Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1936 — Page 12

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A. A. PLAY-OFF BEGINS ON SEPT. 9

FOR BEST

FOUR OUT OF SEVEN

C team which finishes the regular American Association campaign in front place (with a bow to Milwaukee) will designated the champion, but still will have to prove its emacy in the post-season play-off to get into the Little orld Series with the winner of the International League

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. The four A. A. clubs which finish the season in the first vision will earn the right to play for the Governor's Cup, “which is sponsored by the chief executives of the six states ‘having representatives in the league. In the play-off, the first elimination series will pit the “champion against the third-place squad, while the team finhing in second place will engage the club winding up in ourth position. . . . The two winners then will clash to deter“mine the Little World Series: Teprosentative.

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Li Of Wieplay-oty attics, as well 5e-the sina] asic against tie International circuit, will be the best four out of seven games. . , . “The series, in each case, will start in the city which finished the highest. The play-offs, with the season closing on Labor Day, Sept. 7, will get under way on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

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B Governor's Cup is a four-foot silver trophy, with an ebony base and a pinnacle of silver, surmounted by a silver globe on which are outlined in relief, the maps of the states of ‘Wisconsin, Ohio, Missouri,

Minnesota, Kentucky and Indiana.

Surmounting the trophy is a gold replica of Victory, with columns ‘on each side of the pinnacle, Supposting the figures of baseball players,

also in gold. ”

. Minneapolis won the goose-egg championship yesterday by going 18 innings without a run . . . The K ©. Blues chalked two shutouts at the ‘expense of the 1935 A. A. pennant winners . . « Moreover, the Millers ‘were held to six hits in the first 4iit and two in the second .. . The maul has been taken away from the Mauling Millers. 8 8 =» crowd tittered and Dixie Howell bent over to hide a laugh in the second game at Perry Stad{um yesterday when Rookie Dizzy Trout, perspiring on the Tribe mound, pulled out a large and flam-ing-red bandanna to wipe his burning brow . . . Howell, Toledo shortstop who was batting, said to the plate umpire, “What does he think 1 am, a bull?” ... And Trout answered by slipping over the third strike.

. & STRAIGHT shoot for the pennant is Manager Bill Terry's prediction for his Giants ... . And he explains it this way, “When everything clicks, as it has for the last month, it doesn’t matter whether we're playing at home or on the ‘yoad. This club got hot, and I think it's going to stay that way. After all we. lost two pennants in a row because another club got hot, the Cardinals in '34 and the Cubs in ’35. It's our turn.” 2 8 =

Red Killefer’s Hoosiers have won nine out of their last 10 series. .. explains why they are in the ¢ division . . Toledo is still 2-up the Indians in games between season, winning 10 out of 18 . . . Next action for the Tribe will be at Louisville tomorrow ‘might . . . The Redskins hold the ‘upper hand in battles with the Colonels, nine to six. ss 8 8 A new corn belt product has

crashed into the sports headlines in a big way. “Schoolboy” Bob

er, the 17-year-old who struck or 15 as Cleveland defeated the St. Louis Browns yesterday, stands 'B feet 11 inches and his normal weight is 170. . . . He lost three der the pressure of yesJounds rs I irsi big Jeague start, although he has appeared in the relief role. . . Feller was reared on a farm near Adel, Ja, and pitched for the Adel Farmers in a 1935 national semisro tourney. . . . Bob struck out 18 in a tourney game, but his team Jost. . . . He has one more year in “high ‘school and plane to finish.

The wise Steve O'Neill, manager of the Cleveland Club, plans to give Feller the necessary er a The 1d will not be rushed into over doing iis arm and O'Neill will pick the him and “bring

ments will be spaced ext spring O'Neill believes the fans

the nation will have a boy

Add Net Victories

Three racquet squads wielded their way to victories in the city amateur tennis loop yesterday, and ‘another triumphed by default. Cenral Camels swept all singles phes, but dropped both doubles

ments in defeating the Far lub, 5 to 2, at the Fall

Ego Caused Boston Fall

Ferrell's Flareup May Result in Better . Team Work.

BY DANIEL E. DANIEL Times Special Writer EW YORK, Aug. 24.—Cooling off in classic but disappointed Boston, with a fine of $1000 and an indefinite suspension, Wesley Ferrell explains, “It’s all a mistake!” Overloaded with temperament and crammed with ego, the pitcher hints that the real mistake is Joe Cronin, manager of the Red Sox, who has. gone so far as to develop the temerity to handle a situation which has assisted in the whittling of a pennant contender into a sixthplace club. When Tom Yawkey bought Jimmy Foxx, Roger Cramer, Eric McNair and Johnny Marcum from Connie Mack last winter for $400,000 the experts decided that only two factors could prevent the Boston club from being a formidable force in the pennant race. One was a shortage of pitching. The other, a superfluity of temperament and prima ‘donna pique. # 8 8 ; HE spirit of the great “I” has swarmed through the ‘Boston clubhouse like ants over the picnic jam. In quite a few cases the noun “team” has been translated into “every man for himself.” .If the players had vented their temperament in battle among themselves things might have been accomplished. There have been remarkable instances of growth of pennant efficiency through ‘civil war. But the Red Sox have had no fights. Some of them have resented others on the club; some have had only a niggardly regard for the personality and managerial abilities of their leader. But their resentment has broken out in nothing more violent than words, sulks—and an occasional walk from the mound, uninvited by Mr. Cronin. The Sunday before Wesley Ferrell meandered from the pitchers’ box in Yankee Stadium he performed a similar stunt against the Senators. Previous to that, in a contest in which Wesley was being hit with considerable vigor, Fritz Ostermueller was performing certain preparatory rites in the bullpen. Wesley halted his unsuccessful gyrations and shouted to Cronin, “Put that so-and-so in to pitch or .stop him from warming up!” 8 ” 2 EF attempting explanation and perhaps justification of his quiting the battle with the Yankees last Friday, Ferrell says: “With Gehrig on third and Dickey on first and Selkirk out of the way, Powell came up. I told McNair to play him deep, threw my best ‘sailer” and saw Powell hit it just where I expected he would . McNair was not there He came over, failed to scoop up the ball, tripped and almost fell.” Ferrell's squawk against McNair, an adroit and able infielder, is laughable. = In the first place, Powell hit that ball so hard handcuffed the Boston shortstop. In the second place, where does a

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Indians P Pass

‘Millers, Take Fourth Place Redskins - Defeat Hens in Twin Bill; Trout’ and: ~ Sherlock Star,

It's one chase after another for |

Red’ Killefer’s Indians. Early last week they chased the Columbus Red Birds out of fifth place, and by shellacking the Toledo Mud Hens in a double-header yesterday the Tribesters chased the Minneapolis Millers out of fourth place. But the chase hasn't ended. While defending their No. 4 position in ; the league race, the Hoosiers feel the urge fo take out - after - Kansas City, four games ahead in third place. . There are : enough games re-

and place, depending upon a consistent winning streak and a lot of cut-throating by the Western clubs. The Indians won two and lost one over the week-end, dropping Saturday night's contest, 10-7, when their

defense fell apart for seven errors.

In the twin bill yesterday, the Hoosiers bounced back and annexed the afternoon opener, 10-6, and the second game, 8-1. Page, Sharp and Gallivan worked on the home mound Saturday and Jim Turner and Paul Trout turned in the Sabbath triumphs. It was Turner’s seventeenth victory of the year and No. 5 for Trout. The Indians won three out of four in the series with the Hens. Young Trout, who blasted a home run with one runner on base in the fourth frame, came within one inning of pitching a no-hit, no-run game. He blanked the Hens for eight rounds without the sign of a bingle, but in the ninth a pinch hitter appeared on the scene and crashed a double to snap the spell. And two singles followed the double. Trout is 20 years old and is a 1935 graduate of Otter Creek High School near Terre Haute. He pitched for the Terre Haute Three-I League club, last summer.

Three Doubles, Triple Another feature yesterday was the batting of Vincent Sherlock in the first conflict. He collected three dou-

bles and a. friple in his first four

times up. Fausett and Bates also socked triples in the 10-6 game.

Oscar Eckhardt fattened his batting average by gathering seven hits in the two tilts—and he got three Saturday night, including a triple and home run. Manager Killefer gave his pastimers a rest today. The tilt carded in Louisville was used up earlier in the season and the Tribesters will remain idle for a day before launching a new road trip tomorrow. The team will leave for Louisville in the afternoon and meet the Colonels under the lights in Derbytown tomorrow night. The Wednesdays game there also will be a night

Following two battles in Louisville the Redskins will move on to Columbus and Toledo before returning home to finish the season at Perry Stadium Sept. 5, 6 and 7 with the Colonels. 19 Tribe Hits

The Hens were no pushovers in the lid-lifter yesterday as they ham=

mered at Turner's offerings. The Eo

fracas developed into a slugfest and

the Indians had fo take to the war- | 20

path for 19 hits to sew up the con-

| test. The Toledo hit total was 14.

Al Cohen was knocked out of the

box in the sixth and Lefty Sullivan.

finished. Stewart Bolen was marked up fo pitch the second tilt for the Tribe,

but when the Hens took a Hking to | Froese.

Turner’s offerings during mid-game, Bolen was sent to the bullpen and kept warmed up

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the Tribe mound in the second bat~

en. tle and he settled down to a mar- |guiiva n velous display of chucking the |Umpires—Rue

horsehide. He issued one walk. in the first inning, but the runner was

left. The big fellow got the next 16

men in order before Howell reached

he | first on Sherlock’s fumble after two |C

down in the sixth. . Fans Pull for Rookie

Trout held to his form and re- |

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TRIBES] BEN PREPARE RE :

unior Golf

Gena Modjeska, 16, of Peoria, 10. is hailed vs. & comer on the golf links. He recently carried Gus Moreland, Walker Cup star, 40 holes in the Peoria ety.

ent, losing 1 up.

ROAD TRIP

Saylor Drives to Dirt Track Tithe

Times Special ‘ROCKVILLE, Ind, Aug: 24 Everett Saylor of Dayton, O., nosed out Red Campbell, veteran Indianapolis driver, in two events at the Jungle Park Speedway to win the Wabash Valley dirt track championship yesterday. ' Saylor beat Campbell by a ‘car's length in the 10-lap handicap event and by five feet inthe 20-lap championship race. Les Adair of Indianapolis and Jimmy Knisely of Chicago copped 10-lap elimination races.

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With 5-Set Finals Victory.

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{year lease on the Linton Cox city | tennis championship trophy today

as product of one of the most spectacular rallies ever uncapped in

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For eight innings in the second tussle gt the Tribe park yesterday Paul (Dizzy) Trout, the Huge Hoosier from Terre Haute, pictured here, shut out the Toledo Hens with nary a hit and only one ball batted out of the infield. The young right-hander was knocking at the hall of fame when the visitors sent in Pinch Hitter Linton, a " swinger, as first up in the ninth. Linton lined a double to right to break the spell and two singles followed, one run scoring. One runner reached first on a walk in the opening stanza and another got on base on an infield error in the sixth. Trout retired the side in order in six of the nine rounds. And on top of the brilliant chucking, the big fellow walloped a 365-foot home run with a mate on base in the fourth. This is Trout’s first season with the Indians and it was. his fifth victory.

left-handed

The schedule for the local district play in the Softball Association of America calls for games. to be played at Longacre Park five nights this week. The program fol-| lows: Tonight—R. O. C. Club vs. Dean Bros, at 7:30; Chevrolet Body Vs. Kingan Co., at 9:00. Tomorrow night—Rockwood vs. Paddle Club at 7:30; Shaw's Market vs. Shapiro of Newcastle at 9:00. ‘Wednesday—Howard Street vs. Lieber Beer at 7:30; Real Silk. VS. ‘City Hospital at 9:00. Thursday—Winner of Monday's Nos. 1 and 2 games vs. winner of Nos. 3 and 4 games, at 7:30; Eltronic Laboratory vs. Big Four at 9:00. Friday—Link Belt vs. Coleman Park at 7:30; Indiana-av Market vs. Phone 766 Newcastle at 9:00,

‘Big Four "and G. and J. Tires moved ‘into the finals of the city softball championship and

week-end as a result of victories in the sectional tournament yeSterday. Big Four took the measure of Holcomb and Hoke, 15 .to 8, while G. and J. downed Hawthorne Smok-

test. City

Amateur Matmen - Tug Here Tonight

Carl Kord, local 153-pound youth, is to go against Myron Brant, Hillsboro, Indiana A. A. U. welterweight ‘champion, in the two-falls-out-of-three main go on the amateur wrestling program at the N. Illinois

“Ist. arena tonight.

Leo Owen, 1980-pound Franklin husky, is billed to tackle Rol Englehardt, 193, local ¥. M. C. A. star, in the one-fall semi-windup. ‘Other bouts carded, all for one fall: Dave Norris, 136, vs, Joe Kauffman, 135; Ji er, 119, vs. Johhny Clapp, ; Paul Panther) Keys, 147, vs Mack Jones, ; and Russ J ora, 1s, .

Lthe right to enter regional play this |

finals Wednesday night in Softball Sta-{ dium. A go

Seeking to retain the title he won for the first time last year, Campbell lost the first two sets and was trailing his opponent, Tom Wilson, 5-6, in the third set of the final match before nearly 700 fans at Hawthorne courts yesterday. He rallied to take the t set, then swept the next two to win, 3-6, 4-6,

49-7 6-4, 6-3.

Campbell Spurs in Third

After forging into a two-set lead, Wilson, a former city title holder, was well on his way to victory in the third with a 4-2 early advantage. Campbell closed the gap to 6-5, then Wilson seemed to break and tire rapidly. He managed to push back into a 7-6 lead after Campbell tied the score, but went down when the champion hit a fast stride to annex three successive

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Miss Adams Wins

The women’s championship trophy also- remained with its 35 owner when Muriel Adams scored a surprising landslide victory over Alta Place, 6-0, 6-0. ‘After winning a lively opening set, 7-5, Fritz Bastain and Severin Buschmann overwhelmed Dick Fairbanks and Meyers Whitaker, 6-0, 6-2, in the next two sets to clinch the men’s doubles diadem. The Dr. J. E. Kernel ‘trophies were awarded the men’s doubles and feminine champions.

Hoosier Girl Gains Title Third Time

By United Press

Ernest Sutter, national intercollegiate tennis champion, added the ‘Michigan Riviera title to his growing stock of laurels today after, defeating Harris Coggeshal Moines, la. defending Bal a -6-4, 6-1, 4-6, 6-2, in the final matches yesterday. Teamed with Ramsey Potts, Atlanta, Ga. Sutter defeated Julius Heldman, Los Angeles, and Jack Harris, Chicago, for the doubles title by a score of 6-1, 7-5. In the women’s division, Catherine Wolf, Ind., captured her third Riviera women's singles championship by scoring a 6-2 victory over Elizabeth Kesting, St. Paul, in the deciding set. The match was carried over from Saturday. The players had been tied at one set, Miss Wolf taking the first 6-3, and Miss Kesting the latter 9-7. Miss Wolf, tenth ranking in the national women's division, previously held the title in 1931 and 1933.

Louis to Fight Ettore in Philly Next Month

By United Press ‘NEW YORK, Aug. 24 ~—Promoter Mike Jacobs of the Twentieth Century Club ounced ' today that arrangements for Joeglouis of Detroit to fight Al Ettore, Philadelphia heavyweight, . at the Philadelphia | Municipal Stadium on Sept. 22 had been concluded. It will be a scheduled 15-round bout promoted by Bob Gunnis and

Richards, Griffith . Win Club Matches

" Richards and Griffith copped the feature shoots at the Indianapolis ‘Skeet Club yesterday. Richards won the skeet. event by hitting 45 out of 50 targets Griffith took the Sapshon wiih & 47 out of 30 svore,

CHARLEVOIX, Mich., Aug. 24—|

Favort te in Open Tourney

Marion Miley (above), Lexington (Ky. Curtis Cup player, is a slight favorite to retain her championship in the annual Women's Western Open at South Bend this week. To score a repeat, Miss

Miley must survive a large starting field which lists several outstanding players, including the Indiana champion, Miss Elizabeth Dunn. .

Win National |E Shoot Titles Two Championships Decid-

ed as Meet Continues at Vandalia.

By United Press v VANDALIA, 0. Aug. 24 ~The keenest eyes of the nation were

‘Des | trained along shotgun barrels today

in the thirty-seventh annual Grand American trapshooting tournament. With three days of preliminary shooting concluded and two minor championships—the Vandalia: Open and the International Open—decided in yesterday's firing, the amateur and professional marksmen will spend this week in’ shooting up thousands of clay pigeons to decide a dozen championships. Hoosier Loses Joe Hiestand, Hillsboro, O., paced the field yesterday breaking 198 of 200 fargets to win the international title. Rush Razee, Denver profes- | sional, was second with 196. H. C. Jones, Alton, Ill, amateur, firing from 24 yards, won the Vandalia open, a handicap event.' Jones broke 97 of 100 targets to tie with E. L. Hawkins, Ft. Wayne, Ind, whose handicap called for only 20

yards. In thé shoot-off, Jones won, bagging 24 of 25, while Hawkins

got 22. The tournament ends Friday with the American handicap, ‘blue

ribbon event of the scattergun sport.

PUBLIC PARKS COURT

CHAMPIONS | DECIDED :

United Press ST. LOUIS, Aug. 24.—Miss Hiiza-

the | yeth Deike, Los Angeles, today holds

the United States public parks

| singles title for the second straight | M year. She defeated Helen Germaine

of New York, 6-4, 1-5, yesterday.

‘| Dubuque, Ia.

Women Begin Golf Play at South Bend

Misses Dunn, Randall Lead Hoosier Contenders in Western Open

By United Press SOUTH BEND, Ind, Aug. Hes Marion Miley, Lexington, Ky. the defending champion, led a fleld of approximately 100 into an 18-hols qualifying round in the women's Western Open golf tournament at the Chain-O-Lakes course today. Mrs. Opal 8. Hill, Kansas City, three-time winner of the champion. ship, was paired with the defending

; champion in the qualifying play.

Patty Berg, Minneapolis, and Mrs. Leona Cheney, Los Angeles, members of the cup golf team along with Mrs. or Miss Miley, were included in the field.

champion, and Miss Harriett Randall, also of Indianapolis, runner-up to Miss Dunn this year, were among the leading Hoosier contenders. One of the youngest stars in the field was Miss Edith Estabrooks, 15-year-old junior champion of the Women's Western Golf Association. - Eighteen-hole matches are to be played starting tomorrow among the 32 survivors of the qualifying round. The championship match Friday will be for » holes,

Amateurs

lugged A double victory and a ticket to the te tournament of the American Baseball Congress to be held Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Muncie. The Valve nine: swamped Rector Grocery, 20 to 4, in the semi-finals, then downed Np Bowes Seal Fast Outfit, 4-2, in the finals. Both games were played on the Mars HI diamond; Scores: American Valve ...... 204 nu 3-20 3 Rector Grocery

Becker, Smith Stanley i Rithmind, Sriner

Ee Scimaal Tg ao 000 300 H-1% i ga Sampbell and Mueller; Walters and J.

‘Marcos put Roy Steele Red Sox out of the city series with a 10-to-2 victory yestérday. Robold, Marcos hurler, held the losers to six hits. Fashion Cleaners handed the United States Tires their first sete

‘back of the city series competition, 8

to 2, yesterday. Hurt was the wine ning pitcher, with ‘Bucksot doing the receiving

Christian Park A. C. downed the New Palestine Red Birds, 15 to 4, yesterday on the lagers’ home lof, O'Connor and Dietz poled home runs for the winners,

Owens Arrives; Everything $

By United Press NEW YORK, Aug. 24. — Jesse Owens. returned today aboard the record-breaking liner Queen Mary from one of the greatest Olympics triumphs ever achieved by an Amer= ican athlete.

America’s triple record-iirenker in the Berlin games had only kind

words for every one and e . Avery Brundage, head Yer ing, A. U, was a “fine man,” he

said, Fuehrer Adolf Hitler's failure to