Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1939 — Page 29
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AFTER filling out Johnny Vander Meer’s income {ax headache for 1938, General Manager Warren Giles of
the Cincinnati Reds revealed that the young southpaw’s
income last year was approximately four times the amount Johnny expected to earn when he started the season. Before he pitched the first of his two successive no-hit games Vander Meer’s pay: was increased by the ball club. . . . He was given other increases and then collected considerable coin from indorsements ard persoral appearances. . . . All told, ‘General’ Manager Giles said
Johnny's income was close to $20,000. , ” « Fair enough
for a 23-year-old. . ® 8 8 | 8 = Ti is said the Cincinnati club dockivad i in the neighborhood of $10,000 for Charlie English, third sacker. . . . He was sold yesterday to 1s) Spades where he played on
option from the Reds 1 year. . . . The Reds then
purchased Third Sacker Sam i fiom the Philadelphia Athletics for an undisclosed price £ English’s throwing arm did not fastre up to big league grads, according to Manager Bill McKechnie. | . The team now has four candidates for the hot corner, Lew Riggs, last year's regular; Werber, Don Lang and Lonnie Frey, who played second in 1938. Eddie Joost, from Kansas City, te No. 1 candidate for the keystonc., The Indianapolis Indians are waiting for the Reds to unload some of that surplus infield talent. \ a : 2 2 = ANUEL SALVO; Giant rookie pitcher from San Diego, is one who disagrees. quite ‘openly, too, that Fred Hutchinson, Detroi freshman hurler, is so very much ... “He has less than any pitcher I've ever seen,” says Salvo. “He's not fast and he hasn't a curve . Everybody on the Coast hit him, | but he had a great infield to back him up.” : Zeke Bonuro says he dvs dare reduce. . Claims it would weaken his batting if he drepped below 214 pounds . . . Which may or may not be a desperate measure on Zeke's part to keep his beloved spaghetti on his regular diet. ® 8 8 | & 8 8
Jo= RUSSELL stresses the importance of a relief pitcher pacing himself in warming up ... “He can’t get set to go in every inning,” says Russell, who strode to the relief of Chicago Cub pitchers in 42 games last season. Russell tries to keep his arm loose and almost ready . about a‘dozen good pitches at any time will . warm him up keeps him from leaving all his pitching in| the bull pen. A relief pitcher has to study hitters even more carefully than a starter ... The relief worker never gets in unless a jam.is on, and in jams ‘he has to know the spots bo pitch to. He has to study his manager, too . .|. know his reactions to his pitchers and the types of situations so that he can pace his warm-up
right.
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a 2 8 ) 8 un & HEVROLET motor dealers have arranged for a Golden Gloves Special over the New York Central Lines to Chicago and return on March 29 to attend the Chicago-New York annual intercity bouts. Approximately 80 Chevrolet amateur fistic goers will ride the nine-coach train consisting of six sisepery observation car, diner and baggage car. The dealers will sit in on 16 nates between the East's Golden Gloves elite and the West's array of choice leather throwers. . . . The Western team won, nine bouts to seven, i Madison Square Garden, New York, last year. o 5 2 | ” » ”
OMMY GIBBONS, sheriff of Ramsey County, Minnesota, is chairman of the St. Paul committee which is campaigning to land the 1940 American Bowling Congress tournament. . Tommy fought Jack Dempsey at Shelby, Mont., in 1923 and lost on points in 15 rounds of milling. Detroit is racing ‘St. Paul for next year’s tenpin classic and Gibbons is doing a lot of orating. . ; Ballots for the next tourney site will be cast in Cleveland on March 3
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla, March 17.—The Philadel |
phia Athletics finished last in the American League in 1938. They lost exactly as many games as the Yankees won, 99, to be specific. Obviously this was a club that
needed substantial help.
How does oid Connie Mack go about getting his help? = First, he refuses to dicker for Zeke Bonura, the slugging first baseman who eventually wound up with the Giants. Bonura will hit in any league,
Among other things, Mack needs
hitting.” His club was last with the stick a year ago. Yesterday he let Bill Werber go to the Cincinnati Reds. This means all’ the other American League clubs had waived on the third baseman. Maybe he isn’t the player he used to be but he is certainly better than anything Mack will be able to use at third base this year. ss = =
ERBER was a holdout. Be= sides he is supposed to be hard to handle. But isn't that what managers are paid for— to handle the hard ones? Wer= ‘ber’s reputation a malcontent didn’t feaze 11 McKechnie, manager of the Reds. “We'll get along,” said McKechnie. “All 1 ask him to do is play ball.” Incidentally, Mr. McKechnie is either the least informed man about the. activities of his club or he is in training for the diplomatic service. We sat on the bench with him before yesterday‘s game with the Yankees. . .. “Mack’s asked for waivers on Wer help your club at third base?” Mr. McKechnie agreed he would. , . “But I can’t go tampering with players in the other league,” he added. Ten minutes later we were sitting in the press box and the Reds announced they had just bought Werber. Of ;course, ere is the possibility that Mr. McKachnie rushed out and bought the moment we left the bench. There is also the possibility that Fresh Rooney is really Judge Crater in disguise.
Connie Mack ,’ we told him. “Wouldn't he
» 8 rf ! ” ” 2 B we were taling about Old Man Mack and his miserable club. Last year hesused four different men at first. The only interest ing thing about the experiments was the limitless range of mediocrity. At the close of the year the press was still undecided which of the four was the‘worst. And when Mack gets a chance to land Bonura he passes him up. We think you will admit this Is a curious way to go about strengthening your team. There is a story Mack entered into a conspiracy with Clark Grif fith, owder of the Washingtons, the substance of which was if Grif« fith "wodld vote for night ball Mack would agree to waive on Bonura 2 = 8 3 ” F-
TE Griffith denies but the fact remains Griffith was able to sall /Bonura to the Giants at triple the waiver price. What's more the/ records show Griffith, always a militant foe of night baseball, for it. Whether the story is true or not we feel the fans of Philadelphia were given a kicking around and we wonder what they are going to see in the Athletics to thrill about under the lights that they didn’t see under the sun. There are several gentlemen in baseball who make no serious effort to produce a winner, being content to make a living out of the franchise, and we are beginning to suspect Mack is drifting in that direction.
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Boxing Semifinals
LEWISBURG, Pa., March 17 (U. Py. Thirty athletes from five Eastern colleges will . meet here tonight in the semifinal round of |
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FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1939
the Eastern intercollegiate Boxing Conference's eighth annual tournament.
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Amateur Basketball
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The Royal Crown Colas today held the ‘championship of the City tournament at the Dearborn Gym as a result of their victory in the final game last night over the Hoosier Athletic Club, 29-24. The R. C.-cager led, 7-2, at the end of the first quarter, and, 14 "1h 12, at the end of the Armour was high for oe oay with eight points.
Results in the Community Tabernacle tournament: McNeely’s Lunch, 17; Shots, 185. ’ : 30th Street Eagles, 31; Snails, 22. : VU. B. Cardinals, 36; 40th Street Inde-
Casshidy Hot Galloping
Semifinal games in the WPA basketball tournament will get under way tonight with the opening game scheduled for 7 o'clock. : The schedule for tonight follows:
i—Ben Davis Cubs », ‘Beech Srove 8—Meridian Club vs. J. D. Adam Results of play et night ™ the WPA recreation senior basketball tournament follow:
Ben Davis Cubs, 62; M. 1. A., 42. Beech Grove, 38; Southside Athletics, 16. Meridian C 49; Broad Ripple, 16. J. D. Ry Ys Jake's All-Stars, 18,
Pastimers Practice
‘The Empire Life & Accident Insurance Co. baseball team, formerly
from Pittsburgh, will anchor the university mile relay team. at the o 2 2
Action in Butler's Carnival To Get Under Way at 2 P. M. Tomorrow.
Michigan University's 34-man “invincible” track team will be seeking its sixth consecutive university championship tomorrow night when 28 colleges and universities vie for honors at the Butler Indoor Relays in the Fieldhouse.
.. The host school, Butler, will defend its college title won last year. Understanding the fact that their coach, Charles B. Hoyt, will not be with them next year, the Wolverines are out to shine again. Hoyt will resign at the end of the season and assume a similar post at Yale. Action at the local track carnival will begin tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock when elimination trials in the: shot put, broad jump, 60-yard dash, low and high hurdles are run off. Only six men from the dashes and hurdles will compete in the finals beginning at 7 p. m. Final competition in the broad jump and shot put will be between five men.
Mehl, Efaw Withdraw Ray ' Sears, director, announced 7esterday that Walter Mehl, Wisconsin, and Forrest Efaw, Oklahama A. & M,; will pe unable to compete in the special one and one-half mile run. Coach T. E. Jones will use the Big Ten mile champ in the Armour Relays in Chicago. The remaining field of entrants for this invitational feature wil) retnain intact with Don Lash still the predominant figure to break Edwin White’s 11-year-old rccord. John Munski, Missouri; Ralph Halla, Yankton College, and Joe McCluskey of the New York A. C. are given outside chances of coming tarough. Sears believes that with fower men in this event there will be a better chance for a world’s record’ performance. Relay officials are expecting. 10,000 fins to be on hand when the finals gst under way.
- Columbia Vaulter Entered The initial event of the evening's performance will be the pole vault. Milton Padway, Wisconsin, and Dick Glanslen, last-minute entrant from Columbia University, are outstandirg contenders to shatter the preselit Relay height of 13 feet 67% inches. The 384 athletes entered will battle for $1,000 worth of trophies to be awarded by Miss Shirley Sarsfield, this year’s Relay Queen. Relay winners will be presented with gold trophies. Members of the first four teams in any relay event will be honored with medals. Zipper suitcases will bé awarded to winners of the eight individual evenis. Second, third and fourth places in these will receive medals. (Governor Townsend will present his 32-inch gold trophy to the university section winner and Mayor Sullivan will present his trophy to the victorious: college division winne’: Another trophy, the Herff Jones, will be presented to the school scoring the most points, regardless of sec tion.
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‘BATON ROUGE, March 17 (NEA).—Jabbo Stell, Louisiana State's regular left halfback, has
catise of scholastic deficiencies.
the Auto City Garage, will hold
ADDITIONAL SPORTS,
John Woodruff, 800 meter world’s record holder
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Butler Relays.
When the Indiana high school 'pasketball wars are resumed on four fronts tomorrow, the 16 competing teams, which already have weathered heavy storms, will be playing for the right to advance to the finals at the Butler Field House March 25. Only four survivors, each.a winner in one of the semifinal centers, will have been admitted to the select final tournament group when the firing is over tomorrow night. Procedure in all the semifinal meets will be identical. Two afternoon games, beginning at 2 p. m. and 3 p. m., will be played between regional tournament victors and the winners will meet at night for the right to enter the Big Four. Anderson and Greencastle will meet in the first afternoon game at the Technical High School gymnasium here, while Franklin and Aurora will tangle in the second game, Indians Given Edge
Coach Archie Chadd’s Anderson Indians, always a strong tournament team, rule as a slight favorite here, but the speed and ball handling ability of the other quintets marks them as dangerous contenders. - Particular attention will be focused on the semifinal at Hammond where Frankfort’'s powerful Hot Dogs meet the stubborn LaPorte Slicers in the first afternoon game. Led by Splinter Johnson, star center, Frankfort is rated by many critics as the most powerful team assembled by Coach Everett Case since his last state championship squad in 1936. While a victory by LaPorte would
Boxing Show At Armory
card for the first boxing show to be staged in Indianapolis this season. Johnny Denson, Indianapolis, state light heavyweight champion, and Bud Creed, Lima, O., square off in the main go at the Armory tonight. Action is slated to start at 8:30. Denson, a former Golden Gloves fighter, will be seeking his 28th victory tonight. Creed has been fighting six years and has met Allen
Perone, Frankie Misko and Freddie Eiler.
time Creed has. Complete Card
The card follows: Johnny Denson, Indianapolis, vs. Bud Creed, Lima, O. 1753 pounds; Wesley Kemp, Indianapolis, vs. Clarence Rappold, Indianapolis, 160 pounds; Walter Johnson, North Vernon, vs. Noble Bowers, Indianapolis, 170 pounds; Walter Johnson, Indianapolis, vs. Hank Creed, Lima, O., 140 pounds; Jimmy Williams, Indianapolis, vs. Eddie White, Dayton, O., 112 pounds; Chuck Vickers, Indianapolis, vs. Jackie O’Brien, Lima, O., 142 pounds; Herbert Brown, Indianapolis, vs. Ernie Page, Dayton, 132 pounds, and Ralph Brown, Indianapolis, vs. Hank Webb, Kokomo, 145 pounds. .
, — ———p—— Olympic Pitcher. SARASOTA, Fla, March 17 (NEA).—Bill Sayles; Boston Red
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Eight boxing matches are on the
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Bob Denny, Indiana hurdler, takes a high one in stride for tomorrow's competition at the local FieldDenny has moved up in the ranks of crack timber toppers and will find his competition plenty tough in the afternoon trials which begin at 2 o’clock.
Wolverines Fans Focus Attention on Big Th Threat Semifinals at Hammond |
be regarded as an upset, this team has four good offensive players in Irving Swanson, Earl Parker, Fred Buchner and John Zakes. Elkhart
teams competing in this tourney Both have been seasoned by strong competition. Logansport’ secured .a 37-10-35 victory over Frankfort in an early season game but later bowed to the Hot Dogs shortly before the tournament started by a 49-10-22 score. At . Evansville, Vincennes and
game.
all year, this is rated as the one
semifinal meet. teams are thought to be of approximately equal strength. The Muncie semifinal tournament also finds evenly matched teams despite the fact that the Ossian Bears, who represent the smallest
regional eliminations, are matched in the second afternoon tilt with Kokomo, a team which defeated Frankfort during the regular season. Coach Scott Fisher’s Burris team,
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28 Teams Ready to Bid for Relays Laurels
Stephen Luther, Purdue quarter-miler, will run on the Boilermakers’ mile relay combination when | the finals start tomorrow night.
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