Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1939 — Page 6
By Eddie Ash
GO FOR BIG SHOWS IN JERSEY FANS REALLY BACK THEIR TEAM
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PORTS goers hereabouts thought they spotted a typographical error when they read that the Jersey City Internationals played before 45,112 fans at their home opener Thursday. . . . The figures still stand up, however, and unless Buffalo, the visiting club, questions the gate after receiving its share of the receipts, the Skeeters will be free to go ahead and claim a new minor league attendance record. The force behind the ticket sale over there is Mayor Frank Hague, a rapid ball fan. . . . The game was played in Roosevelt Stadium and New York newspapers reported that the overflow was 15-deep surrounding the entire out-
field.
= ® = » ®® JERSEY CITY fans like to put on real shows... . Their team finished seventh in the race last year, yet topped the International League in attendance. In 1987 the club finished a poor last but on the final day of the season 18,000 fans were out there whooping things up and they chipped in and bought an auto for Manager Travis Jackson.
New Experience For Niehoff
B=: Niehoff, the old Louisville pilot, is directing the Jerseys this year and at last reports was still dizzy from looking at Thursday's crowd. . . . He never saw anything like it in the American Association. Jersey City's population is listed as 316715 and International League admission prices run higher than the American Association's.
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Tony Galento has been silent since he listened in on the radio and heard the thud when Joe Louis flattened Jack Roper. . . . Perhaps Two-Ton realizes by now that the Brown Bomber is the most destructive heavyweight of the current era. ® &* = = LJ »
AST year the American Association went its first two weeks with only one game rained out. . . . Then the bad weather struck and postponements piled up as the Eastern clubs swung through the West. Twenty-two postponements are on the books this time and over a nine-day span. . . . You can’t guess that old weather. ... A late start would throw the finish into the football season now that the gridiron teams are playing big games in September and early October. So there isn’t much chance that baseball's club owners will do anything about setting back their openers.
Hildie and Lefty Old A. A. Rivals
RAL HILDEBRAND and Lefty Gomez now teammates on the Vankees, waged some fancy and sensational mound duels when they were together in the American Association, the former with Indianapolis, the latter with St. Paul. Hildebrand attended both Southport and Tech high schools and Butler University, and joined the Hoosiers after starring for the Bulldogs. Indianapolis got a big price for him from Cleveland, where he became an in and outer. . . . He was traded to the Browns and for a time friends here thought the slender righthander was on the way back to the minors. Suddenly the picture changed, Joe McCarthy stepped in and Oral was kicked upstairs to the world champions. EJ = = L J s =»
Herbert Hash, Minneapolis rookie pitcher, is one of 14 children, all living, all married. . . . Both his parents are alive and in good health.
Junie Barnes of the Toledo mound staff is a southpaw submarine hurler—a rare variety—and may be tough to hit under the lights if his control is good.
Baseball at a Glance
AMERICAN LEAGUE
St. Louis at Chicago. Detroit at Cleveland. New York at Washington. Philadelphia at Boston.
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GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul at INDIANAPOLIS. Milwaukee at Columbus. Minneapolis at Louisville, Kansas City at Toledo.
NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago at St. Louis. Boston at New York. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati.
| Feller and Pytlak.
St. Louis at Chicago; postponed, wet ounds.
NATIONAL LEAGUE 120 042 010-10 13 1 000 000 003— 3 7 MacFayden, Lanning and Lopez; Melton, Wittig, Coffman and Danning.
(11 Innings: tie; darkness)
Brooklyn 000 000 110 00— Philadelphia 000 000 011 00—
Tamulis and Phelps; Passeau, Beck and
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(Only games scheduled.)
Five Derby Eligibles in $15,000 Chesapeake Stake
HAVRE DE GRACE, Md, April 22 Challenger as a Wheatlev-Belair
(U. P.).~—W. L. Brann's Challedon was a popular choice today to capture the 20th running of the $15,000 Chesapeake Stake at Havre De Grace from four other Kentucky Derby hopes and four noneligibles. The stout son of Challenger II drew top weight of 122 pounds for the mile and a sixteenth race that
will end active competition for sev-|
eral of the colts until the bugler calls the field at Churchill Downs on May 6. Although the handicappers were split on Challedon’s chances for the stake that was won by Bourbon King a year ago, numerous horsemen consider him the sound choice for the Derby. From an original list of 32, only nine horses were entered. The Derby eligibles opposing Challedon were Belmont Futurity winner, Porter's Mite, 119; Ariel Toy, 114; Impound, and Challenge. The noneligibles were headed by Gilded Knight, which nipped EI Chico in a six-furlong sprint at Jamaica in New York a week ago. The Knight received an impost of 114 pounds and was coupled with
entry. Others were Day Off, winner of the Louisiana Derby, 116; Volitant, 116, and Sun Lover, 114. The forecast was for clear skies and a good track.
El Chico Packs Derby Weight
NEW YORK, April 22 (U. P).— The entry of El Chico, undefeated juvenile champion of 1938, lured a heavy throng of railbirds to Jamaica today for the 11th renewal of the $3500 Stuyvesant Handicap at six furlongs. : The son of John P. Grier was an odds-on favorite despite regulation Derby weight of 128 pounds, from 10 to 21 more than the imposts assigned eight rivals, three of them also eligibles for the Kentucky classic. T. M. Dorsett, at 116, appeared the strongest competition. El Chico's stablemate, Our Mat, with whom he was coupled, drew 112 pounds and Thelusson, 106. Weights for the noneligibles ‘were Entracte, 114; John’s Heir, 105; Star Runner, 109; Sea Captain, an entry with Thelusson, 112, and Highscope, 110.
250-Mile Roller Rink Race Ends
LeRoy Kerst and Helen Stewart were the winners in the 250-mile race held the past month at the Riverside Roller Rink and were given a money prize of $50. They led the race most of the way. Second place and $25 went to the team of James Marvel Jr. and Bonnie Brown. Third prize was won by Paul Thompson and Mary Lemon and fourth by Arnold Edgar and Patty Atkins.. Third money was $15 ‘and fourth 35.
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19 In Row
LOS ANGELES, April 22 DU. P.).—The Los Angeles Angels last night tied the Pacific Coast League record for consecutive
victories when they won their | 19th straight game. They de- | feated the San Diego Padres, 7-0. Seattle established the record with 19 wins in 1903. The. | Angels ‘play the San’ Diego team again ‘under the lights
tonight.
SATURDAY, APRIL 22, 1989
New Crop In Swim At LLA.C.
Young Aces Challenge for Supremacy; Men’s Events Also on Card.
When the Women's National Senjor Swimming and Diving championget under way at the Indianapolis Athletic Club pool tomorrow,
mermaids out for the marks held by their older opponents, Mrs. Katherine Rawls Thompson, who at the age of 21 enjoys the distinction of being a veteran, will be defending champion in the 220-yard breast stroke title. The meet will boast another titleholder, Helene Rains, of the Women's Swimming Association of New York who, in addition to defending her 440-yard free-style title, will be after Mrs. Thompson's crown
also. Complete Schedule
Events to be on the program tomorrow follow: Women's senior national A, A, U. 440-yard free-style; women's national senior 220-yard breast stroke; women's middle states 10-foot diving; women's middle states 100-yard backstroke; men’s middle states 100yard breast stroke; women's Indiana A. A. U, 50-yard free style; men's Indiana A. A. U. 150-yard back stroke; open event in the 100-yard back stroke for girls 14 years old and under, and open 100-yard free style for boys 13 years and under. Four heats will be run off in the 440-yard freestyle tomorrow afternoon starting at 3:30 p. m. and two heats in the 220-yard breast stroke. Finals will be held tomorrow night.
Gilmore Draws With Patterson
Walter Johnson Suspended By Murbarger.
Patsy Patterson, Somerset, Ky., and Herb Gilmore, Cincinnati, featherweight leather throwers, may come back to Indianapolis just about any time they please, as far as approximately 1500 fight fans are concerned. Messrs. Patterson and Gilmore threw everything but the ring posts at one another in the eight-round feature bout at the Armory last night and neither came out with worse than ‘a few sore spots and a draw bout. Walter Johnson, Indianapolis lightweight, failed to make appearance at the Armory ring for the second time this season and was suspended from fighting in Indiana for an indefinite period by Sam Murbarger, state athletic commissioner. Herb Brown, Indianapolis, substituted for Johnson and knocked out Frankie Lockwood, Cincinnati lightweight, in the third round of the six-round semiwindup. Tiger Kid Carsonia, Indianapolis, showed too many gloves to Dave Williams another Indianapolis scrapper, and won the decision. Wesley Kemp, 156, Indianapolis,
3 |had his knockout string halted but
went on to decision Tiger Kigam, 160. The Tiger took all the hard hitting Kemp had to offer with a grin and looked ready for more when the bout ended after the scheduled four rounds.
Jimmy Norris, Madison, made
llshort work of Gilbert Hubbell,
Coatesville, when he kayoed Hubbell in 1 minute 20 seconds of their scheduled four-round fight. Hibbell weighed 187 and Norris 190. LeRoy Dycus, Indianapolis, decisioned Billy Wheeler, Cincinnati, in four rounds of the opening fight.
I. U. Pastimers Have Double Bill Today
Times Special BLOOMINGTON, April 22.—Indiana University’s baseball team today had failed for the second time in its attempted defense of the Big Ten title held jointly with Iowa. The Hoosiers were rained out of their game with Wisconsin here yesterday. They will attempt to play a double-header today. Last week the Crimson was forced to cancel two games with Illinois because of the weather.
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Tennis
By TOM OCHILTREE
As Frederick J. Perry packed up his tennis racquet today and prepared to head for Neenah, Wis, he seemed to radiate more contentment than the pictures of those florid gentlemen in the cigar advertisements.
“I seem to be onto my game now, all right,” was the way he expressed it, and in view of the sound straight set thumping he handed J. Donald Budge in the Naval Armory here last night, this remark could almost be classed as a traditional British understatement, It wasn't a question of Mr, Budge being badly off. He was hitting his services and overhand smashes with a speed that made them sssswooosh like a howitzer shell, but his agile Anglo Saxon opponent covered most of them and added a few ingredients of steadiness and placement.
Perhaps though the Perry statement was strong enough. Even counting the Englishman’s victory last night, the series still stands 19 to 8 in favor of Budge, the new world professional champion. There will undoubtedly be other nights when ‘Perry's guile and deception wont stand him in such good stead, and there is no denying that the American has power. The set scores last night were 6-3, 6-1, both in Perry's favor.
Started Slowly
The match started off on a note low ‘enough for a good tuba player to reach, when Budge won a love game on his own service after Perry, who seemed to have more bounce than a British trawler in a North Sea swell, netted two returns and drove two others out. The Briton took his own service after the game was deuced, and the games followed the server to 3-all. After getting two lets, Budge got off to a nice start in the seventh game by acing Perry, but he netted his own return on the next point and three heautiful placements by the Englishman gave Perry a 4-3 edge. On his own service Perry double faulted and the duffers among the spectators sighed as if they had just got a letter from home. Despite this blunder, Perry took his service, however. He then broke through Budge for the second time with a game and set winning placement to the corner. His margin of victory was 6-3.
Perry started boffing the ball
Goers See Big
Spectators were concentrating intently as Waiter Senior (above)
right from taw in the second set and Budge was running so hard for some of the returns that his knees were clacking. In this number Perry had a 4-0 lead when Budge cracked the Briton’s service in the next game which
contained the most dazzling rally of | i It was Budge's last}
the evening. stand, however, and Perry applied the whip on the last turn for home,
Perry a Showman
As a sort of ‘hands across the sea” gesture the crowd seemed to favor Perry slightly, but his showmanship might have accounted for part of this. When he netted a return he always shook his head and looked at his racquet as if it were a priceless piece or Egyptian papyrus
which had just been unearched.
Budge also had the trick of wailing
like a lonesome coyote when his op- ||
ponent passed him at the net.
In the first set Budge scored five placements, netted 16 returns, drove eight out and made two aces, while Perry had nine placements, nine netted returns, flve outs, one ace and one double fault, The second set showed Budge with seven placements, nine netted returns and nine outs. Perry had in this set 11 place-
ments, four netter errors, eight outs,
one ace and one double fault, Gorchakoff Wins
Ben Gorchakoff’s stinging drives were too hot for Walter Senior in the other singles match which the former won by margins of 6-2, 9-7. Senior played his best game in the long second set, but unfortunately his best wasn’t very good but just passable, In the doubles Budge and Gorchakoff beat Perry and Senior 7-5, 6-2. Perry made 8 gallant effort to make up for his partner's deficiencies in the first set, but he apparently decided that this was a pretty tiring task. The winning doubles combination did some fancy midcourt shelling to good effect. There is a certain long-winded-ness about all tennis matches, and last night's encounters were no exception. This was proven by the fact that the same people who leave a baseball game in the seventh inning and a football game in the last quarter began their stumbling march over the feet of the rest of the spectators at the conclusion of the singles matches.
Garner Pinch-Pitches for F. D. R.
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at the Naval Armory here last night. ‘Gorchakoff’s drives proved too rallied for a point against Ben Gorchakoff in the opening singles match | much for Senior despite the latter's determined stand in the second set,
On My Game Now,’ Perry Says After Lacing Budge
Net Professionals Finish It in Two Sets as Agile Britisher | Overcomes American’s Power.
Blair Stops Lee NEW YORK, April 22 (U. P.)=Frankie Blair, Camden, N. J., middleweight boxer,
Glenn Lee, Edison, Neb., in the
third round here last night. It was an upset to ring critics.
Yankees Flash Early Display of Armament
Leaguers Perform
Two Games, Two Wins, On Homers
Champs Serve Notice Heavy Artillery Is Intact; Cubs Blast Cards.
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Pros: Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 22-It's the same old story with the World Champion Yankees—too much home run oomph! Two games, two victories, Homers have won both of them, Bill Dickey's homer was sufficient to win the opener from the Boston Red Sox and yesterday Joe DiMaggio and Joe Gallagher, the broth of an Irish boy who has stepped into a Yankes job with a minimum of fanfars, clouted a pair of round trippers to submerge the Senators, 6-3, Trailing, 3-1, the Yanks manue factured five runs quickly on two homers, and Lefty Gomez did the rest, Orosetti singled and then DiMaggio poled his homer, Gehrig and Dickey walked and Gallagher bounced a drive off the distant left field fence in Griffith Stadium, Washington, and circled the bases, That was enough for Joe Kra. kauskas, a left-handed Yankee Nemesis of a year ago.
Browns Still at Post
Vice President Garnsr and Postmaster General Parley were in the throng of 31,000, one of the largest in Washington history, The other five openers yesterday brought the day's total attendance to 103. 373, making = total of 286755 for
Ti Donald Budge (left) and Fred Perry share a towel between sets of their singles match. Perry was victorious with set scores of 6-3 and 6-1, chiefly because of his greater steadiness and placement ability.
Fo
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Unless there is further interference from the weather, official season opening ceremonies were to be
held this afternoon at the City’s five municipal golf courses. The same program which was rained out last Saturday is to be followed today, and the participants have served notice that it will take more than a slight drizzle to stop them. Courses marking the opening are Coffin, South Grove, Sarah Shank, Pleasant Run and Douglas. Public officials and top flight golfers are to compete in official foursomes. There will be flag raising ‘exercises and probably some speech making, and each course will hold a blind par tournament.
Mayor to Swing
Although the press of business and bad weather have conspired to keep Mayor Sullivan from getting in any practice swings, he is to hit the first hall from the No. 1 tee at the Coffin course at 1 p. m. As a sort of “double feature” attraction with the opening, the South Grove Golf Club announced that it will hold its first tournament of the season tomorrow afternoon. It will be a best-ball proamateur affair beginning at 1 p. m. and partners will be drawn by lot. The rainstorm which postponed the ‘opening a week ago was heavy enough to drive even the hardiest golfers to shelter, but through the intermittent showers of the past week a large contingent of players have appeared at these links.
Chance for All
The blind par tournament to be held in connection with the opening today are so arranged that players of various degrees of ability
have a chance to win. A free season ticket is to be given to the winner at each course. Since players at Riverside will not be able to do their shooting on their home course which now is ‘under repair, they can compete for the Riv-
Five City Golf Courses Hold Delayed Openings
‘ber of Riverside; Herbert Stewart,
senting the Riverside club are to play at South Grove. The official foursomes courses are: Coffin — Miss Harriett Randall, women’s City champion; John David, State junior champion; Bill Reed, City amateur champion, and Walter Chapman, a member of the Indianapolis public links team that competed last season in the national tournament. Sarah Shank—Dr. Frank Dowd, Bob Thomas, pro; Tod Blackwell and Jack Soofs. J. W. Joseph and Paul Rathert of the City Park Board will attend the opening. Pleasant Run—Clark Espie, club president; Fred Gronauer, Albert H. Gisler, Park Board member, and Tommy Vaughn, pro. Riverside—Two foursomes. These are James Senteney, new Riverside Club president; Charles Wishmeyer, past club president; Bob Carlsen, club champion, and Bob Phillips, a director, and, in the second group, Miss Elizabeth Dunn, State women’s champion and honorary mem-
for all
chairman of the Riverside board of directors; Joe Doll, vice president, and Dr. M. C. Salb, a director. South Grove — Brooks Secrest, president; Clayton Nichols, club champion; Ken Loucks, Indianapolis Public Links Association president, and Russell Stonehouse, pro. Mrs. Louis R. Markun, Park Board member, will attend. Douglas—Val WMcheay, assistant City engineer; John Noonan, State excise department employee; Henry Fleming and Sea Ferguson. Last minute, prebattle statements from City Park Superintendent A. C. Sallee indicated that everything was in readiness and that the players ‘were going to be agreeably surprised by the condition of ‘the courses. Plenty of Time 'HELSINGFORS, April 22 (NEA). ~—Athletes ‘can take their time in the 1940 Olympic Games, but they
the 16 games played thus far, Seventeon games have been poste poned. The St. Louis Browns are still at the post, trying to unveil their 20~game horse, Buck Newsom, against somabody, The Chicago Cubs finally got away yesterday. Home runs by Joe Marty and Stanley Hack were the dame Aging blows as they downed the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-2, Big Bill Les, rapped for 11 hits, was effactive in the clutches,
Bartell at Short
Those stories about the serious ness of Dick Bartell's rheumatic Joints seemed a trifle far-fetched as “Rowdy Dick” played shortstop for the Cubs, National League pacesetters are none other than the Boston Bess, who gave the Giants a 10-3 shellacking in the Polo Grounds opener, The ‘Bees have won three straight, Weakest offensive team in the ma~ Jors last year, the Bees slaughtered Melton, Wittig and Coffman for 13 hits as Danny MacFayden blanked the Giants for eight rounds. In the ninth he weakened, and John Lane ning had to get the last man out, Brooklyn and the Phillies went 11 innings to a 2-2 draw. Vito Tamulis allowed the Phils only five hits but walked in a run in the eighth, and Glen Gabrielson’s single drove in Philadelphia's tying run in the ninth, Feller Fans 10
The outstanding pitching per formance of the infant season was by Bob Feller, who struck out 10 men, pitching Cleveland to a 5-1 victory over Detroit in the Vittmen's opener, Feller allowed only three hits, two of them by the Tigers’ brilliant rookie center fielder, Barney MecCoskey, who hit a homer and single, Feller had great control, walking only two, Jim Bagby, one of last year's brightest freshmen, pitched the Bos ton Red Sox to a 9-2 win over the Philadelphia Athletics, He gave up only five hits, one of them a homer by Prank Hayes with a man on. Roger Cramer's base-clearing double and Joe Cronin's single and double led the Red Sox attack. Roy Parmalee, one-time wild man of the National League, started for the Athletics, but disclosed that a year in the minors did him no good. He walked five, hit a batter and uncorked a wild pitch in six frames, Connie Mack got him out of there before he completed the circuit with a balk.
Thesz’ Title Is at | Stake
Lou’s Mat Go With Mazurki Gets State Sanction.
When Mike Mazurki, Polish grappler, tackles Louis Thesz in the Armory wrestling ring next Tuesday night, the latter's heavyweight mat crown will be on the block and the encounter will be a no-time limit affair, Two light heavyweights, Whitey Wahlberg, Minnesota, and Billy Thom, Bloomington, Ind., grip in a special semiwindup carded for two falls out of three. It originally was scheduled for 90 ‘minutes, but plans were changed when Mazurki asked that his tussle with Thesz be a notime limit, The Indiana State Athletic Commission has sanctioned the - Mazurki tug as a title affair. It will be Louie's first Indians appearance since annexing the crown from Everett Marshall, Thesz has lost only two bouts in two years, to Steve (Crusher) Casey and Marshall. He came back to beat Everett for the top honors and then whipped Casey. Mike is a student in the East where he beat a score of topnotchers, including Gus Sonnéenbérg.
COLLEGE BASEBALL
Wisconsin at Indiana (rain), Minnesota at SEH Ei om (rain).
at (rain). ! i 3 in State, 1, fege, 10; Vanesa 6: Wester
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