Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1940 — Page 10
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SPORTS .. By Eddie Ash
KANSAS CITY is getting cold feet over the Ameri-
can Association playoff setup.
. + » The Blue Streaks, sug-"
gest that the post-season series be limited to clubs that i
finish the regular race with at The Blues also frown upon th
least a .500 percentage. . . . e A. A. All-Star setup. . .
They lost last year’s All-Star game and also took it on ¢
the chin in the playoff. Looks as though St. Paul wasted
money taking spring traini 1g if
It was just two years ago that the Apostles ruled the league roost. Attendance at Louisville Sunday was 8400, the smallest
crowd under the new Colonel owner:
last to fourth, from 912 games behin and 12 behind Detroit and 312 Al Miller, .
ship which took over last season. having advanced from d the leading Red Sox to 4Y
12 o oo
behind Cleveland. Cleveland southpaw, gained his seventh triumph
of the year against one loss by defeating the Athletics yesterday, ... . Last season he won 14 and lost 12 with an earned run average of 3.82.
Maybe Mize or Foxx, Babe Ruth Says
BABE RUTH says the only man who has a chance to beat his
home run record of 60 is Big John
possibility, the Babe figures, is Jimmy Foxx.
came close once and still is in there
Harold (Peewee) Reese did not get that nickname becaus . He got it as a result of Wiping a marbles ¢
is a shrimp. . pionship in Louisville when he was a and his weight averages 160 pounds.
Mize of the Cards... . .. The next ae Hank Greenburg swinging.
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he ame=
kid. . - He stands 5 feet 10 inches
The Brooklyn Dodgers have nine American League alumni, . .
Durocher, Walker, Vosmik, Wasdell, Tamulis, Wyatt, Hamlin,
and Gallagher.
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BENTON C. WATTS, one of Chicago's average golfers,
3 Koy
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made a
hole in one on the 13th green, Oak Park Country Club, June 2, 1939. .
He repeated the feat on the same
Metz, Oak Park professional, says it’s official.
_ handicap player at his own links, t
green on June 2 this year. Dick . . Watts is 3 five he Calumet "Country Club.
Dope On The Open, Golf’s World- Series
WILLIE ANDERSON in 1901-'03- ‘04-05 won four Open titles; three straight, a -Inark never equaled and which every golfer hopes
to equal some day. sidered greater than Anderson, os tion.
. Ralph Guldahl won in 1937-38, a feat con-
more golfers and stiffer compeati=
Each year brings out a new crop of brilliant young pros, and the winter circuit gives them added opportunity to exhibit their wares
and improve their games under fire;
we
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RAY AINSLEY of St. Louis holds the dubious honor of the reeord
number of strokes for one hole in the National Open. .
in 1938 .
. 19 at Denver
. most of them spent in trying to get out of a brook. .
He would have had better luck fishing for trout. Walter Hagan, winner in 1914 and 1919, is tuning up for his 23d
Open. . . Walter finished three Harry Vardon and Ted Ray in his
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THE PRIZE for the first Open championship, played at match
strokes behind Francis Ouimet, first attempt in 1913.
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play at St. Andrews Gold Club, Hastings-on-Hudson, in Septeraber,
1894, was a gold badge and $100. .
. Willie Dun won it . .. and when
19-year-old Horace Rawlins prevailed at’ medal play the following year the committee took back $50 of a $200 prize to have a medal
. struck off.
Bobby Jones won four times in golf's World Series, 1923, 26, '29 and
2. . In the 1913 playoff Ouimet
Tt was a three-way tie at 304.
scored 72, Varden 77 and Ray 78,
- The Open was over 36 holes from 1894 to 1897, inclusive; 72 since
* 1898.
: A af -a Glance
xX AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Kansas City ........ Minneapolis INDIANAPOLIS Louisville Milwaukee
Toledo St. [Paul
AMERICAN L wWEASUE Pct
oston oa Wi Cleveland 27
;, | Chicago
11 13 22 19 23 21 33
GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (All Games at ght) Milwaukee at INDIA AaPoLis. Kansas City at Louisville. Minneanolis ~* “a, St. Paul -t Columbus.
AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland at Washington (two). St. Louis at Bost ton Gieazn at New Detroit at Philadeiphia.
NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Cincinnati Phila elphia at Chic Boston at Pitts hy night). Broaklyn at St. Louis (night).
Clinton Meets Its Waterloo
By UNITED PRESS The Three-Eye League cellar champs, Waterloo, were credited today with their fifth win of the season after furnishing the loop with the feature game of yesterday's play. They held Clinton, third-place club, scoreless and gave them but two hits to win 2 to 0. Dobernic twirled for Waterloo, and Gorman was on the mound for Clinton. It was Clinton's 12th loss of the season, just over half of the 22 defeats suffered by Waterloo this year. Decatur beat Evansville, 6-4, with bath teams getting nine hits apiece, in a 10-inning contest. The score was tied at four all at the end of the ninth but Decatur put two hits and an Evansville error together to score two runs in their half of the extra inning. Stalder and Jones, Springfield pitchers, held Moline’to three its last night as Springfield won, 8 to 4, keeping it within a full game of League-leading Cedar Rapids. Springfield made - eleven ‘hits off Marek. Cedar Rapids, playing errorless ball, defeated Madison, 10 to 2, to keep the first place standing intact. Cedar Rapids made 11 hits off Lee and Bruhn, Madison hurlers, while Arntzen held the Wisconsin club to seven.
Cummins, Bucher Win at Fortville
Times Special FORTVILLE, Ind. June 4—Firing a best ball of 65, five below par, O. E. Cummins of Fortville and Keith Bucher of New Castle won yesterday’s all-amateur tournament at the Fortville Golf Club. Phil Renforth, also of Fortville, teamed with Bill Ritchie of New Castle to cop second honors. They had a best ball of 67.
Columbus Thumps Muncie Semi-Pros Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., June 4—The ColumBus Red Birds returned to American Association competition today after walloping the Muricie Citizens: of the Indiana - Ohio
"League, 10-2, in a night exhibition
. | Philadelphia
, | Chicago
] Boston ti
fFDanning, New York .
RESULTS YESTERDAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION No games schedule
AMERICAN IFAGUE 0-000 000—1 0 101 21x—7 = Susce,
2 rk 8 1 Niggeling, Trotter Swift; Donald and Dickey. ;
Cleveland 000 301 000—4 8 : 0 000 000—0
. 7 Milnar and Hemsley; C. Dean Yn
Hayes.
200 400 100—7 10 0 Boston 0 000 300—4 14 4
Dietrich.’ ‘C. Brow
000 003—3 10 3 or 1 022 30x—9 12 0 7 Nelyon and W. Sullivan; Leon-
-|ard and Fer
NATIONAL LEAGUE
ne 011 000—3 11 0 000 010 010—2 5 1 Passeau, Root and
Brooklyn wn SazEY and Phelps: Todd.
saath. 200 000 2p -2 8 1 0_ 000 00x—3 5 1 J. Sullivan. Fette and Lopez; Derringer and Lombardi.
ork 010 £134 0014 m 0 PrtsbLEn Lo 100 000 002 Lohrman and Danning; a Lewell
MacFayden and V. Davis.
Only games scheduled.
Major Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Finney, Besion.
Radcliff, St. is. Hayes, Phila. Cramer, Boston .....
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Lombardi, Cincinnati. Walker, Brooklyn ... 2 Moore, New York. Leiber, Chicago //HOME RUNS Cardinals.. 14|Greenberg, Tigers. . 13/Johnson, Athlelics. ; 13 Danning, Giants..
seball
Joseph's 9.
Mize,
Kopel "White ‘Sox.
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Illinois Wesleyan, 11; St
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[Tribe Opens T hird Home Stand T his Evening
RENCH LICK SPRINGS, Ind. June 4.—Lawson Little's first golf teg cher made the flat prediction ‘if Lawson's putter continues to work he'll be the man to|lbeat in the National Open.” As a professional in Portland, Orne., Mel Smith spent long hours deyeloping the Schoolboy Little into Champion Little.: Little went on to sugcessive double wins in the American and British amateurs, turhed professional and has carried hard lugk on both shoulders ever since. In May, 1939, Little came to this Sp# for a week’s workout with Stith, now professional here, before the Open. He was an early contender,
; then sprained a wrist during the
meet.
Kokomo Links No Joyride
Times Spécial
OKOMO, Ind. June 4—If the 1940 Indiana Open golf championp is contested over the Kokomo untry | Club course, the winner will have no joyride. You can take e word of the Indiana P. G. A. members . for ‘that. } ey came up here yesterday to lopk the course over and played a 36rhole sweepstakes tourney. Only e man beat par and only one
t difficult hill-and-dale layout. ill Heinlein of Noblesville won the urney with a 75-67—142, and was ailed by the par-equaller, Johnny atson of Erskine Park in South md, who shot 75-40—145. Finishg third was Chuck Garringer of eedway in Indianapolis, with 75—147. Heinlein recovered from ga backne 40 on his morning round to oot 34-33—67 in the afternoon d pass Marion Smith and Russ onehouse, whose 74's were best ter the morning rounds. Others lishing in the first 10, included following: Marion Smith¢ Crawfordsville..
4-15—149
Freddie McDermott, Tippecanoe 75-74—149 2 | R 1 74-76—150
s Stonehouse, Indianapolis. “Grant, Kokom me Simmons, Koko Sr., Frankfort Lape 1
Jusy Man
HREVEPORT, June 4 (NEA).— Guy Curtwright teaches school during the day, then drives 50 miles to play baseball with the Shreveport Club of the Texas League, in the evening.
ualled it on the medium-length,]
ook Out for Little, Sos His - oocher, Now at French Lick
Last .winter when Little whipped the professional field in Los Angeles $5000 Open, - Smith began !coking toward this year’s Open but kept his fingers crossed until last week’s eliminations when | Little cracked out a 65 in first-round play in Chicago apd went on to medal leadership for the entire nation with 134, eight under par. His first rcund required only 26 putts.” “Lawson always has been a powerhouse off the tee,” Smith said. ‘Then he quit forcing his irons and became highly expert with the shorter clubs. . But, it was his putter which used to win the titles for him and it will be his putter whicn puts him on or near the top next weekend.”
Conn Is Rated A 7-5 Favorite
DETROIT, June 4 (U.P.).— Billy Conn was a slight favorite in betting today to retain his light-heavyweight title tomorrow night against Gus Lesnevich, a New Jersey jolter who has paid a price for a chance for revenge. The odds were 7-5 with Conn, the curly-haired pride of Pittsburgh. whose boxing technique is flawless, but whose punch usually is winked at by the boys in the front row. He took a 15-round decision from Lesnevich at New York last November by making a strong come-back in the latter rounds. Lesnevich, of White Russian ancestry, is known as a “hungry” type of fighter. Conn is tall and rangy, but Lesnevich, three inches shorter, has massive shoulders and is a powerful hitter. The bout .has been postponed twice on Conn’s account. ®
Davey Embarrassed By Picture on Ad
DALLAS, Tex., June 4 (U. P).— A $50,000 damage suit by David O'Brien against the Pabst Sales Co. was on file in District Court today. The former All-America quarter-
53 23 back with Texas Christian Univer-
sity in 1938 charged he was humiliated and embarrassed by use of his photograph on a calendar advertising beer, : O'Brien's petition stated his photograph was used without his consent, and contended that such
use constituted a malicious and un-;
warranted invasion of his privacy,
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What'll
George Binger (left), pdverish |
It
Be, Jack—A Thick Steak?
Former Beavyweisht king Jack De Pmpsey, en route to Anderson to do a hit of refereeing, stopped at the Hotel Washington Sapphire Room last night for a bit of food. With the Manassa Mauler wight) ~executive and Lioyd Carter, sports promoter ia
‘Who Said Lone Star State?
| All from Texas and shooting for the National Open golf championship in Cleveland, which opens lhursday, left to right: Jimmy Demaret, Ben Hogan, Lloyd Mangrum, Ralph Guldahl and Byron Nelson.
Mac Puts Watch On Ball Game
By HENRY M’LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, June 4—Time, tide and good-looking blonds are not the only things that wait for no man. A baseball is another, which you can find out for yourself by taking a stop watch with you to a major league game. Your appreciation of the speed, skill and precision of the players will be increased threefold when you realize how little time it takes them to execute the most complicated maneuvers on the field. How much time do you think
elapses from the moment a pitcher
releases the ball, the batter hits it,
the shortstop fields it and throws to second, the second baseman pivots| and the ball lands in the first baseman’s glove for a double playz | Clocking a Homer
I timed a double play in one of Sunday’s games| between the Yankees and the Browns, and it took only four and two-fifths seconds. Russo! was the pitcher, Laabs the hitter, and the play was Crosetti to Gordon to Dahlgren.
What’ s your guess on the time required for a DiMaggio home run? That |is, from the moment the pitcher unlooses what he hopes will be a strike but which turns into a home run, until’ the ball lands in the far-away left field bleachers. The DiMaggio home run on Sunday took just five seconds, or one second less than it did to catch one of Joe's pop flies earlier in_ the game. . Thanks to me and my stop-watch, you can now gdd this vital statistic to your sum of knowledge. An umpire requires an average of three and ‘two-fifths seconds to whiskbrogm home plate, unless, of course, the umpire happens to be the American League’s John Quinn. The second ' time I clocked him Quinn had the plate as clean as the tooth |of the vainest hound in one and two-fifths seconds.
A Six-Second Stroll
The next time conversation becomes dull around the dinner table you might throw this informative little gem at your companions; It takes | the average player six and three-fifths seconds to reach first
base after he has been Walked by the pitcher. If Is doesn’t awaken the flagging interest of your dinner partners, come right back with this exclusive nugget: If you have the power to hit a ball to the 407-foot sign in right center field at Yankee Stadium, and the speed to run to third in 11 seconds, you'll have a triple, Knickerbocker of the Yanks and Clift of the Browns hit triples like this and it took them just 11 seconds, to arrive safely at third. The last thing I timed was this: When | you're hot and thirsty and
,|decide| to splurge with a cold bottle of pop, it takes one hour and 15
minutes before a boy passes your way. | \
Pat Page Speaks Tomorrow Noon
Pat | Page, who used to give the ord will be back in town tomorrow and: will speak at a luncheon of the Butler B-Men'’s Club in the Board of Trade Building Then hell go out to the Fairview campus at 2:30 p. m. to see the BMen’s | Club take on the ~eurrent varsity in a baseball game, speaking again at 6:30 when the club holds a dinner in the Campus Club.
Good Pitching
Bringing Yanks
Close to Top
But Now They Face Tougher Opposition
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 4.—Only 4% games out. of first place, the New York Yankees today were -confi dently talking: about taking over their old stronghold within the next 15 days. : If the Yanks could only keep the Senators and Browns around to grow fat on, it's a cinch they'd be on top in sooner thdn 15 days. While the Yanks have won 10 out of their last 11 games, eight of their victories have been over the Senators and Browns (four each) and in those eight games the Bronx Bombers have murdered humpty-dumpty pitching. » The Yanks definitely are on the upgrade’ and from here in are going to be a vital factor in the pennant race. Their pitching brought them out of the doldrums. Good work by Marvin Breuer, a fine looking rookie, Rusty Russo, the Long Island City Lefty Atley Donald and Spud Chandler was the big reason for the Yanks’ comeback. Red Ruffing is still around and will continue to pace the. staff but isn’t as overpowering as he once was. Red now pitches with his roodle and cunning. Here’s the Set-Up In the new Yankee scheme of things Monte Pearson, continually complaining of real or imaginary
back-ground, temporarily. Lefty .{Gomez is a question mark. Oral Hildebrand and . Bump Hadley aren’t counted oné Johnny Murphy will still play the fireman. Starting today, the Yanks are going to have to look at slightly better pitching. Smith, Thornton” Lee and Jack
-|Knott of the White Sox, and then | on Friday they'll run head on into
Bob Feller, who has given the Yanks only one run in two games. Donald, recovered from his siege of sciatica, won his second straight start yesterday, beating the Browns, 7-1. He allowed only five hits, and Harlond Clift’s homer was the only Brown run. Joe Gordon's homer and Joe DiMaggio’s triple paced the Yanks’ eight-hit attack.
Chisox Slap Red -Sox
The White Sox slapped down the Red Sox, 7-4, and cu’ the Boston lead to one game over Cleveland. The Red Sox knocked out Bill Dietrich in the seventh but were halted
Luke Appling rapped out three hits each. ~ Al Milnar scored his seventh triumph. as he pitched Cleveland to a 4-0 victory over the Athletics. It was the A’s first shutout defeat. Milnar allowed only seven hits. Ray Mack's three hits included a homer with one on. Dutch Lecnard copped his sixth victory by hurling Washington to a 9-3 victory over the Tigers. Detroit blanked until two were out in the ninth and Sullivan tripled, scoring two runs and then tallying himself on Nelson’s single. Gerald Walker hit a homer and drove in three runs.
National Leaders Win 2
The three National League leaders won. The Reds triumphed, 3-2, over the Bees behind Paul Derringer’s eight-hit pitching. It was Derringer’s sixth victory and third in a row. He did his best pitching after Chet Ross tripled in -the ninth. Cuccinello and Lopez were thrown out by Derringer and Milige popped to Frey. With Hugh Casey pitching a fivehitter the Dodgers nosed out the Cubs, 3-2. Dolf Camilli’s homer proved the winning tally. The Giants staved off a ninth-inning rally that scored two runs and beat the Pirates, 4-3. Bill Lohrman was be Giant winner, allowing eight Ss.
Manual’s Prack and Golf Teams Feted
Thirty-two members and the coaches of the Manual High School track and golf teams were enter-
tained with a luncheen in the school cafeteria yesterday ,by the Roines Club, senior boys’ honor society. Cindermen feted were Jim Allee, Donald and Wayman: Byers, Leon Calderon, Clarence Craig, Glenn Cummings, Bernard Davis, Ed Dersch, Fred Emmelmann, Warren Gally, Wendell Garrett, Donald Goodrum, Tom Holevas, James Kennington, Mike, John and Tom Mascari, Melvyn Nordholt, Joe Nahmias, Pete Pappas, Richard Rieman, Leonard Robinson, Charles Sanders, Harry Tyler, Robert Timmons, William VanDer Moere and Raleigh Warrenburg. Linksmen honored were: William
Kniptash, Walter Rafert, Bill Bot-!
tin and Jim Popcheft.
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Of the Guests From the West
Sivess or Logan to Get Pitching Assignment
Three games above the .500 mark and seven games behind the leagueleading Kansas City Blues, the Indianapolis - Indians tonight open their third home stand of the season against the Milwaukee Brewers. Game time at Perry Stadium is 8:15 and Pete Sivess or Bob Logan will be sent ‘to the Tribe rubber. They have not worked since Memorial Day. Tonight’s tilt marks the: second ‘invasion of Western clubs and the home stand calls for four series, Kansas City will follow the Brewers, and St. Paul and Minneapolis also are booked. : The Redskins have not been pounding the ball as well as their 1839 records presaged but hope to pick up some power at home. The extra batting practice is expected to rescue some of the pastimers.
Hunt Is Delivering
Allen Hunt is the lone outfielder above .300, Milton Galatzer is close but Legrant Scott and Joe Mack are far down in the averages. Other batting flops are Jess Newman at first base and man ied
Pitcher Red Barrett . . . from the Reds. 5
And Going
af third. Last season Newman patted an even 300 and Hill beltéd the sphere at a 338 clip. Catcher Dick West is living up to his 1939 reputation in, the hitting department and Bennie Zientara, rookie second sacker, is doing better than expected. Nolen Richardson, shortstop, does not figure to bat in high numbers. The oufstanding weak spots, therefore, are first and third bases " land right field.
Griffin Is Hopeful
' It was an open date in the A. A. vesterday and all clubs were idle. Manager Wes Griffin calléd his Tribesters for batting practice on the open date and they hope to get going again at the Brewers’ expense. “We'll be up and at ‘em, at any rate,” Griffin said, “since this home stand offérs a golden opportunity to pick up ground on the leaders, who will be in enemy territory opposing ° (Continued on Page 11)
Knew Rock, Too
HOLLYWOOD, June 4 (NEA).— Jesse ibbs, one-time Southern Califo backfield star who played against Notre Dame for three years, is an assistant director on “The Life of Knute Rockne,” now being filmed.
Bob Latshaw . . . to Toronto.
The return of pitcher Red Barrett and the sale of Bob Latshaw, first baseman, were announced today by Leo Miller, president of the Indians. Barrett, a familiar figure in these parts before going to Cincinnati, 1s being returned from the. Reds on option, Miller said. Be is to report to Manager Wes Griffin immediately. Latshaw was sold outright to the International League club for an undisclosed price. He is to report at Newark tomorrow.
Bobby Riggs Late For Kaycee Meet
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 4 (U: P.).—Top-seeded Bobby Riggs of! Chicago, who failed to arrive for the first round, had to play two matches today to catch the field in; tle Heart of America tennis tourna-
Union Made
- The other favorites in the men’s
singles division came through without trouble yesterday. Secondseeded Frank Parker downed Glenn | | Metcalf; 6-0, 6-1; Henry Prusoff, Seattle, seeded No. 3, ousted Frank Moseley, 6-1, 6-2; Hal Surface of Kansas City, seeded No. 4, downed Randall Clark, 6-1, 6-2; Edward Amark, Oakland, Cal, No. 8, won by default from Frank Kovacs, No. 5; W. 8S. Coen Jr., Kansas City, No. 6, defeated Wallace Swank, 6-3, 6-0, and Ed Alloo of Berkeley, Cal. No.| 7, ousted Allen Arvell, St. Louis, €-4, 6-0. [ Play in the women’s singles also’ was to get underway today.
Decision Against Umpire Is Upheld
COLUMBUS, O., June 4 (U. P). —The National Association of Professional Baseball League's execu-' tive committee today affirmed the decision of Judge William G. Bramham, association president, to suspend Umpire Bill Wilson of the Texas League for 90 days “for conduct detrimental to baseball.” Wilson drew a knife reportedly to detend himself when players charged him after a disputed decision during a Sun) anionie-F. Worth game at Ft. Worth.
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