolboy Babe Ruth' for winning that game, remember?" "It was the same later." Mrs. Gehrig went on. She is a motherly, bake-you-a-cake, over-the-hot-stove type of German woman, fine and strong although her boy Lou would have been 39 this June.

"I remember the first training trip Lou'took with the Yankees. When they came back Miller Huggins" she thumbed over her shoulder to where the mite manager's picture hung on the wall "Well, Miller said to me 'Never again will I have that homesick boy on my hands alone. You will have to come South with us every Spring, Mom "FOOLISHNESS" TO POP Mrs. Gehrig was "Mom" to ft lot of the" Yankees like Benny Bengough, who used to live at their house, and Bob Meusel and the Babe. Babe lived with Mrs.

Gehrig and Lou for almost a month, one time, when his wife died. "He loved to sit up and talk," she sighed, "A real man I never broke up those talks some times we chattered until dawn, although everybody else had gone to bed talked about him and the life he led and the people he knew. Mom remembers the first time Lou asked for money to buy a baseball glove. Neither she nor her husband, a hard-working man, had ever heard of baseball. "Foolishness!" said Pop.

In the end, it was Mom who got the money for Lou. "Never will I forget the day Lou asked his Pop for permission to try out for a job in professional baseball," she said, through a glistening tear or two. "My husband started to lecture Lou: 'Something permanent he should look for dependable thing about the cham which usually are ended by a short rest, during which Dolph receives June 2, 1941 Dodgers had their nine-game winning streak their best of the year brflken by Cards, who scored winning run In ninth. 5 4. despite a two-run homer by Joe Medwick in the eighth.

Decision also boosted Cards over Doog-ers. into league lead. 1932 Dazzy Vance walked three straight Boston pinch hitters Fred Leach, Randy Moore and Bill Har-grave in the ninth inning of first game of twin bill. Old Man Quinn shuffled to his rescue and retired last two hitters, Dodgers winning 6 1. BILL GOTTLIEB.

some magic formula irom one oi breaks in the early games. Me! is receiving great praise from all quarters for his treatment of Wiliard Marshall in tits recent slump. Marshall had 1 only hit safely three times in 35 trips to the plate up until last iweek, but Ott. unlike mast managers, refused to bench the 21 -year-old youngster. Marshall rewarded Ott's jjudgment with his great clubbing against the Dodgers and Phils over tlhe a pretty good seaman.

Sam's just that kind of person. He gels an idea, he stews around in it for a while until it seems as if he'll certainly be sunk, but then up he bobs a hero. Mixed-l'p Mountain Lad No one ever was more mixed up than Sam when he came down out of the mountains. His golf career looked as if it were to end before it ever started. He started out wiih a great reputation around While Sulphur his physicians.

Last year, it will be Sammy Sneod the same payroll as Henry Picard, I Sam felt a kinship. That led to pionship that was five over a practical par. For nine holes Mrs. Laddie Irwin Whitehead played really grand golf. Much better than she scored.

On the next time it was a continuous struggle. Mauieen Orcutt had a battle with a bad hook from the first to the ninth. Then, for no apparent reason, her shoLs straightened out. Grace Amory, the third 82 scorer, had a succession of highs and lows. Bui once she tucked in that putt for a "2" on the water-guarded thiriffiuh she looked like the winner.

But off the fourteenth she hooked. The hook managed to find a rock lo hit and the ball bounded back into the water. Up popped a. '6 and another 82 was on lift way. Mrs.

Tnrgeisnn Too Conscientious Mrs. Rum Torgerson, home remembered, he was 'way oft his gam- in July and finally sent to Johns Hopkins. Rejoining the club in Pittsburgh, he was a new man and his terrific play from then on won him the league's most valuable player award. Dolph gave all the credit to some pills which the medico in Baltimore had given him. Remember Series In Cincy? The same thing happened earlier this year when the husky Italian fell ill in Boston.

Vitamin pills were prescribed and the Laytonville Lar-ruper returned to the lineup in Cincinnati, and all he did was belt four home runs In three games, driving in ten tallies to win all Relief Fund Games Get New and Better Dates Springs, $350 in hard-earned cash and an idea that he could make a living as a golfer. When the golf talent scouts saw him they were sure they had a natural except that, at the moment, he couldn't score. Eventually, Sam got an offer to sign up with a manufacturer. But it seems the fee was contingent upon his stepping out into that cruel grind, the Winter golf tour. If he accepted the offer his cash in hand would amount, to $850, an allotment of balls a month and what clubs he needed.

But the tour likely to cost $1,500. The gamble, you see, was big. Craig Wood finally told him to make up his mind. Eventually he did. He decided to go even if, at the time, he was a pigeon for the other pros hanging around Miami.

Chicago. June 2 (U.R) A revised schedule lo increase baseball's contribution to Army and Navy Relief Funds was announced today by American League President William Harridge. Disappointed with the crowds at four week-day contests played in three contests! It is possible Durocher will give Camilli a short rest if his slump club plaer whose golf has been so his looking over Pic's stock of drivers. And lo. there in Pic's dozen was the very one he wanted.

Bought Putter From Walper Then Sam stumbled upon Leo Walper when Leo was exercising his stable of putters, which included a heavy thing for slow greens, a light one for the fast carpets, one with a thin blade for rainy days, another with a thick blade for dry ones. There was all sorts of reasons for the putters or Leo was just giving Sam a sales talk. At any rate Sam came upon an upright Calamity Jane. Walper, having another idea back of his head, sold it to Sam for $4.50. Atop that Sam paid Pic $5 for the driver.

By happy chance, along came Johnny Bulla looking for some one to share car expense to California and way stations. In a day Sam decided to make th tour, bought two clubs that proved precious and began not only breaking 80 but actually busting par. That's the typical Snead way. 3.366 fans at Philadelphia and 9,966 at Chicago. In announcing the deci.tion to plav the Sunday twin bills land a night game for the Service Fund.

Harridge said: "We were sincere in thinkiiog thp weekday games would drawl well, and were disappointed with attendance. However, the weather and the fact many peoplle are working in defense factories daring the week held the crowds down, We are very anxious to nvaloe a good showing for baseball and believe these four remaining clwitv games under the new setup wiTlfdo very well." 1 never would he get bread and butter money out of Many times later, when Lou was earning a fortune with the Yankees, I asked my husband if he remembered what he said about 'no bread and butter in baseball." There was a pause for a moment or two. "Those are the real things I'm telling you," Mom said to me, "And If the movie Is like that, It is a good movie good all season, finished two strokes back. Chalk that loss up to a feeling of responsibility over the tournament, for she went out without either cotton gloves or tape to wrap around the grips the rain made slippery. From the seventh on she had trouble holding onto the club Shirley Podret, the big, hard-hitting girl from Dutchess County, had three legitimate birdies but for all that finished with an 88.

No playoff this year. The only veteran to miss was Mrs. J. J. Law- the past two weeks for the service funds.

Harridge urged club owners to adopt a new plan to bolster gate receipts. After length conferences it was decided to play three Sunday double-headers and a night game In place of four single day contests. The double-headers, all scheduled Aug. 23, are Washington at New York; Boston at Philadelphia and St. Louis at Detroit.

In the night game the Chicago continues and use Babe Dahlgren at least against southpaw pitching. And the Brooks will see quite a few-lefties on this swing, with Billy Southworth probably having three of his stars ready for the invaders. Helntzelman, Otaen and Vander-Meer are other portsiders who will draw assignments to stop the leaders, so don't be surprised If Dahlgren plays first base on this trip. But Camilli will be back in there with the leaders after he shakes whatever his trouble is. Quick, doc Sam couldn't drive.

And he wasn't putting. But, having decided to do something against his better judgment, things began happening. Being on MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS American League STANDING Or THE CLUBS National League STANDING OP THE CIXRS tor, the pill box! LThings just naturally happen to Sam. Agaiast alt reason ne joined the navy. But it will work out, all right.

It always does for Snead. I II 8 41 4 31 6 2 5 5 Si 3l 2 25 18 .5811 6 1 .5321 DODGERS' BATTING 2 i 2: i 61 4 -I 3b hr rtit ttft. "2 3" 21 Si 5 1 sl li 3 311111.738 1J6 22..542 4 23,20 535 fli'i 3 24 211.533: 8'n 2 24 4(19 10 'a 3 18 26 .409 14 19 30, .388 l.Vi 17 ,27 .386 15 N.V. Del. Boat Clev 8t.L.

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PUIS. Phil. 1 4 22 .343 3 II 2 7 .487111 lor, who had a 97, one stroke too high The young Long Islander, Edna Morton, had a 91 with a 3-4 finish. For nine holes she couldn't gel a drive off the ground Anne Pink, a really good-looking swinger, look 90. She wa.s under 80 In a practice round Lakeville's tenth is plainly too long for the girls.

Only two got pars on the 585-yarder, Mrs. Marion Turpie McNaughton and Qall Wild and each through a good putt Defending champion Mrs. Lelchner has suddenly blossomed out as a superb iron player. But her wood game ain't what it used to be. TROST.

White Sox will entertain the Cleveland Indians on July 2. Attendance at American League relief games has fallen far belovv expectations. When the game were announced Harridge set a goal of $375,000 for receipts. That estimate was based on anticipated sellout crowds in every city. However, the 12.500 fans at Washington for a Senator-New York Yankee game was the top draw.

Attendance for Philadelphia at Boston Detroit at St, Louis 8,496 and Chicago at Cleveland 7,959. The American League total for four games was 41.161, which was less than the 48,822 the Brooklyn Dodgers drew against the New York Giants in their relief battle. iH 3i 3 2 2, 2i 51 3il9l27.4!31.1'i 11 4i ll 11 21 31114 321.304 li Foxx to Join Cubs In Chicago Tomorrow Boston, June 2 fU First I iwmin Jimmy Foxx, Boston Red Sox slugger sold to the Cuba, will Join his new teammates in Chicago tomorrow. "It's only natural thai after IS seaaons, I hate to get out of the Ameriran League," he said last ght when Informed of (he deal which sent him into the senior league. "The National League will nwm strange for a while but Chicago is a good oily and I expert to get.

along all right." Foxx was in Philadelphia where his son was hospitalised and waa not informed of his transfer untrl he arrived here. He phoned Manager Jimmy Wilson of the Cubs thai he would leave Boston today and would probably report tomorrow afternoon. The bulky batsman, currently hitting at doubted whether he would be able to play until sorrve time next week, however, berauae of a broken rib. He said the rib was apparently mending properly though his side "was still pretty Lost 11122 20 21,24 26 30 271 I I Lost 113 18 22l232224 2732i I PlaTr i t. R5m.

3d 140 31 4B 13 Medwick SO 143 2 0 4 6 11 Owen 40 89 li 28 3 Walker 12 102 IS ii 13 Allen' 9 13 1 Rum IS 28 6 a French 10 11 3 1 Vaushan 41 179 28 8 JO Bordaa raj 20 30 4 8 I Herman 4S 1S3 2 48 10 Rlizo 3 102 20 2 17 Movie Showing Places New Hampshire Second A showing of movies of two events in last Saturday's ICU track meet has elevated New Hampshire's two-man team of Richmond Morcum and Edmund Styrna from third to second place, officials announced today. Penn State, the winner, was not affected, but Pittsburgh was dropped from second to third place. Shifts in the 100-yard dash finishes cost Pittsburgh a pom1 Harold Stickel of Pitt was dropped from second to fourth; Charles Shaw of Cornell was raised from third to second, and William Carter of Pitt moved up from fourth third. 3 30 .322 0 11 .31 3 25 .314 0 1 .308 ja 1 .273 0 IS .28 3 .27 1 30 1 10 .28. 0 0 .250 1 18 .250 0 4 J238 8 27 .234 0 .229 VESTERDAI'S RESULTS No tames scheduled.

TODAY'S GAMES Brooklyn it Plltsbursh- Hiabie (4-4 vs. Kimball 8 4 1 10 Wiikle 12-31. New York Chicao Sunset (2-0) vs, Res, 4 ISO 23 40 Hrt 10 21 2 Camilli 41 )- 2S 30 Lee 17-21. Philadelphia at Cincinnati Johnson (3-41 vi, Riddle (1-51 or Derrinaer il-ai, Boston at 81 Louli (nnhti Tobtn t5-8i 48 Sullivan 19 YESTERDAY'S RESULTS No tames scheduled. TODAY'S GAMES Chicago st New York Humphries (1-3) vs.

Bonham (17-01. Detroit at Philadelphia (nlnhll Trucks (2-21 vs. R. Harris (l-5i. St.

Louis at Washington (nlghtl Gale-hoilse 13-41 vs. Wynn (4-2). Cleveland at Boston Harder (3-3) vs. Waner (4-4 1. TOMORROWS GAMES Chicseo at New York.

Petroil a) Philadelphia. Cleveland at Boston si. Uuls at Washington ttuahti. 1 .222 Roe 7 Kampouns 5 CooDer t4-3l. Clalan lo Won-ioat records In parenthe.sR.

The Brooklyn game was the lone nah.irren-- 22 4ivi 1 Crtev IS 2 .214 3 .205 8 .194 0 .143 1 .125 0 000 1 non .00 Keep the Home Front Slronf Give to Tht Greater New York Fund TOMORROW'S GAMES Brnnklrn at Plllshurah Inlaht). New York at. ChlCHBO rhiladelnhn at rincmnatl (niBhi). fcoaion ll 8t. Louia, major league service tilt which has attracted a large turnout.

Othr National League games pulled only 10 Webber.