Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1940 — Page 9

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~The Noble Art

Feller Crosses the

. Opening Day Isa Heyday for

of Pitching

Threshold So Many Have

Yearned For; 183,902 See Big Leagues Doff Lid

y GEORGE KIRKSEY — Press Staff Correspondent

. NEW YORK, April 17.—The noble art of pitching has

come back to the majors in all its pristine glory—for a|

day, anyway, or maybe longer. Blazing fast balls, dipping curves and tantalizing slow balls converted the major league theater on'opening day yesterday into a thicket full of hurling geniuses headed by

the smooth-faced Iowa farm boy with baseball's greatest pitching arm, Bob Feller.

Feller, who thrice has pitched onehit games in his glamorous career, finally crossed the threshold of the hall of fame in Chicago yesterday by pitching a no-hit game against the ‘White Sox. The Vittmen won, 1-0, on Jeff Heath's single and Rollie Hemsley’s triple; If was a classic performance and presages a remarkable year for the kingpin of pitchers who is likely to flirt

with the 30-game mark: ‘In regis-|

tering his no-hit, no-run triumph Feller fanned eight and walked five.

He was: in one jam. ‘An error by|

Roy: Weatherly and two walks, load=-

ed the bases in the second with one

out. Then, Bullet Bob . fanned Rookie. Bob Kennedy to come through unscathed.

Fellér's’ performance was the brightest effort of a day on which pitching brilliance sparkled in the eight openers witnessed by a total of 183,902 persons, one of the biggest turnouts in recent years.

But for Feller’s magnificent effort, OI’ Mose Grove would have won the laurel wreath. The 40-year-old Grove, starting his 16th major league campaign, let the Senators down with two infield hits before President Roosevelt and 31,000 fans in Washington as the Red Sox triumphed, 1-0. The Yanks, minus the services of the great Joe DiMaggio, went down to defeat in a 10-inning hurling battle between Red Ruffing and Chubby Dean, each allowing six hits. But for an error by $45,000 Benny McCoy, Dean would have won in regulation time, 1-0. Dean's fly with the bases loaded won for the A’s, 2-1. . George Coffman, ex-Tiger, made his old mates jump through hoops as the Browns beat Detroit, 5-1. Coffman gave up only seven hits, ‘blanking the Tigers after the first. Buck Newsom walked home what proved to be the winning tally with the bases loaded in the fifth. The National, pitchers’ league, ran second in hurling brilliance yesterday. Kirby Higbe, Phils’

young fastballer, pitched the senior

circuit's best game when he outdueled King Carl Hubbell to give

Official Attendances

AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Washington....... 31,000

New York at Philadelphia... 20,137] desiree 494171.

St. Louis at Detroit... Cleveland at Chicago «esses. 14,000

Total cesssnes.114,604

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Chicago at Cincinnati........ 34,342 (4th largest in Cincinnati) Philadelphia at New York.... 14,840 Brooklyn at Boston 3,517 “(smallest in league history)

Pittsburg at St. Louis....... 16,599

cesese.s 69,208 Total for both leagues........183,902

Giants. Higbe yielded only three hits’ but might have lost, 1-0, if rookie second baseman Nick Witek hadn’t gummed up a double-play ball in the eighth. Witek got neither man and Gus Suhr followed with a homer. Hubbell permitted only six hits until he left the game for a pinch-hitter in the eighth. Paul Derringer and Bill Lee put on a sparkling duel at Cincinnati with Big Paul and the Reds winning from the Cubs, 2-1. Derringer allowed six hits and Lee eight. Every run was a homer—Frank McCormick and Ival Goodman (the winner) hitting one each and Augie Galan getting the Cubs’. Mike McCormick, up from Indianapolis, collected a single and a double for the Reds. ; Whit Wyatt, performing on an

ailing knee, pitched the Dodgers fo!

a 5-0 win over the Bees, allowing only five hits. The Bees tried to bunt Wyatt but his teammates covered up his slow-moving deficiency. The Pirates, making their debut under Frankie Frisch, slammed: out 15 hits to beat the Cardinals, 6-4. Ray Blades, who dotes on juggling his pitchers, had four hurlers in action trying to stop the Pirates. Bob Klinger had the Cards blanked until the sixth when they put across a four-run- rally. Dick Lanahan mopped up, allowing only one hit in the last three innings.

- Philadelphia a 3-1 victory over the

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of Findlay, O., yesterday. .

the Purdue half of the final session, however, Rawles walked, Vernon cracked a single and then Mackiewicz crashed through for the game winning blow. Gerry Higgins relieved Don Blanken on the mound for Purdue in the seventh to get credit for the victory.

I. U. Whips Tigers BLOOMINGTON, Ind. April 17 (U. P.).—Indiana University’s baseball team took a 7 to 2 victory over DePauw yesterday as Don Dunker of Seymour set the Tigers down with five hits and fanned 15 batsmen. DePauw scored in the second inning to take a lead but the Hoosiers tied the count in the third and then pounded through two runs in the fourth to take a never threatened lead.

Butler Wins, 7 to 6

Seven Indiana college baseball teams saw action yesterday with Butler and Indiana Central winning college conference clashes. The Bulldogs nosed out Wabash, 7 to 6, at Indianapolis, while Indiana Central downed Hanover, 3 to 2. In other battles Notre Dame trimmed Chicago, 4 to 1; St. Joseph dropped an 8-to-3 decisicn to Illinois Wesleyan, and Franklin fell before the University of Louisville,

«5 to 4.

- Ball State, defending baseball champions of the Indiana College Conference, will play Butler tomorrow afternoon in the latter’s second start of the year on the Fairview diamond. In winning its opening contest, the Bulldogs took an early threerun lead, saw the Little Giants take the lead in the sixth inning and then countered with a two-run rally in the seventh to retake the lead. Wabash leveled the score again in the ninth. Carbon Scores

Capt. Frank Carbon singled for Butler in the last half of the ninth, stole second and scored when Bill Hamilton, first baseman, rapped his first hit through second base to score Carbon for the winning run after two men were out. Coach Tony Hinkle used three pitchers: Guy Tex, Harold Braden and Lyle Neat. Neat was credited with the victory. Tex, who hurled the first three frames, fanned five of the first six men to face him. Bernie Broderick, sophomore, led the Butler attack with three hits in five trips to the plate. Jim Seiler nicked Butler pitchers for two hits and two walks in five trips to the plate. Summary: 000 104 001—68 6 1 '. 111 001 201—7 7 2 and Seiler; Tex, Braden and aack and Wentz,

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Seiler Scores One for Wabash

Catcher Jim Seiler sails across the plate with a run in the first of

fall before -the Butler nine here,

7 to 6. The catcher is Meyel Haack.

"Purdue, I.U. and Butler Nines o' Take Out Some Victory Stock

LAFAYETTE, Ind., April 17 (U. P.).—A last minute rally by the Purdue University baseball team, climaxed by a triple by Felix Mackiewicz, carried the Boilermakers to a 4-to-3 victory over Findlay College

The visitors broke a 2-2 tie in their half of the ninth when Paskewich doubled and Endreck singled him home to take a 3-t0-2 lead. In

Alabam’ Hangs On Much Too Long

What, asks Alabama Bill Lee, is the use of getting a good grip on a man and then letting him go in a few seconds. Well, Alabam’, there isn’t much use to, except that if you don’t the referee may get mad and take penalizing action. Which is what happened last night at the wrestling show at the Armory. Lee, 239, lost the first fall of the main go to Dorve Roche, 222, of Decatur, Ill, in 28 minutes, victim of a reverse Indian death lock. Then Alabam’ came back and got a crab hold in four minutes, gaining such satisfaction from this grip that he refused to let go when Referee Harry Burris relayed the information that Roche had conceded the fall. Thereupon Alabam’ was disqualified—and what's more, eventually forced to let go. With the ex-heavyweight fight champ, Jess Willard, as the third man in the ring, Louis Thesz, 231, of St. Louis, kangaroo kicked his way to victory over Jack Zarnas, 225,, of New York, in’ 13 minutes of the semi-windup. A headlock by Morris Shapiro, 185, of New York, was too much for Maurice Letchford, 180-pound Canadian, in the curtain-raiser and Maurice was defeated in 18 minutes.

Amateurs

BASEBALL The National Wholesale Grocers will meet the Fountain Square A. C.’s at 2:30 p. m. Sunday on Willard Park 1. For games with’ the grocers write Norwood Barnett, 4515 E. 30th St. or call RI. 5478.

- Empire Life and Accident will practice at 4 p. m. Friday on Garfield 3. Tryouts and last year’s players are to report.

For games with Mo Model Dairy write Bill Rider, 1932 Guilford Ave, Indianapolis. Attention: Crawfordsville, Lebanon, Frankfort and New Castle.

The Eagles will work out at 4:30 p. m. tomorrow on Riverside 4 and all players are to report. With Hop Howard and Ben Lady forming the battery the Eagles will open their season April 28 at Vincennes. Fast state clubs with access to closed parks may write R. Day, 43 W. Vermont St., for games with the Eagles. Attention: Seymour Reds and Madison.

Pure Oils will prac practice at 1 p. m. Sunday at Riverside 7. The following are to report: Wilson, Potter,

s | McGill, Keene, Mumme, Thompson,

Staller, Peyton and Swank, The team will open ' its season May 4 against Falls City on Garfield 3 and the next day will go to For games write Bob Elliott, 3905 Caroline Ave.

SOFTBALL Continental All-Stars will prac-

630 | tice tomorrow at Riverside diamond 8/3. All last year’s players report.

Tryouts are welcome. For a practice game with All-Stars call RI.

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| Park Nine Wins

Park's diamondmen won their

3 |initial home appearance yesterday,

6-1, from Southport. Harold Miller

: kept the visitors’ bats silenced

throughout except for two hits, both extra base bingles off the bat of Charlie Miller.

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lowa Will Meet Illinois: I. U. at Purdue

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Times Special CHICAGO, Il. April 17.—Leadership in the still-young Big Ten baseball race will be tested this week with undefeated Iowa and Illinois meeting in two games at Iowa City Friday and Saturday as Wisconsin, fresh from a brace of wins over Chicago, meets Michigan at Ann Arbor in two games. Indiana, its opener with Ohio State canceled by cold weather, meets Purdue in two games at Pur-

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Chicago play home-and-home games| Friday and Saturday. Iowa demonstrated the form that, led to the 1939 championship as pitcher Harold Haub held Purdue to three hits for a 2-0 win in the season’s opener last week. . Illinois, with John Pacotti allowing only two hits in the second game, took a pair of games from Northwestern, 11-7 and 1-0. Wisconsin showed potency on the mound and at bat in twice defeating Chicago, 13-1 and 8-0. Johnny Sazer gave up a single hit in registering the shut out while Cy Buker allowed only five hits and one run. The Badgers demonstrated the hitting power that gave them Conference leadership in that department last year by blasting out 24 hits for an average of .338 against the Maroons, who had been undefeated in pre-Conference competition. Sophomore Ed Scheiwe took slugging honors in his first game with a triple and home run in three turns at bat against Chicago.. Shortstop Clarence Stephan collected five hits in eight trips, including a threebase blow. Jim George, Iowa’s 1939 batting champion, got two of the Hawkeye’'s {ive hits off Bob Bailey of Purdue for an average of .500.

Tech’s Cindermen Beat Kokomo

The Tech High School cinder squad. conquered a cold windy day

and the Kokomo Kats, 462 to 70%, yesterday at the East Side track. . Wallace (Red) Potter, stocky veteran fleldman, was high scorer, taking first in the pole vault and shot put. He vaulted 11 feet, and heaved the shot 44 feet 5 inches. The Tech reserves won over the Kokomo. reserves, 61 to 47. Tech will travel to Wiley of Terre Haute tomorrow.

Manual Wins as

Gally Stars

Warren Gally, a red-haired letterman, walked off with solo honors as Manual High School’s. track team scored a 73%-351% victory over the Crawfordsville Athenians yesterday at Delavan Smith Field. Gally captured firsts in the shot put and pole vault, and second place in the broad and high jumps for a total of 16 points. Most of the other Redskin points were accounted for by the distance runners. Ed Gill, who led the field in the 100 and 200-yard dashes, and John Frees, first in both hurdles, paced the Crawfordsville thinlies with 1114 points each. Both were members of the winning half-mile relay team.

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April -17 (U. P.)—Harry Bay, former outfielder for Cleveland, today ‘protested the acclaim of Bob Feller, current Cleveland ace, as the first pitcher to hurl a no-hit game in tl the s season’s opener.

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Bay asserted that Morris Amole, pitching for Buffalo, blanked Detroit. in the American League opener, April 19, 1900. He said he played with Detroit and Buffalo won the game, 8 to 0. Feller’s performance yesterday gave the Vittmen a 1-to-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

Henry Edwards of the American League Service Bureau at Chicago said Amole pitched a no-hit game April 19, 1900. Edwards said the American League was a minor league at that time, subject to draft from the National League, the only major circuit. The American League became a major league the next year. :

Midget Auto Title At Stake in June

Times Special. CHICAGO, April 17 —The second annual national board track championship for midget autos, the world’s series for the daredevil

small car drivers, will be held at Soldier Field in June. Dates for this major midget classic, the “little Indianapolis” of the racing world, were announced today by the Chicago Bowl Corp. upon receipt of approval and sanction by the contest board of the American Automobile Association. The championship will be decided in a series of five nightly programs, beginning Sunday, June 9, terminating two weeks later, ,Sunday, June 23. The second, third and fourth programs of the series will

Sunday, June 16, and Wednesday, June 19.

Bob Feller. (right), youthful Cleveland pitcher, gets a bear hug from Manager (Oscar Vitt after opening the season ‘by pitching a e against the Chicage White Sox.

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