Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1939 — Page 8

Beware That July 4th Gag—Reds Aren't in World Series Yet

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent EW YORK, July 5.—Once upon a time baseball tradition decreed that the two clubs leading the major league races on July 4 would go on to win the pennants, but that old gag doesn’t go any more. In the past five years only one club, the Yankees, hasled on July 4 and won the pennant. Every National League leader on Independence Day the past five years has blown the pennant, and twice the Yanks themselves passed the July 4 milestone on top and then were beaten to the wire. So just because the Yankees and Reds are riding high today does not mean that they'll cross bats in October. It's inconceivable that the

Yanks can blow their 111% -game lead, but the Reds’ lead of five games

will take plenty of protecting.

Cincinnati missed a great opportunity yesterday to dig deep into

first place when the Reds lost the the Pirates.

second game of a double-header to

With the other contenders falling all over themselves,

the Reds, after winning the opener, 7-4, were in a position to draw six

games in front. Johnny Vander Meer had a

2-0 lead going into the

sixth, a 3-2 lead in the eighth, but Johnny Rizzo's homer tied the count and Pittsburgh won in the ninth, 4-3, on Mace Brown’s double and sin-

gles by Bell and Vaughan.

HE Giants fell flat twice in Boston, losing to the Bees, 3-1 and 10-2. Heinie Majeski’s hitting won the first game for Danny Mac-

Fayden, and an eight-run outburst in the eighth clinched the nightcap. It was the Bees’ sixth straight victory. = The Cardinals and Cubs battled to a stand-off, with St. Louis winning the opener, 6-4, despite three homers by Hank Leiber, and Chicago taking the afterpiece in 10 innings, 3-2. Gabby Hartnett’s homer

“tied the score in the eighth inning of the nightcap and Gus Mancuso’s

single drove in the winning tally in the 10th. Brooklyn captured both games from the Phllies, 6-3 and 8-6, coming from behind in both games. Rookie Art Parks’ double with the bases loaded in the eighth won the second game. Emil (Dutch) Leonard made the Yanks Jump through hoops for the third straight time this season as Washington whipped the champions, 3-2, in the opening game of their twin bill. Leonard gave up only six hits. The Yanks unlimbered their heavy artillery in the nightcap for an 11-1 triumph.

HE Red Sox went “base-hit crazy” as they hammered out 35 hits to pummel the Athletics, 17-7 and 18-12. Jim Tabor, recently reinstated after a three-day suspension by Manager Joe Cronin, tied a major league record by driving in nine runs on three homers, two of them with the bases loaded. He also hit a homer in the opener, giving him four for the day. Buck Newsom let the Indians down with three hits as Detroit blanked Cleveland, 4-0. It was Newsom's ninth win. The second game was rained out. . The White Sox triumphed twice over the Browns, 7-3 and 7-4, both teams playing without their managers, Jimmy Dykes and Fred Haney, who are under suspension by the league. John Rigney pitched four-hit ball in the opener. A five-run rally in the ninth, featured by Ollie Bejma's second homer of the nightcap, gave the White Sox a clean sweep.

By Eddie Ash

LEFEBVRE IS FROM HOLY CROSS TRICKY NAME, TRICKY DELIVERY

HE bane of the American Association radio announcers’ existence. . . . That's the tag which could be hitched upon young Wilfrid Henry Lefebvre, Pawtucket, R. I., who is doing quite a bit of southpaw flinging for Louisville this season. . . . The Indianapolis Indians beat him yesterday but only after a tussle in which he allowed six hits in seven innings before giving way to a pinch hitter. Lefebvre isn’t strictly a newcomer in the American

Association, since he spent a goodly portion of the 1933 campaign—his first in professional baseball, by the way— with the Minneapolis Millers. . . . But he hasn’t been in the league the full season needed to take him out of the

newcomers class. Neither the radio announcers nor for that matter the baseball writers of the league knew just how to pronounce the name Lefebvre. . . . It didn’t matter insofar as the scribes were concerned. . . . All they had to do was to spell it correctly, and at times even that proved too much of a task.

Property of Boston Red Sox

HERE seemed to be only one way of finding out how the name should be pronounced and that was to ask the player himself. . . . That was done and now the mystery is solved. . . . It’s pronounced as though spelled Lay-fave with both A’s long. In addition to having a tricky name Lefebvre also has a tricky southpaw delivery which has been causing enemy batters no little trouble this season. . . . As Lefebvre gains experience he is apt to become one of the outstanding hurlers of the league. . . . He is, of course, the property of the Boston Red Sox. Lefebvre is a graduate of Holy Cross with the class of 1938, which accounts for his late start in baseball. . . . He was 23 years old last Armistice Day, is 5 feet 11% inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. He bats, as well as throws, from the portside. = = ” 5 ” ”

VERY spring training season brings its pleasant surprises as well as its disappointments to the management of a ball club. . . . Some players, from whom much is expected, fail to make the grade while others, counted upon hardly at all, come through in a manner that warms the hearts of those trying to assemble a winning ball club. One of the latter type of players is George Lacy, now the No. 2 catcher for the Minneapolis Millers. Down in Daytona Beach, Fla, last March, Mike Kelley had four receivers in camp. . . . Otto Denning, then as now was rated No. 1, Earl Grace, veteran of many campaigns, was given the inside track for the No. 2 berth. . . . Russell Rolandson, promising youngster aopeared to hold the No. 3 spot with George Lacy as No. 4.

Class Tells as Season Advances

T was freely predicted then that Lacy would be the first of the quartet of backstops to be shunted down the river. The early days of the spring training season did nothing to alter that view. Then something happened. . . . Lacy began to make his presence felt. . . . He passed Rolandson and then when Grace's ailing arm failed to show any improvement he made good en the chance that was offered him, stepped into the No. 2 spot and has turned in a high class job of receiving whenever Manager Tom Sheehan has given him the

Latshaw Provides Story Book Finish as Indians Win Double-Header.

With a grand slam to their credit over the Louisville Colonels, the Indians now await the invasion of the league leading Kansas City Blues and all types of action is promised in that series if the Redskins hold to their current gait. The Tribesters have an open date today and then will follow the big series against Kansas city opening with a double-header tomorrow night, first game at 7:30.

The teams have met only seven times but strange as it may seem,

over the American Association pacesetters, four games to three. Fans will recall the Blues’ last visit here when the Redskins staged an uprising and copped a twin bill from the Little Yankees. The Indians hope the happy days return and theyll be out there under the lights tomorrow striving to repeat.

the Indians hold the whip hand :

Tribe Waits Invasion Of Blues After Scoring Slam Over Louisville

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WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1939

It Takes ’Em 9 Hours to Find Who Won;

ANGHORNE, Pa. July 5 (U. P.).—Mark Light of Lebanon today was declared winner of the 200-mile Independence Day stock car race at Langhorne Speedway following a comedy of errors which sent 25,000 bewildered spectators home on their heels. Officials, equally befuddled, puzzled for nine hours after the race before determining that Light was the winner—although he was getting “water” put in his gas tank when Bill Shoop of York received the checkered flag. Early today the worried officials decided Shoop was first—after 205 miles. They reluctantly ad-

ny Meantime, on Water He’s Trying to Run

mitted that “close” to 200 miles they were not certain how the cars were running after numerous pit stops—so they just let the race continue. Meanwhile, Light's machine ran out of gas— just as he finished the regulation 200 miles in front. His mechanics were so excited, however, that they poured water in his gasoline tank and he luckily was unable to continue, Light received first prize money, and the recount placed Walt Kiefer of Trenton, N. J., second; Bert Ross of Trenton, third, and Henry Banks of Royal Oak, Mich, fourth, Shoop—the fwinner: —was fifth.

Baseball Has Big July 4th

Kansas City Lengthens Its Lead to 11-2 Games

Major League - Attendance

By UNITED PRESS Kansas City lengthened its lead

in the American Association to a game and a half today, thanks to two-hit pitching by Joe Vance and

Highest of Season.

NEW YORK, July 5 (U. P.—Set-

double Tribe moved back into third place and Louisville fell into fourth.

By knocking off the Colonels in a attraction yesterday the

Plenty of Baseball

ting a new high for the year, the

t two major leagues had one of the

greatest attendance days in baseball

history yesterday with 249,538 paid admissions. The biggest previous

a pinch hit single by Clyde McCullough in separate games of a July 4 double-header with Milwaukee. Kansas City's double victory came as second place Minneapolis was

run. The score was Kansas City 6, Milwaukee 5. Pitching in near 100-degree heat, Vance limited Milwaukee to two doubles in the second game, which Kansas City won, 6-0. Pete Fleming's home run in the 10th inning of the first game gave St. Paul an even break in its dou-ble-header with Minneapolis. St. Paul won the opener 9-8, but lost

nod to don his equipment and go

behind the plate.

Lacy had a good record at Cleveland, Miss, in 1936, another

excellent season at Canton, O., style last year for Rocky Mount, N.

in 1937 and then performed in splendid

The Cleveland, Tenn, boy still has plenty of time for he will not

be 24 until Sept. 7. . . . pounds. . .

b 5 = OE BOWMAN,

Pittsburgh Pirates’ pitcher,

He is 6 feet, 212 inches tall and weighs 190 . He attended the University of Richmond.

= = 2 is one of the rarest

phenomena in baseball, an outfielder who became a pitcher. . . . Plenty of pitchers in every baseball era turn into outfielders, from

Babe Ruth on down. . . . Bowman

was so good as an outfielder for

Pueblo in 1929 that the Portland Beavers of the Pacific Coast League

bought him.

In 1930 the Beavers optioned him to Omaha and it was there that Joe first tried his hand at the pitching profession, which has enrolled him as a major league member for a half-dozen years past. » Scouts have discovered great baseball players on school teams,

factory teams, college and army post teams. .

. Bill Herman, Chicago

Cub captain and keystone guardian, was recruited off a church team

for his first professional trial.

Cap Neal of the Louisville Colonels signed Bill after watching him star for the New Covenant Presbyterian Church team which won the Louisville independent championship in 1927.

A. A. U. Meet Provides New Olympic Prospects

LINCOLN, Neb, July 5 (U. P.) — A lot of new names appeared today on the list of the nation’s best ath-

letes who are prospective candidates]

to represent the United States in the 1940 Olympics. The champions had a bad day of it yesterday in the 51st renewal of the National A. A. U. track and field championships, which served as an informal preview of Olympic talent for next year. As a result such names as John Woodrufi, Pittsburgh, in the middle distances, and Charles Fenske, Madison, Wis, in the longer races were replaced by those of Erwin Miller, Southern California A. A.. and Blaine Rideout. Shore A. C. Rideout beat the favorites in the featured 1500 meter ‘metric mile”

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and Miller whipped Woodruff in the 400 meters. Ridecut’s time was 3 minutes 51.5 seconds comparad with the world record of 3 minutes 47.8 seconas.

He held back at the start of his race, letting John Munski, Missouri, set the pace, but in the second lap he began a rally that carried him 40 yards ahead of the field by the time he was in the backstretch on the final lap. The defending champion, Glenn Cunningham, Fenske and the rest, let him get the lead. They figured him to fade in the final 200 meters. He did slump and Fenske closed in fast, but he hadn't started the final kick soon enough and was two yards behind at the tape with Louis Zamperini, Southern California, third, and Cunningham fourth. Woodruff, who looked like probably the best bet in the 400 meters, lost to Miller just as Fenske did to Rideout. John Borican, who beat Cunningham in a 1500-meter race this spring, passed up that event and concentrated on the 400 meter hurdies but he was beaten by Roy V. Cochran, Indiana University. The championships produced four record-breaking performances — in [the 5000-meter run, the 200-meter hurdles and the 400-meter relay and the discus The best race of the record{breakers from the standpoint of the {11,000 spectators who watched the meet in 99-degree July weather, was the 5000-meter which Gregg Rice of the University of Notre Dame {won in 14 minutes 509 seconds, 24 |seconds faster than the old A. A. U. ‘record. Fred Wolcott, Rice Institute, set the 200-meter record of 229 seconds; Phil Fox, San Francisco, set the new discus record of 172 feet 412 inches and the New York Athletic Club set the 400-meter relay mark of 41.2 seconds. The Olympic Club of San Francisco won the team championship with 47 points, beating the defendng champions, New York Athletic 1b, which got 34.

It was an afternoon of interesting baseball and wound up in spectacular fashion as Bob Latshaw belted a home run with the bases loaded in the last inning of the sec-

ond game. The scores were 4 to 2 and 7 wo 3. John Niggeling won his 10th game of the season by holding the The Redskins

fracas. also were

across. In that battle Allen Hunt walloped a triple and dcuble, Niggeling a triple and Galatzer a single and double. Incidentaily, Galatzer also banged out a single and triple in the nightcap snd stretched his batting streak to 20 consecutive games.

Played in Fast Time

Niggeling struck out six and was in hot water in just two frames, the third and eighth. He was opposed by Wilfrid Lefebvre and Fred Shaffer. Both teams played errorless ball in the 4-to-2 game and it was run off in 1 hour 49 minutes. The second struggle was all of that. The Indians drew first blood by scoring in the third behind Don French. In the fifth Sherlock of the Colonels tripled after one out for the first hit off French. Lewis popped to Lang for the No. 2 out and Acting Manager Burwell sent up Fabian Gaffke to hit for Pitcher Ted Olson. Gaffke exploded a dynamite cracker and propelled the horsehide out of the park for a home run, scoring Sherlock ahead. Louisville fans here with the Colonels had a great time celebrating Gaffke's pinch home run and the Indians felt a little sick about the situation.

McCormick Returns

In the sixth the Redskins rubbed on some fresh war paint and deadlocked the score at 2 and 2. Singles by Latshaw and Richardson and a

pinch double by McCormick accounted for a run. McCormick, who has been on the sidelines with sinus

infection, pinch hit for French and his double was a line drive off the left field wall. Alert fielding by

Spence prevented Richardson from following Latshaw home. Then Lang was tossed out by Flu wers who had relieved Olson. Logan took up the Tribe pitching in the seventh and last inning and the Colonels got to him for a run on two hits and a sacrifice, giving them the lead, 3 to 2.

Galatzer Starts Rally

The Indians refused to surrender and Milton Galatzer, first up in the Tribe seventh, lined a triple to the left field corner. Bill Baker slashed a double to left, scoring Galatzer with the tying marker. Hunt sacrificed and was safe when Flowers threw too late to third to nail Baker. Jesse Newman was handed an intentional walk, filling the bases, bringing up Latshaw. With the count two and two, Bob connected with plenty of leverage and his drive soared over the right field wall and was good for four runs and the ball game. He had a perfect record at the plate in the nightcap by getting a walk, a single, double and the prodigious round-tripper. The Indians collected 10 hits to four for Louisville. Five of the Tribe's blows were for extra bases and two of the Colonels four also were distance smacks. Logan got credit for the victory and the defeat was marked against Flowers.

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Play Begins in Local Net Meet

The first round of play in the Indianapolis Tennis Center's tournament for boys and juniors began today on the Tech courts, Ninth and Oriental Sts. Seeded first in the junior division was Raymond Von Spreckelsen, while Roger Lewis was seeded No. 1 in the boys’ division. Al Gisler was ranked second among the juniors, with Roger Downs third and Bob Parrett fourth. Other seeded players in the boys’ division were Charles Tichenor, No. 2; Jack Patterson, No. 3 and Carl Lieber, No. 4.

Bill Reed Cops Golf Honors at Highland

Bill Reed captured major honors in the 18-hole golf tournament yesterday at Highland, turning in a low gross 71 in Class A. Honors in the net division went to Ralph Burdick with a 75-7—68. In Class B George Browne carded an 82 for low gross honors, while Steve Radford was low in the net division with 83-18—65, The driving contest was won by Dr. E. W. Gant, who smashed three balls a total of 609 yaids.

Films to Be Shown

The Speedway Golf Club will sponsor a showing of motion pictures on the game at 8 p. m. tomorrow at the Hoosier Athletic Club. All golfers are invited to attend. A business meeting will follow the showing.

Larrance Wins Taking two shots on the first extra hole, Ken Larrance won yesterday's flag tournament at Meridian Hills. Second place went to Charles Arensman, while L. J. Rybolt was third.

| Washington at New York....

day was last Sunday when 195,338 attended. The official attendance figures for the July 4 games follows:

American League

with St. Paul.

61,808 56,272 22,039 5,092

xCleveland at Detroit Boston at Philadelphia Chicago at St. Louis = 145,202 National League Cincinnati at Pittsburgh St. Louis at Chicago Philadelphia -at Brooklyn.... New York at Boston

41,937 26,406 21,299 14,694

104,336

Grand total x—New Detroit baseball record.

Major Leaders

BATTING

breaking even in a double-header

The club leading the league at the close of play Sunday will be host to the annual Association all-star game. McCullough's single came in the ninth inning of the first game and scored Hitchccck with the winning

the second game, 6-1. Rain washed out the second game

tween the Columbus Red Birds and the Toledo Mud Hens after Columbus won the first game, 7-6. Bennie McCoy hit three home runs for the losers, driving in all their runs.

of a scheduled double-header be-,

2 English Golfers in Open Lead

Little Far Behind in First Round of British Tourney.

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland, July § (U.P.).—Max Faulkner, a 27-yeare old English pig farmer, set the early pace on the first round of the 79th British Open Golf Championship

today as one of America's two hopes, Lawson Little of Bretton Woods, N. H.,, came home with a 79 that left him far back of the leaders. James Henry Busson of England, 31, who once was a professional at Forrest Hill, N. H., and Boca Grande, Fla., moved into a tie for the lead with a 35-35. At that time, 62 players of the field of 129 had finished. Faulkner, who retired from comspetition last year to devote his full time to farming and then decided to play in this tournament, had a 70, three under par, on the tortuous “old course” of historic St. Andrews. Little, playing in a driving rain, was out in 37 and then, with the wind beating up the back nine, he needed a 42 coming home. Temporarily in third place were Reginald Whitcombe, the defending champion, and Alfred Perry, the 1935 winner. Each had 71. The great Henry Cotton of England, winner in 1934 and 1937, had a 38-36—T74. On the back nine, Little had trouble with the wind which carried his tee shots off line. He had pars on the 10th and 11th holes but went one over on the 12th. On the 13th he took six, two over, when he pushed his drive. The wind carried (Continuer on Page Nine)

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Wilburn Victor in South Bend Race

SOUTH BEND, Ind, July 5 (U. P.).—Jimmy Wilburn of Los Angeles, national dirt track racing champion in 1938, won major money at the Independence Day sweepstakes at Playland Park yesterday. He won first place in the first elimination race and also captured the 30-lap feature race. Elbert Booker of Detroit set a new track record of 2698 seconds to break the mark of 27.74 seconds made last year by Ted Wright, alsc of Detroit.

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