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Preliminary Battle at New Naval Armory Will Begin at 8.
“Big time” tennis with all the trimmings will come to Indianapolis tonight in the form of a two out of three sets match between Donald Budge, outstanding amateur net star of the world, now turned professional, and_Fred Perry, the colorful English player. The place is the Naval Armory,
the time is 8 o'clock for the preliminary match bringing together Walter Senior and Ben Gorchakoff. Although Budge is leading his rival by a wide margin on their tour, nothing has been taken from the match. In Budge the troupe presents the best tennis has to offer and in Perry there is probably the game's most colorful showman and the possibility of an upset victory over Don by the Englishman. Helen Vinson, Perry's wife, has reportedly forsaken the movies to be with Fred on his tour and critics claim that her presence has aided his game in the latter weeks of the series. The schedule of matches follows: 8 p. m. Singles (two out of three): Walter Senior and Ben Gorchakoff. Singles: Don Budge vs. Fred Perry (two out of three). Doubles (two out of three) Budge and Senior vs. Perry and Gorch-
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Baseball at a Glance
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GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Minneapolis at INDIANAPOLIS. Milwaukee at Toledo (two games). Kansas City at Columbus. St. Paul at Louisville. °
NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at St. Louis. Boston at New York. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. (Only games scheduled).
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
St. Louis at Chicago. Detroit at Cleveland. New York at Washington. Philadelphia at Boston.
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YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
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Blaeholder, Willis and Becker; Parsons.
Toledo E rly, Reid and Kansas City 81
000 000 000— 0 Columbus 001 300 00x— & 9 2 Piechota and Riddle; Macon, Hader and remer.
St. Paul at Louisville; cold weather, NATIONAL LFAGUE 000 021 000-8 YT © Brooklyn 100 103 00x— 5 9 1 Schumacher, Lohrman and Danning; Hamlin and Phelps.
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St. Louis at Pittsburgh; wet grounds and cold weather.
Cincinnati at Chicago; rain.
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Deshong, Kelley and Ferrell; Caster and Brucker.
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Joe Williams—
EW YORK, April 21. —It must
changed, the spots faded from the moon, Brenda Frazier refused
to pose for a picture—but whatever i around here yesterday.
No fooling. More than 30,000 persons came out to the Yankee
Stadium to see the Yankees play the
that in these troublous times you could get that many optimists in one
place. Or in any place.
This was the first game in the big town that had anything to do with the centennial celebration, and so the Red Sox started Lefty
Grove in the box. It wasn't exactly
it was the next thing to it. Which means it was an echo.
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HEY buried Mr. Grove’s salary whip last midseason with more or - less fitting ceremonies and since he was three years older than
have been that the Gulf Stream
t was, the baseball season opened
Red Sux. Who would ever think
like a voice from the grave. But
FRIDAY,
Exterminator then, nobody expected to see him around again. Up to yesterday Mr. Grove hadn't pitched more than four innings in a row all spring but he went the full distance against the Yankees and while he was beaten, 2-0, it practically amounted to a moral victory. time a pitcher holds the Yankees to two runs he is at least slightly
APRIL 21, 1939
Galaxy of Mermaids Entered in Local National Events
1. Fifteen-year-old Anne Monihan of the Penn Athletic Club is coming all the way from Philadelphia to compete in the Women’s National swimming championships at the Indianapolis Athletic Club
Sunday. She will make her bid in
the 440-yard freestyle event.
2. This quartet is expected to represent the I. A. C. in the aquatie
championships. Left to right are
Virginia Schakel, freestyle. Jane
Cloyd, who is entered in the national junior 440-yard freestyle; Patty Aspinall, probable entry in the 220-yard breast stroke, and June Fogle, who will compete in both national championships. 3. Fourteen-year-old Helene Rains will be defending her title in
the 440-yard freestyle.
4. Here's Mrs. Katherine Rawls Thompson with some of the medals she has won. She will be defending her 220-yard breast stroke title.
Trio of Teams Still at Post
Yankees Get Away on Right Foot; Crowds Small.
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 21. —With attendance lagging considerably behind last year, the major leagues
Jack in Box
Garner Will Sub for F. D. R,, Throw Out First Ball.
ASHINGTON, April 21 (U. P.). — John (Cactus Jack) Garner, who in the off-season is Vice President of the United States, warmed up for the opening today of Washington's home major league season. The only change in the lineup
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By Eddie Ash
EL CHICO MAY DO BETTER JOB EAST SAYS HE WASN'T PRESSED §
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Minneapolis Outhits Tribe But Loses, 4-0; Johnson Pitches Today. Cold weather and wet grounds to-
day cut short the Minneapolis Millers’ visit with the Indians at Perry
1 Stadium.
The “ladies’ day” game scheduled for this afternoon was called off, and the Millers said farewell until June, St. Paul's Saints are to open a four-game set at the Tribe park tomorrow and the Millers will go to Louisville, The defending champion Apostles have only played two games while cruising the Eastern half of the American Association and are badly in need of work. After Monday, the Indians will hit the Western trail and remain on the road until May 9, playing in Milwaukee, Kansas City, St. Paul and Minneapolis in the order named before returning home to lift the curtain on night baseball.
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LDED KNIGHT, which defeated El Chico at Jamaica last Saturday, is not eligible for the Kentucky Derby. « « « Chico may do better the next time. ... Info from the East says Jockey Nick Wall was under stable orders not to press his mount. . . . If that’s true, Chico's backers were suckers, since they were led to believe the horse was
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Do baseball managers get punch drunk? . .. They do. . . . One American Association pilot last season rushed out of his dugout to change the opposing pitcher . .. when his own team staged a four-run rally. y 2 2 ” ” 2 » The Sun Valley, Idaho, golf course is unique in that it has nine holes, but 18 tees. . . . The course measures 3250 yards, with a par of 36, but in a full round each hole is played twice, once from each of the double tees. ... You meet yourself coming back, as it were . . . and lay off that scotch and soda. . . . Connie Mack perhaps is sorfly he let Zeke Bonura get out of the American League. .. . The Athletics are short a regular first sacker now that Dick Siebert is on the hos-
pital list.
Eight Games in A. A. Sunday
OUR double-headers are scheduled in the A. A. Sunday . .. but Toledo couldn't wait and booked one for today with the Brewers. . . The Champion Saints will be in Indianapolis for the Sabbath bargain attraction. 8 9 2 8 & 8 Fore: . .. Golfing Magazine says this is something you yell at those 200 yards in front so they can turn around and see you hit the ball 10 feet sideway. ... A college education pays. . . . Longest golf ace last year was 335 yards, by E. V. Helms, former North Carolina State Col~ lege footballer. . . . Some punt! s =» ® ”
Umpire Polly McLarry, now on duty at Perry Satdium, played second base for Louisville in 1913 and 1914, later moving up to the Chicago Cubs. . . . Evidently President George Trautman has instruct ed his umpires to tame the managers and coaches. . . . The umps are “running” ‘em at the first belch this year. . . . Toledo continues to show a lot of early foot while Milwaukee remains in the maiden class, , « . The Brewers have dropped four straight. ‘ Pie Traynor predicts another photo finish for the National League, He’s unfair to himself even to recall last year’s race which saw Gabby Hartnett scuttle Pie’s Pirate ship with a home run in the cool of the
evening.
Greentree Wins Name Prize M5: appropriately named of the 3<year-olds nominated for the 1939 Kentucky Derby is the Greentree Stable’s Hash. ... That's what many horse players are backed down to eating before they get out of Louisville in the spring. . . . While the lads who accept wagers eat big steaks. ' However, the bookies took a hard rap on the 1936 Derby when Bold Venture beat Brevity, the favorite. . . . Money poured in on Bold Venture the morning of the race and the bookies couldn't lay it off. Many fans decided something was going to happen to Brevity at the post and they had the right hunch. . . . He was bumped and knocked to his knees . . . and finished second with Indian Broom third. ’
Catcher Danning’s Prestige Grows
HEN the New York Giants assembled in the South last year Harry Danning was announced as the first string catcher and he held the job until late July, when forced out by illness. He made a good comeback, finished the year with a 300 average and Manager Terry showed his confidence in him by trading Gus Mancuso for Ken O'Dea, who is not expected to do much catching this season. With Gabby Hartnett and Mancuso going down hill on account of age, wear and tear, and Ernie Lombardi’s exceptional slowness a defi=nite handicap, it may be that Danning will be the National League's best backstop this season. . . . There isn’t any doubt that he’ll be the Giants’ best. ” 8 8 . # ” 2 Why spring baseball training is’ expensive. . . . The Cincy Reds broke 20 bats in three exhibition games. . . . Bill Werber, the Reds’ third sacker, pilfered 19 bases for the Athletics last season . , . as many as the entire Cincinnati club did.
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Jimmy Sharp, young southpaw, was a hot number against the Millers yesterday and chalked up a 4-to-0 shutout to even the series. He was given gilt edged support and three double plays helped him over the rough spots. He held Minneapolis to six safeties, all singles. The Redskins won on five hits, two of their runs being put on base by walks. Herb Hash, the Minneapolis chucker, couldn’t find the plate and issued 11 free tickets to five by Sharp. The Schalkmen played headsup baseball, stole two bases, made three
hoped for better weather today and a sharp upturn at the turnstiles. Only 10 games have been played in four days because of rzin and cold weather. Total attendance thus far is 183,382, far below expectations. The largest opening crowd was 47,000 for the TigersWhite Sox game at Detroit. The smallest was 1952 for a morning game between the Phils and Bees at Boston. $ Three teams have yet to play their first games—the Indians and Browns in the American Leagus
Manager Schalk made two changes in his lineup by installing Fred Vaughn at second and Milton Galatzer in left field. Jess Newman and Kermit Lewis were benched. Both replacements delivered and figured .in the Tribe's scoring. Galatzer belted a triple and Vaughn smacked a single in the clutch. Chapman tallied the first marker on a walk, a steal and Vaughn's bingle in the third. Singles by Bill Lewis and Latshaw and Lindsay Brown's sacrifice fly put a second run across in the fourth, and in the fifth Galatzer hit for three sacks
from that scheduled for last Monday will be: “Garner now pitchs ing for Roosevelt.” Substituting for President Roosevelt, he will pitch out the first ball. The President will be in Char= lottesville, Va., for a visit with his son, Franklin Jr., who is a student at the University of Virginia. BExcept for that substitution, ‘the opening-game ceremony will be followed as originally planned. The New York Yankees and Washington Nationals were rained out Monday. Government business
colossal.
“Remarkable, Eh!”
We are writitng mostly about Mr. Grove because the press box seemed to be excited about his performance. They seemed to think it was something that Abner Doubleday, Cy Young and all the Baltimore Orioles would be proud of. Every time he threw the ball and his arm didn’t come off they said, “What co you think of that?” We don’t get to see a great number of games during the season and we have high respect for the opinion of the boys in the press box, but there were times when we thought Mr. Grove was hit pretty hard and was lucky. We could be entirely wrong and we hope we are but we came away from the Stadium wishing he had had a chance to swing at some of the stuff the gentleman was throwing.
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OBODY should take our opinions too seriously and if somebody writes in and says, “What about those holes Grove pitched himself out of?” we are just going to ignore it because we find controversies distasteful and whenever we are wrong we are willing to com= promise and forge} it. Besides which we thought Red Ruffing pitched a much better game and we hate to think that he must develop a creaky soup-bone before anybody is going to write hoopla pieces about him. These back-from-the-tomb performers make interesting copy but that’s no reason why we should overlook the guys who are still very much alive.
Fans on Lou’s Side
T= was much customer interest in Lou Gehrig. All spring the customers have been reading about how bad he loked in the field and at the bat, so most of them must have been surprised to see him in the ball game. Or even alive. They gave him a great hand when he came to the plate in the first inning. Mr. Gehrig hit the first pitch on a line to right field. It went for a putout but it was a well-hit ball. The next time he hit into a double play. He wasn't-fast enough to save the out at first base. In the fifth inning Mr. Gehrig came up again and once more he hit into a double play, but this time it wasn't his fault. He hit another line drive and it went into the hands of the second badman. That could have happened to him ten years ago. It was just one of the breaks of the game. :
Hoosier Casters
Bulldog Track,
Beat Jones’ Team
and the Cubs in the National League.
Hank Gets Started
Balked three times by the weather, the New York Yankees got away yesterday and polished off their most dangerous rivals, the Boston Red Sox, 2-0, before a surprisingly small crowd of 30,287 at Yankee
Stadium. Red, Ruffing outdueled Lefty Grove in a pitcher’s battle in which each allowed only seven hits. Bill Dickey’s homer and Jake Powell's triple which scored Rolfe accounted for the Yanks’ two runs. Thunder rolled off Hank Greenberg’s bat in the 14th inning and the Detroit Tigers subdued the Chicago White Sox, 8-7. Greenberg, who hit 58 homers last year, rattled No. 1 of 1939 off Thornton Lee. He also hit a triple and a single. Dixie Walker also homered with one on for the Tigers. George Caster, allowing only four hits, pitched the Philadelphia Athletics to a 2-0 shutout over Washington before a small opening day crowd of 7100 at Shibe Park. Earl Brucker, A's catcher, drove in one
will be virtually suspended "while Cabinet members, Congressmen and other officials gather at Grif= fith Stadium for the game.
Special Event On A. A. U. Swim Card
Western and Eastern girl swimmers will engage in a little “extra curricular” competition when they come here for the 220-yard breast
stroke and 44G-yard freestyle events Sunday, Dick Papenguth of the Indianapolis A. C. announced today. He is planning a special medley race between representatives from the two sections. Meanwhile the field of 19 entries in the 440-yard event is said by Paul Jordan, lead of the Indiana A. A. U, tc be the largest in the history of the event. Four heats will be run off Sunday afternoon starting at 3:30 p. m. Two heats will be conducted in the 220. Finals will be for both events Sunday
sacrifice bunts and one sacrifice fly. No errors marred their play and in one inning they pulled out of a deep hole after the Millers loaded the bases with none away. That was the sixth when Sharp wavered. Pofahl, first up, singled and raced to third on Waiker’s single. A ‘walk to Wright put three on and Weintraub, a heavy hitter, came up. He bounced to Sharp and Red fired the ball to Catcher Bill Lewis to force Pofahl at the plate. Lewis in turn tossed to Bob Latshaw at first for a double play. Don
Elkhart High
L.A PORTE, April 21 (U. P)~ Elkhart High School's track team garnered 65 2-3 points here yester-
day to defeat La Porte and Plymouth in a triangular meet. Lia Porte scored 43 2-3 and Plymouth 7 2-3.
Park Plays Greenfield
Park School's baseball team will meet Greenfield this afterfioon on the Park diamond. Bob Bohlen will pitch and Bob Cusack will catch
and scored when Shortstop Pofahl
muffed the throwin.
Lang opened the Tribe seventh by drawing his fourth straight walk,
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Hash showed a good curve but Sharp used plenty of stuff on the ball after the sixth and allowed only one hit
couldn’t control it.
in the last three rounds.
Mud Hens Cling to Association Lead
By United Press
Six American Association baseball
teams were in action yesterday and the Toledo Mud Hens held on to
their early season lead with a third
straight victory.
Before a home-town crowd the
advanced on Vaughn's sacrifice and scored all the way from second as Galatzer was erased at first, Weintraub to Hash, who was slow cover-
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Miami University of Oxford, Ohio, will oppose the Butler University track team tomorrow afternoon in a dual engagement at the Fairview oval. Butler opened its outdoor season, last Wednesday with a 105 to 26 shellacking over Indiana State. Wabash and Butler golfers were to meet this afternoon in a 36hole match over the Speedway links. Butler was represented by Al Goldstein, Jay Anson, Bob Phillips, William Crawford, Fred Harris,
The Hoosier Casting Club team defeated the Jones’ team 198 to 269 and 262 to 268 in two meets this week. Ralph Carr and Charles Brockman of the Hedden Bait Co. tied for first honors with 95 points. Carr and W. Johns were runnersup with 94 and Al Hoffman and Meyer tied for third place with 93.
Badger Clinic
MADISON, Wis, April 21 (NEA). —Wisconsin’s second annual football clinie, headed by Ha Stuhldreher
other one. Hamlin Tames Giants
“Hot Potato” Luke Hamlin cooked off the New York Giants as Brooklyn evened the series with a 5-3 win. He allowed only seven hits, one of them a.homer by Mel Ott. Hal Schumacher was driven out of the box with a three-run attack in the sixth. . Lou Fette, Boston Bees’ veteran, pitched a brilliant three-hit shutout in beating the Phillies, 2-0. Al Simmons’ single, a sacrifice, and Eddie Miller's single scored one run.
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Pesapallo (It
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To Be Played at Olympics
PARIS, April 21 (U. P.).=You call it baseball, but the Finns call it “pesapallo,” and they will play it, at least their version of it, at the 1940 Olympics. The Finnish Olympic Committee has notified the International Olym=
Bie Comittee that a demonstras tion of “pesapalie’ will
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be given ati boast
the games. In pesapallo there is no catcher—there is no need for one. A “tosser up” stands a few feet in front of home plate and lobs the ball over sso slowly that the batsmen
hardly ever miss. : Some of the Tt it Finis
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and led the Milwaukee Brewers at the end of the ninth, 8-5, Veteran Piecher Jackie Reid kept the Brewers’ 13 hits well scattered while his
teammates gathered 11 bingles including homers by Fred Mueller and
Milt Lenhardt.
The Little World Series chamthe Kansas City Blues, weren't able to find the ball in the pinches. They put 17 men on bases seven walked-—but were blanked by the Columbus Red Birds playing
pions,
in their home park, 4-0. The St. Paul Saints was rained
game at
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