Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 72, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1934 — Page 18

By Joe Williams • • m Boh Grove Mystery Deepens Trouble May Be ‘Tight’ Arm And Price Paid Was $125,000

TVTKW YORK. Aug. 3.—You have read from time to time, i am sure, of the great Lefty Grove mystery or should 1 say the great mystery of Grove. No pitcher who has won only four games up to August deserves to be called great At any rate Connie Mack sold Grove to the Boston Red Sox last winter for $125,000 in cash, and not SIOO,OOO as is generally reported. After all the difference in dollars is reasonably important to both parties of the transaction. My authority on this detail is the gentleman who paid the monev, and that ought to be sufficient. .mm M m m ("'’ROVE had the league ’he season just ended in games won and J lost and was mgh up in the still more vital matter of earned run? •’lowed—which mearu> that throughout the season he was a very hard man to scor*- on. . , , With this kind of record, plus a winning background o. twenty 01more game? dating back to 1927, Mr. Tom Yawkev. the joung owner o the Red Sox. naturally felt he wa? making a good buy—and for all I know he may still feel he made a good buy. The last time I talk'd to the gentleman he said he would not take *125,000 for Grove, despite the fact that he had yet to show anything. But this was early in the season, w-hen hopes run high in baseball and even pessimists wear smiles. m m m m m m ANYWAY, on the face of things. Grove did look like an excellent buy. Pitching up to his record he would have made the Red Sox a positive pennant contender, and the deal would have marie the young owner look like the smartest dealer in baseball. He would have gotten his $125,000 back in rwo months Well, as vou know-, thing? didn't work out that wav. Grove reported to the spring ramp wuh an ailing soupbone He went through a routin'’ course of pounding' kneedirsr? and slapping? That didn tdo any good. He had a mess of ’eeth blasted on the theory that the pain in the arm was :n some way related s o the chinaware depaitment. That didn t do any good, either. m m m m m m ONLY recently Grove enured a hospital and asked waivers on his tonsils. He was feeling down in the mouth anyway. -Get it? Feeling down in the mouth. Haw! And they pay Ed Wynn all that dough for his silly gags!> Grove is up now pitching in batting practice and pretty soon he'll make another stab at a starting game. Which brings me to the point of this piece. A ball player who is as close to Grove as the skin on the back of his neck—a former teammate. to be more informative—insists the fast ball star will never pitch another game until he has had nis arm cut open and readjusted. “Mose is wasting his lime fooling around with his teeth and his tonsils." this piaver says. "The trouble is in his arm. and the sooner he gets to it the better he's going to be. It isn't a recent trouble either. It was there last year. We could see it from the bench.. Toward the end of the season he couldn't even straighten his arm out.” m m m mam THAT’S strange," I remarked. "How did he manage to win those twenty-four ball games for the Athletics?” I don't care how many ball games he won. I tell you he had definitely begun to slip last year and that he wasn t within 30 per cent of the Grove of the year before ” Well, well, well And what do you make of that, my dear Watson? As I say. the speaker formerly played with Grove, was on the same club with him for a number of years, and is not a gentleman who is addicted to sounding off merely to hear the lyrical notes of his own chatter. In fact. Grove has heard this same diagnosis from the player himself. and. it I am not misinformed, so has Mr. Yawkev It san engaging mystery. Perhaps the sensible thing to do is to wait and see what happens to him when he starts again. The result will prove whether his old teammate had the correct dope or^not.

Diegel Takes Early Lead in Canadian Open Meet American Pro Breaks Two Records in First Qualifying Round: Sarazen and Hagen Far Behind. RV JAMES N. CRANDALL I nited Pr* Stall Correspondent TORONTO. Ontario. Aug. 3—Leo Diegel, Germantown. Pa . professional held a commanding lead of lour strokes today when the Canadian Open held teed off Tor the second qualifying round of eighteen holes. Diegel s 6S in the opener yesterday, four better than his nearest competitor. Tommy Armour of Medinah, 111., made him a heavy favorite for his fifth Canadian title.

The sixty golfers having the best scores at the end of the second qualifying rounds will compete :n the final thirty-six holes of medal play tomorrow. Dieeel set two new course records in carding his 65. It marked the ft si time the Lakeuew course par of TO was broken in tournament play and his 31. four under par. on the second nine, also was anew mark. Diegel's feat was all the more noteworthy because he played eight holes of the Incoming nine through a driving rain. Caddies carried towels to keep his hands and clubs dry and sheltered him with an umbrella. For three holes while the storm was at its height, it was rniprssible to get more than a general direction of the ball. Armour also found the wet going to his liking, carding a 69 one under par Dcnsmore Shute of Philadelphia was next with 71. followed by Bill Melhorn. Brooklyn; Herman Barren. Port Chester. N Y_ Boh Cunningham. Toronto; Jimmy Hines. Bay Shore. N. Y and Jules Huot, Q uebec City all of whom shot 725. Following this group came Joe Before. Detroit; Willie MacF.irlane. Tuckahoe N Y . Fay Coleman. Culver Cltv. Cal ; A. Gnmsditch, Toronto; Dave Spittal. Toronto, and Htrfy’ Cooper. Glen Ellyn, 111.. w .th 73s Such stars as Gene Sarazen. Walter Hagen and Ky LafToon were practically out of the running Sararen carded an PC ten over par. while Hagen and LafToon were twelve strokes behind Diegel with 77?. GRID STAR TO CROSS SEA FOR TREATMENT H- Im. . . •</ SOUTH BEND Ind . Aug. 3 G’orge Melmkovich. former Notre Dame university's star full back, will go to Czechoslovakia to ake m neral bath? in an effort to off an illness with which he has been suffering since last season. He expects to return in time for the fall grid campaign.

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Vandalia to Hold Grand American Event Will Draw Champs From Many States. fill I w s if,ini VANDALIA. O. Aug. 3—The eleventh Grand American trapshoot will open here Aug. 27 for five days with entries from all parts of the country participating. A feature of the event will be the "champion of champions" contest. in which only state title holders will be eligible to compete. The world doubles championship will be held on the fourth day of the meet, with the handicap champion being decided on the final day. Entries will be given a chance at 200 targets each day for the first three. Walter Beaver. Berwyn. Pais defending Grand -American handicap champion.

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(''OR several years Kenny Hoy * has been a familiar figure around South Grove municipal golf links. He has taken a keen interest in membership affairs and 'his year is president of the South Grove Men's Club. Recently when a movement was on foot to bring about renewed interest in the course and make playing conditions better. Hoy took active part in bringing about a changed playing rotation at the course to make par and yardage on each nine of the eighteen-hole links more evenly divided. Tonight the South Grove Men's Club will hold its regular monthly meeting in the clubhouse at 8 and Hy : 'quests that a big turnout be on hand. KOOKWonns in game * irei Parks' 0"""> v - a Hr Hill diamond r S W rrsh Blaaingamr ~aylor is requested to call Diesel &411-W.

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MITCHELL IS TWO DOWN AT 18-HOLE MARK

Local Golfer Trails Coria in Semi-Final Struggle of National Public Links Play South Grove Ace Puts Up Hard Fight Against St. Paul Contender; Armstrong Tops Young 5 Up at Halfway Distance in Pittsburgh.

B-j t nilrrt Br,** PITTSBURGH. Aug. 3.—Arthur Armstrong, from Honolulu, held a commanding lead over Lorraine Young of San Antonio. Tex., at the end of today's first round of the thirty-six-hole semi-final of the national public links championships at South Park. Joe Coria, St. Paul, took a two-hole lead over the Dave Mitchell of Indianapolis at the end of eighteen holes of their thirty-six-hole semifinal match. Mitchell hails from the South Grove Club in Indianapolis.

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THE pros and leading amateurs of the state have thrown their golf games in high gear and are -speeding forward these days with preparations for the annual state open championship to be played next week at Evansville. The 1934 championship, which will be settled on the Helfrich municipal links next Thursday and Friday < providing there are not ties for first place at the end of the scheduled 72-hole test* should bring out some of the best golf ever played in a state open title event. If there be any funny ideas in the mind* of the boys who feel they might dethrone the present open chamipon, Guy Paulsen of Fort Wayne, let those ideas not become too rank. tt tt tt From the pen of D Armond Gemmer of the Ft. Wayne News-Senti-nel comes the word that if Paulsen keeps up his present pace, the galleries at Evansville are certain to give the Ft. Wayne "red top" even

a bigger play in attention than an ordinary defending champion would get. The reason is that scores in the 60s have been rolling off Paulsen's clubs with amazing regularity as he gets in shape for the defense of his crow’n. Guy had an individual 66 Wednesday. He teamed with

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Johnny Sonnenberg in a best-bail match against a well-known amateur star. Tony Bruggeman, Ft. Wavne city champ, and Tom Franey. Guy and Sonnenberg scored a best ball of 63. The two gave the other pair a two-up advantage on each nine and finished the match all square. tt U n The Helfrich course where the championship is to be held is a par 73 test. Yardage on the first nine is 3.141. Par is 37. While the back nine is 3.102 yards, par 36. The course has four par 5 holes, of 498. 472, 497 and 540 yards. There is one par 3 hole on the first nine. 105 yards. The other two par 3 holes, on the back nine, arc 178 and 153 \ards. respectively. The card for the championship course follows: Hoi* Tards Tar Hole Yards I’ar 1 B*B 4 10 I*B 8 2 882 4 11 497 5 8 818 4 12 891 4 1 808 4 13 510 5 , In. 8 It 138 8 S 888 4 13 289 4 2 498 5 l 401 4 8 808 4 IT 385 4 9 472 5 18 322 4 Out 3.111 37 IN 3.102 Sfi Total par. 73. Total vardaye. 8,243. 808 UNDOUBTEDLY the majority of opposition for champ Paulsen will come from Indianapolis pros. Working diligently on his game, George iDick* Stark, former pro at Coffin and Willowbrook courses, now unattached, has been able to fire scores under 70 every day for the past week. Counts of 68 and 69 have been his favorite dish. Furthermore, George has been hitting 'em as they lie and using the back tees at Coffin to get the longest yardage test possible. All of which means that young Mr. Stark is going to be tough in Evansville.

Bill Wilkinson, assistant pro at Coffin has born playing well for the past couple of weeks and is ready for the big show. Chuck Gamnger and Henry Simons yesterday bowed in defeat once more before Wilkinson and Jack Tuitte. this time over Speedway course. The wind that swept the race track course was almost a gale and the scores were not a- hot as this foursome has been turning in during their season sued. Wilkinson and Tuitte gained a 3-up lead on the outgoing nine, while Garringer and Simons gained a one-up verdit on the back nine. The next match is carded for Highland early next week. BBS MAX BUELL, tournament manager for the Indiana Professional Golfers Association, called off the regular Monday afternoon pro-amateur tournament for next week in favor of the pro-amateur that annually precedes the state open play. It will be held at Evansville over the championship course on Wednesday afternoon. The title play will consist of thirty-six holes Thursday and the same number Friday. The next pro-amateur in the section will be played at Hiilcrest on Monday. Aug. 13. It will be a draw partner event. b a a OUITE a few Indianapolis amateur stars are planning to shoot at the galaxy of beautiful and valuable prizes the open will offer to the simon pure. Bill Slyker. president of the Hc'lfrich Club and his associates, who

INDIANAPOLIS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1934

Armstrong, the 17-year-old Hawaiian, who became the tourney favorite when he eliminated. Scotty Campbell, Seattle, the medalist, yesterday, was five up at the end of eighteen holes today. He was one up at the turn of the first round. He quickly increased his lead, taking advantage of Young’s poor play on the wet links. The cards for the eighteen holes today follow: Par out Ml 151 534—38 Par in 345 443 434 —34—12 Armstrong out 145 145 415—12 Young out 515 555 555—42 Armstrong in ......... 115 555 444—5>—IS Young in 455 554 544—11—85 Coria out Ml 444 545—58 Mitchell out 544 554 54 4—40 Coria in 555 045 555—51—15 Mitchrll in 545 514 411—51—11 Superior putting and chipping gave Armstrong the advantage, although both displayed erratic golf. Armstrong's total, 78, was six over par, while Young was eleven over. The Texan's iron shots continued to give him trouble and seven times he dug under too far and hit the ball high into the air. Armstrong Speeds Pace The slim Hawaiian was over par on the short tenth, but Young could do no better. Armstrong won the eleventh with a par 4, while the Texan slipped over again. The next two holes were halved, but Armstrong added to his advantage by taking No. 14 with a birdie 3 and No. 15 with a par 3. He made it five up with a par 4 on No. 16. while Young took a five. The last two holes were halved. Coria. had a two-hole lead over Mitchell at the turn of their morning round. Mitchell took the lead on the first hole with a par 5 when Coria found two traps and a six. Coria squared the match on the fourth with a par 4 when Mitchell missed a four-foot putt. The St. Paul star took the lead on the next hole when he sank a ten- i footer for a birdie. He got another birdie on No. 9 with another tenfoot putt. _ Coria Wins Last Two Mitchell evened his match with Coria on the second nine by winning the eleventh and thirteenth holes, but dropped behind again on the fifteenth when he took a four to Coria's par 3. Mitchell won the fifteenth hole with a par 4, to square the match again. Coria won the last two holes, scoring a birdie 3 on the eighteenth, to hold a 2 up margin at the end of the morning play. Mitchell downed the third Los Angelesan eliminated yesterday with a 2-and-l victory over Don Erickson in the quarter-finals. He triumphed earlier over Mike Balega of Minneapolis, 3 and 2. Great Golf Hayed , Mitchell and Coria both have played spectacular golf. The big Indianapolis player, after qualifying in 153 for thirty-six holes, started off with an 8-and-7 victory over Fred Gilbert, Altadena, Cal. He downed Frank Bringoli, New York, 5 and 3, the same day to enter yesterday's play.. Coria yesterday eliminated the defending champion, Charles Ferrera. San Francisco, 2 and 1 in a third-round match and then eked out a one up victory over George Denney, Louisville, Ky., in twenty holes. John C. Jewett, Gary, Ind„ the only other Hoosier in yesterday's play, was beaten, 1 up, by Bruce McCormick. Los Angeles ace. DUAL SWIM MEET The local Ellenberger swimming team will meet the Porter squad from Shelbyville in a dual encounter at Ellenberger pool tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. DODGERS SCOUT ASSOCIATION BROOKLYN, N. Y.. Aug. 3. Chic* Fraser. Brooklyn scout, is making a tour through the American Association looking over new talent for the Dodgers, the Flat bush management has announced. are doing the home grounds promoting. Have a purse of S6OO for the pros to shoot at, but have not forgotten about the amateurs. Sets of matched irons, golf balls by the dozen lots and single clubs totaling nearly S4OO in value are to be given the amateurs in the event. This should insure a heavy entry. Since few amateur players from down-state have been taking part in I state amateur championships the tournament will afford many of them a taste of title play and may gain some representation from that town in future events. mas THE annual all-day golf tournament of the Indianapolis Athletic Club will be held on Wednesday. Aug. 15, at Highland course. Final arrangements will be made by the committee in charge Monday at the club. Preliminary plans call for the starter to be on the job at 8 a. m. to permit foursomes to play at anytime during the day. 808 E. L. Lennox has been named chairman of the prize committee for the Indianapolis Athletic Club’s tournament. Final plans for the tourney and :he banquet, which will follow in the evening at the I A. C.. will be made at a meeting of tae I. A. C. golf committee Monday noon. Entries for the tournament are being received at the club.

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Start of the five-mile bicycle race at the Indiana state fairground track Wednesday is pictured at top. The twelve riders who participated in this event also competed in a 15-mile race, immediately following the first grind. Tw’enty-one competed in the 15miler. Frederic Bloomhuff, winner, is shown at the extreme right, in pole position. Edward Schelling, show’n In the lower picture, leads in total points, however, with nine. He finished

Imme] in Finals of Willard Tennis Play continued today in the Willard park “mediocre” tennis tournament after having been halted by rain yesterday afternoon. In the only men's singles matches played yesterday, Jack Yule defeated Arthur Mundt, 6-2, 6-3, and Vic McGuire eliminated Jerry Shine, 6-2, 3-6, 7-5. Richard Immel defeated Irvin Bcrkowitz to enter finals of the boys’ singles division. Today's schedule: 1 P. M.—Joe Hesselgrave vs. Bill Fulton, Ralph Lindner vs. Jim Carroll. 2 P. M —Dan Morgan vs. Tom Sherburne. 2 30 P. M —Bradley-Shade vs. BrownGailagher. 3:30 P. M—Eddie Tharp vs. Bob Bosart. Teeguden-Hcsselgrave vs. Thomaspartner. 4:30 P. M.—Arthur Mundt vs. Paul Luedeman, Tom Gallagher vs. Bill Spell Yule-partner vs. Buschatsky-Horms SP. M —AI Noone vs. Bill Fulton. Leon Cohen vs. Eddie Newcomb. Robert Armstrongvs. John Craig. Harold Justus vs. John Kleinhenz.

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first in the 5-mile and second in the 15-mile. Bloomhuff took third in the opener for a total of eight points. Points are awarded on a 5-4-3-2-1 basis. The local races are being held as tests for the Indiana leg of the trans-continental bike races, which start on the east and west coasts Aug. 19. They are sponsored by the Amateur Bicycle League of America. All amateur riders in the state are eligible to compete. A team of local and state riders will meet the coast-to-coast competitors at Brazil, Ind., and accompany them to Cambridge City, Ind., via Indianapolis. A 25-mile race will be held at the fairground next Wednesday afternoon. Aug. 8, at which time further qualifications for the Indiana division will be staged. The winner of the 25-mile event will be awarded anew bicycle. Many other prizes also will ge given. Ten-mile lap winners in the Brazil-to-Cambridge City event will receive medals as W’ell as prizes. The public is invited to attend next Wednesday's 25-mile race free of charge. SLOTTO SUSPENDED By United Pres* MONTREAL. Aug. 3.—Sammy Slotto, Philadelphia bantam, today was suspended by the Montreal athletic commission for his poor showing against Harry Gerson on Wednesday night in what was scheduled as a ten-round feature bout.

Track Meet Finally Pays Off The national track and held meet made money for the first time in years this season. Los Antjclcs and the University of Southern California, spent S~O,OOO to pet the hoys out there and wound up with $1,500 on the ripht side, of the ledper.

Indians and Brewers Mix in Split Double-Header Games Will Be Played at 3 and 8:15 to Close Out Series; It's Bargain Offering for Women. Allan Sothoron's Milwaukee Brewers will make their last 1934 appearance in Indianapoiis today and a bargain attraction has been arranged for the customers at Perry stadium. Two games will be played, in split double-header fashion, with one tilt in the daylight at 3 p. m. and the second under the lights at 8:15. Two admissions will be charged. Women will be admitted free to

both contests, with the payment of the federal amusement tax of 10 cents for each game. In other words, the program will be a “double ladies’ day” offering. The Indians and the Brewers were held idle by wet grounds last night and the rivals are compelled to mixin two battles on the final day of the series in order to stay even with the schedule. The Redskins gained a half game on the league-leading Millers overnight and were only two games back of the Bushmen this morning. The Minneapolis pastimers were defeated in Toledo yesterday, 11 to 2, and lost ground. Birds Are Galloping The Columbus Red Birds, 1933 league champs, downed St. Paul last night for their filth straight victory. The Buckeyes climbed mto a tie with the third-place Brewers and are threatening both Indians and Millers. The Birds are hard to handle on their home grounds. Kansas City will follow Milwaukee to Indianapolis and the Blues will open with the Indians tomorrow night. The Kaws are scheduled here tnrough Tuesday. Otto <Dutch; Miller, coach with the Brooklyn Dodgers and former Indianapolis piayer, learned to defend himself on the local west side. He picked up baseball pointers on the Indianapolis sandlots and at Manual Training high school. The Dutchman w’on a fistic melee over Manager Jimmy Wilson of the Philly Nationals yesterday. Wilson Takes Charge Miller scored a knockout under the grand stand t Brooklyn alter the uodgers nosed out the Phillies, 8 to 7. ihe Dodger coach and Wilson engaged in an argument in the seventh inning and renewed it after the game. Several players tried to halt the fight, but the powerful Hack Wilson, Dodger outfielder, took charge of the affair and reiused to let anybody interfere. Miller and Wilison battled for several minutes and the Indianapolis mar had Wilson down before police were advised of the scrap and broke it up. RETZLAFF STOPS CLARK ST. PAUL. Aug. 3.—Charley Retzlaff, Leonard <N. D.) heavyweight, knocked out Roy Clark, Philadelphia. in the third round of their scheduled eight-round fight here last night. Retzlaff, trying a comeback, put the giant Negro down for nine-counts in the first and second frames.

Berryhill Favored in Colorado Event Oklahoma Golfer Eliminates Dawson of Chicago. I >’.>/ ( uilril /•—.* COLORADO SPRINGS. Colo., Aug. 3.—Three Texans, two Oklahomans. two Kansans and one Coloradoan teed off today in the quarter-final round of the annual Broadmoor invitation golf tournament with Earl Berryhill of Sapulpa, Okla.. the favorite to win the championship. He defeated John Dawson, Chicago, yesterday. Today’s pairings: Berryhill vs. Harry Strassburgcr, Coffeyville, Kan. Jack Malloy. Tulsa, Okla., vs. Charles Newhold, Wichita, Kan. Brown Cannon, Denver, vs. M. L. Massingill, Ft. Worth. Tex. Harry Todd, Dallas. Tex., vs. Norris Russell, Denton, Tex. II ( • HTS LA ST NIGH T 'By United Pressi ' i MINNEAPOLIS Charley RetzlafT C''ark LP 24S V'rf I ?'V knockpd out Aci S rk '.. !ls : Philadelphia i3i. Larrv Udell Aionin. 168 Minneapolis 6i.

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