Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 May 1940 — Page 18
SPORTS...
By Eddie Ash
THE PREAKNESS was named after the horse Preakness, which won the Dinner Party Stakes on a brief race program which opened the Pimlico track on Oct. 25, 1870, The horse Preakness was named after the township of Preakness, N. J., home town of its owners. The Dinner Party Stakes had been devised in August
of 1868 at a dinner party given by M. H. Sanford at Saratoga, N. Y,, for a group of sportsmen friends up frem Maryland. . . . They desired td promote something different for that era of racing and agreed to stage a two-mile sweepstakes in the fall of 1870 over a track to be built in or near Baltimore. Dinner Party Stakes struck the sportsmen as a suitable name for the feature attraction for the want of a better name at the outset. Preakness, according to the records, did a bangup job of winning the event after coming from far behind and he became a great favorite in the turf world. . . In 1873 Pimlico stewards named a mile and a half race after him and it was run late in May of that year. . . . Survivor won it and beat the favorites.
Preakness Discontinued for Ten Years
HOWEVER, the Preakness failed to progress in popularity and when only two horses went to the post in 1899 it was discontinued until 1908. . . . It has not missed since and Saturday will be its 50th running. . . . It is now over the mile and three-sixteenths route, a half furlong shorter than the Kentucky Derby, Challedon won the 1939 Preakness after finishing second to Johnstown in the Derby. » = ” = = ”
BIMELECH is another striking illustration that a race horse can be built by ballyhoo as easily as a heavyweight fighter. Off his unbeaten record, Colonel Bradley's colt stood out because the others appeared mediocre, but there were no good reasons to place him in a class apart. Looking back now, critics realize Bimelech was couple of occasions as a 2-year-old. Twice he barely beat Andy K. despite the fact that the Millsdale Stable’s problem child ran all over the track.
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Bimelech Likes That Pimlico Track
GREAT HORSES break track records. . . . Man o’ War, for example, held five track and two world marks, although Big Red did pet race after his 3-year-old year. . . . He did not compete in the erby. Bimelech has not come close to a track record, but may strike back in the Preakness. The dark bay from Idle Hour Farm likes the Pimlico track . . . ran his finest race there last fall in the Pimlico Futurity. And it has now been demonstrated that the mile and three-sixteenths of the Preakness is a distance more favorable to him than a mile and a quarter.
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PERFORMANCES to date indicate the current 3-year-olds will take turns beating one another throughout the season. Don’t be surprised if Charles S. Howard's Oregon-bred Mioland wins the Belmont Stakes at a mile and a half in early June.
Ds poke was fairly rolling along as he finished, fourth in the rby.
Sir Gallahad Horses Improve
BUT THE Milky Way Farm’s Gallahadion, the Derby winner, hardly is a thoroughbred which will not be heard from again. Horses sired by Sir Gallahad III improve, and Gallahadion is constructed for speed and distance, wear and tear. A big colt, standing more than 16 hands, Gallahadion is stronger and more rugged than Bimelech.
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WHILE he has been defeated many times and by many horses Gallahadion captured three races at Santa Anita last winter. : One leading turf scribe says the fact that Gallahadion outran Bimelech in the stretch last Saturday adds considerable strength to the theory that some observers held about his performance last Tuesday in the Derby Trial. . . . To some veteran turfmen that day it appeared Jockey Bierman was not out to win on Gallahadion,
«+ . + “He was out there merely to tag along behind Bimelech and observe how Fred Smith rode him.”
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Indianapolis Rookie Leads Reds’ Big Push
One Extreme to Another, | That’s Dodgers
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, May 8.—Bill McKechnie holds that a .260 hitter who can save ball games in the field is more valuable than a .320 hitter who cannot run, field and throw. McKechnie has put his theories into practice with the Cincinnati Reds. Last year the Reds had a weak spot at third and Bill Werber was purchased to plug the gap. This year, Indianapolis Rookie Mike McCormick, who may not hit over .275, has added defensive strength to the out-
field. Now the Reds are getting the] pitching and superlative defense to back it up. That is why they are only half a game out of first place today despite the sensational spurt of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Giants Crack Under Pressure
The Reds won their fifth straight yesterday by forcing the Giants to crack under pressure. It was the 10th game of 14 played in which the Reds have played errorless ball, and their sixth straight without a fielding miscue. With the Giants leading, 6-5, after Harry Danning’s second homer with a mate on, the Reds pulled away to win, 7-6. In the eighth, with two out, Eddie Joost and Lonnie Frey attempted a double steal. Joost smashed into Danning and scored when the New York catcher dropped Glossop’s return throw to the plate. Then Frank McCormick’s single scored Frey with the winning run. It's either a feast or a faminine with the Dodgers. They blew sky high again to lose their second game in 13 starts, an 18-2 thrashing from the Cardinals. The Cards smashed out seven homers, and tied one (13 extra base hits) and broke one (29 total bases) major league record. Johnny Mize and Rookie Eddie Lake each hit two homers. Pearson hurled the Phillies to a 1-0 shutout over the Cubs, with the winning run scored when Catcher Al Todd let the third strike get away on what should have been the third out. The Bees handed the Pirates their seventh straight defeat, 11-9, dropping Frankie Frisch’s crew into the cellar. Finney Fires On
afire” hitting, in the role of sub for Dom DiMaggio, and led the Red Sox to a 6-4 victory over Cleveland. Finney hit two doubles and,
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Detroit went into second place by plastering a 4-2 defeat on the Yanks. It was the Yanks’ fourth | {straight loss and dropped them into| place. Jo DiMaggio returned to action, but failed to aid the faltering
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the ninth by a bleeding blister on his pitching hand. The Senators snapped a fivegame losing streak with a 6-5 vietory over the Browns in 10 innings.
counted for the winning run. Gee Walker slashed out four hits in five trips. Four unearned runs helped the
bined to hold the A’s to five hits.
LA PORTE, Ind, May 2 (U. P.). — Fourteen high schools compete
here Saturday in La Porte High School's annual invitational golf tournament at the Beechwood course, scene of last year’s state open tournament. Newcomers this year are Indianapolis Shortridge, Ft. Wayne South Side, Hobart, Angola and West Lafayette. Other contestants are Valparaiso, Michigan City, Hammond, Elkhart, Mishawaka, Goshen, South Bend Riley, South Bend Central and La Porte. Michigan City is the defending champion.
4 Parties Planned At Riverside Rink
Four Indianapolis clubs and civic organizations will hold skating parties at the Riverside Roller Rink during the next two weeks, Hurshal Parker, manager, announced today. The Riverside Roller Aces will
the Boy Scout Cub Pack 9 will hold their annual affair Monday. Y. W. C. A. members will skate next Wednesday evening and on Friday evening, May 17, the Junior Catholic Daughters of America will sponsor a party. The Riverside Rink will remain open throughout the summer months with skating every evening.
Lou Finney continued his “house|
19 until May 20, baffled the Yanks} until he was forced out of action in
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: WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1940
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Help Your Golf Game—No. 9
Don’t Lose Heart in a Tra
Lee Nelson shows the correct position for playing a shot from a sand trap. Note that both feet are placed securely in the sand and that the ball is being played slightly back of the left heel.
By J. E. O'BRIEN The correct mental attitude is the No. 1 fundamental in playing any trap shot or getting out of
any sort of golf trouble, according to Lee Nelson, veteran tutor at the tricky Coffin layout. The average linksman usually is short on confidence and courage when he steps up to a trap shot, and usually ends up by having fhe third strike called on him, to use a baseball term. The biggest fault in playing trap shots, according to Nelson, is the golfer’s neglect to get a firm stance. “He doesn’t take the time to plant his feet securely, and as a result he sinks farther into the sand after beginning his shot. You will notice that the
topflight players always ‘dig in’ before *attempting such a shot.” Another frequent mistake by the average player is his attempt to lift or scoop the ball instead of hitting down and letting the loft of the clubhead do the work. “Shots from traps or the rough call for the maximum of power,” Nelson pointed out. “For that reason, the folloy through should be full, and the wrists should not be snapped, nor should the swing be halted abruptly.” The best known shot for getting out of the sand is the explosion, and the idea is to hit behind the ball. Actually it is the force of the sand against the ball that propels it. . To be successful the shot must have sufficient power
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and must go through and under the ball. And learning to force the clubhead through the sand properly is one of the hardest lessons the beginner has to master. Nelson, however, has some en= couragement for the fellow who does his golfing in these parts. Explosion shots are not so widely used in this section of Indiana as in other localities because of the kind of traps here. The local linksman more than likely will find himself in a trap of combined sand and clay composure. In this case he will find an ordinary putter may even do the trick. Roughs in this locality are not as difficult as they might be. And Nelson feels that golfers in this
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neck of the woods are missing something by not having to contend with the deep thickets such as border the fairways in Scot land. But he points out, that would be impossible on our heavily played courses. Nelson's main advice on playing shots in the rough is to make getting out your goal. “Don't worry about distance. Play the shot with the idea of getting on the fairway at the nearest point. You'll find this much more of a stroke saver.” : His final advice on trap shots was this: “Master the rest of your game, and you won't have to worry about trap or trouble shooting. After all that's just a penalty for some mistake you've made.”
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a different story at St. Paul and end, two games to one. While the Redskins will be fairly well satisfied if they hold their own {on the road, they are now fearful {that their pitching staff as a whole
is too weak to stand up under much pounding. In yesterday's series finale at Lexington Park the ‘Tribesters were sailing along in front, 3 to 2, after seven innings. In the eighth, however, Pete Sivess lost his cunning and in no time at all the Saints put the contest in the bag. The home team staged a four-
to 3. Sivess was derricked in fayor of Art Jacobs but the change didn’t gain results and John Wilson relieved Jacobs. The Indians collected 12 hits off Vedie Himsel, righthander, whom they defeated, 3 to 2, on opening day in Indianapolis April 18. Ordinarilly a team will get more than three runs on 12 blows, but the Redskins were not delivering in the clutch yesterday. St. Paul garnered 13 hits and played errorless ball. One miscue was chalked against the Indians. Woodie Abernathy paced the St. Paul attack with four hits, including a double. Tribe's leading hitter with a single and two doubles. The Tribesters scored inf the first inning and St. Paul tied it up in
its half on Leroy Anton’s home run.
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ST. PAUL, May 8—The Indianapolis Indians were en route to Kansas City today after gaining an even split in the Twin Cities in games at Minneapolis and St. Paul. They beat the league-leading Millers two out of three but it was
the Apostles finished on the long
In the fourth the Hoosiers gained a 2-to-1 lead only to have the Saints deadlock the issue again in the fifth. In the seventh the. Tribe moved out in front by a one-run margin, but it wasn’t enough. St. Paul's “big” eighth scalped the Indians beyond repair. The Indians’ next action will be against the Blues at Kansas City tomorrow and it will be a threegame series. The Tribe had an open date today.
I. U. Nine Defeats Irish, 7 to 4
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. May 8 (U. P.) —Scoring six runs in the second inning, Indiana University’s baseball team, defeated Notre Dame yesterday afternoon, 7 to 4. The Irish failed to score a single earned run, all of their counters coming on six Indiana errors. Don Dunker, Hoosier sophomore hurler, limited Notre Dame to five hits.
Howe Trackmen Tie Shelbyville
Hawe ended a track meet in a draw with Shelbyville, 58-58, yesterday on the locals’ course. Tom Sadler, of the Black and Gold, broke the track record in the
shot put with a heave of 49 feet 6
inches. Another record was smashed in the mile relay, when the Brown and Gold's Baton runners—Art Alexander, Alan Crapo, Bob Alexander and Floyd Bicknell—completed the distance in 3 minutes 54.2
Mr. MacPhail | Shows How To Get Ahead
He Kept on Trading —And Look Now!
The second of three articles on the not so Daffy Dodgers. :
BY HARRY GRAYSON NEA Service Sports Editor
NEW YORK, May 8.—When rede headed Leland Stanford MacPhail, ex-soldier, ex-lawyer and ex-foote ball official, obtained his first mae jor league opportunity in Cine cinnati, following a whirl in Coe umbus, he was looked upon as some thing of an easy mark by purveyors of baseball ivory. But Larry MacPhail, the old Mich igan main, learned rapidly and he surrounded himself with able peow ple.
When he left the Rhineland, the nucleus of its championship club was on the field. And in two years, starting from scratch, MacPhail appears to have built another championship array in Brooklyn. MacPhail had to pay his way, too, for the club was $700,000 in debt. This he did with night baseball, which paid for itself and then some, MacPhail’s first act upon taking over the outfit early in 1938 was to give the Phillies $45,000 and an athlete of no consequence for First Baseman Dolf Camilli, This quickly convinced the good people of Flatbush he intended to make every effort to give them a winner. Some Bad Deals, Sure
MacPhail made so many deals some of them had to be bad—the purchase of Mel Almada from the Browns for $25.000 and an outfielder, for example—but the majority of his transactions panned out very well, One in which not a few of the sharpshooters believed MacPhail was shortchanged no little brought Leo Ernest Durocher from the Cardinals in exchange for Infield ers. Joe Stripp and Jimmy Bucher, Outfielder Johnny Cooney ‘and Southpaw Roy Henshaw, But it turned out that MacPhail gave nothing in particular, and Durocher appeared in 141 games in 38 and was selected as the manager of the year after batting .277 in 118 games in ’39.
Lip Is the Tops
At 35, Lippy Leo Durocher has no superior as a fielding shortstop. Yet he has been kept in the dugout this spring by the brile liance of Pee Wee Reese, whom the Red Sox did not believe would hit well enough to fit into their plans. MacPhail turned to Milwaukea for two members of Brooklyn's pitching Big Three, Luke Hamlin and Whitlow Wyatt and drafted the third, Hugh Casey, from Memphis. Tex Carleton, the no-hit, norun hero, Tot Pressnell and Newell Kimball also came from the Brews ers. Larry MacPhail always managed to dig someone up whenever Leo Durocher pressed the button. But their cyclonic finish of 1939 and early rush this trip is evidence that the Brooklyn Dodgers are finally set. They are now going about the business of forcing some of the other clubs to make some changes —that is if they care to remain cone tenders.
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