Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1940 — Page 18

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SPORTS

% By Eddie Ash

KANSAS CITY has made it a one-club race in the American Association this vear, but like last season, the Blues are likely to be eliminated in the post-season plavofi. The Blues won the 1932 pennant by a margin of eight games over Minneapolis but had the bad luck to draw third-place Indianapolis in the first round of the playvoft

... and the Redskins knocked the champs kicking. The 1939 Indians were a “hot” team when thev opposed the champs and gleefully made the most of it . Another “hot” team in the late stages of the 1939 regular race fourth-place Douisville and its opponent in the first round playoff was Minneapolis. The Colonels took the Millers in stride and this situation paired the Indians and Kentuckians in the plavoff finals . And Louisville stayed “hot” while Indianapolis cooled off and the Colonels waltzed through te victory, continued to get the breaks in the Little World Series and won that title, too Now if the “hot” Columbus Red Birds get into the 1940 playoff with the pitching staff they have at present they'll stand a good chance to make the Blues’ great club blue again. The Birds, as they are now constituted, are capable of trouncing team in the circuit in a short series.

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any Ruffing Strings With Own League EVEN IF the Yankees can't make it Yankee hurler, sees no loss of prestige for fall. ‘Either the Tigers or said Charley, “Both have lots more power Cincinnati's power made up largely »f McCormick, Lombardi, Frev, Werber and its three leading pitchers righthanders, Newsam, Bridges and Rowe should go pretty acod against righthanders, And. if Cleveland plarved the Reds, Feller would be worked ss often as possible.”

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five straight, Charley Ruffing, hig the American League next Cleveland should he able to take the Reds.” than the Cincinnati club, righthanded hitters, Frank Armovich. Detroit, with

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nage heaped infield Mack Boudreau and combination that “Cleveland the pair in the same myself were pretty over us.”

Flowers Deal Irks Red Sox Fans RED SOX fans

pair,

Mack are ever came Into Juekiest elub in the “On 1 used to good around that hag, but

shortstop and second haze hig leagues, avs Bucky, world to come up with that think Roger Peckinpaugh and these Kids have it all

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rubbed their eves in wonder when thev read the Louisville club, a Red Sox farm, which in 1939 sold Peewre Reese to the Dodgers. sold Lefty Wesley Flowers to the same club. With opposing clubs scoring anywhere from seven to a dozen on the Red Sox a dav and with Manager Cronin having nn ten-game winner in the first week in August, thev wondered why a Red Sox affiliate sold a winning pitcher to Brooklyn . Flowers, working relief assignment, got credit for Brooklyn's victory over the Giants vesterdayv,

that

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» » » be credited with an in one of the twoin the record of Don Heflner, Brownie releases its statistics next winter, in St. Louis last week, Gerald Walker, the Senators, sucked away at a lemon

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With James Up—Not |

Smith—Enters American Derby

JACK GUENTHER

Racing Editor

Ry United Press 9 —Bimelech today entered the

It mav be his last chance to cement

CHICAGO. Aug $40.000 American Derby Basil ride him to go against

Pred A. Smith—will were named a quarter route of what them were unusually

Sirocco and one outsider

James--not Only four opponents tomorrow over a mile and America, but three of Gallahadion, Mioland, once the horses themovershadowed by the a jockey. The switch was looked upon a mila prove once and for 's three defeats attributed to

the Idle Hour

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FRIDAY, AUG. 9, 1940

Fans Great—I'm Getting in Shape,’ Diz Beams

Four members of the Irvington Cycle Club turn a quick one through Brookside Park the state championships to be held Sunday Bruce Burgess, defending senior champion; We haope the photographer got out of their way, (helow) the same gentlemen hecame “spokesmen.” Tolle and Schneider.

for Tolle, Schneider, And now lower left) Ragsdale, Burgess,

Bicycle Speedsters Groom for State Race Sunday

morning at Arden.

Bob Ragsdale, defending

Times Photos as they tune left to right) Jim and Jack

They are (top,

junior champion,

At close range they are (clockwise from

McNeill, Grant Sees Big 10 Champ Favor Kuno in

Meet Today

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4 i > Finalists in women’s singles division

Dickson and and | bracket

the Nenu York Cuban: will meet at 8:15 Stadium in 1a National Negro Baseball League

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GREENFIELD, Ind, Aug. 9.—Fverett Rire of Milwaukee won the 20-

of the men’s final be determined today | continues in the Eastern Courts Tennis Tournament McNeill of Oklahoma City | Grant of Atlanta meet men’s semi-final, while Hills, Cal,

one-half will when pla Grass Don and Byron in the only Helen Jacobs of Beverly faces Sarah Palfrey of Brookline, Mass... and Alice Marble. defending champion, plavs Gracvn Wheeier of Santa Monica, Cal, in the women's semi-finals. Henry Prusoff of Seattle, Wash. provided the upset of the day when he eliminated Frankie Parker, the nation’s second-ranking player, 6-4, 6-3 vesterday. Prusoff meets Defending Champion Bobby Riggs in the other men's semi-final tomorrow. Riggs defeated Frank Shields of New York. 6-8. 6-4. 6-2. McNeill advanced with a 6-3, win over Gardner Mulioy of Coral Gables, Fla. while Grant won ove Joe Hunt, Annapolis, Md.. 6-3, 3-8, 6-2 Miss Marhie won twa matches to catch un with the anther women. She defeated Louise Rrough of Beverlh: Hills, Cal. 6-2. 6-4 and then gained the semi-finals with a 3-6. 6-0, 6-2 victory over Pauline Betz of Los Angeles Miss Jacobs defeated Dorothy Bundy of Santa Monica, Cal, 6-1 68-3, mile Mis: Palfrev halted Virginia Wolfenden of San Francisco 6-3, 6-0.

Jenkins-Montgomery Bout Is Delaved

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9 (U. P.). —The 10-round nontitle bout between Lightweight Champion Lew {Jenkins and Bob Montgomery of | scheduled for Shibe 19, was postponed in-

Park Aug.

State Athletic Commission Chair-

"30; ‘man Leon Rains, in announcing the |

2b. postponement, said he did not know

whether a date would be set later.

The bout was postponed because! Jenkins broke training to motor to

his Sweetwater, Tex.. home, where his mother is critieally ill.

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NEW ORLEANS, P) ~The Big the Pa. cific Coast Conference football champion: may plav annually in the Rose Bowl game Head Cnach Bernie Bierman of Minnesota told the New Orlean: Quarterbacks Club yesterda: Rumors of such an agreement have been prevalent for more than a year. Bierman confirmed the possibility of such an ar. rangement The Minnesota coach also save an appraisal of the Big Ten foot - ball teams. He said that Ohio |! State ranked at the top. with plenty of reserve material. Michigan and Northwestern were rated next, with the other teams about even. The gridiron mentor even ranked the political setup by saying “it's a very good bet that Willkie will carry Minnesota.”

wo Officials Named For Tennis Show |

Howard Wond, Frank Dowling and Dick Lutz were selected today Wendell Phillips to serve a: umpires for the professional tennis | matches: at the Hawthorn Club on N. Oriental St. next Monday and Tuesda: Phillips. club president nouncesd that the linesmen for the | match will be Andrew Gus, Wile | liam Davis, Warren Engelhardt, | Frank Campbell Obie J. Smith Jr. | George Newton, James W. Hurt So. Norbert Roth, F. W. Hadley and William Fletcher. “Big Bill” Tilden, Fred Perry, Vincent Richards and Ben Gorchakoff are the professionals who will appear in a series of matches start- | ing each day al 4 Pp. m.

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N.Y. Au tall colt owned bv Dunbar W. Bostwick of Long Tsland, N. ¥., ranked today as the probable choice to win the Hamble tonian Stake, America’s No, 1 trot ting race. on Aug. 14 Although mentioned faverahly in pre-race discussions, Kuno is onlv one of four probable starters whe have a better than good chance to win the $40.000 purse. Milestone, owned bv J. A. Neville of Delaware, 0O.: Remus, owned bv Harry Short of Columbus, O., and Spencer Scott, owned by C. W. Phellis of Greenwich, Coun. are his chief rivals for the public favor. Milestone is the dark horse. Spencer Scott's backers pin their hopes on one thing, a flat 2:03 clocking, the best time turned in by any one ol the 47 eligibles this season.

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And It'll Take Speed to Win

By I. E. O'BRIEN

Those spoke-and-sprocket speedsters who think nothing of pedaling 40 miles an hour with only a gloved hand as a brake are going to match legpower Sundav in their annual state bicvele championships at Arden. And if the boys are any judges of their own speed, this year's races will be the fastest ever. In fact they believe the state champions will be strong contenders for national honors at Detroit Aug. 30 to Sept. 2=which something to cheer about. Previous Indiana winners never have been able to mateh the pedaling oomph of their out-of-state foes. Sundav's races, scheduled to start at 9 a. m.. will be run in the usual two divisions, the junior for hovs under 17 vears of age and the senior for riders over that age, with five evenis In each division, The course is laid streets in the vieinita west of College Ave, White River,

over city of Mth St... and north of

Burgess Wears Crown

Redhaired Rruce Burgess, a fivevear veteran at pedaling, will defend the senior championship that he won last August by sweeping ail events, Fifteen-vear-old Boh Ragsdale, 2 Shortridge sophomore who alsa does some fonothalling and bhasketballing. will have the same role in the junior division. Both champions are members of the Irvington Cycle Club, an order that takes this pedaling pastime seriously. If you were a member in good standing, you'd report everv afternoon at Brookside Park for a 30 or 40-mile workout. What's move, you'd do it at a clip sure to get a motorcycle cop on your trail il you were burning anti-knock gascline instead of muscle energy. But that, understand, is just routine. Tomorrow, for example, the boys probably will finish off their drilts with a little jaunt to Green(Cun on Page 19)

Praygboy Overlin Beots Brown

ATLANTA. Ga, Aug. ® U. P), Middleweight Champion Ken Overlin outpointed Ben Brown of Atlanta in 2 12-round non-title fight last night The referee, former heavvweight Champion Jim Braddock, gave Overlin six rounds, Brown two and called four even, Rnockdownz, Overlin weighed 162.

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Well, Maybe Dean Is Going. To Bea Big Exce Exception

‘Working Very Hard, Pit Hard, Pitching in My Turn Every 3 or 4 Days.’ Jerome Wires McLemore

Ry HENRY M'LEMORE

United Press Staff Correspondent, NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-—This concerns a telegram from a dead game guy whe refuses to admit that he has a dead, game arm In its fewer than 150 words the telegram tells a story that is old as baseball itself —the story of a star who has been detoured off the glory road and is walking once again the hot and dusty trail through the minors. It came in for me today from Dizzy Dean, and here it is just as he penciled it in the Western Union office down in Shreveport, 1a.: “The fans have been great with me down here. Have been able to draw in full houses every time I have pitched. Couple or three times my arm has been nearer par than it was last three vears, Am working very hard, Pitching in my turn every three or four days. “My arm doesn't hurt me last [ four or five times I have pitched hut it isn't an (1 think it will be, 1 am getting in shape to where I can go | through nine innings without tiring. 1 am pitching just about the same delivery as 1 alwavs did, though not mayha quite as high. Of course I want to go back to the majors, That's why I am down here working so hard. 1 would lika to break down that old theory that ‘thev never come back.” Since the Cubs sent him off ~ — to the Tulsa Oilers of the Lim ys ue tor fretting att Texas League Diz has won new and painful miseries. seven games and lost only three,

In Chicago he pitched everv 10 which would indicate that his op- 9aVs or so, Which was scarcely timism is based on something more often enough to determine whether substantial than the hope that his arm was really sore, or just a springs eternal in the breasts of victim of mould, rust and cobwebs, pitchers ‘whe Jwmve gone to the| Tor DECK, Div. wnd lei ‘er Hy. showers too often. They play baseball in the Texas League. fast hase-

wi, wns a pitcher doesn’ win seven. DY Entered In Franklin Races

has just because has trunkful of clippings and a couple of World Series rings. A sure indication that his lame arm has improved since he left | Wrigley Field is to be found in Diz- impes Sys etl 7y’s statement that he is using vem FRANKLIN, nearly the same pitching motion he tv-twe cars employed when he was “fogging ‘em (he dirt through” for the Cardinals and was Pore baseball's Mr. Riz. afternoon expected program is dirt track offering staged here this season as some of the hest drivers in the Middle West will compete for honors.

Diz Likes to Work When he left for the minors Dizzy was mighty close to being a side-arm chunker. He just eauldn't get his aching arm high enough te use the full, loose delivery that was, sa to Ray Simpson, the speak, his birthright. He still doesn’t Mich. pili. who leads | pitch quite as “high” as he once did. West Racing Association scoring, will have Harold Shaw, Inedianapolis, as his chief threat. Shaw is a close second in the standing and can take the lead in the races here next Sunday,

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