Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1940 — Page 29

SPORTS...

. WITH Bill Meyer's champion Kansas City Blues leading the parade, the American Association ball players begin assembling in their training camps this week-end. . . . As ' a matter of fact, the K. C. batterymen were due to reach ' Haines City, Fla., today. : © | The first A. A. club to gather in entirety will be th ' Columbus Red Birds at Hollywood, Fla., Sunday. . . . And * on the same day Louisville pitchers and catchers will check

in at Arcadia, Fla. . . . Toledo, the only A. A. club training outside °

of Florida, has ordered batterymen to answer roll call at New Braunfels, Tex, on Monday, March 11. ‘March 13 will see the main Kansas City squad in Haines City, and the first appearance of the pitchers and catchers of the Minneapolis and St. Paul teams in Daytona, Beach, Fla, and Leesburg, Fla. respectively. c 2s : im MILWAUKEE hurlers and backstops will report in Ocala, Fla, March 14, the same day the remainder of the Toledo squad reaches New Braunfels. . . . The Indianapolis vahguard reaches Bartow, Fla. March 15, the last report, while the main Louisville army reports in - Arcadia the same day.

Taylor and Griffin Starting First Year

MARCH 18 will mark the arrival of the Indianapolis, Minneapolis and St. Paul infielders and outfielders, while the last to report will be the similar group of Milwaukee Brewers, March 19. Starting their first year as managers will be Zach Taylor at Toledo and Wes Griffin at Indianapolis. . . . Other 1939 starting pilots are back for another campaign. / 2 2 8 2 ” 2

Columbus will participate in the first spring exhibition game, meeting Syracuse of the International League, March. 15. . . . Kansas City starts on March 17, Toledo and Louisville March 19, St. Paul and Milwaukee, March 23, and Minneapolis and‘ Indianapolis March 24. The league office has designated umpires to work all games in the Southland. . . . Kenneth P. Douglas, a member of the Three-I Ee gat, will be with Columbus until March 31, after which John (Bo) BY Molenda, an American Association arbiter, joins the Red Birds. 4 .

Umpires Assigned to Indians’ Camp

JOHN CONLAN is assigned to Indianapolis until April 2, while J. B. McCutcheon, in the Southern Association last year, finishes with the Tribe. . . . Kansas City will have Hal Weafer of the A. A. corps until April 2, and then McCutcheon. Louisville has Molenda through March 30 and then Douglas for the remainder of the stay in the South. . . . Milwaukee has been + mssigned Umpire Forrest (Frosty) Peters a new A. A. official, until April 2, with Conlan succeeding him at that time. ; Dan Tehan, another addition to the A. A. staff, works with Minneapolis through April 2, while Peters goes north with the Millers. . . . Weafer and Peters divide duties with St. Paul, the shift coming after the games of April 2. i » 2 8 ” f J

MIKE WILLIAMSON of the Texas League staff will offiicate in the Toledo games from March 19 to April 5. . . . The Mud Hens will:be joined at Ft. Worth, Tex., April 6, by Paul Genshlea, A. A, arbiter, who will accompany them on their trip north, ; Bill Guthrie, veteran member of the A. A. corps, will spend several weeks prior to the opening of the season in Hot Springs, Ark. while Ernie Stewart will officiate in spring games on the Pacific Coast. George Johnson, who+*will be starting his 27th year as a member of the American Association staff, will not go south.

Fonseca Suggests Shorter Bats

POINTING OUT that the change in the pitching rules, recently made-hy the joint major league rules committee, will help to increase pitching “speed, Lew Fonseca, promotional director of the American League and a former batting champion of that circuit, believes this will make the use of shorter length bats—around 33 or 34 inches— more desirable in order to provide speedy wrist action at the plate. Fonseca expresses the opinion that it is a mistake on the part of many players, particularly those on high school, college and amateur teams, to try to use bats that are too lcng. . . . He believes such players would obtain better results with bats of 33 or 34 inches in length, which would provide a more compact piece of ash, better

Hinshaw Men Blaze Away In Serimmage

Downtown Expert Says ‘You Never Know’

By J. E. O'BRIEN ‘Off the Backboard’

LAPEL, Ind, March 8.— Anderson High School's basketball fan-dancers probably don’t know yet how much trouble they caused 10 players, two coaches and a basketball writer by saving their Indians five days “for the prom.” Most surprised was Back-| board, who had an appointment to meet Coach Herman Hinshaw and his Lapel sectional champions at the Anderson gym yesterday after-

noon. : But what we saw on the Anderson floor wasn’t basketball as Butler, Indiana, Shortridge or Tech play it. Instead here were several hundred couples fast breakin, | stalling and waltzing out of bounds | uy DNTP PRESS

to the tune of “Hold That Tiger.” | There'll be final light workouts in Apparently no referee was around, |r 4iana’s high school gyms today either, for with our inexperienced for the surviving 64 in Hoosierdom’s eye we detected such violations as|biggest winter sensation, the high holding, face guarding and tarry- school basketball tourney.

ing more than 10 seconds back of Following the workouts the teams the center circle. {leave for the 16 regional ssniars ‘ {where 48 games will be played toOf Course Naf, Sly! morrow to cut the survivors to that Finally we flagged down on¢ «famous” 16. Already 711 have fallcouple that had been stymied bi’ en py the wayside, including some a perfect screen play in the come: o¢ the outstanding favorites, and and inquired if this was Lapel's the roll of “dead soldiers” goes to basketball team. 759 at the conclusion of tomorrow's “Nope,” she told us. “Most oflfiring Anderson’s team is here but nol] post of the remaining battlers Lapel.” . are in A-1 condition today, but a “And this is the way the In-lfew minor injuries are tying up dians practice?” (We wpuldn't putisome of the stars and some of the anything past Archie Chadd.) clubs are bound to face lineup prob“Of course not, silly. This is a/lems tomorrow, only one week after dance to honor the team.” At thet tough sectionals. j moment, her partner saw an oper Lapel's Man Injured

ing and swung her fast into the : foul circle. It was a case of tco| Lapel’'s Bulldogs, regarded as an many steps if we ever saw one. outstanding contender for the InWe finally found Coach Hinshaw |dianapolis regional title, have one and ‘his Bulldogs backed again:if|man on crutches from injuries sufthe bandstand by a combinatior [fered last week, but he expects to rhumba-tango defense. Hinshaw |be back in shape before the first told us durirfg a hot trumpet break |game tomorrow and another man is that he was hesitant about senci-|recovered from an injury suffered in ing his team onto the waxed floor,|the same series. “One regular, Gene Mills, is ot with a bad ankle now. I'm not taking chances on lesing any moe before the regional.”

“Too Slick’

It was Hinshaw himself who examined the floor while the band packed its instruments. “Too slick,”

Robert Lewis.

At New Castle Marshall Koontz, who set a new North Central conference scoring record this year, and the rest of the Trojan five are in shape, but Koontz suffered from two badly jammed ankles in the final game last week and may not be able to see full time action. Meanwhile, as the final prepara-

Here are the Lapel Bulldogs, winners of the Anderson sectional local regional tournament. They are (left to right) Coach Anderson Jr., Delbert Hershberger, Clark Baker, Gene Barnhizer, Junior Burke and Trevor Whetsel. Squad m

driving power and better handling up to more base hits. "2 =

of the bat, all of which adds

# 82 2

STEVE O'ROURKE, Detroit scout, has received his unconditional release from the Springfield Cardinals of the Western Association, after being on the voluntary retired list for 20 years. ‘ Following his management of the Springfield team. in 1920, O'Rourke was placed on the list and his name had never been removed.

he reported. “We'll have to go hazk and practice at Lapel.” Here was a second problem, for the Lapel bus river, expecting to have a couple of hours to himself, had left for parts unknown with his bus. However, a couple of Lael boosters and Backboard agreed to

tions neared completion, it's nothing but worry for the coaches. Many of the members this week have had their first chance to study the records and styles of their first game opponents tomorrow, and are just now developing the “fear the unknown” complex.

« . « Because of his alliance with the Tigers, Steve thought it best to remove any technical conection with the Cardinals which Commissioner Landis might question, and asked for his reinstatement so

haul the team back to Lapel, and everything was solved. From assistant coach Mark Wil-

Hammond Tech Frets Chief among the worry boys Is

that he could be released.

Greenberg Is Shagging Flies

And He Doesn't Look Bad

By HARRY FERGUSON F

United Press Sports Editor LAKELAND, Fla, March 8—The tall guy loped back to the left field fence and picked off a line drive with all the skill of g Tris Speaker. Riding the crest of a great career, Hank Greenberg has switched from first base to the outfield—the most daring experiment of the 1940

baseball season. Ball players who have starred Walters, a so-so third baseman, developed into a great pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds. Jimmy Foxx, a natural ball player, would be a start at first base, third base or behind the plate. There are a few others, but any manager who takes an outstanding first baseman and switches him to the outfield is taking a long gamble. :

It’s a Gamble

Manager Del Baker of the Detroit Tigers took that gamble in an ‘attempt to make a place in his lineup for Rudy York, the belting Indian who may be one of the hardest hitters of the last five years. York was tried as an outfielder and as a cateher, and he wasn't a ball of fire at either job. . ~ First base seemed to be the only place where he would fit, but standing on first base for the Tigers was $iankus Pankus Greenberg, a savage hitter, a sweet fielder—a man who was voted the most valuable player in the American League in 5. ing th? winter Greenberg was called to Detroit. Everyone thought it was to discuss salary—Hank is among the highest paid players in the game—so there was no little surprise when the announcement was made that York was the first paseman this season for the Tigers

and that Greenberg was going to}

cutfield. : ay te do my best out there,” Hank

id. fa Hank Looks Good

Today he is doing his best and it 160ks pretty good. Harry Heilmann, the great outfielder for Detroit ars ago who had the misfortune to be overshadowed by Ty Cobb, is down here and he peered out through the sun as Greenberg snagged one fly ball after another. «He'll do all right,” said Heilmann. “He's a great ball player.” Manager Baker is not the least pit worried about Greenberg and does not believe that the switch to the outfield will affect Hank’s bateye. Hg ire is a natural ball player,” Baker said. “He's the kind . that never has any trouble picking . up new technique. No manager has to worry about a man who plays ‘pall by instinct and that’s the kind of a fellow Greenberg is.” Spring training is only about a week old, but everybody takes it for granted that Greenberg will make good. The baseball writers

who chose the American and Na-

in two positions are rare. Bucky

tional League all-star teams to play in Tampa for the Finnish Relief Fund on March 17 put Greenberg on the squad as an outfielder although none of them had ever seen him play away from first base. Greenberg's future, obviously, is linked with York. Bets are being

{made that York's fielding will not

be good enough and that Greenberg will be back on first by July 4. But nobody is betting that Greenberg won't turn into a high class outfielder, :

Basketball Scores

- PREP SCHOOL TOURNEY Park (Indianapelis), 40; Todd, 21. Culver tary Academy, 35; Lake For.

sot, aL COLLEGES Warrensburg (Mo.), 31; Missouri Vall . Westminste C ; ie Tech, % nh FESSIONAL National League

Oshkosh, 41; Sheboygan, 24.

er, 52; Calvin, 52; A

Blue Devils Sharpen Their Defense

"Guarding tactics are being stressed this week in the Shor camp as Coach Kenneth Peterman tunes his Blue Devils for re ional competition Saturday. Here is Dick Gage (left) trying to get a-ound |

Larry Yeager,

A bre en 5

lof one-point victories over Ancer-

liams, who was our driving companion on the nine-mile trip, we learned considerable 'ahout thase Bulldogs who will face Greenfield in the first game of the Indianapdlis regional Saturday. Lapel, you remember, came out of the Anderson regional with a pair

son and Alexandria. Against the Indians, the Bulldogs hopped off to a comfortable lead, then had to watch Chadd’s lads whittle it down. With a minute to go, Anderson scored to take a one-point l:ad. Then it was Wayne Jarrett, a Lapel substitute, who slipped away from everybody to score the Bulldog’s winning basket with only seconds to play.

Credit Junior Burke

Against Alexandria the setting was different. This time Alec was in front at the start, with Lapel cast as the pursuer. Everybody is willing to give Junior Burke most of the credit for this victory. He entered the game after Mills had injured his ankle and scored seven points in the final quarter, Although this was about all the tournament action he saw, he was named on the allsectional team by both Anderson newspapers. . Before the sectional, Williams told us, Lapel won 15 of its 20 scheduled games. On the red side of the ledger were a 13-point defest by Muncie Burris, a 45-39 verdict that

Lebanon, Fortville and Pendieton. Among Lapel triumphs were two over Middletown, Markleville, and Yorktown and single victories over Wilkinson, Summitville, Pendleton,

(Continued on Page 30)

es Fhoto.

tridge

went to Alexandria and losses to]

the. Hammond Tech five that must go into action against an overlooked Brook club whose previous tourney play has always been above par. Right now they're discovering that Brook was the “Ossian” of 1929 and 1933, that it has won 22 of 25 games played, and has an 11-

Bruins Take First In National

By UNITED PRESS The Boston Bruins regained first place in the National Hockey League last night with a 2-1 win over the New York Americans while the New York Rangers were idle, Milt Schmidt, league-leading scorer, sent home the first Bruin goal and Porky Dumart tallied the winner. Chicago’s Black Hawks tightened their hold on fourth place with a 6-1 victory over the Montreal Canadiens. The Hawks poured over four goals in the second period to clinch the game. :

Marshall, Thesz To Have It Out

Everett Marshall and Louis Thesz have signed to “have it out” in the Armory mat ring next Tuesday night in a no time limit match whereby there must be a winner ang. a loser. B : e two heavyweight lin, stars drew in a 90-minute Zap Rimi affair last Tuesday. It was one of the best offerings staged here in several seasons. Each annexed a fall before the 90 minute gong ended activities. : : Matchmaker Lloyd Carter sent word from St. Louis today that Thesz readily accepted the offer of meeting his rival in a finish bout. Louie is confident he can turn the trick in their second meeting, especially with no gong to halt him. The 222-pound Marshall, hailing from Colorado, and Thesz, known as the “pride” of St. Louis, are top notchers in heavyweight ranks. Louis scales 231. Carter announced that the return of Marshall and Thesz will postpone the scheduled appearance of The Great Mephisto

who originally was to be in the headliner. }

~~ Butler RELAYS March 16

TICKETS

Save 25¢ Buy General Admission Tickets at HOOK’S DRUG STORES

- For 85¢ Before March 14

Lorient say WAN eh NR SS

Lapel Is Busy as Indian

Mills,

State Fives Taper Off for Regional Play Tomorrow

point victory over Valparaiso plus three over a not-too-weak Rensselaer club. Another in the same class -is Amboy, whose lads took over the Peru gym one day this week and showed they could hit the nets as well as any of the bigger clubs. They face Logansport in the first game and may push the Berries to the limit. ‘New Castle draws Parker in its

first contest and last year the same

two teams met in the same game at the Muncie regional. That time New Castle won, 43 to 36, in a tense battle, and then dropped the evening clash to Muncie Burris. Parker has three boys back from last year’s starting five, so the Trojans look for a tough afternoon. A few other worries are Shortridge about Pittsboro, Crawfordsville about Bainbridge, Evansville Central about Dale, Ft. Wayne South about Portland, Huntington about Chesterton, Lebanon about Freeland Park and Marion about Sheridan. ;

SNM SAME ———

show your friends.

Herman: x > Wayne Jarrett, Elmer Anderson, Keith embers not pictured are Ward Shetterly Jr. and

and participants tomorrow in the

Hinshaw, Halfred Males, Frank

Two Detroit Teams Are ‘All Even’

LAKELAND, Fla. March 8 (U. P.).—The “Black Cats” were all even with the “White Rats” today after winning the Detroit Tigers’ second infra-camp game 3-2. A-home run by Dick Bartell off Pitcher Johnny Gorsica from Beaumont with two on gave the Cats the victory. Dick Conger and Harold Newhouser, rookie pitchers for the Cats, held their opponents to two singles, charged to Newhouser, : ;

Wrestling Officials Tighten Rules

SEATTLE, March 8 (U.P.).—The State Athletic Commission said today it would subject ring officials to rigid physical examinations in the future after a Coroner's jury had found Referee Jack Stevens died of a heart attack during a wrestling match March 1. The jury absolved Wrestler La Verne Baxter of blame for Stevens’ death. Witnesses had testified he struck and kicked Stevens several times before the referee fell out of the ring. Spectators believed it

part of the hippodrome.

To Your Measure =Als READY for SERVICE TAILOR-SHOP CLOTHES

Make your selection from new Spring and Year--Round patterns in fine, long-wearing, style-holding fabrics. Be assured of receiving complete satisfaction in clothes you'll be proud to wear and

TAILORING CO. | MASS, AVE. |

Jitterbugs Cut a Ri

{Lew Jenkins Tries for : Title Shot

Favored, 9-5, Tonight ® Over Larkin

By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, March 8 (U.P.).—

“|1ew Jenkins, a lean, hard-hitting

young Texan with a battle-scarred face, tries to clinch a shot at the lightweight title tonight when he squares off against fast-stepping

Garden. Jenkins, a former horse-shoer in the U. 8. Cavalry, is favored at 9-to-5 to turn the triek, largely because of his explosive right hand.

the 135-pound division, hits so hard with that right fist that it seems he didn’t leave all his horseshoes down Texas way. He is working on a string of six straight knockouts and nine straight victories, eight of which were registered in New York. Promoter Mike Jacobs has promised that the winner of -this 15-round challengers’ brawl between the Sweetheart Swatter and Larkin of Garfield, N. J, will tangle with Champion Lou Ambers for the lightweight crown at the Garden on May 17. . This promise, incidentally, is virtually certain to provoke another feud between the New York Commission and the National Boxing Association because the N. B. A. recognizes Davy Day of Chicago as the No. 1 challenger. Moreover, the N. B. A. demands that Ambers sign before March 22 to defend his title against Day or vacate the throne. Jenkins is favored tonight, but he is facing the toughest assignment of his career. Larkin is a far better all-round fighter. The Texan is strictly a _puncher. Tippy, 22 years old, is more experienced than Jenkins, although a year yaqunger. He is faster, a better boxer, and he can punch too. The Garfield gunner would be favored had he not been kayoed by Welterweight Al Davis ga few months ago when he tried step out of his class. :

Illini Favored CHICAGO, March 8 (U.P.)— Capt. Joe Giollombardo and his Iilinois teammates were favored to retain their Big Ten gymnastics championship tonight at the Uni-

Tippy Larkin at Madison Square |

Lethal Lew, current sensation of| :

: : Giant Starter?

Harry Gumbert , . , he goes ta

the mound Sunday. ced

WINTER HAVEN, Fla, March | 8 (U. P.) —Harry Gumbert, - lar starter on last year’s New ! York (Ciant pitching staff, is slated to start on the moynd against the Washington Senators Sunday in the first exhibition game for the two teams. : Rounding into form nicely, Gumbert has also been mene tioned for the Giants’ opening day starting role.

. |

Where Is Clift?

Browns Wondering

SAN ANTONIO, Tex., March 8 (U. P.) --The St. Louis Browns weére concerned today over the where~ abouts of Third Baseman Harlond Clift who has a contract but failed to appear for practice. : Yesterday's drill were confined to batting practice. Alan Strange complet2d “contract formalities in

versity of Chicago.

==0PEN EVERY SAT. NIGHT TIL 9 P. N= ‘Starts Saturday

| LEON’S |

27TH ANNUAL

OF SALES

Climaxing 26 Years of Good Tailoring Values

Suits

and Topcoats

time to take part at shortstop. ef ame]

MIDDLE OF FIRST BLOCK

ed ea

ERR

oo aw

HAVER RR IRA ARERR RAL

COMERS EORE

NNO

ae cB A

WEEE

id AP

BK FE NS 8 RETA

ES eee.

cel

FREE

SHRUB They