Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 September 1939 — Page 7

Redlegs at ‘Thei

Gen, Bill McKechnie . ,

By Eddie Ash

. now his forces must dig in.

HIGHLIGHTS OF A. A's. SEASON MAINLY A TWO-HOSS CAMPAIGN

HE American Association's 38th season is completed and in the books for the statisticians to dwell upon. « + . There were countless highlights in the only minor league in the country which still rolls along with its eight charter cities. Kansas City, the pre-season favorite, came through in a big way after being hard pressed by Minneapolis until the last week of the campaign. ... And when the Millers folded, they did it unanimously, and were entitled to the name of Arabs during the closing days. The Blues set a new games-won record for an A. A. pennant winner over the 154-game route by storing away 107 in the old bat bag. ... Only disappointment in Kawtown was the fact that the Blues were crushed in the

All-Star game. . .. But they posted a new attendance mark for the midseason classic.

They also developed the league's bast keystone sack combination in Jerry (Very) Priddy and Phil (Rabbit) Rizzuto, paced the loop in double plays and their Vince DiMaggio led in home runs with 46. Incidentally, Manager Bill Meyer in April picked Minneapolis, Indianapolis and St. Paul as the ‘‘clubs to beat” and then proceeded to do that very thing. ... He was slightly off in rating Louisville.

Colonel Fans Say It at Gate

OUISVILLE delivered a season's highlighter by posting a new home attendance record for Derbytown, the best in 32 years,

and with a club that was in the second division most of the way, finally grabbing off fourth. ' : The final week of the campaign was f:atured by a race between Louisville and St. Pau! for the last position in the playoff. The sale to the majors of six plavers by Indianapolis and four by Minneapolis added to the Association's prestige as a haven for big league talent. Being a member of the wealthy Yankee chain, Kansas City was conservative about selling athletes and let just three go up for cash all to the National League. . . . The Blues probably could have sold 10. = ”

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NDIANAPOLIS was the only club which gave a manager the bounce during the race, which, by the way, settled into a two-hoss affair as early as midseason . . Six clubs were eliminated on form long before dog days set in. . For example, third-place Indianapolis finished 25 games behind the winning Blues. The Indianapolis management saw the light early and saved itself from a second division berth by taking on Pitcher Red Barrett, Shortstop Nolen Richardson, Outfielder Allen Hunt, Catcher Bill Baker and Infielder Jimmy Adai . Without them, the Redskins probably would have finished sixth. .

Saints Fall From First to Fifth

T. PAUL tumbled from first in 1938 to fifth and Minneapolis zoomed from sixth in ‘38 to second. . . . Toledo was picked to wind up last and obliged the experts. . , . Columbus and St. Paul shared the flop “titles.” The St. Louis Cardinal chain did not do right by the Red Birds, as promised, and the Saints’ pitching did not measure up to 1938. , . . Ollie Bejma’s shoes at second base never were filled properly. A lowlight of the season was the poor attendance at Indianapolis, finishing third in the race and sixth at the gate.

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T= league was graced by three brilliant young shortstops, Rizzuto, Kansas City, Jimmy Pofahl, Minneapolis, and Harold Reese, Louisville. . . . Pofahl was sold to Washington, and Reese to Brooklyn. . . . The Yankees turned down all offers for Rizzuto and he'll remain with the Blues next vear. One umpire was promoted, Tom Dunn going to the National League. . . . It is said the majors also like Kenshlea and Bond. Only two clubs, Louisville and Milwaukee failed to play the full quota of 154 games, each missing by one.

Baseball at a Glance

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By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

EW YORK, Sept. 11.—The Cincinnati Reds have been using “the Polish offensive” system the past six weeks and consequently arrived today at “their Warsaw.” Since Aug. 1 the Reds have been in gradual retreat, giving ground little by little until today their lead had dwindled to three games. Now the forces of Gen. William Boyd McKechnie must dig in and fight. They cannot continue to give ground as they have the past six weeks and hold the National League fort. In August the Reds won 13, lost 15, and played one tie. So far in September they have won six and lost six. The Cards have won eight and lost four this month and are gradually closing in on the Reds for a showdown Sept. 26, 27 and 28 when they move into Cincinnati for a four-game series.

F the next few days the advantage rests with the Cardinals. They have a single game at Pittsburgh today, and from the way the Pirates have been going the Cards shouldn't have too much trouble winning. Thus if the Cards win while the Reds are idle the league-leaders’ margin will be trimmed to 2's games. The Eastern invasion opens tomorrow with the Cards entertaining the docile Phillies and the Reds playing host to the very tough Dodgers, who have reeled off six straight and are battling for third place.

The Cards smashed through to two victories yes= terday over the Pirates, 9-3 and 11-4. Curt Davis hung up No. 20 in the opener. The Pirates blew a 4-1 lead in the nightcap when St. Louis staged an eight-run rally in the fifth. The crippled Pirates (Handley, Brubaker and Young being out of the infield) made three errors in the opener and five in the nightcap.

Paul Derringer scored his 20th victory when he pitched the Reds to a 7-2 win over the Cubs, completing the season's series between the two clubs. Larry French, after winning five straight, was beaten. Derringer’s two singles drove in two runs. ” ” ”

ROOKLYN moved within half a game of the

third place Cubs by lambasting the Giants, 8-4. Jimmy (the triple) Ripple, hit a vital three-bagger

to sew up the gatne in the fifth. It was the fourth straight game in which the ex-Giant’s hitting had proved valuable to the Dodgers. The Yankees moved within four games of clinching their fourth straight American League pennant by taking a double-header from Washington, 4-3 and 6-2. ‘Scoring four runs in the second, the Yanks enabled Marius Russo to cop his sixth victory. The Bombers beat their nemesis, Dutch Leonard, in the

r Warsaw’ in National League Battle

nightcap on homers by Dickey (2), Rolfe and Keller, the latter with one on. Joe DiMaggio went “0 for 8” in the two games, reducing his average to .401. With Ted Williams hitting homers 25 and 26, a pair of triples, and a single, the Red Sox captured a twin bill from the Athletics, 10-7 and 5-1. Detroit split two with the White Sox, winning the opener, 5-1, behind Buck Newsom's six-hit pitching and dropping the nightcap, 11-9. John Rigney lost the opener after winning 11 straight, Mike Tresh’s single in the eighth enabled Chicago to win the closer. After losing the opener, 15-5, for their seventh defeat, the Browns came. back to snap their losing streak with a 5-4 conquest of Cleveland. The Browns blew a 5-0 lead in the opener when the Indians staged two rallies of six and nine runs in the sixth and seventh, respectively.

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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER-11, 1939

In Big Ten

De Correvant’s Varsity Debut at Northwestern Is One Bright Spot.

CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (U. P)—| The much-heralded varsity debut| J ‘of Northwestern's Bill de Corre-| vont was the only bright spot today in a routine opening of Big

Ten football practice placing approximately 600 athletes in training for a campaign that may produce the best Conference football since Minnesota's empire crashed in 1936. In every other camp, head coaches knew what had to be done to whip their squads into a unit, but it’s different at Northwestern. Coach Lynn Waldorf has his finest material in four years, even without De Correvont. He is on as much of a spot as the widelypublicized schoolboy idol from Chicago, who is beginning his first year of college football with as much of a reputation as Harold (Red) Grange earned after a full] year of service. It's up to Waldorf to handle De Correvont in a manner to please his other players, the cash customers and his own coaching standards. Around the Conference: Minnesota — Bernie Bierman called out the largest squad of all

Mallory Nine Still in Amateur Chase

With one defeat charged against them, members of the P. R. Mallory team still are striving to keep from being eliminated in the City Series for the Indianapolis amateur baseball championship, are front row (left to right): Harold Jenkins, outfielder; Bud Tex, pitcher; Ray Schonecker, second baseman; Bud Carver, third baseman; Ralph Carnine, outfielder; Bill Layton, shortstop, and Al Hock, outfielder. Rear row (left to right): Al Nevitt, outfielder; Bob Sehr, outfielder, Neute Briner, catcher; Homer Stull, first baseman; Dick Heydon, catcher, and Carl Rearick, pitcher.

—=80. Nineteen lettermen returned from last year’s champions but there are holes at the guards and! center that sophomores likely must fill. Michigan—They're talking championship for Michigan c¢n the strength of one great line and backs including Tom Harmon, Paul Kromer and blocker Forrest Evashevski. Purdue—Twenty-three letter winners are in the squad of 68 invited to return. If the line measures up to the backs—Jack Brown, Lou Brock and Mike Byelene—the team will be a whiz regardless of the tough opener against Notre Dame Sept. 30. | Ohio State—More speed than last race, year but otherwise Coach Francis Cardinals, 21-13, in

Pro Gridders Get Started

Lions Vanquish Cardinals in Curtain Raiser.

By UNITED PRESS The Detroit Lions drew first blood

the the opening

vanquishing

Buckeyes can be great or terrible. |tain-raiser, scheduled to send the Wisconsin—Sophomores may fig- | Pittsbu gh Pirate against the Eagles ure heavily in the squad Harry at Philadelphia yesterday, was postStuhldreher plans to succeed his poned until Thankskiving Day, fine team of last season. There are Nov. 23, because of “threatening 21 returning lettermen, enough to| weather.” hold the fort in early games while Seventy-yard runs by Lloyd Cardthe sophs develop. |well and Monk Moscrip gave the Illinois—Bob Zuppke has 61 boys pions a pair of touchdowns in the ready for work. A veteran line, tWO | cet period, and the third came deep, will make it a tough defensive 01, "johnny Pingel smashed over Wea, Zaps job is to find a climax |, vards after the Lions had staged ‘ la 50-yard drive down the field. MosIndiana—Better than last year in| _ . = : which the Hoosiers scored only jerip kicked all three extra points.

one | : - ’ - Conference touchdown. Last vear's| Bill Smith scored the Cards’ touch sophomores have grown up.

lin the National League football|72-hole Chicago| Derby at Evanston Country Club. |

downs, converted one point after lowa—Dr. Eddie Anderson is the touchdown, and missed the other. only real change here. He brings!

the Notre Dame system from Holy | Cross. Chicago—I"aster, better running attack and virtually no passing. The Maroons play only three Conference foes and can’t be considered dangerous against any one of them.

Bears entertaining the Cleveland Rams at Soldier Field Friday night.

Foxx Is Reported Major Leaders

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 11 (U. P.). | —=Jimmy Foxx, slugging first baseman of the Boston Red Sox, was reported in good condition today following an operation for appendicitis at St. Joseph's Hospital. “He passed a fair night and his condition is good,” a hospital attache said. Foxx, who underwent the appendectomy Saturday, was expected to remain in the hospital for another week or 10 days. He will be lost to Rolfe. Yankees . 192 Mize, Cardinals . 172| the Boston club for the remainder WoenRY, Tigers. i Keltner, Indians. 171 of the season.

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In Good Condition

| Two other games are scheduled pjonships, also is entered. Playing this week, the Pirates engaging the| with her was Miss Shirley Dodgers in Brooklyn's home opener | Johnson, one of the strong entries | Thursday night, and the Chicago|from the Chicago area.

Little Sky Raider—You Named Him— Is Working Out Now at Belmont Park

Marion Miley Women's Links Derby Favorite

| EVANSTON, Ill, Sept. 11 (U. P)). —Marion Miley, Lexington, Ky, opens a campaign today for her fourth victory in five years in the Women's Western Golf|

Miss Miley, titleholder three]

Schmidt won't tip his hand. The game of the season. The other cur-| straight years beginning in 1935, | at the Indianapclis Amateur Base-

was runnerup to Patty Berg of Minneapolis last season and became] this year's favorite when the pug- | nosed defending champion was or-| dered by her physician to vacate the title. Patty is recovering from an appendectomy. Other strong contenders were] Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, Ga. a finalist in the women’s national championship, Edith Estabrooks of Dubuque, Ia. present Western ama- | teur champion, and Beatrice Bar- | rett, Minneapolis, who set a new| qualifying record in the national] tournament this summer. Harriett Randall, holder of the Indiana and Indianapolis cham-

Ann

Wilburn Victor in Winchester Race

WINCHESTER, Ind, Sept. 11 (U. P) Jimmy Wilburn of Los Angeles, Cal, won the 25-mile feature auto race here yesterday. He was Central States champion last year. Second yesterday was Johnny De Camp of Richmond while Spider Webb of Los Angeles was third.

Osmanski Signs

CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (U, P.).— William (Bill) Osmanski, former Holy Cross football star, has signed a contract to play with the Chicago Bears of the National Professional Football League, it was announced today. Details of the contract were not revealed.

EW YORK, Sept. 11. —Little Sky Raider's work= ing at Belmont Park these davs. Remember him? He's the Sonny Whitney colt by Man o’ War out of Top Flight, born on Derby Day, and you readers named him, He's still a year away from the races. ) Bookmaker Erickson is wondering if the Mead, who won $8000 from him on Ambers, is tied up in any way with the Mead who manages Armstrong. . + « Frank Shields and Sydney Wood, tennis inter= nationalists, have gone into the laundry business. «+ « “We're all washed up anyway,” they explain. Overheard: “She’s the kind of a doll who'd look good in a gas mask.” . , . If he hits 400, Joe DiMaggio’s asking price for his 1940 contract will be $40,000, . + +. They're trying to get Mickey Cochrane to take the Detroit franchise in the new National Softball League. If he trains on, Bradley's Bimelech seems a sure pop for the 1940 Derby but it must be a fast track. He can’t run seven feet in mud. ” ” = B= NIEHOFF brought the Jersey City Giants home in front his first year as manager. But that's nothing new for him, He did the same thing with Mobile and Oklahoma City. Incidentally, this was strictly a victory for the box office. The team was composed largely of has-beens, virtually none of whom can be of any help to the New York Giants. What kind of farm system is that? The brass hats of hockey have moved to end the practice of a manager calling a referee over to the sidelines to debate a disputed point. Under the rules this is now permissable. The brass hats want the rules mended. And they should be. If the referee is Sumpetent he doesn’t need any advice from the sidenes. Here's something the Syracuse football coaches

will have to make the best of: They've lost Jim

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Worst, 200-pound running guard, who proved deficient in language requirements, Columbia, Colgate and Navy had been after him. At last reports Mr. Worst was shopping around the metropolitan district, hoping for the best. » ” » RITES Mr. James B. Hipple from Pierre, 8S. D.: “At last, I believe we have settled the ‘I would die for dear old Rutgers’ controversy. I inclose a note from Stanley R. March, field secretary of Rutgers. It follows: “‘Phil Brett, class 1892, who still is a prominent New York attorney, and for a time was acting president of Rutgers, denies having made such a statement in any Rutgers-Princeton game. From research on the quotation, we find that Frank Grant, class 1895, a member of the team, did say, as he was being carried from the field with a broken leg, ‘I'd die for a cigaret’ Somehow his statement got twisted and before the sun had set that day he was reported to have been willing to die just to stay in the gamé.’” , , , Our thanks to Mr. Hipple for clearing up the facts surrounding the most famous legend in football. What we'd like to know now is what kind of cigaret did the heroic Mr. Grant crave? Did it give him a lift, was it tender to tonsils, or was it refreshingly cool? In case you're interested Jock Whitney's going to auction off his polo ponies this week. . . . Which reminds us that in Hollywood they call 'em polo phonies. We often wonder just how authentic the Giants Dodgers rivalry is, especially as it concerns the players. We note whenever a Giant is sent to the Dodgers, or vice versa, life goes on as smoothly as ever, There's the interesting case of Giant Jimmy Ripple. As soon as he joined the hated Dodgers he turned around and started to knock the Giants’ brains out with base hits. Our suspicion is the rivalry is restricted wholly to the customers and is kept alive by adroit ballpgoo devices.

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Medal Rounds Today and Tomorrow to Trim Field to 64.

GLENVIEW, Ill, Sept. 11 (U. P.). —Out they go today—five former champions among them—on the first leg of a 36-hole qualifying hurdle to weed out weaklings before the grim business of match play begins in the 43d U. S. Amateur Golf Championship. A well-packed field of 169 started over the tournament course at North Shore Country Club and when the first-round firing ends it will be trimmed to the low 130 scorers, plus all ties for that last available berth, Another medal round tomorrow will eliminate all but the 64 eligibles for six rounds of match play. Of the five ex-champions, only Johnny Goodman of Omaha, Neb, still is playing good enough golf to dethrone champion Willie Turnesa. Advancing years took the sting out of Chick Evans Jr. and Francis Ouimet, the grand oldsters of amateur golf. Business is the major worry of Cincinnati's John Fischer, champion in 1936, and Sandy Somerville of London, Ont., is passing the peak he reached in the 1932 championships.

Johnny's Game Is Sharp

Goodman's chances, enhanced by memories of his remarkable victory over the same course in the 1933 U. S. Open, appeared to be better than the other early favorites —

After Crown

‘Drawing for Final Playoff to

Be Made Tonight.

Plans for the final playoff between the three surviving teams in the City amateur baseball championship series aie to he completed at 8 o'clock tonight at a meeting

ball Associativa’s headquarters. The three tcams are P, R. Mallory, General Exterminators and Falls City Hi-Brus, defending titleholders. The Mallory nine suffered its first setback in the series yesterday at the hands of the HiBrus, who edged (ut a 3 to 2 decision in 12 innings. This game, played at Gartield Park, was a tight auel ail the way. The winning run was scored in the 12th when O'Haver beat out a bunt, was sacrificed to second and then came rome on Thompson's double. Bud Mex allowed the Falls City team 11 hits but kept them well s attered, while the winning pitcher, Harry McCracken, was even more stingy with hits, giving up only seven to Mallory, The Ajax Beers were eliminated from the series vesterday when they were defeated, 2 to 1, hy General Exterminators at Riverside Park. The Exterminators scored the winning run in their half of the fourth inning when Hutsell, who had tripled, came in on Swinney's sacrifice fly.

Battle Tonight for Softball Crowns

CHICAGO, Sept. 11 (U, P), — Ohio, Kentucky and California teams meet at Soldier Field tonight for the men's and girls’ world ama-

teur softball! championships. The Alamed. (Cal.) Kreigs, defending girls’ champions, make a bid to retain the title against the Louisville (Ky.) Dairy Maids and the Covington (Ky.) Boosters will play the Ferguson State Auditors, Columbus, O,, for the men's title. The Fergusons and Boosters won their way into the finals by winning overtime semi-final games last night. The Fergusons defeated Briggs, Detroit, 1937 champions, 1-0, in 11 innings and the Boosters defeated the Exchange Club, Salt Lake City, 2-0, in 9 innings. The Kreigs survived the semifinals by defeating St. Joseph, Mo., 1-0, in 12 innings. The Dairy Maids entered the finals by defeating the Phoenix, Ariz, Girls’ Club, 2-1,

Ambers Will Fight Arizmendi or Silva

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 11 (U. P). —Matchmaker Jimmy Murray announced today that lightweight champion Lou Ambers had agreed to meet the winner of a fight tonight between Baby Arizmendi and Joey Silva. He said the bout, at catchweights, would be held early in October.

Win Field Trials

AURORA, Ind. Sept. 11 (U. P). —Black Label, owned by Dr. Philip Wing of Cincinnati, and Brindle Bull, owned by Roy Richardson of Greensburg, Ind., won first honors in the second natural Aurora Coon Dog Field trials here yesterday. The Cincinnati dog won the tree finals while Brindle Bull won the line finals.

Biggest Hat Values in Town " Levinson's Light. weight Crushers

Marvin (Bud) Ward of Spokane, Wash.,, Charley Yates of Atlanta, Ga., and Dick Chapman, Greenwich, Conn. Johnny is a seasoned campaigner, champion only two years back, and o close to razor sharpness he was forced to ease off in practice rounds for fear he'd lose his touch. Turnesa also is ready. The 23-year-old baby of the Turnesa clan, pumbering in addition six professional golfers of long standing, wound up his experimental tours of North Shore with a 69, three under par of the 6768-yard course.

Wehrle Forced Out

Despite their youth, all the favorites are well-fortified in match play experience. Goodman has a distinct edge in that department, but Yates is a former British and Western amateur champion, Ward reached the semi-finals in his first shot at the national title and finished only a stroke back of Byron Nelson, Craig Wood and Denny Shute in the U. 8S. Open and Chapman was a semi-finalist last year. Illness forced out one of the most dangerous challengers in the field. Wilford Wehrle, former Western champion from Racine, Wis., underwent an appendectomy last week. His place was filled by Art Floberg of Rockford, Ill. Other withdrawals included Paul Leslie of New Orleans, another former Western titleholder; Don Moe of Portland, Ore.; Vincent d'Antoni, also of New Orleans, who holds the intercollegiate championship; Jess Sweetser of Bronxville, N. Y., former national amateur king, and John Langley, one-time British Walker Cup player. Indianapolis golfers competing are Bill Reed and Henry Kowal. Walter Cisco and Jimmy Scott, both of New Albany, are other Hoosiers entered.

Kingan Nine Ends Its Season Tonight

The Kingan Reiiables’ baseball team will close its 1939 season at Perry Stadium when it meets the House of David club at 8:15 tonight. Probable starting lineup): Kingan—Uhlir, rf; L. Cato, 1b; Linville, 1f; F. Cato, 3b; V. Wyss, cf; J. Wyss, ss; W. Wyss, ¢; Hill, 2b; Golden, p. House of David—Anderson, 3b; Wilson, 2b; Velcheck, cf; Gilbert, rf; Oakson, If; Lick, ss; Tucker, 1b; Miner, c; Tally or Clay, p.

Champions Retain Motorcycle Titles

MARION, Ind. Sept. 11 (U. P.). —J. B. Jones of Marion and Tommy Hays of Dallas, Tex., today held national motorcycle racing championships for the second straight year by virtue of victories yesterday at the national meet. Jones won the 45-inch motor division with Hays placing second while Hays captured the honors in the 89-inch motor division with Jones taking second.

Five Former Champs Among 169 Linksmen - Opening Amateur Play .

Johnny Goodman

Two Singles F avorites Out

Crawford and Hecht Lose in National Net Play.

FOREST HILLS, N. Y,, Sept. 11 (U. P.).—Th2 round of 16 in the National Singles lawn tennis championships in both men’s and women’s divisions will be completed today.

Two upsets occurred as the first half of the 16-brackets were filled yesterday. Jack Crawford, former top-ranking player of the world who is scheduled for war duty shortly in his native Australia, was ousted by Joe Hunt of Annapolis. The fading star from “down under” twice was within two points of winning the match, but finally bove in five sets, 6-1, 3-6, 4-6, 6-1, =5. As a lesser surprise, Edward Alloo of Berkeley, Cal, who earlier had upset Gene Mako, a finalist last year, eliminated Ladislaw Hecht, former Davis Cupper for Czechoslovakia, and eighth seeded on the foreign list. Alloo won 6-4, 9-11, 1-6, 8-6, 6-0. In today's feature matches, Frankie Parker, Beverly Hills, Cal, meets Charley Hare o. England; Gil Hunt of Washington engages Henry Prusoff of Seattle; John Doeg of Rumson, N. J., plays Adrian Quist of Australia; Wayne Sabin of Porte land, Ore., meets Dragutin Mitie, Jugoslavian Davis Cupper, and Jack Bromwich, Australia, tackles Morey Lews of Texarkana, Ark. The main women’s matches ine clude: Helen Jacobs, Berkeley, Cal., vs. Norma Tauble, New York; Mrs, Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, Cambridge, Mass., vs. Florence Leboutillier, New York; Helen Bernhard, New York, vs. Hope Knowles, Philadelphia, and Kay Stammers of England vs. Marta Barnett, Miami, Fla.

Dallas Driver Is First at Altoona

ALTOONA, Pa., Sept. 11 (U. P.).— Roaring around the Altoona Speedway at an average of 87 miles an hour, Buddy Rusch of Dallas, Tex., yesterday won the AAA-sanctioned National Sweepstakes race, negotiating 30 laps over the mile and one-eighth mile oval in 21 minutes 52.16 seconds. Slowed down by tire trouble on the last lap, Chief Joey Chitwood, of Tulsa, Okla., noted Indian driver, finished second. Buster Warke of Walnutport, Pa. was third, with Mike Little of Johnstown, fourth, Cliff Hellman, Philadelphia, won a five-lap consolation race in four minutes 50.21 seconds.

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