Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 June 1939 — Page 15

t-Handed Pitcher I Ever Saw? The Babe!

TUTTE YF WOT By JOE WILLIAMS TF FERRER JWT

Times Special Writer :

EW YORK, June 21.—There’s a large framed picture hanging on the wall in the midtown office of the New York Yankees. It shows Harry Frazee, Ed Barrow, Stuffy McInnis and Babe Ruth. “I had just taken over the management of the club that winter,” said Mr. Barrow, now president of the Yankees. The club was the Boston Red Sox. Frazee was the owner, McInnis the first baseman and Ruth was the star left handed pitcher. You wouldn't have known it was the Babe. He was built on comparatively slender lines, his face was boyish looking and only slightly rounded. He held a cigaret in his hand. It was attached to a stylish ebony holder. “The Babe and Mcinnis just happened to be in the office at the time and as a gesture I called the club secretary aside, handed him five bucks and told him to take the two men out to lunch. You could get a lot of groceries for five bucks in those days.” But Mr. Barrow underestimated the trencherman qualities of the Babe. ... “About two hours later the secretary came back and said I owed him two bucks. I wanted to know for what and when he told me how much the Babe had eaten—McInnis was normal enough at the plate —I almost swooned. 1 particularly remember the Babe finished his meal off with two whole custard pices.” = ” = 2 ” 2 ME: BARROW'S favorite ball player is Hans Wagner. He discovered him. But somehow he always gets around to talking about the Babe. . . . “You know, when you fellows get to talking about pitchers you are prone to overlook the Babe. He was one of the greatest left handers

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ME BARROW said the Babe had as much competitive courage on the mound as any pitcher he ever saw. “Most young pitchers get flustered with men on the bases,” says Mr. Barrow. “But the Babe never did. He was always composed. Tough situations didn’t unnerve him either. In short, he was one of those rarities of baseball— a natural.” vy of This may account for the Babe's brilliant exploits in various World Series. The tighter the pressure the better he was. He pitched a stretch of 29 innings of World Series baseball without allowing a run. This included 13 scoreless innings against the Brooklyns in 1916. This still remains one of the pitching classics of the fall playoffs. The Babe experienced his greatest thrill as a pitcher. This is when he fanned Veach, Cobb and Crawford of the - Detroit Tigers on nine pitched balls with the bases full. In those days Veach, Cobb and Crawford represented the most dynamic batting combination in baseball. Imagine turning them back on nine pitched balls—and with the bases full! We have heard it said that the Babe’s greatest thrill came when he called that historic home run against the

of all time. I've been around many years ‘and I know I hever saw a greater one.” We wanted to know if he rated the Babe above Waddell, Plank, Rucker, Pennock, Grove and Marquard, and he replied, “What I said goes for all of them. I never saw a greater one than the Babe. He had everything, A blinding fast ball, a snaky, explosive curve .and perfect control. If he lacked anything it was pitching finesse. He didn’t bother much about studying the hitters. In fact, half the time he didn't know who the hitter was.” Mr. Barrow didn’t say this deprecatingly. On the contrary his enthusiastic implication was that the Babe was so good he didn’t have to know the hitters. He just reared back and let fly. “Everybody figured I would start Carl Mays against the Chicago Cubs in the 1918 World Series,” said Mr. Barrow, “but I picked the Babe, Before the game I called him into the dressing room and went over the hitters with him. Leslie Mann was the most dangerous hitter the Cubs had. I told Babe not to let him set at the plate, to pitch close to his head, put a fear in him. “Well the game started and one of the early hitters was Max Flack who played in the outfield for the Cubs. I almost fell off the bench when the Babe let go with a Cubs in the 1932 series. But we find this hard to believe. pitch that hit Flack right in the middle of his forehead. The Babe himself has told us this was a fluke—that when I figured he must have lost control of the pitch. f it came off, he was the most surprised man in the ball park. “But when the inning was over the Babe came back “The Cubs had been riding me all during the game,” to the bench chuckling and he said to me, ‘How was that? said the Babe, “and I was trying to cut one down jinto the Then it dawned on me. He thought Flack was Mann so dugout just to raise some cain. The first two pitches looked he went to work on him without any loss of time. I don't bad but the umpire called them strikes. The next pitch believe I even bothered to tell him he had made an awful didn’t look any too good but I decided to try to cut it into mistake. It probably wouldn't have done any good. Any- the dugout anyway, It so happened I caught the ball too how, he won thfe game, 1 to 0.” flush and it went over the fence.”

That historic homer in 1932 , , , “a fluke” confesses George Herman himself.

Mike Jacobs Is All Set Should Tony Surprise

! Signs Galento for Return Louis Looks Slow and Stale = Bout in Case He Wins. In Sparring Session. Major Leaders

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Bucky Walters, a Third Baseman for Six Years, Today Is Reds’ No. 1 Hurler; Pitches Typical Game to Beat Dodgers

Passeau Wins Another for Cubs; Yanks Break Out In Hitting Spree.

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SUMMIT, N. J. June 21 (U. P).| POMPTON LAKES, N. J. June 21 BATTING —A lot of folks are not taking Tony |(U. P).—Joe Louis, preparing to Afnevich, Phuies... 1 Rk 3 Y Galento's chances against Joe Louis defend his heavyweight crown McQuinn, Browns ... too seriously, but Promoter Mike against Tony Galento a week from BoNU'%: Gans Jacobs is not taking the chance of tonight. took a day off from spar-|McCormick, Reds .. a Galento victory taking the heavy- ring routine today. i HOME RUNS weight title out of his grasp. The champion looked slow and le rennere, Tigers 16ifmpardi, Reds : Jacobs visited Tony's camp here stale as he boxed six rounds yester- jr Red i CER |stty wresting coach, was defeated hy Yesterday. and brought along his|day, but one of Louis’ managers. | NS B: N "Ww : L is « attorney, Sol Strauss, who had Two- | Julian Black, explained that Joe was | GAoenbere, Tigers $3wuight. Senators 43] Stacey Hall, 189, assistant mat men Ton Tony put his name on a con- merely taking things easy. ick,

x 53 Walker, Wh. Sox 45 i iv ; | McCormick, Reds #7 Googman, Reds © 43 tor at Ohio State Uni OFENY, in the : tract for a return bout ih case he] The Louis camp is not in the east] cc Senators ../main bout on last night's wrestling] BERKELEY, Cal. June 21 (U.P). beats Louis next Wednesday night. perturbed regarding reports that §osevick® eridies

73 program at Sports Arena. Employ- | —At twilight tonight athletes of the Since Tony deserted the Asbury|Artie Donovan, who is almost a sure McQuinn. Browns

| ing a wrist lock, Hall won the only Big Ten Conference will Slams to Park seashore, and its temptations. shot to referee the fight, will let fall of the 90-minute time limit go. prove that it was just an accident for the mountain air of Summit, he Galento and Louis make a brawl | Suspend Horseman NEW YORK, June 21 (U. P.).—

It took him 23 minutes. |that Pacific Coast teams made a appears to have improved tremen- out of it. Warren Bockwinkle, 218. of St.!runaway race of the National Coldousiy. He boxed five rounds with| “That will be just fine” Black The New York Racing Commission | Louis, downed Alf Johnson, 230, Du- legiate Athletic Association track three mates yesterday, and the large said. “The rougher the better.” announced teday that Anthony luth, Minn, in 20 minutes for a vic- meet at Los Angeles last Saturday. | man. did well enough after June 13 brigade of writers who watched the | Pelleteri, prominent horse owner tory in the semiwindup. The fall | The occasion is the third annual |last season, winning 11 games and and trainer for more than 20 years, resulted from a body slam and press. meeting of teams representing the | losing six, but he arrived a little has been suspended indefinitely] Nine minutes after the opening |Big Ten and the Pacific Coast. It | too late to get the Reds higher than

session agreed Tony's punches were | * shorter and sharper than ever be- St P ] B d ® au 1 S pending further investigation of the bout started Tom Marvin, 217, Okla- appears that the coast again will | fourth place. But this is another doping of Sun Plume at Belmont homa, turned back Jack Rogers, 215, | come romping hcme by a healthy | year and Walters is making wise

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By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 21.—A year and a week ago today the Cincinnati Reds made the deal which may plant the National League pennant atop Crosley Field's flagpole in October. They bought William Henry (Bucky) Walters, the tall, angularjawed ex-third baseman, from the Phillies for $50,000, and Al Hollingsworth and Spud Davis. Walters, who took up pitching in 1934 after six years as a third base-

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Riggs Wins Another In Queens Tourney

LONDON. June 21 (U. P.).—Robert Riggs of Chicago, America's second ranking tennis plaver, continued his drive toward the Queens Club grass court tennis title today by eliminating Neil Edwards. New Zealand champion, in a secondround match. Riggs won, 6-0, 0-6, 6-3. Gene Smith of Berkeley, Cal. kept pace by defeating Donald Butler of Great Britain, 6-4, 6-3, and gained a place on the semifinal bracket,

Net Favorites Move Ahead

RIVER FOREST, Iii, (U. P.).—Frankie Parker, Cal, seeded No. 1, led the way into the quarterfinals otf the U. S. Clay

fore. For 3d Place Park last June 5. |Columbus, O. He used a chinlock. |score. men out of Warren G. Giles and

Apostles Defeat Toledo to Gain on Idle Indians.

Br United Press St. Paul was back in the first division of the American Association today, tied with Louisville for fourth | place and just a game behind third- | place Indianapolis. The Saints last night beat

of Toledo's Freddie Hutchinson. Louisville split a double-header |

the nightcap. 4-2.

turned pinch-hitter last h June 91 p t night and |

Beverly, eighth inning of the first game with

‘a triple which scored the winning ] {two runs. Louisville's Jim Weaver Courts Tennis Tournament today. {pitched the Coloneis to the secondHe and all other important | game victory by allowing the seeded stars came through the Brewers onlv three hits. third-round matches easily yvester- Minneapolis moved to within 8 day at the River Forest Tennis half game of a first-place tie by Club. He defeated Marvin Wach- heating Columbus, 9-4, while the

vg) Northwestern University star, |jeagpe-leading Kansas City Blues’ -4, 6-2. y

> : {game with Indianapolis was rained Norman Bickel, Oak Park, Ill out. Minneapolis won with a big defeated Ronald Edwards, San Jose, eighth inning which featured al Cal, 7-5, G-1; Chester Murphy, home run by Phil Weintraub and University of Chicago star, defeated | three triples for a total of five runs.

Robert Pease, Chicago, 6-1, 4-6, 6-0. | College Product

and Gardner Mulloy, Miami, Fla. defeated Walter Galland, Oak Park, 6-2, €-3. { CHAMPAIGN, June 21 (NEA) — Bill Hoogs, Berkeley, Cal, upset|Vic Heyliger comes to the Univerladisiav Hecht, No. 1 player of sity of Illinois as the first graduate Czechoslovakia last year, 6-2, 6-7,coach in Midwest collegiate hockey. 6-1, in a second-round match. |Heyliger, who played in and around Singles competition will continue Boston as a youth, starred for today and play in the doubles Michigan teams which won Big Ten matches will start tomorrow. ‘titles in 1935 and 1937.

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Friday’s Outdoor Fistic Card Nears Completion

Only one bout remains to be gether in an enight-round tilt. Pal(sighed to complete the weekly Hercules Athletic Club fight card to be presented at Sports Arena Friday! To- night.

The feature

Claude Dixon, local welter-|semi-windup. ledo, 4-2. Outfielder Malin McCul- | weight, and Dale Hale, another loloch’s third-inning triple with two ca mauler, were signed today to mix weight, scraps with Billy Sparks, on defeated the eight-hit pitching in one of the four-round prelim- | Indianapolis, and Jack McAuliffe, inaries. | Dixon and Hale put up a hard with Rosy Rosan, Indianapolis, in| with Milwaukee, losing the first fought battle here recently with|four-round preliminary tilts. game, 7-5, but recovering to take! Dixon gaining the decision in Kenneth Jun- close contest. Dixon is undefeated |to the card, but his opponent has | gels, ordinarily a Milwaukee pitcher, here in three starts. attraction brings|Kelse McClure is looking over a list broke a five-all deadlock in the Midget Mexico, El Paso, Tex. and|of middleweights for Hughes. This Tommy Pallatin, South Bend, to-|{bout will complete the program,

Big Ten athletes performed far below standard at Los Angeles. Michigan's “one-man track team.,”| dusky Bill Watson didn't win a first | place, although his previous marks in the shot put and broad jump were better than the N.C. A. A. distances. He also was well regarded in the discus.

Concede Jeffrey Victory

Bob Diefenthaler of Illincis. who has leaped better than 6 feet 7 inches, tied for second at 6 feet 5 inches in the high jump last week, and Milton Padway of Wisconsin could only gain a tie for second in the pole vault at 14 feet 2 inches. Big Ten coaches, however, concede the Pacific Coast only two first {places—Clyde Jeftrey cf Stanford in

latin is the Indiana walterweight champion. Tiger Kid Carsonia, local welterweight, and Tito Tavlor, Chicago, fight in the six-round feather-

Bud Kelly, Cincinnati

Cincinnati featherweight, mixes

; [the 220-yarc dash and either Bob Norman Inge 375 ben added | py les, Southern California, or

Boyd Brown, Oregon, in the javelin, Edwards Field, scene of the twilight meet, is conceded to be faster than the Memorial Coliseum at Los

not been selected. Matchmaker |

Amateur Sports

Angeles and that fact, plus the added advantage of a cool twilight with no wind, seemed to point to broken meet records in every event but the high jump. It probably will be some time before the mark of 6

SOFTBALL Tonight's schedule in the Bush-

{Feezle Manufacturers League at Stout Stadium:

7:00—Hecker Products vs. Hot Point.

8:00—Unemployment Compensation vs.

9:00—Indianapolis Railways vs. International Harvester Sales, . Hot Point, with four victories and

one loss, is leading the league.

The program this evening in the Bush-Feezle East Side Sunday School League at Softball Stadium:

7:00—Emerson Avenue vs. Garfield Park. R:00—Tuxedo vs. Tabernacle. 9:00—Emmanuel vs. Woodruff Place.

How they'll stack up this evening in the Bush-Feezle Junior League: Juge Slavs vs. Y & B Paint at Washon 2.

W. I. Merchants at

in iver Avenue vs. Riverside 3.

Tonight's pairings in the BushFeezle Twilight Factory League: Indianapolis Paint & Color vs. Boys Club at _Gafield 1. Reilly Tar & Chemical vs. Advance Electrotype at Willard 1. Apprentice Printers Gibson at Rhodius 1.

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Tonight's schedule in the SmithHassler Co-operative League at Belmont Stadium: T:00—East Side Merchants vs. Bel-Mar

AC. | '8:00—Associated Gas & OH vs. Ermet

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Mantfa 9:00— lard Ice

Austin, Alice Marble

Top-Seeded in Draw

LONDON, June 21 (U. P.) —Henry W. (Bunny) Austin, veteran English internationalist, and Alice Marble of San Francisco, America’s No. feminine star, were top-seeded today in drawings for the all-England tennis championships to be held at Wimbledon beginning June 26. Robert Riggs of Chicago, was second seeded to Austin in the men's bracket and Helen Jacobs of San Francisco was listed after Miss Marble.

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feet 8 inches set by Mel Walker of Ohio State in 1937 is beaten.

Mile Appears Standout

The mile run looks to be the standout race of the day. Louis Zamperini of Southern California, who as a high school kid represented the United States in the Olympic Games, may be forced to a new coast record by Walter Mehl of Wisconsin and Mel Trutt of Indiana. Zamperini's best time this year is 4 minutes 9 3-10 seconds, set at the Fresno Relays, but he has a mark a second under that, set in the N. C. A. A. Championships a year ago. He hasn't been pressed this year. Zamperini beat Mehl, who has a mark of 4 minutes 11 7-10 seconds, last week with comparative ease, although he had to turn the last lap in 57 seconds. The two-mile, too, presents one of the classiest fields in America. Ralph Schwartzkopf of Michigan ran it in 9 minutes 3 8-10 seconds Saturday, yet was beaten by a second by Greg Rice ‘of Notre Dame who is not competing tonight. Dixon Garner of Washington State has a mark of 9 minutes 7 9-10 seconds, set in a dual meet with Washington. He had so little competition he finished 300 yards ahead of the field.

High Bowler

Smashing the pins for a 526 total, Mabel Fischer took honors last

BASEBALL

Model Dairy will meet Medora this week-end. For dates with the Dairy club write or wire Bill Rider, 856 Massachusetts Ave.

Bowers Envelope is in the market for a road game with a strong club July 4. Write Ralph Gale, Bowers Envelope, 957 W. Michigan St.

Fortville Merchants are seeking games with strong state clubs in July and August. Call Laurence Weir, phone 107, Fortville,

Owner of Millers To Manage Stars

COLUMBUS, O, June 21 (U. P)). —M. J. (Mike) Kelley, owner of the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association, and Spencer Abbott, manager of the Springfield, Mass.,

named rival managers for a minor league all-star game at Cooperstown, N. Y, July 9. George M. Trautman, American Association president and chairman of National Association Day at Cooperstown on that date in con-

(game in which he allowed only four

nection with the baseball centennial,

announced the appointments. Kelley will be assisted as pilot by George (Knotty) Lee, treasurerbusiness manger and field manager of the Ogdensburg, N. Y., team in the Canadian-American League while Abbott's aid will be Larry Gilbert, vice-president, business man- Naat and ager and field manager of Nashville 1 ng

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Bill McKechnie. He's the No. 1 man of the Reds’ pitching staff with a record of 10 victories against four defeats. He's won more games than any other

National League pitcher and has |

pitched more complete games than any major league hurler, with 11 to his credit. Two of the four games he's lost were in relief roles, and the other two by one run and two runs, respectively. One of those defeats was a 2-0 loss to the Cubs—a

hits. His 10 victories all have heen complete jobs except one—a 10inning affair in which he tired and had to get relief in the 10th after going 9's frames.

Reds Collect 10 Hits

The tall, blond Redleg has allowed only 103 hits in the 115 innings he's

William Henry (Bucky) Walters

pitched, and in only four games has| the opposition made more than two runs. He pitched a typical Walters | game yesterday by beating the Dodgers, 4-2, yielding eight hits. Dolf Camilli hit a homer with a mate on base in the first frame, but the Dodgers couldn't score after that. The Reds collected 10 hits off Freddy Fitzsimmons. The victory increased Cincinnati's lead to 6!% games over the idle second-place Cardinals. Claude Passeau won his second game in a Chicago uniform, pitching and batting the Cubs to a 3-1 triumph over the Bees. He allowed only five hits and singled with the bases loaded, driving in two runs. The victory brought the Cubs back to the 500 mark and into fourth place, replacing the Dodgers.

Pitches Fifth Victory

Jack Knott, Vic Frasier and Edgar Smith were just what the doctor ordered for the Yankee batting slump. The Bronx Bombers broke out in a rash of 19 bingles for 30 bases to crush the White Sox, 13-3. Monte Pearson, after yielding three runs in the first frame, blanked the Sox the rest of the way. Red Rolfe led the Yankee barrage with two doubles, a triple and a single. Eldon Auker pitched the Red Sox to an 8-1 victory over the Browns, his fifth win. He gave up nine hits. Joe Vosmik had “4 for 4,” two of them triples. The Cleveland Indians came from behind, deadlocked the Washington

Senators at 2-2 in the ninth inning, and then pushed over two runs in the 12th to win 4-3. A walk and three hits sent in the two runs, safeties by Ken Keltner and Sammy Hale sending the runs across. Tommy Bridges scored his ninth victory, allowing but seven hits to blank the Athletics, 5-0, in a night game before 13,000 fans at Philadelphia. Earl Averill paced the Tigers’ win with a homer and double, driving in three runs. The victory carried the Tigers into fourth place ahead of the Chicago White Sox. It was Philadelphia's fourth straight nocturnal loss.

Burley, Welter Title Contender, Is Beaten

PITTSBURGH, June 21 (U. P.).— Jimmy Leto, veteran welterweight of Hartford, Conn., last night won a 10-round split decision over Charley Burley of Pittsburgh, the National Boxing Association's No. 1 challenger for Henry Armstrong's welterweight crown. Leto proved too fast for Burley and a stinging left to the body found its mark often.

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