Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 August 1939 — Page 14

“Louis isn’t so tough and now I know how to fight him.”

“This is chance P've waited for. Louis is facing a mean man.”

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CUBS MAY FOLLOW WHITE SOX

NIGHT CROWDS

IT is rumored in big league circles that Wrigley Field,

home of the Cubs, will be

“lit up” next year for night

baseball. . «+ And if Owner Wrigley decides to go for the lights watch for the finest System in America to be i

stalled. A pennant; contender in

away under the arcs and pay ou

at park would turn ’ - the cost in equipment

and installation in short order. . . . Since the White Sox | are going for the night game, the Bruins are ynlkely

to be far behind.

The Pirates-wish the lights had been in when Gabby Hartnett

hit that home stride when

run in the dark last

September and knocked them off

ey were just about to clinch the pennant.

Larry MacPhail predicts a 900,000 attendance total for Brooklyn

this year. . The lights helped in a big way.

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. The Dodgers’ have already passed the 675,000 mark. . . .

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ITH Charlie Gehringer nearing the end of his marvelous big league career, it is reported the Detroit Tigers are feeling out ‘the. Yankees anent the Kansas City Blues’ second sack sensation,

Gerald Priddy. . . . However: Prid

Charlie Gehringer

dy told his manager, Bill Meyer, ecently that he wanted another year in Class AA. . . Bennie - McCoy, up from Toledo, is filling in for the injured Gehringer at present and doing a fancy job. It is said Indianapolis once had its clutches on Priddy when he was a kid on the Coast, only to have the Yankees step in and snatch the youngster. . . . Judge Landis ruled in the big leaguérs’ favor when the Indians took the case: to his court. 2 8 2 HE Indianapolis Indians snoved off for Columbus today to meet the Red Birds in a three-game series, opening tonight. . . . The Tribesters will return next Monday, battle the Birds and Mud Hens at Perry Stadium, go to Louisville and then come back to meet the Western clubs. . . . It will be the fourth and last invasion by the West. - Last games in Indianapolis will be against Louisville on Sept. 2, 3 and 4. . . . The Redskins finish on the road this year and will be at Louisville on Sept. 10 when the

curtain descends. . . . Next year’s closing date will be Sept. 18.

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WEEN the Detroit club next visits Washington, Sept. 17, a special double-header will be played in honor of Johnny Stone, who spent six years with the Tigers and four with the Senators. Stone will receive a check from Walter O. Briggs and Clark

Griffith, chief executives of the organizations. .

cover the mortgage on his 88-acre

It will more than farm in Tennessee.

Stone says that if he can ¢over that mortgage, he will be able to

work out his own problem. . torium. . of tuberculosis. 2 2

. He is in an Asheville, N. C., sana‘His savings were swept away fighting the early aytack

Oe of the summer’s best showings of ability to “take it” has been

given by Dick Bartell.

. The Chicago Cubs’ shortstop doffs his

cap to crowds that boo him and keeps his peace when the opposition

charges him hard at second base.

“I've hit plenty of guys hard trying to break up plays at second . base, so I expect to gét my share of bouncing around,” says the

Californjan. = ”

smmels probably will remember 1937-38 as the era of famous

sore Bridges,

rms. ., b Feiler, Mel Harder,

Paul and Dizzy Dean, Schoolboy Rowe, Tommy

Johnny Allen, Carl Hubbell, Hal

Schumacher, Clint Brown, Bill Dietrich and Bob Grove.

But 1939 has just as certain a

tag: The year of broken legs."

Spud Chandler, Earl Whitehill, Phil Cavarretta, Lou Chiozza, adie

Miller and| Van Lingle Mungo.

Henry and Lou To

NEW YORK, Aug. 1 (U. P.)— Lightweight Champion Henry Arm-

strong and the former titleholder, Lou Ambers,.

for their title fight scheduled Aug. 22.

“Both Atnistrore and Ambers, and

theif managers, already have signed contracts with Promoter Mike|t Jacobs for the Aug. 22 title battle. The fight is only three weeks away.

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met ‘with the New York Boxing Commission at noon today to sign commission contraets

Organize New Links Group in Indiana

' BEDFORD, Ind, Aug. 1 (U. P). —Doug M. Smiley, secretary of the Bedford Golf Board and editor of {the Daily Mail at Bedford, today headed the Southern Indiana Golf Association, organized at a meeting here last night. Frank Champ, Otis Park professional at Bedford and one of the qualifiers for the National P. G. A. in Indiana this year, was named secretary-treas-urer. e new organization, which janes in 10 Southern Indiana clubs, hold an annual tournament, thi year's meet to be at Bedford.

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Sports Editor

ARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. Aug. 1.—Robert Pastor is here ; doing - light training for his 20-round match with Joe Louis in Detroit,

Sept. 20. Bob has the same: camp ‘that Jor 3 Jack Dempsey on the shore of

Old Tom Luther is gone and

the. late Thomas C. Luther. built beautiful eight-mile long Saratoga

a modern White Sulphur Springs

Hotel has replaced the old ramshackle one which housed camp followers in Dempsey’s day and as far back as the time of Kid -MecCoy.. The new hotel is run by Tom Luther’s son and daughter,

Thomas F. and Margaret.

“I'm making believe: I'm Dempsey,” says the personable Pastor. “And I'll be Bitenty disappointed if I fail to do a good job of

looking like him when I

get Touls wheregl want him.” ®

Pastor is living in a cabin in the woods a mile and a half from his

training quarters, which are seven

miles from the Saratoga horse race

track. Attendants and sparring partners occupy the old Dempsey

cottage. *

Saratoga racing does not start until 3 o'clock, so Pastor tolls at

1:15 to attract racegoers.

No one has tackled Louis with more confidence.

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Pastor and his veteran 1 manager, James J. Johnston, to the rubber . ..

seems cock-sure tha there 1s to be

a hew heavyweight SHAmpion.

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i now a 193 pounds . ter with Lou Bob says. he

os expects to march front and. cen-

at between 182 and 186. ade a mistake in running from Louis n their first

meeting at Madison Square Garden in January, 1937 ... . asserts that

it was Jimmy Johnston's idea.

“I had never run from a fighter before and haven’s singe and honestly think that I would have stirred up plenty of trouble. for Louis ‘had I sailed into him toward the end of each round,” he declares. Johnston was the Garden matchmaker at the time. Promoter Mike Jacobs, who has Louis under contract, was the Garden’s arch rival

and it was said that Johnston was

willing to disappoint his own trade

to put a leak in the Negro youth’s reputation as a knockerout.. To make certain of this, the Old Boy Bandit put Pastor on a bicycle. “The most important thing I learned in that start was that Louis

is dangerous for only the first minute of a round,”

“And that he ha =

really hurt you. Old Jim Braddock

explains Pastor.

to hit you with a succession of punches to

was the only one he flattened with

one belt. Now, while I'm leaving my bicycle at home this trip, I don’t believe Louis is going to clip me with.a series of punches.

. WASN'T too accitomed to 10 first time and I have come on back a little.

“Joe no longer is a ‘hungry’ fighter. portant money ‘for four years and hds been champion two.

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rounds when I tackled Louis the

while he, in my opinior, J has gone

He's been in the ‘more ime He’s had

all the good things ‘of life and that doesn’t do a prize fighter any

good.”

Pastor developed his. fast pair of legs in the New, York University - backfield and again intends to make good use of them against Louis, although attack will play a vastly more important part in his tactics

on this occasion.

Pastor believes the 20-round route is to his advantage.

“Louis is a.one-track fighter,”

he goes on. “He comes out with

one plan of battle and he’s a novice when you untrack him.

“I promised Pop (Johnston) I'd knock him out.

I will”

And I believe

Bob Pastor will move closer to the battleground, Aug. 21. Meanwhile. he is absorbing much of the traditional atmosphere which surrounded Jack Dempsey at the Spa. The challenger, like the Samp, came up from the Golden

Gloves amateur ranks.

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David Still Par at 27

Medal

intercollegiate champion five strokes under par for the 27-hole threequarter pole. Meanwhile, Mike Kaperak of Rea Park, Terre Haute, who was hounding David with a sub-par 69 yesterday, blew up on this morning’s round and was five over par at the end of 15 holes. The trouble yesterday’s leaders were experiencing today was attributed to the fact that the holes were moved from the center of the greens to the corners, making _|approaching doubly difficult. # Today's early scores and totals for the two days of qualifying play: George Shafer, An-72—38-37~—147 Clifford Wagoner, Speedway, Indianapolis Dwight. Mitchell, French Lick 83—38-37—158

Max Buell, Greenfield 78—41-39—158

Ed Parker, Anderson 80—39-42—161 Bob Phillips, Ander- ‘ 80—40-41—161 George Thomas, Marion : W. K. Trusty, Speedway, Indianapolis. 83—41-43—167 Blaine Patton, Highland, Indianapolis. 90—46-42—178 David, whose home club is Hillcrest, had to bag a birdie ‘on the par 5 ninth to get his 36 his morning. "Even s0, it appeared that a 154 for the two 18-hole qualifying rounds may not be good enough to guarantee the entrants one of the 31 starti positions in the championship nt when match play begins tomorrow. With a Boilermaker’s power off the tees and the delicate .touch of a surgeon around the greens, David gave par a five-stroke pasting in carding his 67 yesterday. Gronauer Shoots 71

Two strokes back of David yesterday was Kaperak, whose 34-35—69 was three under par. Fred Gronauer, another Indianapolis boy who plays from Pleasant Run, and Dick Taylor, West Lafayette, were next with 71’s, while four more, including Jimmy Scott, New Albany, the defending champion, hit par right on the nose with 72's. Scott was just out shooting for (Continue on Page Fifteen)

Heavy Grid Ticket Sale On at Purdue

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Aug. 1 (U. P.). —Purdue University today opened the advance sale for the Boilermakers’ 1939 football season and officials predicted a record-breaking early demand. Particularly heavy orders were reported for the season’s Opener with Notre Dame at South Bend Sept. 30,. for the Dad’s Day game with Michigan State here Oct. 31, and for the home-coming game with Iowa, Nov. 4.

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5 Under Holes in

State Links Tourney

John Scores wn on First Nine in Seco Nine in Second Qualifying Round; Mike Kaperak Blows Up and Trails in

Effort.

By TOM OCHILTREE ° Times Staff Writer ANDERSON, Ind. Aug. 1.—Johh David of Indianapolis “and Purdue continued his quest of the State Amateur golf tournament medal today by carding an even-par 36 on the first nine of the final qualifying round at the Country Crum course here today. CE This, coupled with his phenomenal 67, yesterday, still left the State

Three Bouts ‘On Mat Bill

Kampfer, Sexton in Headliner at Sports Arena. .

Hans Kampfer, 236, German grappler, takes on Powerhouse Frank Sexton, 239, Akron, O., in the main event on -tonight’s wrestling program at Sports Arena. Two other bouts are on the outdoor card. Kampfer has shown here twice, winning over Warren Bockwinkle three weeks ago and beating Alabama Bill Lee last Tuesday. He has demonstrated power in his matches. Sexton made quick work of Babe Zaharias last week. Frank is of the aggressive type and hopes to turn in a victory over his German opponent. It is for two falls out of ree. Popeye Swenson, 227, rated a colorful matman from Minnesota, makes his first local appearance when he meets Dorve (Iron Man) Roche, 222, Decatur, Ill, in the semiwindup. It is Dorve’s initial tussle here this season. In the other tilt, Tug Wilson, 180, Jackson, Miss, engages Walter (Sneeze) Achiu, 175, speedy -Chinese performer. Action begins at 8:30. :

Schmeling Cools Off After Jacobs Writes

NEW YORK, Aug. -1.—Max Schmeling’s enthusiasm for regaining the heavyweight boxing championship has cooled since he was informed by Promoter Mike Jacobs that he must defeat Tony Galento, Lou Nova and Bob Pastor to earn the right to meet Joe Louis again.

Hi-Brus on Top in Extra-Inning Tilt

Wendell Pryor’s single, scoring Eddie Mumma, accounted il The Falls City Hi-Brus’ winning the 10th inning against oe ah Indians at Perry Stadium last night. The score was 4 to 3. Robold held the Indians, to five hits. Bon teams were erratic in the e

Women’s M atches

In women’s golf team matches at Highland yesterday Woodstock defeated Broadmoor, 91% to 81%, Pleasant Run won over Highland, 12% to 3%, and Meridian Hills downed

Hillcrest, 11 to 17. ,

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Amateur golf tourney:

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Charles Boswell. India Max Buell, Greenfield Wayne Clark, Evansvi Walter Chapman, Indiana Bob Harrell, Bloomington Victor Rose, And Ang

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C. F. Kam Spm eler, “ie Maurice May, India orton. ae E. R. Mason, Kokomo Rob Laverty. Prankfort - George Thomas, Marion R. E. Speck, Oaklandon C. H. Robertson, W.

Paul Slayion, Anderson . . Ray Kern, Frankfort sess ease Al 'Weidener, Evansy lle vee E.. L. Smith, Indi 1is

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1939

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Specializes in Links Fours

French oe or Over Mana. ger’s Head; Dean Pampering Is Resented.

By STEVE SNIDER United Press Staft Correspondent

nett, who has been in baseball long

# jlenough to threaten Ray Schalk’s

endurance record for catchers, faces his toughest job today in reassembling the dispirited Chicago* Cubs. For the first time since Hartnett becgme manager as well as star catcher, unrest among his players

Larry French, who went over Hartnett’s head to the front office in an

= attempt to obtain more pitching as-

signments. There are other problems. Several

: players openly resent the pampering

|of Dizzy Dean. Somé of the pitch-

Times Photo.

Phil Renforth of Coffin, Indianapolis, turned in a State Amateur golf qualifying card at Anderson yesterday that should be filed with the “you wouldn’t think it could happen” department. long and short, looked alike to him and he had 16 fours, a 3 and a 5. The first 10 holes he played in fours, and he got his par 3 on the 11th and par 5 on the 12th. After that he reverted back to fours and fin-

All the holes,

= HENRY McLEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. l1.—At long last Frankie Parker appears to have developed a forehand which gives him the all-round tennis game he lacked before. . . . It stood up under the attacking pressure of America’s ranking players at Seabright and he may yet turn out to be a fair-haired boy of the Davis Lup team. This department would hate to hang by its only two thumbs until

Water Polo At Longacre

The outdoor Indiana A. A. U. water polo championship meet for 1939 will . be held at the Longacre 2 swimming pool, 4700 Madison Ave. 2 | Sunday, Aug. 13. Regulation championship = gold, silver and bronze medals will be presented to the winning teams. Water polo has become increasingly popular with local fans and

31a large entry of local and out-of-

town teams is expected. . “This = tournament will provide local teams an opportunity to carry

1 (their intense rivalry to a neutral 1

pool. Outstanding State teams expected to enter are Ft. Wayne and Hunt-

3 ington Y. M. C. A’s; Frankfort, No-

blesville, Terre Haute.

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So tHE s| Baseball and Track

At Stadium Tonight

A double headline sttraction of baseball and track will be offered at

i 5 2 08 Perry Stadium tonight at 8:1

o'clock with e baseball. game bringing together the Kingan Re-

“45 go|liables and the House of David

team. Ray Staples and Luke Alli-

3— 89| son will form the Kingan battery.

The .other half of the double

5| program will feature Helen Steph89 ens, the Feat sprinter, jumper and

weight games.

of the 1936 Olympic engaging in races of either team.

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Men’s And

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{dar to tell that it is Aug. 1.

Parker May Yet Produce - Davis Cup Net Sensation

Tris Speaker gives the names of the 20 outfielders he said he could name who are better outflelders than Joe DiMaggio. . . . I keep thinking that T am on Speaker's list, and it makes me terribly nervous to think of having to come to a showdown against Joe,

The Cincinnati Reds are only a little . bit closer to their nearest rival than Mars is to the Earth and appear a cinch to win the pennant by more games than the Yanks. «ete 1 dOR'S want to anger my reader in Cincinnati (name furnished on request), but I'm afraid the Reds’ big lead is not the result of their having a super ball team, but that the other ball teams in the National League are very unsuper, ’ New Yorkers don’t need a calenAlways at this time of year Mrs. Helen Wills Moody is here trying to decide whether or not to play in

at Forest Hills. , . isn’t very great, however, because

minute she will refuse to send in her entry. Jimmy Johnston will have the humane society after him if he insists on going through with his plan of making his fighter, Bob Pastor, stand up and slug. it out with Joe Louis instead of running away." . . . Even his best friends won’t tell Pastor he can punch, and in a stand-up fight with Joe he wouldn't last as long as a keg of tbeer at an Elks’ convention Lou Nova will finish Tony Galento inside of eight rounds, stopping the belligerent barrel just as he did|, Maxie Baer—by cutting him to bits. The boxing commission should take time off at one of its musical comedy sessions and decree that Billy Conn must make his first defense of the light heavyweight title against Melio Bettina, the man he won it from in a fight as close as Siamese twins when her hugging. I don’t mean to be an old gossip— but: The best shortstop in baseball today isn’t playing shortstop. . He is playing second base for the Yankees and his name is Joe Gordon. . If you think Gordon is cute around second base, you should get a peek at him when he moves over to short in morning workouts i starts handling the

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ers have dropped sharp comments about Clay Bryant, the big righthander who hasn't felt up to pitch-

ing since May 8.

‘Moath-Long Mystery Hartnett’s own aloofness and re-

| [fusal to accept advice from seasoned

players drew complaints from more than one when the club returned from its last Eastern trip. Appearance of French for a conference with - Owner Phil Wrigley yesterday. climaxed a month-long mystery of why the left-hander has not been given a starting job. Since an injury to Earl Whitehill, he is the only left-hander available. Larry was reported in Hartnett’s “doghouse” because he had asked to pitch to Gus Mancuso who had caught him in his successful assignments at the start of the season. After that report was circulated French was permitted to start only one game in a month and. a half, although he had maintained a much better pace than last season when he ‘won 10 and lost 19. He now has won six, lost five. -

Owner Draws the Line

Wrigley drew the line between the ball field and the front office; refusing to intercede in French's behalf. In a 350-word statement, he said: “Larry French did not ask for his | release and had no complaints except that he would lke to work more often to warrant his continued employment, but realized that his opportunities to pitch were up to the manager. I naturally agreed with him.” : When Hartnett was made manager, Wigley declared he had full responsibility. Since thén, the veteran catcher has stood .alone, ac~ cepting all the credit and all ‘the blame. In addition, Hartnett has been forced to resume his regular catching job to add distance hittin the Cubs’ attack. He has caught 1709 games in his 17-year career, only 12 games short of the all-time record set by Schalk. If he catches 100 games this season he will be the first in history to catch 100 or more games 13 different years.

Amateur Boxers Busy This Week

Washington Park, Beech Grove and Rhodius Park will be the scene of amateur boxing shaws this week, all under the supervision of the Marion County WPA Recreation Bureau, . Boxing Supervisor Hugh McGinnis is rounding up the young glove tossers for the series of bouts. Tonight's program will be at Washington Park, Thursday's at, Beech Grove and Friday's at Rhodius.

Community Center and Beech Grove High School Board are co-operating in staging the entertainment. Admission is free. A band concert at 7 o’colck will precede tonight’s show at the Wash-|. ington arena. Boys wishing to appear on the programs should be on hand at the various parks not later than 7 p. m. Boxing starts at 8:00. Bouts at Beech Grove are held on ground adjacent to the high school.

Bowling Meeting

held tomorrow at the Fox-Hunt Alleys, 8 p. m. Bernard J. T. Thompson is secretary. :

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Pirates Buy

Give Cash and Players for Lanky Southpaw.

PITTSBURGH, Aug. 1 (U. P).— The Pittsburgh Pirates today “announced the-acquisition of John A, Gee Jr, 6-foot 89-inch southpaw pitcher, from Syracuse of the Inter« national League. : The purchase price was undisclosed but reportedly exceeded $10,000 and included four players to be selected by the minor league club next year from the Pirate farm teams.

Gee's record since leaving the University of Michigan to enter organized baseball in the middle of the 1937 season shows 37 victories against 18 losses. During the pres-

victories and four defeats. The 23-year-old-star is leading his league in strikeouts, whiffing 90 batters since the start of the seasno. He will report to the Pirates Sept. 10, unless Syracuse goes ‘into the league playofis. The Pirate transaction reportedly climaxed spirited bidding between Pittsburgh, the Giants, Cubs, Yankees and Senators.

Mako Loses

SOUTHAMPTON, N. Y., Aug. 1 (U. P.)—Gene Mako, Davis Cup star, round of the Meadow Club tournament today by Robert Peacock, young University of California player, 6-2, 3-6, 6-1, It was the second upset of the tournament. The first star to take the count was Bryan Grant, Ate lanta, who fel lin the first round yesterday before Henry Prusoff of Seattle. ‘Peacock’s attack was far too potent for Mako to handle. year-old Californian, who looks like Don Budge in action, stormed to the net at every opportunity and volleyed and smashed his way to victory. Gilbert Hunt, Washington, D. C, almost met Mako'’s fate, but finally won over Hal Surface of Kansas City 6-3, 9-11, 7-5. Surface gave a great ekhibition before going

Bobby Riggs, Chicago, eliminated Carlton Rood, of Brooklyn, 6-4, 6-0. Joe Hunt, Annapolis Plebe, moved into: the third round with a victory

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