Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 March 1939 — Page 10

ANOTHER SISLER IN 8

FATHER'S FEATS ARE RECALLED

BASEBALL

TTEMPTING to emulate his father, George, whose = feats at first base landed him in Baseball's Hall of Fame, 19-year-old Dick Sisler is in training at the St. Louis Cardinals’ camp at St. Petersburg, Fla, where jhe i is getting a tryout. Dick, a collegian, who pitched for Colgate, stands 6 feet and weighs more : ‘than 200 pounds. * Branch Rickey signed the famous George to a t. Louis Browns’: contract along about 1915, and the same Rickey signed Dick to a Cardinal contract a couple of weeks ago. - George broke in the majors from the University of Michigan as a pitcher but was switched to first base

as a regular in 1916. . . . ‘He was one of the most graceful of first basemen and he batted 341 throughout his’ major : career. . : Sisler was the first player to win the official honor of “most” valuable player in the American League,” conferred upon him in 31922. . , . He hit 440 in 142 games that year . .. and pilfered 51 bases. . . . The same season George hit safely in 41 consecutive garhes. . On July 15 1925, he drove seven tallies over the plate in successive times at bat. In the fourth igning he tripled with the bases filled, and in the fifth he came up with the bases Joaded and belted ‘a home run. - In 1926 Sisler took part in 141 double plays, and six times set the pace in assists [for American | League first sackers. ies . high mark was 140/in 1920. { George staged a remarkable ¢omeback in 1924. . . . He was Sut the entire season of 1923 th sinus trouble, but returned the next year to play in 151 games d bat .305. ” 2 ® : » 2 2 HUCK DRESSEN, a coach for the Brooklyn Dodgers who piloted. | the Cincy Reds to the cellar a couple of years ago, has been ok captain of the Flatbush nine. . . . The captaincy carries with it a $500 bonus and gives Dressen the right to argue with . umpires when, and ii. Manager Lippy Leo Durocher = bounced out

‘of the ball game. § Coaches without portfolio can stand on the lines and bark, but lo in a minor key. It’s a cinch Dfessen will be perfectly g to yell like a hog caller for that extra five hundred. 8 ® ® 8B ” Joe Gallagher, the Kansas City graduate who usually made Indianapolis fans swallow their boos at Perry Stadium last year, is {making a solid hit in the New York Yankees’ Veaining camp at St. Petersburg. Jolting Joe may not make the big league grade this season, but he looks to be a sure fire major regular in 1940. . . . Gallagher hails from Buffalo, Manager McCarthy’s home town, and the boss naturally is pulling for the huge Irishman to come through.

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Joe Williams— ‘AAIAMI, March 7.—Par has about as much standing in

_ & golf these days as an old-line cannibal with halitosis, ‘and the way they play these four-ball matches down here |

par just doesn’t exist. | Pairs play pairs and the low ball wins the hole. This represents a double attack on par. And when the finest shot makers in golf start banging away at par under these delightful conditions you can imagine what happens to the

poor miserable thing. In the first round Tommy Armour and Tony Penna, playing as a pair, were seven under par for 32 holes. All this got them was a polite but urgent request to leave the premises. Henry Picard and Johnny Revolta, the opposition, . happened to be giving par an even more brutal smacking around. : { 2 2 ”» I no longer golf any more,”

L commented Mr. Armour, “It’s just clay pigeon shooting.” We followed Craig Wood and Billie Burke against Sam Snead and Ralph Guldahl yesterday. There should be a law protecting optimistic duffers from such cruel embarrassment. Wood and Burke shot the first nine in 30 blows, starting out 3-3-3. This wasn’t - perfect golf for them, either. ‘They both blew short putts at”the ninth. They came bate. in 33. They had nothing but threes and fours on their ‘card. Meanwhile, Snead and .Guldahl were playing fine golf. They finished the 18 with a 67, or four under par on a long, ‘testing, tricky course, and went to lunch four down, no less. Imagine shooting a 67 and being Ralph Guldahl four down! i Despite the fact that Wood’s side was finally beaten in a match that sprawled over 39 holes under a blistering sun we have never seen the blond bomber from Winged Foot score better. The answer is he has regained confidence and composure on the greens. For the past two years he has been a squirming victim of that dread malady known as the yips. But now he seems to have regained his touch, and, as so often happens, his whole game was taken on more stability and sharpness. ® 8 = ® 8 beat Wood and Burke in the afternoon Snead and Guldah! opened up with both barrels. They throw a 63 at the astonished

‘young men to be all even at the 36 and played the extra holes in 4-3-3.

They had made a fine comeback, and if it hadn’t been fof a bit of

. thoughtlessness on the part of Snead they would have won without "any ‘extra holes. Four or five feet off the green with his second at the 18th, Snead tried to roll the ball up with a putter when, with the grain of the grass against him, a chip was the obvious shot. The thoughtless shot left him with an impossible putt, if there is any such thingin this league of golf, and the hole was lost. Guldahl’s second had landed in mean rough far to the left and he was out of it. To close the battle out right there all Snead had to do was get his four for a half and if he played a chip shot he couldn’t have missed. When he saw what Spaad had done Mr. Guldahl slapped the tur? with his putter and rolled his large, expressive eyes in agony. Later in the locker room the onal Open champion said he was sorry he had done this. . “But I just couldn’t help it. We had made a hard ike ¢ Ja cauch those fellows and I hated to see them slip off the hook e ” As for Mr. Snead who takes everything in a boyish, untroubled stride, his comment on the incident was: “Well, we won anyway, and the extra holes were good practice.”

EAMED with Tony Manero, who seems to have picked up 2 ]

pounds mostly around the middle since he won the open cham- . pionship at Baltusrol, Lawson Little ,the reformed amateur, is playing brilliant golf. He and Manero put a 65 together in the morning against Johnny Farrell and Willie Klein and finally knocked them off,

to 6. They played 30 holes without a single five on their card. Little

got credit for the longest drive of the winter at the 375- yard seventh where a canal separates the green from the fairway. To cross the “canal from the tee calls for a 260-yard carry. Little's tee shot cleared e canal with plenty to spare, struck a bridge and bounded forward ‘a clump of palmetto bushes to the left of the green hole: high. ‘Aided by the bridge-bounce, the drive traveled 375 yards. Little may not win this tournament, but you may recall match used to be his dish. As an amateur they couldn’t beat him. He two. American and two British championships hand running for as oa Luis rederd fiat the professionals lured nim.

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Minnesota ..... Purdue

333 Iowa .... 250

By STEVE SNIDER United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, March 7. — The last Big Ten basketball score of the year was typical of the dizzy 1939 cam-

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paign. Chicago, weak and nearly

desperate from many seasons in the

conference cellary whipped Purdue

(for the first time in 13 years and finally moved out. of last place.

A field goal in the final seconds

TUESDAY, MARCH 7, 1939

MONTREAL, March.7 (U. P.). — Don

defeated Ellsworth Vines 22 17 in their professional tennis

tour, left today for New York to begin another series against Fred Perry Friday,

Purdue Defeat Climaxes Dizzy ‘Big Ten Race

Wildcat Tankmen Out for New Marks

by Chicago’s Remy Meyer defeated!

Coach Piggy Lambert's five, 28 to 26. In another battle to escape the cellar, Michigan bowled over Northwestern, 32 to 26, but Iowa’s luckless Hawkeyes were forced into undisputed possession of last place by losing to Minnesota, 54 to 43.

It was a colorless closing to al

season in which two darkhorses— Indiana and the new champion, Ohio State—dominated play almost from the start.

Dehner—A Players’ Player Standout performances of 1939: Best Scorer — Capt. Jim Hull of Ohio State, who missed a game becausé™of influenza and still won the individual title with 169 points, an average of 15.4 per game.

Best Players’ Player—Lewis (Pick) .

Dehner of Illinois. He took more punishment than any player in the league, spent more time picking

‘himself off the floor than any and

always laughed it off. His opponents liked that. Pluckiest Player — Capt. Ben Stephens of Iowa. Stephens scored heavily with a losing team and last night picked up 16 points more al-

though one leg was taped tightly|

because of a charleyhorse. Wolverines in Biggest Upset

Greatest Upset—Michigan, in last|

place, knocked Indiana out of a first

{place tie Saturday night, 53 to 45.

Greatest Crowd -- The 15,700 in

|Minnesota’s Fieldhouse the night

Ohio State took the lead from the favored Gophers. Sweetest Victory — Chicago in its final game, defeating Purdue for the

Biggest Disappointment — Michigan, despite its victory over Indiana.

first time since 1926.

| The Wolverines had a great record

in non-Conference games and figured to be well up in the standings—instead of tied for seventh,

Branch’'s Feat Outstanding

Best Coaching Achievement — Branch McCracken stepped in as head coach at Indiana and produced a great team from a bunch of Sophomores and Capt. Ernest Andres. Greatest Ineligibility Loss—Capt. Tom Nisbet of Illinois.. The Illini already had lost Louie Boudreau, a basketball wizard, and Nisbet was eligible for only a few games. Defeats None Can Account For— Wisconsin’s two losses against Chicago’s zone defense. The Badgers were helpless both times.

Blue Devil Track

Card Arranged:

© With track practice sessions well under way at Shortridge, other Spring sports will soon begin at the Northside school. | Tennis, golf, spring football and spring basketball will hold the spotlight in the athletic field this semester, - || The Blue Devil thinlies are working out daily under Coach Don R. Knight in the Butler Fieldhouse and expect to move outside as soon as the weather permits. { Candidates for the golf team are aow taking instructions with other City youths from Ray Smith, golf professional, at the Bush-Feezle Sporting Goods Store. No.schedule has been arranged yet. Tennis activity will begin someime affer April 1. i Approximately 74 boys. are ex-

| pected to answer the call for spring

football April ‘10 and Coach Keneth Peterman will issue a call to asketball players some time in April also. \ The track schedule, which is the ahly one that has been announced io date, is as follows: Kokomo, here April 7; Jeff of Lafayette, here, Apr 14; Muncie Relays, at MunApril 22; Indianapolis = City ned Re at’ Tech, April 28; Southport and Broad Ripple, May 6, at Southport; Sectional Meet, May 12, at Tech; and the State Fnal Meet, May 20, at Butler.

Rifle Results

Results of rifle matches last night: International Harvester, 878; J. D.

A . oosier Rifle and Pistol Club, Ft. Harrison 11th Infantry, 918... 925;

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Kautskys Trounce Hammond In Pro Season Finale.

Indianapolis basketball fans bid adieu to professional basketball today for another year. They were

by two of the finest professional teams in the country at the Butler Fieldhouse last night. In the feature attraction the Rennaisance quintet nosed out the Akron Firestones, 28-26, and in the “quickie” of the double feature the Kautskys took a loosely played tilt from the Hammond Ciesars, 45-32. After watching the Negro team build up a 17-14 first half lead the Firestones flashed some smooth passing and fine rebound work to climb back into the ball game and nearly win it. However, a last minute shot from the deep angle by Saitch and a free throw by Smith put the game away for the Rens. Led by Herman’ Schuessler, lanky pivot man, the Kautsky quintet scored at will to trounce Hammond. Pick Dehner, Illinois star of this year, led the Ciesars with 15 points. In the opener the Crawfordsville J. & C. Auto Service team beat Noblesville Goodyear, 33-28. The summaries:

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Butler Fant Set Tomorrow

‘ The Butler University basketball banquet, originally scheduled for tonight, will be held at 6 p. m. tomorrow at the Campus Club, Max Wildman, banquet chairman, said today. Banquet officials today were attempting to obtain a speaker to replace Elmer Layden, Notre Dame football coach, who was unable to attend. Dr. Henry G. Gelston, faculty athletic committee chairman, will announce the freshman and varsity basketball awards at the banquet. Noble Ropkey will act. as toastmaster, and Coaches Tony Hinkle and Frank Heddon will speak.

Casters Defeated

‘The Indianapolis Casting Club was defeated, 40 to 37, by a team representing the Sportsmen’s Show.

TOPCOATS and GVERCOATS 3S

High-class in every way. Many of the country’s best. Must not be confused with ordinary out-

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Net Scores

COLLEGES

Chica, 28; Purdue, 26. : Michigan, 32: Northwestern, 26. Mingucsota, ; Iowa o Qilaliom 50; Ey State, B

Chics o Toledo, Oliakoma Mage S earn: 81.

PROFESSIONALS Indianapolis Kautskys, 45; Rammond,

2 oNew York Rens, 28; Akron Firestones,

i ———— Still Holds Ice Lead

MONTREAL, March 7 (U. P.)— Hectbr (Toe) Blake of the Montreal Canadiens continued to lead National Hockey League scoring today. Blake added two points last week and now has 40, two more tlian Dave Schriner of the New York Americans. |

These two members of Northwestern’s tank team, Tom Pow=ell (left), diver, and Mel Sutker, breaststroke, are expected to be among the swimmers who will lead the assault on existing records at the annual Big Ten championships. The meet will be held Friday and Saturday in the new pool at Purdue University. Ohio State, defending Big Ten champion, and Michigan, defending national collegiate champion, who have battled twice to 42-42 ties in dual meets this season, are favorites for the title.

Beetham and

Borican Meet

NEW YORK. March 7 (U. P.).— John Borican, Elberon, N. J., Negro undefeated at 1000 yards or meters this season, will drop down to 600 yards tonight to give Charley Bee‘tham a test in the feature event of the 102d Engineers’ | indoor track meet. |] Borican holds he 1000-meter rational indoor title and Beetham is the 600-meter champion. Running against them will be J.ou Burns of the 69th Regiment A, C. and Sanford Goldberg of the Millrose A. A. Archie San Romani will start from scratch in the handicap mile

Amateur

Play in the 22d annual Central States City Tournament will resume tonight at the Dearborn gym with three games on the evenings Schedule. The card: 7:00—~Waverly Oilers vs. Drikold Refrigerators, 8:00—Schwitzer-Cummins Stokels vs. Ex-

Craftsmen 9:00—Edwards Press vs. Kingan A

“The Degolyer Printers ER a last half rally to triumph over the Fashion Cleaner Aces, 44 to 28. Eli Lilly subdued the Beveridge Paper five, 3¢ to 28, while the Kingan Knights defeated the Mt. Jackson Tire & Battery Buddies, 40 to 24.

The Celtic Juniors defeated Weghorst, 89-20, and won over the South Side Turners, 53 to 43. For games write Charles Fletcher, 728 Minnesot St.

Final standing in the WPA Little Six Senior League:

Hawthorne tournament;

Salvation Army Geen Shields, 51; National Road Merchants. 28. t. Jackson Buddies, 45; Linwood Christian, 36

The winners will meef, in the final game at 8 p. m. m. todayy

The Hazelwood Ki Kinney Cubs are sponsoring a gold medal tourney, to open March 19 at Clayton. Teams in this section may enter by writing Charles Sawyer, Hazelwood, or by calling 11-20, Hazelwood. The Cubs will play the Indianapolis ‘Trojans and the Columbus Tigers Sunday.

The St. Philip's five won two week-end games, downing the Edinburg Brown Derbies, 28-26, and. the East Chicago C. Y. O,, 3G to 32. The St. Philip’s team will close its home season Sunday against the Blasengym Funeral Home five.

The Em-Roe girls state basketball tournament is to be played March

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16, 17 and 18 at the Hoosier Athletic Club. Managers are asked to send their lists’ of 10 players and entry fee to Evereit Babb, Em-Roe Sporting Goods Co. Additional teams desiring to enter are asked to contact Babb.

The Kingan Packers defeated the Magic Chefs, 48-31, in the final game, of the Senate Avenue Y. M. C. A. tournament.

Table Tennis Results

Last night’s scores in the Indianapolis Table Tennis League at Jim-

my MecClure’s Club: Power & Light, 11; Indiana Trust, 7. McQuay-Norris, 10; Best Grand Laundry, 8. L. B. Price, 14; Diamond Chain, 4. Binger Advertising Agency, 10; L. S. Ayres, 8. Meridian League results at the

8 Paddle Club:

Feltman-Curme, 12; Bar basol, Far-Quar Heating, 18; at Glass,

Western Electric, 16; Security Trust, 2.

against a field that jrcludes Manhattan - College’s (‘big four,” Bob Houlihan, Bob Conkling, Joe Mo-

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Toledo, Akron Also Accept Invitations, Bring Entry List to Nine. |

| The: University of Michigan, five times winner of the Butler Indoor Relays, has entered this year's track carnival to be staged in the

‘| Fieldhouse March 18, Director Ray

Sears announced yesterday.

try along with two others from the University of Toledo and Akron Charles B. Hoyt, Michigan coach, has entered a squad of 34 men; Toledo, four, and Akron, six. Nine schools have entered to date bringing the list of individual

‘|men to 130.

Michigan again will be the school to beat in team scoring. Paced by Bill Watson, Big Ten shot put

the Wolverine thinlies have an allround squad with individual performers such as Elmer Gedeon, hurdler, and -Ralph Schwarzkopf, distance runner. This year’s show, the seventh of its kind, will be composed of 15 events; seven relay events, seven individual events and a special one and one-half mile feature.

Butler Defends Title

In the university division there will be one-mile, two-mile, four mile and medley relays. The college team championship which Butler University will be defending, will "have one-mile, two-mile and medley relays. Program sponsors for this year are the Michigan Alumni Club of Indianapolis, university two-mile relay; /Spink-Arms Hotel, 60-yard low hurdles; Blue Key, shot put; Tom Joyce, college two-mile relay; Ray Fox, 60-yard dash; Indianapolis Athletic Club, university medley relay; American Business Club of Indianapolis, broad jump; Butler Alumni Club of Indianapolis, college medley relay; Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, high jump; Purdue Association of Indianapolis, 60-yard high hurdles; Antlers Hotel, pole vault; Indiana University Club of Indianapolis, university four-mile relay; Fendrick’s, lege one-mile relay; Ohio State Alumni Club of Indianapolis, unie versity one-mile relay, and the Ine

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