Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 April 1939 — Page 24
anks Again Will Have Pennant on Flag Pole, Kirksey Says end the Yanks’ reign. If their three kids, Ted Williams, a natural hitter, in right field: rangy Jim Tabor at third, and the side-arm throwing Woody Rich in the box, all live up to their rosy promise, then Boston will battle the Yanks toe to toe all the way. Detroit, under Del Baker, seems likely to climb one notch to third place, and Cleveland should slump to fourth. The Tigers have an outfield problem and their pitching is nothing to write home about but they have enough all round class to beat out the Indians. Cleveland, loaded with power and temperament, made the fatal mistake of announcing a house cleaning that never came off. Only Washington of last year’s second division clubs seems definitely improved. The Senators have speed and hustle, and might have some fun if their Cuban delegation measures up to big league requirements. Joe Krakauskas, the Lithuanian lefthander, has arrived and is likely to threaten the 15 or 18-game brackets, but there's no one in sight to seriously help him. * The White Sox will have to fight off the Browns for sixth. Both have sad pitching. The Athletics are a bigger cinch to finish last than the Yanks are to win.
of extra-base power and a knack of delivering in the clutch but the pitching and defense is the backbone of the Yanks.
By GEORGE KIRKSEY TUniled Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, April 6.—The Yankees, with or without Lou Gehrig, will continue down the glory road to their fourth straight American League pennant this seaSOR. But before they make it, the Yanks will have more pressure put on them than at any time since they swept into power three years ago. In 1936 they won by 1915 games, and in 1937 by 13 games. Last season their winning margin was 915 games. This time the margin is likely to shrivel to the National League proportions of a few games or so. The new menace rising to challenge the mighty power of the Yanks is the Boston Red Sox. If calamity should overtake the Yanks this season and strike down one of their key men, the Red Sox might sneak into the winner's circle. But the Red Sox, building with youth, still seem a year away. By 1940, when Ted Williams, Jim Tabor, Woody Rich, Bobby Doerr and Jim Bagby have had another vear of seasoning, the Red Sox may blow the Yanks off their throne. But any hope of their doing it in 1939 is based on a
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ST. PAUL NOW LEANS TO POWER RIGHTHANDED HITTERS HAVE IT City Track Teams Cop J Openers
Shortridge, Washington and Tech Defeat Rivals Decisively.
line of reasoning which questions the Yanks ability fo continue to defy the law of averages and the injury jinx. ’ In examining the Yanks outlook, their pitching and defensive again are the class of the field. No team can show three pitchers like Ruffing, Gomez and Pearson. The loss of Spud Chandler for half a season with a broken leg is more than compensated by the apparent comeback of Wesley Ferrell after an arm operation and the addition of Oral Hildebrand from the Browns. The Yanks second line of pitchers—Hadley, Sundra and rookie Marvin Breuer also is superior to anything any other club can offer. Contrary to popular belief the Ynaks are not a great hitting team. They weren't last year, and they won't be this year. They have an abnormal amount
Indianapolis Times Sports
THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1939
Sprinters Stage Hot F inish in Cold Rain
It was almost a dead heat when Hawkins of Kokomo (at right) won the 100-yard dash in the Shortridge- Kokomo track meet held yesterday at Tech High Scheol field. Nash (left) was third, and Hugh Dalzell of Shortridge was second. The Shortridge thinlyclads won the meet, which was run off in the rain and over a heavy track. In another dual meet at the same field, Tech defeated Bloomington by a wide margin in points.
If Gehrig has to go the way of all flesh this season, the loss undoubtedly will be felt but it does not necessarily follow that the Yanks can’t get over it. It’s the opinion of most observers now - that the Yanks will be stronger afield with either Tommy Henrich or Babe Dahlgren at first instead of Gehrig, who, although . reliable, never was any Hal Chase. Too much stress may be placed on Gehrig's case. ; More important may be the fact that the rest of the Yanks’ infield of Gordon, Crosetti and Rofe is healthy and intact. Every sign points to the Red Sox as the club likely to
NEW YORK, April 8 (U.P.).—Here’s how George Kirksey, United Press baseball writer, picks the American League race: 1—New York—Far from a cinch, but still the class. 2—Boston—Red Sox are closing in, but still shy of pitching. 3—Detroit—On way back up, but need outfield punch to get higher. §—Cleveland—Too much temperament and not enough teamwork. 5—Washington—Bucky Harris is smiling and may have a surprise. 8—Chicago—White Sox still haunted by the evil hand. 7—St. Louis—Sad lack of pitching offsets good attack. 8—Philadelphia—Connie Mack is still a nice old man.
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HIS year’s Saints may not win more games than did their pennant-winning predecessors but they probably will win more impressively. . « « Where last season they relied on consistent pitching, high team spirit and. important and timely hitting in the clutches, and finished first with only two men hitting over 300, they now lean to power. , . . , They have a predominantly righthanded hitting lineup made to order for their home park and its short leftfield fence. If pitching comes through any where near as it did last year, the Saints figure to be well up in the first division battle even though the American Association as a whole probably will be stronger. Manager Babe Ganzel believes the Saints will have
ATLANTA, Ga. April 6 (U. P.) —Top-seeded Bitsy Grant of Atlanta and second-ranked Elwood Cooke of Portland, Ore., were yet to be extended today as they paced the field into the third round of the Atlanta Invitational Tennis Tournament. Grant had little trouble disposing of a fellow-townsman, Preston. Chambers, yesterday, 6-0, 6-2. Cooke breezed past Malon Courts of Atlanta, 6-0,
BOSTON, April 6 (U. P.).—The Stanley Cup playoffs, sometimes called the second half of the hockey season, approach the beginning of the end tonight when the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs meet in the first game of their best-of-seven final series. The playoffs, which can be ex-
tended to 23 games if all the varied 6-0. It was Cooke's second series go the limit, also are called triumph in the tourney with- |/the “world series” of ice hockey, out loss of a game. |but in reality they decide nothing Other second round results | more than possession of a battered included:
old mug that wouldn't bring $10 in a John Doeg, New York, de-
a Tech, Shortridge and Washington High Schools today were ready for their second dual meets of the 1939 season with identical records. Ail three were winners in meets; by decisive margins over out-of - |
town opponents yesterday. | a hock shop.
more punch even without Ollie Bejma, who finished in a tie with Whitlow Wyatt as the league's most valuable player. Sox May Return Ollie ANZEL hasn't abandoned hope of getting Bejma back from the White Sox. . . . Should he return, Ganzel might have to close his eyes and pick names from a hat to distribute his power. Even now there's a problem of where to play Bobby Reis, the all-purpose man obtained from the Boston
Bees. . . . Purchased as a pitcher, practiced at second base,
moved to right field, Reis has been slugging the ball. . . . He belongs in the lineup but Bit McCulloch and George Stumpf are tough to dislodge and Pete Fleming. who hit 24 home-runs for Shreveport last year. threatens to be just as much a fixture, although illness caused him to report late. Reis had been counted on to fill Bejma's shoes at second, but along came George Meyer, a kid from Dallas, via the White Sox. . . . Meyer is better defensively and hits the horsehide adequately.
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IL ENGLISH, bought from Kansas City, fits in neatly at third, Tony York is back at short and Leroy Anton is again holding down first. . . . Bob Boken is equally proficient at second. short and third and he isn't out of there vet. . . . However, the Milwaukee Brewers have made an offer for the classy veteran. Catching needs bolstering but the Saints may get Norman Schieuter or Mike Tresh from the White Sox. . . . John Pasek is okay behind the plate and wili be the No. 1 receiver. Pitching is an “X" quantity although there is no reason for saying it won't be as good as last year. . . . Neither is there any reason to say it will . At any rate, Manager Ganzel says hes ready to go with the current staff of seven righthanders and three lefties. ” 2 ® 2 = ” Fred H Brown, who has been nominated to the t ¢ - troller-General of the United States at $10.000 a veer, Paved Hog Boston National League club in 1901 and 1902.
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Joe Williams—
NEW YORK, April 6.—You can be young in one racket and old in another. At the age of 10, for example Shirlay Temple is practically a gray-haired granny among child actresses. And Tommy Hitchcock, born at the turn
of the century, is getting ready to lead America into another international polo scramble.
Top riders on the turf are young whipersna we, on y ) X rs. Yet 3 Weeks ago down in Florida we saw an old ay guy Roy Bday nsor come whirling out of the dust at the h F 3 his bettle across the wire first. S00 ie Shree MAT Barney Ross was washed up before he was 30. Wi he : : s . ren he 1 welterweight title to Henry Armstrong last summer he hung — he mittens for good. But Jack Britton was 37 vears old before he won the same title—and the incredible Fitzsimmons was fighting Jim Jeffries for the heavyweight title when he was 40 We saw Harry Vardon come within a stroke inni ) ¢ of winning t - tional Open golf championship when he was crowding 50 EN years later we saw Bill Tilden, with more than 20 vears of tournament campaigning back of him, all but blast young Eliswort i Garden tennis court. 3 : Th Wesor ve This leads us to ask, what about Lou Gehrig? touching on his futility have come out of the South this spring. He any hit ad he cant move around the bag. Twice he has given away o Tommy Henrich at first base. Has the time come t iron horse out to pasture? Sinem
A Dangerous Age in Baseball
We dont think so. We think hell have a cou le of years. Still we are not blind to the fact that Genrig is ing in years. He will be 36 in June. baseball. The average length of big league life is 10 years. Some last twi as long, others only half. Ty Cobb hung around 23 rears Bddie Col lins 22, Tris Speaker 21, Rabbit Maranville 21. Hans Wagner 20, Babe Buh ® ay were he exceptions. Cobb was 42 when he quit—and e was still good enough to get into 95 games and hit .3 i ; best pitching in the game. i A It was a surprise to baseball men and students of the hum mechanism that Ruth lasted as long as he did. We remember Speaker warning us back in 1820 that Ruth with his spindly legs and barrel torso wouldn t last three more years. He lasted until 1935, though his last effective year was in 1932 when he hit 341. He dropped 40 points the next year. When he started to go he went fast.
This Year Is Gehrig’s 15th
Gehrig will be playing his 15th year as a big leaguer thi ‘ If the physically disproportioned Ruth who ne ann tates could last 20 turbulent years, you'd think Gehrig with his marvelous structure and model habits, would last 40, wouldnt you? And yet the big story of the spring is: Can Gehrig stick it out this year? Just how much, if any, the iron man stunt has cut into Gehrig's vitality is an open guess. Our guess is that the effect was neglible. Like all such records, Gehrig's is slightly phony. One time at bat constitutes a game in the records. Never played a full game when he wasn't able at least to go through the motions. And yet you are reminded that all these iron men fellows make speedy exits. One way or another, this will be a critical year for Gehrig, and he won't be without distinguished company. Gabby Hartnett: of the Cubs is 39, Charley Gehringer of the Tigers is 36, so is Al Simmons of the Bees and Paul Waner of the Pirates. Buddy Myer of the Washisnt away. What does the new : \ ;
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Tech swamped Bloomington, 8231, Shortridge outscored Kokomo, 74: to 59: and the Continentals won from Southport, 66's to 502s. Tech and Shortridge met their opponents at the East Side school’s field and Washington was at Southport. All three meets were run off in a cold drizzling rain that prevented any exceptionally good marks. Howard Runs 10.3
However Billy Howard and Bob McMahon ran the 100 and 220-yard dashes respectively for Washington in 105 and 239 to record the best times of the day. Tech “blew” its chance for a greater margin of victory over Bloomington when the Green halfmile relay team was disqualified for cutting in on the turns. Results of the Tech-Bloomington
meet are as follows: 100-Yard Dash—Benson (T), first; Crawford (T). second; Salms (B), —11 seconds. ford {T), second; Knowles (T), third. Time—24.5 seconds, 440-Yard Dash—Martin (T), first: Lawson (TV, second; Haden (B), third. Time —34.4 second Half-Mile JT second:
2:14. Mile-Run— Monroe I), first: V (T), second: Smith (B), third. Time—
220-Yard Yow Hurdle—Barnhardt (TO, first: Engleking (T)., second: Duncan 1B), third. Time--273 seconds. 120-Yard High Hurdies—Devine (T), first: Mitchell (T), second: Buhr I(T), Time—178 seconds. High Jump—Mitchell (B), first: (T), second: Engleking (T). Samuelson (Ty) tied for third. Height J feet 9 inches.
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(T). <econd; Duncan (B), third. Length —19 feet 6 4-3 inches. Shotput—Huff (B), first; Watsen (T) second: Bengen (T), third. Distance—42 t 31% inches. relevant effev (B). first: Alexander (BY, Jeuond, Deter (T). third. Height— feat 8 inches. 1 rtamite Relay—Bloomington, first. * Lowish
Dlie ‘Relay— Tera _ (Lawson i ay—Tee son, Dosey. Nurt, first; Bloomington, second: Tech. third. Time—3:45.
meet follow: naam 100-vard Dash—Hawkins (K), first: Dailzell (8), second; Nash (K), third. Time— 11 seconds. 20-Yard Dash—Hawkins (K). first: Daloh (8). second; Nash (K), third. Time— 24.4 seconds: 40-Y h—Hoelscher (8). first: Van Tassel Dat: Scott (8), third. Time —54.7 seconds. ) Half-Mile Run—Evans (S$). first: Rail (K), second; Bond (K), third. Time—2 minutes 14.3 seconds. : Mile-Run—Widener 1K), first; Storms (K), second; King (S). third, Time—4.57.4. 220-Yard Low Hurdles—Ellis (8), lirst Maynard (S). second; Bowman (K), third.
Time—27.3 seconds. 120-Yard High Hurdles—Morgan (K), first: (S). second; Ellis (8), chird.
Maynard Time—17.4 seconds. High Jump—Foster ‘K) and Fortney (8)
tied for first; (K) tied for thira. inches. Broad Jump—Burkhoider (8S) first: Dalzell (8S), second: Foster (K), third. Length
—18 feet 8 inches. (K), first; Riggs (8),
Shot-Put—Miller second: Merrill 8), third. Distance—40 (K), first;
feet 834 inches Height —8 feet.
Pole Vault—Hall Benjamin (8S). second.
_Half-Mile Relav—Kokomo, first: Shortridge second; Kokomo, third, Time—1:395. Mile Relay—Shortriage (Dalzell, scher, Scott, Van Tassell), first; 8 DOES second; Kokomo, third. Ti
Athenians Enter
Manual’s track team will open its season at home in a three-way meet with Brazil and Crawfordsville tomorrow. The meet originally was scheduled with Brazil and the announcement of Crawfords-
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Results of the Shortridge-Kokono,
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ville's entry was made yesterday by Coach Raymond Van Arsdale of
The Redskins will rest today after several! weeks workouts which were tapered off yesterday with a two-
LOS ANGELES, April 6 (U. P). —Tarzan White, heavyweight wre$tier, was in Queen of the Angels Hospital! with a brain concussion and possible skull fracture today after hitting the ringside seats instead of Jim Londos in 8 flying
The former Alabama football star, trying to wrest away Londos’ world championship, won the first fall and then broke three seats and knocked himself out when he missed the tackle he
Sites of Golf Trials Listed
NEW YORK, April 6 (U. P)— Secticnal qualifying rounds for the 1939 United States Open Golf Championship will be played over 32 courses on May 22, the U. 8S. Golf Association announced today. This is one more qualifying site than last year, and equals the 32 of 1937 when a record field of 1402 entered for the championship played at Detroit. This year’s tournament is scheduled for June 8-10 at the Philadelphia Country Club. Entry blanks must be in the U. 8. G. A. office here by 5 p. m. May 9. The qualifying trials will consist of the usual 36 holes of medal play. Places for each district will be alloted on a percentage basis of the total sectional entry. The leading 30 players of 1938 and the home professional at Philadelphia are exempt from qualifying. The field for the championship proper is set at 170, so if all the exempted players enter, there will be 139 places available for the boys who have to qualify. Qualifying points chosen were: Birmingham, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Washington, Jacksonville, Atlanta, Chicago, New Orleans, Winchester, Mass., Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha, Buffalo, New York City, Troy, N. Y., Charlotte, N. C,, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Tulsa, Phila delphia, Pittsburgh, Memphis, Ft. Worth, Houston, Salt Lake City, Richmond, Spokane and Huntington, W. Va. Indiana golfers will Compete in qualifying trials either at Chicago or Cincinnati.
Tiger Pastimers Seek Ist Victory on Road GREENCASTLE, April 6—DePauw’s baseball team was to ieave
here today at noon for Oxford, 0. where the Tigers will meet Miami
Four Teams Forced From Skating Race
A reduced field of 10 teams and two singles will resume racing at 11 o'clock tonight in the 250-mile skating grind at the Riverside Roller Rink. The fast pace set by leading teams Tuesday night forced four teams out of the race. Out in front at the present is the Leroy KerstHelen Stewart team, which has completed 116 miles, The team of Paul Thompson and Mary Lemon is still in second place, while James Marvel Jr. and Bonnie Brown are holding third.
Earlham Nine Starts Season With Tie
Times Special RICHMOND, April 6.—Neither Earlham nor Eastern Illinois Teachers. College could claim any superiority on the baseball diamond today. The two teams battled to a 1-1 draw here yesterday in nine jiuings Javed in a drizzling rain. y e open tear pening game for both Illinois scored first in the fifth inning and Earlham tied the count in the seventh. Dave Keyser, Earlham ace, hurled the last four frames without allowing a hit.
University tomorrow and Saturday. In their only two games this sea« son, both against Indiana Univer sity, DePauw was beaten badly.
Wabash Netters Lose
Times Special NASHVILLE, Tenn, April 6.— Playing only one set in each match, | Vanderbilt University’s tennis team downed Wabash College, 5 to 1, here yesterday. The match was Jun off indoors because of rain.
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Butler Bows To Pittsburg
Times Special PITTSBURGH, Kas, April 6.— The record of Butler University track squad against Southwestern opponents today listed two defeats and one victory. The Bulldogs from Indianapolis were handed their second defeat yesterday by the Pittsburg Teachers, 90 to 41. Previously Butler had downed Lincoln, Mo., University and lost to Arkansas. Butler's Charley Marshall scored triumphs in both hurdle events and the high and broad jumps for individual honors.
Wabash and Indiana May Play Later
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CRAWFORDSVILLE, April 6.— The postponed baseball game between Indiana and Wabash may be played at a later date at Bloomington, Coach Alonzo Goldsberry of Wabash announced today. The two teams were rained out of a game scheduled here yesterday. It was to have been the Little Giants first game of the 1939 season.
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