Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 June 1938 — Page 8
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{ RNTE LOMBARDI, the lumbering eateher, has eohtributed a big shave in the success of the Cincy Reds ahd any discuseion of the amazing rice of the team must include the huge Ttalian from California, « Manager MeKechnie tried to trade the veteran last winter. . « « He eaid that the Italian couldn't handle pitchers, was weak oh low pitches, and too slow. . « « The Reds’ chief announced that he intended to go along with Willard Hevshberger, who wag Brought up from the Newark Bears to be the Reds’ firet-gtiing backetop. But MeKeehnie quickly discovered that he needed . And decided to sacrifice gkill and finesse . «+ He would put up with the
hitting. behind the plate for power {umbering Lombardi. » * * 5 & 4 THE vesitlt hag been ag pleasantly surprising to MeKechnie ag the showing of hig elub. . « Lombardi’s performance largely ig accountable for the Reds’ strong position. . . « Cincinnati ie getting great pitching. And Lombardi is the man calling what ig to be pitched . It goes without saying that he ig calling them right, It suddenly dawng on everybody that Lombardi's previous trouble wag nothing more than lack of intereet, The story goes that he believed he had an opportunity to be swapped to the Giants thie spring, . . « He wanted to get out of Cincinnati, so started to hustle, And Ernie hustled himself right into a steady job with the organization to which he belonged. » * # . » » OMBARDI it perfectly satisfied with hig Cincinnati berth now, | He nas been since young Johnny Vander Meer inspired the Reds
like few ball clubs have been hopped Up ih recent years. The Reds are positive that they've going some place, and elubs with
a definite goal are happy Outfits The Reds are winning becatise they play team baseball as few teams have plaved i Everybody has been doing hig share to ada to the { The dave stat changes Hom game to game, somes ! Minin g to i & Rn yack of it all it the big stick and capable catehing of Ernie 1 . » * a * » * PERRY STADIUM jottings: The Mmdianapolis ball park is to be an | aiena for Ww lebs tonight while the mdians do their stuff in Toledo Casey, the Irish Crusher, and Marshall, the Colorade Cows pun ner. are the principals ih the mat mateh , « Tt% been a long x since Boxers oF giapplers clashed at the ball park y Mille Tribe general manager is going to attend the big tfeagie All-Star game at Ciheihhati next Wednesaay . He'll be in Queen City on Tuesday to attend a big baseball powwow. he v Holle ¢ Who Were lucky and gob tickets algo will show up at Croley Field for the major leagie elassie Maybe Jim Turner, the ex-hadianapolis star, Will ef ome action Hes on the National All-Star =aiac » » w » » »
seount for the Chicago Cubs, save that Vance Page's prestige in his book and it was close Rowland pointed blowed one
“LARENCE ROWLAND, ehief GC defeat Monday aiant Rut If that double play had gone thiough ih the eighth
ily 24 mien would have faced Vance in eight innings
And many fans thought Umpire Weater that fhe Old Men's Home it proud of the 1938 accomplishments of Freq re Matos and Al Simmons 0 Ray nothing of Lefty Rob Cove And theres that man again, Rack ih the big show, ohne Bob Seeds Up from the ordinary to a starlight role is Mage Brown, Pittsburgh att hor oF 10 victories x > > * » »
id books do not nelude Marvin Hart in the list heavyweight champions, but the fact yemaing d Rig retirement in 1905, he refereed
A ‘ es announce & tween H and Jack Root which was advertised ag being ele 2 the righthul successor to Jeffries’ title . It hag been said that Jeffries presented the winner with hig crown 0 defend against a a This may oF may not have been tre, but at least Jeffries offered ¢ winner being called the champion Since Hart won by a Kk Kou over Root in 12 rounds, he appears to have haq a righthul claim to the title, despite his mediocre ability as a Aghter
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\ ARVIN HART, a product of Louisville, had engaged in some 34 i 1 matches meeting Root in the advertised title affair and ined knockouts He was the slugger type and tharted boxing professionally in 1899 meluded among hit prinsipal ¢ a Jaound decision over Jack Johnson early in 19085 prior
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Baseball at a Glance
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | ROWE RRMA: win
Wen Lost Bet . : ¢ ¥ + . CX tih ) Tribe rubber. with two on and Ken Kelther's rng A » xo Chicas EL ;, 2 ta8 14 1 o Gene Hasson, Columbus first | With the bases empty featured kt. Paul ® % x00 St. Eowis Ne oar Nn =9 15 } wacker, struck out four straight | Cleveland's S«run rally in the Milwaukee «3880 3 EERE MAIER | Lines ahd Ih addition got a life" | second. * % % a. when Baker dropped his fowl in . . | Minneapolis ...... 31 A | 3% y ic i Cards Trounce Cubs Toledo 2 2% A486 | rua a Mawes 1 the sixth, Rill Baker made poor | : Columbus 23 IR 39% Ridges, Figenclat and York: Alles, thiows to second on the three “steal. | After a shaky start Vander Meer § euicville 9 1% 23% Humphries and Pri. ing” Red Birds, two tosses being | settled down and allowed the : a. short and the third wide. | Pirates only six hits, The Pirates AMERICAN LEAGUE Wathinglon at Bhitan: wt can. | Potanl | had scored two runs in the second | Won Lost Pot| Thiadelshia at New York: rain hl in Action but Vander Meer permitted only Cleveland 49 2" &30 Jimmy Pofahl finally returned to | two hits the rest of the game, The New Vork ot a 9% X16 TRIBE BOX SCORE | action at short and batted in a run ' Reds pounded Russ Bauers and | § Reston “wu 38 Nn aN COLUMEBES | With a double, He was idle on the | Mace Brown for 14 hits, By wine | Washington ow 8 2 X93 AB R H FO defense except for diving after | hing the Reds shaved the idle Detroit 33 $2 300 | Kine, ef : i i : § | Bakers wild throws, Jimmy was in< | Giants’ lead to a game and a Philadelphia "% 40 AB | Movean. TF i | : 8 | jured during the Tribe's first swing | half, ace moundsmen of the City Fire Department team, Chicage 9 13 A400 Browne, rt } 3 i i t 3? through the West In the other National League | at batting practice, Bt. Louis 19 i 299 | Masson, ib ‘¢ 2 2 8 $8 I'he Indians got a bad break in | game the Cardinals slugged the | cee REenRan, { 8 8 4 & J/'he second when Bob Latshaw's | Cubs for a 8.3 victory. len NATIONAL LEAGUE Chambers, : 3 8 §& 3 0 drive with two mates on base hit | Warneke let down his former teamWon Lost Pet LYRA 4 ¢ 0 © A | the top of the right field wall just | mates with seven hite. The Cards New York t 29% £0 Totals $8 aS. 3 8 3 couple of feet foul. ‘Then he | batted around in the third, knockCincinnati : 3 9” 383 INDIANAPOLIS fanned. ing out Tex Carleton. Stripp and | Chicago 0“ 33 MW 36 potant AR & 1 ® 4 §| The Tribe players as a group | Padgett hit singles with the bases Pittsburgh wes 3 23 A5 te eit, Sh “wi 9 3 3 ojseemingly have a “road complex” | loaded and Pepper Martin hit a Boston cetiies 28 n 300 ihe man, +f : | i 1 } % i, Serre they will come out of | homer with two on. | St. Louis “4 Nn 2 468 | Zaken * s 2 #| the series at Toledo on the winning a i Brooklyn iii 3 4h Sher ack. 3 . : . | LT 0 side. Their inability to hit with Piatra Ge TTS RHP Philadelphia 18 mR 26 4 deri vd 3 i 3 5 utters on base at Perry Stadium | avert cleveiand nm 3 Ry w . Piney vwasaee 10 8 8 6 dihas caused them to feel that a | lew , s 3 3% AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Lewis | 8 8 & 8 8 §/Uinx® is lurking on the premises. | Trashy, Creverand ie A Xe INDIANAPOLIS at Toledo (2 Nh ® FP 3 : : A. SR Chapman, Athleties RE 8% Moa night) Riddle. » S888 VMGRAW MUFFED . WOME RUNS Columbus at Louisville (2) | totals “wi i383 8 3 13 3 Ton Na i Milwaukee at Minneapolis (2) Pilney batted for Tising a sixth | SIGNING R | Greenberg Tigers PPRIPELLLLLOTIINE | < Q Ruix batted fo Lisen in seventh Kansas City at St. Paul | det Chall Re RRR JR | he G EENBERG Qeatiman, Weds 1° TR AMERICAN LEAGUE | Gare isis NO WLWE-3 | NEW YORK, June 30 (NEA) | Boxset Son omen IN cn 8 Philadelphia at New York (2. [@alaiie 3. Fotahl Tabac hie Fotant | HADK Greenberg might have been | Sort Tikes SLL ssssene 8 Detroit at Cleveland, | Brean Sin Tan ioe an a New York Giant had it not been | Averill, Cleveland «i iitiiiviiiseianss 83 Chicago at St. Louis, i ne. Belt on bases Colwmbus. $: In- | for one of the tew errors in judg. | Geniman, Ne LAAALALLAL LLL La 3 Washington at Boston | Slanay Si and 2s Ale LF ment ht Tg John MeGraw | : Stasstiedsieeieiniies . | Riddle, 1. Struck owb=-RBy Chambers §: |! maaqe ‘he famous manager | * NATIONAL LEAGUE [RY Fieneh 1rY machines, 11, by Loe 8 personally scouted the Detroit first | John, Mary, Don't Worry! ) Plstng. § 1h 6 Inngnes: off Lientes nes | SACKer when he Was playing first | AN the Clothes You Want
New York at Philadelphia (2).
TA one Traine oft Cham XS. in 8% Boston at Brooklyn (night), \
Et Lynn, 2 in
Blues Gain Tie,
Saints Next
By Half-Game
Redsking Move On to Toledo For Three Games; Birds Sweep Series.
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The American Association has a | Word for it—serambled! it's an old-fashioned hose race, and no fooling
TWo teams deadlocked for the |
lead Indianapolis ahd Kansas City —and St. Paul a mere half game | pehind in third place. And Mil- | walkee and Minneapolie virtually
late deadlocked for the fourth posi= | | tion four and a half games behind |
| the leaders,
| tndianapolie’ indians were dropped
[ ite a coleadership with the Kawtown Rives last night as a result of losing the second straight te Co-
Iumbie as the Blues bumped off |
Minneapolis and 8t. Paul fell be fore Milwaukee, The local Redeking, unable to
hit With runners on the paths for the second straight night, hiked out for Toledo this morning where they | will tackle the Mud Hens in a dou- | ble-header under the lights tonight The Tribesters are booked there | again tomorrow, after which they Iwill return home under the skip- | stop schedule arrangements and | battle the Louisville Colonels on Friday and Saturday,
Rove Still Confident
fefty Dloyd Johnson and John Niggeling are slated to draw the mound assignments in Toledo tonight and the Hoosiers left thdianapolis still confident in spite of | the reverses in the Columbus series on the home lot, | The Red Birds Anished in front | last night, 5 10 2, on six hits ag the mdians left 11 runners stranded on
Blows The
Toast of Fans |
the bases while collecting eignt | Vander Meer and Allen Make
difference wag in |
power” which the Redsking do not |
possess, Fadie Morgan of the Birds belted a triple and home run for the vig:
tors and hit three markers batted |
in wrecked the Tribe counted for Columbus’ fAfth and last tally by pilfering second in the | eighth and seoring on a bingle by Bowne | It wag a parade of pitchers for Indianapolis ac Manager Sehalk sent up pinch hitters in an effort to get hig team back into the ball game, but the breaks were against him "0 of his pinch hitters Aopped and the third didn't Anish RIE time at bat because Milton QGalatzey seventh and was erased by a throw By the Bird pitcher
Over the Wall
Jack Tising opened on the mound for the Tribe and was thumped for WO runs in the initial stanza on a single by Bucher and a triple by Morgan. In the third King singled. stole second and Morgan walloped a home run over the right field wall
| hag won
the first round after two down on thiee walks and two singles and
He also ae- | Johnnies from Ohio today were the
siumbered off second in the
he Indians chalked two rung in |
tallied their third and last run in |
the sixth on MeCormick's single and Pofahl't double
feighth when he walked two men
| Butt Shotton, Bird phot. dervicked |
Johnny Chambers after two down
when he replaced him with Jimmy Lynn who held the Redsking to twe blows the remainder of the distance and struck out three
[in the sixth and made a good guess | 13 Straight
Johnny Chambers received eredit |
for the victory and the loss was | charged to Tising
|and Riddle also saw service on the | idle Yankees
base for James Monroe High Sehool |
Lisenbee, French | League lead to 4'c games over the
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 20, 1038
The Mmdianapolis Fire Department this vear is represented by one of the strongest teame in years, The boye are entered in the state semi= pro tournament now in progress and are to play the Clinton Diana, last year's state champions at Terre staute Friday night, A large dele gation of 10eal boosters is expected to turn out for the trip. The Fires
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United Proce Stal Correspondent NEW YORK, June 20-Twe
toast of the baseball world-—Johnnay Vander Meer, Cincinnati's modest southpaw who skyrocketed to fame with to straight no-hit, no<rn games this month, and Johnny Allen, Cleveland's stormy right-hander | Who fights harder to win than pers haps any piteher in baseball Vander Meer went the route yes terday to triumph over Pittsburgh, 3-2, for hig ninth straight vietory and a tie with Mace Brown, Pirates’ | relief artist, and Rob Klinger, | Pirates’ rookie, for the Nations League pitching lead. Vander Meer 10 games and lost two, Brown hag the same percentage and Klinger has won five, lost one Allen needed relief aid from rookie Johnny Humphries te pull out hig 10th straight triumph as Cleveland defeated Detroit, 5-4. The vietory strengthened his lead among the American League pitch. ere with 10 victories and one loss Allen allowed only five hits in 71-3 mnings but was taken out in the |
Hig triumph wag hig 25th in the last 27 games he's pitched. He won last season before los. ing the season's final te Detroit Then he dropped the first game this year to the Browns after which he started his present winning streak Cleveland's triumph enabled the Indians to increase their American
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Firemen Setting Hot Pace in Semipro Ranks
Hal Chamberlain, ofle-time star pitcher of the Indianapolis Indians who was quite a favorite with Perry Stadium fans, is now one of the
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A Rare Distinction
Any day now somebody is going to break down and admit that The Chief is a pretty good race horse.
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Times Photos men reported for a practice session yesterday at Riverside and some of the boys took time for a brief rest, Shown here, left to right, are Ray Cogan, 3b; Les Cruse, ss; Babe Lawrie, 2b, former Indianapolis Indians’ infielder; Dale Kinney and Al Rubugh, 1b, Al Sehaeht, elown prince of baseball, is to be an added feature of the Terre Haute game,
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Overweight, Loses Title
Benny Lynch 614 Pounds Over Flyweight Scale,
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PAISLEY, Scotland, June 20 (U, P) ~The British Board of Boxing Control today declared the world fiyweight title vacant when Benny Lynch of Scotland failed by 6's pounds to make weight for tonight's scheduled championship fight with Jackie Juriech of San Jose, Cal, Jurich was recognised officially as the leading contender for the title while his manager, Jack Rogers, claimed the title outright, It was announced that the 15« round fight would be held at cateh-
weights, The fivweight limit is 112 pounds. When examined this afternoon
Lyneh weighed 118'; pounds, while Juriech weighed 110':, The Boxing Board gave Lynch one hour in which to shed his excess poundage. That was impossible so Lyneh asked permission to have the fight go on at ecatchweights, Rogers put on an emphatic plea that the Board should award the title to Jurich so a special meet ing was called to consider the mat | ter, | The fight originally was scheduled for June 15 and was twice postponed at the request of Lynch who injured an elbow during training.
MIDGET RACE PROGRAM
FT. WAYNE, Ind, June 29 (U, P.) ~Nearly a score of drivers have been signed for the second midget | racing program of the season at the | Ft, Wayne Speedway Friday night, Ted Hartley, Ft. Wayne race driver, will make his first appearance here this week,
Don Budge and Bunny Austin Go to Finals American nd British Stars
Are to Clash for All England Title.
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WIMBLEDON, Eng, June 20 (U, P) Donald Budge of Oakland, Cal, gained the final round of the all-England singles tennis chame
pionships today and will meet Henry W. (Bunny) Austin of England in the title fight, Budge, gangling red-head who ie defending champion, moved into the finals with a straight set triumph over Franjo Puncec of Yugoslavia, Budge won 6-2, 6<1, 6-4 to reach the championship bracket, Austin, England's top-ranking player who will retire after this tournament, gained the finals for the first time since 1032 by defeat. ing Henner Henkel, German Davis Cup star, 6-2, 6-4, 6-0, Budge's clean sweep today moved him into the finals without loss of a set since he swung into action last week, Last year Budge lost one set- to Frankie Parker of Spring Lake, N, J=in the semifinals, He is an over whelming favorite to defeat Austin this year, perhaps in straight sets to become the first man in history ever to go through Wimbledon in such fashion, A crowd of more than 20,000 saw Budge dust off the Yugoslav after a slight shaky start in the opening set. In that session, Budge ran into a series of backhands into the net, But he soon settled down and ale most swept Punceec from the cours as he lashed backhands to the core ners, His service clicked to perfec tion and frequently he aced Puncee, Puncee refused to be drawn to the net, however, and he only came up to the cords when he had to. In the second set, Don repeatedly kicked up the chalk with scorching drives to the corners. He mixed up his power attack with sporadio sallies to the net, killing Punceec's returns for many winners. Budge won the opening three games at love, Puncec took the fourth game on service. Budge lost only 11 points during the entire set.
"RIGGS MEETS MULLOY
FOR CLAY COURT TITLE
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RIVER FOREST, Ill, June 20 (U. P.) —Bobby Riggs, Chicago, defende ing champion, and Gardner Mulloy, Miami, seeded No, 12, meet. today for
the National Clay Court Tennis title, Riggs won by default vesterday
from Bryan (Bitsy) Grant, Atlanta, three time winner, when Grant dee veloped severe blisters on his racket hand and was forced to withdraw, Riggs had taken the first set, 6-3, and they were 6-all in the second when Grant defaulted,
Mulloy defeated Joe Hunt, San Francisco, 2-6, 6-3, 7-5, 6-4, Charles Hare, England, and
Elwood Cooke, Portland, Ore, meet Lewis Wetherell, Santa Ana, Cal, and Hunt, in the doubles finals today. Hare and Cooke defeated Grant and Riggs 6-4, 6-4 to enter the finals,
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