Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - July 22, 1938, Winnipeg, Manitoba Page fourteen. Winnipeg free press Friday july 22, 1938 King Carl Hubbell still rates with Best throttles cards keeps new York giants on heels of leading pirates r by Steve Robertson 1 Canadian press staff writer Bill Terry s meal Carl still rank with the Best of f lingers in the major leagues even though his Star this year has been eclipsed by the exploits of Cincinnati s Johnny Van Der Meer and the publicity attend ant Diz Dean s sayings and doings. But while the fans have talked mostly of Vander Meer s two successive no hit games and of Dean would be Able to overcome the soreness in his salary Arm and rank with the hurling greats again. King Carl has plodded on his winning Way. Recently the lean Southpaw attained a record of 200 major league pitching Vic tories something achieved by Only a handful of hurlers. Yesterday King Carl kept the giants tagging along with the pirates by whipping the St. Louis cardinals 5-2. He allowed the cards Only five hits As his mates hammered out 13 at the expense of three pitchers. A big Jour run seventh inning sewed up the Ball game. The pirates kept 1% games in front of the giants with a ninth inning Victory Over the Phillies 5-4. The win was their 19th in the last 24 games. Mace Brown who relieved Jim Tobin was credited with his 13th Victory of the season. Chicago cubs broke even in a double header with Brooklyn dodgers in Gabby Hartnett s first Day As manager succeeding Charlie Grimm. The cubs took the first game 5-2 As Clay Bryant held the Daffinese boys to four hits. In the Nightcap Luke Hamlin gave up two hits for a 1-0 dodger Victory. In the Only game played in the american league Washington senators Defeated the tigers 4-3. Rudy York was beaded acc Dently by one of Monte Weaver s pitches in the fourth and will be lost to his team for an undetermined period. All other american league games were rained out. Hartnett wins rest game As manager Chicago july 22. To Mato face flushed by the realization of a lifelong ambition Charles Leo Gabby Hartnett baseball idol of millions thursday donned mask and pads land directed the cubs to a 5-2 Victory As playing manager in the first game of a double header with Brooklyn. The 38-year-old Catcher who succeeded his 14-year Long pal Charlie Grimm received a roaring tribute from a crowd of when he stepped behind the plate to receive the first of Clay Bryant s fiery pitches. Hartnett failed to get a hit but he Drew a pass in the fifth and scored on Galan s triple. He did his managing from the Bench in the second game and squirmed As the dodgers won 1-0. Before leading the team on the Field Hartnett talked Turkey to his players for five minutes in the club House promising to get Tough with any member of the club who failed to Hustle. You be got to get out there and he told them. You be got a Hustle every minute no matter what the score. The hustlers will have no trouble with this Ball club. Those who Deri t won t last Gabby said that because of the double header he did t get a Chance to give the players any real hell just some Light he said about five minutes Worth. But there will be More and stronger later this was a hectic Day for Hart Nett one of Chicago s All time base Ball favourites. Hundreds of Tele Grams poured in from fans All Over the. United states. He did t pass five minutes without posing for pictures. Tonight s Maroon game postponed due to the death of Linos Ebnet unconscious until the time of his death after being hit on the head by a pitched Ball in a game with grand Forks saturday night tonight s scheduled contest Between the maroons and Duluth Dukes has been postponed. Dukes will meet maroons twice saturday. Maroons and Wausau Lumberjacks were unable to com plete their two game series thursday night when rain made grounds unplayable. National league Pittsburgh 50 new York 51 33 Chicago 46 37 Cincinnati 44 36 Brooklyn 38 44 Boston 35 41 St. Louis 33 46 Philadelphia 23 54 american league new York Boston. 46 Washington 45 Chicago. 33 Philadelphia 29 St. Louis. 23 29 28 31 40 38 46 Peggy Donnelly scores Hole in one miss Peggy Donnelly scored Hole in one in the Winnipeg Canoe club s 13i fourth thurs Day afternoon. The shot is i High one Over a High approach Sand trap to the rising Green. Playing with miss Donnelly were misses Jean Smallcombe and Frances Franklin. Bay . Scotch whisky h b c tills advertisement is not inserted by government liquor control commission. The commission is not responsible for made As to Quality of products advertised. International league Newark. 62 30 Buffalo 50 39 Rochester. 50 41 Syracuse. 45 43 Montreal. 39 49 Jersey City. 40 51 Toronto. 38 52 Baltimore. 35 53 american association Kansas City 50 36 St. Paul 51 37 Minneapolis. 51 39 Indianapolis 48 39 Milwaukee. 47 43 Toledo 43 48 Columbus. 34 53. Louisville. 30 59 .663 .607 .554 .550 .463 .461 .413 .299 .636 .632 .597 .529 .465 .452 .387 .299 .674 .562 .549 .511 .443 .440 .422 .398 .581 .580 .567 .552 .528 .473 .391 .337 results Northern Wausau at Winnipeg Superior Crookston postponed wet grounds. National new York 000 001 St. Louis 000 100 Hubbell and Mancuso Henshaw my gee Macon and Owen. Philadelphia.000 000 12 3 pittsburgh.000 101 9 0 Passeau. Smith and Davis to bin Brown and Todd. T 3 Chicago.001 130 10 1 Brooklyn 5 0 Chicago 2 1 Hamlin and Shea Boot and o Dea. R. American Detroit Oil 000 8 0 Washington.000 000 9 3 Eisenstat Coffman and Lork. Tebbetts Weaver Jleonard. And b. Ter Rell. International 001 001 i 1 Syracuse. 3 3 ral Rensberger and Narron Miner and Moore. 7 2 3 3 Beninger Matuzak and grouse Olson and Riber. Jersey City .000 23 1 Buffalo .000 00 0 153 Joiner and Padden Ami Phillips. Newark .100 001 b 0 6 3 Russo and Kosar Jorgens smythe and kiss. Newark. Montreal. Haley Page 100 070 13 0 400 110 11 j _ Bonham and Rosar Heintzelman Wetherell smythe and of v association Indianapolis 0 5 1 Milwaukee 4 10-0 Page and Baker Wyatt and Becker Columbus 1-60 St. Paul 3 7 3. Andrews and Byba Erasier and Silvestri Toledo 280 Minneapolis 3 11 2 Bujalski. Harris and Linton Wagner and Jennings. I duis Ville 000 001 b 2 Kansas City 000 000 4 2 Flowers and Ringhofer Piechota and Breeze Louisville 010 101 100 8 2 Kansas City. 1 Washburn managers pay tribute to skeets Ebnet grand Forks n.d., july .22. A Clawson grand Forks Northern league hurler whose pitched Ball struck and fatally injured Linus Ebnet of the Winnipeg team saturday was saddened and shocked thursday night when he Learned of the death. Young infielder s it was entirely an Accident and he said. There were two balls called on skeets at the time and my Only thought on the third pitch was to get the Ball Over the it broke inside and Ebnet ducked into Johnny Mostil and Fred dutch Dorman managers of the grand Forks and Duluth teams playing Here both paid tribute to Ebnet As a hustling Young Ball player. He was a gentleman both on and off the Mostil said. Both teams and fans stood at at Tention in silent tribute to Ebnet during the game Here thursday night. Ebnet. Had played in the Northern league since it was started five years ago first coming to the grand Forks team at the age of 16 and winning the regular second base position. After two years at grand Forks he was traded to Crookston and the next year to Winnipeg. Senior ladies after golfing honors the annual seniors championship sponsored by the Manitoba Branch of the Cana Dian ladies Golf Union will be played at St. Charles coun try club on aug. 3. Entries will close at 6 . On saturday. July 30. Winnipeg maroons dropped another game wednesday evening but the Small Crowt Eft the Park chattering Over the Gallant fight they had made to overcome the Wausau Lead. It was he kind of Ball game which tickles he palate of the real fan. As Skeeter Ebnet Lay battling for his Ife in Hospital Gaylen Shupe filled n for him at second base but Shupe a Pitcher not an infielder Anc Here was a Hole around the key tone station which the lumbermen ook advantage of. Hughie Gus arson s batting and Wally Gilbert s strategy were particularly pleasing among the. Spectators was Bil Essicks new York Yankee scout who discovered Many of the stars at present in the Yankee lineup including Dimaggio Gomez Anc ordon. 0 n Green Bay packers have in creased the accommodation of their professional football stands to population of the City is Only 18.000. Tever late which was about the Best of the hurdles at the recent race meet in Winnipeg s. Now at Montreal and Here is what Baz o Meara writes about him jumping races As a Rule Are nol betting races because the pubic thinks the sport is pretty in Ertain and they would rather watch it than bet on it. Not so Hough in the saturday race. They vent after never late As though in were Money in. The Bank. It was surprising that he paid off at he broke the track record twice within a week and he carried 160 sounds. Like a Feather. It is not often in Canada we get jumpers urging that kind of a package but it West never late handled 170 and won. W he May be Good enough to go to Saratoga and make his pres ence Felt around there. He is a Westerner by til Fca out of Lii Ette Mack and he seems a Cut above the average. There is no thing around Here that can touch him at least among those who have shown to Date and the next time he goes to the Post he will have to carry a bigger Burden. In the meantime he is a horse Worth watching in this la Cuming sport of Steeple a broken thumb could t keep Iron Man Lou Gehrig Yankee first baseman from laying in his consecutive ame tuesday against the Cleve and indians. Gehrig s thumb was fractured when he took a throw rom Pitcher Spurgeon Chandler in unday s game with Detroit but the extent of the injury was not Dis overed until a rays were taken late that night. Gehrig will Wear a cast on the thumb Between games. Meanwhile the yanks have babe Dahlgren ready to step a when Ever Gehrig feels he needs Relief but he will be the last Man to admit it. Moosomin badgers with whom Halloran former Maroon has been doing Good Mound work disband this week. They have been undefeated since get Ting their full strength. A rub Ber game with Broadview buffaloes is billed for Moosomin Friday evening. John Henry Lewis the Light heavyweight Champion takes on Tony Galento the much publicized publican next tuesday night. John Henry is not Overly talkative but the prominence Given his opponent has stirred him to say let Tony have his fun now. I la have mine next tuesday night. I can beat any fighter in the world today. Joe Louis included. Tony outweighs me More than 20 pounds but he s Small he. Has Short arms. I be seen his stuff in the ring and i know what to do about it. Gal Ento must have something to get where he s got otherwise How could be Knock out All those Fellows he s met no i Don t under rate Tony but boiled Down he s just another Manitoba s golfing contingent left Over Canadian National lines wednesday evening for London ont., where Over the course of the Hunt club next week they will Endeavor to win the Willingdon cup the senior and Junior championships of Canada. Left to right Foster Woolley Herb Pickard Allan Anderson non playing Howard Bennett Junior Allan Boes and Ernie Palmer Manitoba Lewis to come team with Pryor in Lawn Tennis tide play members of the committee a charge of the forthcoming Manitoba Lawn Tennis championships to be held on the courts of the Winnipeg Lawn Tennis club july 23 to 30, Are wearing Broad smiles these Days. After some doubt As to actual out Side entry that might be received it is now definitely known that Morey Lewis will be on hand to defend his championship and in addition George Pryor last year s finalist and co Holder with. Lewis of the doubles title will participate. These two boys will again play doubles together. They reached the doubles final of the National intercollegiate tournament at Phila Delphia two weeks ago. Marvin Wachman s entry is also assured. He will partner Meton Ike Reuhl in the doubles event these two High powered teams will undoubtedly be favourites to reach the final round but other Strong such As Gordon Rob Inson and Stafford of Niagara Falls and Cuthbert Hopper and Marshall Smith who Are joining forces again for this tournament should provide Lively Competition. Entries have also been received from Don Napier and Jim Ferguson of St. Howard Johnson of Kamsack Frank Murphy of fort William and it is expected that four or five will come from. Moose jaw from this it will be seen that the tournament will be most representative and it is hoped that entries from greater Winnipeg will swell the entry list to record proportions. It is doubtful if the Mckrush Brothers will be playing in the tournament this year. These two Fine players will be greatly missed. Another outstanding Absentee will be1 mrs. Gordon , whose Long list of successes on Manitoba courts would make Iez a favorite to repeat Transcona and Selkirk at Wesley 3 other games Transcona and Selkirk will meet in the greater Winnipeg senior baseball league Down town attraction at Wesley Park in a game slated to Start at 6.15. The trans Conan Are definitely hot on the Trail of Norwood league leaders who will be at Home to Morse. Place. Selkirk has shown considerable improvement in recent games. In St. Boniface the native sons will be hosts to Harvey s bees. The fourth game Wil be at . With St. James oilers the opposition. In the this year. She has been playing very Little and has decided not to enter. The ladies events Are there fore thrown wide open and such Fine performers As Aase Bratvold Janet Rossini and Margaret Adams have equal opportunities of walk ing off with the coveted title. Everything Points to one of the largest Junior entries on record and no Effort is being spared to encourage the youngsters. All Junior entrants will receive a pass for the week s play while in the senior events two entries will be Neces sary before receiving a pass. Or c. Og0v.ie Wood has been appointed honorary referee and under his watchful Eye the tournament should proceed through to its conclusion without a hitch. Latest sprint sensation c. A. Armstrong when Cleveland traded mar Cellus Monte Pearson right handed Pitcher for John Thomas Allen right handed Pitcher dec. 11, 1935, Many Cleveland fans pulled their chairs up closer to the Home fires and Shook their Heads saying hmm not so it was t that. Allen was a poor Pitcher. And it was t that Pearson was such a Home town favorite. It was a matter of temperament and Cleveland fans argued temperament of the kind Allen possessed did t mix in Well with pitching. Now two and a half years later Cleve land fans push their chairs away from the Home fires and move nearer the refrigerator and say Over and Over again boy was that a for John Thomas Allen once a clerk in a North Carolina hotel now is the Best right handed Pitcher in the major leagues and possessor of the highest wins and loss average among hurlers of All time Johnny called chisel Chin by Ramt because of Bis prominent jaw has come a Long Way since he played Ball on sundays Down in North Carolina. Leveland fans have taken the Tough temperamental right hander to their hearts As they took Bob Feller the boy. Wonder of the pitching Box. And this despite Johnny s occasional outbursts on and off the Field which have drawn him fines suspensions and Best of All publicity and its closely Allied Gate Power. Last year Johnny pitched the greatest Ball of his career. And in . He won. ,15 straight games while losing one he set an All time record with a percentage of .938., today Allen is on his Way to More records. After dropping his first game to Buck Newsom and the St. Louis Browns Johnny went on to record 12 straight victories. In his try. For his thirteenth attempt july again against Newsom and , he was wild and had to 3e removed but was not charged with a defeat because the indians came through with a Victory. Born in Lenoir . Sept. 30, in All a youngster. Baseball was to his liking and he pitched on sundays. His pitching attracted attention and he soon was hurling in the East Carolina Piedmont and South Atlantic leagues. Johnny works slowly on the i Mound. He has a Side Arm throw with plenty of Speed on t he has been accused of using he spitball but no Umpire Ever Lound the charge to be True. He has Een Lucky several times this sea son although generally he is a nine nning Pitcher. The Cleveland Ace s a right handed Batter. He slashes at the. Ball with a terrific Cut. He gets More than the usual number of hits for a Pitcher and he likes nothing better than to break up he Ball game with his own hits. Johnny is 33 years old stands one half Inch under six and weighs 82 pounds. He is married and has a four year old son Johnny Allen it. The aliens spend their Winters at St. Petersburg Fla. 4 in his first season with the tribe 1936, Johnny joined the select. List of 20-game winners by winning twice Many As the 10 he lost. Last year Johnny ran into a Streak of bad Luck in Boston in june when an ailing appendix sent him to the operating room and a Hospital bed for eight weeks. And yet despite this set Back Johnny went but and won 15 straight Ball games finally being beaten oct. 3 in Detroit the last Day of the sea son by a 1 to 0 score in a five hit appearance. Frank Hannibal Winner of the fat Man s race at the picnic grand Beach wednesday. Frank is one of the greatest workers in the cause of the Blue bombers. He was president through some of the most difficult years and is now chairman of the finance committee and president of the Western conference. Whither Conacher rumours have it Detroit by maroons babe likes by Alan Randal Canadian press staff writer new York july 22. Future of hockey s big bomber May be settled next week Charlie Conacher on the sidelines for one season due to illness is _ reported headed for Detroit to Confer with red Wing Bosses Connie is in Ottawa at present would it be in connection with rumours the maroons will play some of their Home games in the Canadian capital this Winter the mint readers Are understood to be in the Hunt for the bomber s services. It s a Long time since babe Ruth was an Active player but now he is with Brooklyn the kids scramble once More for his autograph he thinks the Road. Trips Are swell the babe s legs no longer Are Good for running1 but he figures his batting Eye As Sharp As Ever one thing George Herman relishes along with baseball and Golf is breakfast at that. The babe is but in All likelihood it s merely the years creeping up on him and riot the dodgers because Brooklyn is flying High for Brooklyn these Days hats off to laughing Larry Mac Phail who has strengthened the personnel and old boiling Boily Grimes Given the tools to work with Boily looks like a right smart Guy for Brooklyn to hang on to. Meantime Macphail is looking for More dodger recruits and. Hat Bush feels the promised land of the first division is not far Oft Johnny Vander Meer s Cincinnati team mates rate him the fastest Pitcher afoot in the National league tie that to the. Fast Bau that brought him two no hitters this season and you really have some thing lefty Grove takes a Nap on the rubbing table before pitch ing for Boston from that Point on though the old master is any thing but napping. From out Cleveland Way comes mutterings at the handling of Bob Feller no longer the Speedball sensation he relies on curves etc., like any run of the Mill Flinger the curves Are hot stuff but some Cleveland fans would like to see the indians Papoose return to his natural Way of Mem past still there Are Many More fans Well satisfied with the injun arid rightly so. Free press District Golf finals july 27 finals of the districts Rolf tournament Are. Slated for next wednesday at the Assiniboine club. Winning District represent Ion will enter teams of four players and the Winner of the team aggregate score for 36 holes will take Possession of the free press trophy now held8by the Kenora club Selkirk will be represented by 2rutchy Morrison hugh1 and Ian Fairfield and George Woods. Emer son will two Mackenzie i Cenneth and Ian Tommy Spear my Douglas Wallace. The Pine Falls team. Is. A a. Higginson j. C. Irvine f. Brown and s. Kable. Larry Johnson Strome have won places on the Kenora team with three others to Lay off for the other two. Places. Eams Are expected from Souris Tony Mountain Morden Gladstone and Hamiota and it is possible that flin flon will be represented. If the Northern golfers enter it will be the first try for the mining town. Minnedosa and Neepawa were led in their primary match. The Winner of the replay will represent he District. The Kenora club with its previous Good record will be favored to re Jeat. The aggregate score f the Kenora team Wais 707. Emer on with the same team As entered his year were Only seven Points Back with 714, and the Selkirk team was close up. Scoring in primary matches during the season has been food and at least half of the clubs in the tournament will have a Good Hance to take honors. Entries close and the draw will e made next monday. Fargo a Balkh playing at Fargo Little bc4 Valley Diamond Lnu champions will be aft stadium tonight for Mit. A three game exhibiting t against the Stan Evait the Winnipeg senior previous to the Ramblers and St Fetics meet in a Peg senior girls fixture that will o clock. The Fargo sub will continue on Savarin i games at 2.36 and 8 for tonight s the visitors the Stan pm team will be strengthened. H stars from other senior league. The girls game which i cedes the exhibition particular interest Tot must defeat the a s in the running for v position. -h-.h. Edmonton july for Best dog in the boat Oneatie group at the Edmonton thursday went to r Patsy entered by Begina. 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