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PPESDAY, SEPT. 5, 1939

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White Carries Highland Links Ace to 36 Holes Before Yielding; Russ Thomas and John Harrington Victors in Consolation Flights.

On City Amateur Title,

By TOM OCHILTREE

Bill Reed, the precision swinger from Highland Country Club, today had another year's lease on the Indianapolis Amateur golf championship. but his 18-year-old opponent, Ray White, South Grove, held him to the links equivalent of a photo finish. Their title match at Coffin Golf Course yesterday was scheduled for 36 holes, and it went the full distance with Reed holding off a last stand surge to win 1 up. For hay fever sufferers, the red-eyed slaves to rag weed pollen, there was something of a scientific note in connection with these proceedings. Apparently these boys proved that concentration will hold back sneezes. Both had the urge to ka-choo

from the time their match started | ° * | in the morning until they tottered| Shelbyvil e mn in on wobbling spikes from the las, : * green, but as any hay feverite N t al M t knows, once you let go there is no a 10N ce turning back, and these lads were ———— exceedingly intent on their golfing. |

Keep It to Themselves | Merchants Down Whiting in To show how well they succeeded, | State Softball Finals. |

their plight wasn't generally known | until after the firing was over and, they had been called forward to receive the accolades of victory and near-triumph.

Turnesa, defending champion, and the cup he won last year. sidered a principal threat in the approaching tourney.

> : By HARRY GRAYSON last September, and his long game! in the American Softball Associa-| NEA Service Sports Editor on od helped by the extra weight. tion's national tournament to be| GyENVIEW, IIL, Sept. 5—Marvin| And there are others among the \ " held at St. Louis, beginning NeXt warq of Spokane and Wilford 171 actual starters who are thorThey played a thrill-studded COM. Tuesday. : Wehrle of Racine generally are con- oughly capable of stirring up plenty | petitive round, neither one being The Merchants won the state title sidered the principal threats to of trouble at match play. able to pile up a large margin, but 1Ast hight BY (aking one BATE OF & | willie Turnesa's title in the United| among these are the former, their medal scores showed they gamnoe Whiting was the 1-0 victor | States Amateur Championship over|champions, Johnny Goodman and | were both considerably off their in the first game, while Shelbyville | the North Shore iooamuy Club Johnny Fischer: Charles R. Yates) best efforts. Their cards compared came back in the nightcap to firj< | SOMISe ere Ppt. 13-10. lof Atlanta, former intercollegiate | with par follow:

Shelbyville’'s Merchants today began preparing to represent Indiana |

umph, 2-1. The Merchants annexed Powerful Bud Ward and Wehrle, land British Amateur titleholder: the first game of the three-game master of the half shot, |series Sunday night, 3-2. | demonstrated their ability to match champion; Chick Harbert, longest A double by Claude Smart scored the best efforts of topnotch pro-| driver among present-day simon- | Carl Dusty to give the Kampos their | fessionals, but they have no mon- pures; Bruce McCormick of Pasa{lone run in the first game. Scores: opoly on the situation. | dena, Cal., public links ruler of 1937; | | Wee Willie Turnesa is 15 pounds Richard Chapman, the cafe society | |star who was a semi-finalist a year)

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The | sportsmanship award was won by | Swart.

gow Css eeg (Hammond to Represent Scheduled 36-hole matches also Indiana at Chicago were played in the other two Times Special flights - yesterday with RUSS] SOUTH BEND, Ind, Sept. 5.—| Thomas, Riverside, defeating John The Hammond Civics will go to Si. . ills. in the first C! icago Thursday to represent In-| Nelson, Meridian Hills, in hn Har. diana in the national softball tourconsolation, 1 up, and John Har-inament there. The Civics scored rington, Coffin, defeating Peter their second straight victory over

Grant Jr., Indiana University team the Terre Haute Prize Winner captain. 3 and 2, in the second Breads last night to advance into consolation. _ |the national meet. The score was Sentiment was pretty well di- 2 to 0. vided in the gallery of approxi- | ——————————————————— mately 300 persons early in the | Reed-White match, but the mer-| Ql d B jcan characteristic of rooting home | ra er 00sts a long shct was evident Wi jae . . last few holes when it looked like | D t R L d White might score an upset. Ir acing €a Warm Weather Attractive Su—————— He is a serious blond youngster|,, ..c.. who played on the Shortridge gOlf| gp payp, Minn, Sept. 5—Gus team from 1936 through 1938. He gq 40 "of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was| plans to ente. ma University! go) on his way today to regaining | this fall, and one of the reasons 1S|j, 1 ternational Motor Contest As- | that it is warm enough down here |... vinnc dirt track championship. | to play golf the year around. | He took a big lead in competition | For used ee South yesterday by winning the 12-mile! rove, there co ) i S favorites, for he regarded them | [ature race bP iiing rate More than 100 12-foot vachts break canvas in the “Flight of the both as “his boys.” When Reed Was! total. Second in the race was| In southern California. just a little fellow Stonehouse 8aVe| pyr Collins of Lemars, Iowa, who him his first lessons at Riverside yo ¢ Gut Shrader for the crown in to lay the groundwork for his game, 1938 jimmy Wilburn of Portland,

Surprise Pulled— Horses To Run Again at Detroit

A change developed through the budgeting difficulties of the Michigan State Fair. Miller. Dunckel, state treasurer, pointed out that the Fair was in danger of falling behind

South Grove since he was 8 Years | ercon, N. J. fourth. Shrader turned old, also has picked up valuable te 12 miles in 8:24.28. pointers from the same teacher. = Chiefly because of the six he took

sn the seventh hole, Reed was one] . Wh Re end of the first ane Four Table Tennis and he didn't help his cause any by

losing Nos. 10 and 11 by taking three strokes to get down from the

DETROIT, Sept. 5 (NEA).—An, |nouncement that a fall race meeting |

Meetings Carded fringe of the green ngs | will be held at the Detroit Fair . Lunch : . | Grounds, Sept. 14-Oct. 7, was a 3 Ever.al Lane A ores Of four meetings for the rprise to all save those with ears|in its premium money. If bad Reed took a hitch in his belt then Organization of fall table tennis g,iiyned to turf affairs. weather cut the attendance, he said, d won the 13th, 16th and 17th | leagues will be held this week 2 When the spring meeting closed |the result might be one of extreme Sh Hite touch With his 1 Paddle Club, 307 N. Pennsyl-|aaiy in July, the public under- embarrassment. holes ss White's toue y (Vania St. Teams and managers as standing was that the thoroughbreds | So, the Detroit Racing Association, irons temporarily deserted him, and well as those interested ih playing| would be seen nere no more until | headed by Clarence E. (King) Lehr that made them all even when they |areé requested to attend. 11940. Owners shipped to Chicago, | was asked to stage a fall meeting went to lunch, both having medals] At a meeting tomorrow night new york, Cleveland, Kentucky and | to stave off possible financial trouble of 15. ' [Sommers ial and club peas will De other racing centers with no thought | for the Fair. At a daily rental of : i organized, while a meeting for that another opportunity would be $2500. the 21-day program will pour Both took 42s on the first nine of church teams will be held Thursday ppo 3 3 the afternoon round, the poorest | iont. Friday's meeting will be for, ered in Detroit before next year. | $52,500 into the treasury. mark they each had over this long |, women's league ahd & Saturday | a stretch, but Reed had a 1 Ubimorning meeting at 10 o'clock for | margin as they left the 27th green.|, poy league. All night meetings | He increased this to 2 up when... scheduled for 7:30. they got to the 34th hole, and |

Await Answer on Future of Hockey — | The St. Catherine’s League will

White's chances then looked slim-| gi ‘Share Golf Laurels the Euro- | Open its season at 8:30 p. m. Thurs-

mer than a race track sandwich. But White is not the give-up-easy . 3s j , bn, At Meridian Hills SIA/8 SHSWEP a ho nw |day at the Fountain Square Alleys. On the 34th, both were home in : \pean war may affect the future of 3 two, but the defending titleholder| Honors in yesterday's best ball\jce hockey in Indianapolis is ex-| W. Holle put together games of was on the back edge of the green|golf tournament at the Meridian | ted at a meeting this week be. 194, 204 and 187 for a 585 high in 55 feet away while White had sent Hills Country Club were shared by | reer el ne Chicago, one the Evangelical League last night TE em hati tor ei] On ti was Compe af rl une promoters of the eam, and the Priehett Ales. 10 was the fore and he took a five, while| W. E. Pennington and C. A. Weller, State pETiedlal PRS le Fair | 8 ssion. White was down in two putts for While William Diddel and Alan | In the lease on |

th | SW ia | Grounds Coliseum for hockey A ; was 1 down with Sweetser formed the other. Third] : ‘Mont elier To Tm» | place went to Don Ellis and Harry 82mes, it is provided that the lease . p : sser Wins Indiana Crown

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two to go. | Stitle. who had a 65 may be voided should Canada go to Too Strong With Their Irons : . war. ae was jsefted ance] . ; many hockey players are Canadians/ gH En Be Give who would be subjected to wal Times Special on the 35th, v D service. ! FT. WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 5— with their irons and went over the Officials here, however, believe Jimmy Risk of Montpelier today green. Reed chigneq long a that hockey would be staged here held the state horseshoe pitching White way short. Both two-pu this winter even though Canada|title as the result of his clean for fives and a hal. the last hole votes to join England in the con- sweep of 10 games in tournament White had to win the las h flict. Indianapolis holds a fran-|competition yesterday. then or be EN en he chise in the International Hockey| Orville Harris of Indianapolis i ge WN Ay bree League. and William Nelson of Muncie each got a nice hand from the crowd

ae Won eight of 10 games each, but er. his tee shot held the green 40 Griffey Recaptures Nelson had a higher ringer perfeet from the cup. Shelbyville Title

centage. That left the pressure on Reed,

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The 18th green and clubhouse of the North Shore Country Club, site of the National Amateur Golf Championship Sept. 11-16 is shown at In-the center is a map of the North Shore layout while at the right is Marvin (Bud) Ward, Spokane, who is con-

lled the original 831 entrants in sec-

have|P. F. Clifford, eight-time Mexican |of 1933.

The tiny craft are manned by youngsters in their teens.

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ago; Frank Strafaci, former public|/will trim the list to the finalists links champion and current holder | who will battle 36 holes for the of several major titles; Chuck crown, Sept. 16. Kocsis, Ray Billows and Fred Haas| North Shore is a true championJr. and Paul Leslie of New Orleans.

ship test. Yates and McCormick, a fireman,| It measures 6768 yards. Par is 72. A yawning trap approaching a tough 18th green is likely to cause anguish. Ralph Guldahl knows all about this trap. In the last round of the United States Open of '33 it caught the tall Norwegian's second shot and made him take a costly five where a four would have tied Goodman. Professionals found the trap-

tional 36-hole qualifying rounds with 138s. Goodman is back on the course

where he bagged the National Open

The 161 survivors and 10 exempt players are eligible for the two qualifying rounds of the championship proper and the low 64 will move into 18-hole match play rounds, Sept. 13, to start eliminations which

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|guarded fourth hole the second | toughest on which to equal or crack par. But the 17th hole is No. 1 on the handicap because the professionals tound it the most difficult of all. The course was closed to members and turned over to the amateurs for practice a week before the start of the tournament. Amateur golf has yet to produce another Bobby Jones, but, as related in the foregoing, more than one of the present topnotchers have proved

money players all the way along the route.

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SOFTBALL Golden Rule Girls of Logansport defeated the Washington Corcorans, 8-7, to win the Em-Roe Girls State Tournament at Forest Park, No-

blesville. They will represent Indiana in the American Softball Assnciation’s national tournament in St. Louis, starting Sept. 12. Tournament results: SUNDAY

Corcorans, 9; Richardson Rubber of Indianapolis, 2. Hoosier A. C., 18; Connersville, 2. R. C. A, 11; Richmond, 4. Golden Rule, 11: Anderson Delco-Remy, 5. Washington, 19; Shelbyville, 2. SEMI-FINALS Washington, 2: Hoosier A. C., 1. . Golden Rule, 6: R. C. A, 4.

FOOTBALL The following former Richardson's Market players will meet at 7:30 p. m. tomorrow at Rhodius Park; J. Broderick, R. Linn, D. Burge, G. Good, T. Oaks. J. Marianos, H. Mahaney, M Biggs, W. Calvert, bach, P. Stevenson, R Jacobs,

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BASEBALL Fairfax Merchants defeated Garfield A. C, 5-1 The Merchants are seeking a game for Sunday at Grande Park at 2:30 p. m. Write Bud Kaesel, 516 Somerset Ave.

West Side Merchants defeated | Fortville, 9-3, and claim a 9-0 for|feit victory over Bohemian All- { Stars. Smashing out 19 hits, Fall Creek Athletics downed Edinburg Mer{chants in the first game of a double(header, 14-4. The Sunday law |stopped the second game at the end lof five innings with the score knotted, 3-3. Louie Thomas, for- | mer Broad Ripple pitcher, worked on the mound for the Athletics in the nightcap.

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175,000 See Labor Day's T urf Upsets

Racing at Dozen of Nation's Tracks Draws Largest Crowd of Year.

By JACK GUENTHER United Press Racing Editor

The largest racing crowd of the 1939 season — 175,000 persons — watched a wave of upsets further jumble the nation’s stake program at a dozen tracks yesterday when form took a holiday, too. The biggest crowdy 43,000, watched the biggest upset when Rall Parr's Victory Morn won the sixth running of the $7500 Old Colony Stakes at Narragansett Park in Rhode Island for a straight payoff of $25.70. The winner scored under a drive to whip 12 2-year-old rivals by a length after stepping six fur=longs in 1:11 4-5. The $5000 Aqueduct Handicap, which opened a 15-day meeting at Aqueduct in New York City, was won by the eccentric Volitant in track record time of 1:42 3-15 for a mile. and one-sixteenth before 15,000 spectators. Stands Alone was second and Opera Hat third in the | field of five. Lexbrook Stable’s Potranco, one of the best 2-year-olds in the Mid= |dle West, won the fifth running of [the $3500 Labor Day Handicap at Hawthorne in Chicago, where 30.000 attended for his seventh victory this season. Thistledown in Cleveland closed a 44-day meeting when Rosedaie Stables’ Lakeview ran to a surprise triumph over Wise Duke and Wage Earner in the $2000 Labor Day Handicap. Fifteen thousand per= sons saw the winner defeat six rivals by traveling six furlongs in’ 1.12 2.5, Professor Paul, one of the few favorites to score, won the $1200 handicap at Fairmount Park in Homewood, Ill. Chigre took the fealure at Dade Park in Henderson, Ky, where a 26-day meeting ended. At Beulah Park in Columbus, O., Whistling Dick won the mile feature in the slow time of 1:44 1-5 with Caidon second and Darby Dean third,

Caras to Defend in Pocket Cue Tourney

NEW YORK, Sept. 5 (NEA) .—C. A. Storer, president of the National | Billiard Association, announces plans for the world championship pocket billiard tournament to be played here between Oct. 16 and | Nov. 1. Jimmy Caras, defending titlist; Andrew Ponzi, Irving Crane, Erwin Rudolph, Willie Mosconi and Arthur Cranfield, all nationally ranked, will be entered.

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but he calmly fired a tee shot 15 feet from the cup that laid White a dead stymie. The South Grove youth attempted to curl in his long putt and just failed by inches, and they both took threes to halve this hoie and give Read his 1 up margin.

Q—Will you name the Italian baseball players in the American League? A—Frank J. Dasso, pitcher, Boston Red Sox; Kenneth Sylvestri, catcher, Chicago White Sox; Blas Monaco and Frank J. Scalzi, infielders, Oscar Melillo, coach, Cleve-

land Indians; Frank Crosetti, in-|

Prizes Handed Out On the second nine of the morn-| fielder and Joseph DiMaggio, outing round, after both were on the fielder, New York Yankees; Dario edge of five greens and then took | Lodigiani, infielder, Philadephia three shots at each station to get | Athletics; Emil Bildilli, pitcher and down. Their putting was off in the Melvin Mazzera, outfielder, St. Louis afternoon and both had 33 lags for Browns; Angelo Guiliani, catcher, this round. Washington Senators. These playKen Loucks, Indianapolis Public ers were members of the respective Links Association president, and teams at the beginning of the 1939 George Peterson, who handled tour- | season. nament arrangements, made the! @Q—In what position in the awards. Reed won a permanent American League did Washington plaque, a shotgun and a year’s pos- finish in the last season under! session of the Vonnegut trophy. Walter Johnson's management? White won fishing tackle, and Clark| A—Third, in 1932. Espie and Charles Harter, semi-| Q—Which club holds the record finalists in the championship flight, | in the National League for the most received sets of silverware. Harter double plays in a season? also received a plaque and the per-| A—Cincinnati, which, in 1928, | petual William H. Reed Sr. trophy made 194 in 153 games. for winning medalist honors in the] Q@—When and where did the! qualifying round. Shotguns were famous horse race between Tenny) given the consolation flight win- and Salvator occur? ners, and other prizes were distrib-| A—At Sheepshead Bay race

| Henry in the finals.

Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Sept. 5—Robert Griffey, Shelbyville's veteran of the]

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ship after defeating Junior Smith, aw last year’s titleholder. BLUE POINT Ahan The junior crown was taken by Jack Sexton, who defeated Major

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Times Special MILWAUKEE, Wis, Sept. 5— Fred Schulte, veteran outfielder, has been released outright by the Milwaukee Brewers baseball club, it was announced today.

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