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By Eddie Ash

BROOKVILLE PULLS FOR BUCS

THE REASON

IS PIE TRAYNOR

Indianapolis Times Sports

ASEBALL

fans in Brookville, Ind., are watching closely

as the Pittsburgh Pirates challenge for the National

League pennant. . .

. They are pulling for the Bucs to go

places, and if the unexpected happens and the Pirates upset the dope by finishing first, Brookville is sure to be heard

from at the World Series. Pie Traynor, Pittsburgh

manager, resides in the

Hoosier city and during the baseball off-season the former

king of sessions there.

third sackers is the head man in many stove league

The current Smoketowners have won 14 out of their

last 18 starts and 23

team has won 20 games

out of the last 30... by

the lead

. Moreover,

one-run margins to

both major leagues in that respect.

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ITTSBURGH'S last pennant was won in 1927 under the

management of Ownie Bush, Indianapolis,

the current

chieftain of the Minneapolis Millers. . . . The Bucs faced the mighty Yankees in the World Series when Babe Ruth still was belting ‘em high and far away. The Yankee power was too great to match as the New Yorkers scored a grand slam and annexed the title in four

straight games.

Pie Traynor played third for the Pirate pennant winners of 1927 and also in 1925 when the Bucs captured the

flag and defeated Washington games to three. the first “modern

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players As a pilot, for and some however

World Series in five games to three, four games to pennant is buzzing in the Smoky City

with fellow athletes has beef accused of of his

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Baseball at a Glance

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Won Lost 42 28 10 29 10 31 38 34 S28 38 31 S28 34 10 A459 30 11 23 23 48 324

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INDIANAPOLIS St. Paul Kansas City Minneapolis Milwaukee Toledo Columbus Louisville AMERICAN LEAGUE Won Lost 11 25 Al 25 39 28 36 3 34 38 4

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GARFIELD, RHODIUS WATER POLOISTS WIN

The Garfield and Rhodius water polo teams defeated the Ellenberger and Willard teams last night at the Garfield pool in the opening games of the City Recreation Department schedule Ernie Koch led Garfield to a to 3 victory over Ellenberger by | scoring five goals. Mike Motsinger | and Glen Nusbaum, scoring three | goals each, aided Rhodius in defeating Willard, 13 to 0. Life saving exhibitions were given | by the Indianapolis Water Safet v | Club between games.

PAUL SOUDER FAVORED IN JUNIOR TOURNEY

FT. WAYNE,

July 6 (U, P).— Paul Souder of Huntington today was favored to retain his Junior Bors' division title as the annual Dist Junior Tennis Tournament swung int action, Twenty-three ent have been filed in the junier boys’ division, The lists in the bovs' and junior | girls’ divisions are being held open | until later this week. The tournament, sponsored by the Ft. Wayne Catholic Youths Organization, is played under sanction of the United States Lawn Temais Association.

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in the fall classic, four

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Illinois Honors Local Students

ial CHAMPAIGN, Ill, July 6.—Two Indianapolis residents have received

| athletic recognition from the Uni-

versity of Illinois. Eugene Brown, a student in architecture, won his freshman numerals in spring football and Carl Withner, a student in liberal! arts, was awarded fresh-

| man numerals in fencing

Under the regulations of the Athletic council. students who qualify for numerals do not until they have passed all their scholastic ~ubjects. The association is mailing out 122 numerals.

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PAGE 6

WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1938

Might Have Been Worse

That automobile accident in which Babe Ruth was involved was his second narrow escape—he might have been named manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers instead of coach.

PAGE .TO PITCH FOR REDSKINS TONIGHT

Tribe Seeking | Batter Up! They’ re off in the Big League Classic 'Shotton Fills

Bigger Lead

Locals Grab Opener by 10-4 Score; French Stars in Relief Role.

apolis Indians out in front of the

twirler, Vance Page,

margin

be opposed by Art Herring, the

crafty righthander who has

two seasons Manager Foster Ganzel of Apostles said that since Herring has been effective against the

bank on facing their old nemesis. The contest tonight will be a

ladies’ “all roads will lead

to Perrv Stadium.” Redskins Step Out

Having won the right to entertain

With the league leading Indian- |

St. Paul Saints, their closest rivals, |

night attraction and it's a |

Over Apostles

| | |

Page has won 12 games against | only twe defeats and probably will |

given | the Redskins plenty of trouble for |

the |

Tribe | pacemakers that the Hoosiers can |

| | | | | |

| the American Association All-Star |

| game

on July 14, the Indians stepped out last night and demonstrated they are out to convince the league it will be tough going for the pick of the other seven clubs when the fifth annual midseason classic comes up for a decision.

The Redskins barged into the

| Saints with all guns in action and

They hammered in the opening stanza,

10 to 4 runs in

won, four

| five in the second and one in the

| and batting in five runs

| pitching of Don French | lieved Al

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| hurlers

| the fourth

| times in

| Bejma on

| ing.

| fending | through the current invasion of the

| the

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Milton Galatzer, the Tribe's leftfielder, tore the cover off the ball by belting two triples and a double \ He exploded a double in the first canto, a triple in the second and a second three-bagger in the sixth. A second Tribe feature was the who reEpperly in the fourth with two down and two runners on se and put on the brakes definitelv in so far as St. Paul was concerned. He blanked the Apostles the remainder of the way, held them to two safeties and struck out four No. 9 for Don French's ninth wgainst three defeats and the achievema>nt proved once again that he is one of the best “rescue” seen on Indianapolis grounds since the days of Joe Heving, the big Kentuckian who | now operates for Milwaukee. Both teams took turns in exploding under pressure last night and the Indians were charged with four miscues and the Saints with two.

It was victory

| The four runs tallied off Epperly in

the third were unearned due to |

poor support, and Manager took no chances on the young fel- | low and called French to the rub-] ber. It was a smart move. French had his stuff. The Redskins batted Ray Phelps out of the box in the second session and Hugo Klaerner, who relieved, turned in a splendid job of fishting off the rampaging Tribesters after the second frame when the Schalkmen sewed up the fracas with a five-run rally. struck out Vincent Sherlock three a I'ow. The fielding gem of the game was a backhanded catch by Ollie Galatzer's sizzling line drive in the fourth.

French finished out the ninth

Klaerner was first

Paul's batting order.

on strikes and Jimmy Pofah!

dropped Anton's pop fv, Fans Two in Ninth

Beima took his turn and the lad from Indiana's Calumet district

| who has been going big guns, also | fell a victim | out cunning, and Fred Berger skied

to French's strike-

to Mesner for the game ending out. Manager Schalk is set on dethe Indians’ prestige

Western clubs and hopes to keep Tribesters in first place against the strongest competition in the league. “We won the right to play host

ers are proud of the achievement,” he said.. “Furthermore, they are eager to come up to the classic just as they are today, in the No.

| 1 position.”

All-Star game tickets met with a brisk sale yesterday and the downtown ticket office at Spaldswamped with orders, leading Dale Miller, Tribe business manager and secretary, to advise fans that it's the biggest rush for seats during his long tenure of office with the Indians. Manager Ganzel of the Saints revealed that in the morning game with Minneapolis on July 4 at St. Paul the paid attendance was more than 8000. “A crowd of that pro-

portion getting up early cn a hol- | to attend a ball game means |

iday something,” he said. And the attendance at Perry Stadim last night was approximately 4500, which probably set a record for Tuesday at the Tribe park this season.

on AUTOS and DIAMONDS 20 Months to Pay WOLF SUSSMAN, Ine. 239 W. WASH. ST.

Established SR Yesrs

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Nickel Series Is Seen Again

‘Jack Doyle Favors Yanks And Giants to Repeat.

NEW YORK, July 6 (U. P).— Jack Doyle, Broadway betting commissioner, still thinks there will be a third straight “Subway Series” between the Yankees and Giants, according to the he announced today. Although the Yanks are tied with |

Schalk | cleveland for the American League

lead now, Doyle put the price on the New Yorkers at 7-10, Cleveland a notch below at 2-1. quoted the Giants at even money, with Pittsburgh the next price in the National League at 5-2 Doyle pointed out that never before has there been race in both leagues | first four contenders, and as the season progress, it will be neces- | sary to change his prices at frequent intervals. Here are his latest odds: AMERICAN LEAGUE First Second 7-10

among

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| New York | Cleveland | Boston .. Detroit Washington

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Cincinnati Boston St. Louis . Brooklyn Philadel Iphia

WINCHESTER CARDS DIRT TRACK RACES

WINCHESTER, July 6 (U, P).— Several of the country’s best dirt track automobile race drivers today have filed entries for the second race program to be held at Funk Speedway here Sunday. A $1,600 guaranteed purse for the 25-lap Indiana Sweepstakes is at stake. Other events on the six-race program will be four elimination contests and a 12-lap consolation race. Jimmy Wilburn, Los Angeles, present leader in the Central States Racing Association standing, was one of the first drivers to enter the classic.

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FACE CUBAN STARS FT. WAYNE, July 6 (U. P).— The International Harvesters will oppose the Cuban Stars at League Park tomorrow night under the floodlights. Either big Lefty Lipp or Zulu Bolyard will get the call to pitch for the Harvesters while Martinez will be on the mound for the Cubans.

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| that cause tortures of ringworm or

Athlete's Foot

Medical authorities agree that Athlete's Foot discomfort is caused by both a vegeta- | ble (fungus) and an animal parasite, Often | there is a “mixed” infection. That's why | it's important that you use a treatment designed to kill bolk types of gernt What Tou peed is aun Souvrion. I Foiietrates eeply into t Srac First application st op he tcing br Ry

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Here, against the background of Crosley Field, Cincinnati,

today's

the big league “dream game.

Times-Acme Photons. where

All-Star game is being played, we have the starting pitchers in Left is Vernon

(Lefty) Gomez, star

Yankee hurler, and a veteran of the All-Star Series, and, right, Johnny

Vander Meer, no-hit,

no-run miracle man of the Cincinnati Reds, a + hewcomer to the big show.

National Awake at Last To Importance of Game

———————

| CINCINNATI, National Leaguers in the annual dramatic, ringing admission that Most of the pre-game talk on their change in attitude.

to the game,

JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer July 6.—One of the piquant selling points of the AllStar “We are out to win this one.” /

game here today was their

the part of the Nationals stressed

The gallant new seriousness they had brought the firm new resolu-&—

tion to gallop rough shod over the | last winter about the American be-

prostrate quivering forms of the | Americans. This made good listening. Indeed, it made beautiful listening. Men who have a job to do and indicate a stern willingness to do it thoroughly warrant commendation. What was it | Benjamin Franklin said about en- | terprise and determination? But let's skip old Benjamin and | his desk mottoes for the moment. I | suppose the Nationals must realize | that by confessing their great earnestness of purpose now they are openly admitting they weren't very concerned about the preceding games, And this happens to be the dis- | tasteful truth. In the first three games they did little more than go through the motions. This was a | strange way to add to the league and command customer support. Even John McGraw, who managed the team in the first game, made a loud mockery of it by using everybody but the hot dog vendors. And in the 1935 game there seemed | to be a conspiracy on the part of | various National League managers

| prestige,

: | to turn the whole thing into a broad |

and vulgar burlesque. Dizzy Dean, | Carl Hubbell and Paul Derringer were nominated to do the pitching | for the Nationals.

A Lapse of Memory

So what happened? Their various | managers suffered a lapse of memThey forgot all about the fact | these three gents were to pitch in the All-Star game two days later. Yes, that must have been it. Because Hubbel pitched a whole game, Derringer seven innings and Dean five and a half. And when the Nationals assembled in Cleveland for game, they didn't have anybody to pitch. I recall coming across Mickey

of the Old Hollenden in Cleveland the morning of the game. Mr. Cochrane was running the Americans in this game. And he was plainly elated. “It's a kick in the pants,” smiled the erudite collegian from Boston. “They haven't anybody left to pitch even in batting practice. How can we lose now?” You see to Mr. Cochrane and the Americans almost as a whole this was a pretty important game. Perhaps it was something of a nuisance, but it was league against league and this has always been a clear cut, well defined personal issue with the Americans. When that literary “sr SMOKY | TOURS

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Cochrane of the Tigers in the lobby |

ing a superior league the realistic Branch Rickey of the Cardinals, a confirmed National Leaguer, contributed a bit of reminiscence which served to accentuate the consistent

| competitive spirit of the Americans.

“From the beginning of the league Ban Johnson (he was the founder and first president) emphasized on the players the importance of winning from the Nationals. When they won even a spring training game he would send the manager a wire of congratulation. And when they won a World Series the celebration took on gaudy dimensions. Thus the desire and the determination to give everything In any sort of game against the Nationals was planted early.” Rickey closed with the observation that if there was any difference betne two leagues it was in playing spirit. And that can be a very important difference.

The Inevitable Happened

But to get back to the '35 game and the managers who were so unfortunate as to forget that pitchers were a part of baseball. The game started and whom do you suppose was in there for the Nationals in what by now had become known as the dream game of the year? Don't try to guess. I'll tell you. A gent from the ladies’ hosiery department, third aisle to your left, by the name of W. Walker of St. Louis. It took a man with very strong eyesight and a lot of patience even to find his name in the list of winning pitchers. But just the same W. Walker of St. Louis who is not to be confused with James J. Walker or even Johnny Waiker—was the terrifying creature the Nationals decided to throw against their competitors.

The inevitable foiiowed. The Americans lost no time in pinning back the obscure ears of W. Walker of St. Louis and before the game was two innings old they had built up a lead of sufficient robustness to coast in. The Americans on the other hand, came up to the big debate with three of their best pitchers well rested for the game—

| Gomez, Harder and Schoolboy Rowe.

Baseball being a business—and (Continued on ¥ Page Seven)

Vacancies on

| All-Star Squad

The Lineups

CINCINNATI, July 6 (U. P).— The batting order and averages of the players in the All-Star game: AMERICAN LEAGUE Player, Club Kreevich, If, White Sox ..ce00000 Gehringer, 2b, Tigers Averill, If, Cleveland ... Foxx, Red Sox DiMaggio, rf, Yankees ... Dickey, ¢, Yankees ......0 Cronin, ss, Red SOX ....0000000. Lewis, 3b, Senators ...... EAN eee Gomez, p, Yankees WE6 LS

NATIONAL LEAGUE Hack, 3b, Cubs

Herman, 2b, Cubs ......... Goodman, rf, Reds ..... Seeresasenneas Medwick, If, Cardinals ...ce0000s Ott, cf, Giants Lombardi, ¢, Reds McCormick, 1b, Reds ... Durocher, ss, Dodgers ... Vander Meer, p, Reds Umpires—Bill Klem, National, plate, first half of game; Harry Geisel, American, plate, second half of game; Lee Ballanfant, National; Steve Basil, American,

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3 College Players Signed by Eagles

PHILADELPHIA, J July 6 (U. P). —President Bert Bell of the Philadelphia Eagles announced today that he had signed three former collegiate grid stars to play with the Philadelphia team in the Na=tional Profesional Football League this fall. The trio includes Bob Pylman, South Dakota State tackle; Bull Talbert, Texas A. & M. halfback, and Clarence Inabinet, Clemson College guard.

Wonderful

with cold snacks

FRANK FEHR BREWING CO. LOUISVILLE, KY.

‘Bucher and Morgan Added}

Phelps, Linton Replace Page and Baker.

Times Special COLUMBUS, O., July 6-—Mane ager Burt Shotton of the Columbus Red Birds, who will manage the American Association All-Stars, toe day had completed the team which will meet the Indianapolis Indians in Indianapolis the night of July 14

Shotton, pilot of the All-Star age gregation because his Columbus club won the league pennant last year, named infielder Jim Bucher and outfielder Eddie Morgan, both Red Birds, to round out the squad, Shotton was entitled to two pere sonal selections under the regula« tions. In addition pitcher Ray Phelps of St. Paul and Catcher Claude Linton of Toledo, runnersup in the voting, were designated to replace Vance Page and Bill Baker of Ine dianapolis. The Indianapolis play ers will play with their own cluly against the All-Star aggregation,

The Complete Roster

The complete All-Star squad: Left field, Joe Gallagher, Kansag City; center field, Lynn King, Co= lumbus; right field, Ted Williams, Minneapolis; utility, Fern Belly Louisville, First base, George Archie, To< ledo; second base, Jack Saltzgaver, Kansas City; third base, Eddia Joost, Kansas City; shortstop, Eddia Miller, Kansas City; utility, Oscan Grimes, Milwaukee, and Bob Boken, St. Paul. Catchers—Christ Hartje, Kansas City; Joe Becker, Milwaukee, and Claud Linton, Toledo. Pitchers—Kemp Wicker, Kansa$ City; Leroy Parmelee, Minneapolis: Whitlow Wyatt, Milwaukee; Lloyd Brown, St. Paul, and Raymond Phelps, St. Paul, Last year at Columbus the Alle Star attraction drew an attendance of 12,000 and league officials are hopeful that the game will do ag@ well in Indianapolis.

4 Tied for Lead In British Open

SANDWICH, England, July 6 (U, P.) —Four players turned in sube par rounds over the Royal St, George's course to tie for the early lead today in the British Open Golf Championship. James Fallon, 25-year-old Scote tish internationalist who set the pace yesterday and Monday for 120 qualifiers, moved into a tie for the lead along with Marcel Dallemagne of France after James Adams and Ernest Whitcombe of Britain had made it a two-way affair earlier in the day. Fallon carded a 34-36-70, two under par, and Dallemagne had 36« 34-10,

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