Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 April 1939 — Page 7
LESSON IN WOOD PLAY
By Eddie Ash
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SEEKS CATCHING MARK BATTERY BOSS
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DICKEY BILL IS YANKS
11th season with the New
Indianapolis Times Sports SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1939
§[ START | THE SEASON RIGHT -.... STUDY SLAMMIN’
ILL Dickey is going into his York Yankees and is after catchers . . . He won't be 30
stick around for a long spell yet. . . . His big league career batting average is .322 and he puts plenty behind the ball
on drives.
In the spring of 1936 tall Bill began to make himself over both as a receiver and hitter. . . . He acquired a natural pull, began to get homers, and in three seasons
belted 78 of them.
In catching he moved closer to the hitter, crouched
lower, and suffered fewer inju
himself up for a long stay in the big money.
Timely Hitter in Clutch
N the last three seasons Dick mand as a catcher but has annual average of better than
years Bill has been the battery boss and has directed the
pitcher without interference from the bench. Here's the way the great receiver puts it:
Yankees is a cinch. There isn't a pr Usually southpaws are hard to catch
for Red Ruffing, I could receive him one-handed. His control is
that good.”
Short Cruises Through Sportland
IXTO ESCOBAR defends his bantamweight title in his own back yard tcmorrow, meeting K. O. Morgan at San Juan, Puerto Rico.
. Morgan outpointed the champ
April. . . . Sixto is the idol of Puerto Rico, which makes the task a
tough one for the challenger.
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Jack Odle is Texas Christian's new Davey O’Brien-Sammy Baugh It's said he pitched strikes during spring grid
pigskin flipper. . practice.
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the washed-up veteran mixes with Bomber Joe Louis on the Coast. . . The promoters think World's Fair visitors will go for any kind
of a fracas just to see Joe.
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There is nothing in sports whic
that the last ball for a 300 bowling score.
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Bob Kahle of Richmond, former Indianapolis third sacker, has been transferred from the Boston Bee chain to the wealthy New York
Yankee chain at Newark. . . . That's ” 2
Bill Terry, Giants’ boss, started
games in one campaign while with Shreveport 23 years ago.
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The Cardinals outdrew the Yankees in exhibition games at St. The Cards got 31,463 paid admissions in a dozen
Petersburg. . . . games, the Yankees got 29,919 for an
the long service record for until June and expects to
ries. . . . Sort of building
ey not only has taken comdriven in 355 runs . . . an 118. . . . In the last two
“Catching for the oblem child on the mound staff. . but Lefty Gomez is a joy. As
in a nontitle go at Detroit last
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2 h makes a man freeze up more
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2 out as a pitcher and worked 49
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equal number of contests.
City Bowlers
Active on
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The attention of Indianapolis] bowlers and bowling enthusiasts | will be “wandering” somewhere be- | tween here and Cleveland this week- | end. | Action resumes here today in the 30th annual state bowling tourna- | ment and at the same time several pairs of Indianapolis doubles competitors will be displaying their | prowess at the A. B. C. event in| Cleveland. { The local affair will be minus Norman Hamilton, City Association | secretary, in charge of the state] tournament, who is one of those rolling in the A. B. C. tournament | today. He is entered in the doubles! with Joe Rae. Others vieing for doubles honors at Cleveland are Fred Shaw and! Robert Kelley, Arch Heiss and Perc | Henry, Robert Wuench and Lorenz! Wiesman, Lester Koelling and Evan! Stuart, James Todd and Roscoe | Conkle, Alfred Horton and Earl Rat- | cliff and Leroy Callahan and Paull Crosier,
Up To Date Standings
Today all alleys at Pritchett’s will | be monopolized by five-man teams! and Sunday the doubles and singles | teams will have full sway of the! drives up until 8:15 tomorrow night when one squad of quintets will roll. | A resume of the standings in the state competition at the present shows that A. M. Todd Co.s fiveman team of South Bend is in the top spot of its division with 3049 pins. I. U. Dental School tops the local booster teams and is second in all classifications with 2939. Herman Land, Kokomo pinman | is first in solo scoring with 699 made on games of 258, 226 and 215. Another Kokomo entry, M. Skinner and R. R. Kelly, leads the doubles with 1242 on games of 395, 425 and 422. In all-events Ivan Dalley, South Bend, 1873 is the best to date. He rolled games of 712, 582 and 579. The Shell Oii crew of Nappanee heads out-of-town booster teams with its 2760. C. Rabold topped all efforts by Indianapolis bowlers with his 649 in the Construction loop at Pritchett’s but was only three pins better than Justin Forsyth who rolled 648 in the E League, Rabold
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Jankers
had games of 219, 223 and 207. Blanche Meyer posted a 645 in the Kernel Ladies’ loop at Pritchett's drives also. Joh» Fehr of the FoxHunt loop hit 643,
Perfect Score Ace On A. B. C. Drives
CLEVELAND, April 1 (U. P).— Another tov-speed delegation of keglers took their fling today in the American Bowling Congress championships. Included among the veterans carded was Jimmy Murgie, of Philadelphia, who rolled up a record of three consecutive 300 games in match play two years ago. Jerry Vidro, of Grand Rapids, Mich., who won the singles title in 1934 with a 721 total, also appeared on the card. Detroit was awarded the 1940 tournament over St. Paul at the 39th annual convention of the Congress yesterday. Bids were received from Indianapolis and St. Louis for the 1941 tourney. Frank J .Fitzpatrick of Oakland, Cal, was elected president of the A. B. C. He succeeds John Davies of Columbus, O. who died two months ago. Neil E. King, Indianapolis, was moved up to first vice president. One major change was posted in the A. B. C. standings during a shallow daylight card. Joe Hunter and Matt Kowalski, of Chicago, scored 1307 for a second-place tie in the doubles. Andy Varipapa, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was unable to crash the honor columns. He scored 1867 in the allevents, not enough to put him in the first 10.
College Baseball
Duke, 3; Michigan State, 0. Temple, 6; Dartmouth, 3. Wisconsin, 19; Northern Illinois Teachers’ College, 3. Illinois, 8; Illinois Wesleyan, 8 (tie, 10 innings; called because of darkness). Franklin at Todians Central;
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FRENCH LICK, Ind, April 1 (U. P.).—Gus Moreland, a brawny | amateur golfer from Peoria, I, | had a one-stroke advantage over | the field as a large field started out today in the second day’s shooting for the Midwest Amateur golf title. | Moreland turned in a one-under- | par 71 yesterday to take an early lead over Wilfred Wehrle, of Ra-| cine, Wis., who had a one-over-par | 72. Moreland toured the “hill” | course while Wehrle played tougher “valley” 18. Close behind the leaders were five men tied at 73. They were W. J.
Denson Wins In First Round
Local Light Heavy Kayoes Bullock in Armory Bout.
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Johnny Denson today was looking forward to what he hopes will be his 30th victory as a professional boxer. Johnny, Indianapolis, light heavyweight champion of Indiana, used just one and three-fourths minutes to put away his 29th victory against Hubert Bullock, 172, of Cincinnati, at the Armory last night. In the semiwindup six-round bout, Joe Palmo, Cincinnati, decisioned Lew Ross, 127, Louisville. Chuck Vickers, Indianapolis, knocked out Battling Jackson, Louisville in the second round of a scheduled four-round affair.
Canzoneri, McAuliffe Draw Young Tony Canzoneri, 122, Indianapolis, and Jack McAuliffe, Cincinnati, fought to a four-round draw. In another four-round preliminary, Wesley Kemp, 162, Indianapolis, upheld his clean record in three Armory bouts with a decision over Bob Kamm, Flackville, In his first two fights here Kemp won by oneround knockouts. Herb Brown, Indianapolis, whipped Billy Sparks, Indianapolis, in another four-round fight. They fought at 135 pounds. Paul Bunten, 140, Coatsville, won his third straight fight here against Frank McGuire, Indianapolis, by a technical knockout in the second round of the opening four-rounder. Approximately 2000 persons attended last night's bouts.
Race Is Close in Swimming Meet
COLUMBUS, O, April 1 (U. P). —The National A. A. U. swimming team championship became a fight between the New York Athletic Club and Ohio State University today. With the Medinah Club of Chicago apparently out despite Adolph Kiefer's points, the New York A. C. held a three-point lead, 27 to 17, with three events remaining for today. Although in second place, the defending Ohio State squad had a good chance of retaining its title because there does not seem to be any way for Al Patnik to lose the high-board diving event. Patnik gd has won the low-board itle.
Veller In Business LA PORTE, Ind, April 1 (U. P). —Lefty Veller, former Indiana University basketball ace who recently resigned as coach of the La Porte Slicers High School basketball team,
French Lick
Tewksbury, of La Grange, Ill; Arnold Minkley, of Aurora, Ill; Sid Richardson, Big Ten champion from Northwestern University; Maurice McCarthy Jr, of Cincinnati, and John McGuire, Indianapolis. The 54-hole medal play tourney will conclude tomorrow when the final 18 holes will be played. The Thomas D. Taggart trophy will be awarded the winner. Scores turned in by other Indianapolis players among the leaders yesterday: Bill Reed, 75; Paul Carr, 76; Pete Grant, 76. Jack Hoerner, Chicago, the defending champion, lagged at 79.
Southern Stars in Pinehurst Windup
PINEHURST, N. C, April 1 (U. P.)—Two of the South’s outstanding women golfers, Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill, N. C,, and Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, meet today in the finals of the 37th annual North and South women’s tournament here. Both Mrs. Page and Miss Kirby won decisively in yesterday's semifinals. Mrs. Page defeated Jean Bauer of Providence, R. I, 6 and 4, and Miss Kirby defeated Mrs. William Hockenjos of Lake Hopatcong, N. J, 7 and 6.
Hall Moves Up In Cue Tourney
By United Press
Allen Hall, Chicago, moved into third place in the world threecushion billiard championship last night with two victories over Clarence Jackson, Detroit.
Johnny Layton, New York, who had held third place, dropped two games to Otto Reiselt at Philadelphia and moved back to fourth. Hall, playing on his home tables, won the first game, 50-37, in 42 innings and the second, 50-27, in 56 innings. Reiselt won his games, 5448, in 54 innings and 50-39, in 41 innings. / Joe Chamaco, New York, the leader, and Jay Bozeman, Chicago, who is second, were idle. Frank Scoville, Buffalo, defeated Charles McCourt at Cleveland _ in two games, 50-34, in 52 innings and, 50-38, in 56 innings.
THE PUTTING STANCE AND GRIP
Masters’ Links Play Is April Fool's Mess; Burke 69 and Snead 70
Golf Leader Three Under Par in Jumbled Field; Tommy Armour Pulls Form Surprise; New High In Wagering Is Predicted.
AUGUSTA, Ga. April 1 (U. P.).—Excellent performances by less= favored golfers left the Masters’ invitation tournament in such an April Fool's mess today that it was the best betting tourney in the classic’s six-year history. . Col. Tom Watterson of Louisville, official bookmaker for the Mast« ers, said, “I've handled the wagering on all five previous competitions, and I never saw anything like this—never saw a time when the field
your finger on one hot favorite.
three under par, on the first round. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va, one shot a 70 yesterday.
shared third place with two former Henry Picard.
would be up high, since favorites, running, and priced him at his 37th triumph. Ralph Guldahl, U. S. Open
By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, April 1.—Henry Armstrong, the little brown buzzsaw, still is welterweight champion
of the world, but when they stick his left hand under the X-ray today it may develop that it cost him $40,000 to beat Davey Day into a spongy mess in defense of his title. Armstrong ran into a tartar at Madison Square Garden last night, and although he won on a technical knockout in the 12th round he got some souvenirs from Davey he is likely to carry for a couple of months. He got a gash over his left eye that required four stitches to close, and, more important, he injured his left hand in the fifth round and it may turn out to be a fracture. If so, Armstrong will have to pass up a projected bout with Ernie Roderick in London—a fight he figured would earn him $40,000. Shooting for his $40,000 in London, Henry threw ‘em from all parts of the compass last night and some of them were so far south of the belt line that he lost two rounds because of foul blows. Except for those two rounds, he led all the way, swarming on top of his man, slamming home lefts and rights to the
head and, finally, dropping Day with
CHICAGO, April 1 (U. P).— Bob Pastor, New York heavyweight, went into the ring last night to beat Maurice Strickland of New Zealand and if his trunks wouldn't stay up that was the customers lookout.
They sagged down around his knees in the sixth round but Bob kept throwing punches. He was the least embarrassed person in, the stadium as Referee Phil Collins stopped the fight twice and nervously pinned them up. In another minute they were down again. Pastor reached out and hit Strickland with a right to the jaw as Collins held up the trunks. He finally discarded them between rounds and stood calmly in his corner until a new pair was furnished. Then he walked out and rei aA out a
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Pastor Throws Punch as Referee Pins Up Trunks
ease his rating as the world No. 2 heavyweight contender. The entire bout was spiritless and the 4000 fans booed frequent= ly in the late rounds. Collins and Judges William Battye and Ed Klein gave Pastor a unanimous decision. Pastor weighed 185% pounds and Strickland 19015. In a semifinal bout Lem Franklin, 19314, Chicago, former Inter= national Golden Gloves winner, decisioned big Abe Simon, 250, New York.
Train on Bikes ITHACA, N. Y. April 1. — Carl Snavely, head football coach at Cor= nell University, has banned autoe mobiles and prescribed. bicycles as a means of transportation and traine
a right to the ribs that moved only about 14 inches. Davey went to his knees on the canvas, his head rolled crazily and Referee Billy Cavanaugh looked up into Armstrong’s blocd-smeared face and said, “that’s all.” It happened after two minutes and 49 seconds of the 12th round and it marked the sixth time in a little more than four months that Henry has successfully defended his welterweight championship. He also holds the lightweight title, but that was not at stake last night because Davey came in at 136—a pound over the lightweight limit. Say this for both brown man and the white man—their hearts were crammed with courage and both of them kept whaling away when nerves and muscle and brain must have been crying at them to quit. Armstrong, with pain shooting all the way up to his elbow, kept throwing his left against Day’s head. Davey’s right eye was gone—buried under an angry, purple swelling — but he whistled his right uppercut through in a desperate attempt wo connect from his blind side. Most of the time he missed by at least six inches and got a clubbing around the head in return which softened him up for the kill. From the ninth round on, Armstrong drank his own blood as it
Stecher, Mazurki On Armory Card
Young Joe Stecher, 224-pound Lincoln, Neb. wrestler, has been signed to meet Mike Mazurki, 226 pounds, New York, in the supporting bout of the Armory wrestling card Tuesday night. Stecher and Mazurki are specialists with the scissors hold. Stecher
has won three previous’ matches here. This is Mazurki's first Indianapolis appearance. ; Frankie Hart, Toronto light heavyweight, and The Great Mephisto, Newark, will meet in the headliner, Dorve Roche will appear on the card against an opponent unnamed as yet. >
Amateur Ice Tit
Henry Gets Some Souvenirs in Gory Going Before Dropping Day in 12th
rolled down to his lips from the gash over his eye, but he never stopped moving in with his odd, crab-like footwork, bulling Davey to the ropes and hitting him with everything except the water bottle. It was Armstrong's victory, but it was Davey’'s crowd. There were 10,028 persons peering through the smoke and it seemed that all of them were for Davey. They booed Armstrong when he hit low, and they cheered every blow Day struck even if most of them were powder-puff punches flung by a man who was licked but refused to admit it. Davey doesn’t look like a fighter because he is skinny and stoop shouldered, but the cold facts are
that this is the first time he has ever been stopped. He can really take it, and his only mistake last night was that he thought flesh and bone had a chance against a buzzsaw. Davey’s biggest regret is that he failed to avenge his old stablemate and friend, Barney Ross, now retired, Barney, who was in Davey’: corner last night, tock a terrible lacing from Armstrong last May. Barney looked at Day's bruised body in the dressing room, shook his head slowly and said. “It looks like he gave Davey a, worse going over than he did me.”
Indianapolis Athletic Club girl swimmers are working out in the local pool with eyes cast toward the series of National A. A. U. aquatic championships being sponsored this month in Detroit, Chicago and Indianapolis. : Patty Aspinall and June Fogle are entered in the women's senior National A, A, U. 300-yard individual medley event in the Detroit Athletic Club pool April 15. The Ind A. C. will sponsor the on and the 220- breast-stroke April 23. Helen
defending titleholder in the freestyle and Katherine Rawls Thompson, holder of the National 100-yard
DETROIT, April 1 (U, P)—The In the third period Jest B n the St feat the Holsbaugh team
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But in the next bracket at 71, was Scotsman who has won opens on both sides
When Watterson issued his original quotations, he was defending champion and one of the three
but the bookmaker never dreamed ; 50-1. Nelson was given a 14-1 rating despite
was so jumbled going into the second round. «After the first 18 holes, in other tourneys, you could always pub But not this time. current tournament probably will set a new high for the total amount; wagered on the masters, exceeding even that of 1937.” Billy Burke of Cleveland former Open champion, who was a 40-1 shot in the original price-making, led the field after his brilliant 69,
That’s why the
Right on his heels came Sam Snead, of the three original favorites. Sam
Tommy Armour, the ‘rejuvenated of the Atlantic. Armour Masters’ winners, Byron Nelson and he figured Picard
that Armour would be in the
king and the third favorite, was doing
fairly well, sharing the 72 bracket with six others. Accordingly, Watterson pared the favored odds on Picard, Snead and Guldahl from 8-1 to 5-1, and lifted Burke from 40-1 to 15-1, and Armour from 50-1 to 15-1, The field of 46 aspirants for the $1500 first prize played the second round of 18 holes today, with the result to be settled by 36 holes tomorrow. Two of the game's greatest cam= paigners now seemed to have little chance of winning—Bobby Jones, for whom the course was built to honor, and Walter Hagen. Both were down in the 76 bracket. They drew the biggest galleries that took advantage of yesterday's perfect golfing weather, because of the lure of their fame. Lawson Little, former Amateur King, was playing better than expected. Watterson had Little a 20-1 shot on the original sheet, but ele= vated him to 14-1 after he got in the
72 bracket.
Roller Derby Teams Tied
Rosasco Spurs Indianapolis To Second Victory.
Indianapolis’ representative team will be out to take the lead in games won at the Roller Derby to=night over the New York skaters.
The Hoosiers have won the last two nights and deadlocked the count at two games each. Spurred on by the arrival here of Johnny Rosasco, who has been out with injuries, the Indianapolis team took its second consecutive game last night at the Butler Fieldhouse by & 15-11 score. Approximately 9,000 fans cheered the Indianapolis team on as it lost the first scoring “jam” to the New Yorkers. However, when the boys took the track Rosasco immediately formed a block-formation that al lowed Bill Bogash to tie up the score on a solo “jam.” Action in the future promises to be fast and plentiful with the return of Rosasco, who indicated last night that he is “out for blood.” The Indianapolis captain was cautioned several times for unnecessary roughness.
Best in 30 Years
SWARTHMORE, Pa. April 1 (NEA). — Swarthmore’s basketball team wound up its 1939 season with the best record the school has had in 30 years, winning 14 and losing
Raines, New York, will be the |),
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one.
IL. A. C. Mermaids Await National A. A. U. Events
entered to compete in the 100-yard free-style in Detroit. The I. A. C. medley relay team which will swim against teams from Detroit A. C. and the Medinah Club, Chicago, at Chicago, is made up of Aspinall, Schakel and Virginia Hunt, I. A. C. back-stroke swimmer. June Fogle and Jane Cloyd are entered to compete in the 220-yard free-style event in the Medinah pool, April 19. Barbara Cook will represent the I. A. C. in the national low-board diving. She was runnerup for the title in Chicago
year. In addition to the individual
events, the I. A. C. will have a team entéred in the 400-yard relay swim.
Hig th School Track