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Mrs.

Louis, world's heavyweight boxing champion, was sued for divorce in superior court today by Marya Trotter Louis. She charged cruelty.

Mrs. Louis, who Lied the action under her husband's real name, Barrow, charged that the Negro b xing cham-ppn struck her first 0:1 Jln. 2, 194.1, and again on April 19 of this year.

The bill said she separated from him on the latter date.

They were marred in New York City on Sept. M, 1935. There are no children.

Mrs. Louis, a Chicagoan married Louis the night he knocked out Max Baer in the fourth round at Yankee Stadium. New York.

That bout grossed approximately 31.000000, with Louis’ share of 5217.337 being one of the highlights o.’ a career which has enabled‘ him lo earn almost. $2,000,000 since turn- ing ilrnicssional seven years ago.

The heavyweight champion, play- ing golf in Detroit when informed of his wife's action, appeared stunned. ~

“I don't believe it,” he said. "1 ab ‘olutelg.’ know nothing about it."

Louis denied he had struck hs vrife and said he would not contest the divorce.

“Ii she doesn't want to live with me,‘ he said. "what can I do about 1t.’

He said he and his wife had had some differences and added, "I thought thev was all settled." He sfd the differences arcie over his wfels insistence that she accomp- anv him to training camps and on exhibition tours,

Baseball Results

AMERICAN

LEAGUE Detroit 100 000 000-1 5 0 Chicago 000 000 3_0 NGWSOm and Sullivan; Dletr.c.1.. Ross and Treﬁh.

Boston 000 003 100-4 9 1

New York 01_l 060 001-i 11 1 1i, Newsome, Wilson, Potter and Pytlak; Gomez, Murphy and‘ Dickey.

CHICAGO. July I—(AP)—JOQ[

Washington . 000 140 010 0-6 14 1

Philadelphia 000 002 013 1-7 l4 2 Zuher, Kennedy and Early; Bu- blcn, Hadley, Harris, Ferrick, Mc- Crebb and Waimel‘.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

l-‘int game: New York 000 004 000-4 4 0 Boston 200 300 00x-5 l0 0

Carpenter, Wlttig, Adams and 0130a, Dannirlg; Ernckson, Early and Masi.

Second game: New York Boston

Lohrman. and Dunning; Johnson,

Hutchings, Early and Montgom-

ery_ Masi.

Clnlinnati 000 1M 000-3 l3 1 Pittsburgh 000 202 Zzx-S 11 0 Derringer, Thcrnpson and Lom-

bardi, J. Riddle; Butcher and Lopez. Philadelphia 210 000 000-3 10 l. Brnrlrlyn 510 102 00x—9 l2 0

Hoerst, Beck, McltIn and Living- ston; l-ligibe, Kimball and Franks.

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

Svrzwouse 000 000 010-1 2 0

Newark 000 031 3lx—8 l1 1 Sunkei, Shultz, Rehben and MM‘- shaii; Washburn and Padden.

Montreal 040 001 200-7 12 0 Rochester 000 000 000-O l 1 Head and Becker: Vandetniberg,

Surkont and Mueller.

Toronto 000 000 020-2 8 4

Billfalo 404 000 l2x-1l l3 1 Fischer, Lanlranoonl and Gar- bark; Trucks and Parsons.

Two countries Of legworkers Took to roads

STOOKHOLM, July 1—t0P>—A

crting match between two coun- gics lil which no less than 2.500.000 coulpetltors participﬂlﬁ mill“ be considered fantastic but such l gnmt sport event has recent bern conccluded between Flnlan and Swe en.

They met in a national walking match which at the same time constituted a. link in the continuous wcrkiof the two countries for_th_e best possible fitness for all tnelr citizens in uncertain times. The mats-h extended over a period c! three weeks and was oven to men were for men to cover a distance 0f 15 kilometres (16,400 yards) o! highroad ln a time not exceeding two hours and 20 minutes, whle wamen had to walk 10 kilometres (10,900 gags) inbesnot over and hour an minll -

The contest attracted inlmense interest in both countries. Finland wok |, marked lead from the be-

lnnlng and, although Sweden re-

uced the start conside ublY in the finish. Finland won the contest with about 1.300.000 partichilﬂld dinrt 1,100,000 for Sweden. People 3? all ages and all classes and pro- olned the event with zest of the walkers covered the course 1n times which were eonsidc ably below the maxllﬂllﬂ stipulations

School Conleﬂll

Thecontest Ill) comlvflﬁﬂl M51 matches between, for instance. Siredlslii and Fllnnah 532-. is‘ an Pnns c 100- nzlted local meeting o! that kind

Joe Louis l Sues

Husband For Divorce-

Louillaidhehadbeen giving his wife I weekly allowance.

The heavyweight champion to leave tonight for Pittsb play in a. golf tournament Saturday and Sunday.

According to the bill, Louis, on Jan. 2, 104.1, in Chicago, "struck her a violent blow on the mouth with his hand" and on last April 19, “hit her in the face with his hand and stepped on her ankle."

The plaintiff asked for alimony and that she be permitted to re- sume her maiden name.

-Mrs. muls. who asked for ade- quate stlplilort while the suit is in litigation, asserted her only inccme is derived from an apartment build- ink in which she now is living. The income from the building, she said, is not sufficient “to maintain self in the comfort to which the defen- dant has accustomed her and in ﬁcoidance with her station in

e."

She contended her husband owns real estate in Cook County (Chl- cago) and in Detroit in the value of $400,000 and also has insurance, bonds, stocks and mcoilee to the t0- tal ot another $400,000 in the Con- tinental lllinois Bank and Trust Companykhere and in the Detroit

City Ban .

The bill said Louis has an annual income from his yiodessi olf $250,- 000 I. year.

‘I'm heavyweight chant/plum, who won tho title from Jim Braddock here in 1937, "recently has been spending mcst of his time bet/ween $131213! at his farm near Utica,

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ans to there

Grads meet

onecl" as the strongest hitting team in the loop. Holmans by virtue of the victory

Make it a point not to miss it. On the Iii-Y side you have pitching pills an airtight defence; on Hol- mank you have hard hitting and‘ an airtight defence; come and see who will win. The game starts at 6.30.

Dead-pan Texan Wins medal round

COLORADO SPRINGS. July 2- (AlD-Eorry Todd. a. hi8 dead- panned ‘Ibxam, won the medal in the 42nd annual Western Amateur Golf Tournament at suntaln- shadowed Broadmocr today with 71-70-141.

The Dallas star's two-day trip in one stroke over pa: across the men-yard course opened his cam- paign for the championship 1e won at Oklahoma City two years ago. He was low amateur at tire United" States Open this year at Fort Worth.

Defending champion Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, although he did not have to qualify for the BQ-man match play bracket begin- ning tomorrow. was second to Trdd with 71-71-142.

Blow from ball Restores sight

MELBOURNE. Jilly I-—(@ K-

tem-A blvw from a cricket ball

restored the sight to Stanley L:rd"s_ right eye. He was watching a match

when the ball hit a leg and bound-

ed into his eye which had been

blind for l0 years.

resulted in a victory for Sweden. of 120 starting Swedish MP3s only one failed in the test. several mem- bers of the Swedish royal family, including the Grown Prince and the Crown Princess were also n- mong the test wlm-lers as was also the President of Finland.

The arm. gements were in the hands nf the central sports feder- ations in Finland and Sweden, which with the aid of individual sports clubs, laid out courses in all parts of the two countries. All ful- filling the stipulations could obtain a inﬁecial badge on payment of a sh lng or so. The considerable in- corne derived in this way went, in Finland, to war invaiids, and in Sweden to the support. oi needy families whose bread-winners are

colcrs.

Brllhh Comment

The unique event attracted eon- sldcrabie interest also abroad. "For instance, the British Menchecte Guardian, in spite or all war news, devoted a lo article to the match. "The honor having achieved the moat ltlmflﬂ performance in pe- destrian oi the 20th century

sure] belongs to Finland and 5w en. who have this a ng en- feted on the most-renter 1e ex-

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{Old land soccer

Lists I6 honors

LONDON. July i-(OH-Llatlng of 10 soccer cups and their winners in the 1940-41 season glvu vldence that Nazi blitzing has not apprec- iably dimmed the love of the Eug- lishznan-or Scotsman either-for his football games.

Glasgow Rangers and Preston North End won the major soccer honors of the season in England and Scotland.

Rangers won three trophies, the Scottish C . the Southern Scottish. League, an Cup, while Preston won the Floor.- bal Lea e War Cup and the North Reglona league.

Following is a. ccrn-plete list of champions:

Football League War Cup: Plu- tcn North End.

Scottish Cup.’ Glasgow Rangers.

North Regional League: Preston North End.

South Regional League: Crystal Palace.

Football League South: Brighton and Hove Albion.

LUHdOG War Cup: Reading.

Southern Scottish league: Glas- gow Rangers.

Western Regional Cup; Invell‘:

thletic

South. vvales and Monmouthshire Cup: Cardiff City,

Hampshire Cup: Portsmouth.

Inter-Allied Services Cup: Bri- tish Army.

Glasgow Charity Cup: Glasgow BR118975-

Combined Counties Cup: Mid- dlesboro

Lagngashire Cup: Manchester

Midland Cup: Leichester City.

How They Stand

NATIONAL LEAGUE

- . ula . Ha rd hittin st w will“ Li’? 5°13 g Brooklyn 48 24 .667 H 1 d €l°"."°'i‘. "S." d‘ "iii nc nna . O "Ian squa Pittsburgh 29 34 .460 chioago 31 89 .443 —-——- Boston 20 40 .394 Tonleﬂlt at the Park Diamond. Philadelphia 20 50 .286 Hi-Y Grads meet Holmium in a game that well might be an lnclin- Alvmglcay LEAGUE ation that how the city league scft- New you; 45 as 1134 ball championship might swing. Hi- Cleveland 4,3 3o s39 Y led by Walter Goss have been Bosmn 36 33 522 provl stubborn opposition to all Chicago 36 33 .522 teams n the league to date: G058. Detroit 80 36 500 a pitcher noted for brain amd cun- Philadelphia 34 36 .486 nine. wnlaht will be chimed by r Washington as 44 .111 team that has and should be reck- st 4B 04

. Louis 24 3 (Not including night games) INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

over the 3.011.111, last Sunday, took Newark 48 27 640 first; place in the league and to- Rochester 4,: 33 55g night's struggle should be one be- Buiiialc t‘! 33 .566 oween two teams that in addition Montreal 41 32 4553 to the 8.0.14.1“. shculd be fighting Jersey City 39 ' 36 .520 it out for the honor of represent- Syracuse 33 4-0 .452 ing the Island in the 1941 softball Baltimore 29 42 .408 playdcwns. ' Toronto 21 4 .200

5 (Not Including night games)

Suspended For gambling

DURHAM. 11.0.. Juiv z-(Ari- William G. Bramham, President of the Natﬁaiial Association olf Pro- fessional Baseball Leagues, an- nounced today that pitcher Julio

the Pacific Coast league had been placed on the ineligible list as a re- sult o: a two-month investigation of the player's reported association with-alleged gambling figures.

Davis K. O. ’d by Fritzie Zivic

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Sport Writer NEW YORK, July 2-(AP)_ Fritzie Zivzc was strictly on a high- er plane than a fighter tonight and gave Al (Bummy) Davis an art!stic cvinz in stopping the "lovely little character" from Brooklyn in l0 rounds. Zlvio weighed 140 1-4, Davis 148.

The world welterweight Ohlllllp. ion, making a previous triumph “stickﬂ did everything but aim; a. picture all over Bummyk hi e as he won one of the easiest victor- ies oi‘ his career.

He rlcored Davis for a seven. count. just before the end Off the first round and from then on nev. er got his hali- mussed until Rel.

cree Arthur Donovan stopped th . Proceedings at 1.12 of the 100:‘

round after Davis recei . ticularly solid shot Hugh“ 11.1 pa; "tilmmy."

Onl a slim crowd was on hand, but t use who were them were treated to an artist at work. Zlvic had Davis bleeding from the nose

"mes during the bout, and general- ly had just an easy workout. At the finish, the Associated Press score card showed Zivic won (ght of the "h"! ffwlllllﬂted rounds and Davis tcok just one-the fifth when he charged in and shook Fﬂtglg ‘my, 2711253111? herd ledt hooks t0 the ea .

‘Castoff hurls 2-h it game

NEWARK, NJ... Jul; 3-0?)- Gevme Wahbum. a anhee ont- cff, held Syracuse Ohlds to two hits today after hold‘ thin hit» less until the seventh hing and Newark Bears galloped to In 8-1 International League victory, their eighth straight, The deielLlm the 12th lll a row for syrugnc, which mummy had won l amen-

the Glassow Charity 09m;

' SOFTBALL

More]! Drndnaughts defeated Cardigan Senators by the score of 24 to l0 in a return softball game

ad in Cardigan on June 20th. ion l. record crowd. The Morell team opened the game with some hard hitting which bagged them thirteen runs at the close of the third inning. The remainder of the game was more closely contested

and the fans were given a treat. or‘ real softball. Dreadnaughts: H. M a C EWE fl

(catcher), R. 0‘Brien (pitcher). A. Jones (1st Basel, A. Murphy (2nd Base), A. McAdam (3rd Base), A. Kelly, (short stop). IL Connolly. M- . R. Ejldershaw (fielders)

Senators: J. McAulay (catcher), H. Shepherd (pitcher) J. Sharkey (1st Basel. P. Sharkey (3nd Base). J. McDonald (3rd Base), V. Sayer (short stop). G. Sharkey. L Mc- Intyre, N. McDonald (fielders).

Umpire. Raymond Jay.

Mlnnrdls relieves aches .

national reputation. love old gold camp recalls “ti?

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n8 defeat- the Midget All Stars by a score

of 15-13. The game, which provid-

was played at Victoria Park

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At Boston a pair of four-tut pitching jobs gave New York Giants and the Braves an even break in a doubleheader, the Braves whining the ﬁner 5-4 and lrsing the night- cwp -.

Big Max Butcher hurled the Pi- rates to an 8-3 verdict over Oin-

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Facing Heber (Dick) Newscme, tho rookie knuckle baller, Dims!-

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