Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1940 — Page 21

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‘Where Am I? Jenk

Times-Acme Telephnto.

Henry Armstrong bores into Jenkins’ weak midsection.

ALTOGETHER NINE HOOSIERS will be in the field of 192 that begins play Monday in the National Public Links tournament on Detroit's Rackham Course. Besides the fivesome from this neighborhood, Edward McNabney, John Garbacz and Stanley Majewski of South Bend and Michael Stefanchik of Gary are entered. Our own Carl E. Smith will be the first of the home-town bovs 0 get away on next Monday's qualifying round. Two threesomes head of him will be Dave Mitchell, who won the 1929 tourney while ing Coffin’s colors and 1s now entered from Atlanta, Ga. away will be Clayton Nichols, whose party includes genMilwaukee ai Worcester, Mass. Perry L. Byard of Bloomington will play with a Pittsburgher and a Clevelander, and Mike Polalck will have to match golf as it's shot in Baltimore and Detroit. Charles E. Harter's two mates are from Troy, N. Y., and Cleveland The Indianapolis team, is one 34 entered. South other Hoosier entry,

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About These Long Hitters

Harry Grayson, NEA sports editor, is readv to put fables of long driving in the same category fish stories. To prove his point, Mr. Grayson contends that a 280-vard smack will win most any driving contest, even though such events are usually staged under favorable conditions Ben Hogan is famous for his hitting, despite the fact he weighs the tapping Texan tells vou he cant fairways are baked hard and most of

it} with

no more than unas but average 240 i them run downhill One of the longest driv Jimmy Thomsen from an elevated tee at in a distance contest p! the 1938 P. G soared 317 vards but hooked off the fairwav Sam Snead and Lawson Little may be outdistanced bv Thomson the but Hogan censicers them longer than the Scotsman on full wood wallops from the fairway. All three were aided bv a brisk teil wind when they banged 300-vard drives in the National Open. but, as Hogan points out, Little's tremendous second shots proved decisive Incidentally, Hogan is the onlv golfer who has scored a field goal With a golf ball. This one split the goal posts in the Los Angeles Coliseum as Benny was trying for distance from a tee built high up on a ramp. But even with the stadium walls for a windbreaker, Benny's longest poke measured cnly 264 vards.

Mesdames Brant, Osden Share Honors

vards on record is that swatted by slugger the Pittsburgh Field Ciub H. tournament. The ball and didn’t count

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off tee

Mrs. Walter Brant and Mrs. J. B. Ozden shared low gross honors in the Meridian Hills guest day tournament vesterday. Mrs. Brant's 96 was best among host club members, while Mrs. Ogden, from Ulen led the guests with a 98. : : The low net score among the visitors was reported bv Mrs. Robert Ittenbach, who shot a 107-20—87. Mrs. Myra Beggs was tops In this division among Meridian Hills members on her 119-36—83. In special nine-hole competition Mrs. L. J. Rybolt shot a low gross 59 and Mrs Harry M. Stitle Jr. a low net 63-1845. ? =

All-Amateur Tourneys Launched

The first in a series of five all-amateur tournaments was held yesterday at Charles Englehardt's Greenfield layout. with Russell Duke of Pleasant Run, Marcus List of Indian ‘Lake and Chester Holmes of Greenfield coming home in front with a best ball of 70. Scores of 71 earned a second place tie between a team composed of Mark Weaver of Greenfield, Archie Green of Indian Lake and Harold Spurgeon of Greenfield and one including Bob Fair of Greenfield. Bob Blake of Anderson and Dutch Renner of Indian Lake. Next week's affair will be over Bob Tinder's Fortville links, with the Aug. 7 conclave over brother Bill Tinder's course at Lapel. Bill Heinlein will entertain the delegation Aug. 14 at Noblesville, and the final event will be staged on Fred Keesling's Indian Lake premises,

And So You May Judge Yourself

Here's ‘goud news for the duffer. You can consider yourself an average goifer if your 10 best scores average under 100 And if vour handicap is based on a scoring average pelow 90 vou are in golfdoms most expert 25 per cent. Should you fire an under-80 total now and then, you're among Anierica’s top 2': per cent Such were the findings in a research conducted by Golfing magazine among four leading countiv clubs in the Chicago district The handicaps of 1073 players were examined, and it was found that the average score of all was only 97.03 strokes Since handicaps were based on the golfers’ 10 lowest games however. it's safe to sav hat the average of all games played would be about 101. Feel any tter? =

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Fight Purses

By J. E. O'BRIEN Withheld

NEW YORK, July 18 (U. P.).— The New York Boxing Commission today ordered Promoter Mike Jacobs {to withhold the purses of Lew Jen{kins and Henry Armstrong, who {fought last night at the Polo { Grounds No immediate reason was given. but the Commission announced would meet tomorrow and ordered all persons connected with the fight to appear before it. ! ne puzzling feature of the order jwas that the letter was dated yesterday and apparently’ was written | before the fight. There was a controversy in the dressing room last night before the

fight over the amount of bandages;

that should be put on Armstrong's hands. There was said to be a private agreement between Hvmie Caplin, manager of Jenkins, and Eddie | Mead, manager of Armstrong, that {Henry should be allowed to wear {more bandages than the Commission allows under its rules. The controversy was said to have occurred when spectors went Into Armstrong's jdressing room while the fighters (hands were being taped Phelan apparently insisted that Armstrong conform to the commission rule on bandages while Jacobs argued that the private agreement entitled Henry to use extra yardage. During the argument both the Commission and Jacobs threatened to call off the fight, but the quarrel was forgotten long enough for the bout to go on Caplin is under suspension by the Commission because of a previous argument over a contract kins to fight at a small club here.

Fight Film Opens at Circle Tomorrow

A complete movie account of Henry Armstrong’s victory last night over Lew Jenkins in New York will open at the Circle Theater tomorrow The engagement

will last for a

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for Jen-'

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was classed as

{a meet at the H A. C. pool.

By HENRY M'LEMORE United Press Si{aff Correspondent NEW YORK. July 18.—You'll have to dig in the records until your thumbs are dusty to uncover a poorer light-

weight champion of the world Sweetwater, Tex.

My authority for this statement

at the Polo Grounds last night, when Henry Armstrong made Jenkins quit after six rounds of fighting in what was scheduled to be a 12-round fight. It was Armstrong's worst fight in three vears. punches lacked the old snap, the sharpness was gone from his legs, and during the first two rounds he only ‘rent He ducked and bobbed and weaved

through the motions. but didn't throw a right hand or have hurt. Furthermore, he got

first six minutes Henry's jaw played snare drum to the The Texan landed three, 10, maybe 15, of his Sunday rights and lefts, but the only effect they had was to make the little Negro snort a little louder, shake his head a little faster, and bore in

socks of Jenkins’ fists

a little more resolutely.

Then Jenkins ran out of punches. sick to his stomach from the blows Armstrong had sunk in his middle, and a bit discouraged because the best

Yank Executors Agree Farley Now He's a Coach

Kinnick Leads Grid Poll

CHICAGO, July 18 (U. P).— Nile Kinnick, Iowa's all-America halfback, looks like the choice of

the people as well as the experts. Kinnick is leading all other candidates in balloting to pick the 1840 All-Star football squad scheduled to tackle the Green Bay Packers the night of Aug. 29. He has polled 128915 votes at halfback Joe Thesing, Notre Dame's great plunging fullback, is second with 111.672.

Eight Thirty Shows Em

He's Rated No. 1 for Handicap Title

BOSTON, July 18 (U.P.).—Eight Thirty, a 4-vear-oid chestnut colt, the top challenger

today for America’s handicap championship after he soundly whipped mighty Challedon, 1939 titlist, in the $50000 added Massachusetts Handicap Turfmen who tabbed Eight Thirty the up-and-down thoroughbred of 1940 were stunned as the Widener standard-bearer pounded to victory over 10 rivals in the sixth renewal of New England's richest stake at Suffolk Downs yesterday. Amazed too was the more than 30.000 which Challedon a 4-5 favorite was announced that Eight Thirty had equaled the track record of 1:49 for the mile and a furlong fixture. The mark was set by Seabiscuit in the 1937 running. Eight Thirty earned a net purse

crowd of had made when it

| of $46.650, largest of his career, and boosted

his lifetife winnings to $140,400 The Maryland-bred Challedon, making his first stake start of the season after winning a match race from Many Stings, gained tremendous ground in the run for the wire, but could only finish third behind Greentree Stable’s Hash Eight Thirty paid $13 40 to holders of winhing pari-mutuel tickets and $6.40 and $280 for place and show Hash returned 21660 and $720 and Challedon 2260 on the end. Hash earned 810000. Challedon $5000, Pass Out $2500 and War Dog $1250.

1 ~y : re A. C. Swimmers Win Swimmers the Hoosier A. C. vesterday defeated the Lakeside Club of Louisville, Kv, 83 to 39, in Warne Bogard won the 40-yard boys’ backstroke event for H A. C. in the record-breaking time of 26.2 seconds and Barbara Jean Wright, 10-vear-old star. set another pool record for the Hoosiers when she did the same distance in 30 seconds in the girls’

event.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

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THURSDAY, JULY 18 1940

resigned.

before the

than Lew Jenkins of

fists.

is based on what I saw

His didn't

round.” a left hand that would hit often. During the

six,

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Arm weary, a little reund.

The Team's for Sale,

Is Most Likely

falling down and staggering up.

said in the dressing room.

coasted most of the way.

finish, and I'll swear to vou that

hook to his stomach

New Owner

All Right, but It'll Take Lots

Of Time and Lots of Money, Big Money

NEW YORK, July 18 (U. P).—The New York Yankees baseball em-

pire was definitely for sale today bu

t when, where and at what price the

deal would be consummated had vet to be decided. A mass cof rumors, reports and “definite” statements for the past

several weeks have had the extensive Yankee interests Definitely not for sale: 2—On the market

late Col. Jacob Ruppert, as: 1to the highest bidder; 3—Signed.

fostered by the

sealed and practically delivered to

| Postmaster General James A. Farley.

The three executors of the Ruppert estate—H. Garrison Silleck Jr.—had apparently agreed upon brother, and Attorney Byron Clark Jr—had apparentl yagreed upon only one detail at this stage of the proceedings — that the purchaser most likely to succeed to ownership {of the Yankees would be Farley.

Farley Has No Option

Silleck has gone on record with a|

confirmation of the sale to Farley for a reported sum of $4,000,000 of which $1,500,000 would be cash and the remainder a 10-vear mortgage. No papers have been signed and

Farley does not “even hold an op-,

tion,” Silleck said, and it will take almost two months for the legal details to be handled before Farley will officially take over the club. George Ruppert, interviewed at the Henrv Armstrong-Lew Jenkins fight at the Polo Grounds last night, said: “The club is absolutely not sold. Negotiations have proceeded no further than they were two weeks ago. Mr. Farley is very much interested, but whether he can fulfill our terms, I do not know. At any rate, it will take a long time to complete any deal. I will be very sorry ito see the club go—if it does go.” ‘Situation Unchanged’ Clark “The situation, far as I know. is unchanged. Negotiations with Mr. Farley, of course, have been and are being carried along. All conditions

commented:

haven't been agreed upon vet and? cooper and Jimmy

perhaps will not be approved by the purchaser Whatever happens, it certainly will take some time.”

Sarazen Stil

Undismayed |

He Wants to Make Cup Challenge Annually

DETROIT, July 18 (U. P.).—The story behind Gene Sarazen's grudge against the P. G. A. for “overlooking” pros capable of beating the P. G. A -selected Ryder Cup team

was apparent today after the power- |

ful Cuppers smashed through the Sarazen challengers in match play, Ttosd Sarazen, who knew the nine men he chose among the neglected were either ineligible or unknown to the P. G. A. last fall, revealed that he would like to lead a team in an annual domestic challenge to the Ryder squad “Next year we'll dig up another team,” he said. “I still think we can beat them in another match.”

‘Grudge’ Doubted

It is doubtful that Sarazen actually held a grudge against the P G. A. for overlooking” material better than that placed on the Ryder team. When told to pick such a team of forgotten pros, Sarazen chose Tommy Armour, Harry Thompson, who were not born in the United States and thus were ineligible for the Ryder team; Lawson Little and

that seven of

The deal would not only include* Benny Hogan who did not belong

the Yankees but also seven minor league farm teams. A tentative value placed upon the Ruppert baseball properties was fixed by attornevs for the estate at $2.400,000 in Surrogate’s Court, June 7.

Kirshbaum Splashers Meet Ellenberger

The Kirshbaum Community Center swimming team will meet Ellenberger Park in a dual meet at Ellenberger tonight. There will be 16 events.

ya» » a | - Winford Goes South COLUMBUS, O, July 18 (U. P). —Columbus of the American Association today assigned pitcher Jim

Winford on option to New Orleans of the Southern Association.

week

Mulcahy and Atwood: Cooper and Owen,

New York at Pittsburgh: postponed

AMERICAN LEAGUE (First Game) a on t= 70 210 _350x—8 Trout, McKain Ostermueller and

Detroit Boston Newsom, Benton, Sullivan; Wilson, cock

Louis AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Ww. 1 Pet

St.

, rain,

Kansas City

Touring Glamour Girls Shoot for U. S. Softball

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to the P. G. A. last vear, and one or two stars of 1940 who were virtually unkown last fall. Sarazen's challengers made a hot

battle of it at Oakland Hills before |

losing by the margin of one match They held the Cuppers on cven terms in the eight singles matches vesterday, but were unable to over-

come the 3-to-1 lead gained by the]

| Rydermen in Tuesday's scotch foursomes. Best performers were Bennie Hogan, the little Texan packing the wallop of a six-shooter in his slim shoulders; Henry Picard and Beefy who flashed into headlines at the | National Open. Hogan shot two (rounds at 70 — two under par — to ledge Sammy Snead, 2 and 1, while Oliver, firing a 70 on the moining 18 and subpar golf in the afternoon, smashed Jimmy Hines 8 and 7.

| Pickard Routs Sarazen

| Sarazen, who had hoped his entry into singles play would rally the challengers, was one of the biggest

He was routed 8 and 7 by

| victims.

. | Picard. the master shotimaker from

; |4-and-3 edge

| Hershey, Pa. Picard was shooting one of the hottest games of the entire classic, and Sarazen never had a chance. | Other matches won by the cup{pers were Dick Metz' 5-and-4 vic[tory over Jimmy Demaret; Ralph Guldahls 2-and-1 triumph over | Craig Wood, and Horton Smith's over Lawson Little, 1940 National Open champion. The other two points for the challengers came when Billy Burke defeated | Byron Nelson, 4-and-2, | Cooper beat Vie Ghezzi on the 18th hole, 1 up.

Volleyball Tourney ‘Nears Semi-Finals

Play ‘in the semi-final round of the boys’ annual city-wide play{ground volleyball tournament will |begin tomorrow at 1:30 o'clock at Fall Creek and Garfield [grounds. | The championship round will be held at Fall Creek Saturday at 1:30 (p.m, with members of Recreation Department

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blows he possessed had had no noticeable effect, Jenkins He started falling down and staggering up, Six times he went down not the falls was due to a clean, hard punch from Armstrong's

You don’t have to take my word for this. You can have the word of Eddie Mead, manager of Armstrong. “It was the worst fight I ever saw Henry fight,” Mead “He looked the same, but throw a decent head punch all night. and The Armstrong of two years ago would dave run Jenkins right on past El Paso in one

Armstrong was a bit more gracious in his comments on the fight. “Jenkins was a good boy, and put up a good fight. he isn't much of a hitter. know what I mean.

He's a puffy hitter, if you His punches sort of shove you, instead of landing with a mean and hurting snap. He never really hurt me at all, and I knew I had him when I got in the second or After that punch he didn't have anything, and didn't seem to want to stand up and take a whack at me.” This observer, who sat just beneath Jenkins’ corner,

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Marion County WPA Recreation De-|

| partment, sponsors, officiating. | Playground boys at Brookside Park will elimax a week of free daily | boxing instruction at 8 o'clock tomorrow night by participating in an exhibition show. |

Carroll Improves |

4 | DETROIT, July 18 (NEA) —Den- |

{ny Carroll, Detroit trainer who has|

§ | been iil all season, has improved |

{enough so that he now can watch| {the Tigers from the stands.

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walked to the dressing room with Manager Hymie Caplin after the fight, and was the first to talk to Lew after the bout. The Texan was completely out of his head when ne plopped down on the dressing room table. “How'm I doing, bovs. how'm I doing?" he asked in a high and hysterical voice. “What round is it? What round did I get him in?” Caplin explained that he wasn't that he was knocked out in the sixth. “Youre crazy,” Jenkins said. “I never was knocked I never was hurt.” Caplin tried to tell him what had happened, how he had been unable to get out of his corner after the sixth. “You mean I couldn't get up? Get me another fight, get me another shot at him. Say, lissen, where am 1.” For fully 15 minutes Jenkins just rambled on. He didn't know whether he was in Texas, Maine, or the fifth round. All of this, mind you, despite the fact that he never was really hit. He just can't take a punch—any kind of a punch. Either that or he is sadly out of con=dition. Armstrong, if one is to rate him on last night's per= formance, is only half the fighter he was two years ago. But an Armstrong only 50 per cent efficient is too good for any of the light boys around today.

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Butler Center Signs as Athletic Director

Loren Joseph, center on the 1939« 40 Indiana Championship Butler University basketball team, has been appointed athletic director of the Darlington Public Schools, Dar=lington, Ind. it was announced today by C. R. Maxam, director of teacher placements for Butler. Joseph played as a member of the Bulldog basketball team for the past three years and was a mems= ber of the team winning the In=diana Intercollegiate Basketball | Championship in 1938-39 and in 1939-40. He graduated from Butler this June with a bachelor of science degree in physical educa= | tion. sends While a student at Frankfort High School, Joseph played basket= ball under the direction of Coach Everett Case. He played in the Indiana State Basketball tournament in 1935 and 1936. In 1936 he was a member of the winning team and was chosen as an all-state guard. He will assume his new duties in September with the start of the 1940-41 school year.

Loren Joseph . . . Butler another coach into the basketball realm of Indiana.

Is Track Tops

x ay 3 5 Kansas-Meridian playground, 1300, 997 Hoosiers (ret Meridian St., is the city’s play-| Minnow Permits

track champion today, its boy and girl team having won the! Permits required by Indiana law for possessing 500 or more minnows |at one time or for taking and selling minnows, have been issued to 957 Hoosiers since Jan. 1 by the Division of Fish and Game, Virgil M. Sime mons, commissioner of the Departs ment of Conservation, said today. The permits are issued without charge but violation of the law, en= acted in 1935, makes the violator subject to a fine of not more than $25. The term minnow, as used in the law, applies to all minnows and the young of all species of fish which are not protected by law, exe cept goldfish

ground

annual meet yesterday afternoon at Willard Park with 19 points. The out School 66 one five firsts and two second places as 52 teams com= peted undel

victors edged

by point with the sponsorship of the city recreation department in cowith the Marion County WPA recreation department. School 66 was second with points, Willard, third. with 12, and Garfield and Oak Hill, tied for fourth with 10 apiece. Other teams to score points were Greer, 8; Ringgold, 8; 61st and Broadway, T: Little Eagle, 6; School 70, 5; School 9, 5; Rhodius, 5; School

1 Gunners Meet Keystone, 2; Riley, ol Tonight Highland. 2; Finch, 2;| The West End Rod and Gun Club

Club, 1, and will meet at 7:30 o'clock tonight at {the Flanner House

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Dietrich, Brown and Tresh: Leonard an Ferrell.

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Here are obvious reasons why the Jax Brewers of New Orleans are the favorites for the national girly’ softball crown. Tovy Eisler (above left), is a slick second baseman. Freda Savona (below), considered the world’s best girl softballer, slides home. Dorothy Pitts is the catcher, Jean Peck (right), has blister= ing speed. , .

St, huis at Philadelphia; postponed,

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