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' vy by their showing last night i boasting strength both defens~ l\t:‘i_V and offensively proved con- l‘l'm.\(‘lj- last night to a big crowd of ians iliat they will definitely be in the running for the City Soft- ball League title, . - -

They looked good in defeat as they iieltl a snappy well-balanced squad that are on their toes all the time and can really whip that bull around to every Corner of the lot. They weren't outplayed last nzulit i3)‘ any means. Delensively i? v ivci-o evi-rv bit as good as the Arniv uaim but at the plate the s p.i.ti vii \\'iiil much more ‘e Si.L'l{\\'Ol'k.

A! that tiowcver Amiy _iust bare- ly manrieeii to hold on to the lead they llﬂti built up lialf way through the panic. Navy threatened continu- ally in the last three frames and ill.‘ WllllltTS liad to play heads up bill all the war in order to squeeze tlircui-‘i iviili their slim margin.

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iitl it iiinv appears thiit the Force lenm tire still lo be llt‘;l '.ii the league. Yesterday ‘Fin liiti them ilcfinitelv with- uixiviin" from the schedule but the ~. crs anrtious to stay in the

s." e are making every" effort to

arrnncc for transportation 5o as to

be able to g0 through ivith their

scheduled encounters, . .

Talking to an official of the Air team last night he stated that the boys were very anxious to continue and that tonight at least they \ uld he tll‘. liiinti for their clash with ilio Navy sqiiati. Which is good news to the s bull fans. Air

» teams have .cven popular 2 mg cards in the different branches of sport in which the)’ hate nartakeii ziiitl their remain-

inz in the lt-siciit- will add just that much more 1o itie schedule. . . . .

What till‘ liittriiziiiontil League season tliu. ltir has disclosed is that slugging baseball is not the baseball of today. The teams are no longer playing for the big in- ning; the-yr lire going after the runs one at a. time. ll it wasn't to their advantage io play the game this way, you can be sure they wouldn't be doing it. _ '

There are several reasons why the game may have suddenly gone “National league." First, the ball is not as lively as it was a brief )‘L‘L‘\l' ago; second, most 0f the pow- erhouse hitters are in the services; and third, which may be a natur-

THE CHARLOTTEIUWN GUARDIAN

psroitmm NEWS

.. rm y Takes

In a close exciting struggle all the way an Army softball team last night. cainc from behind in the fourth inning to take the lead and - then held off tiic last inning surge lot the Navy to Will!) the "Tars"

l2 ll in a City s . l league en~ It was t Army team's in two starts. having lost to the Y team by an identical score on Tuesday night.

Last. night's game was bitterly fought all the way through. Navy t-ook a 2-1 lead in the first. saw the Army accirint for four runs in the first of tiie second and then came back themselves for a like num- ber. Both FFHPGS counted in the third with the Army taking the lead with a three run outburst in the fourth: two more in the fifth gave them an ll-7 icnd and in the sixth they pllslicd over iviitit proved to be the winning counter while holding their opponents scoreless for the third straight inning. Navy started their upward climb with a counter in tlic seventh and t“): , more in the eighth put them wiiiiizi

one run of the winners. They liiid

the tving run on base in the ninth ibtii the Army pitcher ended the itame by netting the third out on called strikes.

. Navv cumP within an ace of ty- !llt€__tl\(f" count in_tlio eielith

lKurovvski Leads Cards To Victory

ST. LOUIS, June 9 (AP)-—George (Whitey) Kurowski returned to third base for St. Louis Cardinals today for the first time since May 28 and lead the world series cham- pions to a 4-3 National League vlc- tory over Pittsburgh Pirates.

Kurowski, who had been con- valescing from an eye injury, had no trouble seeing the pitching of Truett (Rip) Sewell and produced a triple, double and single to score three of the Red Birds’ runs in- eluding the deciding counter in the ninth inning.

His battln." helped big Mort_ Cooper gain nis seventh success of the season against three defeats.

Cooper gave up seven hits and confined the Pirates_' scoring to the fifth and sixth innings. when the Buccaneers bunched five of their blows.

Cl-IAFWVOMAN HONORED

BRISTOL. June 9 — (C?) -— As a rule, funeral and memorial ser- vices at Wells Cathedral in Somer- set. are reserved for the famous. But the latest name to be added to those honored there is that of plain Ellen White - - Charwnman. She clsasted the cathedral for 34 years until her

a1 consequence of the other two, the pitchers have a big edge on the hitters, l . - n Whatever the reason. or com bination oi reasons, there haven't.‘ been so many low-scorin games in‘ more than 20 years—g es that! have been decided by the margin, of a. single run; rior have there been so many exia-inning battles. i a . -

For more than two decades now slugging has been the thing 1n baseball. Babe Ruth changed the entire technique of the Same-and the customers‘ acceptance of ll- when he started to hit the ball farther than it had ever been lili before. _ . .

American Leaue clubs, who had to play against the big guy every, day, succumbed to the lust for, power. They were quick to see its effect-both on the box office and the box score; i

For years American League club-f owners concentrated on landing slugizers. There was hardly a team in the league that didn't have at least one player who could wreck a ball came with one long drive. The defence ton. yielded to the long ball. general o inion being that “you can't out-t ink a home run."

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Over in the National League things were different. The National Loaguers were only getting their glimpses of Ruth in the World Series-glimpses that left them a little incredulous. They thought of the Babe as a freak and the home run hysteria as a passing fad. They continued to introduce ukeleie ‘nit- ters and finished fielders. confident that DllChlhE and a tiizht defence was the right. formula for winning games.

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It was, too-in their own league. But once ihev hooked up with Am- erican Mamie power in the post- season series, they saw how inade- quate it was Or should have seen.

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about .. was the basic cause of their lone humiliation - years in which tho representatives of the yoiincor l"ﬁ[Iilf‘ swanined them iri All Star and Wo~lrl Series contests. It led. finallv. to Tom Meany writ- inz his much discussed piece. "The National-A New Minor League?" . . e

Pitchiriiz may be 70 per cent. pPflHnF more. of any ball game to- dr", "ll' we are not so sure that, this iv=< tho case two or three years; Mo. The izreat Yankee teams had} good niichlnxz, but they still mizh‘. not lmvo won if those lone ball! hitters ha'in‘t been in the line up. i

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Mriiii- American Leayue followers had tho notion that the Yankee. hitters mid" the pitchers. not the. revewa 'l‘iv-v always had some? his? l1ll\'— Riiiii. Gehrig, Lazurfl Kcllcr Grdoii. Dickie or the like -u-'aitino with a hat. in his hand and a dctcrminod gleam in hi< eve l Orw- s-"ncr- swish and the Yankee’ nihhi-r of the day could ccasti horn"

Remember When

- Paul Berlenbach scored a decisive l5 l‘0llli’l .wli1 over W. L (Yountz) Strib in tit-fence of the lief-it- hPfl\'_"\\' 11bit boxing title at New York i7 years ago tonight. A 56.000 crowd saw Berlenbach. who was stripper! of the title a month later b\ Jurk Delaney. force the fight in’

norrlv overv round to rzain the im- ll" m; rlf‘9”5’)I‘. over Striblinl. killed in a motorcycle accident Oct 3. i913

death.

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, the Hammer’: 146th figh and 8am- ‘ my’: 85th. -

whether the Red's Lonnie Prey or

ate the 20th anniversary of

. f-‘XDIB-lned. so when it comer their

Hard-Fought.

- Michal! banizod out a double to score a runner but the umpire tad called time before the lmuh and the batter had to coma back to the plate before groundlnll out to end thg threbat. d l

rmy imge out ourtnn hitain their winning effort off tho Mfg.- lngs of the Navy uric;- whi]; Tara were account- nx fbr nine off the Army moundrxian. Box Scorn Arm Ab. I II Po A I whi as . . . . . . . ..6 2 2 2 0 2 Rhodenizer 2b ...6 1. 2 2 0 0 Sutc,c . . . . .. 5111300 Wilson. lf ._ .5 1 1 1 0 Q Mahoney. lb . 5 l 2 '1 0 0 Murnaghan, rf ....5 1 2 l 0 0 MacEachem,p ....5 2 8 0 4 0 Sanford. 3b . . . . ..5 2 1 0 0 I Baker, cf . _ . . . .. 41 i. 1 0 o wuun7T Navy

Talbot lb . ..5 1 111 0 2 Hurd, lf 8 2 2 2 0 0 Robinson, sa 7 2 2 2 1 o Thomson, 2b 6 2 1 0 0 1 Armsllmltl! . 5 l l 0 2 0 Cardie.c . 400711 Ballantyne. 3b 6 3 l 0 4 1 Brown. rf 6 010 0 0 Michal]. cf .. 0 0 3 0 o

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The Kn hi: f Cl b softball sciiedul: forollﬁ ill-c?

made up of five teams VII. Tiger-e, All Stars, Aces, Royal; 1nd mg- nqiiii" firi; ill be l ed e a game w pay Frld v. J 11th tartln o. betwiaen iii‘: Tigers “and Kidder-r‘: The following is the schedule: June lltaigera vs. $011 Satan ca: vs. ya " lti-Hitrights VI Tiger! " 18--All tars vs Aoea 2 gtgfyals vsAI-Iitrighu ers vs c a L‘ 3-21 Starsiuviiielillttagmls — ces vs g " Ito-Tigers vs Royals July 2-All stars vs Hit: thThte following r‘ _,_,, e e earns: Jolggvgla-Wééter LéwionnDr. Herb s on, rn. onno y, . Camllbell, P k Whitl k, In Callaghan, Gall-S egllacDonaolld, Klarll Cantwell Wilf Smith. Somerlcd ‘Irgitllncﬁ AétnCa-nrpboll, Rev. Ken- IlB R0 BIL Hitr hts-Pius Cllllihln. Ban- ny Calaghan, Emmet MacDonald, Patrick Ready, Robert, Bradley, ggsﬁéll St. Ricaghnﬁkugfélyubgarlio Cecidl s o. . ac n MacDonald. Euirene Kelly, xinrv. George McDonald. hn a o ous-

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All Stars-C. Whlil. hey, ‘E. McNoill, K. Mclﬁenlle Bowling. Frank Gormley, M. Mc- Kenzie, J. Mumaghan. L. Doyle, B. MacDonald, L. MCKOIIITI.

Tigers-Loman McAuley, Francis

Ranahan, John

Jack ls 0o

Dempsey

Divorce Trial

ntinued

-WI-IITE PLAINS, N. Y., June 9 (AH-Benny Woodall. blond and worried-looking man, named by Jack Dempsey as ooreapondent in his divorce suit

a slight. Y0"!!!

Red Sox Wiii 3-2 ‘Decision Over Senators

NEW YORK, June 9 (AP)- Paced by a pair of homers after two were out in the first inning. Boston Red Box won a 3-2 victory over Washington Senators in Boa- ton toda and Tex Hughson chalked up his f fth winning decision of the season. t

After Tony Lupien scored his second home run 02f knuckleballer Emil Leonard into the riiht field wing of the grandstand, Jim Tabor hit his third circuit drive high in the left field screen and barely fair.

court they saw Benny dressed running bedroom when they arrived.

Goldman, photographer Woodall who testified for Dempsey earlier in the trial). were you ever in the same bed with Mrs. Dempsey in her apartment?" asked Arthur

it. or c. Softball

aid he met Mrs. Dempsey through her husband.

of the Brooklyn Dodgers this sea-

Navy Airmen Meet Tonight

against his wife, Hannah Williams Dempsey, denied in court today in- timacies with Mrs. Dempsey.

Woodall. 31, testified that lie and ma. Dempcey were friends. and in answer to a question said he might “have kissed s. Dempsey on leaving or arriving on a train." but: denied having been asleep in her bed .\i. a New York apartment or “nving kissed or embraced her pub-

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Questioned about a raid on Mrs. Dempsey’: Los Angeles apartment which previous witnesses for Demp- sey had nlated, Woodall said he

asleep on the sofa in the living room when the raiders broke in. Private detectives had told the

partially

Hannah's l“

out; of

“Ac testified by Goldman (Harry friend of

l. Dempseyb attorney. “No. never." replied Woodall who

Durocher To Flay Shortstop

BROOKLYN. June 9 (APJ-Thc shortstop position. the Achilles heel

son. will be filled with experience if not youth, starting in tomorrow's game against Boston Brawn.

Skipper Leo Durocher. who was llﬂied to a playermanager con- tract this year but who to date has

will fill the shnrtfield spot in per- son, thus leaving Arky Vaughan free to lay third base. Billy Her-

man wil remain at second. 1°

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It will be Navy and Air Force in ton ht‘! scheduled softball league at t e Victoria Park diamond. Air Force, strengthened from their last appearance when they took a lick- ing at the hands of the league lead- ing Y. M. C. A. team. are expected in furnish much stiffer opposition tonight. and the game may turn out be another of the close, ex-

McDonald, Mike Hennouey, Tom lilll’ mm l

Bu , u- Blanchard. John Walsh. K. McKen- na, D. MacDonald, J. Doyle C. Cal- laghan.

Aces-Earl Nicholson, Melvin Richard. C. Burke, Neil Wilson, Joe Zakem. E. Corbett. Shep 1rd. geld Bradley. Reggie Whalan, ar-

Jlnlon

Saturday morning two games starting at 9.30.

J Armstrong-

By Sid Feder-

Assoclaled Pres‘ Spot“ writ“

New York, June B — (AP) — The bookies are quoting ibto-S-and-pick ‘ciu- on Friday's nenry Arms . Sammy Arrgott. fight... and ‘piick em in; ha; ﬂu Wile mam walking around in circles - - 'l that closemfncidentallig thlﬂl be

DIS-A AND DAT-A "AFR!"- .. . ..... r is t . Natioililisi Mia/FEB ‘rghtm Illa-w “l: BETTY FIELD

the Dodgers’ Billy Herman is the best second sucker in the loop Its a photo

It's murder, hecayai

_Luia Firm write: Jack with a proposition for I lief fight between his putil, Cestac, and a. U. S. fightcr Qpongo . ed b.v the Ol, Mauler, t1.) oommqnor.

thriller this summer. ..Oe:tac'| wal- lop is so terrific, any; the old wild ouil, that tho Argentina Dodo; Ibo. oration has in a_ the rule; whenever he fights Say , is it- safe to let. a guy like that. looael’. ..

Beef on the lip

, r . llygntengntgienatu it?’ glibhbemnltillm. sisis that. th y m

les his pitchers '

mostly starters is." relic , guy

i. Iii I tth ' t u, Clgtlld ins." w" m “h”

‘lron_Man’ 0f Ski Trails Dies

_r'fELD, BC. June I (CD-Neil Nelsen. "iron man" of m; 5k] m", lkll0 set a world siti-jumpiix ream-q .n the 20a that stood for ' t yuan

in his lleep here today. age

It was in i025 that. Nelsen aoarod 2ft)‘ feet on the famoul suicide hill aviueh he designed himuif at- nur- .v Revalstoke. Although falling iiealth and loss of an arm in g hinting accident impacted hi: lumping, he wan still a In to lap T20 feet a few onths an.

Nelsen was bom in Norwaly and arrived in Ilevelltoh in l0 I. He

was employed as a tninmm with the Canad an Pacific railway.

of pending rapidly and the Government has undertaken to buy the whole of next year's crop.

Gibraltar Government has to the United Kingdom $2,700.000 free of interest for the prosecution of the war.

citin the

battles that; have featured ast. two encounters.

SILK mom CYPR—US CAIRO -tOP)- The production

silk cocoons in Cyprus is ex- British

smaws or rm; team omawrsn

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loaned-

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RONALD REGAN MONTAGUE - FRIDAY _.. SATURDAY

sounm - Momma?"

up a reserve that kept. Box in front for the remainder of the game.

Cleveland 8-0 behind the two-hit pitching of towerin at Clevefand, dropp to seventh over the park's right. field the second inning of opener to score Vernon Stephens

and Mike Chartak ahead of him and start Jim Bagby, the ‘Tribe's

hld a \'.v beers and had fallen mmmd Bce- t” the shmwem

three unearned runs in the first inning and went: on for a 3-1 vic- tory over Detroit Tigers at Detroit triu with the Tigers for fourth place in league standings.

baseball Results

Pittsburgh 3;

done all managing and no playing, 01°11'31" Reta Champion, Gerald Hickey.

am Hickey, William Cousins.

Connick, Marlon MacKay.

zier, Ruth Champion, Anna Hickey. Freda Champion Carl Champion.

Dawson Champion. Margaret Cham- pion and Hilda Champion (equal).

el Ad Crozier, 94. .

pion. Theo Crozler. Virieiie Crozlcr Mary Cousins

Th penin -innin homers built e ° 3 8 u» ma

St. Louis Browns ahellacked Bob Muncrief g the Indians place.

George McQuinn poled a homer Wall in the series

Chicago White Box pushed over

a twilitzht game. The Chicago _ mph lifted the Sex into a tie

NATIONAL "

St. Louis 4. AMERICAN Chicgfoti; Detroit 1. Was ngtcn 2; Bostion3. St. Louis S; Cleveland 0. INTERNATIONAL Rochester 0: BaItimoreO. Buffalo B; Syracuse 4. Buffalo 3; Syracuse 4.

D-ARNLEY SCHOOL Honor roll for the month of May: Senior Department Grade IX-Robert Crozier. Grade VIII-Minnie Roach, Theo

VII-Minnie Champion,

Grade Grade VI-Esther MacKay, Shir- _v MacGregor, Audrey Connick. Grade V—Vir]ene Crozier. Mlri~ Highest average, Virjene Crozier, .7.

Primary Department Grade IV-Mary Cousins, Goldie Grade III-Muriel Champion, eorge MiicKay, Cutler Roach. Grade II Sn-Norma Rose Cro- Grade II Jr.—lrene Mountain, Grade Ia—Paul Roach.

Grade Ib-Sliirley Champion. Grade Ic-Gordon Champion,

Grade Id—Norman Cousins, Haz- flmS. Highest Baverage, Norma Rose

assist:

Perfect. attendance-Reta Cham-

olclie __ Connick.

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ALL RIGHT, WISE GUYS"- SO 1 "TOOK THE SHORT CLI’ YOU ‘TWO WENTOUT OF . VOUR WAY TO TELL

ABOUT.’

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zilas Connick, Muriiel 0115.156?"

Riuth Champion, Norma Rose Cro- z e Mrs. Ilhrry Crozier,

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Human muscles Taan absorb as Jwich as Iiihﬂuetiigkllilli-

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BACK wrru THOSE epocsn PRETTY S00

WELL, IF HE DOESN'T COME

N--i'l.i. NOT TAKE HIM TO TH‘ CIRCLJSH

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THERE YOU ARE! WHE YOU BEEN ?’??

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"SALT IN BDOOD l ‘more u a one per cent concent- ration of salt in tlhe blood.

Jliviq rung, 540

N COMMON with his comrades in tlie ﬁghting forces, the Canadian coal miner is doing a wonder- ful job, a hard, ton h job, one of the most im rtant jobs in Canada rig t now. We need more an Hour: coal to keep our war industries working full blast, our convoys sailing, and our home ﬁres buruin . Help is urgently re tired, and in order to cu py this essential Iielp, y Proclamation, His Excel ency the Governor General in Council has declared that labour uuppl for coalmines ranks as a national emergency. tler to provioilo manpower for coal, an Order in Council has been issued aimed at swelling the ﬂow of coal from mine to ﬁre pot. Eve cm l an re ardluu o his Indus , who Izod pgagoukmxgarieaea an’; coal mine darker, mull report that fact la Ml employs!‘ immadlalaly.

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LONDON —-(CP)—-

Deputy Prime Minister, House of Commons that the gov- ernment doesn't intend to increase the pay and allowances of British soldiers. The troops got a sixpenoc

raise last year to t €lallY-H_._

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NO RAISE FOB. TOMMIEC

R. Williams Our Boarding House Q‘ " MY WORDJATHER FOR W/W

AQSORBING p \ "a

pcricncc as coal mine workers.

"coal mine worker" for these ur ' v i, - mince January lat, I935, has p pom“! anyone’: a certiﬁcate or licence in or around a since the same slat

worked

your emplo coo who are cit-coal

_ mine w ken, mmunicatc with the nearest Employment adage!» ﬁve Service oilice.

Pan-lotion demand: that no elplqyep or employee overlook til: l-porliul nutter!

(D? EACIDYQER

A. MAcNuuu, Dinar d’ Ndiaid Simian Janina

German is roughly $1500. Tine of tmi rig rpilot is greater that of a university degree.

C. B. Atbleﬂ. told the

French peasant to adopt and hree shillings

rtllcss of lila lmlnstrv, must min in discovering whet er any of his employees have had

under proitinci coal mine. or wh e, has been employed for a lnfalof 3| least 24 months in the production of coal (ext-qr; oﬂice work).

you are an employer, and have not reported 0|] my

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-_—.~_-—:_—_.—_-;_ Cost of ome of the 8,000-p0un{ bombs the RAJ‘. is dropping 0| con that

‘The BBC ll appealing to m

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a city child because rickets and tu- berculosls are increasing alarmingly among children in Frerici_i_qltles.

wou. ' to, CHUM.’ A Mo! risuiuo

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, HElJCOPTER {Q HEQE- 5UP on.

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TAKE osr-l

By Edwina

MY LAND! l-lE. STILL i5! "WHERE ARE THOSE GPOCERIES at?

With Major Hoopla

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