Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1939 — Page 24

Old Fat Tony Needs Money—So, He'll Take His Beating

This Is What Tony Knows He Will Get

By HENRY M'LEMORE

Onited Cress Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April T—For more years than a man who likes to shake a stick at years could shake a stick at, accepted thinkers have said that tragedy was the basis of all true comedy. I'm beginning to believe they are right. Else how in the world can you explain the laughs that the matching of Tony Galento with Joe Louis has produced? Sports followers everywhere have found a chuckle in the pitting of Tony against Joe for the world heavyweight fighting championship. Surely the laugh in the fight between Tony and Joe is founded on tragedy. Tony hasn't a chance. Fat, old, short of breath, awkward, he will walk into the ring against the young Negro champion with no more chance of survival than a turkey has at Thanksgiving, He will go in there, under the bright lights, as a fat fool doomed to destruction. There ig every chance that in one cruel round, or two cruel rounds, he will be permanently hurt. The tragedy is, Tony Galento knows this. As a fighting man, as one who knows what it takes to be a champion, he, more than anyone, realizes his shortcomings. I do not doubt that during the few seconds or minutes he is in the ring Tony will gtrut and grimace and generally make a show of himself. He must, because that is all he has to offer.

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HEATH EYES BRUINS FOR HELP BREWERS UNCERTAIN IN SPOTS

MICKEY HEATH, freshman manager of the Milwaukee Brewers, is camping on the Chicago Cubs’ doorstep anxiously awaiting for talent. . . . The Bruins promised that the working agreement between the clubs would work sooner or later and Heath says “later” has arrived in his book now that the American Association opening is only six days away. The Brewers lift the lid at Louisville and Heath believes the rejuvenated Colonels will be hard to take what with the peppery Ownie Bush at the helm. . . . Louisville fans are hopped up over their new team and they are going to give the Colonels and Brewers a big party next Wednesday night on the eve of the first battle

ALENTO will get knocked stiff and helpless for money. Fighting for years, he never has had a bout in which the attendance or admission price was sufficient to pay him real money. His bout with Louis will provide both. Tony's cut will be enough to make up for the cuts Louis will give him. It will pay his rent for years, guarantee food for the family for a long, long time, and that's what he is fighting for. In thinking about the helpless Galento walking out against Louis, I remembered what Jim Braddock said to me on the eve of his fight with the merciless hitter from Detroit. I asked him if he really knew how hard the Negro hit.

“Yeah, I know,” Jim answered. “He hits harder than Dempsey, they tell me. But lissen—do you think he can hurt me? Do you think a fist can hurt a man who has stood in a relief line to get milk for his baby? Do you think a punch on the jaw-—and I don’t care who throws it—can hurt as much as taking charity? Ilell, nobody can hurt me any more.” Galento will walk out against Louis ready to take all Joe can throw. He will walk out in the face of certain defeat because he wants the money for the ones dear to him, He'll get hurt, Hurt badly. That's a cinch. And that's what we've been laughing at!

‘Let "Em Laugh,’ Two-Ton Tells Tony Jr.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1939

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Columbus Is Tribe's Last Florida Foe

Indians Begin Journey Home Tomorrow; Defeat Colonels, 4-3. 'imes Special

BARTOW, Fla, April T-—As a finale to its exhibition series in

He'll Be Here With Blues

Cochrane Best Paid Star in '37

Larrupin’ Lou Was Second; Jim Braddock Drew $51,983.

WASHINGTON, April 7 (U. PJ). —Mickey Cochrane, at that time catcher-manager of the Detroit Tigers, was the highest paid sports

at Parkway Field.

Heath has a fine pitching nucleus on hand. . . . Ken Jungels, Buck Marrow, Les Willis, Tex Carleton and

Clare Bertram are expected

to constitute a Big Five

until additional chuckers are acquired from the Cubs.

Pitched Three No-Hitters ERTRAM authored three

minors the last few year . « The Brewer outfield consists

travel in Class Double A. .

no-hit games in the little s and is reported ripe to

of three veteran holdovers—Fred Schulte, Ted Gullic and Roy Johnson, This triumvirate is to form the club's powerhouse along with

Ralph Winegarner on the infield

. and Manager Mickey is

confident the four veterans wen't have to ride the rumble seat for

any rivals. Joe Becker will be the No. 1 cat

Hernandez are to fight it out for the second berth . . .

cher and Joe Just and Salvatore Milwaukee is

not set on the infield and just at present the Cubs are not in a posi tion to send help because of Dick Bartell's lame ankle. The Brewers finished third last year after getting off to a miserabie start and Heath hopes to avoid the early season headaches this

year, ® 8 @ HE Cubs and White Sox got a Bisbee, Ariz, the other day. . . players off the field. .". . Game ca hotel.

# 8 # dose of April's fickle weather at . At 12:30, hail and rain chased lled off and players returned to

Bright sunshine popped out and Bisbee fans clamored for game.

Big player roundout ensued and game was reinstated.

At 1:45

a ‘second hail and rainstorm sent players seurrying for shelter.

Game called off for second time.

Fifteen minutes later sun was out again but Managers Hartnett and Dykes were worn out and the secohd cancelation stuck.

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Hal Benham, Indianapolis, is the new captain of the University

of Michigan swimming team. . » = .

.« He's a diver and breast stroker.

Quothe Luke Sewell, veteran American League catcher who moved

over to the National with Brooklyn:

“It looks like another pleasant

summer for the Yankees and more grief for the rest of the teams in

that eircuit.” & £ &

Quothe Joe McCarthy:

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“Lou Gehrig will open the pennant season

at first base, even if he has to hobble around on only one leg. Tommy

Henrich will be his stooge.” ® ® ®

Yale O' Nine, the Taggart horse,

books on the Kentucky Derby. . . . That's where most horse players go

$ 4 4 is listed at 50 to 1 in the winter Up The Creek is at 40 to 1... who bet the future odds.

Take It From

Dick Bartell,

He'll Be in There for Cubs

By STEVE SNIDER United Press Staff Correspondent | CHICAGO, April 7-Dick Bartell can’t miss having a great year at} shortstop for the Chicago Cubs— bum ankle or not, He says $0 himself, | After playing in 22 different ne | field combinations for the New York! Giants last year, it'll be a pleasure, to have Billy Herman on one side of me and Stan Hack on the other,” he laughed. “Forget that stuff about me being, washed up.” Dick pointed to the huge elec-| trically heated hood over his swollen | left ankle. He was lving on a hospital bed, looking more like an auto-crash victim than the reguiar shortstop for the National League champions. “See that thing? They tried to make a mystery out of a sprained ankle,” he said. “A little more rest and heat from this light and I'll be ready for the opener—and a lot

more.” Feared Another ‘Lemon’

The fact Bartell's ailment turned out to be an injury and not a chronic disorder again has made the Cub office pennant conscious. Until a diagnosis by the club's physician, Dr. John F. Davis, they feared they had bought another “lemon.” Bartell second highest salaried player on the roster, cans to the Cubs from the New York Giants in a deal sending away Shortstop Bill Jurges, Outfielder Frank Demaree and Catcher Ken O'Dea for Bartell, Outfielder Hank Leiber and Catcher Gus Mancuso. “You don't know what it means to have great support on both sides of the infield,” Bartell said. “I had 3 ; 8% A vu {

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Giants. I knew exactly what he would do on every play. ‘Last year it was different. Bill [Terry had to keep substituting one 'second baseman for another all year! |long, trying to find a good one, and It was [tough to play with new ones all the time, even though it couldn't be helped. Clicked in Practice “Both Herman and Hack are set

‘on second and third for the Cubs. They've played a lot of ball. We

| clicked away in a few hot drills on

Catalina Island before I got hurt and it won't take long to smooth {out when I | stay.’ Aside from his

swollen ankle,

| Bartell said he is in excellent con-

dition. The heavy workouts left him |}

without the customary early pains

and his throwing arm-—subject of | x8 some question in New York inst | L® summer-—never felt better, he said. Bartell was out for a week last year with a sore arm said to have been caused by arthritis, “A Jot of things have been sald| ga since I got hurt that weren't fair to P. K. Wrigley or Terry or to me,” he said. “I lost only a week last year with the sore arm and two weeks more with a broken finger. Someone started a story that Terry had unloaded another lemon on the Cubs and that isn't so. “I'll bet few shortstops in baseball

{could pass that physical test the {Cubs gave me when I first showed

up out there this spring”

Golf Date Set NEW YORK, Avril T (U.P). The annual Goodall Trophy Tourna- | Met ment, sending the 15 leading golf| Jil: professionals of the winter and spring campaign into a round Topin tion for $5000, will be pl

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Florida, the Indianapolis baseball club was scheduled to battle the Columbus Red Birds here today before the boys pack up and depart for Chattanooga tomorrow. The order to break camp meets with the approval of the Tribe ath letes for they are anxious to return North and get going in the American Association champions ship race. They will make a sleeper jump to Chattanooga tomorrow night and open a three-game series against Kiki Cuyler's Southern League Lookouts on Sunday. The contest on the Bartow diamond this afternoon was the second between the Redsking and Red Birds. On March 24 the A A. rivals clashed at Winter Haven and the Hoosiers finished on the long end of a 11-5 score. The Indians took Louisville into camp for the second time here yesterday, 4 to 3, and it was the Tribe's 10th victory in 14 starts in the Grapefruit cireuit.

Vandy Tests Arm

The big attraction was Johnny Vander Meer, the Cincinnati Reds’ southpaw of double no-hit fame. He worked the first three innings for

the Indiane to test his arm after!

a siege of illness at the Reds’ Tampa camp.

Vandy has been practicing with

the Hoosiers for a week and soaking up sunshine while the Reds barnstormed north. He will gasch up with his team at Durham, N C., on Sunday. Vander Meer allowed three hits and one run yesterday and also got himself a single. In the second stanza Reese of Louisville singled, reached third on a wild throw to first by Catcher Dee Moore and scored on a wild pitch, Indianapolis tallied in the first on an error, Pete Chapman's double and Kermit Lewis’ infield hit. In the third Chapman singled and K. Lewis scored him on a double Don French relieved Vander Meer in the fourth ang the Colonels scored twice on an error, a walk, a double by Campbell and a sacrifice fiy.

McCormick Connects

Myron McCormick walloped a home run to deep center in the seventh and tied the game at 3all, and in the eighth the Indians put across the winning tally on Jess Newman's single, K. Lewis’ sacrifice and Bill Lewis’ single. Bill pinch hit for Doug Wheeler and delivered in the clutch. Wagner and Lefebvre shared the Louisville pitch ing. Ward (Piggy) Lambert, Purdue University's basketball coach, was a visitor at the game. He motored here with Manager Ownie Bush of the Colonels, He has been staying at the Louisville camp at Arcadia. Yesterday's box score:

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Jack Saltzgaver has up and beat out the rookies trying to oust him from the Kansas City infield, according to reports from the Blues’ Florida training camp. The veteran is slated to cover the hot corner

_Oppose the Indians in the 1939 opener at Perry Stadium.

in Indianapolis next Thursday to

NEW YORK, April T (UP) Mike Jacobs had business instead of pleasure on his mind when he boarded the Queen Mary to bid Henry Armstrong “bon voyage” today. Henry is sailing to London to risk his welterweight title against Ernie Roderick May 22, and Promoter Mike wants to be sure he does not leave it over there without a chance of getting it back. Jacobs’ cardinal rule in becoming fistic tsar was to sign the challenger to an iron bound contract before he got a crack at the champion, Jacobs holds a five-year contract on Armstrong that prohibits Henry fighting without his consent. His attorney drew up a contract which

Roche Named as Marshall's Foe

Promoter Lloyd Carter of. the Hercules A. C. has signed Dorve (Iron Man) Roche as the opponent for Everett Marshall for the Armory wrestling headliner next Tuesday night, It will be for two falls out of three. Roche, consistent winner here, has engaged Marshall on several occa sions during the past several seasons, always extending the Colorado blond. In a tussle here last summer, Dorve was out in front and looked like a winner, only to drop the verdict when he was injured in a fall from the ring. Everett is from La Junta, Colo, and scales 222, while Roche, a formmer Illinois coal miner, weighs 220. The veteran Tom (Bulldog Marvin, 215, Oklahoma, will have a spot on the program.

Really a ‘B’ Team Times Special MILWAUKEE, Wis, April T7-— Marquette University doesn’t maine tain a “B” team in football but it would be easily possible. Eleven of

80 members of Coach Paddy

Mike Is All Business as Armstrong Departs N. Y.

Roderick will have to sign before Mike's permission will be forth coming, The contract calls for Roderick to give Armstrong a return bout in this country within 90 days should he win the welter title. “There's no telling what will happen in London,” Jacobs sald. “I have to protect nryself.” The 15-round fight with Roderick is scheduled at White City Stadium and Henry expects to train at Brighton, seaside resort where Tommy Farr is living now. He has been guaranteed $47,000. Armstrong said about the coming fight: “They tell me Roderick is a hard puncher and a stand-up fighter Well, I hope so, because I work best against that kind.”

Culver Marksmen Defend Prep Title

CULVER, April 7.—Culver Mili« tary Academy's rifle team will defend its Midwest prep title this week-end at the Morgan Park Military Academy in Chicago. The Culver marksmen have held the title ever since its induction three years ago. Last year they won the national military schools title for the 13th consecutive year,

Report Goldberg Set to Talk Terms

PITTSBURGH, April 7 (U. P.) — Marshall Goldberg, all-America

fullback at the University of Pitts burgh last fall, was in Chicago today, reportedly to discuss salary terms with officials of the Chicago Cardinals of the National Professional Football League,

Begins Season

Manual was to open its track geason today against teams from Bragil and Crawfordsville at Delavan Smith Field. The meet origi-

performer in the United States in 1037, the Ways and Means Committee report showed today. His salary was $45,000, Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees was second at $36,000, while Dizzy Dean, then pitching for the St. Louis Cardinals, and Hank Greenberg, Tiger first baseman, tied for third at $25,000. Bill Terry, manager of the New York Giants, was the best-salaried manager at $30,000. Joe Louis, world's heavyweight boxing champion and other fighters in the big money class were unlisted as their compensation is not paid in the form of a salary.

Braddock Draws $51,983

Other salary figures announced by the Ways and Means Committee follows: Charles H. Strub, vice president and general manager, Los Angeles Turf Club, $109,618; the late Jacob Ruppert, $25,000 from New York Yankees; Alva Bradley, $15,000 as president, Cleveland Baseball Co, 850.000 as president, the Operating Co.; James J, Braddock, president Braddock-Gould Enterprises, Inc., New York, $51,983. American League Basball Club of New York: J. V. McCarthy, manager, $27.500; William Dickey, $18,« 000; BE. G. Barrow, secretary, $25,000. National Exhibition Co. (New York Giants): Carl Hubbell, $22,500; Richard Bartell, $17,000; Horace C. Stoneham, president, $25,060; Leo J. Bondy, vice president, $35,080; Melvin T. Ott, $17,500. St. Louis National Baseball Club: Sam Breadon, president, $25,000; Branch Rickey, vice president, $42,340; Frank Frisch, $20,000.

$31,246 for Dempsey

George M. Weiss, vice president Newark International Baseball Club, $21,250; Warren C, Giles, vice president Cincinnati Baseball Club Co, $23,800; Paul Derringer, $18,000. Walter E. O'Hara, president Nar ragansett Racing Association, $50,« 000; Cornelius McGillicuddy, president American Baseball Club of Philadelphia, $20,000. Chicago Cubs: Charlie Grimm, $21,000; Charles Leo Hartnett, $17,836; Willlam Herman, $17,000. Jack Dempsey, president Dempsey’'s Corner, Inc., $31,246. a ——————————————————

Hoosier Derby Team Wins

The Indianapolis Hoosier Roller Derby team today for the first time

was out in front of its opponent, the New York Reds, by a two-game margin, In winning their second consecutive game, 13-10, from the New Yorkers, the Hoosiers took a 5-t0-3 lead in games at the Butler Fieldhouse last night. As an added attraction, approximately 14,000 fans saw Jack Cummings, Mary Fabian, Mickey Milane and Gertie Scholl of the New York team grab a special match race and $200 in prize money from Georgia Gordon, Fuzzy Pierz, Marge Walton and Tommy Atkinson of the Cincinnati roller derby team. Tonight's racing will feature matched competition between members of the Indianapolis team and the Hollywood All Stars.’ Johnny Rosasco and Alicias Gaidas will represent the Indianapolis team against Joe Nygra and Jeanne Goette. A $200 purse is being offered by the management.

Illini Captain Out to Defend His Record

Times Special URBANA, Ill, April 7—Capt. Bob Diefenthaler, who will lead the University of Illinois track squad to the Drake Relays April 28 and 29, will have two strong incentives to spur him in the high jump. One is to retain the championship in the event he won last year and

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Let’s Hold It Down, Fellows

LEXINGTON, N. C,, April 7 (U. P) ~The Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox resume their series today, and both clubs are hoping against a repetition of yesterday's far=cical 18-18 tie at Florence, S. C. The game could not be finished when the last of a supply of four dozen balls was fouled into the crowd and appropriated in the first half of the ninth inning. Played in a 40-mile gale and a miniature dust storm, the game was good for 46 base hits—-24 for Cincinnati and 22 for the Red Sox.

Silent Thinlies Drill for Meet

The Silent Hoosier track team is working out daily under Coach Charles Whisman in preparation for its first meet at Danville, April 19, Other meets scheduled for the Silent Hoosiers are with Morton at Knightstown, April 29; at Warren Central “B,” May 3; at Boys’ School, May 20 and again with the Boys’ School at the School for the Deaf, May 27. The Silent Hoosiers baseball team opened its season with a victory over Hope High School, 5-3, yesterday, Smiley, Hoosier pitcher,

fanned 14 batters and limited Hope to five hits,

Bruins Are Step Closer To Ice Cup

League Champions Defeat Toronto Leafs, 2-1, in Finals Opener.

BOSTON, April 7 (U. P.).—One up and only three to go, the Boston Bruins were 5-2 favorites today. to overthrow an old jinx and win the Stanley Cup for the first time in a decade. ; The Bruins, who made a runaway of the National Hockey League race

and eliminated the New York Rangers in a stubborn seven-game semifinal series, nosed the Toronto Maple Leafs, 2-1, last night in the first game of their final best-of-seven playoff. A crowd of 16,523 in Boston Gareden saw the Bruins take the lead in the first period, Toronto tie it in the third, and Boston win with less than five minutes to play. It was a hard-fought game from the opén= ing” whistle with Boston's tight defense triumphing over Toronto's speedy attack. Bobby Bauer, scrappy little Bruin wingman, banged home the winning goal on a superlative solo dash late in the third period. He snared the loose puck about center ice, fought through the Leaf defensemen, Bucko McDonald and Reg Hamilton, and then beat Goalie Turk Broda with a sizzling shot to the corner. Second game of the series will be played here Sunday.

College Baseball

Illinois, 17; Wabash, 6. Ohio University, 7; Erskine, 6 Ohio Wesleyan at Wake Forest Alabama, 8; Northwestern, 7. Arizona, 6; Nebraska, 3. Purdue at Mississippi (rain).

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