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6THE INFORMERThe Latest Sporting NewsYesterdays Base Ball ResultsCENTRAL. LEAGUEBloomington, 15; Terre Haute, 11.Evansville, 1; Wheeling, 0.Fort Wayne, 8; Erie, 4.Youngstown, 5; Grand Rapids, 4.(eighteen innings.)AMERICAN ASSOCIATIONIndianapolis. 5; Milwaukee, 3.Kansas City, 8: Louisville, 3.Cleveland-St. Paul (wet grounds).Only three games scheduled.NATIONAL LEAGUENew York, 3: Cincinnati. 1.Chicago, 19; Brooklyn, 4.Philadelphia, 5: Pittsburg, 3.St. Louis, 5: Boston. 4.WESTERN LEAGUEDenver, 6; Lincoln. 5.Topeka, 5: Wichita. 4.Omaha, 17; Des Moines, 5.Sioux City. 4: St. Joseph, 0.FEDERAL LEAGUENewark. 5: Buffalo, 1.Chicago, 6: Pittsburg, 0.Brooklyn. 12: Baltimore. 4.Only three games scheduled.Todays Base Ball GainesAMERICAN ASSOCIATIONIndianapolis at Kansas City.Columbus at St. Paul.Cleveland at Minneapolis.Louisville at Milwaukee.FEDERAL LEAGUEChicago at Pittsburgh.Kansas City at St. Louis.Newark at Buffalo.Brooklyn at Baltimore.NATIONAL LEAGUEChicago at New York.St. Louis at Philadelphia.Pittsburgh at Boston.Cincinnati at Brooklyn.AMERICAN LEAGUENew York at Cleveland.Boston at Detroit.Philadelphia at St. Louis.Washington at Chicago.GIANTS NOSE OUT SOXIN EXTRA INNING GAMEWells Poles Out Drive in Tenthand Gives New York ThirdGame of SeriesD. Robertson Allows But TwoHits(Special to The Informer.)NEW YORK, N. Y. (Polo Grounds),JULY 1, 1944.--The New York Giantsdefeated the White Sox here today inone of the best exhibitions of baseball ever seen at the Polo Grounds, bya score of 1 to 0. The game was apitchers battle throughout and D.Robertson, of the Sox, allowed butone hit during the fray, but that onespelled defeat for his team-mates.With two men out, no one on base,two strikes and two balls on him,Clifford Wells, the old Indiana Uni-versity star, drove a long liner whichbounded over the north fence and wasgood for a homer.The Giants and Sox play the lastgame of the series tomorrow after-noon at 3:30 sharp.KID HEPBURN TO BOX EASTKid Hepburn, the coming heavy-weight champ, will meet Knock-outEast on July fourth in the City Hallin a forty-five round bout. The com-bat promises to be a fierce one, and ifHepburn wins, it will put him in linefor the heavy weight championship ofthe middle west.This will be the first chance for thelocal fans to witness Knock-out Eastin a bout. The big boy hails fromNashville, Tenn. He succeeded inbattling Young Fair to a draw in thatcity last month.The cdds, in the coming bout, seemto be with Hepburn, as he is fast andaggressive and is in the pink of con-dition. He delivers a powerful blowand will no doubt fight the Nashvillelad to the finish.GILMORE IN CITYJohn Gilmore, who is playing rightfield for the New York Nationals, wasin the city today. Mr. Gilmore is enroute for New York, where he willjoin his team. He has been out of thegame for about a month due to sick-ness, but expects to be in conditionwithin the next week or so.Gilmore is a former Bloomingtonlad. He attended the BloomingtonHigh School and won a B for par-ticipating in baseball during his schoolcareer here.The Plutos will play the Pirates at3:00 p. m. tomorrow afternoon. Thegame will be played at the Ross park.He KnewCharles S. Mellen, at a dinner inBoston, said of a bankrupt:His bankruptcy was like thatwhich the parent described:Pa, whats bankruptcy? a littleboy once asked.And pa, who had been bit thatweek, answered bitterly:Bankruptcy, my son, is where youput your money in your hip pocketand let your creditors take your wal-let and coat.CELEBRATE THE FOURTHAT THE ROSS PARKBASE BALLBLOOMINGTONGVS.TERRE HAUTEGAME CALLED AT 2:30ADMISSION 50cATHLETIC BOARD TOSELECT NEW COACHThree Men Will Be ConsideredReed of Bedford, Jones of Illi-nois, and Vaughn of Purdue,Are in LineThe Indiana University AthleticBoard holds its regular meeting thisafternoon and at that time the Bas-ket Ball Coach for next year will beelected. It was learned from a reli-able source late yesterday that GeorgeA. Reed, of Bedford, All-Conferenceselection for guard in three consecu-tive years while in Indiana, is probab-ly the choice of the Board. Reed, ifchosen, will no doubt fill the require-ments of a reliable coach, and it isthought that he would accept the po-sition if offered him. |
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