Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 May 1940 — Page 27
SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
IN NINE TRIPS to the plate as a Pittsburgh Pirate, Vince DiMaggio has struck out six times. . . . he fanned four straight times Wednesday. . . . Roy Cullenbine, who
was freed by the Great Libera only a few points above .200
receive a long trial because his services.
tor, Judge Landis, is batting for Brooklyn . . . but will of the $25,000 put out for
When Umpire Beans Reardon was informed that Jimmy Wilson, Redleg coach, did a good job of umpiring at first base in last Monday's long game at Cincinnati, he declared: “Wilson should do a good
job of umpiring. He's been doing i
t for 15 years.”
Only two members of the league-leading Reds are batting over
300. . .
. Hershberger and Lombardi to 253, but he’s leading the outfielders. . .
. . Mike McCormick is down . Frank McCormick, first
base, is at .295 and Bill Werber, third base, at 264. . . . The Reds are
carrying 11 pitchers. When Tex Carleton hurled his for the Rochester Red Wings, his sup who are managers today. . . .
Ray Cardinals, was left fielder and leadoff man. .
first no-hit game, back in 1929 porting cast included three players Blades, boss of the St. Louis . . Billy Southworth,
current Red Wing chief, played center, and George Toporcer, now Albany, N. Y,, tactician, was Rochester second sacker.
Depression Sent Frey Into Baseball
BASEBALL was just a detour
off a serious business career for
Linus Frey, Cincy Reds’ second baseman, when he signed his first
contract in 1932, little dreaming he w at the end of the rainbow. “Junior,” with his diploma from
as heading for World Series spoils
a business college, was operating
as a slick shorthand expert in the office of a St. Louis packing house.
«a + Bang?! office force were “laid off,” including
That was the depression.
. « . All junior members of the Junior Frey.
Just to tide things over. Lonnie grabbed a baseball job, turned out to be slicker at shortstop than at shorthand, won a big league berth his second year out, and today, at 27, he's keystoner of the National
League champions.
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ARUGMENTS and fireworks have begun to pop on the Pittsburgh Pirates, with Manager Frankie Frisch in an unhappy mood because
of the Blues’ losing ways, reports St phia Inquirer. “A few days ago, Frisch refused
take a shower after the game,” says Baumgartner,
in the clubhouse for more than an chance to think things over.’
an Baumgartner of the Philadel-
to allow his players to dress and ‘He kept them hour and a half ‘to give them a
“During a game with the Phillies, Frisch and Klinger started an
argument in the pitcher's box, then
continued it on the bench after
Klinger had been taken out of the game. “ Why don't you get some control?’ roared Frisch. ‘Why don’t you learn to manage?’ replied Klinger—and the war
was on.”
First Night Game Was in Kansas
DALE GEAR, former president
of the Western League and a
pitcher at the turn of the present century, comes out of his vetirement at Topeka, Kas, to call attention to the fact that the first regularly scheduled organized ball game played under the lights was staged at Independence, Kas., in the Western Association and not at Des Moines,
Iowa, tn the Western I.eague. Gear correctly states that the g
ame in Independence was played
the last week in April, 1930, a few days before the Des Moines night
contest, which was played May 2
“The Des Moines game received the
most publicity,” points out Gear, “and made more of the opening
event
One of my great thrills was when the umpire announced:
‘The batteries for TONIGHT'S game.’ “To think that night baseball would become general in all league,”
he philosophizes.
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LOWER THAN they have been since 1930, the New York Yankees are more concerned about Bill Dickey than any other member of the
troupe.
. + . Some fear the tall catcher is through at 33.
Several of the Yankees say Dickey hasn't been quite the same since Lou Gehrig Day at Yankee Stadium last July 5.
Some of those associated with or
close to the Yankees fear Dickey
is suffering from a state of mental depression as & result of Gehrig's
tragic illness.
The famous players were inseparable for 11 years, or from the time
Dickey joined the club.
No one will ever know what Dickey went through as he watched Gehrig, the Iron Man, crack up—the victim of a spinal disease.
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TAFT WRIGHT, White Sox out can League's leading batters, hasn't
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fielder, who is one of the Amerihad his baseball undershirt laun-
dered since the season began. “Might be bad luck if I change it now,”
grins the stocky slugger. it till it falls off.
“Black and dirty as it is I'm going to wear
Wright batted safely in 18 straight games before Tommy Bridges,
Detroit, stopped him last Saturday.
Baseball at a Glance
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION |
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Kansas City ° 5% Milwaukee ........... 10 5% Louisville TW mi St, raul Columbus
GB Boston eae i Clevelang ............ Detroit Philadelphia Washington St. Louis Chicago New
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Boston Pittsburg
GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Calymbus at INNYANAPALYS (night). Toledo at Louisville (night). St. Paul at Kansas City (night). Minneapolis at Milwaukee.
. AMERICAN LEAGUE Washington at Cleveland, Philadelphia at Detroit. New York at Chicago, Boston at St. Louis.
NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at Brooklyn. Sincinnat at Philadelphia. Chicago at New York. Pittsburgh =t Boston.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE Pct 395 .380 370 367 55
. Brooklyn .... Ee. Pittsburgh .. . New York . 8 . Cincinnati. 20 77 Medwick, St. Louis ... 17 7% AMERICAN LEAGUE
verill, Detroit fnney. Boston ...... Radcliff, St. Louis ... Haves, Philadelphia .
HOME RUNS 9/Kuhel, White Sox 9/ Johnson. Athletics 8 Tabor, Red Sox RUNS s ... 25 Moses, Athletics 20 Fos. Soa Sox J. 24 Williams, Red Sox 19 Mize Cards ..... 21|
Mize, Cards a Erosky. Cleveland
HITS
“ame, Re Sox 39 Wright, Fianey. Red Sox. 3; ener, Radeilt, Browns: 38/
Fischer Wins for Leafs, 4 to 1
UNITED PRESS Charley Fischer pitched the Toronto Maple Leafs to a 4-1 victory over the Baltimore Orioles yesterday in the only International League game not postponed because of rain. Fischer settled down after a shaky
White Sox 36 Senators. 33
start during which “the ‘Orioles |
scored one run in the first inning, and blanked Baltimore the rest of the way. The Leafs, held scoreless for the first two innings by Vern Olson, teed off for two runs in the
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION [St. Paul 000 001 000— 1 8 1 {Kansas City ....... 020 120 00x— 3 11 1 | Himsl and Schlueter; Stancen and DePhillips.
Other games postponed, cold weather.
AMERICAN LEAGUE 000 101— 7 14 1 t servegaass oo 001 210 001 5 12 © | Galehouse, Hash and Desautels; Kennedy Bildilli, Niggeling and Swift,
| Boston
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NATIONAL LEAGUE _
200 000 120-35 6 0 t 200 000 020-4 9 2 | W. Lee and Hartnett; Sullivan, Piechota {and Lopez.
Other games postponed, rain. ————— I ————.
Well Organized
PHILADELPHIA, May 17 (NEA). —The Philadelphia district claims the largest women’s golf organization in the country with 41 clubs competing in bi-weekly matches.
The fifth of six articles by Jimmy Demaret, greatest golfer of the day.
By JIMMY DEMARET
Winner of the Masters’
When John Q. Dubb sees professionals in a major tournament hit tee shots 200 yards or more down |the middle and bang second shots to the green, he calls it perfect golf, | But there is no such thing as per- | fection in golf. I don't believe any golfer, regardless of his score, is not faulty in some department of his game. Perhaps his putts are not going down. Maybe he is not getting that little hook which means a 20-yard TOIl on tee shots. He may not be picking up iron shots cleanly. There is always RR something. Jimmy Demaret How do you correct mistakes? How do you get your swing back in the groove? Well, I'll tell you what the playing professional does. He hies himself to the nearest practice tee. Then, if he isn't satisfied, he consults a fellow professional. I've hit 50 balls or more between morning and afternoon rounds just to get my brassie working good again. Above all things, don't experiment. If your stroke is sound, don't change your grip, stance or back-
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
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FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1940
Mays and Swanson Shoot for Pole Tomorrow Shaw---One Out of Three . . Here's a Sign of Speed... . .
15 Expected On Track for First Trials
And Look to Riganti for A Surprise—if Any
By J. E. O'BRIEN Speedway handicappers had very sketchy past performance notes by which to pick the pole winner or even the front-row trio today as they awaited the beginning of qualification trials tomorrow. It was estimated that not more than 15 of the 87 machines stabled in the city would go on the track for the 10-mile tests tomorrow between 10 a. m. and 7 p. m. Few more are expected to bid
for 500-mile positions when
the trials are resumed at 1 p. m. Sunday. New lap and route records to re-
place those set last year by Jimmy |
Snyder are predicted, although few exceptionally fast laps have been clocked so far. Snyder won the 1939 pole with an average of 130.138 for the 10-mile route after setting a new lap mark of 130.757. Other front-row positions were taken by Louis Meyer, with a speed of 130.067, and Wilbur Shaw, with 128.997.
Same Speed for Shaw
Of this trio only Shaw will be back to renew his bid. Snyder was killed in a midget race last summer, and Meyer was retired. But Wilbur isn't a pole shooter. He is expected to drive the Boyle eight-cylinder Maserati at
‘labout the same speed as he made
last year and be content with whatever place that nets him. The two chief contenders for the No. 1 spot are likely to be Rex Mays and Bob Swanson, a pair of California speedsters. Generally recognized as one of the lead-footed lads, Mays will pilot the eight-cylinder, supercharged Bowes Seal Fast Special. Last week Rex wheeled the cream-and-black job around the track at an unofficial speed of 130.40, but since then he hasn't opened it up.
Swanson Seeks Pole
Swanson, whose qualifying average of 129.431 last year was the third best in the field, is driving the same 16-cylinder Sampson Special, a supercharged plant with a 183 cubic inch piston displacement. Bob definitely has indicated he will go after the pole and furthermore has esti-
mated that a speed of 132 miles an |
hour will be required to accomplish that task.
If any surprise is to be sprung,
Raul Riganti, the Argentine ace, is the man to do it. His factoryfresh Maserati is conceded to have the necessary stuff, and Riganti himself has demonstrated he is willing to ‘pour it on.” Before the siege of bad weather, Riganti confidently predicted he
would turn a practice lap at better |
than 130 but so far hasn't had the chance. His best speed of 122 was recorded during a sparkplug test. His motor is virtually the same as that in Shaw’s car except that it has a 183 cubic inch piston displacement as compared with 179.2 in Shaw's.
Miller a Contender, Too
The eight-cylinder Alfa-Romeo, the Wharton-Dewart entry piloted by veteran Chet Miller, is given a good chance to be somewhere in The car arrived yesterday and was given its first trial late in the afternoon. What the colorful Relly Petillo does, it appears, is largely up to Kelly Petillo. This veteran crowdpleaser, who was forced to take all three qualifying attempts last year to get a place in the “500” field, has
works on his Italian Maserati, to victory last year.
Times Photo.
A master mechanic as well as a8 champion driver, Wilbur Shaw This is the same car that carried him
While drivers and mechanics work to get ready for tomorrow's qualifications, carpenters and helpers are sprucing up the grandstands, putting up signs like this. All for May 30.
Mysterious Cubs Roll Into Big Town
Ride Four-Game Streak; Meet Giants Today
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, May 17.-Baseball's mystery team, the Chicago Cubs, came to town today, riding high on a four-game winning streak and hoping to oust the New York Giants from third place in the National League race during their two-game series at the Polo Grounds. The Cubs’ 65+<4 victory over the Bees yesterday in the only National League game enabled Gabby Harte nett's club to move within half a game of the Giants ang within 4% games of the league-leading Reds,
Cubs Are Rebuilding Champions in 1838, the Cubs dropped to fourth place last season, but now are rebuilding. The most important move made in connection with the Cubs since they dropped four straight to the Yanks in the 1938 World Series is Phil Wrigley's recent decision to move his office to Wrigley Field. Wrigley's ball players are known to hustle more when the boss is around. The Cubg potentially have a powe erful ball club, which might go places with somebody spurring them on every day, but they need a drive ing leader, something Hartnett hasn't yet proved himself to be. The Dizzy Dean affair hasn't helped the harmony of the pitching staff. Soma of the Cubs’ pitchers think Dean doesn’t deserve any more starts after his showing.
Big Bill Pulls Through Big Bill Lee, who got off to a slow start, yesterday pulled through to
Putting Time Into Speed
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® ® Due in City Indiana's finest examples of | schoolboy trackmen, 385 of them, come to Indianapolis tomorrow to {compete for the state high school title at the Tech field. | Ninety-six schools in all are entered and at stake will be the crown now worn by the Hammond team coached by Bill Easton. The chief threats to the upstate boys are expected to be furnished by Froebel of Gary, North and South Sides of Ft. Wayne, Tech, perhaps, and Anderson. Hammond and Tech have the largest teams entered, each having qualified 17 men. Boys eligible to [compete tomorrow are those who won first and second places in the sectionals last week and the winning relay teams. Among the features of the meet will be one of the half-mile events in which Tom Woolard of Hammond and Gene Yates of Anderson,
promised he won't be a pole con- best in the state, will race. Yates tender. His expected qualifying won the event last year in 1:588, speed will be somewhere between but in the 1040 Kokomo Relays 124 and 128 miles an hour. But Woolard beat Yates in a special should someone reel off a quick one |1000-yard run, the first defeat for early tomorrow, there's no telling! the Anderson lad since he was &
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sound after you find yourself off your game, Hand action is the cause of trouble 99 times out of 100. So to correct a faulty stroke, start with the hands. Possibly you are gripping the club too firmly with the right hand. Maybe one of your hands is in & bad position. Possibly you are coming back too fast, or out of the groove. Once convinced the hands and forearms are not the source of the difficulty, check your stance, then the pivot, and back to the hands again as they come into the ball, then the follow through. Break down your stroke. Check one factor at & time. Do not attempt to make several corrections at once. If you do, you'll wind up with the worst stroke you ever saw. Once you're straightened out, mental attitude plays a big part through each round. And your mental attitude can't be right when you are tired or stale. To have a good round, you must have the feeling you will play each shot the best you can play it without thinking too much about results. You must be keen, but not too keen. Keep as relaxed as you can, which isn't always too easy. It is
freshman in 1937.
To Correct Faulty Stroke, Start With Hands, Don't Experiment---Demaret
much more difficult for some golfers than for others. One of the more difficult things is to keep yourself free of outside distraction. I try only to concentrate on the simpler things. Be sure of enough body turn to the right hip. Be sure to get around, well around, on the backswing. Don't hurry any part of the swing. In starting the downswing, let the body weight move with the swing, from the right foot on to the left. If the backswing is made correctly, and you don't try to hit too quickly from the top of the downswing, there won't be mueh to worry about. Just think of making the shot as well as you can, without trying to steer the ball. A good swing will take care of the results you want, So forget the results while making the swing. NEXT: How to get the most out of your game,
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game at Perry Stadium into the laps of the feminine.
like a loom end sale, a grandstand seat for tax and service charge, total, 15 cents, with or without escort. Maybe the weatherman fixed it that way. suspicious. Both the Columbus and In-| dianapolis teams are itching to get
edge. The Indians have been idle since Monday, the Red Birds since Sunday.
expected to supply the customers with some rare diamond entertainment. The Tribe's mound ace, the popular Lefty Bob Logan, has not worked since last Saturday when he defeated the league leading Blues at Kansas City, and needless to say, the portsider is anxious to toe the slap. He will be gunning for his sixth victory tonight after rolling up two wins over the Millers and one each over the Saints, Brewers and Blues. His one defeat was by the Saints. West and Zentara
Dick West will be on the receiving end of the Tribe battery and another pastimer the fans will watch closely is Bennie Zentara, rookie second sacker who has played through 22 games without | an error, It will be the season's first night game for both clubs. In fact, only one night tilt has been played in the American Association this] year, and that at Kansas City on Wednesday when the Blues beat the Saints. The league's Eastern clubs have been occupied to date with battles against the West and Indianapolis turned in the best record.
since the early days of the campaign and Manager Burt Shotton
{says his team is just getting into
stride. The Birds annexed a dou-ble-header at St. Paul last Sunday after defeating the Minneapolis Millers on Saturday, enough evidence to indicate that Shotton is not talking through his hat. The Indians cut one pitcher off the list yesterday by returning Art Doll to Hartford of the Bastern League. The big righthander was not ready for Class AA ball, Manager Griffin said. Harry Wolfe, Who made & couple of appearances on the road, decided that his arm is
for action, the night lid lifter is|
Columbus has added strength |
Yesterday's Chill Is Today's
for Ladies
When cold weather forced the postponement of last night's ball it tossed the Indians’
night opener right x(
The Redskins and Red Birds will now touch off the after-dark fire[works tonight, and since Friday the feminine reoters get a splendid break. Pretty soft for the ladies,
is ladies’ day at the Tribe park.
— repair this season and he [was cut adrift. Tribe President Leo Miller's
frantic efforts to land mound tal-
At any rate, it 100kS ant have failed to win the atten-
tion of any of the big league clubs and he’s now offering to barter infielders and a catcher for a pitcher
going to avoid losing their physical |, two. New Tribesters on hand since thg |
first home stand are Inflelders Don Lang and Russell Bevell and Cateh-
Therefore, with both clubs eager |., weil Clifford.
| The Red Birds will be here {again tomorrow night, an on Sunday the Toledo Mud Hens will move in for an afternoon double header.
Nice Weather For the Blues
By UNITED PRESS Speaking of the weather-—besides 12 victories out of 14 home games —the Kansas City Blues were laading the American Association two games today. They defeated the St. Paul Saints 5 to 1 yesterday. The other teams looked at the thermometer and called off their scheduled games. That has been the story for three days—rain or cold. days, Kansas City and St. Paul were the only teams to play and Kansas City won both games. The Blues lambasted the pitching of St. Paul's Vedie Himsl for 11 hirs —two of them home runs. Charlie Stanceu, on the mound for Kansas City, held the Saints to three hits. One was a homer by Rightfielder Gil Brack.
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his third victory against four defeats. He held the Bees to nine hits. Gleeson's triple and Russell's homer featured the Cubs’ attack. Herbie Hash's relief work and homers by Lou Finney and Jimmy Foxx featured the Red Sox 7-5 vice tory over the Browns in the lone American League game, Hash res lieved Denny Galehouse, who had allowed 12 hits in five innings, and checked St. Louis with two hits in the last four frames, Galehouse was credited with the victory, The Red Sox pounded Vernon Kennedy out of the box and scored five runs in the third inning, Foxx's homer in the seventh was No. 9 for him, The triumph increased the Red Sox lead over idle Cleveland to three games and to 9% games over the last-place Yankees.
Riverside Links May Open May 25
PARK BOARD officials indicated today that Riverside's golf course probably will be open to the public about May 25. Herb Stewart, chairman off the Riverside board of directors, said a formal opening was being planned.
On to Muncie Indiana Central's golf team travels to Muncie today for a match with Ball State. On the Greyhounds team will be Tracy Turner, Don Emery, Alva Stoneburner and Emerson Barker, .
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