The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 16, 1926, Page 3

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1926. MAJOR LEAGUE / MARKET CLOSES UNTIL AUGUST FEW DEALS PUT THROUGH QUALIFYING PLAY FOR OPEN PROMOTER DURING MEAN- | IN CONNECTION WITH) ACQUISITION OF NEW PLAY.| ERS i (My Ansociated Prens) NEW YORK, 16.—The major league market is closed un til August 31. In were made public but June the last rush 2 few deals| the major transaction did not come from the It other New York Giants. engi that | s become a part of eball was neered by none than veteran who | Philadelphia Connie Mack. Mack’s first move was to tain Bill (Baby Doll) Jacobson, | from the St. Louis Browns, for Edmund (Bing) Miller, both play- ers being outfielders. Then ehifted Jacobsor d Pitcher E Harris and F 3 . hander and sotthpaw, respective- jy, for Pitcher Howard Ehmke, of | Boston, formerly of the Detroit} mound staff. At the time, the York Yankees gained the services of a much desired left handed pinch hitter in Roy Carlyle through waiver from Boston | Manager McGraw of the Giants, announced the signing of the col-| lege pitcher, Al Smith, and the} college outfielder, both from Villa James Doyle, from St. Xavier college, Cincinnati, also reported| to the Giants. i The previous day McGraw ex-| changed outfielder Billy South-} worth for Heinie Mueller, St. Louis Cardinal gardner. Brooklyn has signed Jim Silver, | former Notre Dame catcher and! eaptain, whp used to catch Car-| roll, formerly with Detroit and| now with Toronto, when they were | in preparatory school in Newark, } N. J. | Washington announced the pur-} chase of the Cuban left hander, | Emilio Palmero, from Columbus, | of the American Association, | while Cleveland released pitcher| Ace Weldon to Terre Haute and placed catcher Chick Autrey and| pitcher Carl Ywell, on the retired | list. In parting with Jacobson, the Browns have dropped the second of the men who for seven years constituted one of the greatest of hitting outfielders. Jacobson’s | mates were Johnny Tobin, now| with the Washington Senators, | and Ken Williams, who remains | with the Browns, but is said to be on the way elsewhere. bi benches—| he n New in| BASEBALL YESTERDAY'S RESULTS. | a ra 1 FLORIDA STATE LEAGUE | | ee | Orlando, 6; Tampa | St. Petersbur L | Bradenton, 0.° arasota, 3. Jakeland-Sanford, rain, engo, 4; Washington, ew York, t. Detroit, 7; B Philadelphi | American League | | Louis, 6. Cleveland, 0. | National New York, League ; Cincinnati, St. Louis, Brooklyn, 0. Philadelphia, 8. Chi Pittsburgh-Boston, wet grounds. TODAY'S GAMES American League No games scheduled, National League Pittsburgh at Boston, Cincinnati at New York, mais at Brooklyn. zo at Philadelphia. STANDINGS American League Ww. ew York Chicago Philadelphia Cleveland Washington Detroit St. Louis Boston National League w. 31 Cincinnati Pittsburgh St. Louis Chicago Brooklyn New York Boston Philadelphia | there ob-| s | ideal, "| qaulify in the central section at IN BRITISH GOLF GAMES CHAMPIONSHIP BEGINS TO- DAY WITH MANY IN CON. TEST (Ry Associated reas) LONDON, dune 16.—Qualify- ‘ng play for the British open golf championship began today at Sun- ale and St. Anne At Sunningdale, the southern ection of the qualification tests, were 142 starters, striving for the 49 places allotted to this th championship at St. Annes 123 entered to decide 42 section proper, while ein and Bill Methorn; were the first of the Americans to! tart at Sunningdale. They were followed before noon by Joe Kirk- wood, play:ng a round with Archie Compston, British pro. Bobby Jones, Silas Newton, of New Yor nd George Von Elm, Los An pro., were scheduled to play after lunch, Jones teeing off at the late hour of 4 p. m. Weather conditions at both Sunningdale and . Annes were The Americans seeking to St. Annes are Roland Mackenzie, Watts Gunn and Billy Sixt teurs, and Jim Barnes, ma Walter | Hagen, Cyril Walker, Tommy Ar- mour, Fred McLeod, Al Watrous and Emmett French, pros. tighteen holes are being played and another eghteen to- w at both Sunningdale and St. Annes. In the northern section, to be played at Western Gailes, Seot- land, the entry list is so small that the qualifying round will be com- pleted in a single day. All the Americans are in the southern and central sections. GOLF CONTEST IN MEMPHIS. FIRST ROUND OF MATCH GETS UNDER WAY TODAY (By Axsociaied Prexs) MEMPHIS, June 16.—Two, of the most promising contenders for the southern amateur golf crown met here today in the first round in the 24th annual tournament of the southern golf association. R. E. Spicer, Jr., of Memphis, was paired with Fred Lamprecht, of New Orleans. Spicer tied with Ewing Watkins, of Chattanooga, | for medalist honors yesterday in the qualifying rounds. Lamprecht is national inter-collegiate cham- pion and holder of the Louisiana state title. He turned in a 77 fo: the qualifying round compare¢ w'th 73 for Spicer. Glenn Crisman, title holder, met thone, of Memphis, Watkin Selma, Ala., Charles Caw- and Ewing of Chattanooga, who tied OPOC cor vessrssr~2eeee CALENDAR OF SPORTS RACI Meeting of Queens County Joc- Club, at Aqueduct. Meeting of Kentucky Club, at onia. Meeting of Fa'rmount Club, at Collinsville, Meeting of Montreal Club, at Montreal. Jockey Jockey Driving GOLF Qualifying rewnds of British open championship. Southern amateur championship, at Memphis. Mlinois 8 ship, at Ch M'ssouri pionship, at Women's pionship, at ate amateur champion- ago. ate amateur cham- St. Louis. metropolitan Westchester. cham TENNIS Pacific championship tournam at keley. Missouri Valley championship tournament, at Kansas City. Middle = St championship tournament, at Philadelphia Massachus men’s _ singles championship, at Boston. Coast = It is now possible to bay air tickets in Lendon for 52 European centers, including cities as distant Marseilles, Venice, Stockholm and Moscow. as —— Highest Prices Paid For Second Hand Furniture and Household Goods LITTLE STORE AROUND CORNER 509 WILLIAM ST. MANY STARTERS RICKARD GIVEN NATIONAL LEAGUE MORE TIME BY LINES TIGHTENING COMMISSION’ UP CONSIDERABLY THREE AND HALF GAMES SEPARATE THREE OF CLUBS IN SERIES ONE TIME WILL PRESENT VIEWS IN HEAVYWEIGHT ACTIVI- TIES PLAYING (ty Associated Press) NEW YORK, June 16—Another week has been given Tex Rickard by the New York State Athletic mission to present his of the heavyweight pugilistic situ- (By Associnied ASSOCIATED PF QUARTERS, June «15. the National League have jdrawn much tighter in the last 24) hours and today three and one-half games separate the Cin- cinnati Reds in first position and 'the New York Giants and Brook-| \lyn Dodgers, tied for sixth. | While sec Pittsburgh ' : é * *° was rained out in Boston 3 | face Jack Delaney at Ebbests Field | gay, the Giants took their third a month hence, undoubtedly is the straight contest from the leaders, | ouistanding faetor in the @hg situation, for Delaney is a man Press) HEAD- Lings in been views only acion, and a very busy champion in the light hes ht division has signed to meet his most for- midable foe on July 15. vy Paul Berlenbach’s willingness to place to 2, Jimmy Ring permitting the Red Legs only three hits in seven who has knocked out two of thelinnings, when Heinie Mueller, present champions — Berlenbach from the Cardinals, hit him for a and Tiger Flowers, of the middle- single that put across the tying weight cls Many regard the |yun, Greenficld then pitched hit- French Canadian as the “uncrown- |)..." hall for two frames while his ed champion.” H 'Th's test with Berlenbach will “tell the story,” for it is the rub- Ler match. In their first meeting, Delaney flattened the present champion in four rounds, while last winter Berlenbach won a 15- round decision. imates tallied the winning point. Di Vance struck out nine St rdinais in seven innings jat Brooklyn, but lost the game, four to nothing because Bill Sher- dell allowed only five safeties. | The Phillies received some good The state commission has let it pitching to support their ever be known that the license beard dangerous bats and smothered the will vote with it on the matter of Chicago Cubs 8 to 1. a Dempsey-Wills contest, with Miller Hugg Ruthless Rickard expected to present plans yankees—the bambino ing for a Dempsey-T twisting a knee-— caused the funney bout. zs F * statement issued by Chairman ‘uprising St. Louis Browns to hat, | Sse 2n Shocker beating them six of the Commission calls for | ypp, fair pl = ; : L to one, for the only Yankee vic-| y, and reminds that Theo- dore Roosevelt received Booker T. {° nes : Washington at the White House, ‘TY of the series. In the absence | of Ruth, Tony Lazerri did the jhome run honors. Waibert to the oe in Philadelphia and his fi nothing victory sent the Cleveland Indians into fourih place. Engle, the Athletics recruit | short ficlder, started three ‘double plays and was in the middle of a fouth. ORLANDO TRIUMPHS OVER, Urban Faber opposed Coveleskic at Chicago and the White Sox TAMPA AGGREGATION IN won, four to one, with the sorrel EXHIBITION STAGED YES. ‘¢ppeé person granting only fiv hits. The only Senator ore TERDAY jcame from a,four base.blbw de- ia livered by Sam Rice. ’ Ty Cobb’s Detroit ASSOCIATED PRESS HEAD-| worked smoothly in the QUARTERS, June 15. — Fort scoring three ru Myers strengthened its hold on Boston Red Sox, second place in the Florida State League yesterday by defeating Sarasota for the second straight game, four to two. Dominguez, hurling for the Tampa team, suffered his second defeat in two days, when Orlando sent him to the showers in the second. The Colts won 6 to 2. St. Petersburg won an interest- ing pitchers’ battle from Braden- ton, to 0. FIGHT RESULTS ns? is Fes FORT MYERS — DEFEATS TEAM FROM SARASOTA arose “ i] machine ninth, to down the ven to six. Shipping on the Rhine last year totaled 14,000,000 tons less t in 1913. Needs No Nag (By Associated Press) WILKESBARRE—Harry Greb, Pittsburgh, former middleweight champion, won decision over Al- lentown Joe Gans, 10 rounds. +e 8 JACKSONVILLE - len, Jac won southern bantamweight title by defeating Tony Leto, Tampa, 10 rounds. yeah Harry Al- sonville, INDIANA ley, Louis Floyd rounds, POLIS — Jimmy Fin- Ne, welterweight, won from Hyberg, Buff, 10 o © VERNON, Calif. — Charlie Weinert, New York heavyweight, won a decision over Pat Lester, of Arizona, ~10 rounds. Paul Dem- sky, Australian lightweight cham pion, won a decision over Young MeGovern, of New York, 10 rounds. Aere’s Lee Barnes, sensational Unt versity of Southern California pole. vaulter, who doesn't need a horse to climb within whispering distance of Chagley Hoff's world record, Lee ts just™a sophomore and thus has two more years in college in which to hoist himself to a new mark. vv | CRANE VALVES, FITTINGS and PLUMBING FIXTURES THE KEY WEST CITIZEN Delivering the Milk in Style Evansville, Ind., has a milkman de luxe. a tuxedo while out on his rounds. jazz band and hasn't time to remove milk route. How come? 'MAKE EFFORT | IDENTIFY SKELETON (By Axsocinted Press) WEST PALM BEACH, Fia.,| June 16.—Efforts to identify ‘al |skeleton found near Indian Town |and believed to be that of Will] |Strickland, aged ‘hermit, who mysteriously disappeared from his home near Big Mound City, |Palm Beach county, last summer, jare being made by Sherfif R. C. | Baker. Brothers of Strickland in Geer- gia and northern Florida have been notified of the discovery of the skeleton and if its identifica- ition is established, a probe, which followed the disappearance ef the aged recluse, will be renewed by Sheriff Baker. . The discovery was made by two small boys while playing in the Everglades about a mile from In- dian Town. A. T. Fountain, post master, notified Sheriff Baker, who believes that the skeleton is that of Strickland. Strickland was about 60 years) old and made his living by hunt- ing and fishing and guiding parties Pensions to war invalids, or. phans, and. widews have been in. creased in Hugary. 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