Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 April 1940 — Page 33

Catcher Dee Moore (right) ots final structions from Manager Wes Griffin as the Indians take the field.

SPORTS

By Eddie Ash

_. IN ADDITION to winning their opening game, the Indianapolis Redskins made the best clock time in doing it compared with the initial tilts at Louisville, Columbus and Toledo. . . . They flattened the Saints in 1 “hour

30 minutes.

: Due to the speed the contest was run off most of the fans forgot- about the frigid atmosphere. . . . Also because ; it was tighter than a wet boot. . The Apostles monopolized the ‘first-day “firsts” by rallying in the pening frame. Stumpf got the first hit, a single; Brack drew the first walk (only one of the game); English got the first double. (and “only” of the afternoon); Stumpf tallied the first run; English batted in ‘the first run (two on one poke), and Bejma was first to strike out.’ v. Jack Price, groundskeeper, was overlooked in passing out- the bouquets. . . . Fans were amazed at the splendid condition of the field. . . . It received a thorough drenching as late as Wednesday night, but Price and his crew solved the problem by diligent sponging and manicuring. The players had no trouble in holding .their footing, . . . It’s hard to match Perry Stadium as a ball park de luxe, *- °

Coffee Royals Solve Weather Problem .

VENDORS OF cold drinks got an icy stare. . . . Most popular drink was a coffee royal right off the ola’ hip, into black java and down the hatch. . . . The thermometer bounced up 10 degrees: per jolt. . Manager Ganzel of the Saints kicked over a couple ‘of close ones and lost both decisions. . . . Heavy coats, sweaters and blankets looked comfy but oil stoves would have met a ready sale. , . . Dee Moore dropped two punts and Jess Newman one. » 8 COME July and August and April's air-conditigRed:: Baseball would bring a big price. . . . Reserved seat customers formed the bulk of the crowd, the general admission customers the minority. ven It’s ever thus on raw days or when rain threatens. 5 This is an opportune time to state that it’s Tribe President Leo Miller's policy to avoid postponements unless it’s raining (or snowing) at game time. . .. The players are not infants and can stand any » kind of rough going. . . . Anyway, they prefer to play early season games as scheduled to "escape extra double-headers in the sizzling heat of mid-summer. z

Want the Time? Call Wes Griffin

THE CROWD laughed when Dee Moore set himself to catch a foul and then cheered lustily when he finally caught one. . . , “Sounded like sarcasm to me, Dee Si ead Buk he | held up Bob Logan's ary in expert style, which was su Ty Blickman, Roger's Jewelry, presented a watch to Manager Wes Griffin of ‘the Indians and Dave Klor, Sportsmen's Jewelry, Presented a diamond stick pin to the Tribe pilot. . . . Art Rose, Rose Tire Co., also made a useful gift to Griffin, a portable radio. :

® tJ ” A DETAIL of Marines and the 12th District American Legion color guard and drum and bugle corps conducted the raising of Old Glory prior to the game. . . . Chilled by the wind and 45 degree perature some fans bought hot dogs before the hounds stopped ling on the hot plate. Pre-game ceremonies started late and there was-no time left for Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and Governor .M. Clifford Townsend to warm up for their scheduled pitcher-catcher act. . . . Instead, the Mayor merely tossed out the first ball from his box. The Governor, Mayor and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Flanagan - sof Boystown, Neb., Sxpressed hearty wishes for a successful baseball season in Indianapolis

~ Mud Hens Uncover Freshman Star

BREAK UP the Mud Hens! . Picked to finish last, Toledo upped and trounced the Kansas city Blues, defending champions. . . . The Heas really turned it on. : While thumping the Blues the Hens introduced a freshman sensation, one Johnny Lucadello, 20-year-old Italian up from San Antonio, who had a brief trial with the St. Louis Browns this spring. . Aa » Lticadello smote a three-run homer during a six-run rally,

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; TOLEDO FANS set to stein Oh, Johnny, Oh, How You Can Smack That Old Potato. . . . Last year,-at San Antonio, Lucadello batted .299, tied for the most hits in the Texas League at 188, led second basemen with 935 chances and in double plays with 81. Zach Taylor, Toledo’s new manager, had Lucadello under his wing last season.

Baseball at a aGlore

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RESULTS YESTERDAY

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Mike Balas to Test Slants Against Apostles Tomorrow

. Logan Settles After Shaky Start and Cops Open: an, ing Thriller, 3 to 2

Opening-day baseball excitement and thrills were out of the way

’ Hate are some of the 3874 shivering fans whe saw the opener.

at Perry Stadium today but the scheduled action in the second of the series between the Indians and St. Paul Saints did not come off. Along about noon the Tribe club officials tacked up the no-game

sign after watching the rain pelt down all morning. The ground was already soaked with moisture and the new downpour put the field com-

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pletely out of playing condition. The Saints are booked here again tomorrow at 2:30 and Mike Balas, Tribe righthander, has been nominated to oppose them. Manager Ganzel of the Apostles indicated he would give the mound call to Art Herring, nemesis in the past. Despite cold weather yesterday the Indians and Apostles waged a tight, interesting contest in which Bob Logan outpitched Vedie Himsl, who hurled a beter than fair brand: of

ball, Bob Fans Eight

After a shaky start Logan settled and came through with a 3-to-2 four-hit victory. He tallied eight strikeouts and issued one walk. Last year in the home opener Lefty Bob turned back Kansas City, 5 to 2. Incidentally, the Indians are undefeated in their last nine home

.. |openers, winning seven. and

two. "They have won their last-five. In the first. frame yesterday, a single, walk and a whistling double by Gil English accounted for St. Paul’s two runs. Thereupon Logan pulled himself together. and retired the Saints in order until the sixth stanza. After two away in ‘the sixth Stumpf got the visitors’ third hit and in the eighth Himsl their fourth and last. In six of the nine rounds the Tribe ace erased the side one, two, three and at one time put together four consecutive strikeouts and five in two innings. His screwball baf-

. |fled the St. Paul hitters as he mixed

it with a fast one. : Hunt Starts Action

The Indians found it tough going for three rounds but in the fourth Allen Hunt led off with a single to right and Dee Moore beat out a bunt. Jess Newman sacrificed and |v the bases were jammed when Himsl threw too late to third to head off Hunt. Himsl became rattled and made a wild pitch, plating Hunt with the Tribe's first run, the other runners moving up. : Legrant Scott popped out and on Bennie Zentara’s fly to Reis in left Moore took off for home after the catch and scored when Schlueter dropped the throwin after tagging the runner. Richardson’s flyout ended the inning. With the score deadlocked at 2 and 2 in the seventh, Zentara sent a hit through Shortstop Gerlach near second base, advanced on Richardson’s sacrifice and moved to third as Bejma tossed out Logan.

Galatzer Scores Zentara

Milton Galatazer was “due” and delivered in the clutch by lining a single to center, scoring Zentara. That’s all Logan needed to win. He had the Saints’ number and they knew it. Best: stop of the day was by Gerlach in the second. He made a diving block on Scott's drive, but could not recover’ in ‘time ‘to prevent a hit. Johnny Hill and English had a busy afternoop at the hot corner and Ollie Bejma put in heavy work at second. The Indians’ freshman second sacker, young Zentara of Chicago, accepted his only twd chances, got one hit and carried the winning run across the plate. He showed no signs of pressure under fire and the fans went for him in a large way. Paid attendance at the opener was 3874.

College Baseball

Ball State at Butler, we rounds). Michigan State, 7; Wi 0 . Nebraska, 4; Luther, 3.

HOUSTON, Tex., April 19 (U. P.). (Bitsy) Grant, tennis veteran of Atlanta, Ga., seeking his fourth River Oaks tennis title, plays

Elwood Cooke of Portland, Ore. today in the only semi-final match scheduled. Bobby Riggs, national. champion on Frank Guernsey of Rice Institute, who won the singles trophy here last year. in the other semi-final match tomorrow. Grant reached the semi-finals by “over: Ed Alloo of Berkeley,

Cal.; 8-7, 6-4, yesterday while Cooke ied. Bill. Umataedta of Louisiana

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Jasper Nine Wins

JASPER, Ind., April 19.—Jasper High School’s baseball team edged Vincennes, 1-0, in the season opener here yesterday. It was a South-

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MLEMORE

United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 19.—Brooklyn today was a mecca for connoisseurs

Just as art lovers make pilgrimages to the Uffizi galleries and music lovers travel to the Metropolitan Opera, those who appreciate the very

point to be in Brooklyn when the

o | Dodgers first play host to the New York Giants.

McMillen and Thesz Paired

Louie Thesz, the young St. Louis mat ace who ‘was king of the heavyweight wrestlers for a time, and - Jim McMillen, the Chicago husky who-is listed among the five best in the division, have been matched for the Armory wrestling headliner next Tuesday night. Both performers are well-known to local anf| state fans and both are highly touted for their skill and speedy maneuvers in the ring. Big Jim, a former All-American grid star at the University of Illinois, scales around 235, with Thesz weighing 230. It is the first time that Matchmaker Lloyd Carter has brought the two together and the offering is rated a big time affair for Armory patrons. It will be for two falls out of three.

Table Net Victors Given Trophies

Winners in the six divisions of the community center table tennis tournament sponsored by the city and WPA recreation departments were decided in final matches last night at the Brookside Community Center. The victors: ’ Boys’ Singles—George Tomlinson, Brookside; girls’ singles—Phyllis Bayer, Municipal Gardens; men’s singles—Bob Parrett, Meridian M. E. Church; boys’ doubles—Tom Neilan and Bobby Mack, Kirshbaum; men’s doubles—Parrett and Kenny Orr, Meridian M. E., and mixed doubles—Rose Herron and Morris Calderon, Jewish Communal. The individual winners and the Meridian M. E. Church team received trophies.

Lead Cycle Grind

PITTSBURGH, April 19 (U. P). —Hans Vopel and Jules Audy, Ger-man-Canadian team, flashed around the oval at the Gardens here today, leading the field by one lap in

Bitsy Grant on Texas Courts

from Chicago, plays National Inter-|San Francisco

Pittsburgh's six-day bike race, after 99 hours of pedaling. :

‘Riggs wony: his quarter-final ‘match over Western Indoor Champion Tom Kelley, 6-3, 6-4, as Guernsey over-| J came ‘Wilmer Allison of Austin, Tex., over national champion, 4-6, 7-5, -In the women’s singles, Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Fabyan, the nation’s No, 8 player, meets Virginia Wolfenden of in the semi-finals) games. Mrs. Fabyan won over Eunice Dean of San Antonio, 6-4,

3 player, defeated Millicent Hirsch, New York, 6-0, 6-2, and will play the winner of a match

6-2. Mary Hardwick, England's No.||

The game itself is "incidental, serving only as an excuse for some 35,000 people to release their grip on reason, shed their sanity, and enjoy two or three hours of good, wholesome giddiness. Cincinnati, Detroit, Boston, Cleveland and other of the major league cities stage substantial and stylish baseball openings, -but they aren't in a class with Brooklyn. The good burghers of that borough put on a show that, in many ways, won't be ‘matched until we see what the first minutes marking the end of the world are like. . And even then sonie of Brooklyn's stuff probably will have been borrowed. Some of the sound effects, most likely, -

Giants: Playing, : Remember

It should reach a peak. today, for more reasons than one. - In the first place the Giants are the opposing team and nothing so incites a Brooklyn citizen like the sight of

could troop across Brooklyn Bridge, or even Martians armed with zapzap guns, without creating the stir that the invasion of men. wearing gray flannel suits with New York stitched on their thests does. One might think that having seen these same Giants year after year the Brooklyns would: take them in stride. But such is not the case. Familiarity has really bred contempt afid hate in this case, and the first Giant who shows his noggin in Ebbets Field will get the same greeting, only more so, that John -McGraw and his boys did years ago.

No Way to Describe *

There isn't any way to adequately describe the Brooklyn greeting to the opposing ‘team on opening day. Perhaps the best way to convey a picture of what happens is to say that it offers a complete preview of 1940 models in firecrackers, cowbells, sirens, kazoos, razzberries, insults, .groans, growls and general disorder. Even the rudest Hatfield or McCoy would consider it an impolite greeting, As I said, the opening this year should be the best of a long line of

be there, but the Brooklyns will be - doubly’ excited because, after many years, they have a right to feel that their team has a chance to win the National League pennant. Even during those years when the Dodgers were so sorry that no choosy cat: would have. dragged them in, and they finished as close to the cellar as they could without infringing on the .riparian. rights of the Phillies, their fans gave them rousing support. Now, with a team better than the one that finished a bang-up thing last year, their enthusiasm is likely to know no hounds, unless it ‘be out. of bounds.

Babe's “Facuity ||

Joins Bs April 19 (Us P= Otto Vogel, University of Iowa baseball coach, agreed today to join the. faculty board of "Bebe Ruth’s

‘opens. here June 1s

Helen Pedersen, Stamford, Conn., and Patricia Canning San Fran-

today.

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Times Photos.

~ Moore crosses the plate with the second Tribe run. Sch lueter is the St. Paul catcher, Conlan the man in blue,

Kansas City Smarts Under

114 Lashing by Toledo

Milwaukee and Louisville Come Through; Mudhens

Play Errorless Ball to

Drub Champs

By UNITED PRESS

The Kansas City Blues, “Little Yankees” of the American Association, smarted today under a 4 to 11 opening day defeat at the hands of the Toledo Mudhens. Milwaukee defeated Columbus and Louisville nosed out Minneapolis eo to 7. Louisville drew the highest attendance, Sah: Col ‘weather: hurt openers. ;

a New York Giant. Wild Indians||

good ones. Not only will the Giants |

travelling baseball school which |

Harry Kimberlin went the distance for Toledo and scattered the Blues’ nine. hits. = Johnny Lindell, ~ |chartey Stanceau and Don: Hendrickson pitched ‘for Kansas City.

Toledo had 14 hits and played errorless ball, while the Blues made

.|three errors.

Milwaukee, playing in Columbus’ home field, rapped Peter Hader in the ninth. for, four runs. A Kansas City castoft, ‘Max Makosky, lasted the game for Milwaukee, doling out Signs scattered hits to the Red B .

Minneapolis and Louisville each

"jused three pitchers in their efforts to stop each other, but the Colonels finally won with a pair of runs in the ninth, after Minneapolis had forged ahead with a run in their half of the last inning. Kelley, Hogsett and Tauscher shared mound duty for the Millers, permitting 16 base hits, Jim Weaver, = Monte Weaver and Jake Flowers pitched Br Seuisville, allowing the visitors

Keeps Roller Title

CLEVELAND, April 19 (wu. P)— George Moore of Cincinnati successfully defended his title in the men’s senior speed skating division of the U. S. amateur roller skating championships here’ last night.

International

Tries Again

By UNITED PRESS Deferred by rain and cold weath-

er for one. day, the International

League planned to open its 161game schedule today on three fronts. - The Jersey City Giants, fair weather or not, have postponed opening day ceremonies until Saturday when they meet the Montreal Royals at Jersey City, N. J. Newark’s Bears, expected to furnish chief opposition to the Giants this season, open at Ruppert Stadium, Newark N. J. against the Toronto “Maple Leafs,” who -are piloted by Tony Lazzeri, former Yankee. The Buffalo Bisons play the Baltimore Orioles and the Rochester Be) Wine encounter the Syracuse Chiefs, :

Blue Devils Dined

The Shortridge basketball team will be guests of honor at a banquet to be given tonight at the Riviera Club by the True Blue Club of

Shortridge.

Star Talent Goes 2 To A. B. C. Alleys

DETROIT, April 19 (U. Pew Five teams which shot up among th leaders in the American Bowl= ing Congress last year lead the greatest single collection of talent to the runways tonight. The quintets and their scores last year at Cleveland include Pabst Blue Ribbon of Chicago, 3032; Dean Rubber, Kansas City, 3017; Linsa All-Stars, Oleveland, 2957; "Power house Candy, Chicago, 2055, and Chicago Michelobs, 2925. Pabst has made only one change in its lineup this season, National Match Champion Ned Day replace ing the veteran Ad Carlson. Other threats expected. to help conquer the 3000 jinx are Cleve= land’s Rosenblum’s featuring Joe Bodis; J a.nd J. Parking, Cleveland, and Schwoeglers, Madison, Wis, with veteran Tony Schwoegler in the anchor position. Monarch Beer of Chicago is leade RE the five-man standings with 047 Walter Michalak of Toledo hit 704 in the singles yesterday to tie for seventh position with two others, He had games of 241-244-219. “The score also placed him in 10th- posia tion in all-events competition witly a 1900 total based on 571 in teany bowling and 625 in the doubles, = Natt’s Hats of Cleveland paced five-man firing last night with 2879 on scores of 916-941-1002.

Too Cold, Too Wet

Tech High School's track meet with Manual at Delavan Smith Field and baseball game with Broad Ripple on the East Side diamond were postponed yesterday because of inclement weather and wet grounds.

Metha to Tigers:

CHICAGO, April 19 (U.P) The Chicago White Sox today ree leased third baseman Frank Methg

to the Detroit Tigers on waivers.

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