Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1939 — Page 6
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BUTLER RELAYS REALLY CLICK SPORTS SHOW ON MAJOR SCALE
VERYTHING was “big league” at Butler University’ 8S . seventh annual Relays. . . . It was a great show for . the grownups and an even greater one for the lads and | lassies. . . . Youth at its best was on parade, topnotch | distance runners, hurdlers, vaulters and jumpers. : The cream of the collegiate sports world was there and to Ray Sears, Butler track coach and director of the ' Relays, goes the bulk of the credit for staging something | | that any city would be pleased to have on its calendar. Multicolored decorations and lighting turned the | Fieldhouse into an athletics garden hard to match, and
| Just to visit the setting for a peek was worth the money. 3 2 2 8 o #
ACK of it all was work, long weeks and days of it, on the part of the Butler officials as well as the finely trained athletes. . . . It was rare entertainment for the big crowd and ft’s a safe guess that there won't be a seat left in the house when the event comes up again next March. : It broke the monotony of watching or thinking of basketball and impressed upon the many schoolboys in the crowd that after all when they reach college there _ will be other sports besides hardwood hysteria. Indianapolis is not track sports minded, but if it’s ever going to be, the Butler Relays will pave the way.
That Triple of the Turf
NLY four 3-year-olds in racing history have scored the $150,000 triple of the turf—the Kentucky Derby, Preakness at Pimlico and Belmont at New York. Sir Barton was the first in 1919, and then Gallant Fox came through in 1930. | Omaha in 1935 and War Admiral in 1937 were the others. .. . One, two, three in the 1919 Kentucky Derby: Sir Barton, Billy Kelly and Under Fire. ;. . In 1930: Gallant Fox, Gallant Buight and Ned O. . In 1935: Omaha, Roman Soldier, Whiskolo. . . . 1937: War Admiral, Pompoon and Reaping Reward.
Future Book Prices Out of Line ETTING on the Kentucky Derby is losing its fascination as a result of the “sucker” prices quoted by commissioners. . . . It’s more of racket than a sporting proposition like in the old days. - The Blue Grass classic, incidentally, owes much of its fame to the ublicity it got through winter book betting years ago when commissioners put “square” prices on the candidates. | Newest race track tout story: A tout had wired his client five “stiffs” a row. ,. .. So the client wired the tout on the sixth day: “Send me e telegraph blanks and I'll fill in my own horses!”
i Miller’s Days Are Recalled
Ren MILLER, who died in Ft. Wayne the other day, used to play a lot of baseball for the Indianapolis club at old Washington Park... . . He held down the utility infield job but appeared in the lineup “just about as often as the regulars. . . . He played professional basketball in winter and baseball spring training was just a breeze for him since he was always in shape. | Miller had an unusual record in a game here one day. .. . He batted out of turn once and the opposing team missed the ‘boner. , .., Ralp drew a pass and eventually scored, and it counted. . In He same game, Miller stroked into a double pisy and a Tribe runner third scored during the two-ply killing. . . . And it proved to be the g run! se
Edwards Gets Hot for Oshkosh : —
DACED by LeRoy Edwards, Indianapolis, who tallied 25 points, the Oshkosh All-Stars defeated the Akron Firestones at Oshkosh Saturday night and squared the National Basketball League playoff series. . . . The title will be at stake in tonight's tilt at Oshkosh. Edwards chalked up nine field goals and seven foul throws as the Stars won, 49 to 37. . .. During the heat of battle near the close of the tussle, Ray Adams of Oshkosh and Al Bonniwell of the Firestones SKhene= punches and were ejected.
LJ oe Williams— |
NAMPA, Fla., March 20.—Putting one little oid after | another, and whatever became of the Bloomer Girls?
; E Maybe Joe Wood would know. . . . The dignified Yale baseball coach used to pitch for them and they say he was a cute little trick out there in his baggy pantaloons and
long blond tresses. . . .
| Just to keep the records straight, the three greater New York City clubs received $290,000 for their combined radio rights. . . . Maybe Tony Galentosshould be referred to as the beer barrel that walks fike a ham. aL | Some weeks ago we protested against matching John Henry Lewis with Joe Louis ih New York. . We had been told on good authority that Lewis had lost the sight of his left eye. . .. Our argument was that even if Lewis was physically perfect he had little chance; and, with only one eye, he had none. . . .
He Was Just a Punching Bag
E don’t recall whether Dr. William Walker certified Lewis for the y fight of not. . . . He’s the commission's doctor. . . . Who ever certified him failed to find anything wrong with his vision. .:. . The fight went on as advertised and Lewis, a skilled boxer at one “time, * proved to be nothing more than a punching bag. . . . All of which is apropos of the fact the Detroit, commission has just ruled Lewis can’t fight one Dave Clark for the light heavyweight cham- ; pionship. . Why? . . . Oh, it seems an examination revealed that the sight of Lewis’ left eye is ‘almost ‘nil, and apparently he can distinguish only light from dark. | Of course it could be that the Lewis eye ailment is of recent origin. . . .We wouldn’t know about that. All we know is that we were told weeks ago Lewas was half blind, the New York medico passed him and the Detroit examiner didn't.
Debut Better Than Score Showed
» ASHINGTON hit Freddie Hutchinson, the Tigers’ furiously bally-hooed pitcher, for seven hits and two runs in five innings. . - |. It was his first start down here. . . . This wasn't a spectacular debut but it was better than the box score indicates. . Only three of * his pitches were hit solidly. . He showed firm control, was fairly fast and has a nice change of pace. is ‘The critics insist Hutchinson isn’t fast enough to pitch in the big leagues. . . . “I'll get faster,” the 19-year-old Seattle graduate answers, . “I'm faster now than I was a year ago: What people seem to overlook is that I'm still growing: » Hutchinson should be immense when he finally stops growing. . He's six feet, two and weights 200 pounds. . °. . The temperature dropped to 68 in St. Petersburg the other day and Mark Roth, the Yankee secretary, complained of the cold. “This would be a blizzard in St. Louis,” complained Hildebrand, who was recently rescued from the Missouri hot box. \ Gabby Hartnett was the hero of the most dramatic moment baseball produced last year. . . . With two out in the ninth and the count -, 2-2 and darkness beginning to fall, he hit a home run off Mace Brown of the Pirates. It won the ball game and cost Pittsburgh the pennant. . Al Todd, now with the Boston Bees, called for the pitch. . We * talked with him about it the other day. . . “Gabby says he hit a fast ball but it was a curve. I called for a low curve so Gabby would ' hit the ball into the dirt but the ball got away from Brown and came in letter high. It was just one of those things that happen in the
clutch.”
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_ Polo Star Shares Winnings
HE Calcutta pool on the Seminole amateur-professional 13-hole golf event amounted to $32,000, the largest in this country for many years. . The event was won by Raymond Guest, the polo star, and Johnny Revolta. Guest had half interest in the Winning ticket and slipped his proféssional partner a $2000 check.
2 Eastern Cage Fa vori tes To Meet Midwest Teams SBT men eliminated New Mexico with a final
five-minute drive in the opener, still will ‘not be full strength. Joe
YORK, March 20 (U. P.).— A record basketball crowd of mor« than 18,000 is expected in Madison Square Garden tonight for the . semifinals of the New York Writers’ invitation tournament which send the East's two favorites against a of crack Midwestern fives. Long Island University plays Bradley Tech of Peoria; Ill, and St. John’s of Brooklyn meets Chicago Loyola. The two teams eliminaaez- in first-round play, New 20's Aggies and Roanoke Col-
influenza, and Irv Torgoff and Cy Lobello were not recovered from an attack of boils. The L. I.. U.-Brad-ley game is second on the program and St. John’s-Loyola the final. Tonight's. winners meet in the final Wetlnesday night.
| |made five baskets and one
Shelley was ‘confined to bed with];
Budge Cops Another CHICAGO, March 20 (U. P)—It took | Don Budge four sets last night to win his seventh consecutive victory over Fred Perry
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Franklin's
| Five Shows
Its Power
Muncie Burris and Bosse Of Evansville Complete State’s ‘Big Four.’
By TOM OCHILTREE As they made hasty adjustments in their plans of attack, three of the surviving teams in the State high school basketball championship race today eyed the fourth competi-
| tor, Frankfort, with eyes as cold as
an Eskimo tax collector’s heart. This triumvirate, composed of Bosse High School of Evansville, Burris of Muncie and Franklin, have heard harrowing tales of Frankfort’s tournament prowess and they know the Hot Dogs will rule as odds-on favorites in the finals at the Butler Fieldhouse Saturday. These four teams are all that re-
main from an original starting field
of 779, the others having been eliminated in sectional, regional and semifinal meets. Following is the
decide the year’s champions: 2 P. M.—Frankfort vs. Bosse, 3 P. M.—Franklin vs. Burris. 8 P. M.—Winner of 2 p. m. game vs. winner of 3 p. m. game.
opinion today which held that Frankfort would win the title even
field on snow shoes,
three teams, “Point. to Franklin
semifinal meet after downing Aurora, 27 to 25, in an overtime afternoon engagement. This performance of Coach Robert (Fuzzy) Vandiver’s team was considered to be the more remarkable since the Anderson Indians are as tough as shoe leather in tournament competition, a fact which a gallant Greencastle team discovered in the first afternoon game here when it went down to a 32-t0-25 defeat. In fact, the pace in the AndersonGreencastle game was so swift in its closing minutes that George Taylor, Tiger Cub captain, complained to the officials that Anderson was playing six men. He must have been counting Frank Klee, Tho ree throw, as twins because there were only five Indians on the floor.
Grizzlies Are Calm
How Franklin's players ever were able to calm their nerves for the night game after their narrow escape from Aurora remained unexplained, but when the Grizzly Cubs met the Indians they were as.refreshed as Mr. R. Van Winkle, The Aurora-Franklin game, the second one played in the afternoon at the Technical High School gymnasium, went info overtime with the score tied at 25-all. It was George Crowe, towering Franklin center, who broke the deadlock with a field goal that gave the Grizzly Cubs the victory. Amazing feature of the night game here was the inability of Anderson, a team which seemed to have a sounder technique of attack, to make its shots. This same deficiency bothered Franklin some, especially in the second half, but on the whole its record was better.
One Basket First Half
In this game, Anderson at the end of the first half had made only one field goal—a one-handed basket by Ora Davis—although the Indians had shot 21 times. Franklin on the other hand had made three
‘baskets out of 13 shots by half-time
and held an 8-to-4 lead. It took a blazing fourth quarter rally for Frankfort to down Elkhart, 43 to 32, in the Saturday night game at the Hammond semifinal tournament. In the afternoon game, La Porte’s Slicers extended the Hot Dogs only to have Frankfort finally triumph, 38 to 31, while Elkhart beat Logansport, 44 to 28, in a game which ran counter to advance predictions. When Kokomo beat Ossian, the smallest school left in the race, by the narrow margin of 30 to 29 in the Muncie semifinal, a lot of the glamour went out of the tournament, but the Ossian rooters must have received the same satisfaction that a Kentucky feudist -feels when Burris of Muncie beat. Kokomo, 37 to 28, in the final game. While there was considerable hattossing and referee baiting in all of the semifinal tournaments it took the meet at Evansville to produce scenes reminiscent of the battle of Verdun. Player Is Banished
During the Vincennes-Salem game, which Vincennes won, 28 to 18, Bob Chester, Alice forward, and Jim Bennett tangled up like a wrecked freight train and the officials ordered Chester out of the game for slugging. A few minutes later some of the fans shoved Bennett, but order finally was restored. Bosse defeated Garfield of Terre Haute, 31 to 22 in the second afternoon game at Evansville, and went on to defeat Vincennes in the final, 37 to 22. : While the fans of the four finalist schools were as happy as sailors on shore leave, the supporters of the others, from little Ossian to proud Anderson, were recounting over and over again the shots that “might have gone in.” . Their attitude was expressed best perhaps by an 11-year-old Anderson rooter, his grey stocking CaP, coxa pulled down over his eyes to hide | 4:50x2
his companion and said: “The heck them guys weren't
lucky. They must have fallen down in some four-leaf' clovers.” °
Saturday schedule which will finally ;
While there was some “expert”:
if they made every member of its|: squad carry an anvil and take the: dissenters | i pointed out that competition had |: hardened the players of the other
These latter philosophers pointed || to Franklin which last Saturday night defeated Anderson, 16 to 13, in the final game of the Indianapolis |}
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MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1939
in their professional tennis tour. The score was 6-2, 6-2, 5-7, 6-4.
3 Other Net Finalists Out to Get Frankfort
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Kansas City Is First Foe
Tribe to Play Blues Thursday: ‘Schalk’ Nine Defeats ‘Griffins.’
Times Special BARTOW, Fla.,, March 20.—The Indianapolis Indians today were pointing for Thursday's baseball game at Haines ‘City, Fla., with the Kansas City Blues, the first contest of the Tribe's spring training schedule.
Only one of the Indianapolis roster players remained unaccounted
President Leo Miller, however, said Loane is motoring to the spring training site. Miller attended the sports banquet in Tampa Saturday night and the American Association meeting yesterday in Ocala. Wheeler Homers Other games scheduled this week include an encounter with Columbus at Winter Haven Friday and a game with Buffalo here Saturday. The squad will go to Arcadia next Sunday to play Louisville, In an intrasquad game yesterday, the first played since the Indians’ arrival, the “Schalks” beat the “Griffins,” 9-4. Doug Wheeler, first base candidate, smashed one over the right field fence for the only home run of the afternoon. Triples were credited to French, Riddle, Vaughn and McCormick, while Moore, French, Lewis and Chapman drove out doubles. Score by innings:
Schalks Griffins
000 34212 2 2
Batteries—Sharp, Riddle and Toone Niggeling, Logan Pa Moore. ?
Results of Semifinals
Indianapolis
Anderson, 32; Greencastle, 25. Franklin, 27; Aurora, 25 (overtime). Franklin, 16; Anderson, 13 (final).
Hammond
Frankfort, 38; La Porte, 31. Elkhart, 44; Logansport, 28. Frankfort, 43; Elkhart, 32 (final).
Muncie Burris, Muncie, 31; Auburn, 26,
Kokomo, 30; Ossian, 29. Burris, 37; Kokomo, 28 (final). Evansville Vincennes, 28; Salem, 18. Bosse, Evansville, 31; Garfield, Terre Haute, 22, Bosse, 37; Vincennes, 22 (final).
I. U. Spring Grid Games Postponed
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, March 20.—Intrasquad games have been postponed in the Indiana spring football camp for another week or two Coach Bo McMillen made the announcement as practice went into the third week at the Hoosier campus. The Crimson squad has been working out five days a week and probably will follow this schedule until the first of April.
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‘Hutch’ Promising Hurler, Tigers Say; He’s No Such Thing, Senators Counter
LAKELAND, Fla., March 20 (U. P.).—Debate over Detroit's $50,000 pitching rookie, righthanded Freddy Hutchinson from Seattle, continued today with rivals belittling his de-
livery and Tiger officials and team-|
mates praising it. “Hutch” made his citrus circuit debut Saturday against the Washington Senators, and it was not very successful. He worked the first five innings, yielded seven of the Senators’ 11 hits and two of their runs. Here is how the Senators reacted: Owner Griffith—Just a batting practice pitcher. I. wouldn’t pay more than $500 for him. Manager Harris —— Unimpressed with his stuff. Outfielder Wright-—Hope Detroit keeps him so I can bat against him. Pitcher Krakauskas—Now I know I'm a big league pitcher. Infielder Meyer—Amazing poise and polish but don’t think he’s got enough to get by. Pitcher Chase—No smart. The Tigers saw his initial effort like this: Manager Baker—Used fast ball sparingly, effectively. Not quite loose yet. : Catcher Tebbets—Has control. Makes no bad pitches. Fast ball’s a sneaker. Will be pitcher like Ruffing Pitcher Bridges—Pitches fast ball overhand, off his ear; toughest kind of a ball to hit. Infielder Greenberg—Knows how to pitch. Instinctively good in clutch. Outfielder ' Fox—knows what he’s doing.
‘ST. PETERSBURG, March 20 (U. P.).—The New York Yankees, still trying to get over the .500 hump, entertain the Boston Bees here today. The Yanks made it four wins and four losses when a 17-hit barage sank the St. Louis Cards, 12-7, yesterday.
CLEARWATER, F Fla., March 20 (U. P.).—The Brooklyn Dodgers, seeking their fourth victory in six Grapefruit League starts, play the St. Louis Cardinals today. The Dodgers defeated the Boston Red Sox, 6-4, yesterday. The Cards still are without the services of their star left fielder, Joe Medwick, who is holding out for $20,000.
TAMPA, Fla., March 20 (U. P.). —The Cincinnati Reds got a day. off from practice and exhibition playing today, their first since starting the "Citrus circuit grind March 11. They walloped the Boston Bees, 8-1, yesterday. Their new third baseman, Billy Werber, made his first start and played six flawless innings, although he failed to get a hit.
BATON ROUGE, La, March 20 U. P.).—The New York Giants carried their exhibition winning streak to five yesterday when they hammered out: their third straight over their farm club, the Jersey City Giants, 12-5. Manuel Salvo, who started for the big leaguers and worked four frames, was the most impressive moundsman, allowing but
stuff, but
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 20 (U. P.).—The St. Louis Américan League team rested today on the laurels of six straight vic-
tories over the Philadelphia National Leaguers and took a light workout in preparation for a seventh meeting at Austin tomorrow. The Browns defeated the Phillies yesterday, 2 to 1.
NEW ORLEANS, March 20 (U. P).—Lyn Lary, dapper Indian shortstop, was expected in camp to-
day to talk over his contract trouble
with General Manager C. C. Slapnicka. After yesterday’s brilliant performance by rookie Shortstop
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Irish Grid Schedule Changes Revealed
Times spacer A NOTRE, DAME, March 20.—Direc= tor of Athletics Elmer Layden has announced a change in the order of the Irish 1940 and 1941 football schedule. College of Pacific will open the 1940 season instead of 1941 and Arizona State, originally scheduled for the 1940 season will open the 1941 games. ~ The 1940 season Starts Oct. 5 and in 1941 play begins Sept. 27. Both games will be played here.
Jimmy Webb, in the Tribe’s defeat of the Athletics, 5-0, it looked to Manager Oscar Vitt that Lary had waited too long. : LOS ANGELES, March 20 (U. P.). ~The Chicago Cubs took a day off from their spring series with the Pittsburgh Pirates to-
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