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j Starry Second Backer Becomes New Boss A 0E Pittsbur

PITTSBURGH. 569% Sii-MP)

i ay Herman, second baseman - o!

aton Braves who has batted in the vicinity of .305 over his 1b major league years, today became the 20th manager of Pittsburgh Pirates.

Herman's aelecti as club pilot to succeed Irankle riach, who re- signed Saturday after a seven- yaar tenure, was announced at a press conference by club presi- dent Frank E. McKinney.

McKinney sold Herman was ac- quired in a regular player deal in. which Pittsburgh sends two 80-

iiott an catcher Hank Camelli, to Boston. In return. the Pirates

ot Herman, infielder William

I (Whitey) Wieteimann, outfielder

Stanley Wentaei and right-handed pliche Elmer Singleton. No cash was involved in the deal,

clingy did not disclose what Herman ll be paid. but said the

‘figure was “close to 50 per cent"

more than was paid Frisch. Frisch

was reputed to have received 018,- H

000 a ear.

Ha inscribed the signing of Hen man as "a definite step‘ in tha re- buildins process" of t e seventh- plsca Pirates, and said they had

already discussed numerous trades.

and deals, “leaving out practically no major league club."

Born July 7. 1900. Herman took part in four World Series and l0 ail-star games and long has been

‘ one of the game's outstanding M

one game apiece. That was the situation. But there were a few questions as yet unan-

wered. s 1. Wniil the Asaooiatmits warn that ‘h-uro u wes- diaquannea fm- playing w- “ $ iddleton Cardina Nays ‘soot-la champk . ee to meet Middleton Ln plows or will they

T mil-law Truro-

pieyerl. He began his major league ‘career with Chicago Cuba in 1931. He remained with the Cubs about 10 s. going to Brooklyn in a a‘ dea in May. 104i. A trick

the navy interru ed his career in 1M4. After his d scharge he re. turned to the Dodgers who sold him to the Braves. '

Eleven llawks Stars Signed

naxmu. Sem- so - (or) -n was oontraot (My in the Black Hawks camp today and Notional Hockey Leagug mun filmed 11 of last year's regulars and three nevvnmers, leaving two

bolssyeti b 1 1th ‘Itmmnngupepuggpdn enevw

year's Kansas 0i mg- Mors stare who showed tings-y wares briefly with the Black Hawks and "Wed the mntraots today were deformation lino Reise oi Brant- ford. Ont.. and Wlngy Johnston, former Saskatoon amateur.

Only complete to the Glued is Paul Bibeauit. the Mon.

areal smile. who was obtained N s

rough a deal which sent George len to Canadians. Oldtimeae who signed were: de-

Oee, Haanill 15a the two Bentley-am."

Time Bars Ara Discarded By Association

(I! The sad Pleas)

~ , Bept. Bil-The use of time bars lsa means cf clas- sif horses for harness races was rded here today by the direo oi the United States

tidn, the system will be followed throughout the United a

lea.

L1 the peat. horses have been elamifled for harness racing un- der a plan based on their time recon! in winning races. The decision to work out a classiiyins tabla based ‘Sn nurses was reach- ed after co erences with own?" and drivers.

Lqyp s1 saifle tiona. from class U. ‘wbilbh folmeielu W" Ill-bum’ ed-to cover non-winners of U!» to elass 30. coverlm TIM-Mum‘

01.000, were doubled. Horses in dug so under the new rulinll nowmay win not more than 8100 “a,” flgduating to the next gr a. '

All computations will be based noon gloss wlnninaa of a horse. . I.

iza comes under the U.S.T.A. wit. B

gh Pirates Big lduddle

Scctlai Finals

TRURO. N. S., 88M. 30 -—(CP)—- at the messy pinkie o:

tia strictly oilicial point . ear-old ‘players, infielder Bob mw can ted

a line. Mesa, and "Cy

This department had] visit from two interesting personalities

bail circles and National Lieaeoe rdcee; _ __ ‘The Corporal belongs to Brook- ’ to Boston. They arrived from the States by

s‘ car last Friday a‘ leave .on re-

lturn the letter part of this week. They are quit; taken with Island and are loud in praise of the hospitality of the people here- abouta. _ i ‘

M; | Guardian concern

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YW- Y here's no doubt that baseball for this year in Nova Scoiia la almost

Ilia. ' b51100 the series between Middleton galifax got underway to decide

team Maple Leafs Ln the Provincial semi- finals there has been a wave of pro-

Tracticslly eves-y one of the tilts had scum objection attached for

The protest that was u held was

axles . ‘Ilhe two squads played a tie at Middleton in vnha-t was to have been the clincher. The

Halifax-Middleton League Oflkziafs of the tie should

. . A. B. A. didn't get around to dealing with the protest unil a few

addition there's a question - now of what ha pens to Win

word about. that either.

Turns Down Fight With Robinson

NEW YORK. Sept. 29 —(AP) - ‘Iihe New York State Athletic Com- mission today off fllht with Ray R. weltorweloh

Conan-lesion awar Ray immediately, wibholsl.

vacant since Marty Servo announc- ed his retirement from the ring few dayaeeobeoauseofanoaein-

Jack, miner world lightweight clmnpion, annnuwcd h

ause of experience among ' welter-

Detting Team Ready For Olympic Danes

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into shape a team of“ w ADM“

and women athletes for the Pan

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eniber

Al staraJLloyd Isa-beach a

to be available to represent ooloaw. Jamaica will have an. tries in all events from 100 to 1,000

" " had a cligplngthfrom the g e recen

tho

ICED Hockev League. It reminded tiltsalreadyl) Yedintiasgmmr Halifax were to be

exhibition affairs. However. ‘both Truro an chose to disreaand the official As- sociation ruling and

oi a baseball story which is

comghgggd 3mg worth reheating. _ . d 1.15pm,‘ It appears that Bill was late in

getting away to umpire one of the pig league baseball games in Bos- ton snd in his dash through Bos- ton tore through a red light. He was promptly waved to one-side by an alert patrolman.

Fidgeting restiessly as the usual procedure wss followed. the corp finally asked for his license. Val- uable time was being lost but Bill produced the required paper and when the cop tagged the name he said, "I-Pmm. Bill Stewart. No relation to the baseball umpire, eh?"

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‘The same." said Bill brishicn- ins: and with the hopeful gleam in his eye that he would escape a ticket. - . . . 0

"Thought as much." replied the cop. If you can't tell a red light from a green. that explains why vou can't tell a ball" from a strike."

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Corporal Richardson is a sur- vivor of the "Bataan Death March". He was a member oi the 31st Infantry. Philippine De- partment and now connected with the Public Relations Department of the Amw- He was captured along with 37,000 others of which only 3300 survived. He weighed only 93 lbs. on liberation but now tops the scales. at 1B6.

"Cy" Stewart was connected with P. R. O. work oonceming the survivors of Corregidor and Ba- taan He was chairman of the testimonial fund which netted 613.000 for Sgt. MpGillivray. Is- land-bom Congressional Medal of Honour winner. .

O Mn. Florence Richardson. the

5' coroomrs mother. is a native o!

Summerside and he is visiting his aunts. Mrs. Morris Bowen. Sum- merside, and Mrs. Clarence Lan- dry. Tlhe visitors are delighted with the Islarllzl and are especially

Practice Tonight

There will be practice for the Junior and Intermediate All Stars this evening at 5-45 at the Park diamond. All players are requested to be present.

Dive Dardinals Better Chance Than Dodgers

ST. LOUIS. Sept. 29 -(AP)-— World Series odds announced to- day by betting commissioner James . Carroll gave St. Louis better chance than

League team.

If the C dinals win the n- nant, they wll be 2-1 and the ed Box 2-0, nu means that 01 bet on Cards would win l2, while it would take a $5 wager on the Rod Sox to win b2.

Should Brooklyn win, the Dodg- ers would ‘be 11-0 and the Re

ox 0-18.

Carroll declined to iva odds on the tight Nltional igue flag race.

NEW YORKJSepi. 80 — (AP)- The oniloe 0d Ford Prick. preeid. ent of the National Baseball Ins-sue. said today the play-off samea noeded to determine the loop champ at St. Louis and at

oom-ilocal standard time.

‘loan athletes w h iii t- will be broadcast by the Mutual Syefli

. e he and bosons events

Don't dance at the Legion unless you prefer the beat in dance floors, the best lncanteen levies. the best in dance music, with the Dance Band. e

panama a mi. 1

Brooklyn would start at 1:30 p.m. The Series

known umpire in big league base- Hockfl

first Ln- tha history of organised baseball. A

Red Birds would win o while a $10 wager on the Brooks would retum $13. ‘mat gave the 3111 Cards much the better of it. though why Carroll was so strong for the home boys went unex- plalned.

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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

B! GAYLE TALBOT

8'1‘. IJOUIB. Sept. M- (AP)_ ‘Those un. edlctable. unreliable. untamed r Dodgers meet the Plfdinala tomorrow at Sports- mms Park in the nrst o1 a my“ lame play-oil’ to decide which oi the two National League clubs must stand up and take it from

‘Boston Red Sox in the worm, "r-

Bl. Q t 10!

the mmsta WIM- e prospect ia not plasma:

The winner is sure to be a welry. beaten-down crew when it nnallv

001116 l0 Irina with the American Leann-s

a w Rum to- todliv. But that will make the

series starting tomorrow none the less hard-fought.

The odds tonight, stated by one

0f the country's top betting com-

missioners, James J. Carroii, made

m; the slump-ridden Cardinals strong

favorites to win the play-off- 050 bet pieced on the ply 88.

Manager Eddde Dyer of Cards

said his starting pitcher tomor- row would be either Howie Pol- let. a left-bender of recently du- bious ability. or Murry Dickson. a right-bender.

Lippy Leo Durocher. the bums’

mentor. said he leaned strongly toward Ralph Brmca. a rookie right-hsnder. as his starter inthe first game cl the play-off. Bronco blanked the Cards 5-0'wit.h three hits the last time he faced them in Brooklyn.

Taken on almost any sound

basis of reasoning. the Cards probably should win the play-on’ and plav the Red Sox in the ser- ies The only draw-back to such g conclusion is that it never is quite safe to expect the Dodgers

lo do anything either sound or

Indian Land Becomes First Double Winner

(By The Associated Press» LBDUNGIDN. Ky» Sept. 30- Turnim in a. 2:02 in one heat. Kajeput. owned by Ed Cobb oi Washington Courthouse. 0.. won the $2.000 Wichita. Siflkc for 9-

bar pacers after three hard heats at the Lexington Trots today.

The first heat went to E. P. Gray's three-year-old Forbes Chief.

driven by Tom Berry, but Kaje-

put came back strong to turn in

2202.

Indian Land became the first double-winner of the meeting, taking the $2.000 Reynolds Stake

for l5 piss pacer: in successive heats. The entry oi Castlaton Farm of Lexington went the route

in 2:04 and 2101M. Royal Star from Hem-v ‘Thomas’ stable. and

Diane Scott divided second mon- ey.

Red Rocket won the sixth race.

a lO-bar pace. to become the sec-

ond double winner of the meet-

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iioes Aloft To Dfiar Prayers

(By The Associated Press) YORK, Sept. N —

Bsnney Benson, pastor of a Brooklyn Dutch Reformed who had been holding regular prayers all week for the Dodgers in their National League baseball pennant fight. went aloft Satur- day as the "bums" carried the gcrap down to the final game.

Church.

As the Dodgers were trouncing

the Boston Bravos 7-4. m. Ben- son and 46 members of a church- men's league took ofl from

Guardia. field for a. half-hour

."Prsy Thy protection, oh Lord." invoked the pastor. "on-

this plane, the pilots and the pas-

aengers. and we ask for the suc-

cess e

everyone on that field." __.____.__..

Will start Training Early “ Next Week

Dodgers. God Hess

Pl. t. D0 —(AP)

HERSHEY. . -Art Ross and his oston Bruins

of the National Hockey League

are expected to arrive here early

next week to start their warm-up for ihe 1040-47 season.

More than e. score of Canadian players have drifted into town al- ready, fired with the hope of at- tracting the attention oi either

the Boston coach or officials of the Hershey team of

be under way before Tuesday oi next

week.

It is still too early to ju e the qaiaiity of material availa is in t e ranks of the youngsters. They look husky and appear “ ' -

tic.

ST. LOUIS. Sept. in) —(Al>) - Sam n n of St lnuls Cardinals. today announced

Paid for

tho American

Hockey League, 'l.‘ralnin will not ends-y or

Cardinals Favored To Take Playoff Series From Brooks

basic. \ There isn't a single sane ex- planation of the fact that they have finished in a. tie for the top. Man for man. B! do not pos- sess the " 1m" players who a- dorn the t. Louis roster. Durocher last spring hadn't the faintest idea. he had s. “mum contender on his hands. lie was voluble in his admiration of the 0m!!- ‘Riey were a "ahoo-in‘). he "14. and Chicseo Cuba should finish second without straining themselves. The Dodgers. he said frankly. would do well to finish third. He was building, he con- fided. for the fixture. All the Brsoklyns have. in fact. is a oarlosd of fighting spirit and l peculiar ability to win ball Rilmw- The combination has tak. en them a long way. and no mat- ter how they fare in the play-oi! it is s. safe bet Durocher will continue to manage them next year. and for about double the salary o! the next highest paid pilot in either big league.

M01411: back on the closing

said the Dodgers were extremely luckzv to gain a tie.

But the break that finally en- abled the Gowanus Cinderella to slip in- was supplied by the team they had to catcfr-the Cards themselves. Some astute observ- ers thought Manager Dyers team tightened under the pressure. At any rats they went into a col- lective batting slump that placed their pitchera- at a bad disadvant- age and made it impossible for them to win the one or two vital names they needed toward the close.

The big question tomorrow will concern that slump. lliither the

Cards will come out of it and

start hitting. or they will take a licking. and one of the weakest clubs in the historv of world ser- ies plav will represent the Nat- ional League.

Brooklyn- St. Louis Playoffs

WASHINGTON, Sept 30 -—(A.P) —Mr. Truman today telegraphed Mort Cooper that. Cooper is a bet-- ter pitcher than the President is a TOOLET.

The White House mode public an exchange of telegrams between Cooper. Boston Brawl: pitcher and s fellow-townmmn of the Presld. ent from Independence. Mo. Cooper's telegram. sent Sunday before he defeated Brooklyn, said: "You try and pull the Cards in today. I will try to beat the Dodg- ers. From a fella-w townsman.” The President, tins-bio to pull the Cards in, ropli>d as follows: Congratulations Mort. You did s. better job than 1' did."

Britain As Horse Racing Denier

LONDON, Sent. 29 -—(OP) — Britain wants to be regarded as the horse rec centre of the world and ambi oua plans are be- ing drawn up by the Jockey Club to realize this in 1947.

The Club has its eye On air transport as a means of bringing (he winners of other countries to Britain to compete in major in- ternational events. It plans to

longer meets at big tr . Smaller mectings.wiil be de- veloped also, assisted bv increas- ed revenue expected from the big fixtures. Larger purses are regarded as an incentive to keen- er competition. with correspond- inglv increased attendance.

Many tracks will be re-opened next year for the first time since before the war. An August Bank Holiday fixture at Epsom is thought likelv to become perman- entd fill) xivdition ma). ihed B01411! an e mce . an - wood and Ascot will Nwabiy have three meeiinss»

BROOKLYN. N.Y.. Se? (AP) - Unmindfui 0d n chill rain. I fans lined up seven

of the downtown. district today

. Louis Cardinals. The started loflniili before 60W!)-

coter to time public by staging edits '-

L30-

baeabal abreast for two blocks in the heart

seeking to buy 8,000 reserved seats for the Thursday play-vii slime

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Shipyards Beat Truro In ID-lnnings

TRURO. N. 8.. t. 30-40?)- Hnliiiasf Shipyards, W th Lou Zwer- ling returned to the coaching job. came through with the tying game in their unofficial Now. Scotia sen- ior baseball finals today by defeat- ing ‘Pruro Bearcats 3-3 in i0 inn-

ings.

The best-of-seven series which no longer has the sanction oi the Nova Scotia Amateur Baseball Aa- aociation, is deadlocked at a game apiece,

Twice during the nip and tuck tilt, Shipyards went into the lead but Truro came back to knot the 0051;!!!‘ eaah tihme. ‘and

e ent on pt puns!“ ball for Halifax and had the sit-

with the exception oi ths thl-rd and fifth ‘when Bearcats bunched a pair of safeties to score their runs.

Johnny Myketyn was c, litile shaky on the molmd for the losers fllihwlh he didn't issue a free N-Is- He had trouble with his con- trol, tossing a pair of wild pltchgl, one of which was converted into a run. _

The wrnning tally came altgr Johnny Rowland opened the 10th with a single, xvus sacrificed to second, moved to third on Ray Poweila single. and scemperad home when Jimmy Gray smashed a hot grounder to shorpstop. Baarcals had men on second and third in their half of the 10th but, Matheson flied to left to end (he game,

Zalc Will Be 0ut Di Action For 2 Months

By JOHN D. HAMILTON Canadian Press Stafl Writer NEW YORK. Sept. ‘ls-Unrul- fled by the cheers of New York boxing fans and 800.000 richer. Tony Zale of Gary. 1nd., today

prepared to return to his lamily

and nurse his damaged right hand.

The laconic steelworker injured the hand in the first or seoond round of his savage bottle Friday night at Yankee Stadium with Rocky Graziano of New York. X- rsys showed that Zale snipped a. bone in his thumb when he hit the sld-e of Rocky's head.

Although unable to use the hand effectively, Zaie went on to knock out Graziano in- the sixth round and successfully defend his world middlctlvciizht championship. The battered right fist was the nay-oil’ weapon. Despite his pain. Zale paralyzed Rocky with a right-hand solar-plexus punm. then topped him with a. short left hook to the head.

Zai= will be forced to wear a cast for at least three weeks and then must undergo nhyslo-thcr- apv treatment for another month.

Promoter Mike Jacobs declined to glvc details of Friday night's financial arrangements but it was learned that each fighter got 30 per cent cf the net gate. The gross. paid in bv 39.827 ffliifl- W85 $342,457. The net was estimated at about $260,000. wlih 911011 gem-duper getting approximately sscooo m. his pm in the fight-

Bcut Postponed

Sept. 30 -—iAP)

tween Willie Pep of Hartford. 3mm“ world featherweight cham- pion. and Paulie Jadason of Read- in}, Pa... was postponed by will tonight. 1t was rescheduled for to- nmrrow night.

Dalton Ami Adams In Final

uvmroon. England ‘Sept. 29 —(AP)—The former Brriish open tltllst, Henry Cotton. and Scot- land's James Adams defeated semi-final round opponents today and will meet in a ail-hole final for the British match play sol! championship.

Adams eliminated Dick Burton. 2 and 1. and Cotton aurvlvcfi a classic duel with South African Bobby Locke, one up. The tourne- ment is sponsored by the Sunday paper, News oi the World.