Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 January 1940 — Page 18
cis neil inn. SD.
: : - Florida.
“Indianapolis catcher. + x - president of the Birmingham Southern Association Club. .
fooled me plenty, and I went down swinging for $20,000. »
- its manager, Conrad Fisher, after Commissioner Landis’ decision against
STIRRING THE, DOPE in the Hot Stove League: The | baseball division: of the Bartow, Fla,, Chamber of Com‘merce will hold ‘its baseball party the evening of March 14. . .. This is an annual affair and each year tribute is paid the club returning for spring training there. The Indianapolis Indians -are going back to- Bartow: Tor the third year and President Leo T. Miller ‘will be. the honored guest, with George M. Trautman, ‘American Assoctation
- president, probably the chief speaker. - Chieftain Trautman Sunisly visits all A A. training camps in :
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ar goin DUTCH LORBEER, ‘business: manager. of. the: Beaumont. ‘Texas.
‘League Exporters, has‘ been promoted to the e Pieldensy. of the club; - Succeeding Rube Stewart, Who resigned. sini Lorbeer is a former:
Florence, also’a former teeraphi backstop, is he new . Beaumont :
a Detroit farm and ‘Birmingham: is a member of the Cincinnati: chain.
Paul
; : Went Down Swinging for $20,000 :
DIZZY TROUT, -former Indianapolis pitcher who was. at. first.
* included in the list of players freed from thé’ Detroit. organization .
by Comissioner K® M. Landis’ ruling, only to learn the next day ‘that it was all a mistake’ and that he'still belonged to the Tigers, reports . that he had calls fromthe New York Yankees, White Sox, both St. . "Louis clubs, Washington and thie Boston Bees during the brief interval - that he was listed as a free agent. “One of the clubs said they would give me $20, 000 to sign,” he, Dizzy accepted the reversal of the Landis ruling good- .
“It
said. . . humoredly. “That’s what T call a: ‘great’ change of pace,” he commented.
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HOT SPRINGS ‘of the Cotton States League was left with only
“ Detroit and affiliated clubs and as a result, President Lloyd Adams has issued an appeal for assistance:in landing some material. . One of those to ‘respond was President W. G. Bramham of the National Association, who Has promised to hasten his vacation and spend it at the Arkansas spa, arriving early next month; to. give what assistance he can. Judge Landis has grantéd “Adams permission to re-sign 10. “simon. pure” rookies “on their own free will” subject to approval of baseball headquarters. . . . They were among 23 Hot Springs: players: | Wrped loose: by the commissioner,
Rival Managers Make It Tough for Blades
-RAY BLADES will start managing his 1940 Cardinals with one’
_ strike against him, since it appears the: experts; both paid and volunteer, are going to make his club.their pennant choice, asserts John E.
- Wray, sports editor. of .the St. Louis Post- -Dispatch, ‘who ‘says ‘that some. are already viewing. .Blades’ team; as making it tough for the . Yankees in the World Series. - “Three of Blades’ fellow managers have helped make it tough for him in this respect—Gabby Hartnett of the Cubs, Bill “Terry of ‘the
. Giants and Doc Prothro of the Phillies, all of whom think the Red- . birds: look like .the N. L. World's Series representatives for 1940,”
writes. Wray. “That's smart business for. the rival. managers. It turns the Spotlight away from themselves. Not so much will be expected of their clubs, if some rival carries the. handicap .of popular favoritism. ° .“That’s a real load to stagger under, when you haven't even: made. sure of your opening lineup and before the effects of a Landis running wild have become fully apparent. 5a -» ‘# » "SIX OF the present members: of the New York Yankees—Bill Dickey, Red Rolfe, Joe DiMaggio, Lefty Gomez, Frank Crosseti and Red Ruffing—are among the greatest players who ever have performed with the New York American League club, according to Johnnie Nee, who has scouted for:the Yanks 14 years. Rounding out his all-star Yankee team, Nee selected Babe Ruth, Bob Meusel, Lou. Gehrig, Tony Lazzeri, Waite Hoyt and Herb Pennock.
T m Just Not a Killer,’ Pretty Alice Confides
By HENRY M’LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25.—Some of my best friends’ are ‘bees, and ‘I
wouldn't say anything’ _against them for anything. but they are not such “models of industry as they are made |;
seonier a girl who has won three of the last Tour national championships and holds the Wimbledon title as well, held back). is a lack of what we sportswriters ‘call’ the “killer instinct.”
“I just haven't Sor it’ odie said.
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out to be. You begin to realize this when you sit down and. talk with Alice Marble, the- greatest woman tennis ‘player in the world. There never was a bee that kept as busy as Alice
~does. She has an occupation: for
teach hour in the day. When she isn’t playing tennis she is design‘ing clothes. When she isn’t design‘ing clothes she 1s before a microphone crooning of a lovely: flame that has died away. In between times she confers with the motion picture studio that wants to make her a second Sonja Henie, and plays golf and a little baseball. The chances are that by next week she will have taken uy midget auto .racing, trapshooting, or throwing the taber. Sitting with her yester‘day after a round of golf it was ‘difficult. to make her talk of tennis, so varied are her interests. But ‘we finally did get around to tennis ‘and she told me a rather remark‘able thing. Remarkable, that is, ifor a champion. She admitted that
ithe one thing which had held her
‘back as a tennis player (if you can
‘Mooreland’s at Front—I8 Wins
By UNITED PRESS The Mooreland Bobcats, from a town with a population of only 384, . seized the spotlight in Indiana’s :high school basketball chase this i week with a 39-t0-13 defeat over - Sulphur Springs to. run:their con- - secutive: victory string to 13 this ~season—and with no defeats. + The victory strengthened the : Bobcats hold on first place in the : Henry County campaign as Sulphur : Springs was trailing them by ohly ‘one game. Valparaiso took a 40-35: ‘decision from Michigan City in an inter-di-‘vision match of the Northern: -Indi‘ana High School Confereneé, while ‘Logansport of the, North Central “downed Peru of the Central league, 136 to 33. In the final inter-confer-cence battle of the night, Madison, ; fresh from: victories over Salem, “leaders of ‘the Southeastern league,
* ‘and Prihceton, tripping Greens-
‘burg’s, downtrodden five, 30 to 22. : In ‘other games Batesville edged ‘out: Hope; 34 w = and Delphi fell ; before Cutler, 37 to 24...
‘Butler’ 8 Bull Pups, : JX to Meet Meet Tonight
Butler's Bull Pups and the Y Trojans ‘play at 7:15 o'clock today
Central Y. Thé Trojans have: Jeplaced the
Jeague roster. Currently running in: third place,
{the U. S. Tires will meet Stewart{Warner's fourth-place team at 8:15 f—which may be:the feature game
f the evening. The Y Reps and the Indiana Central Whippels e clash. 310, * -
in an A. A. U. League game at the.
Hoosier Commercial College in the |
“When I get a few games or a set ahead I cannot keep myself from letting up. Consciously, I soften my game and ease up on the pressure. And I know enough about sports to know that the great . champions never did that.” When Dempsey knocked a rival down three times he wanted to knock him down three more times. Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen increased the pressure when they got ahead of an opponent. Tilden, Budge and. Helen Wills Moody Roark were the same way in tennis. I've tried to make myself do. the same thing, but: it was no use. I know I would "have won more matches-and . championships had I possessed: what you: fellows, call the ‘killer ‘spirit.’” “0 -. Alice plans to defend her titles in the East this year, but frankly admits that she doesn’t think it will be much fun. Without bragging, she doesn’t think women’s tennis is any too ‘strong right now, and feels that
winning. She thinks the men’s tournaments will be dull, too, with Welby Van Horn as the only youngster with“a chance to give it some life. “He is ‘the finest prospect since Budge, ” Alice said about Van Horn, “and with the proper training and handling will soon become the best amateur in the world.”
she will haye a. rather easy time|
nation’ s youngest collegiate’ varsity’ sade competitor, : Wilfred Doeriter of Evansville (Ind.) Colleg thrust for fame slong diffe erent’ lines this season
pons. Doerner i is full-time performer . Accurate with a'set basket, Doerner speciali: his left hand.
Against Franklin (Ind.)
Aces suffered their first conference setback, 45-44, after
Patty Swims
To New Mark|
‘|Cracks 300-Meter Record;
Kiefer Sets New Time.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, Jan.
anapolis breast stroke swimming
star, world’s records last night at a ‘spe-
cial showing of ‘the Purdue Univer- “ sity Acquacade for the roads school ;
being sponsored this week by-Purdue. - Kiefer
pared to his own previous record, 13:07.4.. His time for the half mile, also a new .record, was 11:11.07, exactly two seconds under his own previous mark.
Patty - swam 300 meters breast | {stroke in 5:02.2, shattering the pre-
vious mark of 5:06.2. The show was sponsored by the Indiana Highways Materials Tun
ment Association.
The Dotted Line— Chiozza Romps
To Giants’ ro B
‘NEW YORK, Jan. -25 (U. P).— The New York Giants announced today that Infielder Lou Chiozza and Coach Frank Snyder had signed their 1940 contracts. .Chiozza "told. President = Horace Stoneham that the leg he fractured last year appeared. to be as strong as ever. 2
NEW YORK, Jan. Jan. 25 . P)—A novel means for the disposition of free agents, such as Benny McCoy| and Roy Cullenbine, to prevent the|. wild bidding of . major league ball clubs was suggested today by Eddie Brannick, secretary of the New York Giants. “When Judge Landis declares a player a free-agent, he should put a maximum price tag on him,” Brannick said. “Then, after all the interested clubs had agreed to meet this amount, the player could take his choice.” - One veteran baseball man, who preferred to remain incognito, was critical of Brannick’s idea, pointi out that “most of the free agen who were worth anything ols wind up with the Yankees, if ‘the Yankees: wanted them, because of the Yanks’ percentage in Felting into the World Series dough. »
PHILADELPHIA, . Jan. 25 . PJ. —Three more members of the Philadelphia - Athletics have . returned
| their: signed contracts, according to
President-Manager Connie Mack. Bob Johnson, hard-hitting outfielder, accepted a contract which reportedly called for a substantial increase over his 1939 salary of $12,500. Al Brancato, rookie third baseman, and Bill Lillard, shortstop, also were signed, Mack said.
‘Rancher Marshall
.Out of the ring, Everett Marshall, the wrestler,” is somewhat. .of a
property man. He owns two ranches|:
and raises melons, cattle and alfalfa,
So effective is thi dozen or more free throws: from over-anxious. guards.’
25. (WU. P.).—Adolph Kiefer and Patty Aspi-| nall, sensational 14-year-old Indi-|.
stroked their way’ ‘to’ new
smashed - through. 1000] yards backstroke in 12:39.4. com-|
gis ging his
coached, ”? says: Bill’ ‘Slyker. - 1€11¢ er: talizing shot wi but not Doerner.’ that he often draws : Ji
College, ‘when the ville roared like a Yion.”
Just Looking for a Capital
Te AS EOS
- |Hlinois Relays at Urbana, Feb. 24;
Here's « one of the Providence icéers who will meet ‘our. Indianapolis goal-hunters when they cross the blue line this evening. The gentleman is Mr. Art Lesieur and his. position is left defense, .. . ® =»
Liniment-Rubbed Caps Wil ! See Red (s) Ton igh t
Herbie, so the Capital manager may not dress. this evening. The Rhode Island Reds set down at" the Municipal - Airport early to-
Thanks to heat lamps and strong liniment, 14 Indianapolis Capitals will’ be in ice togs: for this evening's hockey game against the Providence day after winging their way by Reds at the Coliseum. chartered plane from Cleveland, Ron Hudson and Eddie Bush, who Where they Played the Barons last
night, have been wearing street clothes at Providence lost to the Barons, 2 the Caps’ recent games, have been to 0, and today was one point behind subjected to long ®essions under the New Haven for leadership: in the lamp and big doses of liniment this
Eastern: Division. | week. Both believe they’ve recovered. sufficiently from their injuries to The unwillingness of veteran Mike
Karakas to guard the Reds’ goal for lace on skates again. . . a minor-league - salary has kept Herbie Has a Formula Providence in the headlines the last . el : few days. Karakas was sent to the “We plan’ to give the -boys an- Reds last month in’ exchange for other good baking. just before. tu=|poyy Golsnon “nut tute week he highy's game,” Manager Herbie balked. at continuing work in the Lewis said. “If there are any traces International-American League of those injuries left, both will be He was ordered back to Chicago butyl 20 mich iney wan % be able | by Blackhawks’ President William J, Herbie expects to use Hudson in Tobin and may be without Job for the starting line, along with Don 3
the rest of the season. Deacon and Syd Abel. Likely start-| ° ‘Hard Luck’ Guards Cage ers at defense will be Buck Jones!
_ Tonight Phil Stein, who has been and Sandy Ross, while Alfie Moore - will be bundled up ‘in front of ‘the minding the meshes for. the Syra
cuse Stars, will be. in front of the goal. Bush will be sent: in on the | providence cage. The property . of | first change of defense men; Herbie! 1 o Toronto Maple Leafs, Stein has | said, teaming with Bob Whitelaw. [poor tabbed “Hard Luck” because Two other forward lines will be the oe’ injury Jing he can't shake off, Les Douglas - Hec Kilrea~ Archie
. He was called up-from the Omaha Wilder and Bill Thomson-Carl Lis-combe-Jack Keating combinations, ciub last month by the Leafs but
s injured in a practice. session These changes will give Indian- vas re one ra Twice beapolis 15 available players, counting | tore similar injuries in practice had
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against the Indianapolis Kautskys
- Eagles won the. game, 23
Guard Bud Teanstie of the Detroi treme left), Johnny Sines of the ¢ Kadtskys.
As Eagles Swooped Down on Kautskys -
Fieldhouse. Also shown are (in front ‘of Stankey) and.
the
at
t Eagles goes high ¢ to gather hs a rebound’ during last Walter Stankey of th Eritle Andie of the Kau
fdeprived him of a place in the Leaf lineup. . There have been two other recent |changes in the Providence lineup. Johnny Chad, center, and Bobby Carse, left wing, both of whom were showing some brilliant work with the Reds, were recalled. by the Blackhawks. Manager Paul Thompson sent Joffre Desilets, center, and Winger Ab DeMarco to the Reds in exchange for the youngsters. Probable lineups: INDIANAPOLIS PROVIDENCE : { Stein
& «Fught Defense. . Jackson Deacon -.... Starr Hudson See | . Giroux Abel ...... Right Wing. Vv ‘Sherwood
[Hockey
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TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE, _ : Providence at Indianapolis. LAST NIGHT'S RESULTS
Glarsland, 8 Providence, 0. Filddverss,” hs To omacnes, 0. A eestatitts.
wo Games Carded “For Silent Hoosiers
The Silent Hoosier cagers;. wit
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the Eagles (ex- and ‘will meet ‘How rday
: 17 IeD, is-beginning his seeond year
. ‘|son and ‘Charles Marshall of Mon‘|tezuma.
. |ing barrier,
-quite :seriously.
Eten up points.
s Boerser tat) ra well Ap among, the state’ S
00 a at Mackey, Ind. er college at 18.. When he reaches j — 7 Bre wil have © completed his
“I remember sending. i into the DePauw game last year. Most freshmen are. a little timid . ivi lack confidence,
“He blazed under the Hoop. the first chance he got, ; scored. a field goal, pounded himself on the chest and
Bill Syker knew: ‘then that Wilfred Doerner had it.
{Butler Track
Begins Feb. 6
Purdue Is First on Schedule; Relays March 16.
Indoor track will get underway at Butler University with a night show against Purdue, Feb. 6, in the: Field:
house. _ Ray Sears, with five returning let-
as coach of the thinlies. Outstanding lettermen are co-captains: Willam (Rosy) ‘Southworth -of Ander-
. Five other meets are carded this winter, highlighted by the -eighth annual Butler Indoor Relays here, March 16, when the team defends its college division team championship of: last year. - Butler also will defend its college
two-mile relay championship at the|
Illinois Relays, Feb. 17, and the Mid-
west track and field championship|
at Napierville, Ill, March 2. - Other lettermen this year are John Reno, Harold Feichter and Ora Kincaid. The complete indoor schedule is: Purdue, here at night, Feb. 6; Michigan Normal at Ypsilanti, Feb. 10;
Midwest meet at Napierville, March
2, and Butler Indoor Relays, here, March 16.
Horse and Man— In “Track Meet’
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 a Py — For the benefit of the Finnish Re-
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YOUNGEST VARSITY PLAYER. »:
17-YEAR-OLD | WILFRED
oF nic COLLEGE RUNS RAMPANT IN LEADING TOUGH =~ INNA COLLEGIATE
o¥ “He's one of £ the. 7) Stl inthusiastic players Ive. ever si
ACE OF ACES PULLS EM OUT OF HIS POCKET...
Human Gale of Flying Fists Retains Welter Title; Pedro Shows Heart.
By HARRY FERGUSON NEA Service Sports Editor
NEW YORX, Jan. 25.—Hoist the storm warnings, for Hurricane Henry is blowing death and disaster again, | Hammerin’ Henry Armstrong, a human gale of flying fists, retained his world welterweight championship last night and when the storm finally passed by. Madison Square Garden and men crept out to pick
up the pieces they found a broken, bleeding fighter—Pedro Montanez. He had shaken his fist at the lightning and the hurricane had wrecked him.
lief Fund, but without benefit of springboard or blinkers, man will
attempt to prove dis superiority to].
the horse as a high jumper here next week. The unique stunt, which will feature the Metropolitan Equestrian Club Horse Show Feb. 2, was figured out by Former President Herbert, Hoover, who is in charge of the Finnish Pund, and Gustavus T. Kirby, executive chairman of the horse show. This will be the first time on record of man testing his ability against the equine over the jumpalthough men have raced thoroughbreds with various results . in numerous instances. Horses will ‘be relieved of riders, | and jump free, or on a long rein.. The horsey set, is taking the event
Where to Go.
| Baskethall—-Wabash vs. Butler, But-
‘canvas at -the three second mark
|. LA PORTE, Ind., Jan. 25 (U. P).
play tat: ‘Edinburg tomorrow night| ° Howe High sal} ;
TODAY Hockey—Capitals vs. Coliseum, -8:30. Billiards—State three-cushion tour_ney, Harry Coolers. : TOMORROW . Amateur Boxing—Golden ‘Gloves Tournament, Armory. 7:30. ° : Billiards—State three-cushion tour‘hey, Harry Coolers. SATURDAY
Providence,
ler Fieldhouse, 8:15. ‘Manual vs. Decatur Central, Tech
‘gym, 8:00. Lew Jenkins Scores Three-Second K. 0.
DALLAS, Jan. 25 (U. P.).—Lew Jéhkins, the “hero of Sweetwater, Tex.,. who is a leading contender for Lou 'Ambers’ world lightweight title, scored one of the quickest knockouts on record last night to avenge a loss he suffered a year .ago to Chino Alvarez of Cuba. Two punches—one to the body and one to the head—put Chino on the
in the first round of their scheduled 10-rounder, and Chino didn’t wake up until his seconds: showered him with a bucket of ice water.
Terry Renamed by Racing Association —James A: Terry of La Porte
Jasteniay was re-elected president of Northern Indiana Fair and
Racing Association at the annuall Wallace Manrow of] 1 Goshen was named secretary and gS C. Brouse of Kendallville treas-
Yhe association decided to operate under rules of thel
meeting here.
race meet American Trofting Association and appointed a committee to ‘in-
vestigate the use of barriers for :
Punches From All Sides
For 24 minutes and 47 seconds Montanez stood up against Hurricane Henry. Punches Janded on him from the right, from the left, from above, from below and from somewhere over the rainbow They stung him, they dazed him. and, worst of all, they cut him until the right side of his face was a red smear and the blood that be blinked
out of his eye rolled to his shoulder and on down to his wrist. So after 27 seconds. of the ninth round Referee Billy Cavanagh commanded the Hurricane to stand still and Montanez dropped helplessly on the
and legs turned to rubber. Montanez weighs 144% pounds, and at least 50 of it must be heart. Maybe some other man has made a gamer stand in Madison Square Garden than Pedro made in the fourth round last night, but if so this deputy was not among those fortunate enough to see it. In those brief three minutes in which he hardly threw a punch Montanez rammed down the throats of everybody the’ sly rumor that he is what the leather slingers call a “geezer”—a guy with no guts. The Hurricane was roaring and ripping and early in the round Armstrong drove Montanez to the ropes. That short, sharp snort that he blows when he’s warmed up and goin’ to town came out of Armstrong’s nose. A jolting left knocked: Montanez’ head due east and a right sent it back west. Then the Hurricane really struck — rights and lefts bounced off Montanez’ head and slowly, with-a kind of sick-look on his face, he went down into the ropes. Too Far Gone
He was too far gone to have sense enough to take a count of ‘nine and rest. His fighting heart told him to get up and up he came, unable to lift his arms. So he just stood there and took it for a minute and 50 seconds. ‘Armstrong’s right smashed into his chin and smashed again. The left landed like a trip hammer on the right side of Montanez’ face and sent the blood up in a crimson fountain. Down Montanez went again in a tangle of ropes and resin. For two, three, four, five, six. seconds he pawed helplessly at the canvas with his gloves and then, as 19,157 in-
swear, he got up again. To all practical purposes ‘that round was the fight.
starting harness races. = = races,
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Henry the Hurricane Blowing Death Adan
eurious: Fourth Round. Goes Down as One Fans ey Always Remember.
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 25.—The Tete eree stepped in and stopped: the fight in the ninth round last night but there was only one round the Madison Square Garden patrons re membered. And by the same token it will be a long time before they forget it. Henry . Armstrong was defending the = welterweight championship against Pedro Montanez of. Puerto Rico. For three rounds it was ‘a close, bruising, punishing thing. The two tan skinned men would stand. head to head and exchange: héavy blows to the body and. the jaw. They set the ‘keynote ‘of the fight in the first round: After a‘ minute of long range fencing they locked ‘horns in a neutral corner immediately above your correspondent’s noodle. And for the next two mine utes they stood exactly in one spot and kept throwing militant leather
in an endless stream. Could Hear Henry Grunt 4
This was an indication that the two men had come into the ring with only one idea in mind, and that was to keep firing away until one or the other collapsed from fatigue, exhaustion and punishment, You could hear Armstrong grunt
stool in his corner, eyes glassed over !
credible witnesses are prepared to||
as he piled the leather on his bushy haired opponent. . i At this stage neither seemed to care when his punches landed; or what he did with. his head: There
-were ‘low punches on both sides and Armstrong was making effective use
of his head in close. ‘The niceties and subtleties of the sweet science were completely ignored, even Hy the referee, who remained serenely indifferent to the fouls. a
Armstrong Swarms In
The second’ and the: third rounds were much like the first in cha ter and results with Armstro ls winning by reasonably close margins because he was leading and landing more often. To repeat, it wasia good, hard fight and nobody in the vast hall could foresee or anticipate whdt the next round, the fourth, was to bring.: One minute of the round had passed “when Armstrong caught Montanez against the ropes cracked him with a right hand to the temple that shook and seem to daze him. What he had
using for a defense suddenly dese
ed him. "And he stood there againit the ropes helpless, blood drippi from an old cut over his right e Sad; Armstrong swarmed all ovér
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