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Show it PAGE FCUR PRO VO (UT AH) EVEN I N G H E R A L D, F R I DAY. AUGUS T .29, 1 9 3 0. 71 ft C iS((d)infii Louis Climaxes Sensational Rally Chicago Worries Increase With Injuries To Root and Blake; Brooklyn Robins Brace To Ruin Hopes of Giants. CHICAGO, Aujr. 29 OU) pennant ho pen of the Chicago Cub were weakened today with the announcement that Pitcher Charley Root and Fred Blake, two of Manager McCarthy -BJj Four", will be lost to the club for at least ten days. f Hoot sprained a muscle In his pitching arm during Wednesday's Wednes-day's game with Pittsburgh and Blake injured his back yesterday yester-day In attempting t field a bunt Uurtng the Cubs tame with St Louis. (BY UNITED PRESS) Gabby Street's St. Louis Cardinals Car-dinals may be the team - Chicago must beat for the pennant. The Cards, with a record of nine straight wins and 17 victories out of their last 21 starts, today were within one percentage point of the third-place Giants, only 54 games behind the Cubs. St. Louis after a miserable start, began their present drive on Aug. 9, the Cards knocked the Robins out of first place and continued their success after New York, Boston, Philadelphia and Cincinnati. Climax Drive The Cards climaxed their drive Thursday by taking an 8 to 7 20-inning-tussle from the Cubs. Trailing Trail-ing by 0-5 when they went to bat in the seventh inning, the Cubs touched Grimes for three runs and added two tying runs in the eightn off LJndsey, Grimes successor. The Cubs then reeled off six scoreless Innings. The Cards got two In the 15th only to have the Cubs tie the score in their haf. Douthit's single. Adam's infield out, and High's ingle gave the Cards the winning run in the 20th. The Brooklyn Robins continued their practice of ruining New York's pennant hopes by making it two straight over the Giants, winning win-ning 8 to 7. " v - The Pittsburgh Pirates took both ends of a double "header from the .Cincinnati Reds, 16 to. 12, and 11 to 2- ; " Philadelphia and Boston staged a batting orgy with the Phillies coming com-ing out on top 13 to 10. Walter Berger, Boston outfielder, got his 31st home rurrof the season during the game. Wes Ferrell featured Fri day's American league games. The big Cleveland right-hander scored his 23rd win of the year as his mates slammed out a 10 to 5 win over the Chicago White Sox. Fer rcll did quite a bit of hitting him self, getting a triple, double and single. . Macks Take Tumble Horace Usenbee bested George Eamshaw In a pitching battle as the Boston Red Sox beat the lead Ing Philadelphia Athletics, 2 to 1. v The Washington Senators picked up a game on the As and strengthened strength-ened their hold on second place by defeating the New York Yankees 6 to 3. The St. Louis Browns scored an easy 9 to 1 win over the Detroit Tigers.. 3 CONVICTS DIE IN CHAIR OSSINING. N. Y Aug. 29 Three Auburn convicts paid with their lives last night for the murder of Henry Sullivan; fellow prisoner, during the riot last December. Their last minute appeals and pleas unheeded, Jesse Thomas, William Wil-liam Force, and Claude Udwine followed each other to the electrle chair in Sing Sing prison with a show of bravado "I can walk through and die like a man," Thomas said. He walked to the chair, seated himself, and facing witnesses, said, "See you all In helL Let's go!" Force also walked In unassisted, r "What are you so nervous about," he asked witnesses. "Take is easy. I'm in no hurry." Udwine appeared to be even calmer than the others. "I want you all- to know that I'm doing the simplest thing in my life." Udwine said as he was strapped strap-ped in. "I'm going on an exploration explora-tion trip. The good part about this thing Is thatthey carry you out and you detTthave to walk." Governor vKohler of Wisconsin has launched a campaign with a demand for more beer. The gue33 is he's for a busier, better and lager Milwaukee. One way Chicago can wipe out the deficit of its opera, which it has announced is over $250,000, is to create a rival opera and let the racket take care of itself. DODGE STD. COUPE 192S SPECIAL For this week -only .$450.03 Reduced from" $700 R. J. FRY, Inc. 210 West Center Provo Coast Wonder Goes To Yanks i A total of $100,000 worth- of cash and baseball players was said. to be involved In the deal whereby the New York Yankees in 1932 will acquire the services of Frank Cro-setti, Cro-setti, above, 19-year-old San Francisco Fran-cisco youth of Italian parentage, to play shortstop. Crosetti Is a star with the San Francisco Seal3 in the Coast league at present and has been eyed extensively by major league scouts this season. Women's Golf Final Slated SALT LAKE CITY, Aug. 29 G1E) Two-former champions tocay faced each other on Fort Doug aa course to determine the winner of the 1930 Utah state women golf title. . ' . V They are Mrs. L. G. Shriver, Forest For-est Dale and Mrs. J. M. Riley, Nib-Icy Nib-Icy park. Mrs. Shriver defeated Miss Mary Dooly, 1929 champion, 3 and 2 in a gruelling match Thursday. Mrs. Riley eliminated Mrs. J. II. Evans, 4 and 3. ' - J The Shriver-Dooly match thrilled spectators, particularly the first six holes. On the seventh, Mrs. Shriver forged into a lead which she refused re-fused to relinquish. Her putting was phenomenal and some of her recovery shots were remarkable. A 20-foot putt by Mrs. -Shriver on the sixteenth green ended the match. Mrs. Riley's victory was due principally prin-cipally to her refusal to be discouraged dis-couraged by spotty playing at the outset. Her plajr- at the beginning was spasmodic but as the matc'i continued she grew steadier and finally forged ahead at the ninth. She won the match on the fifteenth. SALT LAKE ! PRODUCE MARKET . Peaches in liberal supply and moving freely at firm prices; moderate mod-erate to liberal offerings of most other lines of produce, buying demand de-mand moderate;, market firm. Apples Utah, bxs, and bus. Gravensteins, Eettenheimers and Summer Queens, med. to large $1.00 $1.25; Duchess, med., 75c-$1.00; Presidents and Wolf Rivers, med. to largo, mostly $1.00-$1.23; few $1-50. V1 . Lettuce Utah. cts. (Summit)' few best $2.50; poorer $2.00-$2.25. Peaches Supplies liberal, demand de-mand and trading active, market steady; Utah, cases, Elbertas, large 90c-$1.00; small to med. 50c-75c; bus. 1.50-1.75; early Crawfords, cases, large 75c-$1.00 ; small 50c. Potatoes Supplies light, demand and trading fairly good, market firm; Utah, skd U. S. No. 1 and partly graded, Ohios and Cobblers, mostly $1.20-$1.25, Bliss Triumphs, $1.25-$1.35; mostly $1.30. Strawberries Utah, 12-pt. cases, best $1.75-$2.00: mostly $1.50-$1.75; small $1.00-$13. . : A chiropodist declares that more men than women suffer from flat feet. Well, women have always been known to take better care of thei dog3. r lIBIf If i LI - x : '. v . -. . . . A. s : ', f : : j " . i I 1 VJ 8 Room Modern Home, nearly furnished J.A.OWENS,. Phone 894-W CARD SKIPPER IS JUBILANT Gabby Street Says He's Not After Pennant in Na-lional Na-lional League. CHICAGO, Aug 29 UJ!Y Gabby Street is willing to risk the danger of Joining Rogers Hornsby and Bill McKcchnie in the ranks of managers man-agers who lost their jobs after winning win-ning a National league pennant for St. Louis, if he can guide the Cardinals Card-inals to the 1930 flag. "You see, I've already been given a contract for next year," Street told the United Press. "Even if I hadn't I'd be fighting to win. Baseball Base-ball writers have a lot fit fun kidding kid-ding Sam Breadon about firing Hornsby and McKechnie after they gave St'.Louis its only two championships, cham-pionships, but I don't think anyone believe St. Louis managers are sure to lose their jobs if they win a pennant. pen-nant. , , Look Out, Cubs! . "We showed our treu form when we took four straight to knock Brooklyn out of first place. Then we stopped the Giants and helped the Cubs keep first place Now we're out to help ourselves by knocking off the Cubs in the three remaining' games of our series." The Cards dealth themselves a hand in the championship game yesterday by defeating the Cubs, 8 to 7, in a sensational 20-inning contest and turned the National league race into a four team fight. With only half-a-game. separating tch three runners-up, the Cards have an opportunity to take second place during their series with the Cubs, and the race promises to remain re-main a close fight right up to the end of the season. Standings of the first division clubs are: . . W. L. Pect. Chicago ..... 75 , 50 .600 New York 71 5G .559 St. Louis .....TO 56 .556 Gallacher, Freed In Idaho Tournev TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Aug. 29 1.R Mcl Gallacher and Dave Freed, prominent Salt Lake tennis stars, stopped in Twin Falls over-aight over-aight enroute to . Boise where they will enter the Idaho state tournament tourna-ment - beginning .Saturday They will both play singles and pair in the doubles. Gallacher is a' former Idaho champion who lost last year to Worth Oswald of Spokane in a bitterly-fought five set final. Freed is a classy University of Utah performers per-formers who is a prominent contender con-tender In any tournament. INTERNATIONAL CLASH FOREST HILLS, N. Y., Aug. 29 l.E America's most promising young tennis players engaged England's Eng-land's leading youngsters in an international in-ternational team match on the Stadium courts here tomorrow. Three singles and two doubles matches comprise the one-day tournament . i ; '::... BALTI3IORE IN LEAD MEMPHIS, Tenn., Aug. 29 (U.E) The little world series between New Orleans and Baltimore to decide the Junior American league championship cham-pionship went into the season oi the three-game series today with the eastern team holding the advantage ad-vantage gained by a 5. to 4 10-inning victory yesterday. . Narrow Gauge Is Off ered For Sale , PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 29 The O. W. R. N. today offered to the highest bidder the land and equipment equip-ment of Its narrow gauge Ilwaco branch, it was announced here by General Manager J. P. O'Brien. The .28 mile line, extending from Meg-ler Meg-ler to Napcotta in Pacific county, Washington,; is no longer necessary for th e service of the public according accord-ing to the ruling of the interstate inter-state commerce commission, per-mlting per-mlting the O. W. R. N. to discontinue discon-tinue its operation, effective September Sep-tember 10. Four locomotives, 14 passenger cars, 33 freight cars, 28 miles of track and right of way and a portion por-tion of the railroad's dock property at Astoria are among the items to be sold. In spite of the turmoil in China the office punster points out, they still manage to keep coolies days. f -X v , A A ETFEQ,- : Distributed by REILLY-ATKINSON & COMPANY, Inc. Charged With i Manslaughter j Max Baer, promising Pacific heavyweight' heavy-weight' faces a manslaughter charge after his fight with Frankie Campbell, in which the latter sustained injuries which caused his death.' DEATH CAUSES 9 SUSPENSIONS ' SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29 Nine men prominent in California boxing circles were suspended from further activities today as the result re-sult of a. decision reached hero last night' by the state athletic commission- investigating the death of Frankie Campbell last Tuesday iol-lowing iol-lowing his bout with Max Baer. " Baer, one of the most promising heavyweights oh. the Pacific coast, and the referee of the bbut, Toby Irwin, who .has come in for much criticism far his failure to stop the fight,' ywere among those affected af-fected bythe board's ruling. ' ; Further action, the commissioners commission-ers "declared, would wait upon the findings of the .coroner's" investigation investiga-tion and completion of manslaughter manslaugh-ter proceeding against Baer. "l' Others suspended for their part in the fight, described as one of the most brutal in California's ring history, his-tory, were J. , Hamilton Larimer, Baer's manager; Carol E. Working and Tom Maloney, the dead boxer's. rnanagersT". Tillie Herman , Ray Carlin. - Frankie Burns and Larry Morrison, seconds. : - Campbell's death resulted from cerebral " hemorrhages V received when Baer knocked him out in the fifth round of a scheduled 10-round bout. Onlookers claim that Raer slugged Campbell unmercifully after the boxer was already, uncon scious but held on his feet by the ropes. . '. : ; Hudldns and McVey Draw Suspensions SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 29 (V.V.) The state athletic commission! lato yesterday indefinitely suspended Ace Hudkins, "Nebraska wildcat" and Jack McVey, New York 'mid dleweight. " Both .fighters were disqualified recently after a 10-round bout in Los Angeles, which was stopped in the last round "when the referee claimed He heard one fighter. mur mur to the other "Well, this frame is yours." ;r ; . Dodge Touring 1026 A Very Good Car Oil 50 It. J. PRY, Inc. 310 West Center Provo' vY ' f i . .. , . w " J ,. J I My- ... . , , r-Slj ' MAX- BAER , . A I l i r il & TOD T.10SGAN BEATS C1ACK . SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 29 (U.E) Tod Morgan stood a shade nearer the top in the lightweight ranks today after winning a decision; over Eddie Mack, Denver; in a slow six round fight here last night., The bronze little - hattler who formerly held the junior lightweight, light-weight, title, started slowly, v but opened up in the second round with a two-fisted attack that surprised his followers, accustomed to seeing him box but seldom go in and slug. He had Mak in pain, and from then on the Denver fighter hung on, clamping Tod's .arms to his sides ' and wrestling him all over the ring. The rest of the fight was slow and Morgan did not get a chance to show his usual class. - r SATU FAREWELL MRT 1 1 9 s - i Provo , : American League j ' : " : : - Standing of the Teams: W. L. Pet. Philadelphia 86 44 .662 Washington. .78 49 .614 New York .73 53 .579 Cleveland ...... 67 62 .519 Detroit ...... v. ...... .61 68 .473 St. Louis ..... .. . -. . . . .51 77 .396 Chicago . . . . . . . . . .. .50 76 -397 Boston . . . ... ....... . . .44 81 .352 , Thursday's Results: Detroit L St. Louis 9. Chicago , 5, Cleveland 10. New York 3, Washiongton 6. Philadelphia .!, Boston 2. The president .writes it "drought" and the farm board "drouth." Talk about your dry spells! Wall Street is 'not complaining of the drought. - It seems to be getting well enough along without watered stock. g o p ct -Hi y Mlts $2 RDAY It's good-bye day to our w h 61 e summer v mark down sales ' period. Fall begins next weelt in this store; no matter what the : temperature may be . Men's styles; young men 's styles; regulars and irregular sizes; light and dark patterns $35 TO 5(D AMD TOPCOAT mm 16 West National League j Standing of tho Teams: w. l.. ret. Chicago ...... 75 50 .600 Brooklyn 71 56. .559 New York 68 54 .557 St. Louis ...... 70 - 56 .556 Pittsburgh . . W. . ... . .66 ; 60 .524 Boston v......... 56 68 .'.452 Cincinnati .... '.. ....52 71 .423 f Philadelphia . . ; .... .41 84 .328 Thursday's Results: . Brooklyn 8, New York 7. . Boston 13, Philadelphia 10. I Cincinnati 12-2, Pittsburgh 16-11. . St. Louis 8, Chicago 7 (20 in nings). T LEADING BATSMEN Terry, Yankees ............. .404 j Gehrig, Yankees ........... 96 ! Simmons, Athletics ...... i. .393 j j Klein, Phillies ............. .387 Herman Brooklyn . ........ .396 END e d a y txo at 3 75 Center SUITS Goast League Standing of the Toams: , v'-- . .' .. W. Ii. Hollywood . .'. . . . ; , . ... 30 , 15 Los Angeles ........... 27 . 17 San Francisco .25 19 Sacramento .... 21 21 Portland . . . . ..'.......20 21 Missions . .... .t ....... .20 25 Oakland ........20 25 Seattle .......... ,.15 29 : Thursday's Results: Los Angeles 1, San Francisco Missions 3, Hollywood 4. Oakland 7, Seattle 19. Sacramento 6, Portland 10. Pot. G07 .611 .5fiS .467 .155 .411 .1 1 .311 0. ASKS HEARING i Chester Snyder of American Fork was arraigned in' .the Provo city court, Wednesday morning un ;t statutory charge and requested ;. preliminary hearing which was sot for September -3. Judge Hardin; fixed bond of $2,500. 1 1 OUR 1;. ;3 n tli e U Eureka |
