Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 August 1939 — Page 18

eter Astra Picked to Win Harness Horse 1

By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Service Sports Editor

OSHEN, N. Y., Aug. 3.—Peter Astra, a bay son of Peter gVolo, is - Time

Peter Astra, a 2-to-1 favorite, is an all-Ohio horse. He is owned y Dr. L. M. Guilinger, ‘a. country practitioner of Andover, which is He is trained nd driven well by Hugh M. (Doe) Parshall; a veterinarian of Urbana,

I picked to win the $40,000 Hambietonian Stake at “in this little cross-roads town, Aug. 9.

‘@utside of Ashtabula and the home of all of 906 souls. hich is situated some 20 miles out of Springfield.

Dr. Guilinger, shy, short and bespectacled, has had two offers of 25.000 for Peter Astra, but the country physician who dislikes sending to patients says he isn't interested in rather important money of

‘sort when it comes to parting with his colt.

2 What Dr. Guilinger is after is the honor of winning the Hamble-

LE the Kentucky Derby of the harness world.

And, of course, the $20,000 share of the purse that goes to the

gener of the standardbred which comes down in front.

ETER ASTRA has bagged four consecutive starts this year and earned $10,640 to top all 2-year-olds in 1938. Thus far he has

raced in 2:02%, equaling the fastest time made by McLin when he won the Hambletonian a year ago.

As formidable as the lithe Peter Astra appears, however, he has

at least a half-dozen real rivals.

Horsemen suspect that Ned Abbey

may turn out to be the toughest to beat, although he did not amount to anything as a Juvenile and little is known of his 3-year-old capa-

bilities.

It is because the veteran Walter (Long Shot) Cox has Ned Abbey that sharpshooters are watching this fellow. McLin also got nowhere as a 2-year-old and Cox kept him so much under cover that nobody believed he had a chance in the 1938 Hambletonian until a week be-

fore the horses went to the post. Bagpiper, the proper

of E. Roland Harriman, president of the

Grand Circuit, and trained and handled by Harry Pownall, is the

most consistent of the crowd, with

the exception of Peter Astra. This

colt, sired by Guy Bbbey, which got Greyhound, is second choice.

AUNTLET, with Vic Fleming up, torzed rapidly to the fore in the last few days. He stuck close to Peter Astra in their last m

¢ In Maine. The Abbot, named after a world champion of the "00s, is

expected to finish in the money. He is owned by William 3. Str rang of Brooklyn, J. J. Mooney of Fremont, O., and the renowned -trainer= driver, Benjamin nklin White. The latter has twice bagged the Hambletonian . . .’with Mary Reynolds in 1933 and with Rosalind, the story book filly, in ’36. ' Desperado, another Peter Volo, is given a chance to win and to salve Paul Bowser, the Boston wrest] promoter who suspected he had the 1938 winner in DeSota. Tommy Berry trains and drives Desperado. : : Others which cannot be counted out:are Lyrmite, owned by J. J. McIntyre of Cleveland; Bunker which belongs to the State Line.

Farm of Union City, Ind., and Belmont Hanover, a Calumet Chuck driven by the ‘bespectacled veteran, Charley Lacey. ;

Derby at

UT ‘the best of those Who face the barrier will have to be in in top form and then some to trim Peter Astra. Even the fact that out of the last half dozen Hambletonians four victors nave been outsiders doesn’t discourage Dr. Guilinger and Doc. Parshall. Although the Hambletonian holds top billing and .interest at the triangular mile track, the full week's $100,000 sulky program parades such stars as Rosalind, 1:56%, and Billy Direct, 1:55. Flanking Hame bletonian Day is the Arthur 8. Thompkins Memorial for 2-year-olds, Aug. 8, and the Progressive Stake, featuring Rosalind, 1936 Hambletonian winner, Aug. 10. The Good Time purse for free-for-all pacers on Hambletonian Day will see Billy Direct, the world’s fastest harness horse,.sweep into action with Vic Fleming handling the reins. Greyhound, which will ‘be at the track all week, is expected to take a bow at least. The Grey Ghost may attack his Goshen track mark of 1:58%. It’s to be a grand revival of the wholesome sport of horse and buggy days.

By Eddie Ash

GABBY PURCHASES A FULLBACK BUT HE CAN MASH THE POTATO

State Golf King Sets Swift Pace

BILL NICHOLSON reported to the Chicago Cubs recent- % ly with the knowledge that Kiki Cuyler, former Na-. tional League star and‘ Chattanooga manager, believes hefl make the major grade. . .. He graduated from Washington College, in Maryland, where he starred as a plunging

fullback. : But Bill steered away from the gridiron later and landed on the diamond. . . . The Cubs gave the Lookouts $35,000 for the big fellow who may really justify Manager Gabby Hartnett’s opinion of his possibilities. © Nicholson stirred up a lot of fence-busting activity in the:Southern Association. . . . ‘

In 98 games the 24-year-old recruit outfielder, who swings from the deft side and throws right, blasted 23 home runs, most of which cleaged Chattanooga’s right field fence, 375 feet away. “The Wrigley Field wall is only 353 feet removed from the plate. « . & This fact, combined with the information that Nicholson hit around .350 for Cuyler’s outfit, including 122 hits for a total of 231 bases, confirms the suspicion that Hartnett may have fallen heir to a valuable chattel. ‘With Chattanooga, Nicholson drove home 76 tallies, scored 80 himself, and besides the 23 home runs, had 27 doubles and eight triples. . . . Fullback ‘Bill tips the scales at 204 pounds.

Schalk May Join Brewer Organization

ILWAUKEE reports say that Ray Schalk, Indianapolis’ ex- , manager, and Bob O'Farrell, former major league catcher and manager, are being considered for places in the organization of the Brewers. . . . Schalk caught for Milwaukee before going to the White Sox. ‘Mike Kelley, who has seen many players, including shortstops, in his time, says that his juvenile star, Jimmy Pofahl, is a performer without a single fielding weakness. “One can’t often say that about a young player,” said Mike, “but _ it’s true about Jimmy. He can go to his right or left, knows how to go back for fly balls hit into short left and center, and he has a fine arm.” . Not much more than that can be said. ’

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N:the event the Redlegs cop the flag it is said the club officials will ask the Cincinnati| City Council for permission to block off York St. ... . If permission is granted, the left field fence at Crosley Field will be torn down and circus seats erected for the World Series. . .. It is estimated that this, will add 5000 seats: Cousin Tom Hafey ‘ot the Giants belted a home run yesterday while Cousin Bud Hafey of the Reds looked on. . . . The Terrymen have now knocked off the National League leaders nine times in 15 clashes. . . . They are the only team holding an advantage over Deacon McKechnie’s boys.

Twin Careers.for Hash and Lacy

URCHASE of Pitcher Herb Hash and Catcher George Lacy by the Boston Red Sox climaxes one of the most remarkable twin careers in baseball. These Minneapolis players started out together at Richmond Unie versity in Virginia. . . . They were the collegiate battery; Hash was a star center in basketball and Lacy a star guard. . .. Upon graduation, they: were separated for one year only, then found themselves together on the Rocky Mount club in the Piedmont League. - They became the property of the Red Sox, but, when the Red Sox bought Louisville after an affiliation with Minneapolis, they turned the two over to Mike Kellev. So they came to the Millers together last spring and rose to star=dom together, culminating in their joint sale to Boston. The sum was unannounced cash and two unnamed players, with the guesses running from $25,000 to $40,000. = 2 = 2 3 ”

Reports persist around the American Association that this year will end the tie-up between the Toledo club and the Detroit Tigers. . President Waldo Shank may try to go it alone in 1940, as does Mike Kelley in Minneapolis, or try to make some other affiliation. Toledo was going badly enough before the Tigers lifted the Hens’ star pitcher, Freddie Hutchinson, and the key to their infield, Second Baseman Benny McCoy. . . . Without this pair the Hens can do little more than finish out the schedule.

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Scott Beats Morey, 7 and 5, For Third Victim; David Stays in Race.

By TOM OCHILTREE Times Staff Writer ANDERSON, Ind, Aug. 3.—Defending Champion Jimmy Scott of New Albany continued his waltz through the formidable array of challengers to reach the semifinal round of the State‘ Amateur golf tournament here today.

* His third victim was Dale Morey of Martinsville, State Junior champ, who was vanquished, 7 and 5 on the 13th green, the same spot Scott sent his two previous match-play. opponents back to the clubhouse. - John David of Hillcrest, Indianapolis, the tourney medalist, also advanced to this afternoon’s semifinal round at the expense of George Shafer, Anderson’s baseball-playing golfer, 4 and 2, after the latter's

- | putting collapsed on the back nine.

Shafer missed a 3-foot putt on the 11th to allow the intercollegiate champ to move far out in front.

Speedway Player Wins

Henry Kowal of Speedway, Indianapolis, vanquished rangy Stanley Sisler, South Bend, runnerup in the State Junior tourney this year, by a 3 and 2 count. Maurice-Rogers of Frankfort defeated Earl Thomas of Richmond 1 up in 20 holes to advance to the semifinal round. Both carded Tl's for 18 holes.

morning was one of the best cards since the tourney opened Monday. Par is 36.

Sensation on Greens

in town on the out nine. He scrambled occasionally on the fairways but on the greens he looked like a National Open champ, one-putting seven greens and missing the other two by a whisker. It was chiefly this phenomenal

had opened the round with tremen- | dous drives and long second shots. But watching the defending champ’s 15 and 20-foot putts dropping con'sistently apparently spoiled the youngsters own green work. At the sixth tee the strain began to tell on Morey’s long game and when they reached the 10th Scott had a comfortable lead of 5 up.

He Pitched 9 Innings

David and Shafer staged the closest battle on the first nine holes with the picture changing three or four times. As the Anderson boy prepared to tee off on the first hole, somebody in the gallery asked: “Heard you played baseball last night, Shafer. Aren't you tired?” “Naw,” Shafer replied. “They wanted me to catch, but I told them it was too tough, so I only pitched nine innings.” As they went into the eighth the match was all even, but David carded a birdie 3 to Shafer’s bogey 5 to take a 1-up lead which he held by matching Shafer’s birdie 4 on the ninth. Sisler, in his match with Kowal, was off to a shaky start. He couldn’t find the green with his approaches, losing the first and third and eking out a half on the second. His birdie on the fourth narrowed the gap, but Kowal came right back to take the fifth. Kowal dropped the sixth with a double bogey 5 but he copped the o| eighth and matched strokes with his 4! opponent on the seventh and ninth. Both men carded 39’s for the firsi nine.

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Rogers ‘also had a red-hot putter. He took only nine strokes on the first eight greens and a total of 11

_|for the first nine holes.

On the par.5 seventh he was one up on Thomas, who curled in a 40-

304 | foot putt for a birdie and it apag3|{ peared that the match was tied up 9 because Rogers third was some 14 feet away. But with the pressure,

on, the Frankfort star putted straight to the cup for a birdie to halve the hole. The two that are left then will

Scott's 33 on the first nine this |

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 3, 1939

Links Medalist Makes Grade

Tribe Goes After Third Over Birds Johnson or Barrett to Hurl

Series Finale; French Wins, 5 to 3.

Times Special . COLUMBUS, O. Aug. 3.—Lefty Lloyd Johnson was in line to chuck ’'em off the mound for the Indianapolis Indians tonight in the third and last battle of the series at Red Bird Stadium. Red Barrett, right-hander, also was reported in form and ready to answer the call‘to the Tribe rubber. The Hoosiers made it two straight by downing the Birds last night, 5 to 3, with Don French doing their pitching. He was touched for 14 blows but kept. them scattered and got the breaks of the game. He was ‘lextremely effective in the pinches. Columbus was off form in the field and committed six errors. Lanier

mound and the Indians won. on eight safeties. Adair and Moore belted doubles for the winners and Sturgeon and Fisher got two-bag-gers for the Birds. -The Indians will open a fourgame, three-day series at Toledo to-

home park on Monday.

Equestrian Tryouts

Olympic team equestrian tryou will be held at Ft. Riley, Kas, Sept. 29-Oct. 5, Ma). Gen. John K. Kerr, U. 8. cavalry chief and chairman of the Olympic Equestrian Committee, announced today. Both civilians and Army men are eligible.

Yankee Monopoly

TORONTO, Aug. 3 (NEA). —

John David,

battle it out over the Country Club course for 36-holes tomorrow for the title which to date has been so ably defended by Scott.

On the basis of performance in yesterday’s first and second round matches which saw John David, the biceps boy of Hoosier golf, alternating flashes of links genius with a loose-pointed, brash and slap-dash style of play, Scott has become an even greater favorite to take the crown again. This isn’t to say that David, the Indiana Intercollegiate champion and medalist of this tournament, has lost cast, because he hasn't. The prediction is being made that he will be the other survivor with Scott about the time they turn the street lights on.

First and second-round play yesterday was unique in many ways. A half dozen of the 16 first-round matches were decided on the 18th green, the golfing equivalent of winning a football game in the last two minutes of the game. After the entire field shot steady golf in the morning, the survivors, for the most part, played hacking rounds’in the afternoon. There were two decided upsets in the first round ‘(Continued on Page 21)

Wants to See Joe Going in Reverse

NEW YORK, Aug. 3 (NEA).— James J. Johnston, manager of Bob Pastor, is thinking of running the movies of the New York lad’s first fight with Joe Louis backward . so as to make it look as though the champion is .doing the bicycling. Johnston promises that Pastor will not backpedal every step of the way in Detroit, Sept. 20, as he did at Madison Square Garden, Jan. 27,

1937.

(above) Indianapolis, the tourney medalist, took another step forward in the State Amateur golf quarter-finals at Anderson today by eliminating George Shafer, the ball player-golfer, 4 and 2. The winner was 1 up at nine holes.

Thomas Gets

Lou and Mickey to Headline

American professionals have won all Canadian Open golf championships since 1914.

Walker Test

Local Ring Card.

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bition between Mickey Walker and Lou Thomas, the Hercules A. C. has

scheduled a 34-round boxing show to be staged at Sports-Arena next Thursday. Walker, former middleweight and welterweight champion, is barnstorming the country in a search for promising heavyweight talent and agreed to stop in Indianapolis and put young Thomas through the paces. Lou scales 195 pounds and is anxious to resume his fighting career after a long absence from the roped arena. Matchmaker Kelse McClure picked Thomas over other Hoosier DEE for the Walker - test because of his experience and past record. Mickey, the old Toy Bulldog, retired from active boxing several years ago but still is interested in the sport and hopes to assemble a stable of heavyweights.

Italian Title Bout

MILAN, Aug. 3 (U. P.)—Mario Casadei won the Italian middleweight boxing championship last night, defeating Luigi Alesandrini in 15 rounds, on points.

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By HENRY M’'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Aug. 3.—A drummer boy without his sticks, a gamecock without his spurs. That is what some of the Xperts were likening Henry Armstrong to as he started training today for the defense of his lightweight championship against Lou Ambers in Yankee Stadium late this month. Armstrong’s hands are gone. You hear it everywhere you turn among boxing men. The little bundles of

crumbled at last from their eternal pounding. If they have it’s no wonder. For more than a decade Armstrong has thrown his fists almost without cessation. He was never one to stall, even for a moment. From bell to bell he has waded in, stayed close within = the firing range, and pumped, pumped those fists of his. They have bounced off jaws, skulls, ribs, elbows and shoulders tens of thousands of times.

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With Hands Shattered, Homicide Henry Starts Training for Defense of Title

weights, welterweights—he has taken them all since 1929. Not a boxer but a fighter, Armstrong has called on his fists more than any man of his time. They were his attack and his defense at one and the same time. Behind a barrage of leather, a never-ending barrage, he waged and wo nhis three titles. He kept the condition of his weapons pretty much of a secret until two months ago when he defended his welterweight championship against Ernie Roderick in Lon-

bone and muscle, they say, have|don

They gave him tremendous trouble in that fight. Early in the bout his left hand got so bad that he had to use it almost as a club, striking with his wrist. For days after the bout his left arm was black and blue almost up ta the elbow and his fingers were horribly swollen. He went from London to Paris for treatment, and came away from the French capital singing the praises of a surgeon who, he said, had made

| his hands well again. Yet they must

not have béen too well because

and treated his hands with & mud Peure.

And today, in his camp in Pompton Lakes, Henry squeezes hard rubber balls, palms heavy stones, and swaddles his fists like new born babes before sparring or punching the bag. The outcome of the fight literally ; is in Henry's hands. Given two solid) fists, he will be too much for Ambers. But if he has to go in there under the stadium lights with broken hands the Herkimer Italian may well sive him his first defeat in 47| Ambers hasn't Armstrong's class or punch, but he is as game as they come, fast as a streak, and hits hard enough to cut and slice. He fought| Henry to a fare-thee-well last Sep-| tember and he is better now than he was then. :

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Clair M orris, s Jane Garman Stage Finals

SOUTH BEND, Ind. Aug.-3 (U. P.).—Clair Morris of Indianapolis teed off today against Mary Janej Garman of Hammond in the final match of her State Junior Women's Golf title defense. She advanced to the finals of the State tournament yesterday by defeating hard-hitting Sue Land of Richmond, 2 and 1, in a match that went fairly evenly until well past the ‘mid-point. | Miss Morris showed her power under pressure by sinking a 30-foot putt on the 17th green. Miss Land had encountered trouble on the 16th and the defender clinched the match with her 17th hole birdie. Miss Garman shot an easy 8 and 6 win over Carolyne [Pickering of|

Mrs. Lawson Little is as expert Anderson in yn semifinal

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Indianapolis Columbus Runs ba ted in—Lanijer, E. Browne, Adair, k 2. Two-base hits—Sturgeon, air, Moore. Stolen bases—Adair, k. Sacrifices—Moore, Galatzer. E ays—Franks to Sturgeon, Rich-| Erwin (Moose) Graf,'center and coe

Bon anapalt 8: Columbus, | Captain of Marquette’s 1939-40 base 0. Base on balls—Off Lanier, 3; Andrews, |ketball team, is in a hospital with &

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