Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1939 — Page 26
‘Poloists Clash CHICAGO, March 30 (U. P.)—The Chicago Shamrocks will meet the Cleveland Riding Club Saturday for the championship - of the Sherman Memorial Cup Division in the Western Polo Tournament.
Red Hot Indians Battle Toronto Again Today
By Eddie Ash
TIGER FANS PULL FOR CHARLIE GEHRINGER IN GAME SINCE 1924
ndianapolis Times Sports
THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1939
PAGE 26
HARLIE GEHRINGER may have lost a step or two \
C in the field and in getting down to first base, but still is far removed from baseball's boneyard, if you take Detroit fans’ word for it. . . . They know the veteran slumped in hitting last year compared with other seasons,
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but he’s been around so long he’s part of the Motor City’s picture... . Charlie will be 36 in May. . . . He has taken the best of care of himself over a long span of big league campaigns and always has covered a
wide range of territory,
particularly to his left to help out the first sacker and cut off hits. There's none of that hip-hip-hooray in Charlie's makeup. oe « « Modest and quiet on and off the field, he is withal a determined pastimer and loves to play the game. : Ty Cobb was the Bengal skipper when Gehringer first enrolled with the Tigers in 1924 after emerging from the University of Michigan. , . . He made the 1924 spring training jaunt with Detroit and was farmed out to London of the MichiganOntario League. ., . . He received further schooling with Toronto in 1925, and in 1926 saw service in 123 games with the Tigers. In 1926 Charlie was in 133 major battles and in 1927 played the full schedule of 154 « » » and has been a mainstay at the keystone for 11 years. . . . A lame arm assailed this star in 1931 and he played only 101 games that year, serving briefly at first base, * Gehringer was “discovered” by Bobby Veach, old-time Tiger o
Indianapolis in the way-back-when days. . . .
Charlie Gehringer
utfielder who was developed at After leaving the
University of Michigan Charlie joined a strong semipro nine at: Fowlerville, and Veach happened along and spied him out for the
Detroit club.
Around and About in Sports
NDIANA State Farm sports bulletin:—“John (Red)
Marion County, won the pocket
Danahey, billiards tourney which was held
for the officers from the different counties. Danahey had so much stuff on his cue he shot left-handed part of the time to give his opponents a chance. Gene Inman, Greene County, took the boys for a ride
in table tennis and coasted to the ti
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Undefeated and untied . ... Maybe if the Indianapolis Indians keep going down there in Florida they'll earn a bid to the Rose Bowl,
no less.
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Hammering Henry Armstrong returns to the ring wars tomorrow night and he’ll probably turn out the lights on Davey Day.
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That Oregon basketball team’s decisive victory over took a hunk of prestige out of the Big Ten.
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Ohio State #
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: Pete Reiser, Brooklyn Dodgers’ rookie sensation, barely hit over .300 in the Class D Northern League last year. Perhaps it's that big league
free feed bag bulging his muscles.
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In this column recently Broad Ripple High School was over-
looked as a turner-outer of baseball teams every spring.
power to the Rockets, Coach Frank Diederich. ®
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Defending 1938 Big Ten titlés this year (in the big outdoors) will
be Indiana, baseball; Michigan, tra football. ” ” 2
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arm. . . . The Cubs’ big personality man has not pitched an inning or
in batting practice this spring.
Cubs, White Sox, Yanks Bid Spring Camps Goodby
LOS ANGELES, March 30 (U. P.). —The Chicago Cubs and White Sox will leave tonight for Yuma, Ariz, after the Cubs play their last exhibition game in California this season against the I.os Angeles Angels. Jack Russell and Charley Root will pitch for the Cubs with Flores starting for the Angels.
The Cubs and Sox will meet at Yuma tomorrow in their first road game. John Whitehead will start for the Sox and Gene Lilliard will pitch for the Cubs. The Cuns will leave James (Rip) .Collins, first baseman they acquired in 1936, in Los Angeles. Manager Gabby Hartnett announced last night he had been sold outright to the Angels—the eve of his 34th birthday.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 30 (U. P.). — The New York Yankees, having completed their 15th successive season of spring training at this resort, say goodby tonight when they leave for Tallahassee for the first game of their barnstorming tour. The Yanks , won 11 of the 17 training camp starts, but four were against their Kansas City and Newark farm clubs,
WINTER GARDEN, Fla, March 30 (U. P.).—The St. Louis Cardinals, ‘who have won 12 out of 18 spring games against major league clubs, meet their Rochester farmhands of the International League today. “Were ready ior the National League season to open right now,” said Manager Ray Blades after the Garde beat Washington, 6-2, yesteray. .
SHREVEPORT, La., March 30 (U P.).—~The New York Giants come here today to meet Shereve-. port’s Texas League Sports. Rained out in both scheduled games with the Dallas Steers, the Giants still planned to send Harry Gumbert to the mound for a sev- - en-inning turn today with big Walt Brown following for the last two frames.
* CLEARWATER, Fla, March 30 (U. P.).—Leo Durocher named Luke Hamlin and Bill Posedel to pitch for the Brooklyn Dodgers today against the Detroit Tigers. The Dodgers had a free day yesterday while Detroit nosed the Boston Bees, 9-8. Schoolboy Rowe pitched five innings and allowed eight hits and four runs. Rudy York was the Tiger star, clouting two home runs.
ORLANDO, Fla, March 30 (U. P.).—~The Washington Senators,
try again today against the Cincinnati Reds. The Senators took their second straight licking from the St. Louis Cardinals, 6-2, yesterday while the Reds boosted _ their grapefruit average io .500 with a 1-0 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
AUSTIN, Tex., March 30 (U. P.).— The St. Louis Browns were to meet the University of Texas here today with the rookies Bill Trotter and Bob Muncrief pitching. The Browns yesterday dropped a game to the Philadelphia Phillies at Cuero, 14-13, their first loss to the National
Leaguers in nine games this spring. One contest was tied. pring
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, March 30 U. P.).—The Pittsburgh Pirates met the San Francisco Seals today for their final game in California after defeating the Pacific Coast club yesterday, 5-0, with Kenny Heintzelman and Rip Sewell producing good hurling, backed by four double plays in the first four innings. It was the Pirates’ third consecutive win over the Seals. Heintzelman allowed one hit in five inning, but walked six. Sewell was tapped for four hits but the the Seals could not score.
(U. P.).—Although he was three weeks late in reporting, rookie Dee Miles today appeared to have cinched a. berth in the Philadelphia Athletics outfield. Brought up from Chattanooga, Miles has been hitting the ball hard, but his fielding needs polishing. He and Sam Chapman with three hits each led the Athletic assault on two Cleveland pitchers Jesterday in defeating the Indians, 0 6.
CUERO, Tex., March 30 (U. P.). —For the first time since spring training started Manager Doc Prontho of the Philadelphia Phillies was smiling today. He was impressed with his team’s hitting, which included five home runs, as the Phillies turned back the St. Louis Browns, 14 to 13, yesterday to register their first victory over a major league club in 10 spring training games,
LAKE CHARLES, La. March 30 (U. P.).—It was apparent to Manager ‘Oscar Vitt of the Cleveland Indians today that if the Tribe is to win any of their spring games they need better pitching. Bill Zuber and Tom Drake, who had been counted on to bolster the mound
.|Kansas City at Bartow, tomorrow;
LAKE CHARLES, La. March 30
6th Victim Of Hoosiers
Tribe Slaps International League Champs, 7 to 2; Gets 13 Hits.
Times Special BARTOW, Fla., March 30.—Six up and six in the bag! The Indianapolis ball team apparently is playing on the theory of whole hog or nothing. Undefeated in the Grapefruit League in half a dozen starts, the
Redskins were to invade Avon Park today to battle the Toronto Internationals in a return game. Bob Hogan, John Wilson and Horace Lisenbee were slated for Tribe mound duty. ‘The Hoosiers smacked down the Leafs in Bartow Tuesday, 2-0, and hoped to duplicate the feat this afternoon. Newark’s Bears, champions of the International League, fell before Indianapolis here yesterday and barely escaped a shutout. The score was 7 to 2. John Niggeling, the veteran knuckleball artist, dished out five goose eggs before turning the job over to Don French who was touched for two runs in the eighth stanza.
Niggeling Pleases Schalk
Manager Schalk was elated over Niggeling’s effective chucking. Horace Lisenbee relieved French after the eighth and held the Bears scoreless in the ninth. Buddy Lewis of last year’s team caught the entire game for the Redskins and got two hits. The Schalkmen opened up in the first inning and swept four runners around the paths. They repeated with two markers in the third and completed their runmaking in the] fifth by adding a seventh tally. Bob Loane and Myron McCormick, outfielders, wielded the big bats for the Indians. Although at bat only twice Loane chalked up a single and double. McCormick took four trips to the plate and hit twice, one a single and the other a two-base blow, Tribe Gets 13 Blows
Bittner and Branch pitched for Newark and were pounded for a total of 13 hits. The Indians have now bumped off three International League clubs, three American Association, scored 40 runs to opponents’ 16, tallied two shutouts and averaged 62-3 runs a game to 22-3 for opponents. The Tribe's remaining games this week: Toronto at Avon Park, today;
Buffalo at Plant City, Saturday. Yesterday’s box score:
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Runs batted in—Chapman, McCormick 2, Gabrielson. Two-base hits—McCormick, Loane, Latshaw, Niggeling. Double plays —Delsavio to Norris to Gabrielson 2, Stein to Latshaw, Sorensen to Latshaw. Left on bases pLndianagolis, 8; Nawark, 8. Base 2; Bitty
on balls—Off Niggeling, 2; French, & French 2; Lisenbee, 1: Bittner, 1; Branch,
i ner, 4. Struck out—B Niggeling, . Hits—Off Niggeling. 2 in 4 innings: off Lisenbee, none in 1 inning: off Bittner. 9 in 4 innings; off French, 6 in 4 innings; off Branch, 4 in 4 innings. Winning pitcher—Niggeling. Losing _pitcher—Bittner.
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Cage Trip Plans
Campus excitement over published reports of an invasion of the New York area next season by the Butler University basketball team was termed “slightly premature” by school officials today. Such a trip has been discussed by Athletic Director Tony Hinkle, but no contracts have been drawn up and the venture still remains in the “may” stage, it was declared. Hinkle is seeking a game with Long Island University in Madison Square Garden next Christmas week. Ned Irish, New York basketbal} promoter, is toying with the idea. . The projected trip also would include a game with St. Joseph’s at Philadelphia; according to Hinkle's present plans.
Expect Approval of Meade’s Bid to Ride
NEW YORK, March 30 (U. P.).— The Jockey Club. will consider Don Meade’s application for a license to ride on New York tracks at its next meeting April 11, it was indicated today. Marshall Cassidy, the New York Racing Commission’s steward, is not expected to oppose grauting Meade a license. Meade was banned from the nation’s tracks three years
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Championships Open Today At Ohio State.
COLUMBUS, O., March 30 (U. P.).—The blue-ribbon wearers of U. S. swimming and diving laurels competed in the 1939 Amateur Athletic Union championships today in Ohio State natatorium, cocking one eye on individual national titles and the other on the 1940 Olympics. Approach of the Olympic year swelled the field of 250 tank stars for the three-day meet. World record holders in nine of the 10 events in competition here were on hand to stake an initial claim for berths on the American Olympic team next year. L The lone absentee record holder was the University of Michigan relay team which was withdrawn in a decision by Michigan officials not to participate because of a conflict with studies. The Wolves’ absence made Ohio State, second in both the Big Ten and collegiate carnivals, a slight favorite to repeat its 1938 A. A. U. team triumph but Coach Mike Peppe feared the challenge of two private clubs, Chicago Medinah and the New York Athletic Club. Colleges and schools represented at the meet were Ohio State, Princeton, varsity and freshman teams; Yale, Wayne, Indiana, Temple, Brown, Mercersburg and Kent State. Clubs were Medinah Athletic; Detroit Athletic; New York Athletic; Lake Shore of Chicago; Indianapolis Athletic; Lenox Hill of New York; Birmingham, Ala., Athletic; Broadwood Athletic, Philadelphia; Greenwood Memorial, Gardner, Mass.; Texas Aquatic, Austin, Tex.; Huntington, Ind, Y¥. M. C. A.; Akron Y. M. C. A.; Cincinnati Y. M. C. A.; Providence Boys’; Young Mens Hebrew Association, New York.
Hoosier Casters Win
The Hoosier Casting Club defeated the Indianapolis Casting Club 178 to 175 in a meet at the Pennsy Gym last night. E. O. Ford and Ralph Carr tied for high scoring honors of the event with 96 points each. The Hoosier casters would like a match with any casting club in the City. Call Cherry 6608.
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By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent
CLEARWATER, Fla., March 30.— The Lip and the Redhead are going
to stir up some trouble this season. The Lip is Leo Durocher and the Redhead in Larry MacPhail and you can’t be around them very long until you finally catch on that they are dead on the level about getting the Brooklyn Dodgers out of seventh place in the National League. : As a twosome, Durocher and MacPhail can outtalk any other similar pair in the majors, but there doesn’t seem the remotest chance that they'll be able to talk the Dodgers into the pennant. However, they seem to be making definite progress toward giving the Flatbush fans something besides, “wait’ll next year.”
Recognize Dodgers’ Flaws
In all their madness, Durocher and MacPhail recognize the flaws in the Dodgers and are making sane plans to correct them. There are four definite improvements in the club: (1) Gene Moore in right field; (2) Pete Coscarart at second base; (3) Luke Sewell and Ray Haworth as catching reserves; (4) a new Crop of pitching talent headed by Whit Wyatt. ~ Moore, recovered from his knee injury which put him out two-thirds of last season when he was with the Bees, gives the Dodgers a capable right fielder with a strong arm and a potent bat. Coscarart, hailed by his discoverer, Ted McGrew, as a better fielder than Joe Gordon, will make a great difference in the Dodger infield if he hits enough to
give first-class catching insurance for Blimp Phelps, something which was lacking most of last year. Pitching is where the Dodgers need the most help, and Durocher hopes to find some winners from among Whit Wyatt, the Milwaukee phenom who bounced around the American League for seven years, Hugh Casey from Atlanta, Red Evans from New Orleans and Bill Crouch from Nashville. The known quantities on the staff are Vito Tamulis, whose 12 won and six lost last year was the Dodgers’
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With the Cincinnati-Indianapolis player working agreement | of the Reds are in the group above sitting in on one of the Tribe's functioning okay, the officials of the two ball clubs are doing a lot of visiting back and forth in Fiorida watching the hirelings perform. General Manager Warren Giles and Manager Bill McKechnie
Brooklyn on Its Way Up, Lip and Redhead Maintain
exhibition games.
M. Trautman, American Association president.
Indianapolis club president, and Al
once-every-six-day pitcher; Ira Hutchinson from the Bees; Luke Hamlin, a 12-game winner; Forrest Presnell, the knuckler, and Bill Posedel, who won eight.
Plenty of Brains on Hand
Brooklyn’s camp is overrun with master minds and heavy thinkers. Durocher has Charlie Dressen, exCincinnati pilot, and Bill Killefer, former Cubs’ and Browns’ boss, as his chief assistants. Tony Lazzeri, “Mr. Brains” from the Yankees, is around trying to break in at second, but he isn’t likely to make the grade unless young Coscarart fails to hit.
Luke Sewell, who put in 18 years in the American League, is another one of the cerebral group. With Ernie Koy in left, Tuck Stainback in center and Moore in right, the Dodgers haven't the league’s worst outfield by a long shot. Fred sington, who hit .358 in 17 games with the Dodgers last fall, is battling Koy for the left field berth and has been looking good. The infield has Dolf Camilli at first, Coscarart at second, Manager Durocher at short and Cookie Lavagetto at third. Johnny Hudson, who played second last year, has been converted into a utility man for short and third. Blimp Phelps, the league’s hardesthitting catcher, again will do the bulk of the receiving, with Sewell the No. 2 man.
hold his job. Sewell and Hayworth |
months of aging:
In front, left to right: McKechnie, Giles, George
| Bobby Kamrath,
Tee Off in ‘Rain Meet’
Guldahl, Snead and Picard Are Favored in Annual Masters Tourney.
AUGUSTA, Ga., March 30 (U. P.).—The annual Masters Tournament or “rain competition” got: under way today at the Augusta National Golf Club with wet weather again threatening to drench the 47 contestants. : All of the five previous Masters Tournaments have been visited by rain, so today’s forecast was in keeping with past performances. Among the 38 professionals and nine amateurs competing in this last important classic of the winter season, three top-notchers shared the favored spot in the betting at 8-1. They are Ralph Guldahl, na-
E | tional open champion; Sam Snead,
In rear: Leo Miller, Banister, Columbus club president.
Net Veterans Sew Up Meet
Youngsters Eliminated From River Oaks Tourney.
HOUSTON, Tex., March 30 (U. P.).—An all-veteran finish was a certainty today in the annual River Oaks Tennis Tournament, when the
oldtimers eliminated the last youngster and had the quarterfinals to themselves. Bryan (Bitsy) Grant, Atlanta, Ga. the favorite to win the meet for the fourth time, faces his severest test thus far in the hard driving Hal Surface, Kansas City, who has not peen extended against early round opponents. A pair of Californians, Frank Kovacs, Oakland and Jack Tidball, Los Angeles, oppose each other in another feature match. Both are players who have earned the title of “young veterans” because of their rapid rise to prominence in the past two years. Elwood Cooke, Portland, Ore, another top seeded player, meets University of Texas champion, and Frank Guernsey Houston, national intercollegiate titleholder, plays Ernie Sutter, New Orleans, former national intercollegiate champion.
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biggest money winner of 1938, and
Henry Picard, defending titleholder.
Bobby Jones, former king of the world’s linksmen, who returns to competition each year only in this tournament over the course he helped design, was given little chance for victory. His betting quotation is 40-1, the longest ever laid against him, Although the somewhat paunchy Bobby has been shooting around par 72 in practice rounds, there is little likelihood that he will beat out the sharpshooting professionals who are on edge after trekking the winter “gold trail"— or even the strongest amataeur contingent in the tourney’s history.
Indiana U. Graduate Lands Coaching Job
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, March 30. — Yeates Lucas, former Indiana University tennis player, has been appointed head coach of the Mississippi State College tennis team, it has been announced Lere. Lucas, who graduated last June, is a nephew of E. C. Hayes, Indiana University track coach. Lucas plans to enter the air corps in July.
Tech to Be Site Of Dual Meets
Athletic Directors R. V. Copple of Tech and Russell S. Julius of Shortridge, have announced two dual track meets to be held at the Tech track field Wednesday afternoon, April 5. The Tech trackmen will take on the Bloomington thinlies and at the same time Coach Don R. Knight's Shortridge squad will engage Kokomo’s cinder team. The Shortridge-Kokomo meet was originally scheduled for April 7, at Kokomo. Since the Shortridge track is at present being reconstructed it is impossible to hold the meet there. Both of the local squads have been holding workouts for the past three
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