Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 December 1937 — Page 33

By Joe Willams

SAD C.:SE OF SCHOOLBOY ROWE

COCHRANE FORCED INTO DEAL (Batting for Eddie Ash)

EW YORK, Dec. 3.—The dispatches out of Milwaukee didn’t say anything about it but Schoolboy Rowe played a not inconsequential part in the exchange of aristocratic ivory between the Detroit and the Chicago American League clubs yesterday. Nobody knows for sure whether the Schoolboy will ever be able to pitch again, not even Mickey Cochrane who manages the Tigers. And not knowing Cochrane must be prepared to strengthen his pitching at any reasonable cost. This explains why he gave up probably more than he received yesterday to get Vern Kennedy. Next to the Yankees the Tigers are the best club in the league. The anchor around their necks last season was unreliable pitching. They would have made the issue much closer if they hadn’t lost the Schoolboy early in the race, and if Tommy Bridges hadn't gone into a slump. The Schoolboy pitched only one complete game all season; Bridges lost almost as many as he won. The Tigers were the best hitting club in the league and the best fielding. Powerful as the Yankees were, they might even have won the pennant if they could have gotten their pitching organized. The loss of Cochrane hurt, too—but this was offset considerably by the remarkable work of his replacement, Rudy York, who bagged 35 home runs and hit better than .300.

If the Tigers are to menace the Yankees next year they must add to their pitching. They can’t count on the Schoolboy. He's just a gamble and from what I heard from the ball players last year, not a very safe one. In short, they don’t think he'll ever come back. They're afraid he is through. All Cochrane can do is hope this isn’t so. Meantime he must go along as if the Schoolboy didn’t figure in his calculations at all At bis best Kennedy never was as good as the Schoolboy, but he can help the Tigers. The best year Kennedy ever had was in 1936 when he won 21 games for the White Sox. Last season he was one of those 50-50 pitchers. He'd win one game, and lose the next. Behind the hard-hitting Tigers he may do better, much better.

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n ” EJ UT he won't completely fill the large brogans of the Schoolboy who proved the vital force in the Tigers’ two championship exploits in '34 and 35. winning a total of 43 games. The Schoolboy was not only a consistent winner, but he has a dramatic flair for beating the strong clubs—ihe clubs that had to be beaten to keep championship hopes alive. Something happened to his arm last spring. Nobody seems to know just what. There is nothing more mysterious than an arm injury. Sometimes the injury submits readily to simple treatment, at other times it obstinately refuses to yield to the most scientific ministrations. Many dead arms have heen brought back to life. Precedent therefore insists there is hope for the Schoolboy, but oldtime bail players whe watched his pathetic efforts to get the ball over With something on it jast summer shake their heads. They can't tell you, in detail, but they say his is the kind of injury that stays with a man. Only time wil be able to tell, if you can stand a stirring, picturesque phrase. This would be a tough blow not only to the Tigers, but to the Schoolboy, a tall, gangling clover kicker from 'El Dorado, Ark. He's only 25 years old; he has the build and the delivery that would seem to promise years of effective service. There seemed no reason why he shouldn't become one of the great, enduring pitchers of all time. Rated off the records, nis World Series achievements aren’t impres-e sive. He won only two games in two years. But he pitched consistently enough. He was good even when they beat him. Incidentally, he fig-

Indianapolis Times Sports

Doesn’t Make Sense The decision of the Pitt squad not to accept the California invitation, if extended, probably marks the first

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1937

time a football player ever refused a free ride.

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TRIBE BALKED SO FAR IN TALENT HUNT

Forced Mickey’s Hand In Big Deal.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. 3.—Supremacy of the New York Yankees wasn’t exactly threatened today but

activities among other clubs indicated that every effort is being made to plug weak gaps among the also rans and generally tighten up th . American League race.

the minor league convention have resulted in the following realign- | ment of players among American | League clubs: Detroit Tigers—Pitcher Vernon Kennedy, Outfielder Fred (Dixie) Walker and Utility Infielder Tony Pie: from the White Sox. Chicago White Sox—Outfielder Gerald Walker, Third Baseman | Marvin Owen, and rookie Catcher | Michael Tresh, who was farmed out | last season to Portland, from the | Tigers. Boston Red Sox—Outfielder Joe | Vosmik from the Browns. St. Louis Browns—Outfielder Buster Mills, pitcher Buck Newsom and Shortstop Ralph Kress, last year with Minneapolis, from the Red Sox.

White Sox Fill Gap

| The Tiger-White Sox deal may {prove an important transaction because those two clubs finished secand and third behind the Yanks and both are likely to ‘benefit from the six-player swap. Because of the un(certainty surrounding Schoolboy | Rowe's arm the Tigers desperately needed mound strength.

Trades of the past 24 hours at |

Leo Miller Still Hopeful: Cochrane Makes Sacrifice | To Bolster Mound Staff

Uncertainty Over Rowe Semipro Pitcher Signed by

Redskins; Wes Griffin Is Re-engaged.

By EDDIE ASH Times Staff Writer

MILWAUKEE, Dec. 3.—It was the last roundup today at the minor | league convention and prior to the

start of the final walkathon in the |

| Schroeder Hotel lobby Ray Schalk's | Indianapolis Indians were empty

handed in the search for new class | AA talent. deal but

after another Leo Miller,

: One | through.

fell | the |

| purchases.

He thought his offer for a big |

league catcher made yesterday would bring results and was surprised to learn the major club contacted will not weed out its backstop department until late in March. And there is small chance that the | Boston Bees will return Johnny | Riddle, according to a big league official close to the Boston situation. Wes Griffin was re-engaged as Indianapolis coach and scout last | night and Al Ritter was re-ap- | pointed club trainer. Bruno Betzel, manager of the Indians in 1927, 28 and 29 who had been mentioned as a candidate for Tribe

York-Pennsylvania League. Young Hurler Signed

Laufer, He

out. He is Harry right-handed pitcher.

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Kennedy, who won 21 and lost 9 | pitched for Sheboygan, Milwaukee, |

|in 1936 and won 14 and lost 13 last {year, is expected to bolster Detroit's | weakest spot.

{Sox plugged a bothersome gap at {third base with Owen, who batied |.291 last season, and obtained = | dangerous right-handed hitting out- | fielder in Gerald Walker, who bat-

| Red Sox and the House of David.

| Indianapolis batterymen will de-

spot _ | part for the Bartow, Fla, spring| wpa, Brightwood A. C.: In sacrificing Kennedy the White | training camp on March 6 and in-| Hoosier A. C.;

| fielders and outfielders on March 13. | The team will swing into the exhibi- | tion schedule on March 20. The American Association will

Vernon Kennedy

98 Entered in

Bouts Tonight

With the largest entry list in his-

coach. caught on with the New tory, the city amateur boxing tourYork Yankee chain and was named |nament at the South Side Turners pilot of Binghamton in the New Hall gets under way tonight.

A total of 98 fighters are entered.

FLYWEIGHT (112)—Robert Simmons,

The Indians have signed a Mil- | Boyce A. C.; Warren Wilcoxson. Boyce A.

waukee semipro for a spring try-|C.; Jimmie Williams, Hoosier A. C.; Vernis 25, a | Jordan, WPA, Brightwood A. C.; Lee Prethas | tyman, Brightwood A. C.; George Norman,

South Side Turners; Buddy Thrall, Side Turners; Dick Miller, WPA, English Ave. Boys’ Club; Jim Fazli, Unattached. BANTAM WEIGHT (118)—Dick Allen, Dug Bowden, Tommy Lafever, South Side Turners. FEATHERWEIGHT (126)—Charles Wert, English Ave. Boys' Club; James Slaughter, Boyce A. C.; Darwin Albert, South Side

hold its an annual winter meeting in,| Turners; Lester Brown, South Side Turn-

South |

Marvin Owen

Gerald Walker

| Ave. Boys’ Club; Roy Aberson, N. A. G. U.; | Edward Leibinger, N. A. G. U.; Henry Regenfuss, N. A. G. U,

WELTER WEIGHT (117)—John Allen, | Unattached; Licyd B Walton, Oliver A. C.; Joseph Boarman, South Side Turners; Larfield Orr, Bess A. C.; Jimmy Mayer, Kin- | gan A. C.; John Martin, Kingan A. C. | George Linder, Kingan A, C.; Oral Sherman, South Side Turners; K. C. Green, North Indianapolis Community Club; Walter H. Heather, South Side Turners; Wil- | lard Troutman, WPA, Lauters Boys Club;

| williams, Y. M. C. A.; Ruben Jones, Un- |

Williamson Picks Trojans

To Triumph Over U. C. L. A.

By PAUL B. WILLIAMSON With only a handful of games remaining on the regular 1937 national

| collegiate football card, the South and Far West take the spotlight for | tomorrow's headliners. | Duquesne, Southern California over U. C. L. A, Tennessee over Mississippi

I like the chances of Mississippi State over

and Rice over Southern Methodist, although the latter may be a tie. Representative football games to be played this week throughout the United States are listed below, with each team’s latest rating according to the Williamson

National Rating System: Where no rating is given, the record is insufficient for calculating one clearly. EXPLANATION: Figure after each team is its rating according to the current Williamson Football Rating Table, published earlier this week. In “Predict” cole umn: 1, means win for No. 1 Team; 2, means win for No. 2 Team; T, means possible tie game or close outcome; R, means prediction contrary to ratings. Ne. 1 Team plays at home, These predictions are made on the basis of each team's past rformance te date this season, as measured by dts Williamson rating. They tell as closely as possible the exact shade of difference between each of the competing teams, so far as this is revealed by their previous records this season. When the symbol “T” with a number appears in the Predict column, the number indicates the team which is slightly favored, but a very close decision or ‘“‘upset” is predicted as possible. A difference of 5 percentage points or less in the ratings of twe teams often indicates that they are evenly matched and their game is a “toss-up.”

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Simmons, Bess A. C.: Jimmie George, Un- | ; attached: Lester Miller, South Side Turn- bert made the plebe team at West ers: Jack Seay, English Avenue Boys Club: Point this year and son Wilson did

Fred Ploetz, N. A. G. U.; Joseph Ciesiel- likewise at Annapolis. ski. N. A. G. U.; Walter Pauli, N. A. G. U. |

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT (175) — Pete | Brouse, English Avenue Boys’ Club; James |

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PRIZE QUANDARY CHICAGO, Ill, Dec. 3.—Mrs. Inez Gilbert won't know what to do when

urged in two World Series incidents, off-stage, that caused him some

: S ; " y s; L y s, ss A, C.; Ji il, embarrassing moments. You may recall them. Chicago tomorrow, but most of the) r=: Leroy Dyeas, Bess 3, C.; Jimmy Loi

no relation to Gerald, batted .300.| problems have been ironed out. The | Kingan A. C.; James L. Self, WPA, Eng- | Kirchman, Kingan A. C.: Stanley Weaniewn » 1 (Both Walkers are 27. 1938 schedule has been drawn and | lish Ave. Boys’ Club; Jimmy McGill, WPA, ski, N. A. G. U.; Louis Lopperman, N. A. UST before the opening of the '34 series with the St. Louis Gas | Piet's future with the Tigers is in| probably will be ratified tomorrow | wyvn Me Suge Litth, Wek SG. UI DRY BE NO .k Rew] " . | ” | rd ristamore House: Edward Atkinson, N.! ert Ploetz, N. A. G. U.; Albert Nahmias, | House Gang he spoke over the radio on a Coast to Coast chain. This |doubt, but the 23-year-old Tresh, | with no changes. A. G. U.; Richard Robert, N. A. G. U | Jewish Boys Club "| was the year he had won 24 ball games and was the most talked of |%ho batted .271 for Portland, is con-| The season is to open on Satur- : a re voung pitcher in the business. At the end of the broadcast he yelled |Sidered an outstanding young pros-| day, April 16, with the Western LIGATWEIGHT (135)—James Sherson, | MIDDLE WEIGHT (16))—=Eorl Beaner. into the mouthpiece, “How am I doing, Edna?” : \pect by the White Sox. [Cjubs in the Bast wnd js wala) SONS: A © Jehunte Reukener, Howster| Po a oy eA I Ci It developed that Edna was the girl friend back home in Arkansas, | Manager Mickey Cochrane of the Minneapolis will be the visiting at- ol Jerse CNyivie dre, Souths Side | Onattnhel: Ray Shamwell, North | and this was the Schoolboys juvenile way of sending his greetings, |Li8ers plans to use Mark Christman, | traction at Perry Stadium. The | Be pss Di Toy Brown. Bess A. C.. | Indianapolis Community. Club;. Wesley

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The repercussions were rather frightful. You can easily imagine what those swashbuckling Gas Housers did with that one. They almost razzed the poor Schoolboy out of the park. All he heard during that series was “How am I doing, Edna?” As he admitted afterward, it wasn't very pleasant. The other incident was absurdly hilarious. On a day the Schoolboy was to pitch in the series he came up with a swollen hand. Asked how it happened, he explained he had shaken hands with Joe E. Brown, the tunnel-mouthed movie comic. It seems Brown had squeezed his hand so fiercely it was practically broken. Nobody knows yet what really happened. Brown came out in the newspapers with a statement denying he had crippled the Tigers’ ace, and offering to match his celebrity handshakes with anybody in town. Naturally Cochrane, deprived of the services of his star, was enraged “If Shirley Temple ever shakes hands with him, he's through

forever,” he commented bitterly. | Pox and his national champions, it

U. S. BOB SLED TEAM | was announced today. PLANS GERMAN TRIP! A Donna Fox bob-sled boosters

committee was formed to finance

NEW YORK, Dec. 3 (U.P.).—The| Bie v 8S. oN In addition to Fox, Oni tes ‘Wil in | the team includes Ed Dupree and United States will be represented in | Jimmy Bickford of Saranac Lake.

the worid bob-sledding champion- | ang Tippy Gray of California who

ship next month at Garmisch Par-| was a member of the 1932 Olympic |

tenkirchen, Germany, by Donna championship team.

League club, at third base to re- | place Owen.

Back With the Browns

The Red Sox presumably outbid (the Yankees in landing Vosmik, | who batted .325 last season. The | Yanks are believed to have offered | Outfielder Jake Powell and others

| as bait in attempting to get Vosmik..

Two of the players sent to the | Browns, Newsom and Kress, return to the club they broke in with after bouncing around here and there. Newsom, who played with Washington and Boston last season, won 16 games and lost 14. 334 in 158 games with Minneapolis, made a big comeback last season after drifting out of the majors where he also played with the Senators and White Sox.

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