Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 May 1937 — Page 17

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BRADLEY-WIDENER RACING FEUD IS DEN

‘At Least You | Camera Catches Thrilling Spill at Roller Derby Wabash Nine Can't Prove i) Emm Tops DePauw, It, Joe Says of Little Giants -

‘Exaggerated, We Are still Friends,” Colonel Tells Writer.

By Eddie Ash CUBS’ ITALIAN CATCHER IS 25

ianapolis Times Sports

TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1937

BOTTARINI FOUR YEARS ON COAST

EWEST Italian sparkler in the major league picture Hh 1s John Charles (Chick) Bottarini of the Chicago Cubs, ‘asrugged catcher schooled by ‘Truck Hannah at Los Angeles last year and moving up to the big time on the eve af the 1937 season’s start. . .. Chick did not make the 390 class 1n the Pacific. Coast League batting averages last season, but collected 12 home runs and batted in 51 markers... .. He had plenty of preparatory training for his big league job, tour years in the Coast League after breaking in with Seattle in August, 1932. . . . He was with San Francisco in 1933 and back at Seattle the next two years.

ver . #2 8 a #88 BVTTARIN Lis 25 years old and hails from Crockett, Cal., + ~ Just north of the Golden Gate. ... He had a year of college baseball before taking up catching as a profession. + «In the off-season Chick is preparing for a postbaseball career as high school football and diamond coach, his prowess on the gridiron running even with his ball playmg in his high school days. . .. The opportunity to break into the majors resulted from injuries to the Cubs’ first string backstops, Gabby Hartnett and Ken O’Dea, and the Italian answered the emergency call by riding a plane from Los Angeles to Chicago.

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3 Cooney of - Little Giants Smashes Homer.

By United Press CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. May 11.—Featured by a smashing home run by Cooney, Scarlet second base= man, Wabash | defeated DePauw, 5 . to 1, here yesterday. The Wabash victory was the second of the. sea= son over DePauw. ! Davis held | DePauw hitless for seven innings | but was relieved by Prestin after Pe visitors had filled the bases. Prestin checked ‘the rally -and held DePauw scoreless until - the ninth, when the vis¥org scored on a | hit and an error, Score: DePauw

By JOE WILLIAMS

Times Special Writer NEW YORK, May 11.—It isn’t true what they have been saying about Col. E. R. Bradley and Joe E. Widener. They aren’t fighting. At least you can’t prove it. This was one of the things I tried to

investigate down in Kentucky. For some reason this seems to be an important story—and undoubtedly is in the racing world. From so many sources I had heard the Colonel and Mr. Widener did not speak as they passed by that I wondered if it could be true. 1 spent.so much time wondering I failed even to go over to Man O | War's barn and | interview him on just how he felt : about his little boy's victory in the Derby—and I hope not too many people will look upon this as just an alibi. : - Anyway the Colonel and Mr. Wid- |

... 000 C00 001— 1 4 § Wabash . 110 002 10x— 5 6 3 Randels, Knorr and Vavasi; Davis, Prestin and Vanduzer.

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A SHE holdout fever has spread to professional football. . . . Tuffy I Leemans is demanding an extra chunk of money from the New York Giants. .. . The former George Washington University gridder gajned more ground than any other back-in the National Pro League last year. . . . The Indians-Millers game in Minneapolis yesterday was played in 1 hour 35 minutes. . . . Which is unusually fast for Nicollet Bark: where the fans are accustomed to watching slugging bees of at least two and one-half hours duration. . . . Bob Nestell, young Pacific Cpast heavyweight boxer, is handicapped in a peculiar way. . . His face swells very easily from punches and even light blows make him look in distress > =

Purdue Trounces Louisiana Tech, 11-0 Ky United Press |

LAFAYETT % Ind, May 11.—Led by Pat Malaska, Boilermaker catche (Turn| to Page 18) ’

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"*RADUATES of the University of Alabama are proud of their alma »¥ mater as a spawning ground for good ball players. . . . With i Luke Sewell of the Chicago White Sox and Freddy Sington of the Washington Nationals upholding the school’s colors in the major leagues, there are five other former Crimsen Tidesmen carrying on in the Southern Association alone. . . . They are Riggs Stephenson, Birmingham’s playing manager; Legrant Scott, Baron outfielder; Lee Rogers, Little Rock pitcher; Dixie Howell, Memphis third baseman, and Jim, Tabor, Little Rock third baseman. . .. Tabor, who quit school just

William —Times Photo.

A case of too much speed... Three contestants in the roller derby al the State Fair Grounds Coliseum are shown directly after a nasty

spill on one of the banked turns. The others coming up fast are attempting to hold their own equilibrium under {rying circumstances.

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this spring, is the young man who belted out a home run with the ‘bases

loaded off Bob Feller, Cleveland's game. ” ”n ”

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” their infancy, a new world’s record

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has already been set for greatest distance a player can be sent

when released outright. . . . Mahmut on his way to Albania (not Albany, League of Nations). . . . Since 1919, Sing Sing Prison baseball team. .

Blaza is the player and he is now International League but Albania, Blaza has played regularly on the When Gov. Lehman of New York

pardoned Blaza recently, he tacked on a clause ordering Blaza deported immediately. .. . Even the fact that Blaza was a 10-year man could not save him from leaving for Albania in custody of a Federal immigration

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D= GARMS, Boston Bees’ lead-off hitter, was the star shortstop at L.. Howard Payne College, Brownwood, Texas, and started his pro career as an infielder, shortstopping and third-basing for Abilene,

Spartanburg, Augusta, Topeka and Wichita Falls.

. vo’ But it was his

switch to the outfield that made him loom as big league caliber, his Texas League batting average boosting to .344 for the season when he gave up grounder-grabbing and settled down to serious outfielding.

"GOLFING Xn.

%. Now the boys have a pretty sound idea what theyre up against on Jirie- 15, when the second round of the District goes to Highland. The tee markers were placed far back yesterday in the Pro-Amateur and

so were the pins.

It was a rugged layout.

Familiarity may never breed contempt for Highland, but it won't hurt the score il you know the cuils of the greens and the tricky rolls and.dips of the fairways that make distance hard to figure.

.The benefits of watered fairways? show up more each year. Tough, thick turf, not just in spots but everywhere from tee to green. drew comment of many players yesterday- Improved lies were allowed, but.-it seemed almost a sacrilege on that carpet. It was hard to find a spot where a lie could be im‘proved. Many shooters finally stopped trying and blazed away from wherever they were. Ahd the greens were perfect, as | is -usual at Aighland. True and | keen, 4nd if there was grain it could not be ascertdined with the | nakéd eye. | Phere is no excuse for not firing | your nest game at Highland, but if predictions are in order we'll guess that many district scores will suffer there on June 15. se 2 =z As for vesterday’s pro-amateur, | Marion Smith is a sturdy man to have along when 10 and 15-foot putts are needed for birdies. Like- © wise when nasty little Jou and six‘faoters are necessary for pars. Because of this steady habit, Marjon and his three amateurs finished a.siroke ahead with a best ball of 67. They dropped only one hole to par and rapped in four birds to offset it. ' V. Campbell contributed a trey on

17 and Ray Roberson made a num- |

sweet pars when things looked Ber ot It tr nearly impossible in sich a match to figure individual scores, but if all putts had been . holed Marion would have been close to 70. : 2d 2 8 # | .By the luck of the draw, Bill Heinlein was left with two instead of. the usual three helpers. This just made him mad enough so that he hit every green but one, never took three putts, had an individual round of70 and on the first hole of the playeff rolled in a 35-foot downhill, sidehill approach putt for a bird thiit stopped everything right there. Bert Bruderpand Malcolm Carlisle shared the Henefits. On the one hole wHere Bill dropped a stroke to par, M#lcolm had a deuce. It was on No:~4. Victims of Bill's long putt were © Russ Stonehouse, F. Thurston, P. - while and Mike Pollack. Russ had a #* and his men helped him four 3 for the 68 that tied Bill and hissgang. A ssie Miller, Dick Lehman, Clarefice Ostheimer and Steve Davis tied the team of Chuck Garringer, Ed Urick, Frank Kausky and Marion Colter with a best ball of 69. They split the prizes. uu

Woodstock’s fairway watering system “will be ready for use in about 10 days.

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Lambert to Speak At School Banquet

The annual minute Men's banquet of George Washington High in honor of the graduating and other athletes in the major sports who are to receive awards will be held Monday evenig in the school cafeteria. Ward Lewis Lambert, Purdue basketball coach, will speak. Alumni, athletes and fathers will be special guests. * Justin Marshall will preside. The officers of the Minute Men, honorary senior boy club of the school, are: John Niermeyer, president; Merrill Patrick, vice president; Eugene Leak, secretary, James Hardin, treasurer. William H. Bock is club sponsor.

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running Hialeah | down in Miami for the last several years. The records show the park was run by Mr. Widener but if you had access to the financial statements you would have known tne Colonel was not altogether a disinterested bystander. . Over the winter there was a | sharp change in the financial setup—or at least there was a widely |

had taken place. This report ran the full gamut. Therz had been a personal row between the two men over this and that, there had been a showdown-—-the net result of the showdow was that the Colonel had taken all his money out of the track. : The colonel himself tells me the report is grossly exaggerated. “Mr. Widener and I are still friends. I think he is a very nice man and that he has a very nice track. It is true that at one time I was more heavily interested in his track than I am today. But it isn’t true that I am no longer interested. I am takIng some of my money out of the track—$125,000 to be exact—but I still am a stockholder.

A Matter of Guesswork

This would mean that the colonel is still a very heavy stockholder in the track because it is pretty generally known that when the depression checked in on Florida, practically in tatters and without a shave, the colonel saved Hialeah to the rumored extent of some $600,000. Like many another wealthy man of the period, Mr. Widener was hard hit for ready cash. The colonel came up with it. Came up with enough, in fact, to make him virtually co-owner of the track. That there has been some sort of a change in the relations between the colonel and Mr. Widener seems to be pretty obvious. Reports of this nature don’t grow out of thin air. And certainly they don’t persist. Besides which it is not easy to explain why the colonel decided to teduce his holdings in the company. He is the type of person who normally would much prefer to add to his holdings in a race track, Just what has happsned—if anything—will have to be guessed at. I haven't been able to interview Mr. Widener on the subject but the colonel has established a national reputation for his integrity—and when he says the original picture hasn’t been significantly altered you

must believe him.

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This is the first in a series of helpful hints for the golfer. By ART KRENZ NEA Service Golf Writer.

LAYING the Austin, Tex. municipal course, Milburn" Taylor hit a wild hook off the 15th tee. The ball, out of bounds by 50 yards, landed on the roof of a passing trolley car as it made a curve close to the fence bordering the course. The ball rolled off the roof into a trap at the edge of the green, 430 yards from the tee. Quiteba drive. There are many reasons tor hooking a ball. Most common among the hundred shooters is failure to get the weight on the left leg in the’ downswing. This brings the low point of the swing back a few inches and the clubhead meets the ball as it is starting up, swinging the shot to the left.

IE THE WEIGHT /S NOT SHIFTED 70 THE LEFT FOOT /N THE 1 DOWNSWING, \|| THE BALL 1S STRKCK \ AFTER THE , CLUBHEAD NN HAS REACHED THE LOWEST

POINT IN THE ARC...

Replage the left heel and swing the weight onto the 'eft leg at the first aCtion of the downswing.

PURDUE GOLFERS WIN

LAFAYETTE, May 11.—Purdue’s golf team blanked Chicago in the morning foursomes, 6 to 0, and won four of the five afternoon individual matches yesterday to score an 18% victory over the visitors in a Big Ten match. John David, Boilermaker sophomore, scored a medal 71 in the afternoon individual matches. Bob Smith, a teammate, marked up 72.

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Thinlies Win

Defeat Park, 66 to 41, in Dual Meet.

Manual High School trackmen scored their third dual track and field victory of the year yesterday

when they defeated Park School, 66 to 41, at the Delavan Smith Athletic Field. Jack Corriden, Park sprinter, took individual scoring honors with 11 points. He also established a new track record by running the 100 in 10.1. Vestal Smith was high scorer for Manual with 10 points. Summary: 100-Yard Dash—Corriden Golay, Park, second; Smyser, Manual, third. Time, :10.1. Mile Run—Sponsel, Manual, first; MecKinley, Manual, second; Young, Park, third. Time, 5:21. Half-Mile—Parks, Manual, first; Marlow. Park, second; Gaughan, Manual, third. Time, 2:20. : 220-Yard Dash—Corriden, Park, first; O'Neil, Manual. second; Oyler, Manual, third. Time, :23. 440-Yard Dash—Golay. Park, Snoddy, Manual, second; Hickey, Manual, third. ‘Time, :57. 160-Yard Low Hurdles—Oyler, Manual, first; Crane, Manual, second; Ryan, Park, third. Time, :19. High Jump—Snoddy, Manual, first; Hiatt, Park, second; Dersch, . Manual, third. Height, 5 feet 9 inches. Pole Vault—Smith, Manual, first; Stoneburner, Manual, second; Darrah, Manual, third. Height. 10 feet. Broad um Smith, Manual, first; Crane, Manual, second; Golay, Manual, third. Distance, 19 feet 6 inches. Shot Put—Hiatt Park, first; Smyser, Manual, second; Corriden, Park, third. Distance, 39 feet 7 inches. Mile Relay—Manual © (Hickey, Snoddy, Crane, Parks). Time, 3:57.2. Half-Mile Relay—Park (Corriden, Sayles, Hiatt, Golay). Time, 1:37.4.

Park, frst;

Prior to the Manual and Park School track meet, yesterday afternoon, Kenneth Oyler was elecied captain of the Manual track team for the balance of the seascn. Oyler has been a consistent winner in tMe dash and hurdle events.

RETURNS TO ALMA MATER URBANA, Ill, May 11. — Ray Nusspickel, football and baseball star at University of Illinois six. years ago, has been signed as assistant line coach of the varsity eleven and head coach of the freshman

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baseball team.

For Chance

Joe Thorne, who has seven cars entered in the forthcoming 500-mile race, today credited his “crafty great-grandfather,” a molasses baron, for his opportunity to race. Joe, who will drive for love and money May 31, said he is entering the racing business because he feels it is as good an investment as many others and that it's “a heck of a lot

i more fun.”

“Yes 1 suppose. besides one other I am the

wealthiest driv-er-owner in the business,” young Thorne said. Although we have - been going only a couple of years we aren't breaking even yet, but I think racing is coming into a new era of pros- Thorne perity and there is real money to be made.” Definitely irritated by press reports that refer to him as a “playboy” Joe is perfectly frank to disclose where his money came from and how he intends to make it increase and fulfill a long-time ambition. At present the young New Yorker has plans for entering the New York to Paris airplane race, for participating in the Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway in July, and for attempting to break Gar Wood's 124-mile-an-hour speedboat record next summer. Thorne is 22 and studied in Rutgers College and the University of London. While preparing for law he raced boats all during his preparatory and college years. He is married to a Southern girl who he describ=s as being the brains behind the business end of the Thorne racing team. . Asked if his wife objected to his racing. he said: “No she doesn’t object, she keeps the books of the outfit.”

to Enter 500

| Displaying keen interest and not | surprised that someone should want | to know a little of his background, | Thorne said his great-grandfather | was a “smart old duffer’” who mar- | ried the daughter of a tanner and | then cornered the molasses market | to rcap wealth. {| “My grandfather was associated J. Hill the ‘empire | builder’ and great railroad man. He and Jim Hill made a great deal {of money in the Northern Pacific {and the Great Northern Railroads. | My father, who was killed in an | accident in 1924 was a banker and | a copper mine owner.” | On the driving part of the game, | the youthful driver said, “I just alI ways have liked to race with some- | body.” The young sportsman befng | six toot four, is the easiest of the (Turn to Page 18)

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Comer Scores 637 At Illinois Alleys

Ray Comer, rolling in the Fraternal League at the Illinois alleys, posted a 637 for high score on local drives last night. H. Akard, with the Fisk Tires in the Wheeler's Lunch loop at the Central runways, turned in a 607 for tops. In the Automotive circuit at the Hotel Antlers W. Hunter paced the pinmen with a 592. There are three openings in the Pennsylvania Alleys spring league which is to launch its schedule next Tuesday at 8 p. m. For information call Riley 0078.

SCORES TECHNICAL K. O. JERSEY CITY, N. J, May 11-— Billy Beauhold, Jersey City, scored a technical knockout over Augie Gonzales in 1:10 of the first round of their scheduled 10-rounder here last night.

BATCH ON WAY SYDNEY, May 11.—Alf Batch, lightweight boxing champion of Australia, is going to make a tour of the United States.

Feller Turns T 0 Studies

Expects Physics to Be His Toughest Subject.

By United Press VAN METER, Iowa, May 11.—Bob Feller, Cleveland Indians’ 18-year-old strikeout artist, limbered up his

‘million-dollar arm today for a heavy

session of pen-pushing in the four examinations he must pass to receive his graduation diploma in Van Meter’s red brick high school Friday night. Bob’s most formidable. foe was physics but he was confident he would retire that threat with the same precision that has disposed ot such heavy sluggers as Lou Gehrig, Joe Di Maggio and Jimmy Foxx. As for the other three—English literature, American Government, and English-—Bob said he would retire them as easily as he fanned the 17 Philadelphia Athletics that day last August when he set a new American League strikeout record. Feller arrived in town_last night after an airplane trip from Cleveldnd. He won't touch a baseball again until next Saturday when he rejoins the Cleveland Indians in Chicago. Besides passing the exams, he has to rest his ailing right arm. He disappointed his greeters with news that he won’t be able to pitch against the White Sox in Chicago Sunday—or for a week after that, for that matter.

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