Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1939 — Page 6

Yankee Sales

By HENRY M’LEMORE Vinod Press Staff Correspondent EW YORE, July 31.—All I know about the report that the Yankee Baseball Empire is going to be sold is that it can be had—for a svice. The asking price would be around $10,000,000, but if anybody e along and laid $8,000,000 on the line, the heirs would wrap the e thing up in tinfoil and say, “take it.” | ou must keep in mind that when -Jake Ruppert was alive the Yankaes were his pride and joy and about the only hobby he knew in ! his late years. Today the Yankees may be a pride and joy to the heirs, but they are rio hobby, and if the heirs are to get any substantial dough out of the estate it must come from the sales of property, and , the Yankees with their far-flung chain system represent a very rich

ropert, e De where [are you going to find anybody around today with sufficient money and sufficient interest in baseball to lay $8,000,000 on the line? Don’t wear your eyes out looking ‘because there isn’t any such animal, If the! Yankees are sold—and some day they will. be—it will

By Eddie Ash

REDLEGS STRONGER NEXT YEAR! AND THEY'RE REALLY GOING NOW

HY do I say that? 11, what do you think is back of the Browns’ refusal to puf out any more to install lights in their ball park? Mind you, they own the park; the Cards are ‘merely paying guests. It any baseball city in the country fieeds night baseball, it is St. Louis. Night baseball saved Cincinnati—at least pulled it but. of a big, ugly financial hole, and it has helped Brooklyn, Philadelphia and Cleveland. With night baseball maybe Breadon and the Cards could make a go of it; without night baseball they are definitely licked. . * My thought is that the directors of the American League are encouraging the Browns to lay off night baseball, and thus make it tougher for Breadon and the Cards. Of course, Breadon could take his Cards to Colts where He owns a franchise, and maybe in the end he will. But Kansas City seems to be more of a major league project. What would happen to the American Association if Kansas City became a major league unit? To which I ask, what is wrong with Omaha? The pioyle out there have been crying for a club in the Association.

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be Any VERYBODY in baseball knows the St. Louis situation Bas reached

such a state that something ‘must be done and that something amounts to moving one of the clubs, either the Browns or the Cards, —out of town. Breadon has his home there and doesn’t want to move; the people back of the Browns think that in time they. can put their enterprise over successfully, Off hand it would seem to.be a tug-of-war. of finances. How ‘much more money can Breadon afford to lose in trying to force the Browns to surrender? How far can the people back of the Browns afford to go? My guess—and it’s strictly a guess—is that when the findl answer is written the American League will dominate St. Louis baseball. First, because it’s traditionally an American League city. Second, I have reason to believe that: the group back of the Browns has received assurances from the American League,_ directors that they are in their. corner. .

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THs brings me up to what I think may eventually be the solution ; to the messy baseball situation which exists in St. Louis, which is strictly a one-club city, but which tries with commercial tutility to. support two major league clubs—the Cards and Browns. I happen to know that the Yankees would not mind selling their Kansas City club, which is in the ‘process of building up an enviable - attendance and artistic record. What's: more Kansas City itself has major league aspiration. The team as it stands today probably could - perform creditably in either of the big leagues. It wouldn't win any pennants but it would do all right. ‘I happen to know that if Sam Breadon, who owns the Cards, wants to buy the Kansas City club he will not have the door slammed in his face. And this goes for the bunch of St. Louis businessmen who are behind the Browns. What I'm trying to say that if either Breadon or the Browns’ group wants to move, the Yankees will listen to a proposition concerning Kansas City. =

Times Sports

Mike Kaperak Paces Early Golf Finishers With Hot Round of 69

Rea Park, Terre Haute, Sharpshooter, Pulls Surprise IH State Tourney Qualifying Play at Anderson; Shafer and Stayton Have 72s.

Tribe Ends Trip West, Winning 6

Nine Games Lost Stands as|, Fair Road Record; Bow To Millers. The Indianapolis Indians have|&Ee: completed their third Western swing |§

and, although it was more success- |} ful than the first two treks through

PAGE 6 MONDAY, JULY 31, 1939

12-GAME lead at the start of August is generally Big Timers IN Exhibition Here enough to assure a big league flag and Cincinnati I Redleg followers are shouting “gangway”’ and getting it. ,« No club has been able to stage a sustained streak to get within hailing distance of the Queen City boys. The Cardinals, Pirates and Cubs take turns at challenging and then fall back. . . . The three teams have been in and out of second place for a week while the Reds:

By TOM OCHILTREE Times Staff Writer ANDERSON, Ind. July 31.—Mike Kaperak of Rea Park, Terre Haute, shot a par-shattering 69 to lead the early finishers home in the first qualifying round of the State Amateur. golf tournament on the Anderson

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Re and many experts 539 Ref will be more powerful in 1940 and 1942... . They havea well-managed farm system, a wise hombre in General Manager Warren Giles and a great field chief in Deacon Bill McKechnie, who has a way with ball players hard to match. For the information of Hoosier fans who trek to Cincinnati over the week-end when the Red Raiders are home, the Brooklyn Dodgers will be there for a double-header

next Sunday. i

Joe Duplicates Hank's Feat

AP quickly as Joe Di Maggio slammed a ball deep into the left field side lof the bleacher section [of Yankee Stadium against the Browns last week there was doubt whether it was the first or second

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time the Italian had batfed a ball into that far-flung spot. DiMaggio settled the controversy by saying he had never before hit into the laps of the bleacherites.. He has twice knocked baseballs into the open space between the grandstand and the bleachers, which serves as the Yankees’ bullpen. DiMaggio’s prodigious clout off Southpaw Howard Mills was one of the longest home runs ever struck in - Yankee Stadium. . . . The ball landed about 450 feet from the plate. ... It was the second time a batter had hit into the bleachers. . . . Hank Greenberg made it the target for a home run last year. 2 2 8 RED HANEY says that when the Yankees, Red Sox or Tigers bring up a player he has an even chance of sticking in the American League. “But when the Browns bring one up,” asserts the St. Louis manager, “it’s 10-to-1 against him. “When the new regime took over the St. Louis club they really started from scratch.

Our minor league farms really are minqr league, mostly Class D. Our highest classification is San Antonio in" A-1. “The Yankees could afford to leave Joe Dimaggio on the Coast an extra year. They knew Joe Gordon had it, but kept him in Newark

a full season.

“Atley Donald and others were shuttled back to Newark. We would have been forced to bring those kind up right away. We haven’t enough players to take care of a Double A team. “The way it looks I'd have to send most of my boys back there

to give us good AA representation.

It will take time to develop what

we've got here and what we've got coming up.

“The club has shown it is ready be bought.”

to spend money when players can

Baseball at a

Glance

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION L. Pct. 87 .661

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GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION t St. Paul; night. Minneapolis? game scheduled. ) NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled.

AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled.

YESTERDAY'S RESULTS AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First Game) Toledo Milwaukee Phillips and Mackie; Marrow and —. - (Second Game) , 200 002 0-410 0

McLaugholn and Parsons; Blaeholder and

(First. Game) 001 200 100— 4 8 0 000 010 010— 2 7 1 Ba Shaffer, Weaver and Madjeski; Phelps, Reis and Pasek, Jackson. (Second Game) Louisville a2 4s 0d 3 9 1

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001 8g 3 50 Chica, 000 001 000— 1 10 3 Jub ell and Danning; Page and Hartne

AMERICAN LEAGUE (First Game) 3—3 5 2 4 9 2 Lyons and Tresh; Gomez, Murphy and Dickey.

(Second Game) 310 001 000— 5 7 2 000 010— 2

1 Tr Schlueter; Hadley. Russo, handier and Rosar.

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Detro Phiisdciphia Newsom and Tebbetts; Beckman, C. Dean and Hayes.

(Second Game) Detroit 301 001 — 3 11 2 Philadel hia

000 001 110— 3 3 . Hutchinson, Trout and York, Tebbetts, Pibpen. Potter and Brucker

Clevelan ; 010 319 Ste 2 8 1 ernand on 000 401 00x— 5 10 1

Milnar, Eisenstat and Hemste, L. Sewell; Krakauskas and Giuliani.

ston 00x— 610 0 Harris, Lawson and Glenn; Dickman and Desautels.

Helen Stephens in Dashes at Stadium

Galehouse,

Olympic Games and holder of several world’s United States.and Canadian records for the dashes, jumps and weight events,: will give a sprinting exhibition at Perry Staum tomorrow night. Miss Stephens will appear. as an ded attraction ‘to the’ baseball ame between the House of David team and the local Kingan Reliables. She will race around the

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the four enemy camps in that ter ritory, no ground was gained.

hind the Kansas City league lead ers, and 15% back of second-place

Minneapolis.

an off day today. They arrived in Indianapolis this afternoon and will resume action on the road tomorrow night at Columbus and will remain away from Perry Stadium until next Monday.

dians won two and lost one at Milwaukee, won one and lost four at

two at Minneapolis. Stop Millers Once They snapped a 10-game Mille

day, 4 to 2, behind Lloyd rs fancy pitching, but yesterday it was a different story at Minneapolis. The Millers grabbed both ends of

and 14 to 5. That first fracas was a tough one for Red Barrett to lose. The Tribe was ahead, 2 to 1, after completing its half of the ninth, but close games are easily broken up in that bandbox park. The Millers shoved across two markers, in their half of the finale frame and that was that, winning on eight hits to nine for Indianapolis. Bill Butland of Terre Haute, Min-

side and squeezed in with his 13th

victory. . Over the Fence

In the Miller ninth, after one out, Ab Wright got on base and Phil Weintraub hit one of Barrett’s “butterfly” balls out of the

also reached Barrett for a home run in the seventh. Red got three of his team’s safeties and was entitled to a better fate. The second struggle was an exhibition of old town ball. “The Millers punched out 14 blows while Eldon Hogsett, the veteran southpaw, held the Indians to seven.

_ Seven Errors in Game

Indianapolis committed four errors and Minneapolis three. In the fifth the Millers scored seven runs and both Jimmy Sharp and Mike Balas, Tribe chuckers, were shelled all over the park. Minneapolis’ home runs were smacked by Weintraub, Wright, Walker and Wasdell. For Indianapolis, Jimmy Adair and Dee Moore hit for the circuit: The Indians played through the seven-inning second game without an assist and First Baseman Newman had only one putout. . Fred Vaughn, Tribe infielder who has been on the hospital list for a

the season.

Negro Nines Split Double-Header Here

The double:.bill between the New York Black Yankees and the Baltimore Elites, professional Negro baseball teams, at Perry Stadium yester-| oH day was divided when the Elites took

kees captured the seven-inning|m nightcap, 5 to 2. Scores: (First Game) 100 000 ‘000—1 1 1 02x—2

(Second Game) 1 38 000 we 0 1 Williams, Holland and Zee Baim Hubert and Campanella. The Homestead Grays and the Newark Eagles are to play a double-

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Times-Acme Photo.

Helen Bernnard, New York (above) is the newest sensation in big-time feminine tennis competition. Just 18, Miss Bernard scored an upset by defeating Dorothy Workman in the Seabright women’s finals, 6-3, 7-5. The winner was unseeded in the tourney and

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Major Leaders

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The Redskins defended and held| third place, but are 16 games be-|:

The Tribesmen won six games|} and lost nine on the trip and had|§:

On the Western journey the In- §

Kansas City, won two and lost two: at St. Paul and won one and lost|:

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By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

‘NEW YORK, July 31.—If there are any black magic men, hex breakers or jinx destroyers out of work, they should apply to Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago White Sox. Don’t be bashful, because Dykes can use a dozen to rid the White

Sox of evil spirits and purveyors of bad luck. By all rights the White Sox should have smacked the Yankees down twice yesterday, but they merely got an even break. Mike Kreevich was hurt in Boston, and Gerald Walker was injured in the first Yankee game Friday, robbing Dykes of his only two right-handed hitting outfielders to say nothing of Walker’s punch. Thus Dykes had to play an all-left-handed hitting outfield of Radclif, Rosenthal and Steinbacher against Lefty Gomez. As it was two breaks beat the White Sox. . In the second inning Di Maggio hit a single. Then Dickey hit a

Jimmy Thomson (above) and Dick Metz (right) are booked to play an exhibition golf match at High-

The former is

rated as the longest driver in the game and the latter is one of the leading money winners. Metz won the St. Paul Open yesterday and course while oytshooting a large field of Yop.

blistered the

double-play grounder to Kuhel, who booted the ball. Selkirk followed with a homer which made three runs Where the Yanks should have had only one. Selkirk rapped another homer—No. 17—in the fourth. Then in the ninth the White Sox scored three runs and had the tying run

on third base with one out when Dykes called for the squeeze play. Hayes missed the ball, and McNair was caught flat-footed off third. Hayes then tapped in front of the plate to end the. game, the Yanks winning 4-3. It was the third loss of the season for 39-year-old Ted Lyons, who in his glorious comeback has scored 10 victories. In the nightcap the White Sox won, 5 to 3, when Thornton Lee spellbound the Yanks. - With Jimmy Foxx driving in four runs with his 25th homer, a double and a single, the Red Sox salvaged the last game of the series from the Browns, 6-4. ‘Detroit won from the ‘ Athletics, 14-0 and 5-3. Buck Newsom scored

Country .Club here today.

He was out in 34 and ‘back in 35 over the par 72 course.

Paul Stayton and George Shafer of Andersen followed with 72s. Scores of other early finishers were: Max Buell, Greenfield, 39-39—78. Clifford Wagoner, Speedway, 38-41-19. Ed Parker, Anderson, 41-39—80.

-Dwight Mitchell, French Lick, 3944—83. W. K. Trusty, Speedway, 42-41—83. George Thomas, Marion, 42-46—88. Blaine Patton, Highland, 42-48—90. The 18-hole qualifying rounds today and tomorrow will determine the 31 starters in the match play

iwho will attempt to unseat Jimmy | Scott of New Albany, the defending

Dykes Begs Help of Jinx Destroyers; Hubbell Outlucks Page to Beat Cubs

his 12th win in the opener, yielding only five hits. Washington trimmed Cleveland, 5-2, behind Joe Krakauskas’ steady eight-hit pitching. George Case drove in three runs with two singles. The red-hot Reds continued to stampede the National League race, stretching their winning streak to 10 with a double victory over the Phillies, 9-2 and 5-1. Bucky Walters scored his 18th victory and seventh straight in the opener. The Cardinals beat the Dodgers

twice, 5-2 each time, and moved

back into second place. Carl Hubbell, pitching his third full game of the season, hurled the

Giants to a 3-1 victory over the

Errors by Dick Bartell and Billy Herman proved strous to Vance Page, who pitched a five-hit game, one of "the hits being Mel Ott’s 19th homer. The Bees beat the Pirates, 7-5, in the first game of a scheduled twin bill and were leading, 5-3, at the end of four innings in the nightcap

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3 . ° Horseshoe Champion PHILADELPHIA, July 31 (U. PJ). —Ted Allen of Denver, world’s champion horseshoe pitcher, today}

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Garfield Takes #% Swim Laurels

‘Garfield swimmers placed in- all but four of 16 events and took both relay races to win a four-way meet in their home pool against muncipal park teams. In the final point tally Garfield had 54%, Rhodius, 381%; Ellenberger, 35%, and Willard, 27. Helen

and ‘a third, and Florence Alkern, Willard, with two firsts, had the high individual scores in the girls’ and women’s divisions. High point-scorer among the boys was Robert Zahn, Ellenberger, who won the 25-yard free-style. and 25yard back stroke. The 100-yard

3 2—5| free-style for men was won by Wil-

liam Hinman, Willard, in 1:08.6.

Enter U. S. Polo Meet

PHILADELPHIA, July 31 (U.P). —The Philadelphia Country Club

t¢| riders prepared today to compete

in the: U. S. Polo Association tour-

‘| nament at Chicago in September 4;| after winning the Southeastern Cir-

cuit ‘championship with an 8-4 triumph over the West Shore Roam-

Clayton, Rhodius, with two firsts]

champion. A question of chief interest here seemed to be, “Does Scott, like Achilles, have a heel?”

Unquestionably the signs all point ‘the other way. In a warm-up proamateur tournament here yesterday, the New Albany sharpshooter led a team of four other brother amateurs to victory."

Ray Roberson and Tom Owens, In‘dianapolis; Bill Deal, Kokomo, and Emerson Gibbons, Anderson, had a best ball score of 64, with Scott, who had a 33-37 for a two-under-par

.| 70, doing most of the heavy work.

But he is going to have more comtar in a boiler factory. John David,

holder from the Hillcrest Country Club, Indianapolis, is one of those rated as strong contenders. David also had a 70 in his tuneup yesterday and startled one and all when he was able to carry the 275-yard 15th green with his-tee shot. - A group of juniors also cone’ 0 for heavy support. These include Dale Morey, Martinsville, who. took the State Junior title a few days ago; Stanley Sisler, South Bend, Junior tourney runner-up, and Jack Clements, Richmond, the- Junior medalist. Clark Espie, Indianapolis District titleholder; Dick McCreary of the Indianapolis Country Club, who won the title in 1937; Johnny McGuire, Indianapolis, winner in 1934, and Jack Taulman, Columbus, runnerup for the title at French Lick last year and a National Public Links co-medalist, also are listed amohg the favorites. There are other fine golfers in the field, any one of whom could walk off with the title. Among this group, to name a few, are Phil Talbot, Bloomington; Bill Reed, Highland of Indianapolis; Fred Grofiauer, Pleasant Run of Indianapolis, and former district champion, J. I./ (Ike) Cummings, of the Indianapolis Country Club, and Henry Kowal, Speedway of Indianapolis. The 36-hole qualifying round also will be used to decide the FatherSon Shampionship and the Qver-50 title. - Father-Son entrants included IL. O. Parker and son, Ed, of An-

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RAILWAY EXPRESS

See and drive

Bob Phillips, Anderson,: 39-41—80. |

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Gains Prestige

. Times-Acme Photo. Frankie Parker (above) deflated the Davis cup tennis team hopes of. Don O'Neill, in the Seabright finals yesterday by win-' ning in straight sets. O’Neill lost poise and control in the third set and was an easy victim. :

derson; D. I. and Bob Smith‘of Anderson, T. M. and Phil Talbot of Bloomington; W. A. and Don Kennedy of Martinsville: S. T. and Bob Boyd of South Bend, G. I. and Gardner Thomas of Marion, Paul and Roy Hill of Terre Haute, Jim and Paul Carr of Indianapolis and S. O.'Harrell of Bloomington, who will pair either with his son, Charlés or Bob, depending on which one has the low score. Entrants for the over-50-years-old award are Dr. H. L. Magennis of Highland, Indianapolis; Bill Deal of Kokomo and the elder Smith, Parker, Talbot, Kennedy and Harrell. Although this naturally is a tough course, the contestants were pleased with its condition and with the arrangements . made by - Anderson Country Club officials. G. B. Sefton, club president, has been. assisted by Johnny yang, pro; Leo Dunham, Fred Decker, D, J. Smith, B. A. Déllins and W. C. McLain. The theme of the whole thing was struck by an early bird gallerite who, in remarking that he had seen tournaments here before, said: «It will be-won this time by the fellow that keeps from throwirlg any curves.”

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