Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 February 1939 — Page 16

: George Uhle and Garland Buckeye.

By Eddie Ash.

FIRST SACKERS DRAW BIG COIN : a. :

HANK TO SWING FOR HOMERS

RIG league first sackers-are drawing down plenty of * heavy sugar for clubbing the horsehide and digging throws out of the dirt. , . Hank Greenberg, Lou Gehrig and Jimmy Foxx are in the big money bracket up around $30,000. 3 Gehrig probably is tops . by ‘a thousand bucks over ' Greenberg on‘ the year while Double X Jimmy is said to have signed for 30 grand this year. ... A - fourth first sacker draw-

ing down fat checks on the

1st and 15th during the baseball months is Hal Trosky of Cleveland. The Detroit Tigers last season finished second to the pennant winning Yankees in home attendance with 900,000. . . . The fans did not turn out to see the Bengals run out *of the money. . . » After July 4 they paid to watch Greenberg chase Babe Ruth’s home run

record of 60. : : Hank fell short by two but doesn’t despair of smash-

ing the mark this year. ... The big fellow says he is going to concentrate on homers right from the start. . . . And if successful, his pay probably will soar to $40,000 in 1940. Hank would be helped if the slugging Rudy York got a steady job somewhere in the Tiger lineup, and paced the first sacker, , . . Hav=ing Gehrig behitd him in the batting order had a lot to do with Ruth’s success. 8 8B ” ” ® 8

OWLING GREEN, in the Blue Grass, a former Indianapolis train"ing camp, has organized a nine and joined the Kitty League. . .. Mayfield, Ky., also a former Tribe spring camp, obtained a berth in the Kitty loop after the Hoosiers rekindled baseball interest there, Bucky Walters, veteran righthander of the Cincy Reds, beat the Cubs four times last season without getting his ears pinned back by the champions. Pat Malone announces his baseball retirement to operate a cafe in the old home town, Altoona, Pa. . .. Just switching from in front of the bar to the back. » 2 8 8 » »

Jay WASDELL, product of Cleveland’s sandlots and a member of the Indianapolis club for several geeks last season, is working out at the Washington rookie camp at Orlando, Fla. . . . He finished last year at first. base for Washington and is regarded as a likely bet to win a regweiar berth if he can add a hunk of points to his batting average. : When Charlie Keller, outfielder, won the batting championship of the International League in 1937, he was the youngest ever to achieve that honor, being under 21 at the time. ... He gets a trial with the Yankees this year. ’ : 3 8 8 2 : 8 8 =»

DDIE COLLINS, business manager of the Boston Red Sox, was instrumental in giving the Yale nine an exhibition date at New Haven on April 17. , . . His son, Eddie Jr., is captain of the Bulldog team. “ Three Southern Association pitchers won 21 games last season and all go South with major clubs this year. .. . Tom Sunkel went from Atlanta to the Cardinals, while Brooklyn got Bill Crouch from Nashville and Russ Evans from New Orleans. Evans was purchased by the Giants from the Pelicans for Jersey City, then was promptly drafted by the Dodgers.

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J SUR American League hurlers were good enough to take three decisions each from the champion Yankees in 1938. . . They were Monte Stratton, White Sox; Thornton Lee, White Sox; Buck Newsom, Browns, and Jim Bagby, Red Sox. Tony Lazzeri hopes to be Brooklyn’s regular second sacker this year but the club officials can’t “see” him making a comeback of that: magnitude and will carry the veteran as first aid to Petey Coscarart at the keystone and Cooky Lavagetto at third. :

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SEBRING, Fla., Feb. 21.~Within a{week jor} so there will be more dead arms down here than you gan shake a deltoid bursa at. At least these arms must be presumed dead until they show some faint symptoms of returning consciousness. ‘When the season ended last fall there were more than a dozen celebrated soup bones draped in mourning. This grim picture of horror brought forth long and mournful lamentations from the bereaved club owners. And it didn’t add to the joy and gaiety of the victims who now face the future with depressing uncertainty. : Sh Just what is it that brings an untimely end to a pitching arm? Why is it that a Schoolboy Rowe can win 16 straight games one

season and the next he can’t scratch his ear without taking an anesthetic?, What happens to his gifted elbow? °

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. VW AAER M'NICHOLS, for years business manager of the Cleveland Indians, and as such a very concerned individual about the health and welfare of the high-priced ivory that goes to make up a big league ball club, thinks the percentage of dead arms would be sharply reduced if the clubs selected their trainers with greater care. With the inevitable exception here and there he dismissed most trainers scornfully as glorified rubbers. : “Most trainers are ‘adjustment’ crazy,” insists Mr. McNichols. “No matter what happens to a pitcher, even it it's just a hang nail, the first thing they want to do is give him an adjustment. They will slam him:down on: the rubbing slab, tie his arms into pretzel knots, stretch his legs into taffy-like shreds, jump up and down on his spine, and when: this fine, invigorating treatment is finished, the poor pitcher looks like Tunney did, in the. seventh round against Dempsey, Generally he is worse off than he was at first.” 3

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HE trouble with the average trainer, Mr. MecNichols thinks, is that he is not well grounded in body mechanics in the beginning and is constantly using expensive throwing arms for clinical purposes. “These fellows are push overs for sun lamps, baking ovens and hot ‘water sprays,” adds Mr. McNichols. “The modern club house looks like a cross between a junk yard and an inventor’s laboratory. There is an instrument of torture for every known muscular disturbance.” It seemed to be Mr. McNichols’ implication that this wouldn't be ‘sa frightening if .the trainers knew precisely what to do with all - the paraphernelia. Apparently not all of them do. Some times the pitchers themselves help to bring about their own’ collapse. Very few of them know anything about anatomy. They cheerfully submit to the vigorops arm tugging and spine popping in the dreamy hope. this will in some mysterious way add to their

. effectiveness. Another thing, they don’t want to miss enything—and

the club house treatments are ree. jr, 88. : i : e a PPAESETTER REESE of Youngstown, O.,, was a rather famous ) finger surgeon in his day and all the ball players took their alleged’ aches and pains to him. Mr. McNichols recalls the time three Cleve~ They were old Sherry Smith,

land ‘pitchers visited the.bonesetter, Coming back from the bonesetter,” says Mr. McNichols, “the three pitchers were in high spirits. Smith cranked up his arm and Sa 1t felt great. Uhle was equally lyrical about the rejuvenation of his arm. Mr; Buckeye took g full swing with his right arm and allowed as how it never felt better. : “‘You don’t pitch with your right arm’ cried Smith. ‘You're a left-hander.’ ‘Darned if I ain't’ remembered Mr. Buckeye. ‘I just wasn't thinking and I let the old bonesetter tréat the wrong arm.” Mr. McNichol testifies to the authenticity of this incident and pre sents it as an illustration of pitchers’ weakness for indiscriminate musele stropping. :

Court Teams Reach A.A.U. Quarterfinals

The quarterfinal round in the Marion County A. A. U. basket-|?

Thursday. Last night’s results:

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Den Zells, 24; Kempl 2 oLoyd’s Laundry, Tn; haaier 21,

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Two city high school teams will get an early start tonight in this week’s basketball play. Washington will journey to Franklin for the last of its South Central Conference games, while Broad Ripple will take on New Augusta there. The Washington lineup has been bolstered by the return of three varsity players—Bob McCalip, Boris Dimancheff and Bob Gaston—who were kept out of last week’s game because of illness. However, another first stringer, Charles Coats, failed to report for practice yester-

day. - Expected to start tonight for the Continentals are Bill Beasley and

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ANAGERS and coaches in the Bush-Feezle Downtown Merchants League are going to get a chance to prove they're as good on the basketball floor as they are on the bench. They've all agreed to be in uniform for the final round of the season tomorrow night and to play at least one quarter. That was decided at a meeting last night. Team managers who will see action are L. L. Johnson, Texaco; Rupert Miller, L. S. Ayres; K. Lanum, J. C. Penney; V. C. Roberts, William H. Block; Ray Howard, H. P. Wasson, and F. Weeks, Hibben-Hollweg.

Broad Ripple, Washington Teams in Action Tonight |

Rolland Sanders, forwards; Don|

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Beuke, center, and Woody Fink and McCalip, guards. Three regulars may be out of the Broad Ripple lineup for this eve-

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ning’s game. They are Fred Miller,| -

Ernest Knipe and Gene Meihsner, all of whom have been ill this week.

Entire Manual: Squad

Together Again

Coach Oral Bridgford gave his Manual charges a stiff drill on defensive plays and under-basket

skin squad assembled for the first time in more than a week. William Kniptash, first string forward who has: been the victim of a cold, was the first to get the shower nod. after a short workout. He is expected to be in shape, however, for Friday's game with Beech Grove. Pritz Mueller was back in practice after a week’s absence because of illness.

Shortridge Prepares

For Anderson

The Shortridge Blue Devils, still smarting from their 32-30 defeat at the hands of Kokomo, resumed practice today for their final scheduled game of the season. Friday night Shortridge will meet the Anderson Indians in the Tech gym.

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the freshman squads starting the hostilities in a game at 6 p. m. Practice yesterday consisted mainly of ball handling drills, as Coach Kenneth Peterman worked the team under the basket. The squad is expected to be at its full strength Friday with regular guards, Dick Gage and Bill Hardy, back in the lineup. Neither was able to play in the Ko-

komo game because of illness.

STATE COLLEGES Indiana, 45; Iowa, 40. Illinois, 35; Purdue, 26. Bail State, 43; Earlham, 42. DeSales, 69; St. Joseph's, 41. STATE HIGH SCHOOLS Lizton, 38; Clayton, 33. St. Joseph’s, 50; St. Teresa (Decatur,

mL), 15. OTHER COLLEGES Minnesota, 34; Wisconsin, 32. Ohio State, 30; Northwestern, 26. Missouri, 39; Kansas State, 29. Maryland, 40; Catholic University, 38. Kansas, 46; Iowa State, 87.

1938 Derby Winner Is Shipped to Farm

MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 21 (U. P.).—

+ |Herbert M. Woolf’s- Lawrin, 1938

Kentucky Derby winner, was shipped to Woolf’s Kansas breeding

famous sire, Insco. . An 11-year-old stallion, Insco died Sunday. ‘His offspring earned $213,679 last year. Lawrin will be bred |to the 16 mares now booked to Insco. It. has not been decided

ing next year, but it was believed he will be retired permanently to stud by 1940, el

.. Rifle Results

In matches last night the Shelbyville Rifle Club downed the J. D Adams team, 933-832, and the Hoosier Rifle and Pistol Club defeated the Pennsy Rifie Club, 929-883.

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Grinnell, 50; St. Louis, 31. Marquette, 38; Michigan State, 36 (over-

me). Creighton, 82; Tulsa, 27. Morehead Teachers, 51; Holbrook, 27. St. Thomas, 49; Concordia (Minn.), 26. Mt. St. Mary’s, 41; Loyola (Baltimore), 38 (overtime). Salem, 61; Shepherd, 385. Duquesne, 31; Geneva, 28. Toledo. 49; Kent State, 45. St. Olaf. 37; Gustavus-Adolphus, 36. Whitewater Teachers, 38; Milton, 25. Albion, 40; Alma, 24. Kalamazoo, 26; Michigan Normal, 24. Washington (St. Louis), 40; Drake, 38 (overtime). \ : Alabama, 38; Mississippi State, 26.

Washington, 43: Idaho, $5. : Western State Teachers, 58; Iowa Teach-

ers, 32. Wichita, 85; DePaul (Chicago), 32. Southern , Methodist, 48; Texas gies, 28.

Cedarville, 51; Bluffion, 44. os San Francisco, 29; Los Angeles Loyola, Duke, 29; North Carolina State, 26. "PROFESSIONALS

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Down Northwestern, 30-26; Purdue Loses.

BIG TEN STANDING W L Pct. ‘Tp. Op. Indiana ....... 8 889 380 311 Ohio State .... 7 78° 359 314 Illinois ........ 100 350 296 Minnesota .... 667 292 263 Purdve ....... 500 271 260 Northwestern. , 444 278 298 Wisconsin .... 334 263 311 Michigan ..... 2 250 252 280 Chicago i...... 2 222 258 323 IOWS oui0sceeee 2 200 333 380

By United Press Free throws kept Ohio -State’s Buckeyes in the running for the Big Ten basketball title as they downed Northwestern, 30-26, at Columbus last night. Each team scored 12 field goals, but Ohio State sank all six of its free throws and in turn committed only three personal fouls, Capt. Jim Hull returned, slowed by his illness, and scored nine points for a season total of 109, Other games: Illinois, 35; Purdue, 26—This was. a game of long shots. Even big Pick Dehner, who still leads Conference scorers with a total of 112, picked up only one field goal under. the basket, He made 7 points during the night, content to let Bill Hapac and Johnny Drish handle most of the scoring... The victory was Illinois’ seventh in 10 games. Minnesota, 34; Wisconsin, 32— Minnesota, like Illinois, retained an outside’ chance for the title, It took late rallies in each half to do it—and Johnny Kundla’s best scoring achievement of the year, 15 points. Minnesota came from four points behind in the second half to a one-point lead with two full minutes remaining. They brought out assing game and held the ball almost until the end when Gordon Spear, center, finally was fouled. He sank it and Minnesota

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~ TONIGHT’S GAMES Butler at DePauw. Evansville at Indiana State. Manchester at Western State. Anderson at Taylor.

Jerry Steiner, regular forward who has been on the sidelines with a

sprained ankle, probably will be back in the Butler lineup tonight when the Bulldogs battle DePauw in a College Conference basketball game at Greencastle. : ee, Coach Tony Hinkle, who is suffering from a cold, sent his team through a light drill yesterday, afternoon, selecting 15 players for tonight’s trip. ‘ The Tigers’ hopes of avenging the 54-t0-27 defeat handed them earlier in the sedson by Butler were diminished when it was learned yesterday that Herbert Kixmiller, leading scorer, had returned to his home in Vincennes, suffering from an attack of influenza. Only 10 of the 19 DePauw play.rs were able to report for yesterday’s rehearsal becatse of sickness. " A Butler victory tonight will clinch the state championship. for the locals. Unbeaten in loop play with seven victories the Bulldogs will have only one more conference tilt to play. Wabash invades the Fieldhouse Friday night. Coach Hinkle’s probable starting combination tonight will be made up of Steiner and. Bob Dietz, forwards; George Perry, center, and Lyle Neat and Bill Geyer, guards. Byron Gunn Jr., will be -on hahd to replace Steiner if necessary. DePauw’s altered lineup will see either Earl Lewis or Angler Steele at Kixmiller’s berth, with Kenny Smith working at the other forward. Bob Franke will be at center and Edwin Lindsay and Bob Landeck are expected to start at the guard positions, = | Other Butler players who will leave early this evening are Bill Hamilton, Loren Joseph, Braden, Jim McCray, Laurel Poland, George * Knobel, Chester Jaggers, Charles Richardson' and - Melvin Vandermeer,

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Ball State Shades Earlham, 43-42

MUNCIE, Feb. 21 (U. P)—In a shadow finish, Ball State nosed out Earlham here last night by one point, 43 to 42, Earlham battled to a tie score, 34all, with but six minutes Jeft in the game. Then Ball built up'a sevenpoint lead, 41 to 34. . ‘Ball’s lead disappeared rapidly as Vatt and Freeman started hitting t1¢ net for Earlnam. The gun went off with Earlham trailing by one point.

St. Joseph’s Five Bows

To De Sales : COLLEGEVILLE, Feb. 21 (U. P)). —$3t. Joseph’s bowed here last night to superior forces of De Sales College of Toledo. O., 69 to 41. The Ohio team galloped to a 38-

to-19 advantage at the half and

never were threatened.

Shortridge Frosh Defeat Cathedral

. The Shortridge freshman basketball team won their ninth game yesterday, downing the Cathedral freshmen, 17-12. Shortridge has lost ‘one. ‘ The winners were ahead throughout the contest, leading, 8-3, at the half. Bernie Casseiman was highpoint man for the Blue Imps ‘with four field goals. ;

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Big Ten Basketball Chase;

By LEO DAUGHERTY Times Staff Writer

21.—It takes more than a Indiana and today the Crimson clung to its lead in ference basketball race despite illness and unexpected

flu bug to kayo the Western Cone Iowa stubbornness. Hoosier followers were scared into

high temperdtures for a while here last night. Junie Andres and Bob

with. And Capt. Bob Stephens of for some of his best playing, best

toughness. and general hard-to-get alongwithitis. He battles like an

But in the end everything was good news for Hoosierland « Ing reports that Andrews: and Dro had a Hh octor ready for the call against Minnesota h night and against Purdue there next Monday. Se Sanday

pact to yield to some fast

. The best news of the moment was the final gun with Indiana out there in front, 45 to 40. Too much had been going on and too much had been against the Indie anas for a cinch victory. 4 No team is any stronger than its reserves and perhaps last night's display of gameness and ability by heretofore unheralded players was the thing which smacks this current Bloomington bunch as great.

Talk About Speed

The made-over starting lin and that which was on the od throughout the evening demonstrated ‘that a McCracken team is the fastest thing with a basketball in the prairie states, whether it be on the floor or through the air. Bob Menke and Ralph Dorsey started the affray to round out the amended front, but they were only two of seven reserves Big Branch called on to fight the important

{battle for him.

Perhaps the finest of the lads upon whom he depended in the pinch was Bill Johnson. Oddly enough, John~ son was “tops” at Jeffersonville when Andres kept to the back court, but Bill did his fellow townsman a swell deed last night in faster company. Two Points the Hard Way

Johnson did well at point-getting, three from the floor and three from

the black line. Incidentally, one of those from the floor was what may go down as one of the most unusual heaves of the current season. It was in the second half. He bounded down the floor and then anchored himself at the south side of the basket with his back .turned to it and, with both hands, flipped in the ball as nonchalantly as he would had it been a poised shot. An Towa team which -had been smarting ‘all evening—all season— took that one to heart and the pace fastened and the roughness grew. The bets were even that the night wouldn't end without a JohnsonStephens feud. = They were “on” each other from the time Johnson came into the game because of a collision. ; There Goes Armstrong Armstrong again proved himself adept at nailing the rebounds and whipping them down the floor. Just a few words, no doubt, could tell the story of Indiana's victory. The Crimson was an inspired team which wouldn't let a couple of team=mates down. 3 The summary:

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