a Ry pr . Thursday, May 9, 1946 UNION PRESS.COURIER PAGE NINE NORTH OF COUNTY and General Comment PATTON IS WINNER OVER CARROLLTOWN Patton's baseball team defeated the Carrolltown nine by a score of 11-2 in a game played on the Pat- ton field last Wednesday evening. ORT SENATORS’ HOPE 71 MUST REMEMBER How 1 HELD IT LAST Patton scored 5 runs in the first | and 5 more in the second inning. From then on the game was evenly contested, Carrolltown scoring runs in the 1st and 7th innings. Jess Dubyak worked the first 5 innings on the mound for Patton, with Brochi and Mauro finishing. | Campbell and Schirff did the hurling for Carrolltown. The summary: Carrolltown—Mahalick, rance, 2b; Dominick, ss; Ceschini, | c-3b; Weber, If; Ceschini, 1b; Pep: | etti, rf; Blasko, 3D; Campbell, P| Wensel, c; Sheriff, p. Patton — I, 3b; ss; B. Burkey, cf; J. Tinnick, 2 M. Hetsko, 1b; Mauro, If; uska, rf; M. Prebihilo, c; yak, p; Mikula, c¢; Brochi, Bender, If; B. 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For better protec- tion from disease and loss come in and get ds PE ck TABLETS meesasesen SOLD BY eonememesmnnn Huber Hardware, Patton Tinnic k| | CLYMER DEFEATS — |BARNESBORO HIGH 1 Clymer defeated Barnesboro 5-1 in a high school game last Tues- Lior on the Barnesboro field as \ | Pitcher P. Hibbert of Clymer | | struck out 15 Barnesboro batters < |in the 7- inning contest. Hibbert also connected for a dou- ble and a triple to lead the Clymer batters, Cinchock did the hurling for Barnesboro, fanning 7 batters. The summary: Clymer—Davis, If; Lanham, 3b; Pantani, ss; Hibbert, p; King, 2b; Withero, 1b; Horvath, c; Lightner, cf; Glenn, rf; Martin, Burkett, Phillips. Barnesboro—Wilburn, ¢; Palick, rf; Anderson, 1b; Kay, ss; Thomas, 3b; Vinchock, p; Wilson, If; Gley- dura, cf; Yurcisin, 2b. Clymer . 2100101511 1 Barnesboro ...... 0001000—1 2 4 BY EX-SERGEANT SANSONE, CREATOR OF THE FAMOUS ©. 1. CARTOON, "THE WOLF" 4) TO THE SEASHORE “| SEE THE POINDEXTERS HAVE GONE PLAY SAFE. 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HELPING THE SENATORS 10 LAND iN SECONP 7, ode oF WASHINGToN'S HoPes 10 Keep THE, SENATORS 1d A LOFTY > FOSITION IN THE AMERICAN LEAGUE Race |'LEFTY’ GORMISH HURLS SPANGLER TO FOURTH VICTORY | | Spangler High School's baseball | team won its 4th straight victory | 1ast Tuesday afternoon on Nick- | town’s field as “Lefty” Gormish | set the St. Francis Prep team down | with 2 hits to capture an’ 11-1 win. The Spangler hurler struck out 13 batters to run his strikeout re- cord to 35 for 18 innings. Hugo Vivadelli, with 2 singles; Paul Gormish with 2 doubles, and triples by Joe Paronish and Frank Pariok led the hitters for Spang- ler High's team. Eddie Knezevich did the hurling for the Prepsters, allowing only 8 hits, but 4 errors kept him in trouble. The summary: St. Francis Prep — O'Neil, 3b: Guerin, ss; Dobschau, 1b; Breen, cf; Roth, rf; Olstead, c; Crain, 2b; Murray, If; 'Knezevich, p. Spangler—Kirkpatrick, c; Viva- delli, * 1b; Pawlikowski, cf: ogre { mish, p; "Paronish, If; Patric 3b; | | Westover, ri; Peters, ss; Evans, | | 2b; Clawson, rf; Bokisa, 3b; Link, | Haines, If; Kirsch, cf; Corio, | 7 H E| 010 000 0— 2 4| 240 410 x- Bt, 8 1 | st. Francis ... [Spangler SPANGLER WINS OVER BLACK LICK Spangler High School’s baseball team defeated the Black Lick Twp. | nine 13-1 last Friday afternoon on | the Townshipper’s field. The hitting attack by Spangler was led by Orville Link (a triple {and a single) and Paul Gormish | (a three bagger). Vivadelli pitched the first 4 in- nings for Spangler, fanning 8 bat- ters and allowing but 1 hit. The win was the 5th straight for Spangler High. The summar y: Spangler—Kirkpatrick, c¢; Viva- delli, p; Pawlowski, cf; Gormish, rf; Paronish, if; Patrick, 3b; Claw- son, 1b; Evans, 2b; Peters, ss; O. Link, SS; Kirsch, 3b; P, Link, Cc; W. Kirsch, p; Haines, rf; Booth man, cf; Michael, If; Kramp. Black Lick - — Matachosky, 3b; Ludwig, 1b; Straw, ss; White, 2b: Merlin, cf; Goss, rf; Kovach, If; Gorgan, Pp; Adams, 3b; McConnell, 3b; Rivadella, 2b; Lindsay, ef; and Yob agy, p RH ~~/ INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE TO MEET ON FRIDAY | An important meeting of the | Nor thern Cambria Industrial Lea- | gue will be held at the Polish- | American Legion Hall in Spangler | this Friday evening, May 10, at 8 p. m,, sharp. | [Eight teams are entered in the | league, and are as follows: Has- | tings, Patton, Spangler PAL, Al- | port, Emeigh, St. Benedict, Baker- | ton and Moss Creek. | All managers and representa- | tives of the teams are asked to be | present sharply at 8 p. m., as the | rules and by-laws of the league will { be drawn up and the schedule ap- | proved. The league will | get underway next Wednesday May 15. RIFLE MATGHES SET FOR ALTOONA | The National Rifle Assn. has an- nounced that Altoona, Pa., | the site for the Eastern Regionals, July 5, 6 and 7, in the first post- | war firing of the NRA Regional Matches. {| Now nearing completion, the | rifle club's range is one of the | finest layouts in Western Pennsyl- |vania and includes 125 firing | points. Smali-bore rifle shooters (.22-cal.) will gather from Mary- [1and, New Jersey, Delaware, Dis- | trict of Columbia, most of Pennsyl- | vania and parts of New Yoork, W. | Virginia and Yirsinia, of of of ok ok HONUS WAGNER ONE OF GREATEST 'MEN IN BASEBALL Everywhere the Pittsburgh club goes, Honus Wagner is a center of attention. The fame of the 72-year- old coach of the Pirates never fades, and when baseball fans as- semble in any part of the country { to see him, the renouned deeds of { Honus in his playing days immedi- | ately become the favorite topic of | discussion. | Ranked as perhaps the greatest | ballplayer that ever lived, John J. | McGray and Ed Barrow were only [ two of a number of veterans quali- | fied judges to give him that rank. | Greatest Shortstop Ever | As to his having been the great- |e ost shortstop of all time, the ver- | dict for Wagner is unanimous. A dispute and debate may rage over | various other positions on the | mythical all-time All-American | team, but when it comes tc short- | stop, it’s Honus by acclamation. | The one-time ‘Flying Dutch- | man” is one of the best-known fig- ures in baseball despite the fact he hasn't played for 29 years, and no matter what obscure part of the country he may visit, he quickly finds that his fame has preceded him. Background Without Parallel There is little wonder about that | as Wagner left a background that is without parallel in the national game. After playing around the sandloots of Carnegie, Pa., then known as Mansfield, where he was born Feb. 24, 1874, Honus complet. ed a minor league course in the short span of 21 seasons and en- tered the National League in a sale by Patterson to Louisville in mid- 1897, shifting to Pittsburgh but 3 years later in the big merger of Pittsburgh and Louisville clubs at the time the league was reduced from 12 clubs to 8 in 1900. Still Playing at 43 Continuing as a big league play- er for 21 consecutive seasons, and through the pennant race of 1917, he was still playing in majors a the age of 43, and in the infield at that. Wagner made undying his- tory as a super star. He was a marvelous hitter, an incredible fielder, an amazing base runner for a man weighing close to 200 1lbs., had an arm that once caused an observer tc comment he “could throw as far as he liked,” and behind it all he owned an un- erring baseball instinct That led him to make the right play under any circumstances and to diagnose almost anything an oppcnent might attempt. Fred Clarke said he had “eyes in the back of his head.” Roger Bresnahan said he “never made a mistake.” Some of His Records Cited Here are some of the amazing National League records, which have never been equaled and still stand, as set by Wagner: Led league in batting 8 times, 1 of them in succession; hit above Spangler Black Lick . 202 540 0—13 1 1 .0000100—1 3 3] LEGION OPENS BOXING SHOWS The American Legion boxing | | shows opened last Friday evening at the Ebensburg Fairgrounds with {a 10-bout card, 4 of the bouts end- ing in technical knockouts, The final and main bout of the | evening was won by Terry Sharpe | of Portage A. C.,, who gained a de- cision over Tony Claborn in the | 148-pound class. Ted Metzgar won the opening | bout by a TKO over Jack White of | Summerhill in the 135-1b. class. Winners of other events were: Don George, Johnstown, won by | a TKO over Joe Fiffick, Burns A. C., in the 185-lb. class in the Tth| bout. Paul Cheref, 135, of Central City | won by a TKO over Glen Fleck | and Billy Irvin of Rankin A. C.| won the other TKO over Clinton | Knox of Homestead in the 156-1b. | class. Roy Witners, 130, of Johnstown | over Mickey Sherris, 130, of Key- stone A. C. John Huczko, 144, Gallitzin Am- erican Legion, over Tony Erzo, | 144, of Keystone A. C. Buddy Hutts, 152, Rankin A, C., over Ray George of Homestead. | George Rocus, 154, Gallitzin, a | Wino over Paul Luczkol, 154, Johns- | own Red Burns, 130, over Burns A. C. { over Bob Dunmire, 130, of Sum- merhill. { | The next card to be promoted by | the Legion will be held on Friday, 'May 17, at the Fairgrounds, | ATFARGROUNDS | mark. .300 for 17 years, also in succes- | sion, a double record for number | and unbroken sequence; played in 2,785 championship games; made | 3,430 hits; made a total of 4,888 { bases on hits; amassed 651 doubles and 252 triples. | Led league 7 years in extra-base | hits; led in doubles 8 years, 4 of them successive; led in triples 5 years; was at bat 10,427 legal times; made most singles, 2,426, and played in 100 or more games for 19 consecutive years. Stole 720 Bases Wagner also stole 720 bases, 8 times stealing more than 40 in a season, with 61 in 1907 as highest In a single World Series that of 1909 against Detroit, he stole 6 bases, a series performance equaled only by Shorty Slagle of the Cubs. Honus’ lifetime batting average of .329 for 21 major league seasons and 2,785 games is all the | more astounding when you con- sider that, as compared with pres- | ent day hitters, Honus was up | against such handicaps as a dead | ball, the spitball and other types of trick or freak pitching now bar- | red, and larged ball parks that had none of the close stands or fences that make joke move runs possible these days on flies that used to be caught. Defensively, the incomparable Wagner handled 7,367 putouts and | 6,628 assists, while committing 799 errors, a fielding average of .946. All Positions But Catcher He played every position except that of catcher and he appeared even there in an exhibition game. | In 1902 he pitched part of a game against Boston. “Old Jay” played his first major league game for Louisville July 19, 1897, and appeared in his farewell game Sept. 17, 1917, as a Pirate. will be | Do you gamble with your life—or the lives of others—on the turn of a wheel ? Do you think “safety” while you drive? The wrong driving attitude turns your car into a deadly weapon. Can you afford to gamble with death? WATCH YOUR SPEED Every time you speed you wager min- utes against life. Speeding causes one out of every three accidents, EDWARD MARTIN, Governor DAVID W. HARRIS, Secretary of Revenue COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA ©N THE TURN OF THE WHEEL! That *‘extra” turn you into a killer. Drinking trian causes one traffic accidents. He has served 35 years in the Na- tional League—21 as a player and 14 as a coach—since his prep days in Steubenville, Warren, Adrian and Patterson. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N. Y., in ' 1936, one of the first to be so hon- | ored. NORTON COMPARES SPORTS ACTIVITIES Pete Norton, the Tampa sports editor, was watching the training games and getting a kick | out of three young men on a base- | ball field enjoying life, and making an aggregate of $135,000 a year doing so. The three young men are in their | physical prime, and with the pos- sible exception of Hank Greenberg, they will be playing baseball for a long, long time. The others are Dick Wakefield and Hal New- hauser. $65,000 for Hank Greenberg Although nobody has seen their spring | pay checks, those in a position to | know such things say the Detroit | | Tigers are paying Hank Greenberg | $65,000, making the Bronx Bomb- er the highest-paid player of the | $45,000, of the | game; Newhauser, Wakefield, youngest $25,000. | To quote Norton: “These young {men will wind up their baseball | careers young and old enough to know what they are about, possession of mental and physical | able to get into some business.” | faculties, | other line of | Serious Injuries Very Few Occasionally a player is injured | so badly his life may be changed, but the serious injuries in baseball | during the last 10 years can be counted on the fingers of one hand. “Contrast this to professional boxing,” points out Norton, who { dislikes boxing. “Where very few | fighters ever make any real cash and all suffer broken bodies and | | bruised minds, unless they get out | in time, where physical risks are | muc h greater than in baseball, the | pay is poorer and the chances of a long career considerably loss. WATCH THAT DRINK WATCH THE LAW Records prove that one or both drivers violate a law in two out of every three DON'T ABUSE and | trio, | in full | curves...road-hogging... beating traf fic lights—all take their toll in DEATH. drink or two!—It may potential suicide or by driver or pedes- out of five accidents. You may escape death or injury, but if involved in a traffic accident and you are found at fanlt—you face the loss of your driving license... heavy fines... jail sen- tences...years of remorseand heartache for bringing death or injury to others. Passing on hills or You control the wheel—handle it safely ...sanely... courteously. Don’t gamble. fOU'LL LOSE IT Coritrasiod With Football While the percentage of profes- | | sional football players who wind up | | on their heels is much lower than | | in boxing, you'd be surprised at the number who take too many tackles | and blocks, and are unable to ab- | sorb the lickings a college boy can, { Norton says. This is a long way of advising parents with athletic sons to give them a ball, bat and glove and | ican League. SPORT PICK-UPS REISER CONSIDERING MEXICAN OFFERS Pete Reiser, Brooklyn 3rd-base- man, is seriously considering a $100,000 offer to play in the Mex- The offer is for three years with one-half the money in cash upon signing. [VIC BARNHART GOES send them to the nearest sandlot. | Baseball, unfortunately, has died out to a great extent in the high schools and colleges because it is | not a revenue sport. The so-called “national past- time” requires more skill than any | other game ever played. Playing | baseball is the true mark of the | great athlete. Any football or track coach will tell you that. Norton states, “Let’s go along | with this 100 percent American | game.’ EEE — —In the weird logic of diplo- macy the fact that nobody wants |a war has nothing to do with whether we are to have one. BACK TO ALBANY The Albany Senators of the East League have obtained infielder Vic Barnhart on option from the Pitts- | burg Pirates. Barnhart was pur- { chased from Albany by the Pirates late in '44, after leading the East- ern League in runs batted in. BOB FELLER HURLS NO-HITTER AGAINST YANKS Bob Feller, Cleveland stra-hurler this year, last Tuesday pitched a nu-hit, no-run game against the Yankees as Cleveland defeated the N. Y. team 1-0. This is the first time since 1919 that a N. Y. ball club has been held without a single safety. A week previously Ed Head of the Dodgers hurled a no-hitter against the Boston Braves. REDDYBOX TRADE MARK REG. U.S. PAT OFF REDDY 15 always Before You Build Or Modernize Consult Your Electrical Dealer § ON N © SN WE XD WN IIIT NN ON On Electrical Living a > AT HOME! PENNSYLVANIA EDISON COMPANY
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