The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, May 5, 1933, Page 8

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, FRIDAY, MAY 5, 1932 anal Si Johnson and Lefty Gomez Come Within Shade of Perfect Games RAD PITCHER FACES BUT 27 SWATSNEN | GIVING ONE BINGLE Yank Hurler Blows Up in Ninth to Give Detroit Tigers Two Safe Wallops ! FOUR CLUBS IN VIRTUAL TIE { Cards, Braves, Reds and Dodg-| ers Are Knotted Behind | 1 Bucs, Giants | (By the Associated Press) { A good many major league mounds- | men have seen the shadow of their | Perpetual goal—a non-hit, no-run! game—this season but none has quite reached it. Two more nearly made the grade ‘Thursday when Silas Johnson of the Cincinnati Reds missed a perfect game by the margin of one single in beat- ing the Boston Braves 4-0 and Vernon Gomez, the New Yi Yankees’ left- hander, gave up o ro hits in a 5-2 vietory over De it. | The game Gomez pitched was a real | heart-breaker. For cight innings he By HUGH S. FULLERTON, JR. | \ ' Tefused to grant a single blow or to DUR PRERAEMRRERNNEETE ET | couple of notches in the scrambled Sn TN Sos Jet a Tiger runner get past second! base even though he walked scven.; Then Charley Gehringer, Detroit j Second-baseman, met his first pitch | in the ninth squarely on the nose and drove it into the right field bleach- ers for a home run. Gerald Walker then clouted a double and scored on an infield out after Gomez had un- corked a wild pitch that sent him to} third. | Johnson didn't suffer so rude a! blow. Wally Berger nicked him for a} single in the second inning and was | Promptly thrown out trying to steal! second. From then on, Johnson gave} neither a hit nor a walk, facing only 27 batsmen in all. - | Standings Scrambled ‘The victory boosted the Reds up a| National League standing, which found four clubs locked in a virtual tie behind the pace-setting Pittsburgh | Pirates and New York Giants. The! Reds went into a fiith place tie with: the Brooklyn Dodgers, who took a{ 2-1 tie-inning defeat at Pittsburgh's hands. A few points ahead of Cincinnati! and Brooklyn, the St. Louis Cardin-| nals gained a tie for third with Bos-| ton by putting on a five-run rally against John Berly in the fifth to defeat the Phillies 5-2 {ask for: Hitting and run-making at The Giants shattered a three-game! dosing streak by winning both games of a doubleheader from Chicago, 2-1 and 5-4 as big Fred Fitzsimmons pitched steadily in the opener and the Cubs “blew” the second game with] four errors. The Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox, running in tandem, moved! Passing the Washington Senators.; Cleveland gave away four runs to Washington in the first inning then! came from behind to win out in the ninth, 6-5. The pale hose got two unearned runs off Merritt (Sugar) Cain in the first inning and proceed- ed to make them good for a 2-1 vic-{ LADYSMAN CONTINUES FAVORITE TO WIN KENTUCKY DERBY By Ahern OUR BOARDING HOUSE WHAT BYUH THINK L WAS BLOWIN’ 7 THAT WHISTLE FOR~JES GIVIN' A % BIRD IMITATION, OR DID YOU THINK “X I WAS A PEANUT STAND 2 MAYBE YOU PAY AN AMUSEMENT TAX ON THIS SHOOTING GALLERY, BUT THAT DOESNT: INCLUDE LETTIN’ YoU JUMP SIGNALS / CMON, BACK TH’ CRASH UP TO TH’ JOVE, OFFICER-IM SUST OVER FROM ENGLAND AND IM ABIT CONFUSED | | WITH THE SIGNALS Y KNOW) | EVER BEEN To ENGLAND? | NO SWELL + OVER, i THERE TRAFFIC SIGNALS ARE JUST THE OPPOSITE TO HERE-YES-~UM-M- | COLORFUL CROWDS — ‘AT LOUISVILLE T0 WATCH HOSS’ RACE) |W. R. Coe’s Juvenile Star of, Semi: opening games Thursday and the ‘class ball this summer. game. Haas’ team one single, by Gene Cor- |g hiee: r ry 4 up to second in the American League, Pett of St. Paul, and a three-base ! Fi ights Last Night | ee eee Pittsburgh— 00 CORNER, AN’ WELL GO THRU SOME SIGNAL PRACTICE / FF R ee peel | Careers ED MEANS TO Go- UmMp. KAFR ENGLISH CUSTOM CROOKSTON, BRAINERD AND GRAND FORKS WIN OPENERS ! Heavy Hitting, Tight Pitching |clout by John Rosette, catcher who y eB Ne ching had a tryout with Toledo two years and Squeeze Play Mark ago. Initial Games Pitcher Stratton of Crookston al- |the Minnesota team garnered only seven singles off the delivery of Braga in their 11-inning tilt. Danny Boone, manager of the Crookston team, was instrumental in his team’s victory, scoring the first run and laying down more than 3,000 fans went home sat-|% Perfect bunt for a squeeze play in the 11th inning. isfied they would see plenty of high Johnny Anderson, former Chicago Player and manager of the East Grand Forks team, scored four hits tae in the victory over Eau Claire, while Eau Claire, where East Grand Forks | 2 won 11-4, a two-hit game featuying | hicvolom firsi-baseman, | counted Brainerd’s 4-3 triumph over Winni- | ji and Nich Bi om peg, and a squeeze play to give ayers cl ae @ pair of doubles. Crookston a 2-1 victory over Superior. | aay out eit ieee Be Se ee Saturday and Sunday, with the same the first hurler to turn in a two-hit sein in the He allowed Manager Bruno | Paltings as fe opening contests: St. Paul, May 5.—()}—Despite the vintry blasts that swept across playing fields, Northern League base- ball teams flashed brilliant play in The fans had everything they could o H | | 0 000 O10 1-2 8 0! (By The Associated Press) Brooklyn— | Savannah, Ga—Ray Kiser, Tulsa, eo tnningsy | © «9 | Okla. outpointed Frankie Bojorski, Meine and Finney; Clark and Lo- |New York, (10); Spike Webb, Char- pez, Sukeforth, Picinich. |lotte, N. C., stopped Snooks Kiser, lowed Superior only six hits while; tory over the Philadelphia Athletics fs Sad Jones pitched five-nit ball Caras Mallen Phitis) weather at St. Louis kept the! st, Louis.. 050 000— 5 2 Browns and the Boston Red Sox in- Stuadeinhia coo 101 $00 2 26 0 active. : Mooney and Wilson; Berly, Elliott, Score by innings: Liska and Davis. NATIONAL LEAGUE Johnson Blanks Braves AMERICAN LEAGUE | RHE Lefty G Is Hot Cincinnati. 100 001 O11—4 12 0 Canines a | Boston .... 000 000 000-0 1 0:New York. 000 201 011-5 8 0 Johnson and Hemsley; Mangum and} Detroit ... 000 000 002-2 2 0 i Gomez and Dickey; Bridges, Sor- | —_—_— rell and Desautels, Hayworth. | Giants Beat Cubs Twice First Game Indians Rally To Win { HE R 4 R HE. Chicago .. 100 000 000-1 8 2! Washington 400 000 100-5 9 1) New York. 000 011 O0x—-2 6 Cléveland.. 001 003 101—6 11 3/ ‘Tinning, Richmond and Hartnett;| Crowder, Thomas and Sewell, Berg; mons and Mancuso. | Harder and Spencer. Second Game 2 RH E! Jones Tames Athleti Chicago .. 003 001 000-4 6 4 “i aes HE New York. 002 102 00x—5 8 2/Philadelphiadl0 000 000—1 5 2 Bush, Nelson and Hartnett; Parme- | Chicago -+- 200 000 00x—2 6 0 lee, Hubbell and Mancuso. Cain, Freitas and Cochrane; Jones {and Grube Bucs Nose Out Robins | R H_ E. Boston-St. Louis, postponed, cold | Tulsa, (3). LaCrosse, Wis.—Dick Demaray, Ab- erdeen, 8S. D., outpointed Curtis Brown, Milwaukee, (6); Eddie Black, Milwaukee, stopped Herbie Thompson, New London, Wis., (3). HE quake ARIZONA was the last state San Francisco earth- occurred IN 1906, admitted to the American Union, Sketeh shows a LYRE, | OUT OUR WAY By Williams || "i, 7 IJ THEM ALLEN Kids | / DONT HAVE To Go IM\'/ TO BED BEFORE DARK, me} | AN' THEY LOOK Goop ST] AN HEALTHY — AS HEALTHY WoRN \S FAT, EVEN! LooKM! THER PLAYIN’ FON, {NSHEEP, RUN. ni WELL THEY'LL BE BEFORE THER “TIME. C'MON, GiT IND BED { AN’ Quit MAKIN’, OS Fey MISERABLE WITH” Re [AS US! WHY THAT Burt | WHUT THER Hii ovuT of MEN |! Dow, l ran. spat ovr. GORN THIRTY =_s SOON, 7 SRWILLIAMS| 0.1033 BY MEA SERVICE, INC. S55 Straight Tilt Brewers Have Not Yet Lost At Home; Minneapolis and St. Paul Beaten Chicago, May 5.—()—Investigation of the unofficial batting averages fails to bark up suspicions that the American Association chiefs quietly Slipped in a deader baseball for the ; willow wielders to swing at this sea- json. | Kansas City had a team batting av- erage of .319 on May 4, 1932. Friday. | lits average was .238, a difference of 181 points. Columbus had slumped 43 points, Milwaukee 47 and Minneapolis jonly thtee. On the gain side of the ledger were St. Paul with 47 added, Toledo 36, Indianapolis 20 and Louis- ville, which sowed a team batting gain ‘of eight points. Milwaukee, still unbeaten at home. increased its lead in the pennant fight to two full games over Columbus Thursday by defeating Toledo, 5 to 4 in a 10-Inning thriller, which ended when Catcher Detore commtited an error and two Brewers scored. Crip Polli won his fourth straight game and set a new league record in pitch- ers’ fielding chances for a nine in- ning contest. Polli had 11 assists in nine innings, breaking the four-year- old record of nine assists and one put- Jout made by Bill Burwell of Indian- apolis. Five-hit pitching by Bob Logan and j 15 hits off Jess Petty and Harry Hols- claw gave Indianapoils an 8 to 4 vic- tory over Minneapolis. Willis Nor- man’s hitting gave Louisvile a 3 to 2 triumph over St. Paul in 11 innings Columbus and Kansas City were rained out. Scores by innings: Indians Crush Millers RHE Indianapolis 020 240 000—8 15 2 Minneapolis 120 000 O1—4 5 2 Logan and Riddle; Petty, Holsclaw, Hensick and Glenn. Colonels Win In aie Louisville— | 000 000 002 01-3 11 {St. Paul— | 000 000 200 00O—2 10 0 (1 innings) McLean, Bass, McKain and Thomp- son; Harriss, Thomas and Fenner. Brewes Cop Another, E 002 010 000 1-4 12 3 | Toledo. . |Milwaukee— - | 000 120 000 2-5 10 2 | Lawson and Detore; Polli and | Young. Columbus-Kansas City, postponed, j rain, ¢—__-— _—— Major Leaders | (BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) | (Including Thursday’s Games) | NATIONAL LEAGUE Batting — Frederick, Dodgers, .405; Traynor, Pirates, .373. Hits—Traynor, Pirates, 25; Fullis, Phillies, 23 Home runs—Berger, Braves, 5; Bot- ‘tomley, Reds, and Hartnett, Cubs, 3. Pitching—Fitzsimmons, Giants, |Meine, Pirates, and Carleton, Cardi- inals, 3-0. { AMERICAN LEAGUE Batting — Schulte, Senators, West, Browns, .388. | Hits—West, Browns, 31; Porter, In- |dians, and Schulte, Senators, 25. 410; uth, Yankees. 5. Pitching—Hildebrand. Indians, 4-0; Brennan and Van Atta, Yankees, Fischer, Tigers, and Jones, White Sox, 12-0. | Rajah Makes Great | Comeback Attempt | | | 0 Ta ae a Ee ra a New York, May 5.—(#)—Grim and. tight-lipped Rogers Horns- by, the old “Rajah” of the Cards, the Cubs, the Giants, the Braves and now the Cards again, is mak- ing a desperate effort to conquer the years:in # comeback as an or- dinary ball player, one of a team of nine. The men of the Cardinals from Manager Gabby Street down to the bat boy tell you the square- jawed 37-year-old Missourian will make it. All Hornsby asks for himself is the chance to play |. Where he once managed a world champion, and to be let alone. 1932 Is Quoted At Odds ! From 2-1 to 3-1 Train, Automobile, Airplane and Foot Serve to Pack i Churchill Downs Loulsville, Ky. May 5.—(—The thoroughbred horseflesh that parades to the vost at Churchill Downs Satur day afternoon in the 59th running of the Kentucky Derby possesses reai equine beauty and color, unusual rac- ing courage and intersectional class— in fact all the essentials to the kind of “hoss race” that sends the pulse soaring, plus the paradox of a public favorite not expected by many observ- ers to finish inside the money. Thousands of turf followers were moving into the Bluegrass Friday from all parts of the country, to join the “hard boots” in a brave attempt to chase the turf blues away. They arrived by train and motor. by airplane and on foot. to find W. R. Coe's Ladysman, juvenile star of 1932 and winter book Derby favorite, cling- ing precariously to the position of “the horse to beat.” at odds that shift- jed from 2 to 1 to3 tot CLASSIC IN 59TH RENEWAL; 1 A Tight Fini staged in Philadelphia. The above other boys, h in Hurdles — Pe ~~ a The judges had # tough time picking the winner of the second semi-final heat of the 120-yard high hurdles at the Penn Relays, Dhoto shows the close finish, with the winner, (. 8. Lockwood of Yale, just a few toes ahead of the Crandings (By The Associated Press) w L Pet. Pittsburgh 12, 4 750 New York 10, 5 667 Boston 8 9 ATL St. Loui e114 ATL Brooklyn . iB a6T Cincinnati 7 8 467 7 9 438 6 12 333 E L_ Pet. New York 12 5 106 Chicago ot 7 BIL Cleveland i 7 611 Washington. 10 7 588 Detroit ...... 9 9 500 Philadelphia . 6 iL 353 St. Louis 7 13 350 Boston . 5 12 294 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION we L Pet, Milwaukee . - 10 5 667 Columbus . 9 8 529 Minneapolis 8 8 500 Louisville ... 9 9 ~ 500 Indianapolis 8 8 500 Toledo ... 8 9 All Kansas City gee 450 St. Paul . 7 ll 388 NORTHERN LEAGUE W tL Pet. Crookston ...... ce | 0 1,000 East Grand Forks.... 1 0 1.000 Brainerd . » 1 0 1.000 Superior . o 1 000 Winnipeg 0 1 000 Eau Claire . o 1 000 Moorhead-Fargo 0 0 .000 GOLF =———=By ART KRENZ = 0 GENE SAYS PRO EARNINGS ARE EXAGGERATED Big money in golf is gone, says Gene Sarazen in a signed article in the first issues of “Golfing,” a maga- zine that makes its debut this month. The earning pow- er of the golf pro- fessional, even the top notcher, is sromly exaggerat- ed. An over-ambi- when he announc- ed that Gene ex- pected $250,000 within the a pro near that amount © racen, during a lifetime, Sarazen declares. eee ; Johnny Farrell made $50,000 clear | in cash after winning the national open|Alma and Ina Kangas, Mayme Ho- ‘of winning both open titles. figure, says Gene. more than Hagen. Home runs—Gehrig, Yankees, 7;/View of the energy and practice he i devotes to his trade. Sarazen. ‘a determined mind to carry on.” coming up Sarazen says, some other business.” f Alta By CARL SCHATZ Alta store Monday. evening. Scheafer. _| Wednesday afternoon. Diede and son Wayne, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Adams, Thafield and David Schatz and Weisly Gaub. Eddie Scheafer called at the George MacClester home Monday. Donald Schaffer. and Mrs. Joe Diede and son Wayne were Pickard- ville callers Tuesday afternoon. Alvin Brockett and Ralph Anderson called on Nels Peterson Tuesday. George Hecker called at the Bessie Brackett home Wednesday afternoon. John Stroh motored to McClusky on business Wednesday afternoon. Millerd Coombs and son Chad were Pickardville callers Tuesday after- noon. ' John Fisher called on Hank Schatz! i Mrs. Jack Coombs left Sunday for Sykeston where she will spend a f-w weeks visiting her parents and rela- tives. John Blotter motored to McClusky ‘Tuesday evening. Mrs, Elmer Qually visited with Mrs. Henry Schaffer Tuesday afternoon. Donald Schaffer called on Noel Ness Tuesday forenoon. Alvin Brackett and Wayne Herring- ton were Alta shoppers Thursday af- ternoon. ; Ted Houchhalter was a Regan caller on Thursday. Jake Diede called at the Lewis! Jorgenson home Tuesday evening. Herman Scheafer transacted busi- ; hess in McClusky Thursday afternoon. Chas. Larson visited at the Joe} Diede home Thursday evening. | John Stroh called on Chas. Larson George and Leonard Kavonius and Walter Ojanen. A farewell party was given Sunday evening, at Mable Maki’s school, for Lawrie Pihlaja and Arvo Koski, who will leave for Fort Lincoln Monday to Join the forest army. Mrs, Gene Cunningham and son Morrison, Ed Lundquist and Seth Harju were brief callers at Gylden’s Wednesday evening. Gust Eckholm and son Severie were business callers at Inget’s Monday evening. Miss Josie Olson, who has been em- SIDE GLANCES - tious mana ger} stirred Gene's ire; to make|Walfred Antilla and Walter Waiste next two years. It is impossible for to make in 1928, more than Sarazen made out Outside of Hagen, no pro has approached this ‘Sarazen goes on to say that if Bobby|Henry Bates and Dan Wahlman. i {Jones had been a_ professional he wouldn’t have made one-fourth the ‘amount he has made. Jones has made| Sunday. | Gene pleads for more thought and consideration for the professional, in| Mothers’ Day program met at Wm.! | “The road of a golf champion is both a long and weary one,” says “It takes a stout heart and As advice to young professionals “Unless a ro can play and teach the game in- telligently he might as well get into | -————_————_* Alvin Brackett was a caller at the Edmond and Sarah Schatz visited at the Gottlib Schatz home Monday Mrs. Andrew Houchalter of Still spent Sunday and Monday at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Eddie Those who were Alta shoppers on/Einard Hannus and children, Phoebe Saturday were: Noel Ness, Mrs. Joe 1 Friday afternoon. Alvin Brackett and Wayne Herring- ton were McClusky callers on Friday. Mrs. Eddie Scheafer called at the Alta store Friday afternoon. Ben Schatz of McClusky is spend- ing a few days visiting at the John Stroh home. . Caroline Brackett, who is attending high school at McClusky, spent the | week-end at her home here, ; . Jerald Jones motored to Bismarck Saturday afternoon. Albert Gaub spent Saturday at the Brockett home. Mr. and Mrs. L. Adams visited at the Joe Diede home Saturday. John and Rudolph Schaffer, Regan, visited with their parents Thursday evening.. facia REN eS Bt | Lyman . ° By S. GYLDEN | Severt and Seth Gylden returned | ome Monday from Minneapolis. ; where they had been visiting. Tyne, Sylvia, and Kino Eckholm, “Wave by-by to daddy.” Yanks Open Drive for Davis Trophy Y | Allison, Sutter, Loot and Van Ryn At Mexico City to Battle Southerners | Mexico City, May 5.—(>)—America’s | tennis forces plunged into the annual campaign to regain the Davis Cup | Friday. | Confidently anticipating victory {over Mexico in the three-day series jsiated to open’ Friday afternon, the American squad was looking ahead to later matches, particularly a place in the challenge round against France, holders of the cup since 1927. Although the United States squad j Of Wilmer Allison, Cliff Sutter, George Lott and John Van Ryn ruled a heavy | favorite, Mexico expected to put up {an interesting fight. oo i, Yesterday’s Stars | ee ee { (By The Associated Press) | Tony Piet, Pirates—Drove in first run against Dodgers and singled and | Scored winning tally in 10th. Mel Harder, Indians — Survived ;four-run rally in first to hold Wash- {ington to nine hits and win first vic- tory. Sam Leslie and Blondy Ryan, Giants—Their timely hits drove in j winning runs in double victory over Cubs. | Vernon Gomez, Yankees—Held Tig- jers to two ninth-inning hits for 5-2 victory. . George Watkins, Cardinals—Led at- tack on Phillies with three hits in four times up. Al Simmons, White Sox —Clouted triple in first inning, driving in one tun and scoring another in 2-1 tri- umph over Athletics. Silas Johnson and Chick Hefey, Reds—Former pitched one-hit game against Braves, facing only 27 bats- men; latter clouted homer and two singles. ployed at Eva Turners in Sterling, returned home Sunday. Mr, and Mrs. Oscar Kavonius spent Saturday evening at Walter Ojanen’s Sunday callers at John Gylden’s were: Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Karver, ‘Walter Pihlaja, Daniel Williams, Sev- ert Gylden, Walfred Antilla, and Ben Harju. Emil and Andrew Linska were over- night guests Saturday of Ben, Ralph, and Seth Harjd. - - By George Clark | spent Monday evening at John Gyl-‘ den’s. i Walter Waiste is employed at Gust Eckholm’s at present. | A radio program and dance was jheld at the Finn Hall Saturday eve-| ining. The following people took part) the program: Thelma Thoyre,; jkana, Lydia Lehto, Hilma and Josie | Olson, Mrs. Wm, Wanttaja, Ethel and! Elma Josepheson, Armas Kangas,! Pihlaja, Ervin and Harold Josephson | Mr. and Mrs. John Jarvi were call- | ers at Arne Antilla’s and Gust Lehto’s ! Mrs, John Waiste was a visitor of; Mrs. Gust Eckholm Thursday. | The program committee for the; Wanttaja'’s Sunday. Members of the | committee are Sigrid Josephson, Stella | Maki, Mrs. S. W. Wanttaja, Ervin Jo- | sephson and Arthur Hokana. Other) visitors were Venla and Walter Inget, | Sylvia Eckholm, Hilma and Josie Ol-| son and Armas Kangas. i 8, W. Wanttaja and Edwin Olson! were callers at Arne Antilla’s Sunday) evening. | Ben Harju was a caller at Rudolph | Harju's Friday. | Callers at Gust Eckholm’s Saturday | evening were: Louis Olsons, 8. W. Wanttajas, Emie Linska and Seta Harju. Sergie Gylden spent the week-end with Clifford Josephson. Miss Mabel Maki spent the week- end at her home here. Sigurd Dronen was a caller at John Gylden’s, Gust Eckholm’s and Inget’s ‘Sunday. Callers at Seth Gylden’s Sunday were: Mr. and Mrs. Dave Josephson and son Clifford, Sergie Gylden, Mrs. Fern and Buddy, Francis maoiat | iS CURIOUS WORLD FROM REPTILIAN ANCESTORS, ANO THE CROCODILE 1S TH! NEAREST RELATIVE AMONG PRESENT-Oay REPTLES/ = S-*