Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1939 — Page 18

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By Eddie Ash

T IS fairly possible that Clint Brown of the White Sox + will approach the American League record of pitching in 66 games. . .. He's worked in 48 as a relief hurler and has won 10 and lost seven. . .. The Sox have 38 games

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x Ed Walsh of the old White Sox of 1906 set the junior loop record of 66 games, but he was a starter, not a bullpen operator. «esl that season Big Ed went the route in

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three ‘straight games, and that was the season,- too, which saw Walter Johnson" of Washington pitch three straight. shutouts in a series’ with the New York Americans. The big league relief pitching leaders of 1938 all have fallen by the wayside. . . . First, there is Mace Brown of the Pirates, who last year worked in 51 games without pitching:a compiete job. . . « He made just two starts and, with 15. won and 9 lost, put the Buccaneers into ihe race. This season, with Cy Blanton's arm gone’'dead and Rusty Bauers also suffering flipper trouble, Pie Traynor had to convert Brown

into a starter.

Last year Dick Coffman of the Giants, with 51 appearances, also threatened the National League's modern record of 56, set by Christy Mathewson with the Giants in 1908, a grand year for pitchers, and matched in 1937 . by Hugh Mulcahy of the Phillies.

s + « Coffman’s ‘record in 1938 was eight and four.

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Walter Brown In 43 Last Year

ALTER BROWN, also of the Giants, was another relief marvel

last season...

. The former Yankee worked in 43 games, winning

five and losing three. . . . But for injuries, he might have matched that

pace this year.

In the American League last year the relief wonder was Johnny ‘Murphy of the Yankees, who appeared in 32 games and won eight,

with only two defeats.

Murphy would have found himself in strong demand the last two weeks, but he has been nursing an injury. :

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T= biggest year in the comparatively short history of relief pitch-

ing as a definite specialty was 1927. .

. That season Wilcy Moore,

who had come up from Greenville in the Sally League to win 19 games and the pennant for the Yankees, worked in 50 contests, with only six

complete. .

. He led the league in earned-run efficiency with 2.28.

While Cy was achieving this, Garland Braxton and Fred Marberry.

were doing amazing relief work for record by pitching 59 games without won 10 and lost 9. Marberry had appearances. 2

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the Senators. . . . Braxton set a going the route even once. ... He 54 relief assignments in his 56 2

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Made Relief Hurling a Profession

jf eEREY really was the inventor of relief hurling on an exten- . From 1924 through 1927 he pitched in at least

sive scale. . 50 contests annually. complete games in 225

those

four years he turned in only 11

In 8S Fred started his s re” bullpen achievements in 1924 with

44 relief stunts in 50 games. . 64 in 1926 and 56 in 1927.

. He pitched in 55 contests in 1925, . He didn’t stop there.

... He had his

ups and downs until, in 1932, Firpo pitched in 54 games.

In his first 10 ing total of 465 games. 2 ” ”

years with Washington, Marberry had the astonish-

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Moun SHOFFNER, now on the Reds’ mound staff, had a trial with the Cleveland Americans in 1929 and the first batter he

faced in major league warfare was the one and only Babe Ruth.

He fanned the Babe

Shoffner won two and lost three for Cleveland that se ason and then began a long tenure in the minors before the Boston Bees

acquired him in 1 Scranton of the Ne a shutout in his first start

37 after he had won 17 and lost 13 games for York-Pennsylvania League. . . . Milburn pitched for the Bees.

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NEW YORK, Aug. 24 (U. P.).— di The heat was off of both major league pacemakers today. The Yanks, getting a little sick of constant barbs about their lack of power, shelled out a double victory over the White Sox, 7-2 and 16-4. Thus in three games in two days in Chicago the Yanks scored 37 runs against a third-place club that had run off seven straight wins. The Yank lead is now eight games.

The Reds, playing with two regulars on the bench, handed the Phillies a 3-0 defeat and increased

and one-half games. The Cards, who. had been burning up the league, dropped their third straight Rating the Cards off their form in Brooklyn, they'll have to fight to keep the Cubs from wresting second place from them during the current Eastern trip. With Paul Derringer keeping his 10 hits scattered, the Reds, without Lonnie Frey and Bill Werber, won their 17th game in 19 starts with the Phils. Harry Craft’s homer decided it. Frank McCormick drove in his 100th run in the eighth.

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is the new safety apron being constretch at the Indianapolis is the black surface at left.

Workers apply creosote to the posts for the new guard rails. These posts are to be buried in the ground 6 feet, and the rails which they will support will be of wood with steel facings. 4

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1989

Aussies 5-2

Yugoslav Squad.

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass, Aug. 94 (U. P.)—Australia was a 5-2 favorite to win the inter-zone Davis Cup final from Yugoslavia as the best-of-five series began today at the Longwood Cricket Club. The

|winner will challenge the United

States for the cup the first weekend in September. In today’s opening singles matches, Adrian Quist, No. 2. man of the Aussie team meets 21-year-old Drage Mitic, youngest member of

the Yugo squad. Quist was a heavy

favorite. In the second tussle, however, Ferenc Puncec, the slashing Yugo was given a good chance against Jack Bromwich, the ambidextrous No. 1 ace of the Anzacs. The Yugo team of Puncec and Franjo Kukuljevic was not given much chance against Bromwich and Quist in the doubles test tomorrow.

-|1f Puncec wins today, the outcome | of the series will not be determined

until Saturday’s final singles matches, in which today’s opponents will be reversed.

Louisville Jars Hopes of Millers

By UNITED PRESS The Minneapolis Millers’ pennant hopes faded slightly today as a result of a Louisville Colonel uprising which finally downed them on the short end of a 11-9 score last night. The leading Kansas City Blues did not piay. The Miller-Colonel game went 13 innipgs before Louisville scored the two-run margin mainly on Minneapolis misplays. The Millers used five pitchers, Smythe being charged with the loss. Rich, for Louisville, the fourth hurler used by the win-

their National League lead to five]

Al Hollingsworth, rescued from]

ners, got the victory.

didn’t allow a run ‘until he had a 6-0 lead.

- The Cubs moved up within 312 games of the Cards when they bumped the Giants, 8-3. Gabby Hartnett and Rip Russell each drove in three runs as Harry Gumbert and Jim Lynn were routed. Leiber and Herman hit homers.

The Bees grabbed two from the Pirates, 1-0 and 3-1. Bill Posedel barely missed pitching a no-hit, norun game. Pep Young's infield hit, which Warstler fielded in deep short but couldn’t make the throw in time, prevented Posedel from getting a no-hitter. Danny MacFayden scattered njne hits to win the nightcap.

Rookie Atley Donald held the White Sox to three hits in the Yanks’ opening victory. It was win No. 13 for him. The Yanks collected 19 hits in the nightcap off Lee and Boyles, with Joe Gordon hitting a homer with the bases jammed. Red Ruffing coasted to his 19th victory. With Jimmy Foxx and Bobby Doerr getting “4 for 4” each, the Red Sox blasted the Browns, 9-1.

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Keniweks Open Goes To Louisville Pro

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Times Special OWENSBORO, Ky. Aug. ou ~The Kentucky open golf championship today belonged to Bill Kaiser, Louisville pro, for the second straight year. He won the title yesterday when he shot a 146 over the second 36 holes for a 72-hole total of 294. Jimmy Scott of New Albany, Ind.

placed second among the amateurs with a 303.

Heat’s Off Major League Pacemakers: Yanks Lead by 8 Games,

Reds by 5 1-2

Fria Ostermueller allowed only four

The Athletics beat the Tigers, 7-6, in 11 innings. Seibert hit a homer in the 11th, then Chapman singled and Lodigiani doubled to score the

two nage runs. Fred Hutchinson was th

Roberson, Cork in

Speedway Finals Ray Roberson and Harold Cork, finalists in the Speedway Golf Course club championship tournament, are to meet over the 36-hole route within the next 10 days for the title. In a closely contested match yesterday, Roberson, ‘defending champion, advanced to the finals by de-

district titleholder, 1 up, in 18 holes.

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feating Clark Espie, Indianapolis

Redskins in Miller Lair Begin Last Western Swing;

Drop Brewer Finale.

The Indianapolis Indians were rolling toward the Twin Cities today where they will go to bat against

{the “enraged” Minneapolis “Millers

who booted one away to the Louisville Colonels last night and lost ground to the Kansas City lexgue leaders. : : The Redskins open a brief series a Nicollet Park in the Flour City tonight and move to St. Paul Saturday. It’s the Tribe's last swing through the Western cities and the main object is to cling to third place. The Hoosiers ended a good home

:|stand last night but are still 17%

games back of Sie ‘pacemaking Blues. Indians and Millers have met 20 times this season and the standing is a draw—10 victories apiece. There are two tilts to go between them in the Millers’ bandbox park. The Indians’ Western trip calls for a total of 11 games, two at Minneapolis, four at St. Paul, three at Kansas City and two at Milwaukee,

Brewers Get 16 Hits

Milwaukee captured the honors at Perry Stadium last night, 6 to 4, simply by getting more hits. As a matter of fact the Brewers collected. 16 blows to eight for the Tribesters. Don French, striving for his 15th victory, was knocked out of the box in the seventh round and Mike Balas, his successor, was just fair improvement. Ed Carnett, southpaw, held the Indians to two hits and no runs in five innings. Allen Hunt's triple with one aboard accounted for two. Tribe runs in the sixth and three singles and an error helped the home boys to two markers in ‘the ninth.

Roy Johnson Triples

The Brewers’ big inning was the seventh when they chalked up four runs on three singles, Roy Johnson's triple and a Tribe error. Their other two tallies were scored in the second on Johnson's double, a single and an error. Johnny Hill paced the Milwaukee attack with four blows in five times at bat. He skied out in the first

for “four for four.” Indianapolis’ best hitter was Hunt with a single and triple. A crowd of 7383 turned out on “Radio . Appreciation Night” and saw the Indians fall in defeat. It was a “ladies’ night” attraction and the turnstiles clicked into big numbers.

Bunion Shuttle ‘Race

In field events staged before the game Dee Moore of the Indians won the accurate throwing contest, home plate to second base; Hockett, Milwaukee, won the accurate throwing event for outflelders, and Roy Johnson of the Brewers won the bunion shuttle race, home plate to second and back. ‘In this last event the players ran in their stocking feet to . second, donned their own shoes and raced back to the starting point. The Indians’ will be against the Louisville Colonels Sept. 2, 3 ring down the curta Tribesters will Anish the schedule on the road. The Redskins have 23 games remaining on their schedule.

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Gun Program In Semifinals

Hoosier Wins Class D Title At Vandalia.

VANDALIA, O,, Aug. 2% (U. P)— The doubles target championship and preliminary handicap make up. the semi-final program of the five day, 40th Grand American Trapshoot today. The Grand American Handicap with a $10,000 purse will be shot tomorrow. Jack Lindsay, 22-year-old ice cream manufacturer from Okmulgee, Okla., who was shoofing'in his first Grand American, blasted 200 straight targets to win the Class “AA” crown yesterday. Names like defending champion Phil Miller of French Lick, Ind. Joe Hiestand, Hillsboro, O., farmer, and other high-average gunners didn’t mean a thing to Lindsay, who two years ago took up skeet shooting and won. the national skeet title last year. Other class: champions crowned yesterday included: Class A,’ Rufus A King Sr., Wichita, Tex.; Class B, E. H. Schmidt, ‘Xenia, O.; Class C, Geroge R. Dillon, Maysville, Ky.: Class D, Gene Adrian, Monroeville, Ind. The professional title went to Fred Tomlin of Glassboro, N. J. who broke 50 straight in a shoot-off after smashing 199 x 200 in the regular 1 ing.

Cup Team Works Out Behind Closed Gates

HAVERFORD, Pa. Aug. 24 (U. P.) —Secret drills on canvas-inclosed courts were held today by the United States Davis Cup squad after Capt. Walter Pate threatened to move the players to a secret rene dezvous unless spectators were barred from the Merion Cricket Club. Workmen earlier hung huge green canvas over the screen surrounding the courts and a sign was hung on the gate into the area. It read: “Secret praglicenTians Cup.” : .

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These posts_are to be installed apron. Purpose. of the

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expansion: occurred this year in the accident in which Hops Roberts was: Skilled

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Designed to Give Drivers More Room to Maneuver Attention Focused on Straightaway Width by Crackup Fatal to Roberts in Race Last Spring.

By TOM OCHILTREE

Indianapolis Motor Speedway officials’ latest safety answer to match|" the mounting speeds of the annual Memorial Day 500-mile race isa giant

the inside of the back stretch.

Designed to give drivers maneuvering room when an accident jams up traffic on the track, this new construction varies in width’ from 50 to 30 feet and extends five-eighths of a mile. It has gravel and tar surface, which gives it a sharply contrasting appearance to the asphalt

The accident in last spring’s race which cost the life of Floyd Roberts,

in 1938, and resulted in injuries. to

two other drivers and two spectators focused attention on the ‘straight-

away width. ‘A 50-foot safety apron already had been built inside each curve, and more than once during the qualifications and the race itself, drivers had ducked their cars down off the track into these spaces and avoided serious accidents. i

‘The three: principals involved in} the Roberts crash had no such choice. They were coming out of the southeast curve, sometimes referred to as “death bend,” and were almost directly opposite the spot where the track narrowed off at the head of the back stretch straightaway. Bob Swanson, 26-year-old pilot from Los Angeles, had gone in on the previous lap to relieve Ralph Hepburn in a car that had proved to be a hard one to drive even in practice: runs before the qualifications.

Field Neared 300-Mile Mark

The field was approaching the 300-mile mark in the race which thus far had seen record after record tumble. At 150 miles the speed was approximately 122 miles an hour and hadn't dropped off much up to the end of 275 miles. Trying valiantly to keep the Hepburn car up with the field, Swanson went into a slide, and the cars driven by Roberts and Chet Miller, 36, Detroit, piled up in ‘quick succession. Both spectators were injured by fiying pieces of guard rails. No one can say for a certainty that the accident wouldn't have happened if the new apron had] been installed for the last race, but| it is evident there would have been more room for the two following drivers to get around the Swanson car.

Guard Rails Being Built

' New guard rails also are being installed down both ' sides of the back ' stretch. These are of wood with - steel: facings, and ‘the ingide rail is along the inside edge of the apron. The rail posts are sunk in the ground six feet. Grady Brothers Construction Co. is doing the grading and surfacing work, and while construction of the apron is almost finished, the rails will not be completely.installed until Oct. 1, it is estimated. Since Ray Harroun won the first 500-mile race in 1911 at an average speed of 74.59 miles an hour, the pace ‘has crept up with a few halts through the years. Roberts’ average in the 1938 race vas 117.200; which remains as the record, chiefly

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[Aces Off in Hagen Meet

Guldahi, MecSpaden Made Early Favorites. fh)

"CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (U. P)— Modern masters of professional golf hail the grandest trouper of them all—Walter Hagen —in an cedented tournament today at the scene of a triumph that started h colorful career. i ‘ Haig, paired with his old pal, Gen Sarazen, led eight teams over th turf at Midlothian Country Club & the “Friends of Hagen” invitationa, four-ball tournament involving $5400 in prize money. At the end of four ° days the team with the most “up” ° holes on the field will be declared champion. The first time Hagen set eyes on the Midlothian course was in 1914, He, was an unkviown then, only. 2, and emerged i. his. first U. 8S. ‘open championshi; In their first eh of the your robin, Hagen and Sarazen met Paul Runyan -of White Plains, N.Y. pd Horton : Smith of Chicopee, Ralph Guldahl, ‘Madison, N. J yo Harold (Jug) McSpaden, Winches ter, Mass., were the early favorites. Other matches today: Guldahl and McSpaden vs. Tommy Armour, Chicago, and Jimmy Thomson, Shawnee on Delaware, Pa.; Denny Shute, Huntington, Pa., and Dutch Harrison, Oark Park, 1, vs. U. B. Open Champion Byron Nelson and Dick Metz of Lake Forest, Ill.; P. G. A. Champion Henry Picard, Hershey, Pa., and Johnny Revolta, Evanston, Ill, vs. Ed Dudley, Philadelphia, and Billy Burke, Cleveland.

Gold Medal Nine To Play Richmond

‘The: Indianapolis ‘Gold Medal Beers and the Richmond Kautskys, both undefeated in the Indiana - Ohio League playoff series, will meet at Citizens Park at Muncie Sunday. Muncie's Gold Sox will travel to Lafayette to meet the Red Sox in another I-O playoff game and, since each team has lost one game the loser will be eliminated, + Middletown’ eliminated = Brazil from the tournament Tuesday and tomorrow night will -entertain the Indianapolis Firemen. Defeat for the Armcos will eliminate them. The Firemen were rained out in their scheduled elimination game with Richmond but defeated Dayton last Sunday and: the: defeat eliminated the Monarchs.

‘Win Links Tourney ' | Posting a score of 73, Leonard Oliver and T. Roberts ¢f Lake Shore and B. Wilson of South Grove won yesterday's all-amateur best ball golf tournament at Lake Shore, Charles Rutherford of Anderson, H, Kohiman of Pleasant Run and Dr, George Snyder of Muncie scored 4

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