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FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1937

SPEED KINGS RACE TO

Wilbur Shaw To Drive Fast Forei gn Car

Fiermonte Turns Over His Mount to 500 Winner After Mishap.

By JOE WILLIAMS

Times Special Writer

NEW YORK, July 5-—The 300-

rs oT

mile automobile race over the turning twisting Roosevelt Raceway to- | morrow is the biggest international :

sport show America will see this vear, bringing togetiner, the most daring drivers from both sides of the Atlantic. From the standpoint records

of the

speed

your

race | isn't likely to blow | hat off be-| cause it is more al

as it does, sees

Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racing star, is seen shooting along the straightaway at the Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, L. I. Rose-

meyer was clocked by the electric

hazard race than | . a a speed race. | Let's Go Fishing——

Indiana Streams in Fair Condition, Wardens Say

though when the | drivers turn into] the Straightaways| there will nothing to them as Rosemever, : German, is ed yesterday, Williams when he bettered |

There will be ight or 10 cars in

Bernd | De indicat- |

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Stream conditions throughout the state are spotty, 161 miles an hour. | ports received today from the game wardens. Most streams are muddy, but despite this some good catches Lave been re-

due to heavy rains,

eye of the A. A. A, which showed

according to re-

the race capable of bettering 150! ported. There are indications that most streams will clear up over the

on the Roosevelt straightaways but | week-end provided the rains hold ¢-

the experts tell you sheer speed isn't | off.

as Important in this race as skill in | taking the curves. where the race will be won. not on | the straightaways. On this theory they concede the Americans an outside chance—very outside. It has been repeatedly for

road racing as

mula; but road racing or no road | racing they do know how around the bends. take the bends on their This is a ta the tricky, Most of

left ear.

treacherous dirt tracks. | the Americans will

be top notch, specially geared or | just out of the factory cars. They | will be foreign cars they just hap- | pened to get hold of for this race. Wilbur Shaw may have picked himself up a reasonably good foreign car yesterday—the one Enzo Fiermonte had been driving. It’s a comparatively new job. | The technical committee of the] AAA dismounted Fiermonte when he cracked into a wall. The ham and egg fighter who married into | the Astor millions isn't much of a| driver but he was doing the best | he could. In the prize ring Fiermonte was always bouncing back off somebody's left hook. He probably felt right at home when he bounced back off the wall yesterday.

Nuvolari Man to Beat

Shaw, winner of the weeks back, can drive in anybody's | league and, under the hood of the car he has | just taken over, the Indianapolis | thin man may be a mild factor for a while at least.

Billy Winn and Rex Mays, rail riders. ground taking the bends. Qualifying performances always reliable guides. If they were vou might be justified in picking Rudolph Caracciola to win the 300. He is a member of the German | invading crew. Caracciola a German? That's right. His ancestors moved into the Rhine sector from | Italy two centuries ago. Anyway, Caracciola averaged 85.850 an hour | for 10 miles yesterday, the best! pre-race trial so far. Just the same many Tazio Nuvolari of Italy is again the man to beat. Nuvolari won the race last year and the deft skill with which he took the crazy bends-— there were nine more then than (Turn to Page 24)

Russ Hall, ; Baseball Leader, Dies at 65

believe

LOS ANGELES, July 2. — Russ Hall, who was said to have known more baseball players, umpires and club owners than any other man in the world, died suddenly last night. Hall, 65, was secretary of the Association of Professional Ball Players of America. He formerly was a player and manager, and a scout for the Cincinnati Reds.

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to go | Tippecanoe and Yellow Rivers are Some of them still above normal,

lent they picked up at | are clearing rapidly and quite a |

be | perch driving foreign cars but they won't |bass fishermen have not been quite

[canoe River is high,

| bait. | see Lake during the week.

| Tipton — Warden | large

| caught.

| ling: Streams are muddy, but should

500 some | dith: Pine Creek in Warren County is high and muddy.

if there is anything | County

aren't dy,

| still a little muddy, | Hancock County streams are in good

| Warden Anderson: land Big and Little Eagle in best

| South Fork of Wildcat and Kilmore

Here is the report of the game |

They say that’ S| wardens:

White and Part of Cass— Warden | Shafer Lake is muddy. | Carroll and Part of Cass—Warden | Bollhauve: Lake Freeman is up and | some silver bass and a few

Catching a good many

Starke, Marshali—Warden Sloan:

due to heavy | rains. Lakes are above normal but bluegills and but the

[number of redeyes, are being caught,

so lucky during the week. Kosciusko — Warden Wendling: Water in lakes, and aiso in Tippedue to heavy rains. Bass not biting so well. Crappies are biting good, bluegills fairly well. Crickets seem to be the best A few pike caught in Wawa-

North Half eof Summers: All streams, including Mississi= newa in Grant, are very muddy, only catfish being caught. Streams in east Howard still roily, few bass Small streams clearing. Fayette, Union—Warden Gedd-

Howard, Grant,

be o. k. by week-end. Some bass caught in Indian Creek in Union County. Warren, Fountain-—-Warden Mere-

Wabash River very muddy. Shawnee in Fountain | is clear. Coal Creek in | Fountain County muddy. Hancock, Madison, East Hamilton | and Southeast Part of Tipton— | Madison County is still little muddy.

Creek is clearing, Kilbuck

White River still mudclearing. Cicero Creek is but is clearing.

and Tipton: but

shape and fishing is good. Boone, Clinton, West Hamilton— In Boone, Sugar

condition since season opened. Bass starting to hit on artificial bait. | Best catch made by Grover Garrett {of Frankfort who got five black | bass from Sugar Creek measuring 13'2 inches to 173%. In Clinton

Creeks in good condition; bass and crappies being caught in gravel pits. West half Hamilton: Big and Little Cicero and Little Eagle Creeks in good condition. White River is clearing. Streams in these counties will be the best since the season opened. Hendricks—Warden Walker: The creeks and pits in this county are quite low and muddy, and not many fish are being caught. Lots of fishermen. Marion—Warden Ehlers: Eagle | Creek is 0. k. White River, Fall | Creek and Buck Creek cloudy. | Delaware, Randolph—Warden Imhoff: Mississinewa and White River | in Delaware and Randolph are a | little above normal and quite roily.

ROOKIE WINS 10TH GAME NEWARK, July 2.—Atley Donald, rookie righthander with the Newark Bears, scored his tenth straight | victory when he held the Rochester Red Wings to three hits to win 2! to 0.

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Creeks are in good condition, also pits. Bass are taking both live and artificial bait. A nice 15-inch small mouth caught in creek with black buck tail last Friday. Tippecanoe—Warden Johnson: All streams clear, fishing should be

| good.

Wayne, Henry—Warden Marks bury: Streams are still muddy, but if no more rain should be in good shape for the week-end. Monroe, Brown—Warden Sexton: Streams and lakes in fine condition, but fish are not biting very well. Washington, Orange -—- Warden Richard: Streams are milky, but fishing is fair. Trot line fishing is fine. Shelby — Warden Ball: The streams in this county are down to normal but are still very muddy. Some bass and crappies being caught in pits. Some sunfish caught in Flatrock and Sugar Creeks. Gibson, Pike—Warden Pritchett: All streams are milky to muddy. Rush, Decatur—Warden Lacey: Big and Little Blue River is milky, so is Big and Little Flatrock, Clifty, Sandcreek, Muscatdtuck, McCoy Lake. Big Four Reservoir is clear. All streams and ponds are milky,

‘and with the heavy rain on Tues-

day evening in Rush County streams will be quite muddy over the weekend. Owen, Clay and Putnam-—Warden Vermillion: White River is muddy. Eel River is murky, Hollybrook Lake is clear, stripper pits in fine shape. Mill Creek, Raccoon and Walnut are in fine shape; some nice bass taken from Big Raccoon. Harrison—Warden Harvey: Big | Blue River is muddy, fishing poor. Big Indian Creek is clear at upper end, lower end is muddy, fishing fair. Big Buck Creek is clear, and fishing is good. All little streams are clear. Crawford, Perry—Warden White: All streams in these counties are milky, some nice bass taken in Little Blue River over last weekend. Bartholomew — Warden Obermeyer: Driftwood River is semiclear. Flatrock is milky. Clifty River is murky, not so good. White River is milky, and not many fish biting. Some small and large mouth bass being caught on artificial bait. Clark, Floyd—S8ilver Creck in Clark and Floyd are clear except a little way from Ohio. Hot and dry, and cool in the evening, when fishing is best, Knox, Davies—Warden C. Elliott: Washcuts and river beds are clear and high. White River is up a little but clearing.

BATTER'S HAND INJURED JERSEY CITY, July 2-9llie Carnegie, Buffalo left fielder, re-

| ceived an injured hand while swing-

ing at an inside pitch in a game here.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES -

MORROW AT ROOSEVELT RACEWAY

Times-Acme Photo.

his speed as being 159.8 m. p. h., an all-time record for any American track. He is driving an Auto Union car. Later Rustmeyer was clocked at 161 m. p. h. on the straightaway.

Baseball — Softball

The West Side Merchants will play the Glenn Valley Merchants at the Valley diamond Sunday. West Side Merchant players are asked to meet at the home of the manager not later than noon.

Bridgeport Blues Win

The Bridgeport Blues defeated Porter Camp 13 tn 4 with Hutsell for the winners allowing six hits. The Blues will meet the Bohemian All Stars Monday. The winner of this game will play the Dick Jones A. B. C. team. A game is sought by the Blues for Sunday. Call Fred Brandt, BE. 3294-Ring 3.

The schedule for the Em-Roe Senior Baseball League Sunday follows: Field Tavern vs. Armours at Riverside, No. 3; Printers vs. Noiton Beer at Riverside. No. 2, and the Ye Tavern Brews vs. Christamore at Riverside, No. 7. The standings:

Christamore Armour

The following games are to be played tomorrow in the Industrial League of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association: Link Belt Dodge Co. vs. Chevrolet Body Co. at Riverside 1; Co. vs. Regional All Stars at Garfield 3, and Lilly Varnish Co. vs. Magic Chefs at Riverside 6. Co-operative Industrial League: The National Malleable Co. vs. i Bowers Envelope Co. at Riverside 17: Polk's Milk Co. vs. Mallory’s U. E. R. W. A at Brookside 1, and Real Silk vs. Kempler Radio Co. at Rhodius 1. The Pulleys will meet the Machinery Shop at Riverside 2; and the Bases will play the Foundry at Riverside No. 8 in the only games scheduled in the Rockwood Manufacturing League.

Games in the Smith-Hassler-Sturm, Big Six League for Sunday follow: General Electric Appliance Co. vs. Standard Nut Margarine Co. at Riverside 1; Gulling Auto Electric vs. Pearsons at Brookside 1, and the KEMBA Kroger Co. vs. Ft. Harrison at Riverside 4.

Amateur Day Plans

Final arrangements for the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball Association Day, July 10, have been made by the committee. Teams that desire to participate must make settlement for ticket sales not later than 10 p. m. tonight. The four teams turning in the largest ticket sales will win the right to play at Perry Stadium.

The Eagles F. O. E. No. 211 are to play Greenfield Sunday. All Eagle players are asked to call DR. 0519-M tomorrow. Players who wish to try out are asked to call the above number. For games, write Eagles, F. O. E. 211, 1305 Tabor St.

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The Monte Carlo team will play the Elwood Merchants Sunday at Elwood. For games write O. H. Sweeney, 942 Maple St,

The Fields Tavern nine will practice today at 5 p. m. at Garfield Park. Tavernites will met th Castlman Merchants at Riverside Diamond 3 Sunday. All players are requested to be present at 1 p. m. on the day of the game.

Game to Decide

League Leadership The Schwitzer-Cummings and Fairbanks-Morse baseball teams are to clash at Rhodius Diamond 2 tomorrow afternoon to determine the leader in the Manufacturer's

| League.

Tipen or Williamson will probably be on the mound for the Stokers with Bucksott behind the bat. Gatti and Payton will form the Fairbanks-Morse batteries. The standings:

Schwitzer-Cummings

s Fairbanks-Morse 6

Link Belt Ewart|Y

Henry Gooch struck out 14 and allowed only four hits but his Indiana Avenue Market softball team finished on the short end of a 3-1 score with the Shelbyville Carliners. The Markets have won 18 out of 20 games and their last triumph was scored at the expense of the Zionsville Lions, 5-4. For bookings call Riley 5917, or write Richard Kiovsky, 941 Indiana Ave.

STRASSBURGER LEADS IN DENVER TOURNEY

By United Press DENVER, July 2.—Harry Strassburger of Coffeyville, Kas., held the lead today in the first annua! Denver Country Club invitational tourney with a 70, one under par, as the second 18-hole round of the T2-hole medal play tourney started. Johnny Dawson of Chicago, former trans-Mississippi champion, provided the highlight of the first round when he scored an ace on the 160-yard fourth hole by sinking his tee shot with a 5-iron. It was the fourth ace Chicago star had scored in his career. He finished with a 73. Art Doering, Stanford University star from Chicago, carded 72. Eddie Held, St. Louis, had 77.

L U. Gridiron Record Best In 25 Years

Crimson Teams Won 30 and Dropped 20 Big Ten Tests During Year.

By United Press BLOOMINGTON, Ind. July 2.— Indiana University athletic teams won a total of 30 Big Ten contests, lost 20, and tied one for a .598 percentage standing, the athletic department reported today. The only undefeated team was Coach E. C. Hayes’ cross country squad which won the National A. A U. title and the Central Intercollegiate championship. Although the football team finished in fourth place in the Big Ten standing, the Hoosiers’ 1936 record was the best compiled by an Indiana team in 25 years. Indiana lost but two games, a 13-to-9 defeat by Nebraska and a 7-to-0 beating at the hands of Ohio State. Indiana's Big Ten baseball record was eight wins and two defeats, the best since 1925 when a championship team won nine and lost two games.

Second K. O. Scored By Jimmy Adamick

DETROIT, July 2.—Jimmy Adamick, Midland, Mich., farm boy, today chalked up his second knockout victory over Johnny Erjavec of Duluth, Minn. Erjavec’s seconds tossed a towel into the ring last night after Adamick had pounded him to the canvas twice for the nine-count. Henri Lenglet, heavyweight champion of France, scored a technical knockout over Bill Allen, Detroit Negro; and K. O. Morgan, Detroit bantamweight threat, took a decision to Irish Georgie Holmes of Brooklyn, N. Y, in a 10-rounder.

OLD-TIMERS HAVE GAME

SYRACUSE, July 2.—In an abbreviated old-timers’ game just before the recent Syracuse-Bostcn Rex Sox exhibition, the Larry Barry's defeated a team led by George (Hook) Wiltse, famous lefthander of two decades ago. Wiltse gave only four hits in the two innings he pitched.

HOPP RETURNS TO TEAM

ROCHESTER, July 2-—Johnny Hopp, Rochester outfielder returned to the lineup from a leg injury in time to pole out a two-base hit in the ninth inning to give his club a win over the Newark Bears, in the first game of a double-header. The Bears retaliated with an 11-2 victory in the second game.

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HETTIE V. WINS 2: 18 NORTH VERNON PACE

NORTH VERNON, Ind. July 2.— Taking three successive firsts, Hettie V. owned and driven by Ira Dunken, Lafayette, won the 2:18 pace at the North Vernon Fair, yesterday. Revettas Guy won the 2:18 trot. Summ:s.y: 2:18 Ire}, (purse $200) —-Won by Revettas d, ime arch Pirst, second: Vols Tell, third ime, 51%

1 Pace (purse. $200) — won by Hettie Vi Iba Jr... second: Abbie Scotland, third. Time, 2:14! ae Helf-mile Run (purse §50)-—Won by Margaret Mary: American Doll, second: Positive Pearl, third. Time, :

Kingan Nine to Play

Cleveland Americans | starting berths.

By United Press TERRE HAUTE, Ind, July 2.— With the withdrawal of Terre Haute frqm the Three-I League this week, local promoters have substituted the Kingan Reliables of Indianapolis as an opponent for the Cleveland Americans in the night exhibition game at the stadium here next Tuesday. Game time is 8 o'clock. The Kingan club, managed by the veteran Reb Russell, captured the Indiana semi-pro championship in a tournament at Terre Haute last year. Bob Feller, boy wonder hurler with Cleveland who only recently resumed practice on the mound, is slated to appear with the big leaguers. ENTER NET SEMIFINALS By United Press PHILADELPHIA, July 2.— Patricia Henry of Los Angeles will meet Alison Harrison of Philadelphia today in the semifinals of the women’s middle states tennis championships at Philadelphia Cricket Club.

MOSER SOLD TO CINCY

SYRACUSE, July 2.—Arnold Moser, hard-hitting outfielder for the Syracuse club, was sold on option to Cincinnati recently in return for Lloyd (Whitey) Moore. Moser was hitting .323. PAULIE WALKER WINS NEW YORK-—Paulie Walker, 151, Trenton, N. J. outpointed Teddy Loder, 146'4, New York (8): Scalzo, 123, New York, stopped | Henry Hook, 122, New York (3).

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Elimination trials for the 100-mile amateur bike race July 12 on the newly constructed track in the 700 block on N. Bolton Ave. are to be held tomorrow morning. About 20 poys ranging in age from 12 to 17, are expected to compete for the 12

The oiled track built by the bcys is one-tenth of a mile around, and to qualify the contestants must circle it in at least 55 seconds. There will be five qualifying laps, and the 12 fastest will form teams of two for the finals. They must ride regulation bicycles without any special equipment and use a 10-26 sprocket. The race is the first of three to be held during the summer, and the winner will be awarded a cup and $5 donated by neighborhood merchants. To hold the cup permanently, a team must win at least one other scheduled race. Other prizes will be awarded lap winners,

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