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INDIANA BVENINO'lSMfJTTR,v£'*,HomeLieut. Christy Muthewsou, Jr., tl. S. A., son of one of the most-beioved baseball stars of all time, has como borne. Ot» lila way to Washing ton's Walter Reed Hospital, young Christy Is shown here as he passed through Chicago. His leg was amputated after an airplane crash at Shanghai. China. Ills wife was hilled, Christy will velum td China, as an air instructor.AT PITTSBURGHDuo Sultans of Swat to Do Stuff at Exhibition Game. „PITTSBURGH. Aug. 1.4—INS—■ Baseball’s greatest showman, ’Babe Ruth, anti his fellow Sultan of SWat Lou Gehrig, are among the ehlef.aU. tractions as the New York- Yank«^i% face Pittsburgh here today in an ex-r? hibition game.Not since 1929 when the Yanks and Pirates were the principals of a. world series have the world champions been seen here. First announcement of the exhibition had dopestcrs labeling the game as a preview of the 1933 world series. Since, however, opinion has changed due to the showing of the New York Giants and Washington, leaders in their respective loops.Pittsburgh wound up their schedule with the Chicago Cubs at the. hitter’s field yesterday by dropping a 3-2 decision to give their rivals the majority of wins in glames played All season, The complete -record shows twelve victories for Chicago as against teiv for the locals. Bill Swift lost a pitcher’s due t© Lonnie Wameke after Tony Piet was caught napping off second base with none out. thereby blowing away the Bucs' last-hope of knotting the count.After being blasted out of second j place Friday, tho Pirates came back I to crush the Cubs twice in Sa-tur-i day’s double bill at Forbes Ficld io ft j retain the runner-up position. Sat-j urday’s scores 5-2 and 3-2.| Pittsburgh leaves on a 17-game ; tour of the east after the Yankee game with «tops at Brooklyn, Philadelphia, New York and Boston.
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Mon, Aug 14, 1933
Page 2
Full Page
Clipped by
Michael W.
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