Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 January 1941 — Page 6

BASEBALL hot stove league fodder harvested from statistics by the American Association Press Bureau: Big Ab Wright of Minneapolis, who banged his way to bhe batting championship of the A. A. in 1940, with an

average of .369, adds more

laurels when the slugging

percentages of the league are figured. Instead of being based on the number of hits obtained, the slugging averages are figured orn the total bases obtained by each player in proportion to his number of times at bat. ¢ Since Wright also led the league in home runs, and likewise pounded -out a goodly number of doubles and triples it was only natural that the slugging percentages should also show him safely en-

sconced at the top of the ladder

Wright had a margin of 11 percentage points over his nearest rival, Stanley (Frenchy) Bordagarsy of Kanas City, for the batting crown, and he has decidely more than that over the nearest com-

petitor for the slugging honors, 35 points to be exact.

Ab accumulated a total of 393

bases in 578 times at bat which

gives him the lusty percentage of .663. : : The first four positions in the slugging race all go to ynembers

of the Minneapolis Millers. .

. . Runner-up to Wright is Harvey

(Hub) Walker, who clouted at a .528. clip, all the more remarkable since his batting average was only .318 and he finished 13th among American Association players perfcrming in 100 or more games. Roberto Estalella, the Cuban outfield flash, takes down third

place in slugging with a mark of .608,

whereas he ranked fifth in bat-

ting with .341. , . . Phil Weintraub was fourth in both divisions, bat-

ting at a .347 clip and slugging at a

rate of an even .600,

Milwaukee Player Makes Slugging Circle

The Minneapolis monopoly is broken by Ted Gullic of Milwaukee, who although finishing 11th in tke hitting column grabs off fifth place in slugging with a very creditable .581. Two Columbus players move in for sixth and seventh places. . .. Sixth in slugging as he was in hitting, was Coaker Triplett, who batted .339 and slugged .520.. .. Farry (Dixie) Walker follows him ,with a slugging percentage of .506, good for seventh place. . .. Dixie’s batting average of 313 placed him 16th in that respect. Gil English of St. Paul, who wound up 15th in hitting with an average of .317, is eighth in slugging with .504. . . . Following close on his heels is Otto Denning, Minneapolis, catcher, who slugged at a

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. . Denning batted .329, good for ninth place, so finished

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WINDING UP the first 10 and also completing the list of those

slugging .500 or better is Lin Storti, charmed circle.

the sixth Miller to get into the

. . . Lin’s average was an even .500. . , . His batting mark of .313 was good for 17th place.

Five of the first 10 leading hitters finished out of the mcney in slugging. . . . Johnny Lucadello of ‘Toledo who was eighth in hitting

wound up 11th in slugging.

Phil Rizzuto of Kansas City, the No. 3 man in batting, who led the league throughout the greater part of the season, is found in 14th place, while his teammate, Stan Bordagaray, runner-up to Wright, was even farther down in the 18th slot.

Tribe’s Galatzer 32d in Slugging

MILT GALATZER of Indianapolis, the No. 7 hitter of the league, could do no better than 28th place in slugging, while Stan Corbitt of

Milwaukee, who completed the firs: among the sluggers. \ Of the 59 players who took part

10 hitters, was in 32d position

in 100 or more games, and who

‘are considered in the slugging averages, 25 finished higher in sjugging than they did in hitting, 27 finished lower, and the other seven wound

up in exactly the same place. Gil Brack, Indianapolis, batted highest for the Hoosier Tribe. .

with a .263 hitting average.

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276 and was 16th in slugging, . . Dick West was 30th in slugging

with a .284 batting average and Bennie Zientara was 48th in slugging

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ALTHOUGH 16 less games were played in the American Associa= tion during the 1940 season than in 1939, due to inclement weather, the league sluggers pounded out a fotal 11,294 hits as against 11,219

the preceding season, or a gain of 7%

hits in 16 less games.

As a result of that the team average for a number of hits per

game rose sharply from 9.08 to 9.38, while individual gains were regis-

‘tered by six of the eight clubs.

| The only two teams which showed a decline in the hit output ~ were Milwaukee, which dropped 19 points from 9.32 to 9.18 and Indianapolis, which slumped 20 points from 8.92 to 8.72.

That Dodson Is

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When the Going Is Tough

By JOE WILLIAMS

NEW YORK, Jan. 15.—There are. tiries when Leonard Dodson can shoot golf as well as anybody who ever teed up a ball. These are the times when he has a particular ina centive or urge. This could stem from vanity or need of folding money. You never hear much of Dodson. He never figures \_ importantly in the major tournaments. Once in a while he will break : through on the : i winter tour as dos Wiliams. "4 1h) the Oakland Open the other day. "But for the most part he’s just another spear carrier in the big fields, never to be linked in the same speculative group with the Nelsons, the Sneads and other name players. | Yet when the urge is there he is * @ good bet to beat them all. His victory in the Oakland Open was typical of the fellow and his temperament. The competition proper ended in a triple tie, necessitating an 18-hole playoff. “I gan’t miss winning,” predicted Dodson boldly Probably boastfully too, for he’s the type. play;off.”

And So He Did This was true. It is still true

Dodson sloshed around in rain ang wind to score a 71, beating Ben

Hogan by three shots and Dutch Harrison by five. It was only mildly close. $1200.

Dodson is slender, medium tall dark haired; he has laughing eyes a quick wit and no great respect for the nobility of golf. ‘He's still youngish but when he was ever younger he stooged for Titantic gambler; and a fine golfer in his own right Thompson had Dodson on salary,

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They'd go around the country faking suckers on trick bets, such as playing left-handed, shooting off one foot, etc. The trickery ended with the character of the test. The

shooting was always duthentic: Two years ago we saw Dodson, shooting off one foof, go around a full sized Florida course in 76 blows, with two missed putts. ‘All a golfer needs the other foot for is to walk,” he commented.

His Mind Is Lively

Concentration is a vital part of golf. With some it comes easily, to others it is difficult. Dodson’s mind is too lively, his temperament too mercurial for him to operate con-

||sistently in the fixed metal groove

which seems necessary to championship golf. He'll lead the field with a 6U in the first round and in the middle of the second he will start thinking about other matters, Two more holes and he will ba out of the running. Nobody playing golf has a better competitive spirit. The manner in which he comes up to and handles these playoffs is proof enough of that. And no matter where he stands in any tournarnent, and it’s usually far back, he’ll bet you he can outshoot the leaders, whoever they may be, over the last eighteen. He’ll win this bet seven times out of 10, and it'll give hini more pleasure than winning the National Open. Titular distinctions aren't sacred to him.

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DePauw's Tigers will bring an unmiirred Indiana Conference record them into the Butler Fieldhouse wih them into the Buller Fieldhouse grips with Tony Hinkle’s Bulldogs. he Tigers have wcn five straight from members of the state family but have to share honors with Ccach Harry Good's Indiana Centrl team, winner -of four straight and scorer of 81 points last night. ‘fhe Greyhounds had their field dav against Hanover and fattened a

final score. Pauw was fighting off the Wabash

tory. One Game Scheduled Only one Conference game—Centre! Normal at IJManchester—is

criopled and illness-iidden Evansville squad attempts to maintain its

.| perfect record against! Southern Illi-

no's Normal. . ‘Things looked easy for DePauw in the first half, and the Tigers tock their midway rest with a 16-9 edie. After the Tigers had gone intb a 21-11 lead, the Little Giants rallied and moved fo within one point of their hosts at 21-20. DePaw was threatened again at 2625, but a late basket by Max Biggs clitiched things. Riggs scored 10 pgints and Joe Prewitt 11 for the victors, while ray Greve threw in 11 for Wabash.

Greyhounds Lope

Indiana Central's, Greyhounds tock advantage ‘of last-half roughness to score most of their points. Three Hanover players and one Ceiitral netter was cqusted on the four-misdemeanor rcute. 1h spite of Indiana Central's fat score, Clarence Tull, of Hanover wai high point man with 16 mark~ ers William, Howe jscored 15 for

"| thé winners. .

11 other games last night Valpaiaiso fought off Huntington, 4440: Oakland City scored a 45-38 viciory over Rose Poly; Anderson led all the way to defeat N. C. A. G. U, 46-27, and Crand Rapids rallied in the second half to defea; Tri-Sta‘e, 45-36.

Fortville Golfer Wins at Miami

CORAL GABLES, a., Jan. 15 (U. P.).—Medalist Jim Ferrier, 1939 Ausfralian Open and Amateur champion, moves inte. the second round of the annual Miami Biltmoje Amateur golf tournament today after a 5-and-4 first-round victor} over R. L. Stevens of Miami. Dick Chapman, Natipnal Amateur champion of New York, defeated Ab Johnson of Miami, 7 énd 5. Other firs'-round winners included G. H. Norris, Fortville, Ind. | Bill Reed of Indianapolis lost to Fercy Uris of Lorg Island, 5 and 4. |

37:17 halftime margin into an 81-45 |; At the same time De- R

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Bars Here Tonight as Caps Fight to Keep Third Place

Injury-to McDonald May Cause Shift

The Hershey B’ars, who have beaten our hockey Capitals twice on the Pennsylvania rink but have failed to score a victory here this season, move into the Coliseum tonight for their fifth meeting with the Caps. The game originally was scheduled for Feb. 2, but was given a new date since Sonja Henie will be do-

ing fancier frolicking on. the big cake at that time. :

to. do in two previous visits here was tie the Caps, 3-3, in the season's opener. In a laler appearance the Candy Kids dropped a 5-2 decision to the locals.

McDonald Is Injured

‘A back injury is likely to sideline Butch McDonald, the Caps’ leading scorer to date, causing a revision in the Capital lineup. Hec Kilrea is expected to fill M¢Donald’s place in the Jennings-Brown-McDonald line, with Billy Thomson, recovered |from the flu, going in at right wing again in the Termite line. Although six stitches were required to close the cut on goalie, Jimmy Franks’ chin—-the result of a Sunday night goal assault—our lean picket wicket will be in the strings this evening. Hershey will bring a high-scoring machine to town, further fortified by Flash Hellett and Mel Hill, a pair of Boston Bruins taking a breather in the American League. Other goal getters with the B’ars are Wally o: the Kilrea cian, the club’s leading scorer, Bobby Kirk and Harry Frost, to name a few.’

Victory Badly Needed

To be sure of staying in third place, the Caps will have to turn in a victory.since Pittsburgh, co-holder of the position, entertains the haughty Cleveland Barons this evening. In other American League games, Springfield is at Philadelphia and Buffalo at New Haven. Scoring statistics revealed today that Glenn Cunningham of Springfield leads scorers with 37 points, while Les Cunningham, Cleveland’s crack center, has 34. The leaders:

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Dartmouth Hires Tuss McLaughry

HANOVER, N. H,, Jan. 15 (U.P.). —The Dartmouth athletic council has announced appointment of De Ormond (Tuss) McLaughry as head football coach to succeed Earl (Red) Blaik who resigned to accept a similar berth at West Point. McLaughry, head coach at Brown University for the past 15 years, is secretary of the Eastern Coaches’ Association. Meanwhile at Boston, it was announced that Harvard's end football coaching position, left vacant by the resignation of Wes Fesler, will be filled by Earl M. Brewn Jr., Brown University end coach and all-Amer-ica end at Notre Dame in 1938. William J. Bingham, Harvard athletic director, declined to confirm the report, but said “Brown. is one of several men we are considering for the post.”

10 Amateur Boxing Bouts Carded

Ten amateur boxing bouts are to be held at Brookside Community Center gym tomorrow night with action starting at 8 o'clock. The City and Marion County WPA Recreation departments are assisting the Center in the arrangements. Several of the contestants are entered in The Times-Legion Golden Gloves tourney opening at Butler Fieldhouse Friday night. Some of the Brookside pairings: : Ted Hayes vs. Horace Van Auken, 105

pounds. Bill McDaniel vs. Ed Foster, 112 pounds. Harry Wainscott vs. John Courtney, 112

pounds. Robert Latta vs. Harold Miller, 126

pounds. George White vs. Charles Sweazey, 142 pounds. Owen Sweazey vs. Lloyd Davidson, 150 pounds. Bob Kennedy vs. Fred Johnson, 112 pounds, main event. Three bouts in the ‘‘peewee’’ class, opponents to be named later,

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Butler Speeds Its Offensive

The Butler Bulldogs, seasoned by their hard pre-conference schedule, are taking no chances on starting off on the wrong foot in league play Saturday night. They are concentrating on offense in longer practice sessions, in preparation for their battle with DePauw in the Fieldhouse. Coach Tony Hinkle, earlier in the season, gave out the warning that DePauw was the team to watch in the Conference race. And last night the Tigers held off Wabash to win 28 to 26. This gives DePauw a clean record of five league victories, including triumphs over Rose Poly, Hanover, Franklin and Ball State and a season’s record of seven for nine. Iowa and James Milikan are the two schools that

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Hinkle has cause to worry over Saturday night's battle. His Bulldogs have gone through two undefeated seasons against Conference teams and if his boys come through Saturday there is a possibility that the senior players will never have

4 played a losing Conference game.

Hinkle’s other woes are that Bill Hamilton, center, and Wilbur Schumacher, forward, two Louisville seniors, are still on the inactive list with bad colds. Trainer Jim Morris, however, believes that both players along with Harold Braden will be ready for DePauw. Braden has returned to practice after a 10day layoff because of an inflamed tendon sheath in his right foot. Saturday night’s game has been designed “Tony Hinkle Night,” and will be sponsored by the Indianapolis Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Aid Wimbledon

NEW YORK, Jan. 15 (U. P.). —Helen Jacobs, internationally known tennis star, today announced formation of a tennis committee of the British War Relief Society to provide aid for the Borough of Wimhledon in England. ; Among the members of Miss Jacobs’ committee, which is approved by and will have its headquarters with, the United States Lawn Tennis Association, are Don Budge, Bobby Riggs, Don McNeal, Dwight Davis, donor of the Davis Cup, and Mrs. George Wightman, donor of the Wightman Cup.

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Jan. 15—Two of the best all-round centers in Midwestern collegiate basketball go on display tonight when Bradley Tech of Peoria and DePaul University of Chicago bring intersectional competition back to Madison Square Garden in a double-header against St. Francis of Brooklyn and Long Island University. These contests mark the Garden debut of St. Francis, currently the highest scoring team in the metropolitan area with a 63-point average in 13 games, eight this season and five a year ago. Chris Hansen of Bradley and Elmer Gainer of DePaul are engaged in a nip-and-tuck battle for all-Midwest pivot honors this season and follow a long line of brilliant centers into the Garden. Each section of the country has sent an outstanding ‘center here this season. Rice sent Bob Kinney up from the Southwest; North C . George Glamack from the South; Oklahoma University, Hugh Ford from the Big Six; Santa Clara, Jim Rickert from the Far West, and Illinois, Art Mathisen from the Midwest. Neither Hansen nor Gainer concentrates on individual high-scor-ing but are vital cogs in team’s scoring performances. Both were nominated to “honorable mention” on the All-Midwest team a year ago and both are big men. Gainer is six and a half feet tall while Hansen is six feet four. Hansen will lead the Bradley club into its 10th intersectional game of the season against St. Francis. They have played in two of the last three national invitation tournaments here and have defeated six intersectional opponents this year. St. Francis boasts the best squad

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High school basketball, tournament fashion, will be served to Indianapolis and Marion County for three days beginning tomorrow eve-

ng. The city tournament will get under way at the Tech gym, while the 11 county teams will gather at Southport for their annual eliminations. Opening night schedules at both tourneys:. —=CITY—

7:00—~Howe B vs. Tech B. 8:00—Shortridge vs. Broad Rip-

ple. - 9:00—~Washington B vs. Manual B. ~=COUNTY— 6:30—0aklandon vs. Lawrence. 7:30—{ipeedway vs. New Augusta. 8:30-——Southport Township.

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annual city tournament.

Redskins, which also won the affair in 1939 and 1936.

Redskins Draw Bye

The Redskins gained an advantage in the draw, getting a firstround bye and not being required to play until they meet Howe Sat+ urday afternoon. Shortridge, the pre-tourney favorite by virtue of its seven victories in season competition, will be out for its first title. Tech is the other strong contender for the crown to add to the five it won from 1930 to 1934, while Washington, the winner in 1935, 1937 and 1938, has little hope of getting through this year. All the squads except Tech’s and Manual’s are pronounced ready to go. ‘Bob Evans, Tech starting forward, has been suffering a flu at‘tack and is not expected to see much duty. Coach Bayne Freeman has been drilling his -tedm with Bill Pease and Dick Plummer in the vacated spot. Coach Oral Bridgford has shuffled the Manual lineup in an effort to gain more height.

Officials Are Chosen

Officials for<the city tourney will be Clyde Gentry of Crawfordsville and T. R. Smith of Lafayette. A sellout of the 2250 available seats is expected at the county tournament. For the first half hour after the doors open, only season ticket-holders will be admitted. Doors will open at 5:30 p. m. tomorrow, 5 p. m. Friday, 12 noon

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DePaul Puts Elmer Gainer On Display in the Garden

in the 44-year history of the tiny

|school and has displaced L. I. U

as the leading scoring team in New York. DePaul has appeared in the Garden for six consecutive years and has won seven of its nine starts, losing only to Bradley in overtime by three points and to the strong Santa Clara quintet by the same margin. Long Island University, winner of 11 out of 12 this season, will attempt to avenge two losses in three meetings with DePaul last year. L. I. U. won a one-point thriller in the regular season in the Garden and lost to DePaul in Chicago.” DePaul defeated L. I. U. for the second time in the national invita-

Tourney Fever Sweeps

And County High Schools

Defend Manual’s City Cage Crown

Their assignment is the defense of 'Manual's city high school basketball championship. The Redskin starters having an eye on the basket and a hand on the ball are (left to right) Bill Arnold, Wendy Garrett, Joe Nahmias, Ralph McFall and Charles Wilson,

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Pre-tourney favorites are Decatur Central's Hawks, the defending champions, and ‘the Southport Cardinals, last year’s finalists. Coach Herman Hinshaw’s Ben Davis Giants shape up, however, as strong

'dgrkhorses and may surprise the

defending champions when the two clubs meet Friday evening. Southport, already boasting one victory over Coach Carl Buffenbarger’s Franklin Township Flashes, is. expected to repeat when the teams meet in the third game of tomorrow night's card.

Gloves Tickets

Just around the corner is opening night for The TimesLegion Golden Gloves tournament at Butler Fieldhouse. The amateur fistic curtain will go

up Friday night at 7:30 o'clock. The prices are $1 ringside reserved chairs, 50 cents general admission, lower floor; 25 cents upper floor. Reserved seat tickets are on sale downtown at Bush-Feezle ‘Sporting Goods Co. 136 E. ‘Washington St, ‘and The Sportsman's Store, 126 N. Pennsylvania St. Fieldhouse boxoffice opens at 6 p. m. Friday.

Detroit Loses Icer but Nears Top of League

By UNITED PRESS The Detroit Red Wings moved

to within three points of first place when they played to a 3-3

overtime tie with the New York Rangers in the only National Hockey League game played last night. ’ Detroit, under-manned of injuries, had to come from behind twice. to earn the tie and in so doing, lost another key player. Gus Giesebrecht was forced to leave the ice early in the first period with a wrenched knee.

Southport Wins

Times Special MUNCIE, Ind., Jan. 15.—Southport High School's wrestling team defeated Muncie Central here last night, 221:-151%. :

Kiiries in All Classes Close

At Midnight

Officials Are Named for Bouts Starting Friday

With the naming today of referees, judges and timers, The Times-Legion ninth annual Golden Gloves tourna-

‘iment is all set for the opening

bell at Butler Fieldhouse F'ri-

day night at 7:30 o’clock. Members of the Bruce B, Robison Post of the American Legion selected the officials from a list submitted by the Indiana District of

the amateur boxing shows in the Indianapolis area. A Three referees, eight judges and four timers were selected and they will alternate throughout the fiveweek event, working in shifts on each night of the fistic fireworks,

14. Officials are: Referees—Heze Clark, Jimmy Cooley and Happy Atherton. Judges—Paul Jordan, Indiana District A. A. U. president; Billy Shine, Sam Murbarger, Ed Zimmer, Ed Clemmens, Louis Rosenberg, Charlie Lines and Ted Sullivan. | Timers—Randle Willis, William Jordan, Dudley Jordan and Carl Mattern.

Entries Close Tonight

Tournament entries close at midnight tonight. More than 100 were on file today and Frank Collman, committee chairman, predicts the official total will go over the 150 mark, counting both classes, Open and Novice. The advance reserved seat sale is reported moving along at a brisk pace by Ticket Manager Fred Hasselbring. Some purchasers are buying for five nights, or straight through the tournament to assure themselves of choice seats when Young America dons the gloves and cuts loose in the slambang warfare. :

on opening night, according to the advance estimate of the tournament committee. It is | an elimination affair and one defeat puts a contestant on the sidelines for the “duration.” Matches are over the three-round ' route, | two minutes to the round, to a decision by two judges and the referee. :

Drawings Follow Weigh-in

Drawings will be by lot at 6 p. m. Friday, after the physical examination and weigh-in. All contestants must report at the Fieldhouse Friday afternoon for the weigh-in and medical examination. Two physicians will be on hand at 2:30 o'clock and remain until all boxers have been put through the paces. A. A. U. registration will start at 1:30 o'clock. The Fieldhouse is located on W. 49th St. at Sunset Ave., reached by buses from the Circle or by N. Illinois St. trolley marked Butler University.. No boy will be permitted to enter the ring unless he has weighed in for division classification and received a physical checkup.

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