Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1939 — Page 16

— By Eddie Ash

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TAKING A PICK AT A. A. RACE FAINT NOD TO K. C=TRIBE 5TH

ITH last vear's firgt division teams weaker and the gecond division's stronger, excepting Toledo at this gtage, the American Association will hop off tomorrow on its 154-game schedule. Kansas City is a slight favorite to capture the pennant because of its New York Yankee connections. . . « This corner gives the Blueg the nod but believe they will need reinforcements to make the grade. St. Paul, last year’s winner, is picked second, Columbus third, Minneapolis fourth, Indianapolis fifth, Louisville sixth, Milwaukee seventh and Toledo eighth. In 1938 the order of finish wag St. Paul, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Indianapolis, Toledo, Minneapolis, Columbus and Louisville. Indianapolis is starting the new geason with a green infield and a pitching staff of doubtful strength. . . « The catching looks okay, but the outfield could stand bolstering.

s» Wap ’ Ray Keeps 'Em Hustling HE Indians apparently are short of power hitters again and this is a handicap in spacious Perry Stadium. . « With Ray Schalk at the helm the team ig bound to hustle and overcome some of its weakness by sheer determination to go places and by offering a tight defense. Schalk’s 1938 aggregation fooled the experts and surprised the league by remaining in the pennant fight until after the middle of July. . +. and maybe hell repeat the threat. His 1939 squad won 12 out of 17 games in the South and this is convineing proof the boys are on their toes. . . One or two adjustments could make a lot of difference to clubs like the Indians, Colonels and one or two others, but until adjust ments are made their destiny will remain uneertain, » $ 8 $ »H » ANSAS CITY is not the balanced team it was a year ago. . . . St. Paul is sure to miss Pitchers Herring and Frasier, Second Base= man Bejma and Catcher Sylvestri. . . . And if the White Sox return them to the Saints, it probably will be just too bad for the rest of the league members. Milwaukee is weaker. Indianapolis does not have Vance Page to win a lot of early games, Toledo looks short of balance, Minneapolis appears immeasurably stronger, Columbus has been strengthened by the Cardinals and Louisville stands out as a different ball elub in all departments—and for the better.

Short Cruises in Sportland

ONY GALENTO has sighed up to referee wrestling matches in the New England States and will open a tour of the grab-and-grunt eircuit next week . . . and probably wishes his bout with Joe Louis called for wrestling instead of boxing. & # & $8 ® @

Xalapa Clown looks good te Kentucky Derby fans whe like the tong shots. , . . The colt ran second te Ciencia in the $50,000 Santa Anita Derby and has fast bload in his veins, . » ® » . » Trainer Max Hirsch forgot to forward Ciencia's nomination to the Derby after the filly won the Santa Anita event Just the story of an unmailed letter, placed in his pocket and forgotten, he says. + + » However, only one filly has ever won the Blue Grass Ribbon. » » » » » » Louisville says Technician ix stabled at the Downs until after the May @ classe, . . « This indicates that the Kansas representation feels cut fident it has a great chance to duplicate Lawrin’s 1938 Derby vietory, » » » » » » The Optimist Club of Louisville has raised the optimism of the new baseball management there. . . . The 1939 season hag net vet opened but the Optimist Club has ordered 140 seats for 1940, :

Boston QOvercomes Jinx, Takes Lead in Ice Series

TORONTO, Ontario, April 12 (U.) At the eight-minute mark Rey

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‘Times Sport

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1939

Tribe For Opener

On Mound for Indians.

After more than a month's train= ing in the South, Where they swept through the Grapefruit League like a team of destiny, the Indianapolis Indians returned to the home reservation today to answer the American Association's official starting bell at Perry Stadium tomorrow afternoon. Their opening-day opponents—the Kansas City Blues—checked in yesterday and shook out their train legs in a drill at the Tribe park. Both clubs planned final workouts today and after that it will be up to the weather man to do his stuff and dish out the sunshine for the 1939 inaugural. Other A. A. openers tomorrow are Milwaukee at Louisville, Minneapolis at Columbus and St. Paul at Toledo. Manager Schalk is expected to jead off with lefty Bob Logan on the Tribe firing line and Pilot Bill Meyer bably will start Joe Vance, a righthander. Many New Faces Both elubs have made wholesale lineup changes since last year and both appear weaker in certain spots. New faces will be at three stations on the Indians’ infield, Jessee New= man at second, Don Lang at third and Lindsay Brown at short. Newman was drafted from San Antonio and Dang and Brown were obtained from the Cincinnati Reds. Bob Datshaw, first sacker, iz the lone holdover on the innerworks, Holdovers in the outfield are Myron MeCormick, Glen Chapman and Milton Galatzer, and the newcomers are Kermit Lewis and Bob

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Loane. Lewis came from the Reds and Loane from Durham of the Piedmont League, | Infield replacements are Einar Sorensen, from the Reds; Justin 8tein, last year with Columbus; Fred Vaughn, drafted from Binghamton, and Doug Wheeler, rookie first baseman, farge Mound Stat? Holdover pitchers are Logan, John Niggeling, Don French, Horace Lisenbee, Lloyd Johnson, Elmer Rid dle and Jimmy Sharp. Newcomers are Red Barrett, from the Reds; John Wilson, from the International League; Ed Bastien, from the Reds, and Mike Balas, a rookie. Bill Lewis, seasoned backstop, is gerving his third year with the Redgking and his No. 1 mate is Dee Moore, from the Reds. Ray Thomag, South Bend rookie, is the No, 8 catcher. Kansas City hag a flock of new faces on the infield, in the outfield and on the mound staff. The Blues suffered heavy losses at second, short and in the outfield. Their big punch last year, Joe Gallagher, is with the Yankees; Eddie Miller, gensational shortstop= per, was sold to the Boston Bees; Eddie Joost, second baseman, is with Cincinnati, and Outfielder Walter Judnich was transferred to the Newark Bears.

Rain Hits South The Indians were rained out at Chattanooga yesterday after defeating the Lookouts in two games. The rainout enabled the Tribesters

to arrive home ahead of schedule

land they departed the South in | cheerful spirits, In their 17 exhibition tilts the Redskins knocked off Buffalo three

P) The Boston Bruins led the Conacher and Bill Cowley made Stanley Cup playoffs by a game to- it 2-0 for Boston. Cowley snagged day and were 2-1 favorites to the puck from a Leaf power rush| vanquish the Toronto Maple Leafs and dribbled it down the jee until in the best-of-seven final series for Conacher skated into shooting posi- | LIMES, Split with Kansas City, split the prized ice hockey trophy. tion before he passed. Broda kicked | Nith Columbus, defeated Louisville For the first time in eight play. Conacher's first try out, but Roy | Vice, handed Tatars La defeats, off starts on Toronto ice, the Bruins closed fast and lifted the rubber SPlt With Newark, downed Chattaemerged victorious last night and over the sprawling goalie. Panga twice and lost two to Monthey feel sure that the jinx over| Big Jack Portland made the rout| 'S%, them in four past playoff series) complete when he raced up the fee, |) Indianapolis uniform numbers fol against the Leafs haz been broken. (00k a pass Conacher and OW: Boston's 3-1 triumph gave them Cowley, and beat Broda again at 1. Stein 17. Sharp 2. Moore 18. Lisenbee

" o ; to. »1 13:02. Only 49 seconds o yoye= two games to one for Toronto. They f play re 5 Ronis 9 Barrett ally 1 money to win the cup Toronto whitewashing. Ua MO up| : 6. Galatser 22. Balas geason, ‘Toronto will have to win 1 tame A > h ng v VA n Give Way to Frosh o They play the fourth game here 12. Nigpeling 28. E. Riddle gixth will be played here April 18! » » n fireworks came in the final period last night. : } : sigh el but the Manual, igned here are Paul Genshlea and Bruins in front to stay. monies will precede the act from about 25 feet out. The dise Friday where she and her attend- D uttion and

> ning pair at Bos. Mained when Gus Marker's goal, on divided the opening pair at Bos go 4, Newman 20. Griffin spite the Bruins’ great record] despite re 7. McCormick 23. Wilson three of the final four games to take | 10. Chapman 26. Sorensen tomorrow night and the fifth at] Manual's varsity track 9 Strack ‘squad was 14. comalk 29. Bastien and the seventh at Boston April 90. its meet with Southport and Ben Loga Tomorrow's lid-lifter ix scheduled The period before turning over the track to was not two minutes old when Hal Weafer. He took| Betty Lou Poppaw, recently elected the Knothole Ga smashed between Turk Broda's legs ants will award ribbons to winners Fwd ore into the apt in th ‘events. \ th LL

ton. and the Leafs came home vir-/2 pass from Romnes, prevented a 5. Brown 21. Johnson + the regular National Lea ve! : ve over Lt Sui a rants Redskin Cindermen | s vatshaw 34 Thomas the cup. 11. French 27. Wheeler Boston Sunday, If necessary, the iin ake a brief workout today for|ys' w Lewis 80 Loane All of the |Davis at the Redskin field Friday, to start at 2: the - the frosh teams of Southport and i tig end jk UinDjtee at Wingman Bobby Bauer , The usual opening- re a pass from Milt Schmidt and fired track queen, will reign at the meet egw Mad there to ven at 1:28, the hy fanfare

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SACRAMENTO, Cal, April 12 (U, P)—=The Sacramento Solons offered a 12-0 win over the Hollywood Stars today as proof they still were in the Pacific Coast League. They had lost their firgt 10 league games. The club's front office, worrying over how local fans ahd the 8t. Louis Cardinals felt about the losing streak, forecast the club would now hit its stride.

He'll Have Plenty On That Delivery

From a “pitcher's box" 228 feet straight up an Indianapolis Indian hurler tomorrow will “burn one in” to a teammate, The pitcher will be stationed on the baleony of the Monument in the Cirele, while the eateher will have the small southwest plot of grass in which to work. The stunt it being sponsored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce in connec tion with the American Association opener here and is scheduled for 12:15 p. m. Three regulation baseballs will he tossed, but just who will make up the battery still is undecided, City police will be in charge.

Washington Wins Third Track Meet

Washington High School's track team today had marked up its third consecutive victory against no de feats for the season. The Continentals beat Ben Davis at the Washington field yesterday by a 893% -to-45% margin, Billy Howard, Continental, won the 100-yard dash in 10.8 seconds as he and his teammates made a clean sweep in three of the events the 100-yard dash, high hurdles and the broad jump,

Indiana U. Nine Wins Tilt From Wabash

CRAWFORDSVILLE, April 12. Indiana today had taken another step in its preseason warmup in preparation for defense of the Big Ten baseball title, The Hoosiers beat Wabdsh, 5-2, here yesterday in a seven-inning contest marred by errors by both teams. Ernie Andres, Indiana coSaban, hit a triple in the third ine

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Detroit, Columbus Pin Aces Up Today

CLEVELAND, April 12 (U, P.)— Detroit and Columbus, ©, tenpin aces dominated the program today in the American Bowling Congress championship parade, with talented guintets from Tacoma, Wash, Los Angeles, Pontiae, Mich., Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Zanesville, O.,, coms= pleting the @d4-team invasion. While the mass georing tempo inereaged ag the meet entered its final four weeks the invading sharp= shooters found the high=10 leader= ghip honor columns hard to erack. Only one chance was recorded among the front runners yesterday in the minor events as Bd Blaha, 38-year-old machinist of Pittsburgh, blasted 693 to reach a ninth place tie in the singles,

Teams to Exhibit Six-Man Football

Times Xpeeial TERRE HAUTE, April 12.--Picked teams from Indiana State Teachers’ College and Ball State Teachers will meet here Friday night in what is believed to be the first intercolle= giate varsity contest in gsix-man football, west of the Alleghanies. The game will be a feature of the Wabash Valley Athletic Association's second annual elinie,

Southport Wins

Southport High School's baseball team will furnish the opposition for the Tech nine tomorrow afternoon at the East Side diamond. Southport staged a strong comeback to down Seymour, 68 to 2, in a game yesterday.

The Hard Way!

WINSTON = SALEM, N. ©, April 12 (U, P) —George Card= well, Winston-Salem amateur golfer, was eredited today with what was believed to be a new distance record for a hole=in=

one. Cardwell made the ace on the 425-yard ninth hele at the Hillerest course. Longest pres vious hole-in-one recorded in the British golf handbook is 874 yards, made by Frank Mel= lus at the Los Angeles Country Club in 1032,

Wilshere Coaching LU. Frosh Baseball

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, April 12 Freshman baseballers at Indiana University were at work today under thelr newly appointed coach Vernon (Writey) Wilshere, Wilshere, former Indiana baseball star, ia in school here working toward an advanced degree in physi= eal education. He went te the major leagues in 1034, his junior year, and saw service with the Philadelphia Athletios and later with New York and Ohicago in the American

League, St, Paul in the American §

Association and Portland of the

Pacific Coast League. : Tech Pastimers Win From Plainfield, 5-3

Tech High School's baseball team scored a B-to-3 vietory over Plaine field at the East Side diamond yesterday. The Big Green collected five hits behind Bradford's three<hit twirling. He let the Plainfield hit ters down without a blow the first

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1. Here's Bill Lewis, veteran Indianapolis catcher, who is expected to be behind the plate in the opening game al Perry Stadium tomorrow

against Kansas City. 2. “Red hots! Get

ema while they're red hot!” That familiar ery

will be heard through the grandstand. 3, Lefty Bob Logan likely will get the call to go on the Tribe firing

line. : 4. You remember him, Redskins’ outfield.

5. Rob Latshaw is the only holdover in the

He'll be at first base tomorrow.

Trautman, the league president. The redheaded association prexy said today the 1930 eampaign, Which opens tomorrow, “looks like the closest in years and it won't surprise me if the eight clubs are tied for

first on July 4.” The usual preseason optimism of league presidents may discount this prediction for some fans but Trautman supported his forecast of an even race with personal observations and the testimony of sports writers and managers. “f saw every club but Toledo in gpring training and I would not choose a favorite or favorites under any eircumstances,” he declared during a brief visit to his office here, “f honestly think any of the eight elubs might finish either first or last.

are counted, I think you'll find the same opinion among them.” Trautman left later for Louisville te help inaugurate the new season. Milwaukee plays at Louisville, Kansas Oity at Indianapolis, Min-= neapolis at Columbus and 8t. Paul at Toledo when the Association enters another season with the same eight cities with which it started in 1903. Trautman held a conference with the league's 10 umpires yesterday and later had them measured for natty new uniferms, The cons ventional blue attire will be brightened by a baseball centennial emblem on the left shoulder, The “umps” discussed the new pivot rule which requires a pitcher te place his nonpiveting foot either in front or back of the rubber, In the past he could keep both feet on the rubber, Another change requires game protests to be filed immediately after the questioned act before play is resumed, COLLEGE BASEBALL Wha 5: Wabash, 2. : ehigan ve, Virginia Military Institute at _Lexin jon, Va, (rain). Vermont, Bi Pennsylvania, 7.

Nip-and-Tuck Predicted by A. A. Boss

COLUMBUS, O,, April 12 (U, P)). will rub their eyes in surprise next July 4 if they wake up to discover eight

teams tied for the leadership of the American Association but not George

We are polling the baseball writers in the league and when the ballots

It's Glen Chapman, an old hand In the

Indianapolis infield.

Flag Race

Eight-Way Tie on July 4 Wouldn't Surprise Trautman; Umpires Instructed, Get New Suits.

—More than a few baseball followers

Expects Happy Year for Pros

NEW YORK, April 12 (U, P.) = Golf purses for 1030 probably will

reach a new high of more than $200,000, Fred Corcoran, tournament manager of the Professional Golfers Association, said today. Reporting to President George Jacobus on the conclusion of the fall and winter schedule and the outlook for spring and summer tournaments, Corcoran said that “prospects for 1030 are brighter than ever before.” He reported that the fall winter schedule was the most successful tour from every stands point in the history of tournament golf, “Golf enjoyed its best winter seas gon with 22 events on the P. G. A. schedule worth $115,000 in purses,” he said. “Every tournament on the schedule was a success financially, and every sponsor on the circuit has requested dates for the repeat of each event.”

Shanklin of Hawk Hurls No-Hit Gayne

Charles Shanklin of Decatur Gene tral High School hurled a ne-hit, no-run game for the Hawks vester= day as they took a seven-inning contest from Warren Central. 14-0. Two walks and a hit batter were charged against Shanklin, who struck out 11 men,

No Game—Cold

Butler University’s scheduled baseball opener this afternoon against Wabash College at Orawfordsville was postponed because of cold weather. The two teams will

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