Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 December 1938 — Page 20

By Eddie Ash

RED SOX severe BY DEALS

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SACRIFICE FLY RULE IS BACK

Be

MONG baseball men the opinion’ prevails that the

Boston Red Sox came out of last week’s big league

eetings with a stronger ball club. Joe Cromin’s team .

as desperate for pitching, and while Eldon Auker, Jake ‘Wade and Denny Galehouse are i exactly ‘world beaters, they have possibilities. ; - If Auker and Wade can vetirn to the splendid form ey showed in 1937, and Galehouse can pitch against ‘other clubs the way he does against the champion fankees, Manager Cronin will ‘have no cause to regret “his loss of third baseman Pinkey Higgins, outfielder Ben ‘Chapman and pitcher Archie McKain. £ 8 = = ® 2 0» 0 replace Higgins at third base, Cronin has Jim Tabor, who starred with Little Rock in 1937 and Minneapolis n 1938 before the Red Sox called him. . .. To fill the “shoes of Chapman, the Red Sox have the impressive Ted Williams, who did great things for Minneapolis last season and led the Américan Association in slugging. : Chet Mors from the Tigers will join Leo Nonnenkamp ‘as a spare Red Sox outfielder, and Tommy. Irwin from Cleveland probably will replace Eric McNair as utility infielder. © McNair has a bad<leg and one report says: he’ll be traded to the White Sox for Boze Berger or released Louisville. 8 8 8 8 » 8

HE old sacrifice. fly rule is, back on the big league books. ven If a batter flies out and a run scores, he is not to be charged with time at bat... . If the runner merely advances from first to sec= d, or from second to third, it is not a sacrifige fly. . . can Association has not announced its stand on the change in the sacrifice rule. For several years the only sacrifice was a bunt which advanced a runner. .. . The sacrifice fly will help the boys’ batting averages, The majors finally adopted the American Association runs-batted-2X in rule. ... If a runner scores while the batter jams into a double

! play, and it is apparent to the scorer that the man scoring could

have been thrown out, the batter is not credited with a run driven in. ; 5» = ® x =» !

‘EO MILLER, president of the Indianapolis Indians, returned from ¢ the big league powwows with nothing to report. He made seve eral contacts, however, and will go to work on them after the holidays. Since the Indians have a working agreement with the Cincinnati “Reds, President Miller intimated he’ll probably have to cool his heels until spring before he learns 8 denn what talent Cincy has in mind e added:

to send to Indianapolis. . #I had a long talk with the Cincinnati chiefs before I sold Vince ~ Sherlock and Buck Fausett and they said enough to convince me that . the working agreement is really going to work out favorably for Andianapolis” we 8 =» 8 *® = =» HEN Leo Durocher played shortstop for St. Paul, Roarin’ Nick b I. Allen was his boss. . . . When Durocher got to be pilot of the rooklyn Dodgers, Roarin’ Nick had no job. . ... So Leo hired Allen to scout for the Flatbush team. Minor league catchers and first sackers are comman ing fancy prices, stove league reports indicate. Mickey Heath, Milwaukee's new manager, says the boys will have to stand for a course in calisthenics during spring training. . . . “And let the creaking bones creak,” says Mickey. . . . He's tipping off his players to loosen up before reporting at camp.

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FFICIAL batting averages show the pennant winning Chicago Cubs got by with only two .300 hitters, Stan Hack at .320, and Carl Rgynolds at .301.... And the Bruins finished fifth in club

~ batting. Be napolis Chuck Klein had a poor season as his average fell Off to .247 and only eight home runs. . Johnny Riddle hit .280 in pes at bat for the Bees before they “shipped him to Kansas City. re = higher than the other Bee backstops batted... . Lopez's rage was .266 and Hy Mueller’s 237. A

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With his pi : fight coming up on

Champion Joe Louis will

crowd the table aplenty during the

. The Ameri- :

Joe Williams — W! YORK, Dec. 19.—Putting one little word after ani ' other. « « « Wonder if Helen Wills Moody isn’t kidding ithe press boys when she says she turned down an offer lof $100,000 to play professional tennis? . .. wasn’t it $50, 1000 and wasn’t Hugo Quist the bait dangler?... . co Joe McCarthy was among the notables invited ¢ Washington’ s famous Gridiron Dinner where the hg ispondents panned everything but the Yankees. . .. “Listen, ~ ithe Wind,” would also have been a good caption for the .« recent baseball meetings. . . . Bucky Harris tells me Al Simmons i is still a good ball player and would help Brook-

; : pm es 80 £3 1 There is this much to be said for and about Lou Nova. . .. He

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{looks just as good as Jack Sharkey, Max Schmeling and even Gene {Tunney did at a corresponding stage... . . Whether he will come on is ‘the main question. , .. It's my thought. Tommy Farr has passed what- ; lever peak he may have had. . . . There are slight symptoms of ‘matured blubber around his waist: line. “os ® 2» yn SHE veteran Gil Dobie is probably through with coaching for all time and Pop Warner, another venerabie wheel horse of the bench, is : {expected to announce his retirement before the '39 season ends. . . . | wen ‘reminds me that Eddie Tryon, the Colgate All- rica now ‘coaching in New Jersey high school circles, is just about T for a _ jecollege assignment. . . . Even his kid Jess have that umph that makes Vem stand out. . .. % Joe Gould tells me he and Sunny Braddock blew $30,000 in their hasher. and adds he doesn’t know whether the Jersey Irisher, now in ‘training, is serious about his comeback or not. , . . “Hasn’t said a word ito me and I'm still his manager.” . . . From Miami I hear the rein‘stated Jockey Mead is in better riding shape than he has been in when and is anxious to regain the prestige he lost with the public n

He was set down on sinister charges. . .. Larry Stevens and other correspondents wonder how Bonura was er waived out of the American League, particularly how Connie ck ever let him pass and the speculations are not flattering to the invajved. : x = x 8 8 rACK certainly could have used Bonura and it is puzzling he did not" take him. , , . The waiver rule has been turned and twisted

more than once 6 produce startling results and it could be that it was pulated in this: case, but I.don’t think-so. . . .

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~The American League knows Bonura well and it is significant that -

ically nobody wanted him. ... He'll always hit well but he’ll never ‘field well. . . . and he can be pitched to. .. . He likes 'em high and inside. .. . Curve balls on the outside cause the gay Signor from New ‘Orleans. no end of grief. . . . And there are a number of good curve ers in the National... “If ‘what baseball men say is true Bonura will be even worse in the : ‘at the Polo Grounds than he was in Washington or Chicago.... “They say the terrain around first base at the Polo Grounds takes on ‘hard dry surface after it is watered, that spikes make it lumpy and ppy, and impose added fielding burdens.

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NCIDENTALLY, I hear the Giants have placed a boycott on Waite #1 Hoyt as a baseball announcer when and if they put their games ion the air. . . . Reason: Hoyt did a baseball piece last spring in which he expressed the belief the American League was superior in some ases of play to the National. . . . Having played in both leagues vt seemed well qualified to speak his own ming which he proceeded do apparently without prejudice... . The tacit boycott extends even to the Jersey City club, also owned the ‘Giants. . . . All of which seems to be pretty juvenile stuff. . . Are the Giants going to insist on a broadcaster who will see all the ome games through rose colored glasses or are they going to demand ty? bi . 8. ’ . =» L Joe Devine, the Yankee Scout, I hear Hutchinson, the young piteher recently purchased by the Detroit Tigers is at least two p years away. . .. “That's one reason we didn’t buy him,” adds ~““Anothet is the price was too 2»... 1¢s news when the kees find the price too high, isn't it? ,.. ! Howard Hobson, who was here with the Oregon basketball team week, developed joe Gordon, the ign sensational second ond ardy, 8 yix-To0i- three left-handed ha als He was here with 1 squad, too. . , . played right forward.

5 Prothro, new manager of the Phillies, used to be one of the

ketball players in the South. . . na. there are many informed men “who i he will prove to’ be the best manager the

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Wisconsin

Second Big 10

Bulldogs to Face Indiana on “Friday; Edge Out lowa, 31 to 29.

By LEO DAUGHERTY

week with a bountiful pack of hoops and round balls for the basketball fans who have been good and girls during the early stages of this annual Hoosier bagging. ‘Coach Bud Foster's Badgers of Wisconsin are at the Fieldhouse tonight against the Butler Bulldogs, who have polished off Valparaiso and who spent a busy Saturday night edging away the Iowa Hawleyes, 31 to 29. The Bulldogs will have only 8 few days of rest before the yulatide, because Branch McCracken will dribble into the Fairview hari wood Friday night with his pillaging Crimson tossers from Indiana. Now there are two games which any baskethall fan will welcome in his Christmas stocking. And he better relish them because it's a lean fare which is offered between the day of Santa's arrival and the advent of the New Year,

Lull in High’ School Action

The scholastic card is practically, nil during these onrushing holidays. Washington is active on the home court during the next week. The Continentals engage Danville at the West Side Gymnasium on Wednesday night. Cathedral will be in action the next night, but the firing in that will be at Franklin. The Silent Hoosiers play at New Augusta Wednesday night and the Masonic Home team at the School for the Deaf Thursday. Therefore, it looks like Butler's games are the answers to this wee’s appetite. And Butler’ isn’t pulling any punches as far as its court program is concerned. The Bulldogs nosad out Iowa Saturday night. They engage the Badgers tonight, take on Indiana Friday and then on Dec. 30 the Michigan Wolverines shogt into the Fieldhouse. One Hoosier will be on Bud Foster’s Badger squad which plays here tonight. He is Bob Nelson, a six-and-one-half footer from Soith Bend who will do a bit of forwarding. For your information, his number is 26.

Find Their Mark In Second Half

In eking out the shallow victory over the Hawkeyes Saturday night, the Bulldogs avenged last season’s defeat at the hands of Westerners. Losing at the half, 13 to 12, the Blue and White came back in the opening minutes of the second period to take a lead and never relinquished it. Lyle Neat, a substifute guard, Ted the attack ‘with three fielders and a free toss. The Hawks, trailing by four pojnts in the fiwal minutes, began forcing the play, the result being that Erwin _Prasse, its star basketbal ler | acuse

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MONDAY,

Here are three Wisconsin Badgers who are expected to start tonight sgainsh Bugler’ s basketball team at the Fieldnowse.

Ernie Davis

Foe of Blue:

Prep Card Light This Week

PROBABLE LINEUPS : Butler ; Steiner ...e0....F.,

Perry Richardson ... . .... Davis

Gey G. ie Officials: Referee, Ashley; umpire, Bray. Game time: 8:15. Curtain raiser: 7:00.

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and footballer, and Ben Stephens, passed away to the showers on per'sonals. George Perry, gangling Butler pivot ace, committed his fourth personal foul with about 10 minutes to play and was replaced by Charley PRichardson. Both teams adopted rough tactiza rather than showing a smooth brand of basketball to get their points. Late in the game each team had a man going for the basket, wideopen, and each time he was’'cut down before he. could shoot.

lowa Coach Has - His Say on Floor

Once, during a midfloor scramble, the Iowa coach, Larry Harrison, pinch hitting for the ill Rollie Williams, shot out on the floor and gesticulated wildly to the officials over what he thought was an apparent foul. Scoring honors went to Stephens, Iowa forward and probably the outstanding player on the floor, who had four field goals and three free throws for 11 points. Perry paced Butler with four fielders.

Kautskys Book New York Pros

"Altering their schedule to bring an outstanding attraction to Indianapolis, the Kautsky All-Amer-

basketball team is to play the faimous New York Celtics at Butler Fieldhouse next Monday night. The league game scheduled with Hammond on the same date has been postponed. Owner Frank Kautsky also announced the acquisition of Johnny Wooden, former Martinsville High School and Purdue star. He comes here in a trade that sends Bob Kessler, ex-Big Ten scoring leader, and league property o jhe Kautskys, to the Hammond clul | The Celtics edged the Kautskys| in a wild scoring bee at Kokomo Saturday night, 66 to 63. Dave Williams, Kautskys, with 30 points, was high scorer, followed by. Nat Hickey, Celtics, with 26. : ‘Mates of Hickey on the Celtics are Dutch Dehnert, Senior of the pivot play; Dave Banks, Pat Herlihy,

ders. : ‘Glickman at Mike SYRACUSE, Dee, 19, — Marty

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Bob McDermott and. Bysty Sauns ;

Glickman, , Syracuse "Givers | Sod haifisek, «

DECEMBER 19, 1988

a Clash Wigth Butler Five at

(left), a two-letterman, probably will be teamed at guard with John

Rundell (right).

Jan. 3.

positions for the Big Ten team, | Action is scheduled at 8:15 p. m. with a preliminary (Et quied for 7 o'clock.

holidays to get ahead o sumption before starting training on

food com-

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get under way

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS

Wiley, Terre Haute, 40: Washington, 38 Shortridge, 32; Sout uthport, 2 Columbus, to 3 oar time) Crispus At hs So Smithville, 22, Manual, 2%; Warren Central, Decatur Central, na Sroad Ripple, 21. | Cathedral, 33; Bra Silent Hoosiers, oi Cambridge City, 21.

STATE HIGH SCHOOLS Sregheastle, derso South Side. FL. wayne, 13;

unele, a3; ishaw Monrovia, 3m Masonic. Home, Franklin,

Gaston, 30; Fairmount, 25

aries, Terre Haute, 313 Michigan

Tee h, Terre Haute, 33; Rockville, 26. : Farmersbutg, 31 36; Cloverdale, 23. °

s. Peru,

Galveston, 47; Clay Township

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Connecticat Five

: By United Press A tilt taking a share of the college basketball spotlight tonight places Connecticutt State, which Indiana

Boilermaker floor. Purdue rushed

'|away from DePaul of Chicago, 43 to 26, Saturday, in its customary second | - Wester

half spurt.

Only teams endangering their records in the Indiana College Conference are. Franklin, which plays Indiana State tomorrow, and Ball State, which entertains St. Joseph’s Wednesday. The Grizzlies have won

foes. Thursday brings a powerful West

quintet into Hoosierdom. Southern California tackles Purdue, and Northwestern will attempt to duplicate Wisconsin's victory over Notre Dame. Two members of the Trojan squad, Clem Ruh of Anderson and Ralph Vaughn of Frankfort, are Hoosiers.

. : This Week: ~ TONIGHT Wiseonsin at Butler. DePauw at Beloit. _ Connecticut State at Pardue. Centenary st Evansville, ; TOMORROW Manchester at Central Normal. Indians State at Franklin. ‘86. Mary's (Mich.) at St. Joseph's. Oskiand City at Cape Giratdean, Mo. Tarkio, Mo, at Wabash. WEDNESDAY st. Joseph's at Ball State. THURSDAY DePauw af Western State (Mich.). Northwestern at Notre Dame. Southern California at Purdue. : FRIDAY : Indiana at Butler. Centenary at Wabash.

HAVANA, Dec.

to a 10-round draw with the veteran Kid “Chocolate of “Havana yes-

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wate omit 3

Vineennes, 2.

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romped over, 71 to 38, at the merey |. of Purdue’s fast break on the}

four consecutive scraps in the state|ss. league while Indiana State has| egy taken three from Denconference

Coast visitor and another Big Ten |lege

Kid Chocolate Draws

19 (U. PJ. — Nickey Jerome of New York fought

Andy Smith (center) holds down one of the forward

Basketball Scores

Elkhart, 27; Goshen, 22. Etlettsville, 16: Upionville, 14. Rengae aer, Rentland, 1 24, Scipio, 20; H vd La Porte, 27; Hobar d, 22. Princeton, 35; Peter sburg, 30. Bloomfield, = 25; Jasonvi le. .23

Wabash, 28: Warsaw, 26 (overtine). TOURNAMENT AT CHIL Chin, , 29; Mexico, sori. 18 1" ite, 41; Gilend, 23 Sans). TOURNEY AT ROYERTON wan, 30; oDes oto, 24. Fob mas Center. % (fina) Center, 28; Roy to, 18 2 nal on) TOURNEY AT FRARETON

Frankton, 30; Summitville, ev ;. Harriso, farsauy, 5 alev o 32; Frankton, 27 (fin

‘STATE COLLEGES

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' ‘Indians, "1; Connecticut State, | 38,

‘Takes on Purdue| °

Purdue, a3 Chieago, 5 Butler lows, 29. Srvell, 26; DePauw, 26, -

OTHER COLLEGES

Mic higan Stat ; Oberlin, 23. iy. College of New York, 38; Oregon,

sutton California, 48; Idsho, 30, St. John’s, 49; Northwestern, 41. Drake, Towa State, 30. urg By 51; sls Duss. 317.

de he 80; Witleabee , 40, LE ate a6 The Citadel, 35. Clemo, } 383; Catholic v 30.

ion. 9 Davis & Eiki Grinnell, 52;

35; Albion ns, 4 Da: 18, Iowa § Ble Jeachers, 86, inois North Kentucky, 445 Cinelnati Oe 23, radley Tech, ebr aska, 24. Minnesota. 47; Creighton, 32

se . 8 9; Ohio U., 54. John “Carroll 3 i 2 ao Mary's, "Minn. 89.

Heidelbe 3 38. Fi ga Baltimore, 87.

531 Kansas, Loe exas '47;" West Chester

Washington Cottage.” Teachers, 36. Mis igan, a Rocheste 4 Stans, S5 Grand Rapids; 4, De roit, 48; Assumption, 37. ea States 31s Carlet ou ate, arleton Villanova, 41; University of tO ave,

Maryland Teachers, 37; . Elizabethtown Western Union, 26,

37; "46; 4 Visconsin 27. : Colorado State, 20.

wa, Marquette * Kansas -Sta‘e, 3 Missouri, 42; Seton

RS irain nia Junior, 52; Northland, Wis.,

RB So Suth Dakota State, 81; Carleton,

Texas State Teachers, 46; "oar ner. Neb. ,, St a spchers, 3 :

30: ling, 26. nei 305 eh Mary's, Minn. . 24, PROFESSIONAL : "Exhibition Dayton, 84; Kautsky's, 27. Hartford City, 34; Hilgemeler's, 33. ' National League Akron Firestone, 37; Sheboygan, 85, Akron Goodyear, 40; Hammond, 36 (overtime),

Yanks, Giants Still Oppose Night Ball

NEW YORK, Dec. 19 . PJ)

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ALTERATION Se

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West Ohio Street

Despite the trend toward night | baseball in the major leagues, the} New York Yankees and Giants re-|

| No plans are being made for installing arc lights 1 | Grounds and Yankee Stadium. Nor| § is either club enthusiastic ‘about :

| Upstate Teams In High School Cage Play

sprung a mighty upset Saturday by

The others, Hammond and Elkhart, also took their first defeats over the week-end, Emerson of

19, and North Side, Ft. Wayne, edging Elkhart, 25 to 23. Still leading the hardwood parade are South Side, Ft. Wayne, defending state Spmpions: Kokomo, Emerson of Gary, North Side, Ft.

‘| Wayne, Central of South Bend and | Elwood in the North, and Jeffersonville and Huntingburg in the South.

South Side Rests

South Side’s Archers charged to an impressive 43-t0-22 triumph over Vincennes, coleader of the Southern Indiana Conference, Saturday for their fifth straight. South Side rests this week. Seventh victim: for the Kokomo Kats was Central of Ft. Wayne, 31 to 22. Kokomo will not resume warfare until after Christmas. There were two “prizes” in the Western division conference: Emer-

Hell fosbiake 45; Brooklyn Col SOEs climb to tHe league lead by| 83.1 peating Whiting and Hammond, and the sudden demise of Valpa- |} raiso, ranked one of the North’s|

toughest, first losing’ to Horace Mann of Gary, 26 to 20, then Washington of East Chicago, 25 to 21.

" |Emerson’s Norsemen face Hammond.

Tech Thursday in what should be

{a whale of a .game.

Red Devils Stlit Unbeaten

The Bears of South Bend Central, burying Noblesville and Culver under scoring landslides, extendec their winning streak to six. The

Six of Eight Undefeated Leaders in Northern sonville and Huntingburg Appear M Powerful in South.

Gary trouncing the Wildcats, 26 to].

| Elkhart.

s Hold Edge

Half: Jeffer st

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The ‘power ‘in Hoosier high ‘school basketball apparent les in the North this season, although a fast little quintet from the “solid South”

walloping the Anderson Indians.

Six of the eight major undefeated teams. lie north of In and Anderson would have been another if the Greencastle Cubs, sparked by their star, Don Frazier, hadn't he lted its victory string at eight, 34 to 30.

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some race-horse suketha Thursday. } Elwood’s Pulitherd stayed on the victory road by edging Tipton, 38 to 37, to retain their Central contarence leadership. Alexandria should give them a battle Wednes- 3 day. LN Seven Southern | quintets have failed to halt the rush of the Jeffersonville Red Devils, but out of the far North Wednesday comes Rushville treks to the banks of the Ohio Friday to meet the Devils. Latest to fall before the accurate sniping of the Huntingburg Hunters was Memorial of Evansville, 20 to 17, the eighth to be placed in ule game bag. Ben Davis Friday is next.

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