Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 December 1940 — Page 36
SPORTS. By Eddie. Ash
AFTER SERVING eight seasons with, the Detroit ‘Tigers, Ervin (Peter Rabbit) Fox, outfielder, moves to “the Boston Red Sox in a straight cash deal. . . . The - Evansville, Ind., product has never played for ‘any big league club except the Bengals and his many Hoosier friends hope the change of pasture will lead him to
achieve a comeback. . ~ Pete's batting average dropped to .289 this year, h Bs Jowest mark Since 1934, and in “games played” he was only in 93. . . . Fox entered the Detroit chain in 1930, batted .339 for dl and .302 for Evansville in 1931. . . . This gained him a promotion to Beaumont Jere he walloped the sphere at a .357 clip and belted 19 home. runs 1932. . "That convinced the Tigers and Fox landed in the Motor City lineup in 1933. . His two best seasons at Detroit were 1935 and 1937 en he turned in the respective swatting averages of 321° and 331. The Hoosier was charged with only two errors in 1556 games in 1938 and in the 1934 World Series he made six two-base hits in seven games. ... . He collected eight hits but the Tigers lost out to the St. Louis Cardinals. In the 1935 World Series Fox tore the cover off the ball and pounded Chicago Cub pitching by garnering 10 hits in six games. . . . Three of the blows were doukles and he batted in four runs. . .. He came out of that championship play with a batting average of .385. + « « He only made one appearance in the 1940 Series against the Reds, batting for Dick Bartell in the fourth game and going hitless.
Looking Ahead to All-Star Game
i .A CROWD of 60,000 is visioned for the 1941 big league All-Star game in Detroit July 8. . The present attendance record for Briggs Stadium is 57,000 odd customers, which can be increased a few thousand more under pressure, it is believed. The All-Star attendance record was established when 69,812 in 103% turned out in Cleveland Municipal Stadium. Tiger ball players wintering in Detroit have formed a bowling . . . . Paul (Dizzy) Trout is the “playing manager.” . . . Others gre Charlie Gehringer, Barney McCoskey, Tom Seats, Harold Newhouser and Coach Bing Miller. . . . Mickey Cochrane, former Tiger pilot, also is available to take a crack at the pins.
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WITH KIRBY HIGBE backing up Whitlow Wyatt, the Brooklyn Dodgers have improved their pennant chances next year .... and from here to there. . . . Except for Bucky Walters and Paul Derringer, Cincinnati had little on the Dodgers last season. Though Higbe’s 1940 record with the Phillies was 14 won and 19 lost, he had a lot of one-run defeats with the last-place club. .. . He is only 26 years of age, and transferred to Brooklyn for $100,000 and three players. . It was almost a.record price for a pitcher. . . « However, the best pitching bargain in recent years was Bucky Walters, who transferred from the Phillies to the Reds for $47,500. Top price for a pitcher was $125,000, when Connie Mack sold Bob Grove to the Boston Red Sox.
Greek Boxer Flourishes in Cleveland
ONE OF THE REASONS professional boxing is booming in Cleveland is the rapid development of a Greek middleweight. . . . The name is Anton Christoforidis and he’s packing ‘em in... . Anton is one of the biggest cards the Forest City has had in years in the bruised ear profession and the Greek is willing to take on all comers, including light heavyweights. This Greek not only has a word tor it (take a gander at his last name) but he also adds a growl to his fistic repertoire to hasten the capitulation of opponents who dare to trade punches.
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OF THE NINE “most valuable” Western Conference football players selected for the recent season three were centers, namely Gahm of Indiana, White of Ohio State, and Hiemenz of Northwestern. . Others honored were Iowa's Enich, tackle; Paskvan, Wisconsin, fullback; Illinois’ Bernhardt, fullback; Purdue’s Rankin, end; Minnesota’s 'Paffrath, halfback, and of course, Thomas Dudley Harmon, Michigan, the ace halfback. It is reported that Jack Meyer, who shared the quarterback. duties with Forest Evashevki in 1938, will essay a comeback in Michigan’s 1941 spring grid practice. . . . Meyer injured his knee in the 1038 Ohio State game, and was out two seasons.
Today Is Friday the 13th;
Voice in Cellar: 'So What?’
Times Special BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 13.—Indianapolis’ hockey Capitals were in a fitsing mood for this Friday the 13th as they marked time awaiting: their
next move to Cleveland, where they|B!S
resume American League competition tomorrow night. As ef now, the Capitals are on the
cellar steps of the western division |MeD
with a possibility of going into the coal hole tomorrow. Should the Ohio -Barons best them and Springfield defeat Hershey, bottom place will belong to the Hoosiers. So the Hoosiers hope Eddie Shore’s Indians do ‘something about this Buffalo team. The Capitals couldn't do the same last night. their usual trouble, got twe goals behind at an early hour and were never able to recover. The game finally went to the Bisons, § to 2. ‘Rookies All Right Nevertheless, there was some enecouragement, for the Indianapolis
elub in defeat. The three young|hoishey NDIAN
rcokies—Jud McAtee, Art Herchen-
ratter and Bill Jemnings—had a|Btfsle
hand in both goals. If this line hits its stride, Manager Herbie|g Lewis still may be able to make trouble for some of the league leaders in .the contests to come. Herchenratter pushed home the first goal after '17 minutes .of the first period, with big Eddie Bush eoming deep down the ice to lend some assistance. The only other Indisnapolis counter came midway in the third period, McAtee doing Herechenrafter and g credit for the as-
sts. - Center Morey Rimstad and right wing Bill Cunningham were the Buffalo trouble-makers. Cunningham was the producer of Buffalo’s first goal, Rimstad assisting, and Cunningham got another late in the third period with the help of _ Rimstad and Art Simmons. As a elincaer Rimstad rode through the entire Indianapolis team in the final two minutes for an unassisted goal.
Fisher Is Bad Boy 'The seeond Buffalo goal, made at 15:03 of the first period, credited to’ Simmons, while Paul Runge got the third at 11: 18 of the jead session. Joe. Fisher, was the
They ran into Simmons.
only Capital to serve a penalty-box session, going there in the third session on ga hooking charge.
Summary: Indianapolis (2) Buffalo (5)
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RESULTS LAST NIGHT Buffalo, 5; INDIANAPOLIS, 2, New Haven, % Providence, ' 3. NEXT GAMES
TOMORROW—INDIANAPOLIS at Cleve. land, Hershey at Petar Ni H at Philadelphia, Buffalo af Springfield. 30 3 mn
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(leveland and Boston Swap
CLEVELAND, Dec. 13 (U. P).— Cleveland, Boston and Washington kept the baseball player mart lively last night completing a triangular deal that changed the uniforms of seven players. Major portion of the deal was be-
tween Cleveland and Boston, but
before it could be completed Boston
_|had to acquire hard-hitting Gerald
Walker from Washington to wrap up the Cleveland package. According te the Indians’ new manager, Roger Peckinpaugh, Boston sent outfielder- Doc Cramer to Washington for Walker in a straight deal. Then, Cleveland sent catcher Frankie Pytlak, pitcher Joe Dobson and infielder Sammy Hale to Boston in an even swap for .Walker, catcher Gere Desautels and pitcher Jim Bagby Jr. * Peckinpaugh, who express delight, with the deal, said that Vice n | President C. C. Slapnicka had done the trading in Chicago last night, then telephoned him the news. For some time, Slapnicka has been | offering Pytlak as bait to acquire a hard-hitting outfielder, and Walker is expected to be the answer to that problem. Although erratic at times, in playing 52 games. With Rollie 204 and drove in 96 runs last year for Washington. Pytlak, a stubborn holdout and ne favorite of the Cleveland front office, hit only: .141 in playing 52 games. With Rolile Hensley as No. 1 cateher and Desautels to relieve him, the Indjans seem well equipped behind the plate. Descautels batted .225 in 71 games. Hale was regarded as a little past his prime, but he is expected to make Boston a good utility infielder, He hit .220 in 48 games with the
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By J. E. O'BRIEN Inaccuracy at - the foul line, the old hex that has made a nightmare out of many a happy basketball dream, shook Butler. out of one of its fondest last night—that of
® beating Indiana.
Still there's no cause for drooping heads or spirits in Fairview today in spite of that 39-36 defeat. Butler, supposedly the fox of the chdse, turned on the Hoosier hounds and kept them running for a good of the 40 playing minutes. And the scoreboard might have had
b> Fancy stuff by the Fireball Five. Here's one of the tricks Indiana used against Butler last night in
-| scoring a 39-36 victory over the
Bulldogs. Bill ‘Menke (38) fakes a shot and while in the air slams the ball to James Gridley (30) under the basket. Gridley then made the goal. Also. shown in the pieture are Bob Menke of Indiana (29), and Lyle Neat (13) and Jim McCray (14) of Butler.
C. Y. 0. Cagers
Open Season
Twelve grade school teams will launch the C. Y. O. Cadet basketball season tomorrow morning on three parochial school floors. The league will play a ten-week schedule. Little Flower, the defending champion and undefeated in last season’s play will face stern opposition from many quarters. 8t. Philip, whieh lost only two players from last year’s squad, is expected to! pack a lot of punch, while St. Patrick is the dark horse of the league. Holy Cross will play Holy Trinity at Holy Trinity gym at 9 o'clock and St. Joan of Arc meets St. Pat-
rick on the same floor at 10 o'clock. ‘At St. Philip's, Lourdes meets St.
a different story to tell if ‘more than four of those 17 Butler freé throws had connected, for each Yarn produced 16 goals from the eld. But Indiana was able to get out of trouble on all occasions—and that perhaps is the mark of a champion. ‘Hosiers weren't in trouble. They trailed by six points at one time in the first half and never had the lead until the final minute of the period when Bob Dro outdribbled
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his guard down the boards for a
goal. Then sadly. in the second half it looked as though young Wilber Schumacher was out to annihilate personally the Fireball Five. Within two minutes 50 seconds, the - Kentucky-bred cager rammed in four baskets in as many attempts. to put Butler ahead, 28-
Obviously the one look Coach Tony Hinkle had at the Hoosiers paid dividends. Against Georgia, the Hooseirs were able to go like lightning down either side. Hinkle put a stop to this, bottling up the
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Grey hounds Turn on Power To. Poke Seventh Straight
TONIGHT'S GAMES Wabash at Iowa. . Concordia at Jackson (Mich.). Eastern Illinois at Indiana State. Valparaiso at Elmhurst,
The Greyhounds of Indiana Central were over their seventh hurdle today as they sped along the path of the undefeated. The University Heights boys turned on the power last night to give Otterbein of Ohio its first defeat after the visitors had taken | their first three games. The score was b9 to “37. The current _Pacesetters in the
Indiana Inter-Collegiate Conference showed unusual speed in their vietory over the Ohioans and served notice on the state league that they would be hard to head off &s the Indiana title race hits its full stride. The use of several combinations
by Coach Harry Good showed that|vLeg
the Greyhounds have plenty of re-
serve power for its drive toward the | Mo
state crown.
Otterbein took the lead early in
the. game but the Greyhounds
found the range in time. to tie it at}
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outside lanes and cluttering up the]
Fireball Five to a detour speed at times. Hinkle knew, too; where the biggest danger to his s lie, 80 he assigned leech-like Bob Dietz to annoy Bill Menke, with tiie understanding that one or possibly two other ‘of his little boys in blue would lend a hand when. Menke got inside the blockade. At that, the rangy Menke scored six field goals to pace the Indiana attack. Two eof Branch McCracken’s Hoosier aces, Paul Armstrong and Jay McCreary, weren't in the best of health, and Branch kept them out of the melee as long as possible. But with Butler leading, 31-28, halfway. in the second half, he turned ’em loose, and the tide turned immediately. Armstrong one-handed a goal to clip the Blue lead and big Zimmer batted in Bill Menkes attempted free throw to give the ‘Hoosiers the lead. Bill Hamilton’s rebound “gdve Butler s 34-32 advantage, but the Bulldogs lost it by losing the ball to Bill Menke, who fed it to Zimfor another one-hander. Indiana then kept the lead and decided to keep the ball, tco, in the final two minutes.
Butler Keeps on Tap Some of the crowd slighily below
“|high school tournament propor-
tions were still looking for stray seats when Hamilton sent the Bulldogs to a 2-0 lead. Bufler continued to work with a lead until
Neat’s mesh-splitter from the side /sent the score to 9-4, and the Hoosiers asked for rest. Schumacher managed to loop in another frem the outfield before Bill Menke hit twice in succession, narrowing the Blue advantage to 11-10. Hamilton and Chet Francis of Indiana matched baskets, after which Dietz and Bill Menke
squared off for s duel, Dietz doing damage from a distance and Menke| tims,
rolling in a couple of his lonehand specialties. But it was Schumacher’s foul-
| goal trick early in the second half
that nearly turned the Fieldhouse upside down. Fortunately for the Hoosiers Bill Menke was able to sandwich one two-pointer between each pair by Schumacher, so I. U. still stayed within yelling distance of the Bulldogs. * Late in the game Hinkle yanked all but Dietz from the floor for fresh players, fearing the Hoosier firewagon would pull out leaving exhausted Bulldogs at the stationhouse. But the Blue boys, as a whole, showed themselves to be in the pink and were usually arotnd when the Hoosiers were just as soon they wouldn’t have been. Gale Robinson and Glenn Adams wore the whistles and weren't afraid to blow them, much to the mutual discomfort of Messrs. Hinkle and McCracken.
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Irish i in ey bl As Baskethalls Fill City Gyms New Castle Tech Foe; Blue Devils Play Two
TODAY 4 : Shelbyville a Shortridge (afternoon). Brazil at Cathedral. : Manual at Speedway. Howe at Noblesville.
Terre Haute Wiley at 5 Washington, ii Heart at
at a rah Pak Attucks at Jamestown. TOMORROW
Southport at Shortridge. New Castle at Tech. Masonic Home at Manual. Decatur Central at Broad Ripple. Greenfield at Cathedral, Zionsville at Howe. Crispus Attucks at Moral,
You can find basketball entertain ment in just about any high school gymnasium this week-end, with even more available around the neighborhood. Shortridge’s tea-time tussle with Shelbyville this afternoon was to start the fireworks, with seven more local teams taking the floor this evening and an equal number going to battle tomorrow evening. The Blue Devils will use the afternoon in an attempt to bounce back after last week’s defeat by Greencastle. Coach Kenneth Peterman’s lads have more tough company tomorrow ‘night in Southport, which to date lists Muncie Burris, Washe ington and Manual among its vic-
Irish Make Debut
It’s opening night this evening at the Cathedral gym, with Coach Joe Harmon sending a veteran combination against Brazil. . The Irish will stay at home again tomorrow to play Greenfield, .a team that howed to Shortridge in an overtime earlier this Season. Probably Cathedral starters are Kenny Geiman and Al Obergfell, forwards; Oft Hurrle center, and Leo Barnhorst and Jim|\ Dilger or Jim O'Neal, guards. } Mantial will be seeking victories No. 2 and 3 this week-end, meeting Speedway in the "Sparkplug gym tonight and Masonic Home of Franklin at home tomorrow. The probable Mahual lineup’ will be Joe and Albert Nahmias, forwards; Bill Arnold, center, and Wendell Garrett and Sidney Feldman, guards.
Watch Out for Koonts
New Castle will be Tech's third North Central Conference foe of the n, and the Big Green still are looking for their first victory. The Trojans already have played four games, defeating Connersville and Jeffersonville, losing to Hagerstown and Anderson and playing Elwood this evening. The chief threat:.in the New Cas tle attack will be Marshall (Coon dog) Koontz, who won the conference scoring title last year with a total of 158 points. He already has
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