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By Whitney Marlin , Aswciutcci Press Sgoits Yilritcr .

NEW YORK, June 1—(AP)AIt was lust a yiiir ago toinorrcw that the b;g guy lift us, and there lsMt he shadow of anyone who

‘ lat-t oti the itorizon.

By Bill King Associated Press sport writer

year ago one 0f baseball's greatest rignthandctl siuggcis, today

A o . ~ produces oiilt " . . i: produces 01‘- urc Ty C b1). 01‘ tiih, or" one of a few other

',= xthcse ‘fllClie is pecul- iarly lieu own. _ g

It fork t: gzc jilll€n§ and f.nai.y, death, to R h iii ircin the sltiiciciy’ of T..- ficiiiibuylnl- B41! Ruth m which ie Bronx tron man walked itnccmplalnztiuly" during

PZlllBLUlJiillA neighbor.

fandom as "Double X"

and rival players as "The Beast,‘

BOSTON, June l——(AP)—Jin1my FDXX, now crowding 35 but up to a

was waivcd out of me American League by" Boston Red So.\' and sod cut- rigtit to Chicago Cubs, managed by Jimmy Wilson, h.s old friend and

The passing of Foxx, known by and most affectionately’ by hi5 teammates

came as no surprise, Baseball knew he was about iviwhcd up with the

Jimmy Foxx, One or Baseball ’s Great Sluggers

icago Cubs

Fcxx, uho has a. lifetime batting average oi‘ .342 and a, current one of .274, will provide his sixth-pace National League club with sane iiiucfi-xicecied batting power, mcst t likely in pinch-tinting roles.

Foxx, who broke into profession- al baseball at the tenmcr age ol I4 ivlth the Etiswn club in the East- ern Shore League, joined the Ath- letics as a catcher the following year. He was farmed out to Prov- idence. then in the International League, but was rectilled at the end of the season. He played wltlh ' the Athletics from 1926 to 1935 5nd starred on three of their pennant “inning clubs.

many of its szicry" yea . Ricd Scx last set: n11, especially af- black tried him‘ out behind tho Hes gone. bi to the millions per owner Tcm Ytiwizey, his sincere plate and at third base before who saw um he as fresh in the admirer, tried vainly to hind hzm making ‘(ll the Athletics’ iegtttar mtmory as nr. The trite the maiifigershiv of Cleveland In- firs; bnsimitn in 1929. Foxx hit ms " no to rile diaris. pr-xk for the Athletics in 1932. when

.ui halt cx- Until recently, Ebxx iippcurcd de- he batted hi5 all-time high of .364

piano legs log "and a:- first base. ,e and massive bo. . .5 more than any- . lire ctmfzdciici‘ find pow- er of tho cliiiznpio

letios. the major league

basing ciircers in modern baseball

stined to rejoin Philadelphia Ath- club he broke in with l8 years ago when, fresh from a Maryland farm. he launched one of the greatest first-

and hit 58 home-runs, only two less than Babe Ruth's top and the major league record for a right- hiinded slugger.

Foxx was purdiased by the Red . 50x in i935, along with pitcher

For years be t.\ Bu; he suifercd a fractured rib Johnny Mercum for two playen; man. Rulli ii tit i during bntttig proctzce in the and a reported $150,000. ‘Phat was fancy. Not ll Yankee Stndillm last wieek, with the last major deal Yawkey made gblllly, but ottzh h‘: escapades. the result that Connie Mark, his with Mack, into whose lap the Bos- his huge pziy .eitt:e.<. and even his first baseball boss, lost interest in ton owner dropped iilmost $500,000 unique llljislqlli‘ taking him in d, trade that, the in his fruitless attempt to build a

Lou (irhiug w-ns Ill-wit the old _re- Red sox hoped, would get them pennant-winning team. liable who :1 ' e BJXTllYIIO Frankie Hayes, a murti-netdcd Thjiee times during hi5 previous

‘ ‘ r. Til" foils tctpfllght cntdicr who yesterday was 17 yxiars in the American League, imuld lOll £14.. m as Ruth liiwd traded to st. Louis Browns. Fbxx was voted its most valuable one 0i’ his Ivvtvrllii: files I01‘ a It is likely that, Wilson figures player, in 1932, 1933 and 1938.

heme run. and wrote the roar hid

faded Lou might more than match the blow. Yet it was so business- like with lizui. so illlliilcl‘ of fact, that it crcaied Olny a vocal ripple. 0X12 was a. Babe Ruth home run. The other just it hcme run.

We can see hm yea, calmly talk- mg in the dugout that fateful day when the sports world learned of the shadow that haxi fallen across his life. He must have known then that 1f. was the end, but he floshcd those nice 160111 in a smile ﬁnd remarked izholisoptiicallyz-

"We must. take the bitter with

3 Doubleheaders And Night Game

gfﬁesvitéeet. If this is the end, I can REMEMBER WHEN CHICAGO, June 1—(AP)-—Pres-

(By The Canadian Press) ..

Lou Gehrig, New York Yankees’ great first baseman, died one year ago tonight after an unsuccessful two-veer battle against a itsezise everyone but hmself believed iri- atnotroiphlc ta hztrcicniztg of caused forced with- from the Yankee

curable. The (l .ca~c. lateral scivrosis.

the spinal cord muscles to shrivel), drawal of Gel-trill lineup May 2, 1939.

DIALTA QUIET

which

VALEYITA, June 1 -(CP) —- The Malta command reported a. q ‘"1:

day today. the second in u row o

comparative freedom from raids and civilian

the second on which no casualties occurred.

Three alerts WIEYB sounded my aircraft which approached

mil-aircraft gum

Athletes

lust night, u communique said, but 92119-

1e island did not get wlbain range of

ident Will Hairidge of the Amer- that;

be plus a. night Zﬂme at (Xiicago, had been league's drive to raise funds fcr Army and

ican League said tonight three doubleheaders, all to played on Sunday, Aug. 28, arranged to bolster the

Continue With Plans Despite Army Report

JERSEY CITY, NJ, June head tonight with

ue night basebiil stadium despite an critical of “distinct lare"

At War

_/ By Scott Young Canadian Pres; Stuff Writer

TORONTO, J tine l-—tC'PJ—- Clarence Campbell is well known to sports fans in both eastern and Western Canada-in the west oe- wuse ha lived in Edmonton tor most of his llie and in the east as a referee in the National Hockey League.

Bciilore he bccctmc prominent as a hockey official, Campbell was a. fine atih-lctie. He. puiyed hcckcy, tennis, golf and basibill. White Qttendlng Oxford as a Rhodes lcliolar, he started tor an Oxiord lacrosse team wxizoii toured Europa.

Now hos Lie-tit, (Latence Camp- bell of the Royal Canadian A. tin- cry, stationed at Cillllp Shilo, Man.

Ltteut. Don Baulti, R CN.V.R., of Halifax is a, top-ranking Nova Sootian tctinis oluycr and former- ly one of the loading scoiers in l-Liiitax City Biislzvibtiil L/cttguc. He also was a slur tigger player w.ih Halifax Wanderer; in City Rugby League.

Bill (Gait Reporter) Herbert writes that Cliff Brlcker of Gait, twice Canadian nprcscnlative at the Olympic Games, has been with the Canadian (active) Army for nearly two years and for the past ten months has been overseas. A distance runner, Brtcker finished 10th in the Olympic nfaruthon at Amsterdam in 191:8 and in t-lio 1932 Olympics at Los Aiigcfes he placid 12th in the marathon and 43h in the l0,000-mctre run. During the height of his running career Bricker won practically every tm- gloriant distance race in Canada.

e once placed fourth in the fam- ous Boston MllfﬂlllOll.

Bobby Cai-rington ri’ Calgary is overseas with artillery unit. After a promising career as amateur box- er, he turned professional and won several bouts but never attained prominence. He was u middle- weight tlien but ts fighting over- Dcas as a hritvywcight.

Pic. Jackie who usrri to hand out borly choc)“ in profess- inriz: hockey. now i< handing but

(.'./'0.', a; a mrmbcr of the army

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cart». at Saint John, N. B. ‘r went from Saint Jonn Maritime hockey teams = I k Americans of the Nat- fv": Langm- and later to . tie Canadian-American

. l Ani an Association

Rmnan‘. ‘,1 i»! Saskatoon . Vtotura Navy team o Kimberly Dyniimlfers fircvincial sitar hock- en was a deienoemm

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with tho iﬂrandon Wheat Kin

western

with Reserve.

Yanofsky Winds lip Dominion Chess Tour

HALIFAX, June l—(OP)—~Wirid- liig up a cross-country tour, Abe Yanoislw o! Winnipéili Canada's 18-year-old chem champion. gain- ed 22 victories and one draw in a zit-board simultaneous chess match at the Bluenose Chcsg Club here tonight.

Henri stroud of Dartmouth, N. 3., club president, gained the draw. A brim for the strongest opposi- tion went to J. Quincy, Royal Navy rating who holds the Lincolnshire junior chamipiozidiip.

The match lasted two hours 25 minutes, or an average of slightly less than 10 minutes per game.

Yanofsky said the night-k oppo- sition was the strongest he had en- countered in the Maritime Prov- inces The personable Winnipeg medical student won 113 of 115 games in the Maritimes, P. Brunet of Montreal. a member of the R C A rt. gaining a draw at Mone- ion. N.B., last week.

The champion}; tour took him to 18 cities from Edmonton to Halifax and the final score showed he lost only eight of 440 games played. The tour was sponsored by the Canadian Chess FQKiCFGUOTI in an effort to svmulaie interest in the game and Yiinofslcy was acccmp- anied by Canon H. L. Roy of Win- nipeg. resident of the federation.

Yano sky said he hopes to be qblr- to azxept an invitation to Cmlprte at the Venincr City, N.J.. invitation tournament» next June 20. where l0 of the continent's masters meet each year. He said it was not certain he would be nbl" to go, "but you can say it is 75 per cent definite."

After that he has hopes of ccm- iritlns in im- United sum open meet at Dallas. Texan, in July.

Returning bv way of Montreal.

the champion will attend the an- nual meeting of the Canltdigji Chess Federation at Toronto June 6.

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Denmark Foitl the ‘Virgin Islam's to the United States in 1917.

. 1- lAPl-Jersey Cit-y Giants went a- lans to contin-

at Roosevelt

eman- ating from the brghily-lighted field.

85. Canada junicr finalists. 1940. He is an ordinary Sﬂnlﬂll the Royal Naval Volunteer

Navy W/hites Beat Army 1i - I I In Softball Game

The Navy White; defeated an Anny team 14-11 here last night in lillc second game cf the sailor softball league. The game was one of the regular schsdule postponed from last week. The~tliird game of the league, when the N-avy Blues tangle with the Army is scheduled for this evening.

The Army took a lead in the first inning last night, scoring two runs while the Navy got only one. The second inning was scoreless and the Tars evened the count in the third.

In the fourth inning the Sailors went into a lead with three runs, adding another five in their next time at bat and two in the such. Meanwhile this Army was trailing with only three runs going info the seventh. The tide turned then and in the next, two innings their got in seven runs to bring them within two runs of tying the score. But in the ninth the Sailors in- creased their lead. scoring two virhile the Anny with their last chance at but was able to collect a

single run. Navy 101 352 002-44 Army 200 100 251-11

Pusie Loses Wrestling Bout At Halifax

HA-LPLFAX. June 1—(OP)—Mor- ris Shapiro, from Brooklyn, N.Y., downed bad main Jean Pusie of Chambl Basin, Que, in a. wrestl- ing bout, here tonight. Pusie, form- er National Hockey League star with Montreal Cltnadiens, handed out some stiff punishment Shapiro came through to

his opponent in two out of three’ falls

In the preliminary match, Al Freeman of Philadelphia, and Johnny Demchuk, from Hamilton, Ont., battled b0 a draw in an hour of rut-her listless grappling, each taking one fall.

Ch isox Win Exh ibition"

LOGKPORT, NY, June l-(AP) »~_Chicago White Box defeated Lockport of the Pony League 11-3 in an exhibition game tonight u Srx manage;- Jimmy Dykes for the first time wtitchrd his sons. Jim-

mie, Jr., and Giarlie play profess- ional ball. Jimmie, Jr., is calmer and.

Charlie second baseman port a White Box farm

Tell of Plot To Kidnap‘ Mussolini i

NEW YORK. June 1 -(AP) — Two NBC correspondents back from Europe today told of a Nazi-inspired plot to kidnap Mussolini and of a German plim to create "another Berlin" to fool British bombers.

David Colin, who was in Rome. and Paul Fisher. attached to the Berlin bureau. related their stories after reaching the United States ‘from Lisbon on the liner Drottntng-

om.

Colin said the Nazi plot was hatched in April to check open anti- Nnzi talk among Fascist officials but failed because of a conscience- iii-rtcken coiispirator. He added that the Germans also planned to assas- AlIlfil-i" Count Ciano, Mussolini‘; son. iii-law.

Several iiiiriorgirituzd organiza- tlors are operating in "my draw. lillZ tniirli of l'flf‘il‘ strcngth from university students, Colin declared.

for Lock- clulb.

Pitcher I/Vith Vision

Mel Harder. Cleveland veteran, dons spectacles for that time fn major Indlims to 2-1 victory aver Chicago White Sox

league career as he pitches ln night game in Cleveland.

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Sport Shorts From Britain’

All: Nickallon analyst: Pigs: Staff Writer

June 1—(CP)—5'P°" nhort; from Britain:

"dead" hmse won the Craw- Handlcap at Newmarket a. few

The riwer, sir Edward, was seiz- Bd with an illness a. few monihs ago and pronounced dcad whm B veterinary found no sgns of pulse or heartbeat. drainer Cnubb Mach heartbroken. throughout the night in the box- etall with the anznial and “nearly passed away" when it stirred, lift- ed its head, then rose w its feet

"What. should 1 give my home to eat?" Lieach asked whe the veterinary returned to make arrangements for diapodng of the

A competitor with an artificial arm took part in a recent boxing tournament, in London. Alter the bout an objection was , b hi4 opponent who said he d1- liiied being slusxed with a. piece of w

A; a, meeting of referees and judges of the unatcur bsxlng us- cliaimian said that if he had been named to referee the bout he would have ordered the artificial-tum boxer from the

Listen to this from a London sport columnist:

"I am told that United States’ Army baseball experts have attracting appreciative crowds of spectators in the London parks with warming-up practices. powerful and accurate throwing and clever catching with the big mitts in the left

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NEW YORK, 1——(AP)— This year me major league clubs hoped for l. couple of close pennant races. so whet did they get-a pair of runaways the same teams that trlumphe last year.

Today, as both the maim- loGps idled away an open date prcpar- story to mother round o! east» west wrapping. New York Yankees were eight games ahead of the nearest rival in the American League and Brooklyn badgers were six in front in the National League.

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