Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1939 — Page 14

Linus Frey, second base,

Ernie Lombardi, catcher.

Frank McCormick, first base,

Here are four important cogs in

the Cincinnati Reds’ machine who

likely will see action against the Indians in a twilight exhibition game

Thursday evening at Perry Stadium.

The Tribe's contest with the Na-

tional League pacesetters 1s scheduled for 5 p. m. and will be followed

by an American Association game b under the lights.

etweengiindianapolis and Columbus

Bill Werber, third base.

By Eddie Ash

COUPLE OF BLOWS MAY END IT AND SPILL TWO-TON ON

DECK

TONY GALENTO is described (by the press agents) as a throwback to the days of prehistoric man . .. and he’ll probably be a throwaway after tomorrow night

unless a miracle happens ...

heavyweight championship course is one round . .. and it’s this writer’s opinion that the Brown Bomber will shoot

up to form.

On his record, Galento belongs in the preliminary class for hasbeens and one pop to his midsection and a second to his jaw probably will suffice to drop the curtain

on the “big” fight.

Louis’ batting 4verage for batting ’em out early is

making ring history and he’s

against Galento. . .. It’s an added attraction for World's Fair vacationists and in all probability Joe will take caretul aim and cut it short for the sightseers.

Extra Chicken Feed for Joe

Two-Ton can use his share of the gate very handily. . . . Louis is far in front in the financial league

had poor pickings. and tomorrow's earnings will be just

Elza Thompson, Indianapolis Golden Gloves product, is to appear

in one of the four-round prelims on

Elza, heavyweight, is paired with Eddie Blunt, Long Island battler. Tompson has not advanced far in two years as a professional and probably will remain just another rugged mauler. . . . served as sparmate in the Louis camp at times and also worked with Max Baer during the Californian’s tuneup for Lou Nova.

# 4 # ASEBALL at twilight. . .

8:15. . .

Big Reds vs. Little Reds ‘and Little ideal setup for a Redheads’ reunion.

Local Baseball Facts Scrambled

HE Centennial Edition of the American Association Sketch Book,

“brought up to date,” . It points out that Mike Kelley

advertised as Indianapolis baseball history. . . rianaged the Indians in 1918.

was Tribe pilot in 1913 and Nap Lajoie was at the helm in 1918. The Sketch Book could :use a good rewrite man. . Watkins managed the Hoosiers for three years, beginning in 1902. As a matter of fact, Whoa Bill Phillips was Tribe chieftain in 1904 and

Watkins was at Minneapolis. The A. A. “history book,” which headquarters in Columbus, relates

been used in Indianapolis since the American Association was founded

in 1902.”

The count is three—E. Washington, W. . . The Sketch Book inciudes the old E. Ohio St. grounds.

Stadium. .

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INCINNATI scouts are watching Indianapolis’ Myron McCormick, now that he has shoved his batting mark above .300. . . know all about his speed and fielding prowess and there may be two MecCormicks in that Cincy lineup next season, or maybe sooner. . . . The Queen City outileld roster has not been delivering up to expectaHowever, the team is 4 games out in

tions in recent games. . . . front, a fair margin at this stage as

After the exhibition game in Indianapolis Thursday, the Reds will leave for Chicago to meet the Cubs Friday, Saturday and in a double-

header Sunday. . . . The Reds have

Field as their first series there was completely rained out. . . . expect a record 1939 Wrigley Field attendance at the Sabbath twin bill,

. The Cincinnati-Indianapolis exhibition game here Thursday is to start at 5 p. m. and will be followed by a regular A. A. game, Indians vs. Columbus, under the lights at . Two games for the price of one admission. Secretary Dale Miller announces that advance ticket reservations for the bargain attraction will be held only until Thursday noon. . ..

Joe Louis’ new par for the

unlikely to go into a slump

. He has extra sugar.

the Louis-Galento card. . . . Huge

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Baseball at a

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Toledo 43

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31 . 36 313 GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (All Games at Night) Toledo at Louisville. Milwavkee at Minneapolis.

Kansas City at St. ul. Only games scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Boston. Philadelphia at New York. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati. Chicago at St. unis. AMFRICAN LEAGUE Petroit at Cleveland, night. Boston at Washington. St. Louis at Chic New York at Philadelphia, to play at fater dafe.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS NATIONAL LEAGUE No gad scheduled.

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Hadley and Dickey; Pippen and Hayes.

Only games scheduled.

Hostak Favored To Beat Krieger

SEATTLE, Wash, June 27 (U. P.). —Al Hostak, 23-year-old Seattle lumberjack, today was installed as an 8 to 5 choice to regain his middleweight title tonight from Solly

Krieger of Brooklyn. Experts believed Hostak’s youth— Krieger is 28—his aggressive style and his punch would more than offset Krieger's experience. Despite bad breaks, Promoter Nate

Times Sp

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: TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 1939

Joe Jacobs Wants None of This Stuff of Helping Joe Back in Ring; Old Williams Forecast Backfires

And Yussel, Who Says He’s Dead Serious, Is Going To Weigh Gloves.

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press sports Editor

NEW YORK, June 27.—Yussel-the-Muscle Jacobs, minister of propaganda and public enlightenment for Tony Galento, announced today that anybody who catches Joe Louis on the fly or the first bounce when he is knocked over the ropes tomorrow night will risk the full penalty of the law. The prcpaganda minister said he would appear beiore the New Yerk Boxing Commission and ask for a special statute making it a misdemeanor for any newspaperman in the working press section to assist Louis back into the ring. “The reporters should not pick Louis up, they should not shove him back into the ring,” said the propaganda minister. “They should just let him roll.”

Wears Tropical Helmet

Yussel-the-Muscle was wearing a white tropical helmet when he delivered that ukase, but several of

his listeners suspected that the sun had got through the helmet and tetched him in the haid. For the odds continued to favor Louis at six to one and there seemed to be a general suspicion around town that if anybody was going to get belted over the ropes it would be Signor Galento. The propaganda minister, propagandizing very fast indeed now that the fight is only two sundowns away, then came up with another idea. He said he would carry into the ring a set of scales, approved and sealed by the Department of Weights and Measures of the City of New York, to use in weighing the gloves worn by the gladiators. The Muscle is haunted by vague fears, he said, that Louis will get a light, thin set of gloves and that Galente will receive a pal of featherbeds. With that, the propaganda minister retired to a quiet corner to think. More later.

It’s Quiet—Very Quiet

Meanwhile, there was silence—a very ominous silence—from the Joe Louis camp, and there was considerable speculation on whether the Brown Bomber had grown weary of having Galento call him a bum. If he has, Louis very likely will try to break par on Galento, par being a knockout in the first round. The present course record is held by Max Schmeling, who went down under Louis’ fists in two minutes, four seconds. Both men are through with heavy work and it appeared that Louis will go in around 200 while Galento will weigh 230.

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By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, June 27.—The old cry, “Break up the Yankees” today gave way to “Get the Yankees under the arc lights.” The Athletics finally may have found the Yanks’ Archilles’ heel last night in Philadelphia when they beat the world champions, 3-2, before 33,074 customers. It was the first night game the Yanks have ever played and they weren't any part of a raging cyclone. Henry Pippen, who pitched for Sacramento (Pacific Coast League) last season, set the champs down with four hits to win his first American League game after five straight defeats.

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McLemore Sure He Won't Miss Big Title Fight

By HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent YANKEE STADIUM, NEW YORK, June 27.—Well, folks, here I am in Row A, Seat 5, of the Yankee Stadium, waiting for Joe Louis and Tony Galento to begin their fight for the world’s heavyweight championship. I'm 36 hours early, but I figure a man is foolish to run the risk of being late. Those who wait until tomorrow to start for the Stadium will be in danger of being delayed and missing the entire bout. Louis has proved in earlier fights that seconds count when he starts punching. No end of persons missed seeing what Louis did to Schmeling because of trivial delays. A fat man got jammed in a turnstile and before he could be released he had cost an entire line of ticket holders a view of the fight. Another customer, a nearsighted gentleman, took off his glasses for a moment and before he could get them back on Schmeling was out of the ring and bound for a fashionable X-ray photographer. Galento figures to last no longer than a candle in a monsoon. Some of the more conservative experts have estimated his time in the ring as 11 seconds, but there is nothing in his record to indicate that he will be around for as long at that. I plan to do my own timing of the bout, using a very delicate watch. With it I should be able to tell you the exact time that Galento first realizes that the entire match is a big mistake and that he should have stayed in New Jersey with a mahogany bar, the Hudson River and most of Manhattan Island between him and Louis. According to my reckoning this moment should come somewhere between 10:01 p. m. and 10:01 1-20th p. m,, or while the echo of the opening bell is still ringing in his ears.

Two Bouts Made For Mitt Show

The feature bout and one of the preliminary tilts of the weekly Hercules Athletic Club boxing show to be held Friday night were announced today by Matchmaker Kelse McClure. Chuck Vickers, local welterweight, and Tito Taylor, Chicago, are paired in the eight-round feature of the program. ’ Jimmy Davenport, Chicago, and Al Sheridan, local light heavyweight, are matched in one of the fourround battles. Four more bouts are to be made.

Lay for Those Yanks After Sundown, Athletics Advise American Leaguers

turnal triumph in five attempts, and their largest crowd of the season for a day or night game. For the five games the A’s have played under the lights, they’ve drawn 90,072, only about 16,000 short of what they've attracted for 16 daytime games. The Yanks had the lead twice but couldn’t hold it. Dickey’s double and Gordon’s single scored a run but Bump Hadley walked three men and the A’s tied it on Eric Tipton’s sacrifice fly. Then Selkirk’s triple and a wild pitch made it 2-1 for the Yanks. The A’s tied it again in the seventh and won out in the eighth. Dee Miles’ single and two walks filled the sacks, and again Tipton drove out a sacrifice fly which pro-

duced the winning marker, Hadley

Remember How Joe Picked Schmeling-Louis Fight? Mr. Ellis Does!

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, June 27. — People just don’t like experts. Fight experts especially. They wouldn't like ‘em even if they were good. They know too much, or pretend they do.

Tony Galento undoubtedly has a lively following. Every underdog has. People are pulling for the militant meat ball who don’t even know him. We don’t believe they are as interested in seeing him win as they are in seeing him make saps of the experts. They would like that very much. It isn’t that they want to see Joe Louis beaten particularly; they just don’t want to see the experts right.

A Mr. Ellis Writes

In the mail today is a letter from T. E. Ellis of Cincinnati. He encloses a copy of a fight forecast we wrote some time ago. We found it made very interesting reading, and we hope you don’t mind our saying so. Here it is: “New York, June 17—On the threshold of what, for want of a worst phrase, is called the big fight, Max Schmeling today finds himself in much the same position as a sick man who has been given a certain number of hours to live by his doctor. “If what they say is true about Dixie—and Joe Louis—it is not a question of can the German heavyweight win the fight, but of how long it will be before he is stiffened. The guess on this ranges all the way from the first minute of the fight to somewhere in the fifth or sixth round. . ,

Predicted Quick Finish

“As I see it, Louis carries so much speed and power that if Schmeling |} comes to him at the bell he is liable to be flattened instantly. Louis happens to like the boys who come to him very much. If I had any way of knowing that Schwmeling planned to lead first I would be tempted to predict the fight wouldn't last two minutes.” Now that wasn’t bad, was it? ... “Wouldn't last two minutes.” ... How long did it take Louis to knock out Schmeling? Exactly two minutes and four seconds. We think it was nice of Mr. Ellis to send us this clipping. . . . But we wish he hadn't pointed out it was a clipping of the forecast we wrote on the FIRST fight. You know what happened in on one, Schmeling knocked Louis cold. All we had wrong was the time. What we said would happen in the first fight didn’t happen until the second fight. Maybe that's why people don’t like experts. They are right at the wrong time. Anyway, Mr. Ellis warns us that if we could be so wrong on Schmeling, we could be just as wrong on Galento, and furthermore, he hopes we are.

allowed only four hits but he walked six men to Pippen’s one. Slamming out 15 hits, the Detroit Tigers climbed to third place by defeating Cleveland, 11-2. Earl Averill, ex-Indian, cracked a double and two singles. Charlie Gehringer’s double

with the bases loaded in the seventh |2

was the blow which broke Mel Harder’s back. Tommy Bridges, although allowing 11 hits, went the route to score his 10th triumph. O’ Man Mose Grove was in rare form as he pitched the Red Sox to a 3-0 victory over the Senators. He gave up only seven hits in notching his seventh triumph. Ted Williams, Red Sox rookie outfielder, hit a triple, two doubles and a single in four times at bat.

Attempt at 2 Aces Costs Pro Golfer $325

GLENVIEW, Ill, June 27 (U. P.). —It cost Cyril Wagner $325 to discover that a hole in one—well, anyway, two holes in one—has nothing to do with the law of averages. Cyril is a 32-year-old golf professional, who figured the law of averages would help him win a bet of $325 against a new automobile that he could make two holes in one in 24 hours on the 131-yard 17th hole at Elmgate Golf Club. “The law,” muttered Wagner, as he painfully lifted his 3094th shot toward the green at the 24-hour deadline last night, “must have been repealed.” But Wagner was happy although he lost his bet. He made the first hole in one in his life on the 805th shot of his marathon effort to win a new car from K. K. Kenderdine, an auto salesman.

Women Play At Wimbledon

First Round of Men’s Doubles Also Scheduled.

WIMBLEDON, England, June 27 (U.P.)—The pick of the world’s women tennis players went into action today in quest of the Wimble-

don championship that Mrs. Helen Wills Moody left undefended. A strong contingent from the United States was headed by Alice Marble of San Francisco and Helen Jacobs of Berkeley, Cal. The opening round of the men’s doubles also will be played today with Bobby Riggs and Elwood Cooke carrying the hopes of the Stars and Stripes. The first American to go into action was Mrs. Dorothy Andrus of New York who defeated Jane Goss, Great Britain, 6-3, 7-5.

AMATEURS

SOFTBALL Tonight’s schedule in the Em-Roe Independent League at Stout

Stadium: 7:00—Ajax Beer vs. = 23hbloesnt, 8:00—Hoosier Pals . All Stars. 9:00—J. S. C. vs. re

Westview will face Citizens Gas this evening in an Em-Roe West Side Twilight I.eague game.

Christie Weddle Pharmacy plays Pitman-Moore in a twilight game today at Garfield 1.

Blasengym Funeral Home is seeking games with strong state clubs. Write Joe Harbor, 2144 Shelby St.

This evening's pairings in the Bush-Feezle Factory League at

Softball Stadium: 8:00—International Harvester vs. nm ay. 9:00—Indianapolis Glove vs. E. C. kins.

Columbus Auto Supply will entertain the Shelbyville Merchants in a Bush-Feezle State League affair tonight.

Ajax Beer players will meet at 6 p. m. today at Finch Park. In their most recent start the Beers downed the Noblesville Woodmen, 19-3.

Last night’s results in the SmithHassler All Star League at Belmont Stadium:

Leon Tailoring, 8; Saunel.Whitehin, 0. Duke & Shaw, 4; U. A. W. A, 0. Douglas Theater, 7; Liehr’s Tavern, 8.

Tonight's schedule in the SmithHassler Majestic League at Belmont Stadium:

7:00—First Presbyterian vs. Indianapolis Banker

Pure Oil. 9:00—Security Benefit vs. Salvation Army Blue Shields.

BASEBALL Model Dairy, 7-2 victor over Medora, will play at Crawfordsville next Sunday. The Dairymen are seeking to fill an open date on July . Wire or write Bill Rider, 856 Massachusetts Ave. For games with Medora write Bill Phillips, Medora, Ind.

Cardinal A. C. will practice at 4:30 p. m. tomorrow at Garfield 2.

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Plans Launched for Program of Winter Sports at Coliseum

Promoters Lease Fair Grounds Arena for 10 Years;

Circus and

Hockey League Franchise Sought for City; Indoor Rodeo

Billed.

Plans for a series of spectacular sports events to be presented here

next winter were being made today

by the Indianapolis Coliseum Corp.

which yesterday leased the one million dollar Coliseum at the Fair

Grounds from the State.

Arthur Wirtz, Chicago sportsman and head of the corporation, said the events to be brought here are the same as those to be shown in the five leading coliseums throughout the country, including Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Sonja to Appear Here

These, he said, include a championship rodeo, ice hockey contests, the Sonja Henie Hollywood Ice Carnival and a huge indoor circus. Wirtz said the firm plans to install equipment costing nearly $250,000, including ice skating equipment worth nearly $100,000. This equipment is to become the property of the state in 15 years, or sooner, if the contract should be breached. It will permit public ice skating during the fall and winter, and plans are being made to obtain a franchise in an ice hockey league. The Coliseum, being built by PWA at a total cost to the State of $600,000, has the largest arena of any stadium in the country, and its seating capacity of 8000 is exceeded only by the coliseums in Detroit and Chicago, which have balconies.

Officers Listed

The coliseum corporation officers include Walter Myers, Indianapolis attorney, vice president; J. Arthur Friedlund, Chicago, secretary treasurer, and James Norris, millionaire Chicago sportsman, chairman of directors. Norris is president of the Chicago and Detroit stadium corporation and a director of Madison Square Garden. The contract gives the corporation the right to use the Coliseum from Oct. 1 to May 1 each year.

Coaching School Set for Aug. 7-12

The seventh annual coaching school at Butler University will be held Aug. 7-12 under the direction of Athletic Director Paul D. Hinkle, it was announced today. Classes in football and basketball will meet daily during the six-day session. Faculty members include Paul Brown of Massillon, O., High School, whose football teams have lost one game in four years; Ray Baer of Lexington, Ky, Manual High School, coach of the national interscholastic champions, and John (Ox) Da Grosa, prominent football coach and writer. Hinkle will direct basketball discussions. Classes will include round-table discussions and individual instruction, as well as showings of motion pictures.

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The 10-year lease guarantees the State $12,000 rental a year, with the State having the option of taking a percentage of the receipts if it finds it would receive more in this way.

Reliable Nine Bows To Ethiopian Clowns

The Kingan Reliables found the early punch of the Ethiopian Clowns too much to overcome and went down to defeat, 6 to 3, last night at Perry Stadium. The Miami Negro club scored five runs in the opening three frames for a lead the Jelialsies could not match. .

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