Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 April 1940 — Page 6
NEW YORK, April 8.—Before the wedk is out the an-
nouncement will be made that
~ Earl Averill. . . . Needing power badly, they deal for Zeke Bonura, too, if the Giants can e er ma
their minds.
We Fair people are assembling but we
on’t know. the nature of the relics! the }
the Boston Bees have signed e willing to eup
forks hope they aren’t lining p any
new challengers for Joe Louis. . . . Did you notice that Horton Smith,
one of Alex Morrison’s pupils, had
a hard time breaking 80: in the
Master's Tournament? . . . And it's only fair to note that Henry Picard, another pupil, did reasonably well. One reason we don't write about N. B. A. activities is that we feel it is an agency without influence or prestige in major boxing circles. . . , For instance, do 'you think for an instant the customers are going to pay any attention to the N. B. A. ruling which dethrones . It must be a laugh, : b t |
Lou Ambers as the lightweight champion? .
even to Arifbete A Sacrifice ?—Well Hardly
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Some of thé noble humanitarians who participated in the recent
professional tennis matches for the actly im sponse to | heicall of sweet charity.
Finnish Relief Fund did not ex-
verish themselves as a result of their fine sacrifical re-
For instance, here's a letter of
protest which was sent to one of the players, by an associate who knows all |e answers himself, but feels there must be 3 topping
point.
“A bill was rendered this morning by the hotel for $79. 55 for your
expenses. which mas
wl you know I gave you my personal check bd to cover all your expenses while in New York.
ow you
got the bill up to $79.55 with a rate of $2 per day is be ond me. I think this was entirely out of proportion and a ridiculous [situation
for your me -a check for $79.55 immediately. we’ll be charity begins at home?
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ind and cover him up. And what's that old sayi
ture and your good name. I would suggest that you send
”
The letter was sent to—
Right off the bat New York baseball is going to feel the J} competi-
tive pressure from mutuel betting. Racing starts Monday an Since it’s a new deal in racing, the Giants-Phillies opener
Tuesday. | (scarcely an epochal event under a second in newspaper coverage. suffered in every community or close-up teams have prov Lou Nova has been discharged about a ring comeback. Our
where
is to go back to the filling station. . . t, returns to action it will be under the e charm boy of the hempen square.
Apostoli, another convalesce management of Pete Reilly,
Figures show baseball attendance
1 the only exceptions.
baseball ny circumstances) is sure to
has
the machines operate, | winning
from the hospital and is talking
advice to the good looking young man
We hear that when Fred
The Yankees are the No, 1 road attraction of baseball, especially
On the same day, with Feller facing 500 paid at Augusta, the home of Ty = |
on the spring tour. They drew a gate of 9274 paid at Te City.
‘Margin for Error’ We know “Margin fo Error” is
just as neatly as a descri tive for the Detroit infield.
the Detroit Infield
Hubbell, the Giants di
less than Cobb.
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would fit
a Broadway play but i lark Grif=-
fith introduced a new pitching stance this year and ‘it w promptly
ignored, even by his own pitchers. . staging the Olympics, jas you ma
Finland has given ip all hope v have heard, but the folks over
there would like to put on a renewal between Rice and Maki on the
home grounds.
The Boston Bees are
owned by jest men in New England but because he also owns a ra
t wealth-
track old
one of
man Landis won't let him put a quarter: in his own ball club. Mean-
nk Navin raced horses and bet plenty all the time he owned the
Hoe a good franchise is| slowly going to seed. On the other hand, a
Beteois Tigers. Say, what kind of monkey business is this anyway?
Demaret, Houston’ s Hotshot, Wins Again—the Hard yey
United Press Sports Editor
AUGUSTA, Ga. ‘April 8—Give him fair weather or foul, sickness or health—little Jimmy Demaret is the hottest thing in golf today. He added to his incredible streak on the ‘winter circuit at dusk yesterday when he came up the back nine of the Augusta National Golf Club for a par-breaking 71 to win the Masters Fourrament with a 72hole total of 280. That made him winner in six of the 11 major tournaments in which he played on the winter circuit— an achievement comparable to a baseball player hitting .500 or a halfback scoring eight teuclidoWns in a football game. A Sick Man
Demaret did it the | hard way, too. He was a sick /man when play started Saturday and even considered withdrawing from the tournament. But after a half hour’s delay he weént out on this long, rugged course and banged home with a 70—two under par— to stay in the running against. one of the toughest fields that a man meets on any golf course. Wins by Four Strokes
But his shining achievement occurred on the first day of this ' tournament, Thursday. The wind _ was ripping out of the southeast and rain was dripping from a sullen sky when Demaret turned the first nine in 37. Then he really got hot and came up the back nine with a heart-stopping '30—one of the greatest competitive nine holes ever shot. That was the signal that the Houston kid was hot. The tip-off on how hot Demaret was in this tournament is that he won by four strokes. No player has ever won| it before by more than two strokes. Demaret was eight under par for the 72 holes with rounds of 67, 72, 70 and 71. The victory gave him first money of $1500 and brought him into the lead for winnings on the winter circuit with a total of $7652. Nelson Finishes Third
The only man who ever threatened to press Demaret in this tournament was a comparatively unknown pro named Lloyd Mangrum, who snatched the leadership the first day with two 32s for a 64, finest round of golf ever shot in major competition. i But he never got back on that
By HARRY ep 1
pace or even near it hn wound up with 284—four hing maret. IAF a Third man at 285 was s Byron Nelson, National Open champion, and after that this is the way the leaders finished: At 287 Harry Cooper, Ed Dudley and Willie Goggin; 288, Henry Picard, Craig Wood and Sam Snead; 290, Tony Penna and Ben Hogan; - 291, Paul. Runyan and Frank Walsh. Ralph Guldahl, defending champion, was far down in the ruck with 292. Low amateur was Charlie Yates of Atlanta, former British amateur champion, with 293. Prize money was distributed as follows: Demaret, $1500; Mangrun, $800; Nelson, $600; Cooper, Dudley and Goggin, $400 each; Picard. Wood and Snead, $200 each; Penna and Hogan, $100 each; Runyan and Walsh, $50 each.
Demaret Is Top Money Winner
| AUGUSTA, Ga. April 8 (U.P). —Jimmy Demaret’s victory in the Masters Golf Tournament established him as the leading money winner of the winter season, according to the list released today by Fred Corcoran, tournament bureau manager. | Demaret has won $7652. Other leaders: Ben Hogan, $6538; Byron Nelson, $4513; Craig Wood, $3608; Lloyd - Mangrum, $3350; Sam Snead, $2906; , Horton Smith, $2900; Lawson Little, $2817; Clayton Heafner, $2706; Jug Mec.Spaden, $2501. |
Redskins Open Final Week at Florida Base
Tribe Meets Buffalo Bisons Tomorrow -
By EDDIE ASH . Times Sports Editor
With a squad huge enough to keep a couple of census takers busy for a whole day, the Indianapolis Indians today entered the stretch of their
' | Florida training with a record
of five exhibition games won
and seven lost. Thirty-four: players still are in camp and 31 are in active service. Second Baesman Fred Vaughn is out of harness indefinitely and Pitchers Art Jacobs ;and Harry Wolfe are shelved on account of sore arms. Since the Indians are top heavy
with players, the ax is poised and ready to strike off boarders ‘in wholesale lots. Tribe President Leo Miller has had only fair success in landing jobs for the boys the Indians can not use this year, and he
:|must now yield to the pressure of
the club ‘budget and start sending the lads home. No minor league club is financially fixed to carry 34 players north.
Hurlers to Be Carried
In additions to get-away-week, therefore, this also is scatter-week for the athletes earmarked for the little minors or outright release. President Miller said today that the 15 pitchers in camp will be taken along when the Redskins break camp ‘after Thursday’s game with Kansas City at Bartow. “We need them for batting practice and for the four games in Montgomery and Gadsden,” he added. Manager Wes Griffin planned to work a couple of the raw rookies against the Orange Belt All-Stars, a semi-pro team, at the Bartow
handers and both up from Findlay, 0O., for conditional tryouts. Other games in Bartow this week:
Tomorrow — Buffalo Internationals. A — Montreal Internationals. Thursday—Kansas City. The Indians will pull stakes on Friday and play in Montgomery, Ala. on Saturday and Sunday, and in Gadsden, Ala., next Monday and Tuesday. Montgomery and Gadsden are members of the Southeastern League. The Louisville Colonels made it an even break with the Indians in spring exhibition games by winning by a decisive margin at Arcadia yesterday, 7 to 1. The Kentuckians shelled both Pete Sivess and Eugene Hinrichs and collected 17 blows, in“|eluding a double and triple by Morgan and a double by Spence.
Flowers Is Poison Again
The Redskins were held to eight hits: by Wes Flowers, southpaw, who worked the full nine innings for Louisville. He is one of a few Class A hurlers to go the route in Florida this spring. The former Indian was “poison” to the Hoosiers in the American Association playoff last fall and apparently is headed for another good season against his old club. Dee More toiled behind the plate the entire game and paced the Tribe's e ight-hit attack with three safeties, including a double that barely missed going for a home run. Outfielder Art Luce finally got his eye on the ball and delivered a pair of singles. However, Hunt, Hill and Richardson were’ held hitless and Newman, Mack and Zentara only got. one blow apiece, There | was some consolation in rookie Zentara’s performance, however. He ran his string of consecutive errorless chances to 29, got one hit ‘and smacked two ball§ on the ne. Mack Bids for Scott’s Job The young and agile second sacker tried out a different batting stance in practice at Manager Griffin’s suggestion and looked: far better at the plate. Prior to yesterday Zentara seldom got the ball out of the infield, but on three occasions against Louisville, he got power into his drives. Joe Mack, the reformed first sacker, is moving in on Legrant Scott in the competition for the starting berth in right field. He is
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BARTOW, Fla., April 8.—|
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Novotny Victor In Spa Meet
FRENCH LICK, Ind. April 8 (U. P.).—Gus Novotny, Cincinnati sporting goods salesman who was. rated as no competition at all in the ninth annual Midwest Amateur Golf Tournament here, today was possessor of the title and the Thomas D. Taggart trophy. He sailed into the clubhouse yesterday at the end of the 54-hole
meet with a three-day total of 223, five strokes better than his nearest rival—John Hobart of Moline, Ill, captain of the Illini golf team two years’ ago, and John David of Indianapolis. = | Novotny began his whirlwind golf in the second round when he turned in a 34 on the first nine holes of the tough hill course and then continued to post a 147 at the end of 36 holes. On the final nine Hobart lost his chance of overtaking the pace-set-ting Buckeye when his close-in iron shots went sour. Up to that point he had kept within striking distance of the new champion and at one point ran neck and neck. Jimmy Frisina, Taylorsville, Ill, finished fourth with a 231. Defending champion Gus Moreland, Peoria, Ill, who was trying for his third championship and permanent possession of the Taggart cup, slipped to a three-way tie for fifth, sixth and seventh with Johnny Lehman and R. W. Martin, both of Chicago, who shot 232 each,
Yanks and Dodgers Play in Kentucky
OWENSBORO, Ky. April 8 (U. P.).—Opening the seven-game series that winds up their annual exhibition tour, the Brooklyn Dodgers send Hugh Casey to the mound against the New York Yankees today. Babe Phelps' two-run homer gave the Dodgers a 6-4 win over the Detroit Tigers yesterday while the Yankees tuned up with a 15-2" vic-
tory over Memphis of the Southern Association.
The Old Master Congratulates the New Master
Get in There and Pitch—April 18
IF YOU GOT a letter from the
Mayor today, read it over carefully.
It's important. If you didn’t get one, here’s what it said:
To Indianapolis Citizens:
April 18 will be a red letter doy in Indianapolis. On that day the baseball season will open, with a game between the Indians and St. Paul. Indianapolis has a good baseball team, one of the finest baseball plants in the country, and the lowest admission prices in the American Association. Yet last year it ranked seventh—next to" last—in opening day attendance. An organized campaign is under | way to increase the attendance at the opening game and to promote
sustained interest and attendance throughout the season. The American Association Baseball Club is, an important civic asset to Indianapolis. It advertises our city throughout the country. It provides wholesome entertainment for all our citizens.
In recognition of this fact, April 18 is to be observed as “Civic Day” in Indianapolis, Let's all get behind our team and give it the support it deserves, I urge employers and employees, business and professional men, and citizens generally, to attend the opening game and help place Indianapolis at or near the top in attendance. Let us continue our support throughout the season.
Sincerely Yours, ; Signed) R. H. SULLIVAN, Mayor.
Wait 0. K. on 24 Records
NEW YORK, April 8 (U\ P)— Twenty-four new indoor track and field records, including 13 world indoor standards, go up for approval before the National A. A. U. convention at Denver next December, a survey of the recently-completed 1940 indoor season disclosed today. Record-breaking performances
were too numerous to award an accolade to any single track and field star, but if the halo is to go to any individual, certainly Gregory Rice of South Bend, Ind. appears to be a logical choice, Rice, barrel-chested star who runs under the colors of Notre Dame, and recent conqueror of Finland's Taisto Maki, touring world outdoor record holder, turned in two-mile and three-mile marks of 8:56.2 and 13:52-3 respectively. -His two-mile performance came within a fifth of a second of the listed world outdoor record and his three-mile attempt to within 1.7 seconds of the world outdoor mark. Two Negro runners also come in for a large share of 1940 indoor honors. New York University senior Jimmy Herbert registered three new marks—47.9 for the 400-meter, 43.4 for the 440-yard and 1:10.8 for the 600-yard. “Long John” Woodruff from the University of Pittsburgh not only clipped the indoor records, but also accepted outdoor world marks in the 800-meter and half-mile on Dartmouth’s springy track. Woodruft rung up 1:47 for the 800-meter and 1:47.7 for the 800 yards.
Besides. Woodruff and Rice, there|
was one other newcomer to the list of record-smashers. Al Blozis,
Georgetown University sophomore, |
rewrote the entire list of 16-pound shotput records in five straight meets, finally coming through with
Bucs, Chisox Wait
Warmer Weather
HUTCHINSON, Kas., April 8 (U. P.)—Unless cold weather again interferes, the Pittsburgh. Pirates and the Chicago White Sox will meet here today in a- spring exhibition game. Manager Frankie Frisch of the Pirates, ill several days with a throat infection, was expected to join his charges here. Bob Klinger was to take the mound for the Pirates and Vallie Eaves for the Sox.
McClure Dethroned
By FREMO:
sing all four verses of India choruses, if you please.
The Champions
|+Lou Pagliaro, New York, men
singles. *Jimmy McClure, Indianapolis, an Sol Schiff, New York, men’s doubles. *Sally Green, Indianapolis, women's singles. Sally Green and Mildred Wilkinson, Chicago, women’s doubles. *Tabor and Magda Gal Hazi, H | gary, mixed doubles. One les Tichenor, Indianapolis, boys gles. Are Gunn, erans’ singles. *New champions.
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(Bowling Yanks
Are Tumbled
DETROIT, April 8 (U. Flea of long-famous Heil bowling team of Milwaukee, supreme against | all comers for four consecutive years, at last is just another squad. | The Heils have often been called the “New York Yankees of bowling.” They defeated for four years eyery team they faced, including |the select of Detroit, St. Louis, Chicago, Cleveland and Philadelphia, and other cities holding the national match championship in 1936. ey went to Berlin and won the international match championship. | Fate and misfortune combined to tumble the combination that (was unbeatable on the alleys. At|the start of last year’s season Gillie Zunker, who led all A. B, C. bowlers over a 10-year period, died suddenly. Ned Day became match champion and moved to Chicago. The Heils carried on. Billy Sixty was added to the lineup and was scheduled here Saturday but he nearly lost his life in an automobile accident. The Heils competed nevertheless in the American Bowling Congress tournament but their total was only 2727. Hank Marino, who had topped the 10-year men, registered only 544. Only one major change occurred in “standings: over the week-end, despite the attack of some of the nation’s best bowlers- including 11 former titleholders. Alois Penzenstadler of Oshkosh, Wis., blasted a 715 series for third place in the singles, missing the top oy in the solo class by 16 pins.
It’s Feller’s Turn | |
ANDERSON, S. C. April 3 (U. P.).—Bobby Feller, Cleveland Indians‘ pitching ace, makes his second start of the season against the New York Giants today. |Feller shaded Carl Hubbell the fast time out, 1-0. Hy Vandenberg became the first Giant pitcher to go the route yesterday when he let the Indians down with 10 carefullyscattered hits for a 3-2 victory.
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The sporting assemblage will now turn to page 18 and
Love Call—and loud on the.
Which is just a way to| say the national table tennis. | tourney, all three days of it, are over and that the next item on the agenda is the Indianapolis Indians’ opening game here |
April 18 against the St. Paul Saints. the doors of old Tomlinson
were three Indianapolis stars. Jimmy McClure, lean young lead« er of the| local table tennis cone | tingent, fell from his throne in the | men’s singles, victim of a brilliant | performan by red-haired sa Schiff of New York. The scores: 12-21, 21-12, 16-21, |
“121-18, 21-13. McClure lost a long . placement,
battle in the fourth | game and then slowly faded.
Betty Henry Upset
| The other most startling upset was Ruth| Brewer’s victory over lit« _|tle Betty Henry of South Bend, seeded oy 1 in the women’s sin<" gles. Sow Yorker won, 21- -19 21-13, Eh i If there Sut be a hero from the: nearly 200 contestants, nominations are in order for Lou Pagliaro, a 20-year-old ex-shipping clerk from New York. Standing but 5-foot-1-and weighing 115 pounds, Lou is a -
father, besides being one of the most shining examples of table ten=nie perfection seen here in many a game. Lou fought his way into. the finals of last night's singles by defeating the world-famous Laszlo Bellak of Budapest, Hungary, 21-15, 21-13, 17-21, 19-21, 21-16. Then in the windup of the tour-
of his, Schiff, 21-16, 21-18, 11-21, . 21-16. Lou and Schiff play a lot together in the Broadway Table Tennis Club on “Broadway in New York and theyre wise to each other’s tricks. And it was only Lou’s terriffic chop, which made the ball like lead to get back over the net, that won for him. - :
Schiff in Rally Lou didn’t have much trouble in"
the second Sol showed signs of (a ° genvine rally. He went into high to win the third game but again feil vietim to Lou’s chop in the fourth - and deciding game. : It was an exhibition that kept the nearly filled house hushed with - tenseness. After it was over Lou seemed just as surprised as anybody. He had beaten Schiff this year in the Eastern, North Eastern and Connecticut - States tourneys and he was fully aware of Schiff’s will to avoid a fourth defeat. “I've beaten him three times this year,” he said before the match, “but that’s no sign there'll a fourth. Of course... : After it was over and a winsome lass had bluntly told him: “You're. wonderful,” he admitted, “I don’t know how I do it myself.” It may be said, however, Schiff’s favor, that he had teamed with McClure to win the men’s doubles. over Paul Capelle of Phila-.
delphia and Dan Klepak of New York only two events before the finale took place. He and McClure won this, 21-14, 21-15, 17-21, 21-14,
A discouraged Jimmy McClure
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Marvin Jones, 215, a 6-footer from - Florida, pays his first visit to the Armory tomorrow night where he will appear in the opening bout on the wrestling card that will feature "a double windup. The newcomer Jones has beén matched with Don McIntyre, 222, Kansas, in a one-fall tussle. Pairing the two completes the program. The clever and colorful “Lord”
Lansdowne, 178, engages Coach Billy |
Thom, 179, in one of the features. Lansdowne dropped a close one to Thom last fall and hopes to even matters in a promised action-pro-‘ducer. In the other feature, Dorve Roche, 222, will try for his second triumph over Gordon MacKenzie. They met several weeks ago with Dorve ending MacKenzie’s winning streak when he grabbed victory with only three minutes in a
fame I limit encounter.
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On Scouting Trip
MACON, Ga., April 8 (U. P.), — The Philadelphia Phillies were. to
play Macon ‘today, but Manager Doc}
Prothro will not be at the helm. Prothro was off on a “scouting expedition” to Atlanta, in search of
fresh talent for the Quakers. Re-|-
ports persisted that Prothro hoped to swing a deal for Zeke Bonura of the New York Giants or one of Pittsburgh’s Waner brothers. He will rejoin his team tomorrow when it meets. the Philadelphia Athletics at Atlanta.
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