Indianapolis Times, Volume 44, Number 275, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1933 — Page 11
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By Eddie Ash Scout Doyle Praises Three Young Cubs umm Red Grange’s Town Is Back on Map m m m Sports Sidelights Picked I p at Random
'VV/’JIEN a veteran baseball man like Jack Doyle, Chicago Cub scout, becomes enthusiastic over the prospects of a trio of rookies, it is almost certain that those rookies are too good to be true. Diamond scouts work up cases of enthusiasm when they are searching the sticks for talent and too often the objects of their enthusiasm turn out to be just some other fellows in uniforms. Rut Jack Do’ lc knov< s his baseball and Prcsidrnt William Veeck and Manager Charlie Grimm of the Cubs are willing "to go along" with his Judgment. During the recent stay of the National League champions at their Catalina Island training camp. ofT the coast of California. Doyle sat down one day and began to extol the baseball virtues of three young Cubs—Tut Stamback, who will be delivered to the Cubs by the Los •Angeles club next year; Bill Campbell, young catcher, and Roy Henshaw, southpaw hurler wnose training consists of three years of varsity throwing for the University of Chicago. Os Stainback, Doyle said, "He’s the greatest ball player I ever saw. T mean he's the greatest player I ever saw go up from the minors. He's ready now and he’s going to improve with experience. He can run like a deer. He has a great throwing arm and he can hit anything. Like a lot of fine hitters, Stainback swings at plenty of bad ones, but he does swing, and that’s why I like him. He doesn’t wait out a pitcher." Os young Campbell, Doyle said, "Bill Campbell will make a great c .-her. He can hit, has a fair arm and a good disposition. He’ll be the < 4bs' regular backstop in a couple of years.” The matter of Henshaw is a bit different, according to Doyle, but he has plenty of confidence in the collegian. "If he ever gets control of his curve, he'll be a great pitcher. He can toss his knuckle ball through a knot-hole and his fast one goes in there with a load of smoke. His curve is a little wild. Roy is little and he’s light but he has heavy underpins. And there have been some pretty good little left-handd hurlers.” A N()T11K R RK( ORI) BR KAK EFt FROM VH It ATON r I ''HAT litllc Illinois town of Wheaton, near Chicago, that produced Red -* Grange of football lame, has sent out another collegiate athletic 1 luminary to catch the headlines in the person of Keith Brown. Yale's | latest, in a long series of premier pole vaultcrs. Brown captured the world ! indoor title for the vault at the Knights of Columbus games in New | York this winter, when he cleared the bar at 14 ft., I'i in. Another Yale! star Kabin Carr, of Dubuque, la., set the old record. With spring on hand and warm days ahead. Brown is pointing his j attention to greater vaulting heights. Anew world's record in the event is not a remote possibility if Brown can achieve tip-top form for any certain meet. He lifts his body up and over the bar in spectacular and smooth fashion. a tt a a o a FERRELL BOYS GROW RICH ON DIAMOND WESLEY FERRELL, star Cleveland pitcher, has done well financially in four years in the major leagues. Last year he received SIB,OOO and this year he will get between $12,000 and $15,000, depending upon how j many games he wins. His brother. Rick, catcher for the St. Louis Browns, has done bettor than that. Rick received $37,500 his first year because he was a Tree agent and Owner Phil Ball paid him $25,000 just to sign a contract. Rick’s sti end slid down to something like SIO,OOO last year and this year the offer is $7,000 or SB,OOO, but $70,000 isn’t bad for four years of ball playing. Wes got something like fifty grand for his four years. Rick Ferrell starred behind the bat for Columbus before Judge Landis stepped In and declared him free to sign with any club. Detroit thought it owned the catcher, but somewhere along the line a baseball law was overlooked and Ferrell fell into clover. tt a tt tt tt tt A COUPLE of weeks ago, when the earthquake struck southern Cali- . fornia, the big league baseball boys out there, especially the young fellows, thought of home and mother. Buck Newsom, rookie pitcher with •the Chicago Cubs, was in a barber chair in Los Angeles at the time and dashed out to the street wearing a tonsorial “bib." He said: "I wouldn’t play baseball for Los Angeles for SIO,OOO a month. I would rather return to South Carolina and be a plow boy.” And what happened? Buck Newsom was turned over to the Los Angeles club today as part payment for outfielder Tuck Stainback, a Chicago purchase for 1934. tt tt tt b a tt YOU'LL have to show up early to grab a seat at Tomlinson hall next Monday night. It will be Notre Dame vs. Indiana university on the mat as Jumping Joe Savoldi, former Notre Dame gridder, tackles Dr. Ralph Wilson, former Big Ten wrestling champ of the Crimson down the Monon. More important, both are "matinee idols” of opposite types. Some feminine fans think Wilson is "just too dear for anything” on account of his collar ad profile and campvis bearing, while other fair followers of the grappling sport admire Joe Savoldi because of his bulging muscles and "Fred Fearnot” style. He’s “so” brutal, as it were. tt B tt B B tt DETROIT wrestling fans loathe Jim Londos, the Greek Adonis of the mat. They loathe him so much that it seemed everybody in Michigan must have been booing the Greek as he strode down the aisle the other night at the Naval Armory in Detroit to meet Hans Kampfer. In ,fact the Michigan fans loathe Jim so much that they paid $3,737.47 for the privilege, a price at which Stromberry Pie doesn’t mind being loathed. tt b b tt tt tt The reason has been disclosed for the refusal of the New York Jockey Club to grant a horse trainer license to Miss Mary Hirsch. The officials were afraid they would be swamped by Broadway show girls asking for jockey jobs as a means of getting their pictures in the paper. tt tt tt tt tt tt Lefty Gomez wears a No. 12 shoe and is said to have the biggest dogs in the majors, but that didn’t prevent him marrying a show girl with tiny tootsies. We often wonder what happens to the occupants of the room below when Lefty retires at night and drops his No. twelve gunboats on the floor. tt tt tt tt a a What elegant weather we are having—now that Wade Killefer’s Indians are in the south. They couldn’t get a break in their own state.
• Down The Alleys • WITH LEFTY LEE
A1 O. Evans, a member of the Tail team el the Lions Club League, realized the ambition of all bowlers when he tossed in twelve consecutive strikes for a perfect 300 count on the Hotel Antlers allevs Monday night. Evans was awav to a poor start, opening with a count of 135. then Ins 300 appeared followed by a score of 213 a total of 057 that helped his team to a triple win over the Ears. The Lions League is sanctioned bv the A. B. C. and Evans will be rewarded with the gold medal for his wonderful came Manes and Hides also won their series from Claws and Teeth. Harry Brown, anchor for the Ethvl team Ot the Indian Refining league, paced his team to anew record three-game total of 2 COR. during this league's plav on the Delaware alleys, with a total of 640 on games of 210. 17!> and 254. The 254 came is also a record single game effort for .this loon. Brown is a first year man in '•tie bowling came and is developing into a i?tar rapidly, according to Bill Sargent, manager of these drives The Ethvl team von two rames from Waxfree. as Crackrroof and Eire Chief took three from Ciieenlite and Marfak. Alice Shea and J. Beam won the mixed doubles sweepstakes on the St Philip A. C. allevs over the week-end. rolling a grand total of 1.287. Rose Schleimer and Dan
Monday Fight Results
AT NEW YORK—Stanley Poredn. 208. Jersey Citv stormed Tom Heenev, 211. New 7<-aland. 1 10<: Phil Johnson. 179. Bavonne, N J . defeated Pedro Corri. 194. Brooklyn. . lot: Phi! McGraw TVtroit. knocked out Jim Thompson. Yonkers. isl. AT PITTSBURGH. Pa—Tommy Paul. 127 Buffalo stormed Mose Butch. 124. Pittsburgh. 1 9 1 Jimmy Belmont. 152. Pittsburgh defeated Sam Bruce. 148. Buffalo. 18 Red Bruce. 165. Pittsburgh. defeated Billie Flanagan. 161. Pittsburgh. 16> . ' AT NEWARK. N. J. Hans Mueller. 153. Germany, drew with Benny Levine. 149. Newark '10': Bud Mangino. 137. Newark, defeated Ralnh Acouino. 133. Newark. i6). AT SYRACUSE N. Y Billy Petrone. 147. Rutgers N J drew with Freddie Herkow;t7. 145. Yonkers. 16 •. AT ST PAUL. Minn.—Joe Rivers. 143. Mason City. la., decision over Prank Knauer 146 Eagle River Wis '6': Jackie Sharkev 127. Minneapolis, decision over Wayne Short. 129. St. Paul. 16 . AT MIAMI. Fla Eddie Shea. Chicago featherweight, riecisioned Young Manuel. Tampa, m ten rounds, scoring two knockdowns in the second round and one in the seventh. RIDES THREE WINNERS Bit lime* Special CORAL GABLES. Fla . March 28. —Silvio Coucci, little Italian jockey, scored a triple win to feature the racing program at Tropical park Monday. One of his winners paid the longest price of the meeting, when Romac rewarded backers with $44 30 for a $2 straight ticket. C. V. Whitney's Banderlog and Renovah were the other winners piloted by Coucci. who gave a orilliant riding exhibition. The triple boosted his total wins for the meeting to sixteen.
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Abbott took second prize, having a total of 1.247 for their three games. Indiana Wheel and Rim trounced the Central Motor Pans three times as the Grapho Products. Washrite and Cartwright Grinders won two games trom Gulling Auto Electric. StefTev's Garage and Appelgate Service during the Automotive League scries on the Antler drives. Koepper. Boesnecker and Worden hurdled the 600 line with totals of 643. 624 and 619. Plav in the 1.050 scratch team sweepstakes at the Illinois alleys will be resumed today. This meet will close Wednesday night At present the veteran Marott Shoe Shoo team is in the lead with a grand total of 3.208 Entries for this event will be accented at any time. The Moose and Ipalco won all three games from Acme Monon and Riverside Rink as the Gatling Gun Club took two from Crown during the Fraternal League s session on the Illinois allevs. Billy Shine and Rabold turned in the feature series with counts of 623 and 608. Lee armin again led the Star League play with a total of 644. Charlie Tvner had a 258 high single for a three-game total of 628 as Bularh and Dorsey rolled totals of 610 and 609. Charie Cray again topped the Reformed Church League bowlers with a score of 618. Nordholt was next- with 608 and A1 Schoch third on 601 Team play was decided two to one. First Owls. Second Reformed. Pleasant Run and First Tigers defeating Immanuel No. 2. Immanuel No. 1. Second Reformed No. 2 and Y. M. C. Jess Pritchett maintained his 220 season's average in the Optimist- League, rolling a total of 680 with games of 210. 237 and 233. Kott- had 666: McNeelv. 645: Irish. 607. and Curry. 606. McNeelv's 645 included a 268 finish. W. Behrens hit for a total of 666 to lead the Evangelical nlavers. having scores of 220 246 and 200. Herman was next with 621 as Bentley, showed on an even 600 F Schneider opened with the high single game of 257 and then lost his strike ball, finishing with a score of 562. A 258 score in his second try permitted Daringer to nose out Lvnch for ton honors in the Transportation league 629 to 627. I vnch was consistent with games of 199. 202 and 226. Johnnv Noonan Topped al ltop honors o'urinc the Courthouse League contests on the Centra! allevs with a three-game tofal of 617 and a single game effort of 258 Clements finished with a dandv 256 game to save the final tilt for Union Title after the Sheriffs had won the first two. Hollowell had sn even 500 in two games with scores of 235 and 265 and then dropped to 166 to lose his chance for a 700 count during - he Bril Telephone series on the Centra! drives Kis 666 led the loop however. York finished with a 238 for 6’ 3 and runnerup rosTion. Team nlav resulted in a triple win for Traffic from auditor and an odd game win for Maintenance from Engineers. The big Rotary League will close its season on the Indiana alleys tonight at 6 o'clock with a 200 scratch single sweepstakes. St Joan of Arc League held the boards at the Uptown and some real scores were posted Johnnv Rice closing with a 269 for 654 Dave Lauer posted a 256 for 630 and McAllister rolled 614 with consistent games to show HOOSIERS GET LETTERS By Timr* Spcrinl CHAMPAIGN. HI.. March 28 Two Hoosier athletes were rewarded with varsity letters by Illinois U. today. Joseph Brock of Whiting received an award for swimming and Markwood Edison of North Liberty was rewarded for service on the wrestling team.
Indianapolis Times Sports
Weak Field in Handicap Gallant Sir 1 -to-3 Choice in $25,000 Caliente Event. BY THOMAS H. NOONE, United Press Racine Editor NEW YORK, March 28.—Gallant Sir, Norman Church's stalwart 4-year-old handicap performer, today ruled a 1 to 3 favorite for the mile and a quarter Agua Caliente handicap that fcaturees the final day of racing program at the Mexican race track Sunday, and indications are that he will go to the post at even shorter odds. The field in this $25,000 added classic undoubtedly will be small and weak. With the defeat of the imported Pillow Fight in a mile and twenty yard allowance event Sunday by two platers, the half-brother to the immortal Phar Lap has lost many supporters. While Pillow Fight is considered a certain starter in the big stake Sunday, he is conceded small chance of beating the son of Sir Gallahad 111. In his last race at Agua Caliente, Gallant Sir carried 130 pounds to an easy victory, whereas he is assigned only 124 pounds in the Handicap. Should he retain his present excellent form he has little to fear in that rich stake. There are many who believe he is capable of eclipsing ihc track record of 2:02 3-5 set by Phar Lap in last year's renewal. According to the latest betting odds, Pillow Fight remains second choice, a quotation of 7 to 1 being posted on him. The Oak Tree stable’s Bahamas, a son of Bon Homme that was a mediocre 3-year-old in 1932, turned in a smashing mile trial recently in preparation for the Handicap, being timed by dockers in 1:38 1-5. His odds were immediately cut from 20 to 1 to 12 to 1, and should he run to this trial he should be a formidable factor in the race. The absence of high class distance runners on the grounds in the nomination list accounts for the exceptionally short price posted on Gallant Sir.
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Baseball Folks Debate Honus Wagner's Coaching Qualifications
, BY CHARLES E. PARKER New York World-Telerram Sports Writer SAN ANTONIO. Tex., March 28. Among baseball folks there is debate as to Honus Wagner's coaching qualifications. There are those who predict he will prove a genius in developing young players and a master at dictating policies by means of which the Pirates will
Battery Warms Up—by Bonfire
the veteran, Tris Speaker, took over the management of the Kansas City Blues of the American Association this season, he decided Kansas City climate was okeh for spring training. But the two lads above probably thought differently after a recent blizzard hit the Missouri town. The boys having a tough time warming up are Lou Fette, left, pitcher, and Magnus Snyder, catcher. The overcoats and bonfire help a little.
14 BUTLER THINLIES TAKE WESTERN TRIP Fourteen Butler track athletes will leave Wednesday for St. Louis, where they opn the outdoor track season opposing Washington U. Thursday. On Saturday, the Bull-
flabbergast their foes, those who believe he will communicate to his charges the skill and cunning and the dynamic force that made him the ranking shortstop of all time. There is another group which opines otherwise. They contend that intuition and instinct plus inborn assets, made Honus the great artist he was—that, like other
dogs met Pittsburg (Kan.) Teachers. Thinlies who probably will make the trip are Sears, Zahn, Boaz, Bradford, Knisley, Daniels and Layton, runners; Elser and Bailey, shot putters; Ewing and Davis, pole vaultei-s; R. Stewart and W. Cosgrove, high jumpers and Captain Paul Tauer, hurdler.
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j stars in sport, he never played the game by bock, and, perhaps, never knew just way so often he did the right thing at the right time. They hold that, even if he were of a pedagogic turn, he would be unable to transplant the secrets of his success. They point out that when, shortly after his retirement as an active player. Honus was given an opportunity to coach, he proved no ball of fire and they argue that, were he the coaching genius some now claim, baseball would have clung to him j during the past decade or more. But. whether or not he is a success | in the role assigned him, the grayhaired. good-natured Dutchman will 1 earn his salary several times over ! before the National League schedule is completed. A Los Angeles gallery, triple the size of any other to respond to an ! exhibition game, turned out the day Links Stars Open Action j />;/ 7 / mm Special PINEHURST, N. C.. March 28. A brilliant field of ninety top notch 1 pros and amateurs teed off today in i the North and South open golf championship play, with Craig Wood, New Jersey ace, and Paul Runyan of White Plains, N. Y„ as the favorites. They fired 68 and 69. respectively, in a trial Monday over the par 71 Pinehurst layout. Tommy Armour, Gene Sarazen and Walter Hagen, who won the Charleston open last week, are other favorites. TWO MATCH ES SIG NED Armory Main Go and Semi-Wind-up Bouts Arranged. The main event and the semiwindup of Friday night's wrestling show at the Armory have been signed and the feature will bring together Steve Nenoff, Bulgarian, and Leo Donohue, former Florida 1 university mat coach. This will be j for best two in three falls. The semi-windup will be between Billy Londos of Chicago and lota I Shima, Japanese ju-jitsu exponent,! who will wrestle to one fall. I
He’s Four-Sport Athlete THERE will be a big hole in the athletic ranks at lowa U. when Christian G. Schmidt is graduated this spring. Schmidt is a four-letter man, having won monograms in football, basketball, baseball and track. He plays half back, is a catcher, pole vaults and plays guard on the hardwood.
Honus first made his appearance in that community. And a majority of the assemblage moved over to that section of the grandstand near the third base coaching box to be as close as possible to the hoary hero of pre-war times. tt tt n nPHERE are a million stories to be had from thus grand old figure and he needs no prompting as he tells them easily and interestingly. "It wasn’t like this when I broke in.” Honus said to me as we stood behind the portable backstop during the Pirates' batting practice the other day. Ke had just seen a rookie step in between the Waner brothers to take a regular turn at the bat. "It was three weeks before I took a cut at the ball in my first year with the Pirates,” he went on. "The regulars wouldn't give the young fellows a break. Every time I tried to get to the plate, some of them would step in front of me and, after two weeks of that, I gave up trying. "The owner came to the camp on the third week and asked me. Honus, why don't 1 see you batting?’ You're supposed to be pretty goed.' I told him the regulars wouldn't let me.” " •Well,’ he said, ‘you’re a good strong boy, why don’t you make them let you?’ tt tt a "That was all I wanted then, a little support. So I marched out to the plate and, when the man at bat had taken his cuts. I stepped right into the batter's box. “ 'Hey kid, what do you think you are?’ yelled a regular who was next in line. “ ’What do I think I am?’ said I to him. ‘I think I am the next batter and I either bat the ball or I bat your head with this club. Which will it be?’ "I batted the ball. And I took my regular cuts every day after that.” Except that the pitchers, now without the spitball, emery ball and other aids, have to work harder each game and thus can not work so often as was the case in his hey day, Honus finds no marked difference between baseball or pre-war times and that of today and says that the tactics which won then will win now.
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Tribe Boss Uses Lasli Killefer Drives Squad at Ft. Worth to Build Up Hitting. B 7 7 ime* S'/ir- nl FT. WORTH. Tex., March 28 | Double-time was the order given the Indianapolis Indians by Man- ! ager Wade Killefer as the squad I opened its second day of practice here today. After a two-hour drill Monday, shortly after arrival from Memphis, Killefer informed his crew that two sessions would be held indefinitely. Morning practice opens at 9 o'clock, and after a two-hour pause around noon for lunch, the Indians will resume labor at 2 p. m for at least two hours, the skipper avers. Batting practice consumed most of the two-hour frolic Monday, and was again to be prominent in today's drills, lire punchless attack of the Indians against Memphis Sunday has sent Killefer to pulling his hair. "Some of 'em don't seem to know what a bat is for.” the fiery leader exploded Monday. Ideal weather was offered for the Tribe Monday, with warmer days : forecast. Outfielders Fuzzy Huffi ! and Pid Purdy, who have been j working out with the Ft. Worth ! Panthers at Mineral Wells lor a week, joined the club Monday. The Tribe chief said today that he expected Pete Daglia, giant righthanded pitcher, to report Wednesday. Pete has been a holdout. Jim Turner, the right-hander obtained from the Pacific Coast League in the Archie Campbell deal, was called home of Georgia on account of the illness of his daughter. SEEDED STARS ADVANCE lip l fiit ((1 Pres a CHESTNUT HILLS, Mass.. March 28.—Four seeded players in the national women’s indoor tennis singles championship survived the first day’s play Monday, all with one excepion advancing through defaults or easy victory. Mrs. Arthur D. Hill, the former | Mianna Palfrey, top-seeded player, 1 gained the quarter-final as result I of two defaults.