Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 August 1939 — Page 14

By Eddie Ash

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PICKING 0s VITT'S SUCCESSOR RUMOR FACTORY SAYS L. SEWELL

1 baseball rumor factory has set the machinery up : | for heavy business as dog days approach and some ‘big league managers are in the dog house. . . . At Cleveland, the gossipers say Os Vitt, the Oscar Pepper Kid, is on his way out and that the veteran Luke Sewell is slated ‘to take over the ball club’s managerial reins next season. § The Cleveland Indians, as usual, are far from being one big happy family and until they knocked off the Yankees in a double-header in New York last Sunday Vitt was

‘having a tough problem. © There are strained relations between Cyril Slapnicka of the front office and the field pilot. . . . Vitt and the players resent the manner in which Jimmy Webb, shortstop and «one of the more popular members of the outfit, was shuffled off to Buffalo while at the peak ‘of his game. == Cy Slapnicka decided to recall the brilliant young second basing bination, Louis Boudreau and Ray Mack, as an added attraction for a night game with the Browns. Slapnicka had to give the Bisons a replacement for at least one of them, so picked on Skeeter Webb, who believes he demonstrated that he was of major league caliber.

Santa Claus Comes in Midsummer

ANTA CLAUS comes to John Niggeling, 34, in August and in the twilight of his career. He earned the promotion the hard

Dodgers

By HENRY M'LEMORE

United Press Staff Correspondent

EW YORK, Aug. 8.—Men have been driven crazy by much simpler things than managing the Brooklyn baseball club. Yet Leo Durocher, after four months at the job, is wearing no Napoleonic cocked hats, planning no perpetual motion: machines, and, to tell the truth, appears entirely sane. He has not allowed the daffiest of all baseball setups to unloosen as much as one bolt in his mental machinery. With remarkable detachment he has worked with such problem children as Van Lingle Mungo and Boots Poffenberger, listened to the round-the-clock babbling of Larry MacPhail, and handied that Border line specimen, the Ebbets Field fan. Durocher has not only handled the club as manager without adding a line to his face or a gray hair to his

head, but he has played on it to the improvement of his.

own game. He is hitting as well or better than he ever did in the major 1eagues and his fielding is as flawless as that of any man who patrols the hot sector between second and third. No one ever expected such results of the man they call Leo the Lip. 'As a player, first with the Yankees, then with the Cards, and finally with the Dodgers, he was a man to give plenty of sass and take none. He gave no indication, with his boiling temper and unflagging ag-

way and Indianapolis fans hope he makes the grade with Cincinnati's league-leading Reds. Some fans probably will criticize the Indianapolis club for selling its ace chucker in early August ‘and Tribe President Leo T. Miller expects just that. . However, as he points out, baseball is a business and cash is required to meet the payroll.

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CCORDING to Miller, the “gate” at Perry Stadium this season has not been sufficient to meet the operating cost . . . and when the Reds offered cash on the line for Niggeling, he accepted. : ! The Indians were trailing the A. A. league leaders by 1712 games . ‘at the time the deal was made . . . and that probably was another ‘reason for selling the veteran. 8 2 8

IGGELANG and his Tribe mates saw the situation in a different light. . . . The goal of every ball player is the big show, where it’s fast company and more money than in the minors. In Niggeling’s case, hell probably receive a 25 per cent increase in salary and with a chance to cut in on a World Series-melon. ' The Reds are 316 games in front and are taking on John as pitching insurance. . When not used as a regular starter, he’s a pretty safe bet for a rally stopper and Manager McKechnie is exested to use him in that role.

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Bomber Must Forsake Golf

OE LOUIS, the Brown Bomber, is at Co-Manager Julian Black’s summer home at Stevensville, Mich., to begin preliminary work for his heavyweight title defense against Bob Pastor in Detroit, Sept. 20. ‘Co-Manager John Roxborough says the champion will be allowed one \ round of golf every other day but tMat after he moves into camp mearer the battle ground, Aug. 20, he will have to hang up his clubs until after the fight. “If-we let Joe have his way, he would pile golf on top of essential road and ring work,” explains Roxborough. “He would get too ‘much exercise with the danger of going stale.” : Golf has been Louis’ principal recreation in Detroit since his engagement with Tony Galento. . 2 ” =

INCINNATI'S Reds already have played before 120,000 more people at Crosley Field than they did a year ago. : In their first 44 games at home the National League leaders performed before more than 550,000, which is greater than the population of the Queen City.

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OE MIHAL, elected to a starting tackle position with the College All-Stars in their football game with the New York Giants, Aug. 30, returns to his Purdue alma mater in two capacities this fall. Mihal earned a distinguished student rating in school, highest scholastic award the Hoosier university confers. He returns to West Lafayette as assistant freshman coach and assistant manager of

men’s resident halls. . . . In addition he will study for his master’s ._|

degree.

Baseball at a Glance

make them like it.

gressiveness, that he could handle a team of men and

: But here he is today doing one of the best managerial jobs in the league, and in one of the toughest spots. With

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Charley Dressen > . He Tells Leo what's coming.

Leo Durocher . . . “Everybody says we're screwy.”

a team that not even the relatives of the players on it would call greaf, he is running neck and neck with clubs | better equipped, and gunning with both barrels for one of the better berths in the first division. Interviewed yesterday shortly upon his return from a Western trip that saw the Dodgers play better than .500 ball, Leo was wearing a diamond tie clasp given him by his players after the series in Cincinnati. He modestly disclaimed any credit for the Dodgers’ successful journey.

0 e 1 b “It’s no trouble managing the team Tve got,” he sil, } “Everybody says we are a strewy bunch, but all we do is hustle and try on every pitch. 1 don’t look worried do 1? I don’t have any trouble with any man on the team.” : Leo gave Coach Charley Dressen credit for his own improved hitting. Once known as the all-America out, Durocher hit the ball at a .333 clip in the West and is crowding .300 for the season. | “Charley is the best one I ever saw for tipping a pitcher's mitt. He tells me what's coming and I swing.

He told me before the season started that he’d boost my,

average 40 points and he has done it.” | Durocher gets indignant when any one attenipts to belittle the‘efforts of MacPhail, president and general mane ager of the Brooklyns. ; “Larry’s got more ideas than anybody in the league. He made the Reds when he was in Cincinnati and he’s making Brooklyn. What do they pay off on in baseball? You know, what comes in through that gate. The dough, in other words. Well, we've already drawn better than 700,000 at home this season, and last year we didn’t do much more than that all season. And we still have some 20 home games to play. I don’t know if I'll be around to manage the team, but MacPhail'll have a pennant winner in Ebbets Field before long.” ; Leo denied any plans to try to get Joe Medwick from the Cards and said that his penthouse rendezvous with Joe in St. Louis was purely a social visit. |

“We're just pals,” Leo said.

ball all evening.”

“Didn’t mention base-

That’s right, folks. All of you who believe that will please stand on your heads over in the corner.

With the Best

Harriett Randall . . . Indianapolis hopes—

Randall One Down at Nine

Bea Barrett Shoots Best in Early Western Play.

DETROIT, Aug. 8 (U. P)— Beatrice Barrett, Minneapolis, shot the best golf of the morning today in the first round of matgh play of the women’s Western closed tourney at Oakland Hills Country Club. She

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was 5 up over Virginia Lindblad, Joliet, Ill, at the end of nine holes. Miss Barrett was out in 38. Jane Goodsill, St. Paul, was one 1| up on Harriet Randall, Indianapolis. 1| Dorothy Traung, San Francisco, was two up on Hope Seignious, Detroit. Mrs. Russell Mann, Milwaukee, took a three-up lead over Mrs. H. C. See2 hausen, Chicago. Marion Miley, Lexington, Ky. tourney medalist, was two up on Jean Kyer of Ann Arbor, Mich. Elizabeth Hicks, Long Beach, Cal., fired a 38 to take a lead of two holes over Mrs. J. H. Bradley, Detroit, at the end of the first nine. Patricia Stephenson, Minneapolis, was 4 up on Mrs. M. J. Joyce, Detroit, and Eleanor Dudley, Chicago, was five up on Mrs. Lililan Zech, Chicago.

Boxes Baref oot

‘SYRACUSE, Aug. 8 (U. P). Ralph Dejohn, Syracuse, light heavyweight, held a 10-round decision over Yako (Newsboy) Millich of Sacramento, Cal, today following their bout in a rain last night. To keep from slipping on the rainsoaked canvas, Millich fought the last two rounds barefoot.

Amatuers and Semi-Pros==

City Tourney

"Allowing but one hit and striking out eight, Ray Johnson pitched Van Camp Hardware to a 6-1 victory over Schwitzer-Cummins All-Stars in the feature’game of the Softball ( Association of America’s city tour- ' ‘nament at Belmont Stadium last Hig ht. A base on balls, error and fielder’s swhoice deprived Johnson of a shutout. Schwitzer-Cummins Stokols defeated Headquarters Company, 84, in the only other game played. Real Silk won by forfeit from Neversweats. - Three games are on tonight's ‘card. At 7 o'clock, Lincoln Chiropractors play Ballard Dairy Products; Salvation Army faces Brookside Deans at 8 and Duke & Shaw wis scheduled to meet Brightwood Merchants at 9.

2a County Tourney

“fndiana Avenue Markets, defendHES Marion County champions, will see action against the strong E. C. Atkins team at Stout Stadium tonight at 9 o'clock. At 8 the United Laundries are to battle Mission Orange. Both are tourney tilts. .~ In the same tourney competition WIRE is matched with the fast Ajax Beers at Softball Stadium at 8, and at.9 Gem Coal takes on Illinois Street Merchants. Smoky Joe Blas-

éngame is slated to pitch for the G

a Last night's Marion County tourney results: ¢ Siandara Grocery, 7; Schoettles Mar-

Rogers Jewelry, 7; Seven-Up, 1. ‘Rockwood Buddies, 7; International Hargesters, 5. Jasmployment Compensation, 17; Emanuel Ba “7 Bixteen teams remain in the tournby running and tonight's play opens pe third round. Advance sale for ee WIRE-Ajax game was reported

heavy by Indianapolis Softball Association officials.

: SOFTBALL A senior softball tournament is to be sponsored by the WPA Marion County Recreation Department Aug. 14 to 18 with the elimination games held at public park diamonds. ; Teams under WPA supervision as well as other aggregations are invited to enter. For additional information write H. E. Wincel, 1518 Kennington St., or call Fay Wardwell, HE. 1840. Entries are to be Higlled to H. Palmer, 1426 Hoefgen

The Brookside Deans won a dou-ble-header over the Illinois Street Merchants Sunday, with the scores of both games being 1 to 0. All Dean players are requested to meet at Baker's at 6:30 p. m. today.

R. C. A, winner of the Em-Roe Girls State tourney last year, again are in competition and hold a 3-2 victory over the Hoosier Athletic Club girls. A girls’ tournament is to be held Sept. 3-4 at Forest Park, Noblesville. Entries should be mailed by Aug. 15 to Everett Babb, Em-Roe’s, 209 W. Washington St.

Schedule for the Bush-Feezle Factory League for play tomorrow: Apprentice Printers vs. Paint & Color, arfield 1. »

a Gitson Co. vs. Advance Electrotype, Wil-

aur Ia & Chemical vs. Boys Club, WIRE plays the Patrick Hemry team at Marion tomorrow. It’s a Bush-Feezle State League game.

BASEBALL The East Side Cubs, who won

are S Wy play at Milton this Sunday.

The team has open dates Aug. 20 and 27. For games write Emerson Cox, 525 N. Keystone Ave., or call CH-3325.

Model Dairy lost to the Morgan Packers, 6 to 3, at Austin last Sunday. This team has an open date this Sunday. State nines are asked to write or wire Bill Rider, 856 Massachusetts Ave. or phone LI4201 during the day.

Empire Life and Accident Insurance nine won by forfeit from the Union Printers, 9 to 0, and lost 9 to 6 to the Richardson Co. team of the Manufacturers’ League. Kelso of the Empires allowed no hits after relieving in the fifth. Next Sunday Empires play Ajax Beers at Garfield Diamond 3. All players report for practice tomorrow’ at Rhodius Park, 4:30 p. m.

The Cardinal A. C. will practice at 3:30 p. m. tomorow on Garfield 2.

John Corydon, 16, of Corydon, Ind, is “looking for work” as a catcher. He reports his batting average is 450.

The Southport Red Birds today held a 8-5 victory over Bedford, Ralph Carinine, second baseman, driving in five runs. Sunday the Birds play at Bloomington. For a game with the Southport team Aug. = write K. A. Osbome, 1103 Hanna ve.

Heavies in Bout

DES MOINES, Aug. 8 (U4. P.).—A 10-round return bout between heavyweights Maurice Strickland, New

Zealand, and Johnny Paychek, Dés Moines, was postponed last night

from Ellettsville last Sunday, 4 to 3,| because of rain ang will be held to-

night

Times Sports

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1939

Cincy Reds Facing Climactic 13 Days; They’ll Meet Cubs in Twin Bill Today

Then Come Cards and Bucs; Plenty Depends on Western Games.

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Aug. 8—Whether the Cincinnati Reds are getting ready to go into one of those nosedives for which National League August pacemakers are famous will

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within the next 13 days. During that span they take on the three Western clubs, the Cardinals, Cubs and Pirates, for 14 games before making their final Eastern invasion. After 10 straight

wins the Reds tapered off last week losing four out of six. The Cardinals have charged up to within 71, games of the league leaders by reeling off nine in a row. Nine days ago the Reds looked invincible behind a 12-game lead.

Reds vs. Cubs Today

The next two days will be highly important to the Cubs, defending champions, and the Reds, pretenders to the throne. “Those two clubs will tangle in doubleheaders today and tomorrow. After leaving Chicago the Reds go to St. Louis for three games in two days and then return home for two games each with the Pirates, Cubs and Cards. Dixie Walker, former American League. outfielder, made a successful Brooklyn debut when he singled home the run in the 10th inning that gave the Dodgers a 7-8 victory over the Boston Bees in a night

gam A row of 27.950 saw the Dodgers come from behind twice to tie the score before winning out in the 10th to go into undisputed possession of fifth place in the National League over the idle New York Giants.

Donald Up for Duty

Interest in the American League centered. on the Yanks-Senators game at Washington, where Atley Donald, Yanks’ sensational freshman, will attempt to bring the Bronx Bombers out of a mild slump and snap the Senators’ seven-game streak. Joe Krakauskas, who has won six of his last eight games and two straight, will oppose him. The Cleveland Indians scored three runs in the eighth inning to come from behind and beat the St. Louis Browns, 6-5, for their third straight win in a night game before 16,467. Ray Mack and Lou Boudreau, Buffalo recruits, each made an auspicious debut. Boudreau hit a triple and a single while Mack drove in the tying run with an in-

field out ‘and scored the winning marker.

Kemp and Hughes On Boxing Bill

Wesley Kemp and Norman Hughes, local fighters, were paired today by Matchmaker Kelse MecClure to box a five-round preliminary on Thursday's boxing card at Sports Arena. Hughes, who turned professional early this year, was undefeated in four recent local battles, while Kemp has had eight fights here this year and dropped only one decision. He won three by one-round knockouts. Headlining the program will be an exhibition between Mickey Walker, former middleweight and welterweight champion and Lou Thomas, local heavyweight. Al Sheridan and Noble Bowers, local lightheavyweights, are to meet in one of the four-round preliminaries, In the eight-round main go, Patsy Patterson, Somerset, Ky., and Joey Palmo, Cincinnati, are to swap punches. They are featherweights. Two other featherweights, Tommy LaFever and Jack Smith, both of Indianapolis, are to meet in the sixround semi-windup.

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Boxing Billed at Washington Park

Amateur boxers will take up where |qp.¢ a they left off last week and stage a Ek phi 1 wrey fistic show at 8 o'clock tonight at|Bonura. Giants Washington Park. The Beech Grove HOME RUNS 5 i ® 1 boys won three out of their four Gat a 31 sear aa ..18 bouts last Tuesday and they'll be|Greenbers. Tigers 20 back to repeat tonight. RUNS BATTED IN A band concert at 7 p. m. will

Major Leaders

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Williams, Red Sox 87(Johnson, #thletics 82 Foxx, Red Sox 35 Gree nberg, Tigers 81

start the entertainment. McCormick, Reds 8

Lloyd Johnson Slated To Toss Against Birds In Second of Series

Indians Startle Home Fans By Belting Home Runs And Triples.

Lefty Lloyd Johnson, who has been doing all right of late, is tagged to handle the mound chucking for the Indians in the second of the series against the Red Birds at Perry Stadium tonight. The seventh-place Columbus nine is booked here through tomorrow and will be replaced by the Toledo Mud Hens on Thursday before the Hoosiers again hit the road and depart for Louisville. Don French lasted the route on

the Tribe rubber last night andj, finished on the head end of a 6-to-4 Buc]

score for his fifth straight win. He has won 12 and lost five.

The home boys had the distinction | crespi

of blasting Nate Andrews out of the

box in the fifth inning—no mean |g

achievement. He's usually poison to the Indians but in the series opener

- | they pounded him for nine blows in

four innings, including home runs by Don Lang and Myron McCormick, triples by Nolen Richards son and Jimmy Adair and a rousing double by Jesse Newman. McCormick Celebrates Needless to say, McCromick wardanced after smacking the horsehide over the wall in the fifth. It was only his second round-tripper of the season and he felt like a muscle man as he rounded the sacks. It was homer No. 10 for Lang. The hits were 11 each and chief trouble makers for French were Long Jack Winsett and Eddie Morgan. Jack walloped a homer in the second, bounced a double off the right field wall in the fourth and sent Galatzer near the wall for his mile high fly in the sixth. Morgan collected four ‘singles ‘in five trips to the dish. The Red Birds

“blew” a chance for a “big” inning |3hace

in the third when they failed to score after getting runners on third and first with none out. French really put something on the sphere in that round by forcing Fisher and Franks to pop out to the infield before Earl Browne sent a long fly to McCormick. : Tribe Turns on Power Newman's double, scoring two mates in the first was a red hot

|drive which hugged the left field

line. Andrews was deflated in the fourth when Lang homered and

H Pet.

Richardson and Adair hit for three sacks. Then McCormick, first up in the fifth, combed his homer and the derrick was called for the Cojumbus hurler. The Birds were a real threat ix

19 the eighth. Fisher singled and

Franks doubled him to third with

_|uone away. Browne skied to Galatzer whose throw to the plate chased

Fisher back to third. This time French was careful

against Winsett and got him on a towering infield fly. Fisher tallied on Lang’s fumble and Adair tossed out Sturgeon to retire the side. Attendance was approximately 3000 including the feminive fans out on ladies’ night. Young Democrats of Marion County have reserved a number of seats tonight and will. be there to root, for the Tribesters who have clipped the Red Birds’ wings 11 times in 15 clashes this season. - - .

Indians

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Runs batted in—Pisher. Winsett, Sture geon, Newman 2, Lang, McCormick, Baker. Two-base hits—Newman, Winsett, Franks, Three-base hits—Richardson. Adair. Home runs—Winsett, Lang. McCormick. Sacrifice —Baker. Double plays——Newman to Riche ardson, Stu eon to Pisher. Left on bases Indianapolis ; $3 Siruck oi oy an on balls—Off Curlee, ruck out—! Jrenst, 3: Andrews, 3: 1. Hits—Off Ane the rin h; i hi 4 innings in & ne °% Be i ple the fifth; o urlee n 4. | Umpires—Bond 2 y Genshles.

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Harshany Recalled

TORONTO, Ontario, Aug. 8 (U, P.) —Sam Harshany, Toronto Ine ternational Raseball League club catcher here on option irom the St. Louis Browns of the American League, was recalled by the major

league club.

At 8 p. m. Friday Willard Park will resume its regular boxing schedule. Among those tentatively entered in either the Washington or Willard bills—or both—are Earl Paul, Jimmy Buhr, Charles Teckenbock, Don Day, Herb Clark, Bill Gaither, Harry Firestone, Dutch Flack, Kenneth Messengale, Billy Sinclair, Cliff Goodwin, Paul Polly, Dutch Kuntz and Earl and Floyd Alderson. Roy Rogers is the referee. Both entertainments, free to the public, are supervised by the Marion County Recreation Department of the WPA.

No. 20 of a Series

Local Typos Battle Boston in Tourney

Times Special BALTIMORE, Aug. 8.—After defeating Chicago, 15 to 8, yesterday, Indianapolis Printers were paired with the Boston nine today in the Union Printers’ International tournament. Other games today: Pittsburgh vs. New York, St. Louis vs. Baltimore, Washington vs. Detroit, i vs. Twin Cities, Cincinnati a bye Other results yesterday. Washington, 18: Saliimore, 6. New York, 16; St. Loui Twin Citi

17; Poson, 19: Cinc

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