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IF HE was trying to prove himself a fit opponent for |

Hunt Hurt

Joe Louis in September, William Conn was a disappoint- |

SPORTS... [72 0p

By Eddie Ash

Takes a Job in Atlanta Store;

ment in his second edition with Gus Lesnevich. . .. The |

result is tHat all thought of a

has been put off until next June. .

Louis match for Billy Conn | |

’

Conn’ will box Bob Pastor, who is considerably closer | to his dimensions, at Yankee Stadium, New York, in late" July or early |

August.

Promoter Mike Jacobs and John Roxborough,

watched Conn anxiously throughout

They kept hoping the Pittsburgh youth would pull

punch needed to qualify him for a

manager of Louis, | his 15 rounds with Lesnevich. ... |

iy nowhere the |

meeting with Louis, for a bigger |

and harder hitting Conn would be a magnetic attraction in taking a |

shot at the heavyweight championship. But when Conn belted Lesnevich around in a blazing final round | to save the Detroit show from being a total flop from an artistic stand- | point, Promoter Jacobs and Roxborough were forced to agree that | the handsome Celt couldn’t hurt Tom Thumb with an ax. : Johnny Ray, the old lightweight who handles him, contends Conn | makes slower fellows, such as Lesnevich, appear so ill equipped that

he looks bad himself,

Logan Pitches Tonight; Millers Win, 9-2

* The Irddianapolis Indians

‘|are out of lutk in more ways

than one. In addition to having three players out of regular action

‘lon account of injuries or ill-

' |Iness, another blow was struck

| {their hopes of emerging from a | |slump today when Nolan Richard- | |son, veteran shortstop, announced ' |he is going on the retired list after

| |June 16.

It is difficult to hit Conn squarely, and he takes a punch well. ... | Ray figures Conn would get away from more of Louis' fire than did |

either Pastor or Johnny Paychek. . . chek getting off the floor three or four times.

Can’t Spot Louis 30 Pounds and Stay

BUT BUILT UP, Conn weighed no more than 173% pounds, and a good little man can’t beat a good big man... 30 pounds and hope to get away with anything, especially when the Negro would have nothing to fear in the way of a jolt on the jaw.

Conn is a'superlative boxer, but is every reason to suspect Irish Billy

Lack of early foot easily could be fatal in a joust with the quick-start-

ing and fast-hitting Louis. There is heavyweight hope for

frame, and the Irish mature slowly.

. He points to the helpless Pay-

. Conn can’t spot Louis

Louis isn’t a poor one, and there | always will be a slow starter. .. .

Conn, however, for he has the

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BOXING MEN still are discussing Conn, good box office elsewhere,

defending the light-heavyweight leadership before little more. than 6000 persons and to receipts as low as $17,000. . . . The reply to that is their wondering why Mitt Monopolist Jacobs took the fight to Detroit. . « with Conn registering from Pittsburgh and Lesnevich from New Jersey. O. Briggs Sr., refused to let the Tigers’ infield be torn-up. . ..

And, as it turned out, the battle was

day, when few wanted to be indoors.

|—$7.75.

fought on the evening of a warm The top price was too high

|dent of Atlanta, | | dianapolis '|Reds early last season and batted 1.276. His average dwindled to .220

Tribe President Leo. Miller tried to prevail upon Richardson to play

lout the complete road trip that opens in Columbus Friday and con-

tinues 19 days, but the veteran said

| lhe definitely had made up his mind {land had completed plans to finish

his league career at the end of the

{series at Toledo Sunday.

Richardson said he is leaving

' | baseball to accept a position with |. | |a department store in Atlanta, Ga. {|He has worked for the | |several years during the off-s |and is now offered a year-around | | position at the company’s new an- | | nex.

for sons

Looks to His Future “The company’s expansion pro-

Nolen is 36 years old and is a resiHe came to Infrom the Cincinnati

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Richardson to

TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1940

tit Indians June 16;

‘Times Photo.

Bob Crosby (right), orchestra leader now playin g at the Lyric, looks like he intended putting a little boogie-woogie on the ball when this picture was taken at Highland. Other members of the foursome, who apparently expect Bob to sock it a mile, are (left to right) Guy Raymond, a member Willie Goggin, San Francisco pro, and Will Wehrrle, well-known Chicago amateur.

Brooklyn, the People’s Choice, Is Back Atop the N. L. Heap

By GEORGE KIRKSEY

of the show;

Millers Press

The Blues

By UNITED PRESS Columbus rallied at the right

ddled

Moved to Newmarket; 18 Are Named ;

LONDON, June 11 (U. P.).—The English Derby will be run for the 161st time tomorrow under conditions so altered by the war that little remains of the great sporting classic except its name and its distance. : ‘ The field of 18 colts named for the mile and a half race that was inaugurated in 1780 will be sent over the Suffolk Stakes course at Newmarket, 90 miles north of heré, instead of over the hallowed turf at nearby Epsom Downs, which has been the scene of the Derby for more than a century and a half. Crowd Will Be Small

Although Government restrictions prevent publication of weather reports and the size of the probable

which normally numbers almost 500,000 will be present for the race

which has been skeletonized to such an extent that it won’t even be included in the regular Derby records. The hottest horse in the substitute entry list will not be able to make the race. He is Marcel Boussac’s Djebel, winner of the 2000 Guineas Stake and such a well-liked horse that before he was declared the wagering on other colts was restricted to second place bets. Djebel is now in Prance, however, and cannot be shipped across the Channel.

crowd, only a handful of the throng|

| Dempsey to Fight

Jack Dempsey . . . hell return to ring July 15.

DETROIT, June 11 (U. P.)— Jack Dempsey, former heavy= weight fight champion of the world, will box a six-round exhie bition with a wrestler in Detroit July 15, Matchmaker Eddie Lewis said today. ‘Lewis said Dempsey’s opponent would be Bull Curry,” “bad man” of the heavyweight wrestling ranks. The site has not yet been

selected but Lewis believed it would be either the University of Detroit Stadium or the State Fair Grounds Coliseum. Dempsey, who has spent most of his time recently as a wrestling referee, hung up his gloves “for good” after a four-round exhibie tion against Babe Hunt in Detroit eight years ago. 3

It looked like Billy Conn and Gus Lesnevich were holding secret . | practice. "i

Joe Promises K. O. ‘If- Godoy Crawls’

LESTER BROMBERG, New York World-Telegram staff writer, picked up some interesting fight dope on a recent visit to Joe Louis’ training camp at Greenwood Lake, N. J., the other day. . .. The cham- | pion is in hard training for the defense of ‘his title against Arturo | Godoy in Yankee Stadium June 20.

times last night—in the eighth and 10th innings—to trim Kansas City, leading Whe American Association, 5 to 4. As a result of the Kansas City defeat and Minneapolis’ 9-t0-2 tri-

umph over Indianapolis, only a half|and Maharajah Kolhaptt’s Tantgame separated the Blues and the|mieux, backed at 8-1. The latter Millers today. : .| will be ridden by the famed Gorden

The present favorite in Lord Derby’s Lighthouse II, who won his last prep race in convincing fashion and is Held at 2-1. His strongest competition is expected to come from the Aga Khan’s Star Dustgnow 5-1,

United Press Staff C dent NEW YORK, June 11.—The Brooklyn Dodgers, the team everybody

at large has taken unto its bosom as its very own, were back on top in the National League today for the seventh time this season. Hearts of the Dodger roosters sank right down into their boots twice yesterday before Brooklyn finally pulled\through to a 8-7 victory over the Pirates. The Dodges blew a 3-0 lead and a 7-3 lead. Manager Leo ; Durocher called on 17 players and

{| this year but his strength is on the | |defense and in teaching the finer | |points to young players. He has | |spent many years on the diamond {land has played in the majors, but {lis now at the age where future big league trials are out of the i |question for a shortstop.

Reliables Sign Dro of I. U.

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The query which draws the | Bromberg says.

| “What will you do, Joe, if Godoy pulls some more funny stuff?”

. . « The champion looks at the floor

Bomber out is the hackneyed one,

glowering. ... “Even if he crawls

on all four Ah’'m goin’ to knock him out,” he says solemnly.

# = 2

“IF SOMEBODY pays $27.50 to see a fight he’s entitled to see somethin’. . . . There was people cheated that night’ Ah was in there . . It wasn’t mah fault. . .. To hit that|fella woulda meant bustin’ mah hands on his hard head. . . . How |you goin’ to

with Godoy: .

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take that chance in the first fight of the “year?”

Louis’ resentment, gathering force slowly but surely | as he mulls over the circumstances, may express itself as did his Max Schmeling—in an explosive first-round effort to

humiliator.

2 # 2

eeve against ipe out his

» ” »

JACK BLACKBURN, Louis’ grinning, scarred old trainer. offers

a hint on that score. and choppily as ‘Joe talks slowly.

“Now, don’t you go wrong, Joe will take care of Godoy. . Last time we really A know what

more aggressive this time Godoy had. ..

no different. . . . One man only got

. Now we got him all doped out. . . . And

... . The old Indianapolis fighter talks as fast

.. He'll be

e can’t tight one way of fighting.”

Baseball af a Glance

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Kansas City Minneapel dee 30 DIA OLIS .. Milwaukee Columbus Louisville St. Paul Toledo

Boston Cleveland

Washington Philadelphia

NATIONAL LEAGUE

RESULTS YESTERDAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Ten Innings) City ....... 300 000 100 0—4 8 2 Be y eds +. 100 100 110 1—5 9 2 Haley, Wensloff and Riddle; Sunkel, F. Melton and Cooper. ; St. Paul 0 Louisville 4 Earley, Taylor, Swift and Schlueter; Nahem, Parmelee, Flowers and Lacy.

Milwaukee at Toledo, rain.

100 201 300—7 13 000 002 020—4 11

Box Score—

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Totals

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Tribe Averages

BATTING (Pitchers Not Included) 3B HR RBI Ave. as n 0 3 .333

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| | AMERICAN LEAGUE 200 000 500—7 10 © 0 000 400—4 10 2 Lawson and Swift; Hudson,

St. Louis Washington

Kramer,

5 Monteagudo and Early. |

Detroit at New York, rain. Cleveland: at Boston, rain. Only games scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn 022 010—8 13 2 Pittsburgh 0 000 400-7 12 2 Hamlin, Kimball, Casey, Pressnell, Fitzsimmons and helps, | Mancuso; Sewell, Heintzelman, Butcher, Lanahan, MacFayden and V. Davis, Fernandez.

013 043 010—12 21 0 10 001 000— 2 7 1

C. Davis, Shoun, |

Boston

Sullivan and Lopez; White and Owen.

New York at Chicago, rain.

Only games scheduled, GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (All Games at Night) "Minneapolis at INDIANAPOLIS. St. Paul at Louisville. Kansas City at Columbus. . Milwaukee at Toledo.

| AMERICAN LEAGUE

| Cleveland at Boston. Detroit at New York. St. | Louis at Yyachington. Chicago at Philadelphia (night).

NATIONAL LEAGUE New York at Chicago (two). . Philadelphia at Cincinnati. Brooklyn at Pittsburgh (night). Boston at St. Louis (night).

; Major Leaders LEADING BATTERS American League R H 65 60 . 68 .354 63 .350 64 .

: G Radcliff, St. Louis .. Finney, Boston Yriznt, Chicago . Appling, Chicago . Cramer, Boston National League AB 33 19

H 54 42 350 18 41 .345 24 54 18 38 RUNS Case, Senators...

G Moore, New York . 38 Walker, Brooklyn.. 33 May, Philadelphia. . 34 9 Danning, New York 40 157 Gleeson, Chicago.. 30 111 HOME RUNS | Mize, Cards .... 17 . 4 Trosky, Cleveland 14/|Moses, Athletics .. 39 Foxx, Cleveland.. 14{Boudreau, Clev’d. 37 Kuhel, White Sox 11|{Williams( Red Sox 36 Greenberg, Tigers 9|Frey, § ..... 36 tJohnson, Athletics BR MrCormick; 3 $ 8

RUNS BATTED IN Foxx, Red Sox... 48/Wright, White Sox 68 Walker, Senators. 41/ Walker, Senators 67 Danning, Giants 40/Radcliff, Browns. 65

President Miller and Manager

| Wes Griffin were low in spirit today over Richardson's decision to retire ' |but said they would not oppose it.

Credit to Baseball “Nolen always has been a credit

Miller said. ’ Therefore, the Tribe management

|| got busy at once today and sent out ; | wires notifying all and sundry that | the Redskins are in the market for

a new shortstop. Wayne Blackburn, the rookie up from Durham of the Piedmont League where he bated .344 last season, still is around taking regular practice. He has been on the inactive list but will be restored to eligibiilty and given a thorough tryout in the event a seasoned infielderi s not obtained by next Tuesday. Hunt Out Indefinitely

To add to the Tribe's miseries it was revealed by X-ray last night that Outfielder Allen Hunt has a fractured bone in his wrist, which means he’s out indefinitely. Dick West still is nursing a bruised hand and Bennie Zientara is troubled by a bad foot and nose and throat infections. : Hunt and West are leading the team in runs-batted-in and their absence hurts in a huge way, since some of the other boys are on the weak side at the plate when runners are in position to score. Lefty Bob Logan comes up again for the Tribe mound assignment tonight and he'll be shooting for his ninth victory against four defeats. He has- defeated the Minneapolis Millers twice this season and his mates hope He'll pull them back in stride in the second of the series.

Millers Collect 17 Hits The Millers really mauled the Redskins all over the park last night and won, 9 to 2, by collecting 17 hits, including a home run and three doubles. It was the Indians’ ninth defeat in their last 11 starts and dropped them below the .500 mark and with Milwaukee, Columbus and - Louisville in close pursuit. However, the Tribe is ‘third, nine games behind the pace setting Kansas City Blues. The Millers got to Lloyd Johnson

_|for three straight hits in the open-

ing frame last night but a double play cut in and they were held to cne run. A single, an out and a double got them a second marker in the third and in the fifth three hits increased the score to 3 to 0. In the sixth Ab Wright walloped

y'a home run with one on and in the

seventh Johnson was pounded out of the box, Earl Caldwell relieving. Then the Millers handed Caldwell a sample of their power in the ninth by chalking four hits and two runs. ~ Southpaw Harry Smythe subdued the Indians for five innings. In the sixth they got two runs, their night's total. The Tribe hit total was eight for the game.

’ How It’s Grown! The first baseball game of which there is a record was played on Boston Common in 1838, a year before Gen. Abner Doubleday designed the diamond, which is practically the

Trosky, Cleveland 39 Lewis, Senator§ . 65

ke. | Bloodworth, Sen’s 37/Cramer, Red Sox. 64

same as today’s diamond.

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Cleveland Buys Nate Andrews

CLEVELAND, June 11 (U. P.). — Business Manager Frank Kohlbecker of the Cleveland team announced today that the club had purchased Nate Andrews, 26-year-old pitcher, from the St. Louis Browns. : The 195-pound righthander. is scheduled to join the Vittmen here Thursday to strength the club’s relief pitching corps. Andrews, a native of North Carolina, was drafted by the Browns last fall from Columbus, O., of the American Association.

Thom Is Seeking Revenge Tonight

Light heavyweight rivals, Coach Billy Thom of Indiana University and the Great Mephisto of Newark, tangle in the main go on tonight's outdoor grappling bill at Sports Arena. . Thom, following three setbacks’in two seasons af the hands of Mephisto, is determined to score against his rival in tonight’s encounter. Billy never has met anyone here who has given him the trouble that Mephisto has, and the I. U. mat mentor is anxious to register a triumph. Goon Henry, 250, Arizona, opposes Mike Mazurki, 240, New York, in the semi-windup, with Don Mc-

Intyre, 223, Kansas, facing Young

Joe Stecher, 223, Iowa, in the 8:30 opener.

Muncie Speedway Opens Friday

Times Special MUNCIE, Ind, June 11.—The newly constructed Muncie Velodrome one-fifth-mile midget speedway, will open Friday night. The ‘track is paved with asphalt. Flood lights will illuminate the speedway, which has a seating capacity of seven thousand. J The track is owned and operated by Harold Hurst and Roger Nottingham, both of Muncie.

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five pitchers to halt the Pirates, but it wasn’t until Babe Phelps] tripled off Dick Lanahan in the eighth with Ernie Koy on base that the Dodgers’ finally put over the clincher.

Fat Freddie Saves the Day

Durocher had half his pitching staff in action before Freddy Fitzsommons came in in the seventh and put out the fire to get credit for his fifth victory. .. The Bees made a big stride toward getting out of the cellar by thumping the down-trodden Cardinals, 12-2, Although the teams are virtually tied for seventh place the Cards remain .016 percentage points ahead because of the difference in the number of games played. Lefty Joe Sullivan held the hard-hitting Cards to seven hits,.one of them Johnny Mize's 17th homer.

Browns Win Fourth Straight

The Bees rapped .Davis Shoun, and White for 21 hits, breaking a seven-game losing streak. Buddy Hassett with “four for four,” all singles, had a perfect day at bat while Rookie Chet Ross hii a triple and three singles in six trips. The St. Louis Browns won their fourth straight game—their longest winning streak of the season—by defeating Washington, 7-4, and moved into sixth place as the Senators dropped to seventh. Jack Kramer had the Senators blanked behind a 7-0 lead until the seventh when Roxie Lawson had to rush out and halt the rally. Errors by Lewis and Bonura combined with a walk and three hits accounted for the Browns' big five-run rally in * seventh which drove Sid Hudson to cover,

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Second Baseman Jimmy Bucher

started the extra time rally with a single after his mates had tied up the game in the eighth. Charley Wenslo, who came to Jack Haley's relief in the eighth, walked Dixie Walker rapped a double into right field to finish the game.

and then ‘Jack Sturdy

St. Paul capitalized on four Louis-

ville errors to win, 7 to 4..Louisville was unable to pull a scoring punch. Three men were left on base in the eighth and in the ninth three got on base at various times, but none could score.

The Milwaukee-Toledo game was

rained out.

Put It in Writing!

Among the first- score cards in

baseball was one used at a game played between two teams made up of the Knickerbocker Club on Oct. 17, 1845. knows exactly when the very first one was used.

No ‘living man, however,

Richards, for years England’s outstanding jockey.

- Other Starters Listed

Other expected starters, all of whom will carry scale Derby weight of 126 pounds, follow, along with their odds and the names of their owners: Col. L. Beatty’s Black. Toney, 100-6; Dorothy Paget's @ Cavalry King, unquoted; Sir Humphrey de Trafford’s Golden Tiger, 20-1; Lord Roseberry’s Hippius,. 100-8; T.eon Volterra's King of Trumps, unquoted; The Aga Khan’s Moradabad, unquoted; Dorothy Paget’s Clidon, unquoted; Marcel Boussac’s Pharatis, 100-6; H. E. Morris's Paques, 100-7; Fred Darling’s Pont ’Evaque, 100-8; Dorothy Paget's Romulus, unquoted; Capt. G. H. Wilbraham’s Ridley, unquoted; the Aga Khan's Turkhan, 25-1; Sir Abe Bailey’s Solway Firth, unquoted, and L. L. Lawrence’s War Lord, unquoted. The final call-over will be announced tonight;

Bob Dro, Indiana University bas= ketball and baseball star, has been added to the Kingan Reliables’ diamond roster and will see his first action with them Thursday night when they play the West Indies Royals from Port Antonio, Jamaica, at Perry Stadium. Manager Reb Russell probably will start Ray Staples or Gene Gold= man on the mound, with Lowell Young catching. The West Indies team has made a creditable showing on its trip north and is expected to give the Reliables some thorough competition.

Anyway, an Uppercut Is an Uppercut

Historians : usually credit Thesus, a son of Aegus, a Greek monarch of about 900 B. C., with originating pugilism, but explorations have produced evidence that both pugilism

and wrestling were indulged in at least 5000 years ago.

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modern science is used to make the ancient

) art ‘of brewing more precise and ‘exact.

Yet the age-old tradition of using only

‘wholesome ingredients—the choicest

barley-malt, rice, hops, yeast, and pure

water=is faithfully adhered to. The

result is greater uniformity in body,

zest and taste.

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