Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1939 — Page 9

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Of First Day’s Play

Linksmen Move to Speedway Tomorrow, Then Tackle Highland Layout on Wednesday; Classy Field Bids for Gronauer’s Title.

By TOM OCHILTREE Hoping to give par the same kicking around a hat gets in a barroom fight, the 225 entries in the district golf tournament today began their 54-hole title chase at the Indianapolis Country Club. This event is spread out over three days and as many courses, play being on a medal.basis for 18 holes each day. The boys move to Speed - way for tomorrow's round and on Wednesday will tackle the highly polished greens and yawning traps of the Highland Golf and Country Club.

Baseball Has Party

Bigwigs at Cooperstown for Celebration Today.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent COOPERSTOWN, N. Y., June 12. —The first hundred years are the hardest. That's why baseball's bigwigs, heroes of past and present, and some 15,000 others came here today to give the national pastime] its 100th anniversary party. | In this little upstate town in| 1839 Abner Doubleday, fresh out of} West Point, invented baseball and | laid out the first diamond. | Both major league have suspended play today to take part in the formal dedication of the National Baseball Museum and the Hall of Fame. Two players from each club were seiected to come here for the ceremonies and help | stage the “Cavalcade of Baseball,” | which will trace the evolution cf} the game from “one old cat” to its] present status. |

New Stamp of Be Seld

Living members of the Hall of Fame will emerge from the National Museum after Ford Frick, National League president; Will Harridge, American League president, and Judge W. G. Bramham, head of the minor leagues, have cut red, white and blue ribbons and called their names. There are 11 of them —Connie Mack, Hans Wagner, George Sisler, Nap Lajoie, Cy Young. Tris Speaker, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Eddie Collins, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson and Ty Cobb. Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, baseball tsar, will speak to start the dedication ceremonies. Afterwards Postmaster General Jim Farley will sell the first sheet of the special baseball centennial stamp commemorating the game's 100th year. The afternoon ceremonies on “Doubleday Field” will commence with a parade of Cooperstown High School boys and girls in costumes of 100 years ago. Then the boys will demonstrate how “one old cat” and

“town ball” were played before base- |

ball came into existence. Modern Stars to Choose Up Afterwards two teams of soldiers from Ft. Jay, Governors Island, dressed as the old-time teams of the Knickerbockers of New York and Excelsiors of Brooklyn, the first uni-

formed teams to engage in compe-!

tition, will play a few innings under

old time rules. Then the modern stars from the]

two major leagues will play a

“choose up game” in which Hans per of this out-of-town contingent Wagner, Pirate coach, and Eddie ont walk off with the Edwin L.

Collins, Red Sox general manager, will choose sides from 32 players. They will use the old method of hand-over-hand on a baseball bat to see who gets first choice. Players from both leagues will be mixed on the two clubs.

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Fred Gronauer, a chunky 23-year-old from Pleasant Run, is the defending titleholder, but the magnitude of his task hasn't ruffled his disposition nor put any kinks in his confidence. When Gronauer won last year with 221 strokes he was an early starter, but in this tournament he will have plenty of time to see how the other boys are going ! before he steps up to the firing line early this afternoon.

Raleigh Bennett, a left-handed golfer with an eagle ‘eye, would have carried an umbrella in the district tournament today even if the weather had been clear. The reason is that he had this umbrella along with him during

a special best ball match at Pleasant Run yesterday when he scored a hole-in-one on the par

This hole is 106 yards long, and Bennett used a No. 9 iron and sent up a high fly which fell a short distance from the cup and skittered in. He was playing but they were beaten by Clark Espie and Tommy Vaughn, course pro, four and three. Espie had the low medal of 74. The umbrella doesn’t belong to Bennett but is the property of Harold Erner, a printer who claims the “bumber shoot” has more magical powers than Alad-

| Because this field is one of the largest and classiest ever assembled by the Indianapolis District Golf Association, Gronauer’s job makes tight rope walking over Niagara Falls seem almost like a mild as|signment by comparison.

| Here's His Competition

| | Among those who will compete (against him are such efficient fairway splitters as O. E. Cummins Fortville; Gene Pulliam Jr. Lebanon; Dick and Bob Stackhouse and

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district tournament.

steady as a ship in drydock.

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Dropping the long ones is a specialty with 0. E. Cummins, Fortville, who is one of the shooters the rest of the field is watching in the Although not a particularly long hitter, he is as

Fred Gronauer of Pleasant Run defends his Indianapolis District Golf Association title today against a large field of par smashers. The 23-year-old player hasn't had time to worry about the competition

because he is concentrating so hard on his own game.

Sports

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MONDAY, JUNE 12, 1939

HILADELPHIA, June 12.—Drives, pitches, and putts from the National Open: Anticlimax after anticlimax continues to pile on the marathon tournament here in the hills of the Philadelphia Country Club. . . . The climax of the championship, the thing that will be remembered long after the winner's name has tarnished on the big silver cup,

John Lyons, all of Meridian Hills; {Bill Reed, Highland; Phil Talbot, | Bloomington; Bob Smith, Anderson; John McGuire, Mike Pollak and Paul Carr, all of Speedway, and Clayton Nichols and Bob Crouch of South Grove. | Also, John David, the steady Hillcrest player who recently won the State intercollegiate title; Walter {Chapman of Coffin; J. I. Cummings ‘of the Country Club, and Leonard | Oliver of Lake Shore. The players are members of clubs (affiliated with the association and located within a radius of 60 miles of Indianapolis. According to Cliff | Wagoner, association secretary, the {tournament this year is of par[ticular interest because of the large {representation from small neighboring cities. Got Started Early

In fact, it was being predicted in the locker room that some mem-

Lennox trophy, put up by the dis{trict president. Other awards are] {to be made to low gross and net] | scorers. | A foursome composed of Drs. C. B. | Blakeslee, Highland; Paul Blakeslee, Hillcrest; H. I. Magennis, Highland, and Randall Bass, Speedway, were the first ones out. These hardies teed off at 5 a. m. which

is Sammy Snead’s horrendous eight on the 18th hole in the champinoship proper. Walter Hagen, the man who taught Snead a lot of what he knows, says the four-over-par eight was inexcusable. . . “When Sammy ctepped on the final tee,” Walter said, “the tournament was over . . . behind him were all the holes that required any shot making. . . . All he had to do was to get a five on a hole so easy that a 10 handicap golfer could miss three shots on it and still bag a par. . . . But he didn’t know that. . . . Maybe he was punch drunk from the pressure. . . . Whatever he was, he elected to play the only shots that could have ruined him.” . , . Walter says that only time will teil whether the eight will make or break Snead. +. + “If he is made of the right golfing stuff it will help him. If he isn’t—well, he is done for as a competitor.” , , . . #5 YRON NELSON'S putt on the final hole in the playoff yesterday was one of the greatest exhibitions of nerve in ali the history of golf. . Needing a birdie for a tie, Nelson rose above the strain of 17 live-or-die holes, a temperature close to 100, a strong wind that made the slippery greens more treacherous, and the dismal sight of a seriously injured spectator being lifted toward an ambulance. . He knocked it in, rolling the ball across grass flecked with blood from the spectator struck in the head by Craig Wood's zooming second shot.

They’ll Remember Sam’s Eight on 18th As the Climax of the National Open

By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent

If Wood's shot had not hit the galleryite, he undoubtedly would have lost the tournament, because the ball, until it struck the human stymie, was heading for the wild and woolly rough near the 10th tee. There is one thing about golff—no one ever makes a shot that doesn’t distribute happiness and grief at the same time. . . . Mrs. Nelson almost fainted with joy when Wood missed the short putt that would have given him the championship. . And even as she swooned with delight, Mrs. Wood broke into tears of disappointment. ” ” 2 HEN Wood, Shute and Nelson rolled into eightfoot putts for pars on the first hole yesterday, Harold (Jug) McSpaden, who was watching, said: “Lawdy, no wonder theyre in the playoff with that sort of putting . ..” Everyone was high in praise of the gracious manner in which Ralph Guldahl took the fall of the house of Guldahl. . . . After a tremendous build-up, he looked a trifle let down, with a laugh and a smile . . . and believe me this—if Gudahl had been putting only half as well as he usually does, he would have won the tournament by a stroke or two. . . . No one in the tournament, and the pros will tell you, hit the ball to the green as well as Ralph did. Also believe me this—Bud Ward will dominate the amateurs of this country just as completely as did Bob Jones and Lawson Little . . . He is three shots better than any other simon pure. . . . Don't forgei—if Bud had only taken fours instead of fives

on the two short holes on his final nine, he would have won the title by a shot. . . . And Bud wasn’t

any too healthy at this tournament. . . . In shape, there is no telling what he would have shot.

Baseball at a Glance

Parker Advances

seems almost too early even for a milk man’s horse. Drs. C. B. Blakeslee and Magennis |

; | each had cards of 87, while Dr. Paul |

| Blakeslee turned in a 98. Dr. Bass| shot 105. After that there was a considerable lag in activity, since the next foursome, which contained G. H.|

Stafford, of Fortville, and Kenneth its first

a. m. From then on the contestants were started at five and 10-minute intervals.

Pitt Eleven to Play Boilermakers in ’41

PITTSBURGH, June 12 (U. P)) —The University of Pittsburgh will exand its football relations with Western (Big Ten) Conference teams in 1941, opening the season against Purdue University at Pitt Stadium. The game, scheduled for Oct. 4, 1941, will be the first meeting between Pitt and Purdue football teams. The Panthers also meet Minnesota, another Big Ten conference member, during the 1941 season.

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Cancel Pro-Amateur Meet

Many of the more competitive spirits manage to shoot over their heads for the first day, but by the time the field has made the circuit at Speedway and tried out all their woods and long irons the more ex|perienced will have begun to pull] away. { With so many of the good amateurs competing here the Indiana Professional Golfers’ Association

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Ex-Champions Likely.

. By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, June 12 —Former titleholders will be qualified automatically for the 1940 National Open if the U. S. G. A. can work out a satisfactory arrangement. . . . It didn’t make sense this year with fellows like Walter Hagen on the sideline and fellows like Thomas Henry hacking away for sixes and sevens. . . . Mickey Cochrane, following the golf at Philadelphia, still indicated a desire to return to baseball despite the fact he is doing better financially than he ever did on the diamond. . . . A new and recently signed business contract adds $20,000 to his yearly income. . . His friends say he has no love for the present Detroit owners. Speaking of extremists, the Phillies lead the National League in hitting and trail in fielding. . . . Incidentally, Morrie Arnovich is the betting favorite to lead the National League hitters this year. . Klein, in 1933, was the last Philly to win the championship.

Big Crowd to See Yanks

The Yankees will play to a record crowd in Kansas City today, the exhibition game drawing baseball enthusiasts from as far west as Montana. . . . One of these days you may read that Kansas City has replaced the St. Louis Browns in the American League. . . Add similes: “Small as a Belmont field.” Don Meade, the jockey, apparently is back in his Florida form and is kicking the long shots home again. ... Advance forecast on Big Ten footbali: “Watch Michigan.” , . . Reluctantly, we have had to give up on Henry Picard, the golfer. . . . For three straight years we have bet him against Ralph Guldahl, always with Gene Sarazen, and now we are through. The Giants have taken over the Phillies’ training camp and we are wondering if there is anything significant about that. . . . Lou Nova says he wants to fight Joe Louis and then start a health farm . .. And it's all we can do to keep from adding that he'll probably have to start one.... Wes Ferrell is going around letting bees sting him on his pitching arm....Leading us to

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Among the favorites in the district golf tournament which opened

today at the Indianapolis Country Golf and Country Club.

Club is Bill Reed of the Highland

If he stays among the leaders the first two

days he will get to play the final round on his home course.

Millers Trim Blues’ Margin In A.A. Chase

By United Press The Minneapolis Millers cut half a game off Kansas City’s lead in the American Association today and with its sixth ‘consecutive victory over St. Paul served warning on

league leadership has just begun.

The Millers scored once in the opening inning and put the game away in the second with a threerun rally. The final score was 5-2, home runs by Walker and Denning playing a large part in the victory. Madura hit for the circuit for St. Paul.

Columbus won a 6-5 game from Toledo in the first half of yesterday's doubleheader, but had the tables reversed in the second game and lost by an identical score. E. Browne's home run was an important factor in the Columbus triumph. Toledo’s four-run rally in the third inning after two runs had been scored in the first was too much for the Red Birds to overcome in the second game. Milwaukee beat Kansas City, 4-1, in the first game but lost the second, 2-1. Newt Kimball held Kansas City to five hits in the first game,

Pitcher Added to Reliable Lineup

Dallas (Lefty) O’Neall has bean added to the Kingan Reliables’ pitching staff, Manager Reb Russell announced today. The veteran Kingan pilot said the new moundsman will be ready for action in the contest with the Atlantic City, N. J., Bacharachs at Perry Stadium tomcrrow night at 8:15 o'clock. O’Neall rounds a slab corps which also includes Lefty Kertis, Ray Staples and Lefty McGill. O’Neall, who weighs 175 pounds and stands six feet tall, has seen service in recent seasons with St. Augustine of the Florida State league and Goose Goslin’s Trenton team of the Interstate loop.

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U.S. Keeps Polo Trophy

Americans Score 9-4 Win Over British.

WESTBURY, N. Y., June 12 (U, P.).—The Westchester Cup, a $200 chunk of silver emblematic of Anglo-American polo supremacy, was locked up again in the vaults today, waiting for the time when Great Britain's men of the saddle are willing to gamble another half million dollars on taking it for an ocean voyage.

The British yielded the cup to the Yanks in 1921 and since have spent $2,500,000 trying to get it back. This year they combed the empire for horses and men, spent days and days puting together a team which they thought was one of destiny. But it was the same old story. The American rolled into the lead last week with an 11-7 victory in the opening game of the international series, and they followed up yesterday with a 9-4 triumph on a wind-swept field. They'll play again next Sunday, but it will be a consolation match. The clang of the bell ending the game marked the 12th straight time the British had been defeated in the series. Six times since 1914, when Britain retained the cup, America has won shutout victories of two matches to nothing. And, fittingly, it was Tommy Hitchcork—the guy they call Mr. Polo—who landed the knockout blows that rounded out this latest triumph.

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