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Blackle Beflus tangles with Tea‘ mgmley inthe main event of tlic- “Emu; ggrd .3; the SpOHIng Club toniaiil and fans should witness a "aid-fire encounter between the w}; grunt and Sroan artists who know plenty about the finer points

the game but who when riled can come through with many uesllCllflblE tactics. Both in sup- Zp, condition, this main would be a natural.

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VOne More Was/rout would Give Detroit Tigers American

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Damon". Sept._ 2s - tar) - post of Detroit Tigers sat around their hotel hrxe ‘ttiay and watch. ad the descent of a soothing. gentle rain with all the appreciation of a ggskatchewan farmer after a long arouaht- _ To manager Steve 0‘Nelll's ner. vous athletes each drop looked like ‘another digit in a World Series theque. One after another they .1°gked at the glistening streets and ‘scanned the lowering clouds and said hopefully: “Looks as if it might last for davs.” There was never a chance of pjly-jng today's opener with Cleve- phd, Before noon the home club, ‘m, judge and jury in such cases. announced there would be a dou- pjaheader tomorrow. starting at 113i] p.m. EDT. (2:20 p.m. A.D.T.). li those games should be wash- ed out. too. the ‘Tigers automat- ,,j¢a1jy would beconje American jgague Champions. assured of fin- hhlng ahead of the idle Washing- tm senators on percentage points gym if they should drop their fin- d two games in St. Louis Satur- day and Sunday. . The best the weather bureau wwuld say was that tomorrow's wea. ‘titer should be better how much bet- ter it wouldn't guru. The airport .|aid it would clear in the after- ‘acon. Even if the sun should ap- gpear early in the day. Briggs Sta- dium still will be a wet ball yard tat game time.

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IIPitchcrs-Catchcrs gfiiiicup For '45 giiorld Series

Following is the first of a series gmplaririg prospective world ser- a

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By SID PEDER.

CHICAGO. Sept. zo-tAP) -- If the doctors will forward final re- mts on Hal Newhousers aching

k and the size of the piece of anti double-work Dizzy Trout will have leit by next week, it will be Possible to add up one and one about the pitchers in the forth- coming World Series.

This is not to say that, Lefty Hal and overworked Dizzy will be doing a lonesome duet starting next.

Beffus And McKinley ‘ Principals In Main Event . lOf Wrestling Card Ton iglit

when Pete Pemo. a favorite here in his two straight victories tangles with "Inga" Perry. i.a a to turn out to be another - t- ting (yes. there's boxing creeps into those matches toot rugged encounter. It is the first time those two have tangled with each other and both will be out fora

victory. Starting time is B30 and the wings-wt! get underway sharp on

For I945

Conn Discharged From ll. S. Army

CAMP LEE. Va.. Sept. S —-(AP) —Bil1y Conn, the nrlda of Pitts- burgh and former light heavywe hi. hamplon of the world. was. charged from the United States Army today and left for hia home for a brief rest. _ plans to resume again in civ- ilian rings his campaign for a shot. at champion Joe Louis and the world's heavyweight title. Conn went. more than three years in the service durlnl which be rhined soldiers in bases here an overseas.

Detroit Tigers. Welcome llain

By The Canadian Prcaa

The American League Detroit Tigers yesterday welcomed rain which dnlaled down over the Mich- igan cltv and forced postponement of a scheduled match with Cleve- land Indians. and honed that the d continue tomorrow when the postponed match will be played as part of a doubleheader. with four games left. the Th!!! must win at least two-if all are played. Postponement of these two games. with no other 0W0!‘- tunlty lo play them left. would be just as good‘ and leave thg Tigers sliely 1n 1118b 918150-

In the only other scheduled game yesterday. 8t. Iouis Browns put a walk and four hits together. includ- ing a double by Chet Laabs. to produce four runs in the fourth inning. to defeat Chicago white Sox 5-1 for Lefty Al Holilrigsworth s 12th victory of the year.

Chicago Cubs Sccn sure ‘Bet To Win Pennant

Wednesday. because the National Leigue has promised to show up mo. Chicago Cubs sport probably the best rounded pitching brigade lIl baseball. It's not even positive that Detroit will be junior circuit representative. It might still be Washington with Dutch Leonard and ltlsger Wolfl and chunky Chick ere .

But the way the cake will be cut-at least the Tigers’ part-is all tied up In the doings of the Dfiilvlt dandies.

looking over the elbowers-Jor the Tigers, Cards. Cubs or Sena- tnrt-you find that Ncwhouser leads in just about everything. Bis 19f strikeouts, 28 complete games, 801 innings of work and seven shutouts this season makes the filters‘ off-hand beaver the guy to beat. Only Red Barrett. the Car- dinals‘ crooning curver, can match 11113‘ i313 the games~won department.

The Cubs have a kayo specialist themselves in Claude Passeau. who has whiffed 125 during the cam- hslxn. And the form sheets can't "lsfltwk Harry (The Cat) Brech- glls .8114 won-lost average, if the

"d5 shdlld come home, or Hank 3°Y°Wl"s .818 or l-lank Wyse's 31 victories, if it's the Cubs.

beanpole Paul Richards of the

Burs, who came up as a coach then was given a mask and pads Hill told to go to work. has got lots more out of Newhouser and Trout than any other catcher. l-lc "ill Risk Ferrell. who has llie emllllllest job in the majors—what ywllh Washington's knuckleballers jllktly to take a hand or leg off on

J11!’ given pitch-have done the tricks among the receivers.

I NVRESTLING sronrlilc CllIB Wednesday, September 26-9 P.

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SEMI-FINAL \ PETE PERNO vs. LEGS PERRY

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(By The Canadian Preaa)

’I‘hose "$9.000 jitters" jolted ,he Cardinals ust a little bit more than the bs yesterda -and the jolt jerked Chicago's g les virt- uall out of reach in front of the Natlcnal League's pennant stretch struggle.

The Cubs came to life with a four-run spree in the seventh in- ning of the first lime of the sen- ior cliouitb own "little World Series" to pile up a 5-5 victory and jump 2% games out in front. of St. Louis in the chase.

Taking this thrlll-d-play heart- breaker. the Cubs sipped w. a spot where phey have to take only four of ther remaining six games to lock up the championship. even if the Cards win all of the five they still have to play. ' .

Goody Horton's 12th homer of the season. com two out and two on in the ninth inning. cllmaxed a Brooklyn re urt for a 7-4 National League dec sion over New York Giants.

Rookie Roy Lee. discharged Armv Ali- Corps veteran. was ma his second big league relief apnea:- ance at the time when R-oaen socked his round tripper ofl the right hand score board after single by Vie Lombardi double by Ed ltanky.

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Ken O'Dea, catching mealtlcket for the Cards with Walker Cooper gone hits that long ball-and did it often enoughto knock in more runs than any other of the four receivers. 41 to date. Mickey Liv- ingston is the Cubs‘ varsity catch- er because of his experience.

BLACKIE BEFFUS

Challenge we, m; West End Rangers do

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‘ere-h; guqwiagursalayera will rs rucealslzlehere. Lemon Murphy; of. cher. Earl Smith: 1st base. Jr" Henneseey: 2nd base. Ivan Mona"- lhm: 3;- baae, Danny Larter- mortslob. Ernie Tralnor; ilelders. Mike Connolly. Ffiuk burl-Bl‘ llVl lddle MacKinnon.

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Rain Postpones Covcrliofs Cup Finals Again

MONTREAL. Se t. 25- ening of the nnal best-o -seven ser es for the Governor's Cup in the Inter- national League. bringing togeth »r Newark Bears and Montreal Roy- als, was postponed for the second time tonight. Weather pet-aiming. the clubs will swing into action tomorrow night.

Pmbable batteries for the inaus- ural battle remained unchanged. with Royals’ righthander Ray Hathaway pliitlcbing t0 Al Odd- and Frank ler doing the b01101’! for Newark with catcher Steineclae.

liorth End Cubs Defeat Cardinals In Exhibition

Greeting the offerings of Earl Smith like a long-lost cousin and aided by the costly fumbles of Jack I-lennessey. Cardinals third baseman. the North End Cubs de- feated the Holy Redeemer Cardi- nals. chem ions of the Ho] Re- deemer an K. of C. aoftbal lea.- ues at the Cards’ home diamond fist night by the impressive score of l6 to ‘i.

- Jackie Proud. serving them up for the Cubs was never in trouble at. any time during the some and Ila worded good support by his mates. The Cubs found no mys- tery to Earl Smith's tosses and got to him for runs in every inning- Matheson of the Cubs and Gau- thier of the Cards were the defen- aive stars of the came while Bu" Carson of the Cubs wielded a pot- ent bat on his team's behalf. Batteries were: Cubs. Ward m4 Proud; Cards: Bruce and Smith. Umpire at the pl-ste: George MdcDonald.

liics Even Finals With Commandos

The Vics defeated the Comman- dos 10-1 last night to even the Knights of Columbus intermediate jug“ playoff at. one game each. The Commandos won the 0P9”! the previous night by a 15-1 5C0"- The Vics took a 6-0 lead in the first, inning last night and liter-ll? pounding away thwushm" m? Ye‘ mainder of the some. It "5 l reversal of the form they 6181114?- ed in‘ the opener.

30m teams are ieylfi u l" i high pitch and get a bt over- anxious at times. Cairns on the mound for the Commandos played a hard game but, support was louse in the field at times and sometimes what look- ed like sure plays went Wild- Tullerdid mound duty for the Vics and had a flghtlnl team be- hind him. The outflelders pulled down some difficult drives. The next game will be this even-

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Baseball Standing

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mrw YORK. Sept. - M1101‘ league standings inc uding all games of Sept. 25.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Team: W L Pct. G.B_.L. Chicago 93 55 .628 sc-rntils , D1 as .611 2% Brooklyn e4 67 .556 10's Pittsburgh 8') U .541 l3 New York ‘l’! 72 .517 15%

ton 66 B4 .440 28 Cincinnati 00 8'1 .400 301.6 Philadelphia 46106 .303 40

AMERICAN LEAGUI Detroit 56 54 .578 — Washington 8'1 o‘! .565 l SL Innis 00 00 .537 4'6 New York ‘I5 '11 .533 7% Cleveland ‘I2 70 .507 10

Ielltl ‘I1 78 .47? 141i Boston '71 8i .467 16 Philadelphia 52 97 .349 33's

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i Trotter Purchased

The three-yeanold trottdnShirley Kfllmuck. has been purchased from Dr. G. Bishop of Charlottetown by Mtr). Everett Wakelin. also of this

Dodgers Purchase Four For Farm Club

BROOKLYN. Sept. 5 -—- (AP) _ The Dfldsers today m. based four players from their Montreal Inter- national League farm club ‘They were outficlders Roland Gladu m‘; John Corriden and pitchers Jean Pierre ROYIS-Dd Claude Cmckgyq E1150 0 the International league playoffs. only Crodrer wot report to the BWIII-lyn club before the end of the season.

II. S. Golf Pros Dissapointcd By British Decision

NEW YORK. Sept. 25 —- (AP) — American hopw for a 1946 renewal of the Ryder Cup matches between professional golfers of the United States and Britain nose-dived to- day when the British Professional Golfers Association begged off. pleading inability of its players and courses to recover from the rigors oi war.

Declining the American challenge. president Henry Cotton of the British P.G.A. sald it would be im- possible to pick a Ryder Cup team for "at least two years."

“We must allow our players and courses to recover from six years of total war." Cotton said in a cablegram to Ed Dudley. USRG. A. president. who had suggested a resumption of the international matches next year and was said to have offered to send an American team to Britain.

Informed of the British decision. American pros were quick to ex- press their disanpointment. Mani‘ of them. gathered in Oregon for the Portland open. Sept. 27-30. held out hope that the British P.G.A. would reconsider.

At Northfield. NJ.. Dudley said he hoped there was a possibility that the Ryder Cup matches would be resumed later.

Eddy Phillips Wins Bout 0n Comeback Trial

LONDON. SDI. 25 - (Reuters)- Eddl! Phillips, 34-year-old British llfllvylive-ght boxer seeking to make a comeback after a seven-year lay- off. won the decision tonight in an eiilht-mund bout with Ollc Tand- pgo. Swedish heavyweight champ-

After dowfllflll the Swede for a nine-count in the second round. Phillips held command throughout

Baseball's Big Six

(By The Associated Press) (Three leaders In each league) G AB II’. II Pct. Cavarretta, Cubs . . . . . .. 136 4'14 92 166 .364 Holmes , Braves .. 151 624 124 218 .349 "r3753. er I42 595 126 194 .826 Cuccinellg. White 80x . I18 403 5O 134 .308 Stlrnwelss. Yan es . I40 617 104 109 .305 Dickshot. White 50x . 130 485 '14 147 .303

Runs Batted In-National Lea- gue: Walker. Dodgers 123; Ameri- can League: Etten. Yankees 106. Home Runs—-I\"ational League: Holmes. Braves 29; American Lea- gue: Stephens. Browns 24.

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Alfllouih the same band of wrestlers will be performing to- night. though not matched the

1M6. wrestling fans can be certain of witnesslnl another action filled card at thaspzi-ting Ctlub tonight.

No doubt about lt.- these boys who will be performing tonight put on a great. show on their last appearance. 'I‘iie had the fans in an uproar all e time and dur- ing their performances displayed

that proved very interesting to gay the least. '.

O O O-

Wlth the announcement of to- night's performers. the Largest crowd of the season should be in attendance. The show will get underway at 8.30 sharp and that means just 8.30. Promoter Mc-

Donald announced this the last time he had his show oing and this is another factor t drew

plenty of commendation from the fans. So k the starting time in mind and e on hand to wit- ness a card chock full of

action. O O O O

Another sporting evt, and one that appealing to a large num- ber o people is the plowin match and horse show schedued for Bridgetown today on the farm a! N. W. McLeod d: Sons. The past week or so many people have been making inquiries about this com- petition and expectations are that a very large crowd will be on hand for the event.

O O O O

It mould be very interesting. For the writer it will be his first assignment for an event of this type and he is looking forward w it. And in addition to and horse show. there will also be varied sports run off, with ar- rangements also made to provide refreshments to the big crowd that is expected.

O O O O

It won't be long now before rug- by! fans will have a chance of wat- c ng the college teams in action. Both Prince of Wales and Saint Dunstan's are already booting the pigskin around and it is likely that arrangements will be completed at an early date for the annual tus- ales between these two rivals.

O O O O

It is also likely that the stu- dents will be the only teams per- forming this year. Closing down c! the airport has ended any pos- sibility of an air force team, with none expected to be formed from the navy bovs. But the College encounters always produce keen. bitter struggles and this year with both seats of learning reported to

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Baseball

Results

(By The Precel INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Newark at M-taritreal. first. game of best-oi-seven final play-ofl, port- poned. rain.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Cleveland at Detroit postponed. ram.

Chicago 000 010 000-4 8 0 St. Louis 000 401 0014-5 9 0 Lopat. Johnson and ‘Fresh. Cas- tino; l-‘follingsworth and Mancuso.

NATIONAL-LEAGUE

have stronger teams. the battles should be even more toughly fought.

O O O O Heavyweight champion Joe Louis says he'll retire from the ring if Billy Conn beats him bad enough when the pair finally get around to their title meeting. O O O O "It all depends on how I lose.” declared Sergeant Joe. "If it's a close fight and I lose. I'll fight a rematch. But if I lose bad and I figure its because I'm foo old. I'll retire." ' O O O O Then. says the Brown Bomber who is sporting a brand new hair- line mustache, he'll ‘go to Califor- nia because "I like it there." O O I» O

The champion is not making predictions on a Conn-Louis bout. Reminded that Billy theKid had confidently announced he would knock him out. Louis just smiled and said "maybe he knows about that. I don't."

O O O O

"Conn is a rough man." says Louis. "He looks good and he's put on some weight. No question about it. he's also a much smarter ilimter than when we last met in

O O O. O The champion. clad in army khaki with a :00 tight Windbreaker binding his powerful shoulders. was in Pittsburgh for the Sammy Anatott-Ike Williams fight recently and refereed a three-round exhib- ition between Conn and Al Patter- son. Pittsburgh. O O O O Asked how he'd like to be fight- ing Conn instead of refereelng. Louis cocked a canny eve over the crowd of 14.425 that paid a net of 535345.99 and said, "with a bigger crowd. I would." ‘ l.

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Right now. Joe is less concerned with the title fight than with the American League pennant fight and his beloved 'I‘lgers. "I sure hone they win the pennant. I've got my world series tickets all ready and I‘want $0 use them."

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The change In status of the lead- ing hitters in the major leagues over a two-year span isn't too surprising. except possibly to the leading hitters.

Excluding Stan Musial and Wal- ker Cooper. who were not around this year, only one of the leading National League hitters of last year has been able to hold his pl-ace in that category this season. He is Phil Cavarretta. of the Cubs. who hit .321 in 1944. and is up there leading the league now with a mark of .350 or hereabouts.

O O O O

The others have more or less fallen by the wayside. Dixie Wel- ker_ who led the league last year with .357. is down to .300. which. although not bad. is far from the top. Joe Medwiclr hit .337 in 1944. l-le'l a .28’! hitter now.

O O O O

Replacing these eclipsed gents are veterans who for the most part could have been considered just among those present last yeur. Tommy Holmes. pressing Caver- retta for the championship with an avenge around .852.,was a .309 hitter in 1944. and Goody Rosen probably still is trying to figure how his average has jumped front .261 to .34

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lponed. rain. St. Louis 200 010 020-4 l4 3 Chicago 200 000 40x—6 B 2 Brecheen. Dockins. Burkhart. tlnptka and D. Rice Crurrlling:

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. post-

Borowy. Prim and Livingston. Wil- liams.

Brooklyn 000 000 403-7 9 1 New York 100 100 200-4 ll 0 Lombardi and Sandlock; Feld- man. Voiselle, Lee and B‘. Lombar- di.