Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 June 1936 — Page 12
SPEED TERRIFYING AT OUTSET
FELT LIKE DAY CUT IN HALF
THE pace at the outset of the 500-mile race Saturday was
terrifying.
Old-timers actually were praying for the
boys to slow down. . .. A catastrophe was feared even with the track remodeled for increased safety. The safety was there all right, but with the cars doing from 115 to 118 miles an hour during the early stages, few veteran observers escaped the feeling of impending danger. But things worked out as predicted by the Speedway ‘and A. A. A. officials. . . . Speed went up, the pilots were more alert, and with the exception of Al Miller’s accident the event ‘was finished without any serious wall smacking. To Seth Klein, official starter, belongs some of the credit for keeping down the crack-ups. . . . He used his caution flags to perfection when cars bunched.
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HE classic was so fast it seemed that the day was cut in half. ... Louis Meyer had the correct angle. . . sprinting and played a waiting game.
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And
. He stayed out of the early . Then when he made his move
it was a rapid jump to victory No. 3 in the International Sweepstakes. It was a record-breaking day all along the line, crowded with eyefilling entertainment throughout the 200 laps.
The elimination of Wild Bill Cummings, the hometown idol, removed part of the glamour. . . . He had thousands of well-wishers in that huge crowd. . . . It was the first . time in the history of the race that a member of the official starting : field failed to go at least one lap. + « He was pushed to the pits and out—definitely left at the post. n ” ”
RED FRAME, another former : winner, joined Cummings on the sidelines early in the race. That was another record. . And Joe Copps, chief of Speedway publicity, set a record by keeping the ‘working press section clear of nonworkers. . The press announcers were on “the job in a big way. Their final announcement indicated that third place was in dispute, but that the controversy would have to be settled hours later by the timers « . . and it was. { ” ” ” A Deacon Litz won the out-and-in honors. . . . The heavyweight pilot, in No. 15, would be announced out and a little later a correction would come saying he was back in, « « « This happened more than o s « « The old “off again, on a gone again.” ” 2 ” OB KAHLE, young infielder of Richmond, was cut off the _ ~Indianapolis roster today and sent “out on option to the Greenville club of the Cotton States League. 2 . He has been filling the utility “role. The Tribe roster now stands at 19, leaving room for one more pastimer member.
Games in Figures |
(First Game) INDIANAPOLIS
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9: Lo Souls tie oh ; uisville 8 Marrow, 2; Logan, 2. Strikeouts—Marrow, Maron. 1. ts—Off Peterson, 1 i= . inning “itthed” io ons a seco
ad) : 8: Logan n 61-3; Galvan, BRS 12:5. "Wil Pitches. Pefeisan. I Mar. Winning pie
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INDIANAPOLIS
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e Holley, 1. 10 In 8 thnings: Hoiley, 1m 1. Losi 08 Innine: bi 6
pires—Guthrie ing
GAMES OF SATURDAY (First Game)
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Brewers Take League Lead
Milwaukee Ousts Blues by Annexing Two Games; _. Millers Lose.
The Kansas City Blues lost first place in the American Association
| yesterday, dropping both games of
a double-header to the Milwaukee Brewers, successors to the leadership. Meanwhile, third-place Minneapolis maintained the position, although St. Paul's Saints, who slipped out of the leadership by a long series of losses, beat the Millers in a 10-inning battle. The Blues and Brewers fought for 14 innings in the first game. John Niggling, Blues’ pitcher, who tossed away his last trial against the Millers, let the Brewers nick him for a tying run in the ninth, ’ | making the score 2-all. Six Runs in 14th There was no advantage until the fourteenth inning, when the. Brewers cracked Niggling’s hurling and drove in six runs to win. The ninthinning hit was a homer by Chet Laabs, Brewer outfielder who cracks them over the fence regularly. The Saints used five pitchers in barely taking the game with Minneapolis and won on the basis of a
( | six-run onslaught in the fifth in-
ning and a single tally in the tenth. . Toledo and Columbus held a hitting carnival, with the Mud Hens making 18 safeties, one more than the Columbus team. The final score was 15 to 11, with the Red Birds on top. Three home runs, two triples and five doubles were hit.
Calendar
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Milwaukee Kansas City Minneapolis
St. Paul
Louisville INDIANAPOLIS Toledo
AMERICAN LEAGUE
W. L. Pct. W. L. Pct New York 30 13 3 Washingtn “23 22 800 Boston... 26 18 .591|Chicago 19 21 475 Cleveland. 24 17 .585 Phildiphia. 13 27 .325 Detroit... 23 21 .523|8t. Louis.. 12 30 .286
NATIONAL LEAGUE
W. L. et . L. Pet. St. Louis. 27 14. 89| Bos 0 23 .465 New York 25 17 "398. Oimctanati FH 23 151 Pittsburgh 21 20 512|Broo ooklyn.. 18 25, «« 20 20 20 '800/Phildiphis, 1 26 40
Games ames Today
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Toledo at INDIANAPOLIS (night). Columbus at Louisville, Minueaelis at Milwaukee. St. Paul at Kansas City.
AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 410 030 331—15 17 2 bil ‘ oN ou al 18 4 cGee, Cox Owen; Hare, 1emoll, Thomas, Garland 8 Garbark. .
(Ten Innings) 301 100 001 0— 6 13 3 000 060
a en 000 1— 7 10 ~ a a George; Rign Spencer and Fenner 3
(Fires Games 14 Innings) 000 001 000 06— 8 13 1 Kansas City. . 000 101 000 000 00 2 8 0 Hatter, Braxton snd Brenzel; Niggeling, Moore and Madjeski. (Second Game) Milwaukee 404 0 Kansas City 010 001 000— Pressnell and Brenzel: Wyatt, Moncrief and Madjeski. Breese. NATIONAL LEAGUE
(Ten Innings)
020 010 004 0— 7 17 Messy 210 100 1— 8 13 Brown, Bush a Todd; French, Carleton and nd Hartnett.
(Twelve Inn Innings)
Herring,
10 000— 9 3 0 Vance,
4 -
Philadelphia ......202 000 100 00— 5 ner, Jonson aay Wilton: oad MacPayden and Lopes. pit 000 000° 102— 3 8 000 000 031— 4 11 Gumbert, Gabler, Smith Berres.
Mungo and
Mancuso, Spencer;
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MONDAY,
JUNE 1, 1936
The Knoxville Smokies of the Southern League
have three Italians holding works. They are Rocco at Skaff at third.
down berths on the innerfirst, Fiarito at Second and
RECHECK GIVES PETILLO CAR THIRD MONEY
Maurie Rose Placed Fourth After Timer Reveals Error in 50 500-Mile Lap Fi Figures
Confusion Resiits When Race Is Slowed by Accident on Course.
An official recapitulation of Chief Timer Odis Porter's precise records today gives third place to the car entered by Kelly Petillo and driven by Doc MacKenzie, and fourth place to Mauri Rose in the results of the twenty-fourth annual 500-mile race. Rose-formerly had been announced as third place winner, but a recheck showed that he had been credited with an extra lap during the time he pulled into the pits for gas. The mistake occurred while the cars were bunched and running under the yellow caution flag immediately after the accident of the car driven by Al Miller.
Confusion Causes Error
Rose wisely had decided to refuel while the field was moving slowly under the caution orders. A checker in the pagoda, failed to see the former Dayton (O.) dirt track ace stop at the pits and erroneously credited him with another lap. Charles Merz, chief steward of the race and a representative of the A. A. A, issued the following explanation after Mr. Porter had filed his official record to be sent to Washington: “There has been some confusion in the unofficial announcement of the winners of third and fourth places In Saturday's 500-mile race. . “It first, was announced that: Car No. 36, driven by Mauri Rose, finished third and Car No. 10, started by George MacKenzie and finished by Kelly Petillo, rated fourth position. “An audit of the infallible timing tape reveals that these positions were reversed and that No. 10 finished in third position and that Rose finished in fourth place.
No Protest Made
“There was no official protest because timers were immediately conscious of fhe confusion and audited the tape to a definite conclusion.
“The misunderstanding originated while the cars were bunched and running under the yellow caution flag immediately after an accident involving the car of Al Miller.” Petillo’s pit chart showed MacKenzie in fifth place ahead of Rose at 350 miles. MacKenzie stopped for gas and Rose passed him. Petillo took the wheel as relief driver and overtook Rose and Chet Miller, al-
643 though the checkers still listed Rose
a lap ahead of Petillo’s car. When Shorty Cantlon dropped from the running because of an exhausted fuel supply with only 17 miles to go, Petillo advanced another notch in the field. Two years ago when Rose finished 27 seconds behind Bill Cummings, the winner, he protested the victory, contending that Cummings had bettered his position in the field by moving up while the caution flag was placed over the drivers. He lost his appeal.
French Title Won by German Netter
Von Cramm Victor Over the Great Fred Perry.
By United Press : PARIS, June 1.—Baron Gottfried von 'Cramm, German Davis Cup star, retained his French hard court tennis title today, defeating Fred Perry of England 6-0, 2-6, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0; in the finals. Perry, the world’s No. 1 player, was held to only seven points as Von Cramm ran off the last and deciding set. The Englishman’s resistance was
3 | completely gone in the last set after
he all buf ran Von Cramm off the
Mme. Simone Mathieu of France in the finals, 6-3, 6-4.
Shapinski Stars 2
Lou Meyer, Victor in'Record Event, to Receive Rich Prizes Tonight.
BY HARRISON MILLER
around the banquet board at the
Indianapolis Athletic Club tonight to slice the $100,000 500-mile race prize melon and pay tribute to the champions who produced the greatest. race in the 26-year-old speed classic, the man with the calmest composure will be Louis Meyer, champion of champions.
The Huntington Park (Cal) veteran who engraved his name indelibly in several more niches of the American racing hall of fame by winning his third Speedway championship Saturday likely will accept the plaudits and rewards with the same degree of quiet calmness and confidence as that which carried him through many’ disappointments to the pinnacle of racing attainments. The hand which gripped the wheel of the Ring Free Special during four and one-half hours of nerveracking, stamina-taxing driving will receive the lion's share of the golden melon which accompanies the fame and glory of the champions at the world’s greatest speed test and automotive proving ground. The winner's purse of $20,000 will be pyramided to approximately $60,000 when supplemented by the lap prizes and accessory awards.
Horn Shares in Cut
‘To young Ted Horn, 27-year-old Californian, will go the $10,000 second prize and approximately $400 in lap prizes in addition to accessory awards made by various automotive parts manufacturers. The car entered by Kelly Petillo who drove relief for Doc MacKenzie will draw $5,000 for third place. Mauri Rose, whose Four Wheel Drive Special finished a close fourth is to receive $3,500. With a motor that had been patched and rebuilt no less than six times during the pre-race preparations, Meyer drove a heady but patient race to work his way to the front and thunder across the victory line with a record-breaking average of 109.069 miles an hour and receive a tremendous ovation from approximately = 166,000 spectators. New marks were established at nearly every milestone along the way. Although devoid of fatalities and marred by only one accident, the race held the large crowd steadfast
tory in the making with the pilots putting the cars to the most exacting test yet imposed on the tiny motors.
Gas Limit Takes Toll
Five pilots doasted into the pits with empty gas tanks in dramatic disappointments that deprived them of finishing in the money after driv-
400 miles. Fourteen more cars folded under the break-neck pace that was set by the leaders. Battling almost neck and neck with Meyer from the 200-mile mark till the finish was 27-year-old Ted Horn of Los Angeles, Cal., who finished a lap behind the winner in the Harry Hartz Special. winner of the 1935 crown, pushed into third place in the mount which Doc MacKenzie Kept among the leaders for 350 miles. Despite the fuel-consuming pace, the quiet Californian clipped oft lap after lap without cutting the speed. Young Horn clung within a lap of the leader. The heavy-footed Petillo, who had relieved MacKenzie, followed closely in third place and the daring Mauri Rose was challenging from his fourth position.
Seven Laps From Home ‘Cantlon and Mays had dropped
motor, knew his pit crew and, moreover, he knew himself.
el
When the men of motors gather}
through the long grind. It was his-|
APPY. but not the least tired, Louis Meyer and his riding mechanic, Lawson Harris, are
. the Indianapolis Speedway after the 500-mile grind Saturday. The thrice-crowned king of the
shown in the winner's bullpen at
500-mile race is shown as he quenched his thirst with a quart of buttermilk. Harris, a local mechanic, shown on the edge of the
seat, also rode to victory with Meyer in 1933.
Driver. Car,
. Louis Meyer
500-MILE FIRST TEN
—IN ORDER OF FINISH
Ring Free Special
M. 2. H. 109.069
. Time, 4.35:03.39
ing masterful races for more than |
Kelly Petillo, |
‘Hartz Special Gilmore Speedway Stecial ’ F. W. D. Special Boyle Products Special Fink Auto Special Gilmore Spécial
. Ted Horn . Doc MacKenzie . Mauri Rose . Chet Miller 41. Ray Pixley . Wilbur Shaw . George Barringer . Zeke Meyer . George Connor Marks-Miller Special
wheel drive.
108.170 107.460 107.272 106.919 105.253 104.233 102.630 101.331 98.931
4.37:20.54 4.30:10.36 4.39:39.85 4.40:35.17 4.45:01.58 4.47:49.00 4.52:18.65 456:03.57 5.03:14.49
NOTE—Horn, Miller and Zeke Meyer, front-wheel drive: Rose, four-
CARS ELIMINATED
Shroyers Score
Babe Sta 88th lap, broken ¢ Sytelt.
Cummings, N Boyle Products Sportal, failed To start; 2 an) cluteh.
Fred Frame, No. 46, Burd Piston Ring Special, third lap, mites trouble. Seymou 47, Sullivanobriens Special, 13th ny slipping clutch. Snyder, No. 43, Belanger-Miller Speier 20th 1ap, broken of thé”
Herb Ardinger. "No. 44, Special, 36th 1aD. clutch a Chet Gardner, No. 8, Gardner Special, 37th lap, Shugo Ho ble. Bl Harry Mill Bap a; My hat ‘Sarge Ble Special,
Louis Tomei, No. 27, ‘Wheeler Special, 43d op. Poet, motor support.
PILL iy Meourk. Ne. No. LY Abels Auto Ford
nnecting r Ciiff Bergere, No. rakes wes Seal — Special, broken motor aa 115th lap. Al Miller, No. 12, Boyle Products Special, a lap, aceident. No. 21, Pirrung Special,
ja ex Me ilmore Special, 191st p. eabataied fu 3 SUPPLY, al, d Roberts, No. 4, Burd Piston Ring Spey exhausted fuel supply, 18ist lap. Shorty: Cantlon, No. 7, Eamilton Harris Special, 193d lap, exhausted fuel supply.
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crdeon L Litz, No. 18, 108th 1ap, broken
supply.
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8
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; olf Merrill (Doc) Will fo. 54, Superior |e Tralee Special, 193d 1a, exhatsted fuel
FLAGGED AFTER RACE ||
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11 Runs in First
Dayton ‘ Nine Runs. Wild Against A. B. Cs.
The Indianapolis A. B. Cs of the Indiana-Ohio League were swamped by the Dayton (O.) Shroyers. at Perry Stadium yesterday. The visitors scored 11 runs in the first inning and it was a cake walk the remainder of the way. The final count was ¥6-5. The second half of the scheduled ‘double-header was “no game,” The A. B. Cs were leading, 4-3, when action was stopped by the 6 o'clock law after four innings. ‘Hits in the opener were 17 for Dayton and 15 for the locals. Four miscues were chalked against the
winners and one against the losers.
When Lou Made It Victory No. 3
R the third time in his ijlustrious racing career, Louis Meyer, genial and shrewd Cali- . fornia pilot, steered his way to the championship in the 500-mile Speedway classic when he drove to a brilliant record-smashing victory
Saturday. Pictured above, Meyer _is shown as he streaked under the
/ checkered flag of Official Starter
Seth Klein. He pushed the Ring Free Special to a new mark of 100.069 miles an hour with old records dropping at every stage of the race.
Butler in Action at De Pauw Today
Bulldogs to Close Season at Crawfordsville Saturday.
Butler University’s baseball squad at” Greencastle in the first of two
Bulldogs. The Hinklemen will journey to
10 i
klemen.
Evans Shoots High
at the Indianapolis Gun Club, W. Evans captured top honors in the singles event at 16 yards with a mark of 145 out of 150. Wendling was second with 144 and Pratt third with 138. Twenty marksmen competed. In the handicap L. 8. Pratt was high with 46 out of 50, ahead of Tubbs with 44 and Hargitt with 43.. Fifteen faced the traps. Free tallied 41 in the doubles event, 25 pair, and Pratt was second with 38, one point higher than Evans. Eight competed. The club
will meet De Pauw University today
road games this week which close the current diamond card for the
Crawfordsville Saturday to oppose Wabash in the fourth of the series between the schools. Butler ixth will seek to even the count with |S both rivals. De Pauw defeated the locals in the first meeting at the Fairview field by a 10-to-9 score in
Wabash holds an edge with two victories in the three games played this season. Inman Blackaby and Norval Corbett will receive the pitching assignments for the Hin-
With Score of 145
In the Memorial Day trapshoot
Tribe Battles
Hens to Open At-Home Card
Haney’s Team Invades for First Time; Three Won at Louisville.
Red Killefer's Indians returned home today after winning three out of five in Louisville and a long home stand is to open at. Perry Stadium tonight with the Toledo Mud Hens supplying the visiting
attraction. It is the first appearance of the Hens here this season and they will be on hand for four tilts, all at night. Fred Haney is serving his second year at the helm of the To- { ledo. team. He was Indianapolis’ star third-sacker when the Redskins won the pennant and little world series in 1928. The Tribesters broke even in Derbytown yesterday after annexe ing beth ends of the Saturday dou ble-header. In yesterday's pastime ing the Colonels captured the first fracas, 13 to 15, by pounding out 17 hits off Lefty Logan and Tom Gal=
livan. Eckhardt Slams Homer
The Tribe hit total was 11, ‘ine cluding a homer by Ox Eckhardt in the fifth stanza. Peterson and Mar‘row toiled on the Louisville rubber. The Kentuckians won this one as they pleased, scoring a cluster of four markers in the first frame, two in tke fifth, three in the seventh and four in the eighth. The Tribesters staged a last-inning splurge for three “runs. The defense as well as the pitching was off color and six errors were chalked against the losers. Vance Page took up the Indians’ chucking in the second battle and kept eight Louisville hits fairly well scattered. He was opposed by Peterson and Holley. Peterson started both games for the Colonels, but in the opener he was banished early when he had “umpire trou-
bles.” Three in Eighth
The Indians collected 11 blows in winning the nightcap and tallied two runs in the fourth and three in the eighth. Louisville scored one run in the second and one in the
Jake Flowers, utility infielder, will make his Perry Stadium debut tonight. He joined the Hoosiers out on the road, having been obtained from the Buffalo- Internationals. Jake is a veteran campaigner and has been filling in for Otto Bluege at short while Otto has been nursing a bruised leg. Early-season postponements call for several double-headers during the home stay. It will be ladies’ night at the ball park this evening. Action | is to begin at 8:15.
is located at 1340 S. Lyndhurst-dr.