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Ralph Burns- Jack

Paul Dixon (seated),

of Champaign, Ill,

By TOM _ OCHILTREE ; Indianapolis still has a candidate in the running today for

the State tennis title, but only

because the boy in question,

.Ralph Burns, has a heart as big

and Ralph Burns, In-

dianapolis, were hot and weary when they reached the halfway point in their State tennis tournament match. - Burns finally triumphed 6-1, 6-8, 8-6, but it took | him two hours and a quarter to do it.

By Eddie Ash

RATES PASSEAU ONE OF BEST GABBY IS PROUD OF THAT DEAL

MANAGER HARTNETT of the Chicago Cubs says Claude Passeau comes close to being the best chucker in the National League. . . . maybe not No. 1 as statistics

go, but at least a member of the first flight. Gabby is proud of the big pitcher who came from the Phillies in exchange for Joe Marty, Kirby Higbe and Ray Harrell, plus a large sum of cash, it is suspected.” . . . At any rate, the Cub pilot thinks that transaction was a bar-

gain for his team.

Passeau is a drawling Mississippi product with a

flair for quick outbursts toward umpires in the heat of battle. . . . He talks of these outbursts and of his pitch-

ing in a slow, impersonal way. After the Giants had kept rattling him withdaits July 22, until he was forced to turn the game over to Larry French and Vance Page

for safekeeping, “I suspected,’ me trouble.

passeau indulged in

no self-pity.

he said, “when I was warming up that they’d give 1 didn’t seem ito have it.

But I kept hoping it's come

back to me as we went alohg. The only thing that came back were

line drives.”

Passeau can be as fash as almost anybody in the senior circuit. . . He has learned to pace himself and his speed so that he usualy

has something left toward [the end.

How Blades: Views National Race

S Ray Blades, manager| of the St. Louis Cardinals, points out, it would be a great race) in the National if the Reds and Phillies

were out of the league. . .

{ Blades not only keeps the opposition in .

the air about his starting pitcher until the batting orders are handed °

the umpire, but keeps even| [his own’ minute. . . .

chuckers in doubt until the last

Blades says the worst fault of Catcher Don Padgett, the reformed

outfielder, is that he doesn’t get the ing to bases.

ball away fast enough in throw-

. Don gotsthe ball away fast enough yesterday when

he belted a home run : with the bases loaded.

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RANCH RICKEY aserts that the Cardinals are the team of the

future. . . . That's

another way of saying:

“Wait till next year.’

With their best pitcher, Freddie Hutchinson, back with the Detroit Tigers, the Toledo Mud Hens have little hope of escaping from the dark confines of the American Association cellar. , . . They lost their star infielder, Bennie McCoy. the same way.

Gifts-for Legion Junior Graduates

INE former stars of the American Legion Junior baseball program will be in uniform at Perry Stadium on the night of Aug. 15 for thé game which will be sponsored by Indianapolis Forty and »

Eight, the Legion's fun society.

Four of the Legion Junior graduates are Millers. . . . Otto Den-

ning, Jimmy Pofshl, Jimmy Wasdell

and Bill Butland. . With the

Redskins are Don Lang, Allen Hunt, Jimmy Sharp, Myron McCormick

end Bob Latshaw.

The local Forty and Eight plans to present merit badges to the

five: Indians. . . . Wes Griffin, Tribe

Legion, also will be on the| receiving end of a gift. .

lanky Butland, Miller star pitcher,

manager and a member of the . Long and a former Legion Junior player

from Terre Haute, will have his own rooting section at the game, . The Terre Haute Forty jad Eight will have a gift for the Vigo

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as a barrel and a will to match. He is going to need. all this ‘moxie, too, plus every ounce of ‘his tennis skill when he meets. Jack Tidball, the cool-edged Hollywood stylist who is seeded No. 1, in a quarter-finals singles match this afternoon. It is the hope of Burns’ rooters that his long two-hour and a quarter dual with Paul Dixon, Champaign, Ill. yesterday didn’t rob him of so much stamina that he will be off form today. When Boing finally downed the stubborn Mr. Dixon, all eight of the seeded players in the men’s singles division advanced to’ the quarter-finals. Schedule of this afternoon's matches in this division of the tournament, which is being played

Dale Morey, Stan Sisler Play Finals

State Junior Golf Title Is at Stake Over 36 Holes at Blehmond,

BULLETIN RICHMOND, Ind. July 28 (0. ~ P.).—Dale Morey held a lead of 4 up over Stanley Sisler at the end of the first 18 holes. Morey hit even par \ figures with a 37-3572 while Sisler took 39-39-78. .

RICHMOND, Ind. July 28 (U. P.). —A man whose fighting heart can’t be questioned will meet a maa whose golfing ability has been proved at least once at the Forest Hills Country Club today for the State Junior golf championship. Dale Morey, stanch Martinsville shotmaker who slashed the lead of Bill McClure yesterday to enter the finals, will meet Stanley Sisler of South Bend, acknowledged as one of the best players in the tourney. They were to play two 18-hole rounds. : Morey was 2 down to McClure at the halfway mark in their match yesterday. McClure, president of

4 up on the 12th hole.

Wins Four Straight

At that point Morey’s heart came to the fore. He won the next four holes, halved the 17th with’ his undaunted opponent, and then smashed out a ‘sparkling birdie to win the match, 1 up. Sisler, whose 67 chalked up in practice rounds has stood as the best in the tournament, eliminated Fred Link of Ft. Wayne, 3 and 2, for his passport into the finals. Mot'ey’s passage to the finals has

‘i been-anything but easy. He quali-

filed at 154, 11 strokes behind Jack Clements of Richmond, who won medal honors with a 143. The Martinsville boy, however, progressed smoothly through the first round only fo meet Clements in the second. Down 1 at the turn, he staged his usual comeback to win the match, 1 up, in 19 holes. Then yesterday he overcame the 4-down deficit to enter the finals.

McNeill in Rigid Test

SEABRIGHT, N. J, July 28 (U. P.) —Don McNeill of Oklahoma City, whose powerful attacking game has caught the eye of Davis Cup Captain Walter Pate, will be subjected to his most severe test of the season today when he meets Bitsy Grant of Atlanta in the feature semi-final match of the Seabright tennis championships. Grant is one of the most stubborn retrievers in the history of grass courts, and if McNeill can get by. him today, he is sure to win added fupport for Cup candidacy. In the other bracket, Frankie Parker, also bidding for a Cup team berth, meets Gil Hunt of Washington, D. C. In the women’s semi-finals Dorothy May Bundy of Santa Monica, Cal, meets Helen Bernhard of New York and Helen Workman of Los Angeles, plays Patricia Canning of Alameda, Cal.

John Dilley Tries For Swim Records

John Dilley, 18-year-old Huntington Y. M. C. A. star swimmer, will try for two American records at the Riviera Club pool tomorrow at 2 p. m. He hopes to lower Adolph Kiefer’s maxks in the 550-yard backistroke and the 500-meter backstroke. The time of 7.18 5-10 in the record for both. Paul Jordan, Indianapolis, president of the Indiana A. A. U., will be ion hand with timers to make Dilley’s trials official.” Dilley is Indiana A. A. {U. and National Y. M. C. A, champion.

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the State Junior Association, went

‘idball

at Highland Country Club, and ine ratings of the contestants folow: 2 P. M.—Ted Olewine, Santa Monica, Cal, No. 3, vs. John

Shostrom, Chicago, No. 5.

3 P. M—L. Morey Lewis, Texarkana,” Ark. No. 2, vs. Robert Carrothers Jr., Coronado, Cal, No. 7. Don Leavens, ‘Milwaukee, defending champion, No. 4, vs. Larry Dee, San Francisco, No. 6. 4 P. M.—Tidball vs. Burns, No. 8. The Olewine-Shostrom struggle is expected to be as tight as a pair of shoes after a rain. with the former matching blistering forehand and backhand speed’ against Shostrom’s fine court generalship. Also, there seems to be a growing gallery opinion that with all his streaks of wildness, may turn back Leavens, who is as steady as a rock even if he is a southpaw. In men’s singles matches yesterday, Lewis defeated Harper Ink

Dee,

on San Diego, Cal, 6-2, 6-4; Carrothers beat Vic Kingdon, the only Indianapolis survivor besides Burns when yesterday's play began, 6-4, 6-0. Olewine triumphed over Matt Chandler, Kalamazoo, Mich., 6-2, 6-1; John Shostrom defeated Dan Kreer, Winnetka, Ill, 6-3, 7-5; Tidball defeated Olen Parks, Mishawaka, 6-3, 6-3; Burns triumphed over Dixon, 6-1, 6-8, 8-6; Leavens dropped Marion Shane, Grand Rapids, Mich., 6-4, 6-4, and Dee finally defeated Charles Shostrom, Chicago, 6-2, 2-6, 6-0. Play in both the men’s doubles and women’s singles today was in the third round, and ' like the: men’s singles these two tournament divisions have proceeded smoothly along without upsets.

There wasn’t any real drama in the whole show until the BurnsDixon match yesterday, but that thing packed more punch than Uncle Tom's Cabin, What Price Glory and Hamlet rolled Together.

1ghis.

These boys were ‘playing. under a sun that was hot enough to mel{ iron down: into. cheese, and if the unidentified Dutch boy who stuck his finger in the leaking dike

had any more staying ‘power. than these two he must have been quite a fellow. At the start this match geered ordinary enough. With Burns serving, they each netted a point to make it 15-all, and matched point for point unfil the game was deuced. Dixon lost his balance going to ‘the deciding point and Burns took the game. Both took their serves then to give Burns a 2-1 lead and the Indianapolis boy then broke Dixon’s serve. This settled the issue in the first set which Burns won, 6-1. Dixon was badly off form at the start of the second set, and Burns with ease piled up a 5-2 game lead. Figuring the match was all but over some of the spectators walked away: to watch the play on other courts.

~ But Dixon wasn't finished. Three times in this eighth game

Burns had him match point, and

each time the Illinois blaster came back from the brink of defeat. Dixon finally took the game, making the score 5-3 in Burns’ favor, but this margin crumbled like stale cake and, within a few minutes it was tied up at 5-all. They were getting pretty weary now and Dixon finally wheedled out a victory against Burns’ service when the local shooter was having net trouble, The match <ended in favor of the Illinois boy by an 8-6 margin. It looked like Burns cause was lost in the third set when Dixon

broke through his service to take

a 5-3 game lead. But it was Burns’ time to steady, and he returned the compliment by taking Dixon's service away from him- and went on to tie it up at 5-all. The 11th game went to Dixon, the last one he was to win in the match, but Burns swept the next

Indianapolis Times Sports

PAGE 18

FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1939

Real Baseball as Played by Legion Lads

. : ‘ After eliminating Warsaw, 7 to 1, ‘yesterday morning, the Indian-

Piicher Tucker's offerings. and F. Ballinger the umpire.

Times Photo.

Eddie Hoffman is the Jasper catcher Fifteen teams competed in games at

ennis

apolis Irvington Post team of the American Legion Junior baseball tourney lost out to Jasper in the afternoon. The score was 4 to 1. Above, young Marshall Bartle of Irvington is swinging at one of

Riverside and survivors were Jasper, Richmond, Rockville and Whiting. Tucker of Jasper struck out 14 Irvingion lads in the seven-inning tilt.

Dizzy Manages to Go to Town When Chips Are Down

By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 28.—The man is a popoff, a show off, and a know-it-all. He outstruts the peacock and out-

brays the jackass. He is vain to the point of megalomania, not to mention tactless, indiscreet, and careless of the feelings of others. But you have to go for him; you can’t help it. No matter what sort of fellow he is outside of the ball park, Jerome Herman (Dizzy) Dean, the ol’ cottonpicker, is a flannel-ful of man when he digs his spikes in a pitching hill. : That goes just as strongly today as it did a few years back when his throwing arm knew no ailments, and he could coil and lash it to smoke his pitches through the slot. He was a heroic figure of a baseball player then, with his burning fast ball, his curves that broke with the sharpness of waves on a rock, and

pace. You had to go for him then because he had class and the nerve of a burglar. He threw to a batter’s strength as often as he did to his weakness, defying the batsman to hit even what he liked when it was thrown by ‘Dizzy. Remember him against Hank Greenberg in the World Series with Detroit? He was a workhorse, too. When he didn’t start he stood by to relieve. And he had a heart, a gamecock’s heart. ‘That was probably the Dizzy’'s one outstanding characteristic, when he had all his stuff. He fed on crucial moments, seemed

atmosphere charged with dynamite. He hasn't changed. He still is at his best—the one true sign of a champion—when he is on the spot. Take that game with Brooklyn two afternoons ago. The finger was on him when he went to the firing line, squarely on him. In his four

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In these closing seconds, Dixon muffed a couple of easy overhead kill shots by sending the ball into the net. Each time he did so he tossed his racquet in the air and let our a queer unearthly scream like a tarzan crazed with thirst. It looked for a time like they would need an actuary for the Dee-Charles Shostrom match. The first; set was strictly a deep court duel With Dee playing the most spectacular game of the two, and he easily won it 6-2. : The San Francisco player captured the first game of the second set but was as wild as the old - West and Shostrom took a 3-1 7 lead. Dee had trouble overcoming his erratic volleying tendencies and dropped the second set by a 6-2 margin. Gaining control of his service, Dee easily outclassed his Chicago opponent and shut him out without a game to win the match in qe thild and deciding set.

Four Battle

For Public Links Title

Armstrong Remains Favor.ite as Semi-Finals Go on . At Baltimore.

BULLETIN BALTIMORE, July 28 (U., P.). —Phtillip Gordon was 5 up on Jim Molinari at 18 holes and Arthur Armstrong and Andrew Szwedko were all square. Szwedko rallied after being 2 down at the turn,

BALTIMORE, July July 28 (U. P). — Arthur Armstrong, a Honolulu ship=~ ping clerk who is favored to win the National Public Links Golf cham=pionship, meets Andrew Szwedko, a Pittsburgh mill worker, today in the semi-final on thé Mount Pleasant municipal course. * Jim Molinari, police radio patrol-

Iman from San Francisco, plays Phil=

lip Gordon, an Oakland, Cal., insur= ce salesman, in the other bracket the 36-hole match play event. Armstrong, whose skillful driving gnd approaches have featured conipetition during the past two days, was expected to find tough competi= tion in Szwedko, who reached the semi-finals in 1937 and is favored to

win this year by some experts.

The slender, dark-haired Hawaiian reached the round of four with a 4-and-3 victory over Mike Cestone, a Montclair, N. J., mail carrier, Szwedko eliminated Louis C. Cyr, a railway car inspector from Vans couver, Wash., 3 and 2. : The San Francisco ‘policeman, who holds the public links title: of northern California, defeated Edward: J. Furgol of Utica, N. Y., an unemployed metal polisher, 2 and 1, in the round of eight. Gordon eliminated Roy Dolce of Denver, who works in a rubber company efficiency department, 5 and 4.

City Skeet Shooters To Sponsor Program

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