Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 May 1937 — Page 25

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LOGAN DEAL PUZZLES DETROIT

INDIAN ROOKIES TRANSFERRED

| retutn of Lefty Bob Logan to Indianapolis + «They

. call it a “mysterious” transaction. . . . The Tiger scriveners

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liked Logan’s form and declare that as far as his miei Joe Recall

opportunities permitted, Bob measured up to big league Tequirements. . . Well, the heat is on Manager Wiener Cochrane, not Indianapolis. Three Indianapolis rookies who were optioned to Charlotte| of the Piedmont League when the Indians were In training camp at Bowling Green were recalled and transferred to Rock Island of the Western League, . . . They are Outfielder Ronald Hibbard, Infielder Charles Parker and Catcher Joe Heover. . . . Infielder Joe Lawrie was optioned to Rock Island last Sunday. j | #2 a 8. wa OY SPENCER, who caught for the Indianapolis pennant winners of 1928, is now on his fifth big league club, doing chores for Brooklyn. ... He has seen service in the majors with Pittsburgh, Washington, Cleveland, New York Giants—and now with the Dear Old Dodgers. .The veteran is likely to jump from third string dateher with the Giants to first string in Flatbush. . . . incidentally, Brooklyn baseball writers are indignant because the Dodgers waived on Shanty Hogan, now with Indianapolis, when they were so hard up for a catcher. i.. Under baseball law it was necessary for Washington to obtain waivers from both) big leagues before sending the ponderous Irishman to the Hoosiers.

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GEoReE SKORONSKI, former Purdue University baseball and football star, has been released to Dallas by the Chicago White Sox.. He is a catcher and made the spring training trip with the Alabaster Hose . . . As a result of the unfavorable weather, Connie Mack declares it is no use postponing the opening of the major league seasons, as was

‘ling the Derby has come to be a na-

..and four x {and gv

featured with a 3115.

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done this year . did in 1936 and trust to luck,”

“The leagues should start the races next year as they says the veteran leader of the Athletics. .

“Deferring| the campaign one week will never help in the long run.”

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PY the special request of Ed Heusser, the numeral 13, designated for the uniform of the Columbus Red Bird pitcher, has been reversed

tol 31 , his teammates were .

. Not that Ed is superstititous .

. He explained that some of

George Trautman, "American Association presi-

dent, will frosnt # the 1937 gold attendance trophy to the Kansas City

Blues on May 10 .

. When Outfielder George Washington steps to the

-plate at St. Paul a screen is raised in front of the home dugout . The ex-Indian has a habit of throwing his bat and Manager Street

rigged up the safety device last year .

. And was compelled to install it

again when George let his club fly this spring.

| [ a n_ # HUCK KLEIN,

were shutouts .

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the jndianapolis outfielder with the Phillies club, missed several games on account of a sore back . . has allowed only two runs in 37 innings . .

. Dizzy Dean - . Two of his four victories

A crowd of 28,000 turned out in Jersey City last Sunday to see the home club battle Buffalo in a double-header . new team| has developed into a gold mine .

The . Tom Henrich, who col-

lected a bonus of around $20.000 for signing 5 New York Yankee con-

tract, has been optioned to Newark .

manager of Jersey City, beat out a bunt the other Say but the effort was too much for his legs and. he wrenched a knee . the shelf indefinitely.

u un 2 Dizzy Dean's “career”

is 25 wins and five losses.

The veteran Travis Jackson,

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record against the Cincy Reds is 24 victories . Carl Hubbell’s record against the Queen City club

High! Scores Prevail in Final Bowling Sessions

By BERNARD HARMON

The season has ended for two of the city’s outstanding bowling

leagues, the Indianapolis. and Uptown circuits. bs last night with high scores featuring.

activiti

Both wound up their

In [the Indianapolis, Packard Motors with a 3129 and Barbasols with

3121 were, the top scoring teams,

while in the Uptown, Hoosier Pete Walt Heckmanls 726 and Don Johnson's: 721- were

the ledding solo performances of the former loop while Bob Kelley's 702

Heckman was in action with the Packards and his classy seues, garnered | from 289, 216 and 221, paced the team to games of 1127, 985 and 1016, good for three victories over Hudepohl Beer. The triple win enabled the team to take fourth place in the final team standings. Leo Hearn’s 650, John Blue's 627 and Chuck Markey’s 660 were other feature [series of the winners, while Bert Bruder’s 63¢ and Don McNew’s 610 were tops for the Hudepohls. The Barbasols big series, made possible through 1005, 1033 and 1083 gave them three wins over Bowes Seal Fast, and a season record of 72 victories and 33 defeats, good for first] place in the team standings. The Bowes dropped from the runnerup position to third place as a

“result of the three-time beating.

| Johnson Sets Pace : “Johnson's big total featured for fhe winners. ¢ He had games of 234, 239 and 248. Lee Carmin’s 635 and Jess Pritchett’s 600 were other high counts for the leaders, while Fonnie Snyder's 612 and Larry Fox's 605 “Were tops for the lose “With Carl a 4) 639, Fred

; “Mounts at 636, Ray Roberson at 636 ;and Joe Fulton at 611, “City |Hi-Brus totaled 3091 to win

the Falls

‘twice| over Marott Shoes. The doubl victory gave the Brus second Place in the final team standings. They| used games of 1099, 953 and |

:1639 for the big series. Paul Stemm | 674 and Ed Stevenson with 617 |

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best for the Shoemen.

other - téam clashes, L. S. & - Co. blanked Indianapolis Power and Light Co.; Lieber Beer “took | two games from MarmonHerrington and Fendrick Restaurants [took the odd game from CocaQa Bill Brunot's 656, Jack unt’s 635 and Bud Argus’ 620 were outstanding for the Ayres five; Bil- > gs paced the Power & Light : with 631, and Herman Bohrie starred for the Lieber’s with 623. * |'14 Carry 200 Averages sopmaon big: series enabled him to’ nose out Hardin for the top individual average. Johnson finished close to the 210 mark, while ardin was a fraction over the 209. ourteen individuals topped the 0C average for the season. Barasol’s 1149 game and 3368 threeame series were season high team

. scores, while John Blue's 300 game

gna Jack Hunt's 776 series reprented the best individual performances.

; HE Hdosier Pete team posted its! 3115

through games of 1026, 998 and!

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1091 which earned the quintet three easy victories over the opposing Kelley's 702 which was reached through 198, 246 and 258 along with Les Koelling’s 676 and Freddie Shaw's 669 made the series possible. Koelling had 215, 235 and 226 and Kelley 258, 181 and 230. Charley Roberts’ 624 was the outstanding solo performance of other team clasfes in which Bader Coffee shut . out Coca Cola, as Schoen Bros., Puritan Bed Springs, and Ko-We-Ba Coffee nabbed two victories each over Beck Coal & Coke, L. Strauss & Co. and Klee & Coleman. Fahrbach High in K. of C. Two classy individual performances were turned in by Knights of Columbus pastimers, Lou Fahrbach getting 668 and Johnnie Kistner 662 The former turned in games of 225, 231 and 212 in leading Pittman-Rice Coal Co. to two wins over Hoosier Optical and Kistner posted 182, 234 and 246 in his Scott Trucking Co.'s shutout over Jones-Maley. Ted Seiner’s 636 and Carl Bender's 600 for the Jones-Maley were the only other honor counts of the session. The Wischmeyers had things their own way in the Mutual Milk Co. matches at the Fountain Square Alleys, Bill setting ‘the pace with a 626, with Ray taking runnerup honThe former fea- | tured a 248 middle game. Emory had an opportunity to nose out the pair, when he opened with 257 and wound up with a 198. He halted at 600, when he dropped to 145 in his middle effort. F. A. Hohlt’s 639 in the St. John Evangelical loop at the Fountain Alleys and Hendrick’s 587 in the Automotive at the Antlers were leadsolo performances of other leagues in action.

ILLINOIS DEFEATS:

PURDUE NINE, 7-3

Times Special CHAMPAIGN, Ill, May 6.—Illinois made it three victories in four starts to hold the top spot in the standings of the Big Ten baseball championship race by downing -Purdue, 7 to 3, yesterday. Three big innings gave the Illini their margin. Score:

Purdue 000 000 030—3 7 6 Illinois 230 200 00*—7 g& 2

Martin, Arnold, Bredewater and Krause; Poat, Swanson and McConnell,

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Time When Filly Won

Harry Payne Whitney Forgot

to Collect the $11,450

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By JOE WILLIAMS

Times Special Writer

LOUISVILLE, Ky. May : 6.—See-

tional fad with the sports crowd. They come from all parts of the land every May. The race has replaced the heavyweight fights as a country-wide lure. You | see the same faces around town you used to see when Dempsey and Tunney were splitting ears and million-dollar purses. Some are real horse enthusiasts. Others are professional gamblers. The race has its appeal alike for the very nice people of whom Mr. Tex Rickard used to talk so feelingly, and the gutter aristocrats, the activities of whom are not always a delight to the constabulary. The percentage of visitors who are attracted by the merits of the race itself—as a stirring. competition among the leading 3-year-olds-— probably isn’t - very great. In all such huge gatherings there is always a number of poseurs. They like, to be seen, and they like to boast they saw the Derby. The social and convivial overtones of the Derby run the scale from dazzling to boisterous, | from delightful house .parties to angry hotel rows where furniture and heads are smashed. When Derby Day dawns there are probably more fuzzy noodles in Louisville than any place else in the world. Some of the gay visitors don’t even get out to the race. Only one filly has ever won the Derby, Regret, in 1915. She was

Williams

owned by Harry Payne Whitney, a

fine and famous sportsman in his dey. There is a legend that Mr. Whitney didn't see the race. He had entertained a group of friends in his private car the night before, and didn’t feel quite up vo traveling out to the track the next afternoon when history was made.

Mere $11,450!

The foregoing details may not be entirely correct, but another phase of the adventure had been completely authenticated. Mr. Whitney went away from Louisville without collecting the winner's purse. True it didn’t: represent a great deal to a man of his fortune—it was only $11,450 in those days., But the gentleman didn't even know he hadn’t collected the dough until a Louisville bank, several months later, notified him the sum hadn't been taken up. Mickey Walker, the prize fighter, had an experience at Churchill Downs that is more or less typical of casual Derby visitors. He had me to towa for the double puriy of seeing the race and fighting ul Swiderski, the Syracuse middleweight. This was in 1930, known around the track as: Gallant Fox's year. The fight was scheduled for Derby eve. For a while it didn’t look as if it would be held. The ticket sale was lagging. This uncertainty dulled Mr. Walker's enthusiasm for primitive labors and he quit training to participate in the rising revelry. When the fight was suddenly restored the middleweight champion was caught out on a limb.

Jack Kearns Gets Mad

Swiderski dropped the foggy Walker three times in the first round. The general suspicion was somebody in Walker's corner cut the round short. Any way when the bell sounded there was a free-for-all in the ring, with the. fighters, their managers and the cops all throwing punches. Walker was on the floor again in the second, but when the third started he had fought himself back through the dark ale mists and was once again the champion. From then on he took full command, dropped Swider'ski a couple of times and easily won 'the experts’ decision. Jack Kearns was properly enraged at the showing of his champion despite his rousing stretch finish. Leaving the arena with him after the fight Mr. Kearns came across a legless boy who got around on one of those flat board scooters. He was selling pencils. Mr| Kearns handed the boy a five ive: dollar bill. . “Now take off

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your coat,” he said. The boy did so. . . . “Now take off your shirt.” . . Bewildered the boy silently complied. Meanwhile Walker looked on

equally bewildered. Finally he said, “What's the idea, Doc?” ' “Nothing, except I think I've found somebody in this town you can lick.”

The next day Walker appeared at the track, the scars of battle still very much visible, but with a boyish enthusiasm for his first Derby. He was a well liked and popular champion and the visiting sports took him from one gay table to another. All the talk was of Gallant Fox and this was the colt Walker wanted to bet on, too. . The day lengthened out and finally Walker found himself at a party in Col. Matt Winn’s quarters in the clubhouse. After quite a time some one suggested they should go out and see what was going on on the track. . . . “It vugut to be about time for the Derby,” a hic-cuppy gentleman ventured. . . “Let’s go’ cried Walker. “I don’t want to miss that.” As they emerged blinking in the sunlight a field of horses were coming around the last turn heading into the stretch. “Here they come!” yelled Walker. And’ ciimbing up on a chair he began to shout, “Come on you Gallant Fox. Come on! Come on!” The horses roared past the finish line in a geyser of dust. “Did we win?” panted Walker. “You did if you had Royal Torch,” obliged a stranger. “What happened to Gallant Fox?" “Why he won the Derby—didn't you see it?” « Mr. Walker hadn’t seen the Derby. Neither had his companions. They had been looking at the closing race of the day. They just thought it was the Derby. And that has happened to more than one visitor who made the long trip only to be caught up in the general gayety of the scene—which isn’t always an appalling tragedy at that.

NO DRESSING ROOMS JERSEY CITY, May 6. — The Jersey City International League farm team of the New York Giants don their uniforms at hotels because the dressing rooms have not been built at Roosevelt Stadium as yet.

Pompoon

By United Press DETROIT, May 6.—Charles (Red) Ruffing, holdout: pitcher of the New York Yankees, signed his 1937 con-

tract today in the hotel suite .of|-

Yankee Manager Joe McCarthy. The document calls for a salary of $15,000 for the season. “It's going to feel great getting back out there with the world champions,” Ruffing said after the signing. The husky right- -hander ended his

Roop-Atkinson

Duo Leads Derby

The Hazel Roop-Buddy Atkinson combination swung into the lead as the Roller Derby at the Coliseum . reached the 1667-mile mark last night. One point separated them from the Dot John-son-Jay Levy and Ivy King and Wes Aronson teams who were tied for second. Two fist fights enlivened last night's program. Cummings and Arcnson renewed their feud while Buddy Atkinson and Bobbie Ferson swapped punches at the other end of - the track. Ferson was banished. The King and Aronson team won the first derby award and the Roop-Atkinson combination the second. Jay Levy skated the full session, his partner, Dot Johnson being ill.

Pos. Names - Miles Laps Pts. Roop-Atkinson 1667 9 Johnson-Levy King-Aronson .. Runne-Ferson . Cumming-Cummings . Gade-Roskopf Scholl-Whitney Milane-Milane er Hardendorf-Fetter Youpelies -Anderson ... Solo—Roberts

~ Additional Sports on Pages 26, 27 and 28.

/mim,” McCarthy said.

school athletes slated to see action

Case Ace

Ruffing Signs With Yanks; Salary Is Fixed at $15,000

sustained rebellion against Yankee salary terms- when he came here yesterday from Chicago to confer with McCarthy. Ruffing ‘had demanded $15,000 a year plus a bonus for his mound services before the season started. His pitching was a major factor in the Yankees’ pennant and - World Series drive last year. The Yankees refused to give him more than $15,C00 however, and when the red head turned the cold shoulder Col. Jacob Ruppert, Yankee owner, cut the figure to $12,000. After his rebel came to terms, McCarthy announced it would be about two weeks before Ruffing would be ready to pitch. “If Red's as good this year as he was last season, we'll all welcome

Under terms of the agreement, Ruffing will be “docked” for the time he has lost since the season opened April 20. He also must apply to Commissioner Landis for reinstatement.. His failure to- sign previously brought him an automatic suspension.

Seven High Schools Enter Track Event

Times Special WARSAW, Ind, May 6.—Seven Central Indiana Conference schools | will compete in the annual loop track and field carnival here Saturday, with approximately 110 high

during the day. Teams entered in the conference meet are Alexandria, Huntington, Peru, Plymouth, Rochester, Wabash and Warsaw. Three other conference schools, Noblesville, Elwood and Tipton, are not entered. x Defending champions are the Wabash Apaches, having nosed out the Warsaw Tigers for the title last year in the classic at Wabash. Favorites to win this year’s meet are Warsaw and Rochester.

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on fire.

Paul Dean Under Knife

Cartilage From Shoulder.

Torn Removed

By United Press ST, LOUIS, May 6.—Paul Dean, of the St. Louis Cardinals’ pitching staff, was resting comfortably in a hospital. here today following an operation which involved removing a. torn piece of cartilage from his right shoulder. Dr. Robert F. Hyland, Cardinal surgeon who performed the operation yesterday, would make no estimate on how long Pau! would be out of action or if he would ever regain perfect use of his pitching arm. . Paul, brother of “Dizzy” Dean, was forced to retire last season. Despite a good showing in training’ camps this year the ineffectiveness of his right arm was apparent in two appearances on the mound and an operatiorl was deemed necessary.

CULVER SQUADS BUSY Times Speeial CULVER, Ind., May 6.—Four Culver Military Academy squads will have tough competition Saturday afternoon as the tennis team goes to Indianapolis for matches with Shortridge and the track, baseball, | {and golf teams me2t Morgan Park Military Academy, Co>ntral High of

South .Bend, and Riley of South!

Bend, respectively, on the Cadet

fields.

- “DIZZY” DISMUKES DAY

Opening of Negro American League INDIANAPOLIS S A's

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First Game 1:30 P. M. Indiana's Greatest Team Since

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rer 19 START ERS PROBABLE FOR DERBY CLASSIC

Gy Costiivil: Spirit Runs Through City

Pompoon Revives Hopes of Backers With Fast Spin in Mud.

By United Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. May 6.—A field of 19 starters ior the — tucky Derby was probable today as the city took on a carnival aspect. Incoming trains were crowded, happy throngs milled through hotel lobbies and Derby talk “was heard

‘lon every street corner. The likely entry list represents 17 - ‘| stables with three.probables coming

from Mrs. Ethel V. Mars’ Milky»Way

‘Farm. All but two of the expected

19 starters had completed | their training. Miss E. G. Rand's Merry

Maker, and Mrs. H. C. Phipps’ Mel= | odist, winner of the Wood Memorial -

at Jamaica last Saturday, will take their final spins today. . Samuel H. Riddle’s War Admiral is stil the betting favorite. This son of Man-of-War, convincing winner of the Chesapeake Stakes, is expected to go to the post about 3-1 However, the names of J. H. Loucheim’s Pompoon, Mrs. ‘Mars’ Reaping Reward and’ Military, and J. W. Parrish’s Dellor are heard constantly as the possible conquer= ors of Riddle’s “solid horse.” The long-shot - bettors are ‘in their own private heaven because the race probably will be the mass wide open in years. Pompoon, ®e winter book favorite who ran fifth in the ‘Wood Memorial, wold new | backers almost simultanecusly with his remarkable mile over a muddy track yesterday in 1:42 2-5. ) Breezing another quarter for the full Derby distance, Loucheim’s colt was timed in 2:10 4-5, one of the best workouts turned in so far. Mrs. Mars’ third eligible, Case Ace, has looked so well in training auring the last week, he is almost sure of a starting place Saturday. This 3-year-old turned a mile in: 1:42 yesterday. Before the track got sloppy, Heelfly, from the Three D's Stable, went the Derby route in 2:06 2-5, Marshail Field's Sir Damion also

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