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3B MUNI LOOP STARTS PLA YOFFS TODA ROCHESTER DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 11)39 Cream of Muni Hurlers Will Match Curves in PlayoffslMIZE BOOSTS ACKERMANS The Sportsman Boom-m! More Firing On Finger Lakes Loop's 1939-'40 Front By HOWARD KEMP v.v..:.:.:.:.:-:w:-v-'---v. -y. v.was I BAT AVERAGE AND RAILS mf' DATED four best pitchers in Muni League -sl AX is this quartet which will bear brunt of 1 ,1 turns' rinnps in nlavoffs. Ton: Leftv Joe tC-'t ffi jiWi -SV V. v-.

i I Betlem, ace of Rails' staff. Lower left: Red 3 TO BATTLE Climbs to 360 for Margin of 23 Points New York JP) About the only Seagrams to Take uestion that still surrounds Johnny Mize's climb toward the batting championship of the National League is how high a ceiling he can reach. Try The sliigRin- St. Iouis Cardinal, playing in six games last week. ff A jrZ-f On Stewarts in Other Fray Playoffs in the Muni Lcnjiie will start today.

Mack Doyle's Seaprrams will take on the Stewarts at Island Cottape and the other brackets the Rails against the Ackermans at Ritter Field in the National Division. Tomorrow all four teams will get oosted his mark four points mora 360. while Morrie Arnovich of the Phillies in second place dropp1! nother notch to .337. Behind this pair were Frank TRUST that our angler brothers will bear with us again today while we take another shot at the situation in the Finger Lakes League, Clay Target Association. Next Sunday, at Bradford, the loop will wind up a rather hectic season with an added number on the card and the boys will be talking 1940 plans.

The dope is that Ernie Chamberlain is out as secretary and that the annual meeting, instead of being held in Rochester, will go to Buffalo. There is also talk of dropping clubs on the eastern end of the wheel. To many shooters in the Finger Lakes region, this may prove the straw that broke the camel's back. It is almost a certainty that the eastern clubs will refuse to go along with another joke program such as has been offered the past few years, which made handicap shooting a part of the league event. Handicap shooting formerly was optional with a shooter after the team event, along with the doubles.

As such it never got much of a play and why it ever was thrust down the throats of shooters is a mystery. Whether the eastern clubs are tossed out by the present high moguls or ju refuse to string along with another brain storm program, it appears that the 1940 campaign will be very much of a muddle. George Toomey of Community Gun Club, who will attend the Bradford shoot, promises there will be a Finger Lakes League in 1940 to include Rochester, Syracuse, Canandaigua and several other clubs in the Finger Lakes region, should the Westerners decide lo break way. There now a Finger Lake Association built around Ithaca which is expected to shoot registered targets next year. So if the Western Group also masquerades as a Finger Lakes outfit, the boys who preserve the records are due for a trying year.

The league started the 1939 season with two strikes against it because of the schedule, which had the first four shoots at the western end of the circuit which kept interest centered there and hen moved to the east to wind up. This was the result of a silly idea that teams having the best McCormick, Cincinnati, Joe Medwick, St. Louis, Zeke Bonura, New York, 326; Debs I II ft f-Jt I I Gaims. Boston. Buddy Has- ett; Boston.

Ival Goodman, I I Jk I i it; A I Cincinnati, Gus Suhr. Pitt- together in a big doubleheader at Red Wing Stadium. The second round of the round robin series cards the Stewarts against the Rails in the first tilt at 2 o'clock hui gh-Philadclphia, and Mel Ott. New York, .315. Whitlow Wyatt of Brooklyn wm i v.

ii x-m rrsrry i 1 eft the league's pitching lead by he defeat of Cincinnati's Gens and the nightcap lists the Seagrams against the Ackermans at 4 iss- ii i Thompson during the week. Be fore he was injured several weeks ago Wyatt won eight and lost three. o'clock. O'Brien Nine Splits The American Division playoffs a still up in the air. The O'Briens DiMaggio Holds Edge Over Jimmy Foxx Chicago (A) James Emory who had a chance to clinch the remaining birth by winning both games of yesterday's doubleheader lost the first to the Atta's, in 11 in Foxx, Boston's cherubic slugger, picked the wrong year to go after his third American League batting championship.

The veteran first baseman is hit nings, 10-9, and then remained 'rx the running by overcoming the Fabians, 3-2. ting a fancy .364 through Friday's games, a figure good enough to be current leader in the National League and high enough to have So today the American Division will make up a postponed game. won the American circuit title last year and several other years. The 19th Warders will play the Ma i mi i mm. '-v ox womvo i But even so, the .364 mark leaves jestics at Genesee Valley Park Foxx only a poor second to Jo- ill w.4 jtz ssj jrsi i- DiMaggio of the New York in the only game carded.

Winners of the divisional titles in Yankees, who batted better than 480 last week to run his average the round robin playoffs will clash attendance records at all league events the previous year should ie given priority, throwing the whole thing out of balance. What they lost sight of was the fact that given any combination, of say eight club, there is hound to he four finishing in the upper bracket and four in the lower. It Is natural that those finishing in the upper bracket will develop more interest in those areas than those trailing in the second division and just as a chain is as strong as its weakest link, so any kind of a league is as strong as its weakest cluh. But instead of seeking some way to bolster the weaker clubs, the schedule makers sought to make it tougher for them. Under the old order of things, the last shoot was the season's pi ize for in this event the boys got a crack at a pot of gold.

Through-cut the season shooters paid a league fee of one dollar, half of which went into a kitty to be split among the faithful who were lucky enough to be high gun at the final shoot. But the additional expense caused by shooting 100 targets at 16 yards, only half of which counted in the team event, and then the squired 50 at handicap was just a trifle too much so the pot of gold was discarded in favor of the whim of handicap shooters. Result: general dissatisfaction. Annual field trials of the Genesee Kennel Club, this department informed will be held once more at the Wehle Farm, Scottsville Sept. 23 and 24.

With the hunting season fast approaching, it might not be amiss call attention at this time to a new section of the Conservation I. which prohibits carrying of loaded guns in automobiles. The rcw section reads: "ro person while in an automobile shall take game nor shall he ti.p lights thereon for such purpose, nor shall any gun or rifle, "xrppt a pistol or revolver, be carried in in automobile unless the in a best two-of-three game series to .408, driving in 20 runs in six games. In the runs-batted-in de for the league championship. The -1 4 Ackerman's pulled a big surprise partment Joe now trails league-leading Ted Williams of Boston by nine.

Williams has knocked last year, when as winner in the American Division, It came on to in 120 runs in 120 games and Joe has sent 111 runs across in 92 beat the Lovelan'd for the crown. This year the Ackermans shifted games. to the National Division and they Below Joe and Foxx in the first vere just able to make the playoffs, gaining the berth on the final ten batting list are Charley Keller, New York, Charley Gehringer, day of play last Sunday. However, everything is from scratch in the playoffs and the Ackermans, now with the best rounded pitching staff in the be unloaded in both the chamber and the magazine." one more reminder. Hunters are urged by the Bureau of Kmlnjrical Survey to buy their migratory bird-hunting stamps before Detroit, Bob Johnson, Philadelphia, George McQuinn, St.

Louis. Rudy York. Detroit. Dick Siebert, Philadelphia, Ken Keltner. Cleveland, .323.

and Mike Kreevich. Chicago, .323. The Yanks dominate the top rt the pitching list. Steve Sundra has won eight and lost none, Atley Donald has won 13 and lost two and the veteran Red Ruffir.g has won 20 and lost four. -j It 'Hi 1 ttMtnm league, stand a good chance of keeping their crown.

Ready to step out on the mound for Manager Don Macri are Red Moran, Ace Keegan and Tuschong. Today the Ackermans figure to start Moran in the box against the Rails. Charlie Thomas is expected to counter with Lefty Joe Betlem. This game is packed with a lot of interest for Moran started the season with the Rails and shifted to the Ackermans in a deal for Tommy Castle when he wasn't given enough starting opportunities. Oontant to Start I Wayland Skeet Club CLAMBAKES bv STEIN Mat Reservations Culver 3120-W Crystal Nine, VFW Draw Injuries, Mound Staff Collapse Hurt Cardinals Plans Annual Shoot Wayland The Wayland Skeet and Trap Club will hold its annual phoot Sunday, Oct.

1, starting at 1 p. m. Cash prizes for high gun, mnner-up and' longest run have been arranged by the committee. Tough Foes Mack Doyle, who has gone through the whole 6econd half sea son with practically only one pitch With the Crystals and VFW tied er, Boh Ulrech, plans to gamble to for first place, the Imperial Baseball League will finish its regular season schedule this afternoon with a full card of four games listed. Club Played Over Head Before Disastrous Eastern Trip, Writer Avers; Defensive Weakness, Loss of Brown Costly By JACK CUDDY New York (UP) The St.

Louis Cardinals were grlad to leave the East behind and head for home last week after their most disastrous tour of the season. In two frays which may very day. He expects to start Contant in the box against the Stewarts. Ulrech is to be kept in readiness for tomorrow's stadium duel and Quarantillo, an outfielder will handle the relief. Pop Gutzmer, who last year piloted the Lovelands to the crown and then took most of the stars to form the Stewards, will bank on the cagey Teddy Kocinski to put a well decide the second half winner, the Crystals will play the Woltings on Genesee Valley Park No.

2 and the Veterans will face boys have complained they were unable to buy the necessary stamps at the last minute. The title of champion of Greece will be the chief prize in a series of five shoots to be conducted over the traps of Frank Fisher, the first one to get under way at 9:30 a. m. tomorrow. Between that event and the first of the year the boys will shoot at 250 and high gun will be declared champion in Judge Fisher's book.

Wayland Skeet and Trap Club will conduct its annual shoot Or-t 1, it is announced by Wayne J. Avery of that club. Shooting for prizes will start at 1 p. m. The clam season Is just around the corner for Rochester sportsmen.

Genesee Conservation League will have Charley Shaw anc staff doing the honors at a hake on the Scottsville Road ground Sept. 12, starting at 6 p. m. Community Gun Club will have its shindig Sept. 17.

'itth annual day of the Ontario County Sportsmen's Club is for Thursday at Naples with a program of trap, skeet and rifle shooting. Genesee Conservation League has released a total of approximately 1.500 pheasants in Monroe County during the summer months, cf which 108 were adult birds, it is announced by Stewart Robb, chairman of the distributing committee. It is expected that the total number of birds released in Monroe County by various clubs will reach 5,000 this year. Oon Guerin in back from New Hampshire where he looked over the Guides' contest at Pittsburgh with an eye to picking up talent for 1940 Rochester Sportsmen's and Boat Show at Edgerton Park. th fox plentiful in the Genesee Valley, cub hunting promises to he a popular sport in that sector this fall according to William P.

"Wad worth, Geneseo, master of the hounds for the Genesee Valley Hunt Club. Now that Sheriff Al Skinner has become a confirmed angler, perhaps the coons will get a breathing spell. Although Al has spent most of his life in the vicinity of Braddocks Bay, he couldn't see anything to the fishing sport until Jack (Customs House) Devaney drove him to Cape Vincent the past day for a day ef bass fishing. The boys returned the -same night with their limit and now Al is a real enthusiast. Included in the party were Herman Worden and Fenton (Horse Trader) Coakley of Hilton.

Andy Anderson, president of the Finger Lakes Skeet League is convalescing in Strong Memorial Hospital, following a heart attack. Just a fortnight ago, tnese same- three to the Phillies and three of CarHinals came booming ouu ui the Atlantics at University Field. crimp in Doyle's plans. Since Teddy In the other contests the Wilkin Cincinnati into the Kast, riding the crest of 17 victories and one tie in nas joined the Stewarts they have perked up considerably and with four to Boston. In those four encounters with the Bees, Mr.

Blades boys made 12 errors, which is pretty fair booting. sons, iirst halt winners and tied 1'acilio and Ruff in the hole their 2 carr.es. Their doubleheader m- 11 on toft chances are not at -all dim. umpn over uincinnau The Cardinal inneid. one oi tne for third with the Woltings in this half, will play Irondequoit at Ack-erman Field and the Lovelands will The O'Briens staged a game fin them only ZlA games behind tne ish against the Atta's to tie up the score in the ninth inning by a sion.

was impaired further in the tackle the Browncrofts at West league-leading Reds. Since July 30, Ray Blades' Cards had pared SM games off the Rede' second game at Brooklyn wnen High Field. tnree-run raly. Both teams counted Second Baseman Jimmy Brown Should either the Crystals or in the 10th but by the 11th the O'Briens had shot their bolt and collided with First Sacker Johnny VFW lose and the other team win the victor will take the second half the Atta's pushed over the winning lead, and seemed destined to marcn past Bill McKechnie's stumbling outfit straight to the pennant. Then they opened their last Eastern camnaiern.

counter. flag. If both lose or both win a However, in the second game the Mize, forcing Brown out of play for the Eastern campaign with a brain concussion, and leaving Mize with a sore shoulder that still interferes with his reaching for playoff will be necessary to deter mine the winner. What happened to this club in Briens were more successful The Fabians got off to a 2-0 lead the East? What made them play Both have tough teams to face YOU want a the worst ball in the national in the second division and this was throws at the bag and with his this afternoon. The Atlantics, al wiped out by the O'Briens in the though disappointing this half, are league? sixth.

They pushed across the The consensus of players and a hard team on their own field and should give the Vets more than winning marker in the seventh wallop at the plate. Brown had been hitting around .300, but his replacement, Stu Martin, has been weak with the wand. And Third Baseman Pepper Martin hasn't been himself writers around Cardinal headquar tere was this: 1 The Cards, who have the best club batting average and the with two down. O'BRIENS ATLAS ab at ab a HeaRney.3 5 1 2 4 5 12 14 5 112 Pfaff.lf 4 2 110 McKenna.l 6 13 9 Oi Syboth.ss 4 3 2 3 1 Oraham.s 5 2 3 2 5 12 4 4 Parsellji.lf 5 112 0: E. Pfaff.2b 4 113 1 their share of trouble.

Ralph Brule or Ed Merkle will start for the Vets, eager to score over the Atlantics and take the flag or maintain the tie. The Woltings are playing their best ball of the season. In a third place tie with the Wilkinsons, 5 0 0 9 4 0 0 5 0 suit in a sparkling new pattern A suit so comfortable and well-fitting that it's a pleasure to wear? Mister, you want a Knopf. Choose a pattern refreshingly different. We'll hand-tailor it to fit you with ease and style.

We'll hide unwanted height or girth. Then, after trial, money-hack if you want it. But you'll prefer the suit. $49.50, $52.50, etc. CHARGE ACCOUNTS WELCOMED British Soccer Results 4 10 1 4 1 1 13 1 4 2 2 1 1 5 0 0 0 0 Wilkins.p 4 0 11 Deatler.rf 0 0 0 0 0 IClifford.p 4 10 10 there is a possible chance for a worst fielding mark in the National circuit, were playing above their heads during those 22 games in the West.

Not only were they getting all the breaks, not only could they do nothing wrong, but they were beating clubs who were slumping at the time. For example, they beat Pittsburgh four straight, but registered only 14 runs while doing it. After completing that winning Total 43 9 12 31 Total 39 10 9 31 11 O'Briens 3000000231 9 because of a bruised hand. I Along with everything else, the pitching bogged down. Lon Warneke got the flu and returned to St.

Louis for treatment. Bill McGee has been suffering from a cold. Manager Blades' strategy of using three or four flingers a game upset their rotation and got the staff "down." Nate Andrews was called in from Columbus, but was a disappointment in his first start. Blades is still hopeful that the Cards may stage a September drive and overtake the Reds, who are games in front. But writers with the club share none of that optimism, now that the Reds should be regaining their power after a series of mishaps to their sluggers.

two or three-way knot should both the leaders fall. The Crystals, notorious for their lusty stickwork, will send Pete Zeppetelli to the hill againet the capable Wolting nine. The Wilkinsons will be favored to top the Bayside combination but Attas 0003401001 110 errors, Graham, Parsells 4. Holen stien. Perry.

Zeller. Ed Pfaff, Dist ler, heitzinger: two-base hits, Mc- Western splurge by taking the Kenna. 2, Graham: three-base hits. Graham, Perry home runs, Par-sells, Zeller, Sevboth 2. Ed Pfaff: stolen bases.

Seyboth, Zeller; sacrifices. Distler, Gallagher: double their play the last few weeks has been under par and the Ironde-quoiters may upset them today. Curt Baker will be on the firing line for the Wilkinsons against John Jamieson. seriefi at Cincinnati under heavy pressure, the natural reaction set in when they arrived in Brooklyn. The whole club let down, and they lost three straight to the ambitious Dodgers.

Then they dropped one of plays, Radtke to Seyboth; left on bases, O'Briens 5. Attas bases on balls. O'Briens 2. Attas 4: struck out by WUkins 11, Seitzinger urn pire, Burns; ume ay nours. Holy Rosary, Carmels Clash Today HadDJfD London, Sept.

2 UP) English rccer game played yesterday resulted follows: F-NOMMI i.f..;i IMvUion I RUrkburn 2, Everton 2. Biackpool 2. Wolverhampton 1. Bolton 2, Portsmouth 1. Brentford 1, Huddersfield 0.

Charlton 2. Manchester U. 0. Derby 1, Aston Villa 0. Grimsby 2, Preston 0.

Sheffield XT. 1. Leeds 0. Liverpool 1, Chelsea 0. iliddlesbro 2, Stoke 2.

Division Birmingham 2, Burnley 0. Notts 2. Newport 1. Bradford 2. Millwall 2.

Coventry 4, Barnsley 2. Manchester Swansea 1. Plymouth 1, Sheffield W. 0. Southampton 3.

Bury 0. Tottenham 4. W. Bromwich 3. Leicester 2, West Ham O.

IMvUion 3, South Bournemouth 10, Northampton 0. Bnston C. 3. Brighton 3. Notts C.

4. Cardiff 2. Crystal P. 3. Bristol R.

0. Tpswich 1, Norwich 1. Kxeter 1. Port Vale 0. Rradinjr 1.

Southend 0. Swindon 2. Aldershot 2. Torquav 2. Mansfield 2.

Walsall" 1. Queen's Pk. 0. Watford 1. Clapton 1.

Division X. orth Accrington 2. Oldham 0. Barrow 2, Bradford C. 2.

Carlisle 2, Stockport O. Chester 2, Tranmere 0. Crewe Hartlepools 0. Halifax 1, Wrexham 1. Lincoln 4, Gateshead 3.

New Brighton 4, Doncaster 2. Koohdale 1, York 0. Rotherham 2, Darlington 2. Southport 1, Hill 1. SCOTTISH LEAGCE Division 1 Kilmarnock 2, Arbroath 1.

Ayr 6, Hamilton 1. Celtic 1, Clyde 0. Falkirk 2, Queen of South 1. Albion 5, Hibernians 3. Hearts 4.

Motherwell 2. Patrick 2. Alloa 0. St. Johnston 3, Aberdeen 0.

St. Mirren 3. Cowdenbeath 0. Rangers 2, Third Lanark 1. Division 3 Airdrie 2, Ast Nife 1.

Dumbarton 3, Edinburgh 2. I.eith 2. Dundee U. O. Dunfermline 5, Brechin 2.

Kings Park 2, Kast Stirling 2. Montrose 4, Forfar 1. Morton 1, Dundee 1. Stenhousemuir 3, Raith 1. St.

Bernards 0, Queens Park 0. 1IKI.FAST SOCCER CI Glenavon 4. Larne 1. Celtic 4. Cliftonville 1.

Derry City 4, Arris 1. Clentoran 1. Distillery 1 Bangor 2, Portadown 0. Linfiid 2. Oallymena 1.

Newry Town 3, Colerain 0. Second Game FABIANS O'BRIENS ab al ab a McKeon.rf 3 0 0 2 0 3 0 1 1 4 Meeh.cf 3 0 0 0 OIHeagney.cf 2 10 10 3 0 1 1 3IMcKenna.2 2 119 0 Corocen.ss 3 0 1 0 5 Graham. ss 3 0 112 Fornuto.t 2 1 1 10 0 Parsells. 3 0 0 3 0 Foland.2b 3 111 3 0 0 4 0 McNeil.c 3 0 0 5 II 2b 2 10 12 DePietro.p 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 OlFromm.p 3 0 10 0 the mound with Hubie Dvvyer on -I Champions to Start Cardimone or Ciaccia base, Chick Ogiia at second, Mario Ross at short, the veteran Teddy Polvino at third and another veteran, Jimmy Terry, at rover. The the receiving end.

Tommy Castle, Hack Kremble, Walt Drojarski, Eddie Flynn and Don Bender will perform in the Rosarian infield while Joe Fatiell, Danny Meagher and Jim Farrell will roam the outfield. Cy Norton, Bud Smith, George Farrell and George Jost will be held in reserve. "The Clothes You Admire On Your Friends" 181 St. Paul Street Main 134 Free Parkinf (rn Saturdays Until 5:00 IS BUFFALO Total 26 2 4x20 81 Total 24 3 4 21 8 x-Two out when winning run scored. Fabians 0 2 0000 0 2 O'Briens 00000 2 13 Teams Open Playoffs In Catholic Loop Title Race Holy Rosary and Mt.

Carmel will met at Avenue Playground this morning in the first of the Catholic Softball League playoffs. The other two teams, St. Francis Xavier and St. Josaphat's, will clash later this week. In the league competition this morning's rivals divided two decisions.

Holy Rosary will use either Joe Witzigman or Earl Clark on Mt. Carmels, defending champs outfield will be patroled bv Art Knopf Clothes are shoun Error, Foland two base hit, Fromm three base hit. Hagney home runs, McKenna, Foland; sacrifice. Kornato; left on bases. O'Briens 5.

Fabians liases on balls, off Di-Pietro 1, off Fromm struck out. every Monday Hotel Statler under the direction of Mike Mauro, I Ricchio, "Casey" Purcelli and will start either Frank Car.limone, Tony Amlco. with Joe Parnello, curve ball artist, or Frank Ciaccia '-Dutch" Luciano and Pat Grasso on the mound, with Sammy Vis- ready for aciian. cardi or Tommy Cirrincione catch- The game will get under way at ing. John Niger will ihow at first' 11 o'clock.

by DiPietro 4. Fromm 5: hit by pnener. nv Dii'ietro (.1. Haenev winning pitcher, Fromm; losing piecner, uifieiro; umpire, isurna..