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Robinson Entertains Jjg gj For Flocks Benefit warm praise Wins Opener at Polo Grounds, Then Gets Four Hits in Nightcap as Dodgers Divide W. Cooper Admires Jjp lmt fK Z'jM Delivery Twirier BjK i Shows 'Guts' on Hill Hp-- m' -jB the HjjJM HAROLD C. BI RR Stalt Correspondent of the Eagle Philadelphia. June 30 Jackie Robinson was the big entertainer in Harlem yesterday rrom wnere trie Brooklyn portion of the crowd of 32.732 fans, including o85 sat in the jammed and stifling Polo Grounds horseshoe Jackie won the first game for the Dodgprs. 4 to 3.

with his hitting and base running and in the nightcap defeat by the Giants. 9 to 5. got four hits and stole two bases. He now has 80 hits, has purloined 13 sacks, one of 'em a theft of home, and his .317 ting average Us second on the club, only Carl 336 topping him. The dusky first baseman i his eak up to 16 combaLs He isecutive-game hit ti Mvoiui in bargain in b.i.-eb.U.

anrii jgjS JkkkWS? TOMMY HOLMES But Ed Stankv opened villi Battel ic Walker Coopei '3V jflMflLflBSan a double and Robinson brought summed up loll (his way: bim home with safety to left. "He's got. pretty near everything uwk Hnrd pUcher should have, Iott has He stole second and took All-Star Personnel Selections Difficult Buddv KICKING UP DUST AT HOME PLATE Robinson, Yonks' catcher, safe at home on Rizzuto's single to center, fifth inning. Play was made by Spence of Washington to Evans. The umpire is Berry.

The teams split their i great play on Furillo to hold he winnini tally on third base. )ixic Walker was intentionally Iotl. He wa! V.i:.c:;at rolled to Johnny i Tnnkle. Hooks BAMBINO TAKES IN GAME VIA TELEVISION Rahe Ruth watched tl GianU-Dodgers dnubleheader Kessler Faces Addeo in Velo As Keep Giving Yanks Assistance fell up day. after being discharged fro Mi Sui.ii In- Scores Deciding Run around as the dust of conflict drifted away Into the right field stands as high as the upper balcony.

But. Jackie was across with Feature Tonight BEN GOl'LD gone last Tuesday for rest nd Brooklyn Eagle observation. Boston, June 30 This la the home town of the ball club Mrs. Ruth said the Babe was which was picked to successfully defend its American feeling well and waiting for cool League title again this year. If it is to duplicate its 1946 weather so that he could play feat it had better get started tonight against the team joir.

which definitely looks like the class of the circuit. Islam Kessl the "They the a Spring I first aking of hird attemp! ai who head the Bosox turcs to St Louis before the Iott gave up six hits to Brooklyn In right, innings. He was relieved in the ninth by Ken Tnnkle when Jddie Stankey doubled and Jackie Robinson singled him Shutouts Boost St. Joseph's Keeps a half games. Both Boston and Detroit never figured to be both-! ered by the Yankees but here III 'the New York team with a com-1 In his 3-3 i Track Laurels St.

Joseph's of Garden Cit 1 fort able lead with the Fourth of July just around the corner. There's an old saying in base-1 ball that the team in first place 10 Dodgers and got out of tight squeezes in the third, sixth and eighth innings. The Dodgers had the bases full In the third and sixth frame with one out and popular welterweight, returns to his back yard arena, the Coney-Island Velodrome tonight when he opposes Freddie Addeo in the feature eight-round bout Kessler. who may take on Marty Servo in a Garden bout soon, clashes with a formidable rival who has given such fighters as Tony Pellone. Tony Janiro and Aaron Perry a good deal of trouble.

Tito Valles. pet of Rocky Gra-ziano. is featured in the semi-final six rounder against Pete Ferrante of the Red Hook area. Valles has dropped only one decision in 21 bonis and is headed for top billing Other six rounders bring together Sonny List with Jerry Meklir and Joe Gamby with Charley Titone. A pair of fours Hernlsen in Action Harry Bernts-en.

the big blond heavvweighi from Bav Ridge, re- Royals' Lead By United Press Two classy 4-to-0 shutouts over the Syracuse Chiefs hoisted the defending champion Montreal Royals to a nine-game lead in the International League today, almost half of their winning 18'i- ingly went out in from Furillo doubled and the next two batters went out. But Johnny Jorgenseni singled to right, to make it a new C. Y. O. Diocesan track champion, successfully defended its honors in the Tyro.

Junior and Major Willa Marshall date, the ball Divisions of the Nassau and Suffolk County c- Y. O. track meet at Allen Field. Rockville Centre, been a long time game margin of last year with al yesterday. St.

Joseph's, which will be favored in the Diocesan on Independence Day is usually the team which captures the pen- The Yankees received splendid assistance from the Athletics yesterday. As they split a double-header with Washington in the nation's capital, losing the first, 5 1, and winning the second, 31, Connie Mack's amazing boys dropped Boston back with a sweep of a twin bill In Philadelphia Truthfully the New Yorkers are in first place today because the As have been beating the Tigers and Bosox at the mast opportune Bucky Harris did some experimenting with his young pitchers against, the Senators and he got Iott, Hooks Just reared back and defied the hitters to hit the I ball In the clutches The 4 to 3 defeat was Iott's first in two as a Giant From his performance champs, a night meet at Chaml nade Bowl on July 13, tallied 4 points. Corpus Christ! of Mineol: was second with 28 points and SI Ignatius third with 23 St. Ignatius of Hicksville tool most half of this season finished. Clyde Smolko and Ed Heusser were the pitchers who wielded the whitewash brushes for the Royals yesterday, Smolko holding the Chiefs to six hits in the opener and Heusser allowing only three in the seven-inning nightcap Walt.

Sessl'l homer led the cham- Millard Howell 1 the first game a 50-50 break. Karl Drews lost the opener to Early Wynn. Dan Johnson, a flash at the start of of St. Joseph's took lonorc, capturing firsts ior 100-yard dash In winning the senior with a leap of 19 feet in the second a of an eight I Howard Fox I 'rounders includes among the I participants Black Pico, flyweight champion of Mexico. Pico, who! Mies back lo his native country following Ihe bout to defend hlsl native crown, is matched with! Ralph ijiSalle of the Bronx.

In HOT POTATO The little matter of picking the personnel for the two major league all-star teams that have locked horns annually ever since the Summer of 1933 has always been handled like a hot potato. If you know your baseball history, you know that the All-Star game is the brain child of a gentleman named Arch Ward. Mr. Ward is the sports editor of the Chicago Tribune. Back In 1933.

they were holding what, they called a World's Fair in Chicago and Mr. Ward hit upon the notion of an All-Star game as a bit of sports garnish to "The Century of Progress" show. Hitting upon the idea was a less remarkable feat than selling it to the traditionally slow-moving big domes of the baseball business. But Arch Ward did that and the game has been staged, in war and in peace, ever since. The first All-Star game turned out to be a thriller The teams, more or less, were selected through a poll conducted by the Chicago Tribune.

In other words, the fans picked the team. Or rather the fans who read the Chicago Tribune picked the teams. NOBODY WAS HAPPY And so everything was okay. Mr Coakley, until the following Summer when the same procedure was followed. This time the fans did not exercise the same excellent judgment they had displayed the year before and baseball folk started a-whoopin' and a-hollerin'.

Sundry other experiments were tried. None gave universal satisfaction. What, theoretically, should have been the soundest method of picking the All-Star teams was the system employed for a number of seasons up until this year. The All-Star teams were picked by a poll of the eight managers in each league. It is more or less elementary that if any group in our land is qualified to skim the cream from the top of the baseball bottle, 16 managers should be the answer.

But do you think the selections of these gentlemen made people happy? They did not. "BACK TO THE FANS" And so there was a loud roar about "giving the game back to the fans." a loud roar led by the aforementioned Arch Ward of the aforementioned Chicago Tribune A deal was worked out whereby the 1947 game was to be played at Wrigley Field on Chicago's North Side and the starting lineup of both teams was to be determined by a fan poll to be supervised by the Tribune. Except for the pitchers who were to be determined by the managers of the two clubs. In this case, that would mean Eddie Dyer of the Cardinals and Joe Cronin of the Red Sox. This, of course, was an idea chock-full of clinkers It is true that the Chicago Tribune enlisted the aid of sundry other agencies.

But, months ago. it became apparent that the Chicago Tribune poll could not accurately present, a true cross-section picture of fan opinion throughout the country. For instance, there were. I understand, no fewer than 16 newspapers in the State of Illinois participating. But not a single newspaper in Brooklyn or New York was drawn into the program.

THE SELECTION'S That brings us down to the final result of the 1947 poll. The top eight men in the National League are Johnny Mize of the Giants at first base, Emil Verban of the Phillies at second base, Bob Elliott of the Braves at third base, Eddie Miller of the Reds at shortstop, Dixie Walker of the Dodgprs in right field, Harry Walker of the Phillies in centpr field, Enos Slaughter of the Cardinals in left field and Walker Cooper of the Giants, catching. In the American Leagup. we find thp following at the top George McQuinn of the Yankees at first base, Joe Gordon of the Indians at second base. George Kell of the Tigers at third base.

Lou Boudreau of the Indians at shortstop. Buddy Lewis of the Senators in right field. Joe DtMaggio of the Yankees In center field. Ted Williams of the Red Sox In left field and Buddy Rosar of the Athletics behind the plate NO UNDUE FAVORITISM There is one feature of the 1947 All-Star selections which should not be overlooked. Among baseball people, there was a great fear that the mid-Western nature of the voters would result in undue emphasis upon the players of that sector But that certainly does not.

show up in the voting. Note that not a member of the Chicago Cubs made the National League team nor did a member of the Chicago White Sox make the American League team. This corner's thought at the moment is that the system of selecting this year's team Is neither better nor worse than any other that has been attempted. Personally, I disagree on a half a dozen points, then, I always did. Difference of opinion makes more things than horse racing.

All-Star lineups, for example. A WASTED AFTERNOON Ihe season who petered out six weeks ago, was the winning pitcher In the second. He didn't go all the way. Allie Reynolds came on in the sixth Inning and did Frank Shea, the Yanks' nine- Ihe arclighU. Joe Cronin Is sending Joe Dobson against the Naugatuck.

Conn, right-hander sixers Jimmy Hegeman. Brooklyn 130 pounder, vs. Angelo Dodger Notes Special to the Brooklyn Eagle Philadelphia. June 30 The Dodgers had to do a lightning change act, yesterday at the Polo Grounds New Clar Ra Jackson of Forest John Bebber The Buffalo Bisons moved Into the first division, and incidentally helped the Royals advance, by beating the second place Jersey City Giants twice, 3 to 1 and 2 to 1. In the opener the Bisons made all their mas In the first inning, in which Coaker Triplett hit a two-run homer, and then coasted home behind five-hit pitching by Les Mueller and Art Houtteman.

The Rochester Redwings made way for Buffalo among the first four by losing a double-header to Toronto, 3 to 0 and 6 to 1. Arnold Carter held the Wings to five hits leading his support With a homer, and Tommy Fine gave the Wings the same number of blows in the Pnillies that, today's game sehed- i Park here had been changed to a combat under the lights. i Joe Mullen will pit Ins southp.t'A Riggs in Exhibition At Trovers Island son were excused from making the trip here New York goes bark at the Yankee Stadium for a night, game with Washington Wednesday Joe Pas-, reliable relief pitcher, has back trouble. for themselves Thev left 10 stranded In the first game nix In the second. was the second largest turnout he Polo Grounds this year was a bleacher line three nightcap.

The Newark Bears outslugged the Baltimore Orioles twice, 11 to 8 and 4 to 3 Bob Garrison hit a three-run homer to lead the Bears' 15-hit splurge in the first gamt while Babe Dahlgren and Ed Robinson homered for Baltimore, Bud Metheny and AI Clark sFaui r-fin reinstatement Johnny Mize profession YorkAth- in Ihe weekly Qucensboro Arena Marshall rocket the Fort Worth refugee, for four-masters that rom -masters for Newark In Yank pitchers have completed 40 of their B5 games. Eagles Split Bill The Newark Fugles. Negro world champions, won their sixth in a row over the New York Black Yankees, 9 to R. in Yankee Stadium yesterday, bui lost the seven-inning nightcap, 6 to 5. before 7 000 fans at, made it a long day with the last putout.

ore than 300,000 fans eight Dodger-Giant the ietic Club courts at. Travers Island, show this evening Vic Amat-o, Pelham Manor, N. Y. Brooklyn middleweight, opposes Other matches are scheduled to Dick Smith while Heroic Katz of be played, among them one which Brownsville mixes with Mike Bel-will bring together Jerry Treguar- luscio. den.

New York Athletic Club pro-' Lulu Costantino and Pete Man-fessional. and Paul Martin tennis chiO feature the Long Beach pro at. the Larchmont Shore Club Stadium card Friday night. Dodgers with a couple useless markers in the ninth. The defeat lost, first piace for the Flock and WHEN Ot OF TOWN REGISTER FROM BROOKLYN The Dodgers hart a fielder in Eddie MikM? Gionfriddo and Gel ski bothered by sore le do il MAJOR LEAGUE RECORDS I quick pitch of l.lo' i the fifth inning imp.

but Umpire Bethpage Beaten Bethpage. I June 30-The West Point officers won, 9 to 7. over Bethpage in Ihe opening round of the Bethpage Polo Club's National League YESTERDAY'S RESULT! Brooklyn 4, New York .1 New York n. Brooklyn Boston 8. Philadelphia 7 American League YESTERDAY'S RESULTS I Washington 5, New York 1 (1st New York 3, Washington 1 '2d Philadelphia 3, Boston 2 (1st Philadelphia fi.

Boston 5 '2d 12-goa! Bruce Edwards was under the bat for the first time since the opening game of the Cardinal game; ten innlngsi. HOW DODGERS, PHILS PITCHERS COMPARE Boston 4. Philadelphia 1 series at sportsman Park, Louis, June 13, but the catchei :i.ai kmai.Miip was a li'tle rusU Four Giants stole on him. sliding Johnny Mize didn't get St Louis 17, Cine 1 Pittsburg 10. Chiea i STANDING OF THE ST AN'DINCi OF THE CU BS i the eighth.

40 26 606 34 29 .540 4 33 31 .516 6 37 28 569 34 27 557 Philadelphia Chicago 32 27 ball to protect himself H. C. B. MAJOR LEAGUE LEADERS DODGERS BATTING TODAY'S GAMES Brooklyn I Hat ten clelphia iRowe 8-2'. Chicago (Erickaon jcinnati (Blackwell 1 Cleveland 28 28 ..500 7 6'2 Washington 29 32 .475 8 1 Chicago 35 .470 9 Louis 23 39 .371 15 TODAY'S GAMES H- New York (Shea 9-2' at Bostot Dobson 7-3i.

8:30 p.m. Detroit 'Trucks 4-6i at Chiragi I 'Pa pish 3-4i. night. Cleveland 'Stephens 2-5i at St LouU iKinrier night. Philadelphia 'McCahan 1-1 a Washington 'Newsom 4-5) night TOMORROW'S GAMES Chic: GRID STAR'S GOT A HEART SAYS DOCTOR-WIFE Dr.

Dorothy Pihos, wife of Pete Pihr-, Philadelphia Eagle? footboll ployer, listens to her husband's heartbeats with her stethoscope She is a graduate of Indiana's medical school ond is the former Dorothy Lansing Pihos is looking forward to i legal career and expects to enter a Philadelphia law school. SPORTS MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1947 Ortt in i-i mmn Gorf aivi Bir.ci 7.mt,K:nc' 1AZ. Atnin so, pld. iDockins.