Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1939 — Page 24

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Ripple Practice Starts Twenty-four Broad Ripple football players answered the opening call for spring drill yesterday. Several more are éxpected . 10 be ‘on hand for next week's: drills in the * Rocket camp. hip eg

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Royal Danieli Gets Lots of Backers on His Chances

By Eddie Ash : ; 8 8. = ” A. A. HONORS STAR OF THE PAST HAUSER TOPS CENTENNIAL LIST

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Hot Dog Five Hits ’

JOE HAUSER, the Milwaukee German husky, who holds the all-time home run record in the American Association, has been designated by the league directors to represent the Association in the minor league All-Star game July 9 at Cooperstown, N. Y. . .. Official announce- : : s ment was made by A. A. headquarters in Columbus today. . . . The game will be the chief attraction of Minor League Day at

Cooperstown in connection with the Baseball Centennial. Hauser posted the Assodiation record of 69 circuit blows with the Minneapolis Millers

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Crew Lacks Finesse of ’36 Champs

Tall and Heavy Frankfort Basket Team to Meet

in 1933 when Dave Bancroft managed the club. . , . He also holds the International League homer mark of 63 made with Baltimore in 1930. Joe, who lives in Milwaukee,

Bosse in Finals.

By TOM OCHILTREE Times Staff Writer FRANKFORT, Ind, March 23.—

In Steeplechase.

from 10 shillings to a pound pouring from the pockets of clerks, shop girls and hackmen on the nose of

LONDON, March 23 (U. P.).—Bets

As 8 broadsword compares with a rapier so is the current Frankfort High School basketball team like he memorable Hot Dog squad of 1936. In basketball it is true that crushing offensive power, like virtue, -|generally prevails in the end, and the Frankfor; team this year has drive and strength as so many fine high school quintets already have discovered. But to Everett Case, who coached them both, this combination lacks the finesse and the fine deception of his State championship squad of three years ago. It is big and bruising but it hasn’t the artifice Jand rhythm, “If I could have the qualities of both teams in the same group of boys, I could turn out a squad that no high school in the world could stop,” sighed this coach who is as integral a part of Hoosier basket-

retired from organized baseball last year and directed a semipro team in Wisconsin. Each minor league in the country will furnish a star of the past or present for the Cooperstown program. . , . The A, A. directors decided 2 a : meeting this week in Ocala, ; Joe Hauser Fla., to designate several days in each city for special Centennial observance after the championship race opens April 13, In 1933 Hauser led the A. A. in total bases with 439 and the mark still stands, . . . In 1932 he belted 49 homers for the Millers, increased production to 69 the next year and topped the old mark of 54 established by Nick Cullop of Minneapolis in 1930. . . . Hauser also topped the league in bases on balls in 1933, the year he posted the all-time homer record. . . . He batted in 182 runs in that season. -

Trojan Graduate With Millers

JosE GONZALES, Minneapolis pitcher, was born of Spanish parents in San Francisco. . . . He is a graduate of the University of Southern California, teaches Spanish, was a star on the Trojan base-

Royal 'Danieli to win tomorrow's running of the Grand National Steeplechase may shove the big Irish jumper into the favorites role at the final call-over tonight. Miss Dorothy Paget's Kilstar ree mained the big money choice at 15« 2, and Sir Alexander Maguire's Workman was liked second best at 9-1, but Royal Danieli’s odds have shortened from 20-1 to about 10% to 1 and probably will take another dive tonight, Only one of the three American owned horses is given much chance to win the 412-mile chase, and that is Royal Mail, an 18-1 shot owned by Mrs. Camille Evans, former show girl. Royal Mail, only former winner entered, cleared the 30 tortuous jumps and finished ahead in 1937 for the late’ Hugh Lloyd Thomas. Mrs. Mario Scott, whose Battleship carried the -Stars and Stripes

ball team and coaches the frosh diamond candidates until he has to leave for training camp each spring. , . . He is not related to the veteran Mike Gonzales, Cuban, of the St. Louis Cardinals.

ball as an hour hand is to a clock.

Always a Contender Because of size and season record

to victory last year, will send War Vessel, another son of Man O'War,

get 33-1 she will not win with him. The other U. 8. entry, Mrs. Louis E,

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The left side of the Millers’ infield is set with Jimmy Pofahl at -short and Buck Fausett at third. . . . They performed in Indianapolis uniforms last year.

Phil Weintraub and Harry Taylor are battling for the first base Job and at second there are four candidates, Andy Cohen, Roy Pfleger,

Ln Storti and Winfrid Hansch, up from Crookston in the Northern eague.

: Dudley Lee, former Indianapolis shortstop, has taken over the management of the Dayton Ducks of the Mid-Atlantic League. + . . He played with Portland in the Coast loop the past two years.

Frank Gabler, St. Paul pitcher, related at the Apostles’ Tarpon Springs camp that Manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants always whistled from the bench when he wanted a curve ball thrown and that

and because Case-coached teams always are strong contenders, the Ee Hot Dogs today are prohibitive fav- Li Lo

oHtes io capture the State cham-| - | y,e) Everett Case explains the intricacies of a shifting man-to- | Case, Lewis Cook and Dan Davis, Frankfort meets Bosse of Evansville pionship in the Butler University| ,.n Gefense to his Frankfort High School starting five. Left to right | in‘the first game of the semifinal tournament at Butler Fieldhouse Fieduoise in| Indianapolis Satur-| are; Charles (Splinter) Johnson, James Laughner, Harold Pyle, Coach . Saturday afternoon. Frankfort meets Bosse of Evansville, & team that knows little of the Hot Dogs’ past record and seems to care less, in the first afternoon game Saturday, while Franklin and Burris of Muncie oppose each other in the second tilt. Winners of the two afternoon games will play at

Stoddard’s Milanp, is quoted at 44-1,

Nearly Scratched H. C. McNally’s Royal Danieli finished a neck behind Battleship last year and was the early favorite this year, but because of a couple of poor early races and an inflammation of the foot, he was nearly scratched this winter. ; Kilstar is one of the most unpopular favorites in the 100-year history of the race, but has been backed to the skies by professional gamblers.

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every time the hurler found himself in a jam, Memphis Bill whistled.

“It got to be funny,” Gabler said. “Rival batters would stand at the plate and hear Terry whistle. They'd say: ‘Hear that whistle, Gabe?’ I'd say, ‘Yah, I heard it. Here comes the curve.”

No. 1 Manager Out of Job

Joes FLOWERS, former Indianapolis infielder who was named the No. 1 manager of the little minor leagues in 1937 when pilot of the Salisbury Indians, whom he directed to two consecutive pennants, is roaming the Florida camps looking for a job and wondering what it takes to win and hold a skippers berth. Lefty Hazel, the Bedford semipro graduate who pitched for

Evansville last year, is looking good in the Bees’ camp at Bradenton, Fla. .

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AKELAND, Fla., March 23.—The St. Louis Cardinals dropped out of the first division last year for the first time since 1933. That year they finished fifth—and the next year they not only won the league pennant but the

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“We might pull something like that again this season,” said Capt. John Leonard Martin today. “You never can tell what the Governor

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a boy they have called “Splinter” around these parts since he got so tall when he was in the fifth grade that he couldn't gét into the desks.

Three Seniors on Squad

He with Cook and Laughner, two thers who could. serve very well for irport beacon lights, carry the

chief offensive punch of the team, while Davis and Pyle are the regular guard position starters. Johnson is the only regular left over from .|1ast year’s team. He and Davis and Pyle are seniors. zel also see particularly if one of the first five can’t find the range.

McGill and Wet-

considerable service,

The four teams still involved in

the tournament have not enjoyed

revious competition with each ther this season, and for that rea-

Tomorrow’s Armory Mitt Card Near Completion.

Maulers to mix in five of the seven four-round preliminary bouts of the Hercules Athletic Club boxing card at the Armory tomorrow night were announced today. Chuck Vickers, local welterweight, has agreed to scrap with Bobby Vernon, Cincinnati. Wesley Kemp, local middleweight, will trade blows with Frank Seck, Cincinnati, and Tommy LaFever, local featherweight, will fight Jack McAuleffe, Toledo. Paul (Farmer) Bunten, Coatsville, welterweight, is paired with Billy McCann, Brazil. Edgar Bunten, Paul's brother, is scheduled to swap punches with Gene Johnson, Atlanta, Ga., featherweight. Paul Bunten, LaFever and Kemp scored knockouts at the Armory last week. Vickers won on the same card. Herb Brown, local lightweight, who knocked his opponent out in the second round during the last show, has been signed and Matchmaker Kelse McClure is seeking an opponent for him. Herb Gilmore, Cincinnati feather-

port because he finished third bee hind Battleship and Royal Daniell last year, but the experts contend he does not seem to have the stameina to win such a long race. Since final acceptors were announced last week, the only scratch has been Jovial Judge, which suffered an injured knee Wednesday, and a field of 37 probably will go to the post at 9:15 a. m. (Indiane apolis Time) tomorrow.

McMillin to Speak At Coaches’ Meeting

football coach, will speak at the ane nual spring dinner meeting of the Indiana High School Coaches Association in the Hotel Antlers tomorrow at 6:30 p. m. Report of the nominating committee will be made and plans: for the election of officers in May will be announced. : Present officers of the association are W. L. Surface, Seymour, president; H. H. Newgent, Greensburg, vice president; A. Campbell, Kokomo, sergeant-at-arms, and R. S. Julius, Shortridge, secretary-treas--urer. :

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son comparisons are difficult. Casey Has Won Three

Frankfort, however, has administered sound drubbings to two southern Indiana teams, beating Vincennes, 45 to 19 and Jeffersonville, 40 to 28. Since Bosse will represent the hill country at Indianapolis Saturday, it might be noted that this Evansville quintet defeated Vincennes in the deciding game of its semifinal tournament by a 37-to-22 margin, : Three Stste Championship Semis ie in oached ase, have be . i. turned out in Frankfort, These were Charles (Splinter) Johnson, Frankfort’s giant Particularly deadly when shooting from the side in 1925, 1929 and 1936. Since 1021| center, and a senior, gets set for a free-throw shot. | is Lewis Cook, tallest member of the Hot Dogs.

HESS 2 Sr. Joe Five Victorious; [Field Bunched Cathedral Plays Tonight, In Links Play

during a three-stretch when they missed advancing that far, Case wasn’t coaching here. CHICAGO, March 23 (U.P).—Regls High School of Denver, only| Nelson Holding One-Stroke unbeaten. team in the National Catholic prep basketball tournament, ex- Ed t Pin ehurst poses its record of 13 consecutive victories today to Cathedral of Spring- ge a .

Coach Case, himself, is one of the most interesting figures in the sport. hai Sox 10 suo fame a ral won out o T ® ° exas Girls Gain . : Favor in Net Play

He has been teaching the game for 21 years, having advanced a Columbus squad to the state tournament before he was old enough to vote. To him the sport has been completely revolutionized within his experience, “Most of the changes came be- » |fore 1929,” he said. ' “That was the this season in winning the Illinois period when the system of blocks, |State Catholic prep school chamshifting defense and the delayed |pjonship. Other first-round games will bring together outstanding teams from 11 states. Morning games pit Mar-| WICHITA, Kas. March 23 (U. P.). quette University High School ©f|_a team of nine girls from a tiny Milwaukee against Loras Academy,| Texas high school became the senDubuque, Iowa, the Iowa State| sation of the Women’s National A. champion, in the opener, followed by| A. U. basketball tournament today, Bishop England, Charleston, W. Va.,| when they joined other select squads in the quarterfinals. : The girls, playing for Allison, Tex., High School, represent & student body of 50. Conceded little chance at the start, they won both

offense were developing.” Developed the ‘Stall’ vs. St. Boniface, Cold Springs, Minn., and Father Ryan, Nashville, first and second-round assignments|were tied at 143—Stanley Horne, with ease, and were given a slight| Canadian P. G. A. champion, Dick

He is credited with having brought the delayed offense or Tenn., vs. St. Basil, Pittsburgh, Pa. Cathedral High School of Indianchance to upset the defending|Metz, Tony Manero and Tony champion Galveston, Tex., Anicos,|Penna.

“stall” to its highest peak of perfection although he declared that apolis will meet Messmer of Milwaukee tonight. in their quarterfinal game tonight. - ies Same between the two Texas) Softhall Meeting Set A meeting for the organization of

weight champion of Ohio, meets Mickey Brown in the eight-round feature tilt. According to McClure, all the scrappers on the card are aggressive mitt tossers and the program should produce as much action as the bouts held last Friday. The program will be completed tonight.

is going to come up with.” Capt. Martin, formerly known to the bourgeois of the game as Pepper, wes referring to Branch Rickey’s wont for uncovering brilliant youngsters. To Capt. Martin Mr. Rickey is always the Governor. Mr. Rickey’s chief addition to the Cardinals in 1934 when they bounced back from the second division to dominate both leagues was a long, gangling pitcher named Paul Dean. Last year the Cardinals finished sixth. One of the consequences was the dismissal of Prank Frisch as manager. He was replaced by Ray Blades, a managerial graduate of Mr. Rickey’s transcontinental chain system.

Rickey Gets Usual Raw Material

S in the past Mr. Rickey has presented his manager with a wide variety of raw talent combed from the farm clubs. It’s still too early to tell whether Mr. Rickey has helped his new manager in the matter of potential stars. Joe Orengo, a shortstop from Sacramento, and Maurice Sturdy, a second baseman from Rochester, have been sube Jjected to extensive laboratory tests. They may make it. Herman Franks, a young catcher also up from Sacramento, er. pears to be well liked and among the new pitchers Bob Bowman, Morton Cooper, Lee Sherrill, Kenneth Raffensberger and Tom Suniel are receiving sericus attention. If the Cardinals are to repeat their 1934 comeback they must get help from some of these newcomers, Don Gutteridge has been shifted from short to third where he belongs, if at all. Mr. Rickey insisted he be played at short last season. He was about the only person in baseball who could see Gutteridge as a shortstop. Before the season was over Gutteridge had kicked away 10 games. Mr. Rickey usually knows more about young players coming up than his managers Go. He spends a large part of the season looking them over. To be sure, he can be wrong about a player but the rec ords show he has been right quite a few times. This may be the year Mr. Rickey will be proved right or wrong - on Mickey Owen, the catcher. When Owen came.up two years: ago Mr. Rickey ran out of words trying to picture his greatness. Well, up to date Owen has failed to show anything resembling genius and at the moment Don Padgett, a converted outfielder, has the inside rail for the job. He's still pretty green back there and Babe Herman could sue him for copyright infringement the way he

goes about trying to snare high pop flies. Even 50, some baseball insist he’s better than Owen. men

Catching Department Big Problem

R. RICKEY doesn’t appear to be as obstinate about Owen's fitness as he was in the case of Gutteridge. In fact, he admitted the other day that Owen was a disappointment, s Anyway, the catching department presents a real problem to the former Gas House Gang. Padgett may develop but it will take ane

other year or so. Few teams ever made the championship circle with out a first-class catcher. This necessity is doubly acute in the Cardinal setup because of the heavy stress on young pitchers. To develop they must have help from behind the plate. “Padgett can’t give ’em much yet and even Mr. Rickey has lost his enthusiasm for Owen.

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“too much of it makes it dull from a spectator’s viewpoint and probably would hurt the game.” which uses a very intricate shift- : : ing man-to-man defense, seems to . be equally proficient at a fast aks Loo k Men ] Ju st Arrive dad 4 breaking -or a slow tempo oo Day. arse § Qstround ames last n a During a season game agains - (advanc . JOS y a .. derson the Indians decided to play|Ind.; Mount Carmel of Chicago, and Our N ew Ai r-C on diti one A 1 it. The|second round. St. Joseph whipped : “2 Ge Hoy Be steam [the Indian team of St. Stevens, |squads was billed as the feature of & & : : y ¥ though to win 11 to 6 Wyo., 45-18; Mount Carmel elim-ithe night. Others paired Pitts- : - Ir fi) un © According to Coach Case the de-|inated St. Xavier of Louisville, de-| burgh, Pa. vs. Little Rock, Ark.:|softball leagues is to be held at : ! BE fensive team is as much to blame|fending champions, 47-43, and St. '|8 p. m. tomorrow at the Em-Roe om as the squad .controlling the ball| George downed Corpus Christi of aod Wichita Thurstons vs,| Sporting Goods Co., 209 'W. Washif there is a “stall,” but he con-|Calesburg, Ii, 38-20. : e, Tenn, cedes that to spread out your de- LE i : ” it Burch, independent, down fense to try to break up a good Am ; : RE ‘|town mer sy tory, 0 ‘team using a delayed es is|- ateur ‘Basketbal ] Suilight leagu . SR0 seed 10 Wend. a pn i ; wim The Royal Crown Colas basket-| Tonight's schedule in ‘the WPA tact William Britton, LI. 3446. ' With the size of the members of |ball team, which recently ‘won &|Junior Basketball ‘tournament fol+ ; i its squad, Frankfort naturally has City Amateur basketball | tournas= lows: Lian > ADDITIONAL SPORTS, wad the unenviable position of having tc|an edge in recovering rebounds off ment, will play in the State amateur] 7—Indisnapolls Flashes vs. Indiztiaps| ae win four out of the last five gamesjof both backboards., Sometimes a tourney later this month: ois Blackhawks. : PAGE 2 6 ib their best-of-seven playoff with feam of Sriiiary sia looks posi-| Today members of the Cola quin- S~Riverside Trojans va; Eastside Boys’ F : e powerful Boston Bruins. . |tively undernour when it ” rin old - basketba Cy, : : a ff, wil try to eve matters when a 1, ATES entertain ihe Toronio lakes the. floor against he Hot swan them In jegniton of wine | 4 Mekinser Bates eh. Win 4 G hig Maple Leafs and the d Wings Dogs. ning the City Amateur tournament. ; the ice-hockey world series is re-|play host to the Montreal Canadiens| The little fellows have one con- Dn Pron the gold balls were Results in iast night's games: sumed tonight. __{on home ice tonight, but the Rang-|solation, though. If Johnson and Jack Briggs, Joe Blasingame, Harry| . .. Bearcats, 50; M Chapel Defeat for the Americans and Red ers, minus two of their regulars in-|Cqok ever go to a college that takes Armour, Paul Boyer, Richard Wen-|,- ney ats, 50; Mayer ) ‘Wings (n their best-of-three series|jured in their first playoff game, |its bask team on overnight ning, Robert Johnson, Howard Ap-|" : mean elimination. Another loss}invade enemy territo the trips going to have a sweet Robert Wolf and Richard Gall

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