Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1940 — Page 16
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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIME
WEDNE ES SDAY, JU LY 1%, 1940
40,000 Will See Tonight if Henry the Hammer Is Fading Out
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Armstrong Is Quantity Against Qual ity
9-5 to Whip
Texas Terror
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But if Jericin Connects |
With Right, Look Out!
By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sparts Fditor NEW YORK,
irresistible forces meets an
mmovable abject at the Polo]
and { the tl heory | going to gather
to see what!
Grounds tonight, 10,000 students of f thump are under the stars happens. The irresistible Lightweight Champion Lew Jenkins, the killer-diller from | Texas who is riding a string! straight knockouts | and who may turn out to be the hardest hitting little man lived.
force —|
of eight
Who ever
immovable
Welter
wwisiAan 1d — . et pion Henry Arms
object | rong
17 fights, a tireless. ms flesh met the im off his he once lightweight | titles ar the same! 9-to-5 favorite. |
chunk of and
UM man ! feel recordatherweight and welterweight made him § than on any rehere and
ting is heavier fight the customers | looking forward to the best between little men since Leonard and Lew Tendler other 23 years ago Styles Radically Different
No title is at stake and nobody meluding Armstrong and Jenkins. seems to care. The only stipulation was that each man should come in weighing between 135 and 140 pounds. At the official weigh-in. Armstrong scaled 139. his natural weight, and Jenkins, 1351. was cloudy and the air amp at noon, but there was nn’ indication that Promoter Mike Jacobs was considering a postpone-
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Hymie Caplin. Jenkins’ who has been unde:
manager, suspension bheover one of held bv his fighter, was granted a temporary second's license by the New York Boxing Commission. Withhout that license, Caplin would have been unable to appear in Jenkins' corner. Men with radically different styles will be opposing each other. Armstrong, with the shoulders and arms of a middleweight and the thin legs of a featherweight, starts throwing punches from the opening bell and never stops. No single one of his blows power enough to score a knockout, but he keeps piling them on so fast that the accumulated punishment leaves a man limp and senseless Jenkins, fighting stance. likes to enough to throw his right. If that lands, it s curtains ax Finger Primo Flores, Mike Belloise, Marquart, Tippy Larkin, Lou
and others of his victims
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not only has the man out with ene punch, brimming with the old Kil'or instinct, He calls himself “a mean, ornery guy” and he proves when he gets a man started for dreamland by piling on punches hard enough to stop a steer This Texas Tornado blew into tom & vear ago, unknown, unheralced and doubtful of his own ability. He wanted to pick up a couple of $50 fights so he would have money to see the World's Fair and enough left over to buy gasoline for! the jalopy in which he and his wife. Katie, planned to return to Texas. Almost overnight he developed a punch and he seemed to get better with every fight. His best test came last Mav when he challenged Lou Ambers for the lightweight title and knocked him Kicking in three rounds first time Ambers had been kavoed,
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Mac Will Take
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By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Julv 17.—-In mv hest fools-rush-in-where-angels-fear - totread style, T unblushingly and unhesitatingly name Henry Armstrong to stop Lew Jenkins sometime between the seventh and eleventh rounds of their fight at the Polo Grounds tonight. Henry doesn’t grow discouraged if he fails to get his man with the first 500 punches, but keeps flailing until Nos, 756 or 921 or 1224 do the work. He does all his work in close, very close, with his head snuggled against his opponent's chest. Jenkins operates on the onepunch pian That is, he doesn't like to mingle and maul, but prefers to stand off with his right hand cocked and wait for an opening to drive it home. He throws his right with the speed of a rattler striking, and has yet to face a man who could take it and remain upright, Jenkins has expressed himself as with Armstrong's stvie of He figures a fellow coming asking for it, and has vet to fail a
pleased attack in to him is just swears that he customer Still, Tl take Henrv in seven or eleven. Henry is a slow starter and might possibly get nailed before he warms up to his task. But vou know me—my pick, right or wrong,
H. A. C. Is Host to Louisville Swimmers
Hoosier Athletic Club swimmers will meet the Lakeside Swimming Club of Louisville, Ky., at the H. A. C. pool at 7:30 p. m. today. Prominent among the Hoosier paddlers are Rosalind and Rosemary Bergman, Mary Underwood, Patsy Brogan, Thelma Pherigo, Myra Matthew, Rosamund Huck, Nola Sweeny, Howard Smothers, Warnay Bogard, Robert Brogan, William Clark and Sidney and Buddy Raacliffe About 30 swimmers te participste
are expected
Baseball at a Glance
GAMES TODAY NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Chicago. New York at Pittsburgh. Heston at Cincinnati (night) Philadelphia at St. Louis.
AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago at Washingten. St. Louis at Philadelphia (night). Cleveland at New York Detroit at Boston (2 be).
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION No games scheduled
The Indians—
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Cincinnati Brooklyn New York Chicago St. Louis Pittsburgh Boston Philadelphia
AMERICAN LEAGUE
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Kansas City Minneapolis Columbus Louisville St. Paul INDIANAPOLIS
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The Indianapolis Indians rolled westward today, a scant hall-game out of the American Association coal hole, which currently is housing both Milwaukee and Toledo Assceiation affairs will he at a standstill both tonight and tomer row because of the All-Star game! at Kansas City, but the Indians will open their invasion Fridav night at St. Paul, The Tribe had an opportunity to climb into a tie for fifth with St against the Saints here last but lost a one-run lead in the | end of a 3-2 count, The game, only action in the league, was the playoff of a postponed game between | the two clubs.
Keeps 'Em Scattered
At that, of the visitors’ hits that prevented | more runs. The Saints drove out| 12 safeties and accepted five bases | on balls but had 12 of their number stranded on base during the evening. The Jimmy the fourth
it was fortunate spacing |
Tribesters gave Southpaw Sharp a two-run margin in inning with some help | {rom third baseman Robert Reis. | Milt Galatzer, firsi man up, shot a triple to deep center. After Wallv| Berger had struck out, Benny Zientara dribbled a roller down the third base line, which Reis hastily the plate, allowing Galatzer to score. Zientara went) to second on the play and scored | on Blackburn's single past first base, | Sharp had nice sailing for five » innings, having slruck out three, » walked only two and allowed two] McLeod led off the sixih with a single and moved up one on > Morgan's roller to Zientara. He scored on Reis’ single that took a bad hop over Harrington at short-
Pulls Out in Seventh Tt looked for a while like the |
» seven'h would end it all for Sharp.
Although he held the Saints hitless, an error by Harrington and a pair] of walks filled the sacks. But Jimmy | bore down to strike out pinch hitter | Norman Schlueter and forced Reis| to pop to Blackburn. But the Saints solved him an (Continued on Page 17)
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AMERICAN LEAGUF
Wright, Appling, Radeli Finney,
Chicago .... 4 Chicago ... , 3t. Leuis .. Boston .. Detroit
NATIONAL LEAGUE
G Danning, New York. 72 Walker, Brooklyn ... 67 May, Philadelphia .. 66 | Gustine, Pittsburgh.. 64
RUNS BATTED
Mize, Cardinals .. 24|Greenberg gigers. Foxx, Red Sox .. 20/Foxx, Red . 68 Tigers 17 Danning, Grants. . 60 Keller, Yankees , 17 DiMaggio, Yankees 60 | Trosky, Cleveland 17% Mize, | Cardinals. 60 |
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Minor League Baseball C hie ds lock to Kansas City for Annual All-Star Game Tonight
Brecheen Nay Start or Stars With Logan as Relief—Record Gate Is Predicted
By EDDIE ASH Timex Sporis Editor
KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 17.
‘nual American Association All-Star ‘main attraction, this Gateway to minor league baseball capital today. Following a full day of meetings and standout players of seven A, A. clubs will tack leading Blues under the lights lat 8:45, | Tom Sheehan, Minneapolis manager, who will direct the | All Stars, has a squad of
‘power hitters under his wing ja send against the host team and le
it will be up to the Blues to call on Lucrdello, 2b Harry Walker, rf,
| their best mound bets if they are Denning, eo Fausett, 3» | to escape the severe trouncing han- Brecheen, p. ed them here last vear. Bill Mever, Kansas City pilet, in- Kansas City shortstop, from plaving | dicated he would start John Lindell tonight, according to Manager Bill [or Ernie Bonham on the mound. Mever. Rizzuto's probably will Manager Sheehan of the Stare lessen {he home team's chances, indicated his starting choice would since he is a consistent hitte brils | be Harry Brecheen, Columbus’ ace! liant fielder flash on the (southpaw. Rob Logan, the Indian- bases. | apolis lefthander, is expected to It is said relieve Brecheen utility man, | Herring May Pitch playing third | Hiteheock to the [ Sheehan said he planned to use four of his five hurlers. The others are Art Herring, St. Paul: Bob | Kline, Milwaukee, and Elon Hog- | sett, Minneapolis, In the All-Star | Walker, Huck Geary, lella, Phil Weintraub, Buck Fau- | sett and Otto Denning are with | Minneapolis; Johnny Lucadello with | Toledo; Harry Walker and Harry Brecheen with Columbus. Record attendance for the classic is 16,521, set here a year ago, but [the advance seat sale for the sev[enth renewal tonight led Kansas | City club officials to predict a new high in gate receipts. Pre-game ceremonies call for | presentation of wrist watches to all | Kansas City and All-Star players, te the managers, coaches, trainers and umpires. A fireworks display will follow and then will come the cry of “play ball!”
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Probable Lineups
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Add 3 Prelims To Mitt Card
Three preliminary ly scheduled for card, which was postponed because of rain and cold weather, will be added to two five-round feature bouts to be staged at Sports Arena Friday night. A four-round semis windup serap and three more pres lims billed for three rounds each will round out the amateur boxing menu C. lee,
veteran Rizznte, hase
lineup Harvey Roberto Esta-
fights originale last week's mitt
: lashy Negro 115« pounder, will meet Bill Cummings, Leeper, A. C Earl Paul, Rhodinus Community Center, will go against Robert Pope, Hill Community Cens Records Best ter, 130 pounds, and Al McReynolds, Ft. Harrison, will {angle with Garsfield Foster, unattached, 160 pounds, in three-round encounters, The appearance of Vie Hutton, national open A. A. U. champion, in he light-heavyweight division against Charles Duncan, Westside clubs they represent. The plan of A C a former Golden Gloves having special uniforms for the champion, will highlight the card, Stars has been abandoned. Players lost to the All-Stars as a ly result of injuries since the team was named are Dick West, Indianapolis catcher, and Gil English, St. Paul third baseman, The Stars have plenty of repalcehowever, thinks well
In the six previous American Association midsummer classics the host team won four, the All-Stars two In the game tonight the All-Stars will wear the road uniforms of the
41 National Amateur
Goes to Omaha
NEW YORK, July 17 (U. P). «= The 1941 National Amateur Golf Championship will be held at the Omaha Field Club, Omaha, Neb, the United Golf Association Louisville announced todav. Dates will be ane Rizzuto, nounced later.
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