Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 February 1941 — Page 10
SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
A WELCOME addition to The Times sports library is the 1941 National League Green Book just off the press and edited by Bill Brandt, director of the senior major - loop’s press bureau. . . . And if Bill has missed any his-
tory it isn’t because he didn’t aim to please. .
Indianapolis was a Natoinal League member in 1878 and Fred Thomas was manager. . The Hoosiers were out of the circuit until 1888, when the custom of changing pilots during a season had its inception (and still is an old Hoosier custom). . The '88 managers were Horace Fogel and Frank Bancroft and in 1889 another midstream switch occurred when Jack Glasscock suc-
ceeded Bancroft.
Tne season of ’89 was thg last for Indianapolis in the National.
. Some 19th Century National League nicknames:
Cleveland,
Spiders (won’t you come into my parlor said the spinder to Oscar
Vitt) ; eaters (served free at all bars); before Michigan football).
Brooklyn, Bridegrooms (they're still dizzy);
Boston, BeanDetroit, Wolverines (that was
Ancestral derivations: Dizzy Dean, Cubs, English-German-Irish
(he would, two at war and one neutral);
Aldon Jay Wilkie, Pirates,
Scotch-Norwegian (he’s ineligible for Presidential candidacy, born
in Canada); tended Yale);
Richard Merriwell Errickson, Bees, Swedish (never ate Lou Novikoff, Cubs, and Steve Rachunok, Dodgers,
Russian (but both born in the good old U. S. A). Harry Brecheen, Cardinal rookie, was born in Broken Bow,
Okla., and is a crooked arm pitcher.
Right off the gong last spring Brooklyn won nine straight
games.
again until | the Cardinals’ nine straight in August. . cinnati’s 11 straight in September set the season's high. . Giants’ September slide was the longest losing streak, also 11.
No National League winning streak stretched that far
Then Cin- . The
Pitchers’ Winning and Losing Streaks
LONGEST NATIONAL LEAGUE winning streak for a pitcher in 1940 was nine and it was by two hurlers, Bucky Walters and Joe
Beggs, both of the Reds, the latter in relief roles. losing streak was Hugh Mulcahy’s dozen . .
. Longest . ‘but he’s still a po
pitcher toiling with the lowly Phillies. Batting streaks featured first a brand new freshman, Danny Litwhiler of the Phillies, who joined up in September and promp-
tly hit safely in 21 straight games.
Four days after Litwhiler
stopped, Country Slaughter of the Cardinals . rounded out his own 21st straight to make it a tie for season’s honors.
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Buddy Hassett, the Boston Bees’
8 » os crooner, got his name in the
all-time book by making 10 hits in successive times at bat on three
rare days in June.
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PEEWEE REESE, Broklyn freshman up from Louisville, was : struck by a pitched ball of the bean ball variety on June 1 and
the head injury looked serious for a time, but the kid shook it off.
. . . It was the only time Reese was struck by a pitched ball all season and the only time Jake Mooty of the Cubs struck a batsman
with a ball all year.
Newspaper men covering the Cardinal-Dodger game of May 5 were ready to end it all when 39 players were used in the nine inn-
ings... . traveled 12 innings.
The Pirates and Bees used 40 the following day, but they . In the heat of battle managers have no
~ mercy on the box score keepers in the press coop.
First Sackers Show the Way
FRANK McCORMICK, first baseman of the Reds, the Irishe Czechoslovakian, belted one homer apiece in six of the eight National League parks last year, 10 on his home grounds and three
in Philly.
. Johnny Mize, Cards, and Dolf Camilli, Dodgers,
also first sackers, were others who walloped homers in all parks.
Max Macon, southpaw flinger, Brooklyn.
. New Albany, Ind., is his home town.
is back in the National with He was
a 21-game winner for Columbus in the American Association in 1937.
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Clyde McCullough, Cubs’ catcher up from Buffalo, caught 145 games in the International League in 1940, batted .324 and collected 27 homers, four times bunching a pair in the same game. On what Clyde has shown in the minors, and with Jimmy Wilson as his mentor this year, watch out for a new “great” in the
backstop business.
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FRANK SECORY, outfielder, will receive a tiyout with the Reds
this season. . . er...
first inning of a game last September.
. He doused the glims at Buff Stadium,
. He is known as the Texas League arc-light smash-
Houston, in .the His two-bagger didn’t
break up the game, however, because the ball merely fractured one
unit of the lighting system.
When Secory was on the Toledo club a couple of years ago he hit one out of Indianapolis’ Perry Stadium that soared high over the left field wall and rolled acrcss 16th St.
100 Indiana Cities to Send
Bowlers to Lions Tourney
More than 100 Indiana cities and towns are to be represented in the ~“third annual Lions Club bowling tournament to be staged in Indianapolis April 26 and 27. The tournament will be staged under the auspices of the Lions’ all-state athletic © committee of which Gregory Lutz of Hammond is chairman. Under tentative plans, team events are to be bowled at the new Westside Bowling Center and the singles and doubles will be rolled ab the Antlers Hotel, tournament headquarters. The tourney will be governed by the A. B. C. rules and regulations. Last year Bourbon won the fiveman handicap and the Indianapolis No. 1 team took the five-man actual award. High scores in local league bowling last night were:
5798 in A.B.C.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, Feb. 11 (U. P.)~—Elmer H. Baumgarten, secretary of the American Bowling Congress, announced today 5798 teams would compete in the 41st annual A. B. C. tournament at St. Paul, Minn., March 13 to May 6. Baumgarten said 4025 teams from 39° states and four Canadian provinces were entered in addition to 1773 Minnesota teams. He said it would be the Congress’ second largest tournament. Last year, 6073 teams bowled in the meet at Detroit.
Roy Byrd South Side Businessmen. , : Charles och, S. S. Businessmen.. Widolff, St. Joan of Arc National.. Holle, Evangelical Maynard, Reformed Church M. Schoch, Refcrmed Church . Ed Lind, Transportation
use Arnold, Universa lub Pete Bussell, North reside Businessmen Phill Reformed Chu Art Rein jing, ihalanapolis Church. . Crax, Refor A Chidester,
620| play and debtors, track was closed after the first five S"
Find Golden Gate
:& Was Only Gilted
OAKLAND, Cal, Feb. 11 (U. P.),
0 —Horsemen today shipped their
stables from the closed Golden Gate Turf Club to Santa Anita, Hot Springs, Ark,°and Agua Cal-
: 88 iente, hoping to recoup their hay 9
money. Harassed by rain, poor. mutuel | N; the $2,000,000 days of its 33-day inaugural meet-
8. The track’s directors meet tomor-
oy | TOW to map -a future policy on the
track’s finances and decide wheth-
603| er to apply for new dates.
Wes “Ea Re Chance With Bees
BOSTON, “Feb. 11 (U. P.).—Wes|
Ferrell, veteran right-handed pitcher, will attempt a comeback in 1941 with the Boston Bees, President Bob Quinn said today. Quinn announced the signing of Ferrell after a long-distance tele‘phone conversation with the former American League star last night.
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. Decision to recess the balance of the 33-day meeting was reached after Chairman Jerry Giesler of the: State Racing Commission suspendedr the track’s license because the oval was “unsafe for racing.” “We did everything possible to fight the unprecedented rains that have fallen without letup since Dec. 15,” said Edward P. (Slip) Madigan, former St. Mary’s football
coach, and general director of the|
track. “We spent money far in excess of a practical amount, trying to keep our promise to yun the meei= ing on schedule, bul we. failed.”
Fight Results .
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By STEVE SNIDER United Press Staff Correspondent
Wisconsin’s scissor-legged game-breaker--center Gene Englund— kept the Badgers just one leap ahead of Indiana today in a twoteam duel for the lead in the Big Ten basketball race. Held to one field goal for 39 minutes, Englund flipped in a basket that sent Northwestern and Wisconsin into an overtime last night and three minutes later sank the winning goal while two Northwestern guards draped around his shoulders. : That 48 to 46 victory was the sixth in a row for the Badgers, re-~ taining an undisputed lead with six won and one lost.
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40, and hung in second place with a record of five and one.
Gophers Next for IL U.
Saturclay, Wisconsin meets Illinois, Minnesota plays at Indiana, Purdué at Ohio State, Northwestern at Chicago and Iowa at Michigan. Wisconsin was In a bad way until Englund came through in the closing stages. Led by lanky Don McCarnes, Northwestern command-
led a half-time lead of 23 to 17 and
held it most of the way. McCarnes scored 19 -points for the evening. With a minute remaining, Englund broke away for his second field goal of the night and tied it at 44 as the gun ended regulation playing time. Johnny Kotz, whose 16 points kept the Badgers going, broke the tie but Northwestern’s Don Kruger hit a long one... With three. minutes of the overtime gone, Englund went under for his third basket and the Badgers stalled out the remaining time. Summary:
Notthwestern (46) ‘Wisconsin (48)
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pire--Bill Haarlow (Chicago). Indiana nipped Iowa’s challenge right at the start, running out a half-time lead of 23 to 9. It was such a tremendous advantage that Indiana shook off Iowa’s 31-point second-half attack in stride.
Road Trip Is Costly
I: was the second straight defeat for Iowa, which had set out on its road trip in third place and figured it might cut in for a share of. the title. The Hawks now virtually are out of it. Summary: Indiana (50)
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Score at Half—Indiana, 23; Iowa, 9. Free Throws Missed—Indiana: Bro. Ww. Menke 3, Swanson, Torphs. Iowa: Siegel, Kuhl 2, Hein 2, Soderquist. Referee—R. Barnum (Wisconsin); Umpire-—John Schommer (Chicago).
Illinois found Chicago a handy victim on which to end a #wo-game losing streak, 55 to 29. The Maroons simply weren't in the ball game although Capt. Joe Stampf showed he can play in any league by leading the night’s scorers with 16 points.
Nine Illini Score
Nine of the 13 Illini in the game assisted in the scoring. It was Illinois’ fourth victory in seven games, its first since the loss of Walter (Hoot) .Evers and Henry Sachs, now ineligible. dllinois (55) Chicago (29) Bat i: Nelson, f... Hocking, f.
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. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES -
Heavyweight Battle Is Golden Glove Fea ture
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Represented for the first time in Golden Gloves competition, the South Side Community Center landed twd boys in the finals to be run off at Butler Fieldhouse Friday night. One is Bob Kennedy (left), Novice flyweight, who'll tackle Jack Lange, Lauter Boys’ Club, for the title in the 112-pound division. Also carrying the colors of the South Side C. C. is Arnold Deer (right), Open class 147-pound leather-thrower who used to fight on the South Side Turners’ team. A win for Deer Friday will bring a trip to Chicago, but in James Sherron, Washington A. C., hell be trading blows with a clever boy.
5 Notre Dame's
Huddle Keeps
'Em Guessing
SOUTH BEND, Ind, Feb. 11 (U. P.) —Withdrawal of Lawrence T. (Buck) Shaw of Santa Clara from the list of candidates to succeed Elmer Layden at Notre Dame revived rumors today that Wisconsin's Harry Stuhldreher might be induced to return to his alma mater as football coach and athletic director. One campus source indicated Stuhldreher could have the job if he wanted it. From the first, the little quarterback of -the “Four Horsemen” has insisted he is “happy at Wisconsin and not interested in moving.” Notre Dame's faculty board in control of athletics meanwhile
Ts ignored all rumors and followed its
set routine. . The board ‘met for the second time last night to consider applications and announced another meeting will be required tomorrow night before its list of recommendations is completed.
Disregard All Eeports
The board will pass on its list to the Rev. J. Hugh O'Donnell, Notre Dame’s president, who will make the final choice. Until then, all reports are guesswork, the hoard said. The board met without any assistance from Don Miller, Cleveland attorney and one of the Four Horsemen along with Stuhldreher, Layden and ‘Jimmy Crowley. Miller bounced into the picture yesterday, coupled with Shaw. Shaw, according to the report, would become football coach and Miller the athletic director. Miller said in Chicago he planned to leave for South Bend at 6 p. m. At midnight he checked out of his Loop hotel, presumably bound for Cleveland. : Shaw notified the Rev. John J. Cavanaugh, chairman of the faculty board, that he felt “in justice to my family and Santa Clara authorities” he should remain on the West Coast. Students and alumni had rated Shaw, Stuhldreher, Crowley and Joe Boland, Layden’s assistant, as the popular choices although the first three all are under contract.
STATE COLLEGES Indiana, 50; Iowa, j2lbion, 44; TH State, 4 (double over-
Evansville, 45; St. Joseph Hanover, 44; Valparaiso, Fn
OTHER Sou EGE Illinois, 55; Chicago isiconsin, 48; stern, 46 (over-
Gre Washington University, 61; Mary-
Noirth Carolina, 76; Clemso 24 South Carolina, 49; Bias College,
Alma, 72: Olivet, E.. Bassas, bu Nebrag Ny JLminater er, $i “West Be iaestor (Pa.), 35 gwa State, 50; aS State, 41. i . John’s {Brookiyn), 58; j Providence, 49. snnes lessee ama, 28, id lg: orl en, o Virginia Military Tostitute, 60; Virginia
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Y.M. C. A. Expects 70 in Swim Meet
Harry Champ, chairman of the tournament committee of the Y. M. C. A. which is organizing the Indiana State Junior S
that at least 70 s®immers from Y. M. C. As throughout the state would compete in the meet. He said indications had been received from Ys in Ft. Wayne, Huntington, = Vincennes, Kokomo, New Castle, Anderson and from Indianapolis, that they would enter teams. Although, he said, about 15 teams are expected to enter. On Feb. 15 the entry deadline pass and a final lineup of teams will be available.
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Doerner Makes
TONIGHT'S GAMES
Central Normal at Indiana Central. Hanover at Wabash, Xavier at Ball State. Huntington at Manchester. Grand Rapids at Tri-State.
By UNITED PRESS Wilford Doerner, Evansville Col-
lege’s scoring ace, drove in an un-
der-the-basket shot on a pass from Lowell Galloway last night and knocked the St. Joseph cage crew out of a first place tie with a 45 to 44 defeat in the last five seconds of the game. After the lead changed nine times, St. Joseph's went into the closing seconds with a 44 to 43 edge and stalled. Galloway charged into the far court, snatched the ball and passed to Doerner who rang up his 20th point of the evening and his 235th of the season. Neil Mosser, Indiana conference high point man, maintained his lead by netting 17 points for St. Joseph's, boosting his total to 250.
Aces Stay on Top
The victory bring the Aces’ wins to four, and leaves them alongside Indiana Central and Butler in a first place tie. The defeat was the first conference loss for St. Joseph’s and gives them a three-one record. In the only other conference game last night, Hanover invaded Valparaiso and lengthened a one point half-time lead to defeat the Uhlans, 44 to 39. With the lead changing eight times during the game, Tull, a Hanover forward, captured offensive honors by totaling 18 points. Tri-State traveled to Albion and lost a close one, 44 to 41, in a double over-time.
® Central Meets. Normal
Tonight, Indiana Central, the pride of the conference with seven straight wins, risks its record against Central Normal. The Greyhounds outran the Warriors, 53 to 37, earlier this month but can look for strong competition. At Wabash College, Pete Vaughn Night will be observed between the halves of the WabashHanover game. Alumni will honor the coach who came to Crawfordsville in 1919.
pletes the conference schedule but Xavier of Cincinnati invades Ball State and Grand Rapids meets TriState at Angola. The Evansville-St. Joseph’s sum-
ary: Evansville (45). St. Joseph's (44).
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By One Point in Hot Battle
On Crutches
Times Special LAYFAYETTE, Ind., Feb. 11. —The Purdue Boilermakers launched practice for games with Ohio State and Wiscon=sin over the week-end with Capt. ‘Bob Igney and Don Blanken, two important cogs in this season’s defense of the Big Ten basketball title, on crutches. Both veterans wore light. casts. Igney has an injured knee and Blanken an injured foot. Both were hurt in the Chicago game last Saturday. Their chances for action against the Buckeyes and Badgers appear slim.
Zaharias, Roche Come to Grips
Babe Zaharias, 245, the Colorado muscle man, is to be at thé Armory tonight where he swings info action against Dorve Roche, 220, Decatur, Ill, in the top offering on Matchmaker Lloyd Carter's allstar wrestling program of four bouts. Roche has been enjoying winning ways here in recent engagements against formidable opponents and hoj¥s to continue at the expense of tonight’s opposition. It is for one fall, or-60 minutes. In a second feature, The Great Mephisto, 180, Newark, N. J., engages Jules LaRance, 180, of Canada. They met in a fast encounter last fall with LaRance gaining the nod. It also is for one fall, or 30 minutes. In supporting matches, Don McIntyre, 218, Springfield, Ma., opposes Ray Villmer, 224, St. Louis, and Alabama Bill Lee, 247, Montgomery, Ala, meets Jack Kennedy, 228, Dallas, Tex. They are for one fall, or 30 minutes.
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Golden Bears Meet Nebraska in Track
BERKELEY, Cal., Feb. 11 (U. P.). —The University of California track and field team will meet the University of Nebraska, Big Six Conference champions, in the first of a series of home-and-home meets at Berkeley on April 19. The meet will be held at Lincoln, Neb., in 1942.
_ TUESDAY, FEB. 11, 1941
Hard- Punching /
Duncan Fights
Jethro Jeffers
7:45 P. M. Is Starting Time for Friday’s Finals
Boxing fans always “go” for the heavyweights and followérs of the Indianapolis Golder Gloves tournament believe they are going to watch a rare match at Butler’ Fieldhouse Friday night when Charles Duncan, Hill Community Center, and JethroJeffers, Leeper Boxing School, collide for the championship: in the Open class unlimited weight division, The winner willl represent Indianapolis in the heavyweight competition in the Tournament of Gold-~
en Gloves Champions at Chicago Feb. 24, 25 and 26. Like in all Golden Gloves bouts, Duncan and Jeffers will battle over the scheduled three-round route,’ two minutes to the round, and while the distance is short, it’s a long way to travel for amateur biffeis: when they are struggling for a title,
It May Be Tops
Both big fellows can punch and: have had enough bouts under their. belts the past two years to know. the art of footwork, smart boxing,
‘l and the other finer points.
Veteran Golden Gloves fans pre-. dict the Duncan-Jeffers combat will be the most exciting heavyweight championship in the nineyear history of The Times-Legion tournament. Their battle is expected to start fast and keep going at top speed. Both have trained hard for weeks after working hours and neither is likely to be handicapped by a: shortage of wind nor unsound legs.
Firing Starts at 7:45
Open 175-pound division and Jef« fers cleaned up in the Novice heavyweight ranks. In the Novice heavyweight division this year the finalists are George (Dynamite) Prather, Leeper Boxing School, and Robert Donnell, West Side A. C. They, too, will settle the issue on Friday night’s program. The fifth and last show at the" Fieldhouse Punch Bowl calls for»18' bouts, all championship matches: with eight in the Open class and: eight in the Novice. The eight Open" winners will form the Indianapolis” team to compele in Chicago, but prizes will be given to all winners’ and losers in both classes. The starting time this week will be 7:45 p. m, and no delay between - bouts is anticipated. Some of the boxers were tardy in reaching the Fieldhouse last week on account of" transportation difficulties caused by" icy streets.
The set-up this week calls for all (Continued on Page 11)
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