Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 February 1941 — Page 26
FRIDAY, FEB. 1, 1041
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SPORTS
By Eddie Ash
PAUL SCHEFFELS, United Press sports writer, points out an interesting angle touching on the Cleveland baseball situation involving Roger Peckinpaugh, the new manager, and two lads who scintillated on the infield
under Oscar Vitt last season.
By a quirk of fate, Peck will pilot two of the very players— Ray Mack and Lou Boudreau—he refused to accept on cption to New Orleans when he directed the Pelicans of the Southern Association in "1939. Peckinpaugh had a chance to acquire the players for his club when Oscar Vitt, then manager of Cleveland, decided to ship Mack and Boudreau to the minors for seasoning. . . . Unfortunately for the Pelicans, Peckinpaugh intimated that New Orleans’ fans desired players who were better known. Today baseball men credit Maek and Boudreau with a large share in the remodeling of Cleveland's infield. into one of the American League's strongest shortfield defensive units. . . . Mack,
although now an established player of ability in his own right, is
the lesser known of the two. Engineering’s loss turned out to be baseball's gain in Mack's case. . . . He starred in football and was picked as all-Ohio fullback for three successive years before he was graduated from the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland.
O'Neill Takes Them to Buffalo
AFTER GRADUATION, Mack decided to try baseball for one year and if he was a flop, to take up engineering as a career. . .. He signed with the Fargo-Moorehead team of the Northern League in 1938 and batted a league-leading .378. He was purchased by Cleveland and taken to the training camp at New Orleans in 1939. There he met Boudreau and the two college boys became inseparable friends. When Peckinpaugh passed them up, Buffalo’s Steve O’Neill stepped in and said he'd be glad to have the two collegians. That was a lucky move for O'Neill for his two newcomers burned up the International League with their rapid-fire work afield and were so sensational that Cleveland recalled them in mid-season. # # BOUDREAU got away splendidly but Mack, playing in his home town, acquired buck fever and failed to hit. . . . His slump continued into spring training last March but just when it looked as if he would be farmed out again and Ray Grimes installed at sec ond, Mack began to land solid blows. . . . By the time the season opened, he was set solidly for second. That Vitt made a wise move by keeping the Keystone Kids together, is testified to by Bill Dickey, veteran catcher of the New York Yankees. . . Dickey says grounders that formerly had gone through the Cleveland’ infield for base hits are now turned into double plays.
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Form Fast Double-Play Combination
FANS ATTENDED Cleveland games just to watch the two cooperate in double-plays, to see Boudreau make his almost impossible pickups and Mack pivot most skillfully in shooting the ball to first. The latter is able to throw the ball at top speed from ‘about every angle and is too big to bump out of the way easily. . . is by far the largest second sacker in the American League and also one of the best ground coverers. “My biggest fault last summer,” said Mack, “was in taking too many third strikes. I'm going to stop trying to outguess the pitcher and make myself more valuable to the club as a hitter.”
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ON THE BIG TEN basketball front: The Hoosier Twins .are booked for action tomorrow night, Indiana at home against Minnesota, and Purdue away against Ohio State at Columbus. . . . This department believes both Indiana and Purdue will come through against the Gophers and Bucks, respectively. Other Big Ten selections tomorrow: Northwestern over Chicago, Michigan over Iowa and Wisconsin over Illinois. . . . On the hometown front, at the Fieldhouse, Butler over Marquette. 8 8 nn 8 =» MONDAY’S Western Conference selections: Big game of the night is at Purdue, Boilermakers vs. Wisconsin's Badgers, and the choice is Purdue. . .", Indiana travels to Ohio State and we're picking the Hoosiers. . . . Also Northwestern over Minnesota, Michigan over Chicago and Tilinois over Iowa. After tomorrow, Indiana has two more home games, with Wisconsin on Feb. 24 and against Purdue on March 1. . After Mon-
day Purdue has one home game remaining, with Northwestern on ~ March 3.
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NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (U. P).— The indoor basketball season at
quintet plays New York University in the feature game of a double. header. Manhattan plays St. Francls in the other game. Notre -Dame’s rivalry with N. Y. U. began in 1934 when the Violets won and then the Irish peeled off five decisions in a row. Last year N. Y. U. won 52-43, a victory which highlighted an 18-game winning streak. . Notre Dame Has won 13 of 16 and has .a nine-game winning streak while N. Y. Uf has captured 10 out
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8 In Open Class Will Win Place In National Sun
The War Begins at 7:45 In Butler Fieldhouse
Concluding punches will fly tonight in the ninth annual Indianapolis Golden Gloves tournament when 16 championship bouts are run off in the Butler Fieldhouse arena.
Bight titles will be decided in the Open class and eight in the Novice, and the firing is scheduled to get ‘under way. at 7:45 o'clock. All matches are scheduled over the three-round distance, two minutes to the round, to a decision of two judges and the referee. Prizes will be awarded immedi-
: ‘ately after the last battle, dropping
the curtain on the charity fistic event until the 10th renewal in January, 1942. Bitterly fought sessions are indicated in many of the slamborees on tonight’s menu. Thirty-two lads are geared to accept the issue and they have trained long and hard to be at the peak of condition for the title engagements. The struggle for the Open class crowns probably will pull the fans out of their seats, as the adversaries blaze away from bell to bell. The leather throwers look evenly matched on past performances and close followers of The Times-Legion tourney predict a record show for Sleling entertainment and a record crowd.
Stirring Competition Promised
| From flyweights to heavyweights the competition appears sure to top: anything produced in the tourney to date, and everr in the Novice class the boys are reported anxious to respond to the call to the ring and start’ pitching punches. Reserved seats for tonight’s finals met, a heavy advance sale at the downtown ticket offices. The ringside chairs are priced at $1. Handling the pasteboards downtown
feire ®He Bush-Feezle Sporting Goods
‘Co., 136 E, Washington St., and the Sporiéman’s Store, 126 N. Pennsylvania St. Leftover reserve tickets
box office tonight. Cieneral admission tickets sell at ‘50 cents, main floor bleachers and upper floor, 25 cents. These tickets will be on sale at the Fieldhouse box office tonight beginning at 6:30 o'clock. There is plenty of room for all in the spacious Fieldhouse. The boxing ring is set up in the center of the basketball court and is| well lighted for the occasion.
Boxers to Weigh In
| |The weigh-in for the boxers will ‘start in the Fieldhouse dressing Toom at 6 o'clock, with Frank Collman, tourney committee chairman, in charge. Next will come the physical examinations, with Drs. ‘Will Long and Morris Thomas in charge. The 32 gladiators ended training last night and optimism prevailed in all camps. Trainers and club ‘managers ordered only light drills, ‘as all boys have had plenty of work over a stretch of weeks. _ | The battle between the Open ‘heavyweights remained the chief topic among boxing fans today. It ‘is believed Jethro Jeffers and Charles Duncan are the best pair ‘to come to the finals in Indianapolis’ Golden Gloves history. | | Of near equal weight and both potent punchers, Jeffers and Duncan are expected to wage three rounds of furious milling and produce far more action than a high.Oriced professional battle. The Open light heavyweights (175 pounds) final match also has intrigued the sports goers. In this feature Willard Reed is to clash ‘with James Stone. These boys are big and fast and they both pack dynamite in their gloves. Just jot it down as a toe-to-toe melee, | The opinion seems to be prac-
Lticany unanimous that The Times-,
Legion tourney is winding up with an all-star card, particularly in the (Continued on Page 26)
Basketball
| Twenty-eight teams have been entered in the Central States 24th annual City Championship. Entries close tonight at midnight. Play will start Monday at 7 p. m. at the Pennsy Gym. Fifty individual
: trophies and 60 medals will be
‘awarded to the teams reaching the fusries -Amals. Eight more junior teams will swing into action tomorrow after-
'fnoon at the Pennsy Gym to compete
{for the junior city title. The sched1:30, Indianapolis Flashes vs. 2:30, Hawthorne vs. Sputh Side Community Center; 13:30, Kingan Knights vs. North {Side Hawks; 4:30, Crawfordsville
1Indians vs.'North Side Eagles. Quariter and semi-finals will be played [Saturday, Feb. 22, with the finals
Irish Enter Garden To Gather Violets
on Sunday. ” » »
Bush-Feezle Thursday League results: Omar Bakery 31, Lilly Varnish 28; Schwitzer-Cummins 37, Edgewood Merchants 17; StewartWarner Ranges 51, Wilkinson Lumber Co. 22. Omar Bakery won the league championship with nine victories and one defeat.
" E » ‘The Second Friends basketballers,
{who have won 16 of 20 games this
season, and Greensburg Y. M. C. A,, ‘winners of 19 of 22 contests, will
‘| collide tonight at School No. 9,
‘Bluff Rd. and Hanna Ave, at 8 o'clock.
Businessmen Form ‘Big Boxing’ Club The Businessmen’s Sports Club
today pushed its plant to bring “big-time” boxing to Indianapolis
[following its organization meeting
{last night at the Hotel Antlers.
officers are: Frank Arens, secretary; Garry Winders, vice president, and ‘Ray Hahn, treasurer. Directors are Carl Vestal, Joe Canning and Jack Stevenson. Earl McKee is publicity director and Kelse McClure match-|
‘will be available at the Fieldhouse|
LIllinois Indoor Relays,
.linclude James
|| Robert Bowes of the Sealfast| il Corp. was elected president. Other
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Bus Schedule
N. Meridian-Butler busses leave the Circle tonight . at 6:25, 6:36, 6:40, T:01, 7:12, 7:25 and 7:40. Golden Gloves bouts begin at 7:45 o'clock. Bus running time to Fieldhouse—23 minutes. Busses will be waiting for patrons after the fights. .
PARKING Plenty of free parking space aear the Fieldhouse. ENTRANCES
Gates 5 and 6 dare for holders of $1 and 50-cent tickets. Gates 7 and 8 are for holders of 25-cent tickets.
Mosser Sprints Far Ahead in
Scoring Race
By UNITED PRESS St. Joseph’s College polished off its home cage card for the season last night by walloping Central Normal, 74 to 52. The Pumas outscored the Warriors throughout most of the contest as Neal Mosser hung up 26 points to bring his season total to 246. The Puma ace is far in front of all Hoosier collegiate scorers. At Franklin, the Franklin College. Grizzlies turned up with a 31 to 21 victory over strong DePauw Franklin started slow, but held a 13 to 9 lead at halftime and stayed in front the rest of the way. Completing a night devoted entirely to Hoosier conference games, Rose Poly pulled something of an upset in nosing Wabash, 34 to 32. Accuracy at the foul line gave the Engineers their margin of victory. In conference games tonight, Taylor plays at Anderson and Manchester at Valparaiso. Notre Dame’s strong quintet tonight invades New York University in quest of its 10th consecutive victory.
Butler Sends 11 To Illinois Relays
Eleven Butler University trackmen will participate in the annual tomorrow afternoon at Champaign, Ill., Coach Ray Sears announced today. The squad, which will leave tomorrow morning by automobile will Garwood, Albert Gross, Charles Metzelaars, Jack lynn, Earle Cummings, Richard Clark, Robert Dreessen, Morris Nahmias, Capt.- James Stewart and Ray Alsbury. Sears has entered teams in the shuttle . hurdle, medley, two-mile and one-mile relay events and individual entrants in the pole vault, high jump and 75-yari low and high hurdles.
Caps Sealped In Indian Raid
AMERICAN LEAGUE Western Division
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Springfield, 3; INDIANAPOLIS, 1. Providence, 1; Buffalo, 1 (tie).
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By J. E. 'E. O'BRIEN
It wouldn’t surprise us if the hockey Capitals threw old pucks through the Coliseum windows today and mailed out time bombs for Valentines. That was the mood Eddie Shore’s Springfield Indians left them in, and they’ll probably stay in such a mood through Hershey’s visit here Sunday evening. After last night's 3-1 loss to Springfield, a sentry at the Capitals’ dressing-room door steered the customary post-game visitors away with a “things aren’t very pleasant in there right now.” The inference was that ‘any guy stiéking his head inside the door might have to duck a couple of shoe-skates or a frosty shoulder pad. Well, everybody had a right to be that way. If you were at the game, you heard the Indianapolis shots that clanged off the goal bars the wrong way and you saw how many times goalie Earl Robertson had to shake the puck out of his stuffing or kick and dance to keep the crease clear. And you must have seen the villian Max Kaminsky slip underneath all noses to lay Springfield’s second goal to the rear of Jimmy Franks. Of course, when Freddie Thurier, with the assistance of Larry Thibeault, shoveled in the third goal at 18:30 of the third period, it didn’t make - much difference anyway. Manager Herbie Lewis had cleared the ice of defensemen a couple of minutes previous and was going for high stakes. And when you gamble you sometimes lose. An overzealous Capital attack in the opening session was responsible for the first Springfield goal. When Andy Brannigan, Glen Brydson and Billy Benson came a-calling, nobody was home but Buck Jones and al Jackson. Brannigan turned out to (Continued on Page 26)
Bruins Set New Winning Record
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 (U, P.)—A new National ‘Hockey League record for consecutive unbeaten games belonged to the first-place Boston Bruins today. The Bruins defeated the former record holders, the New York Rangers, 5-3, in Madison Square Garden last night to run their unbeaten string to 20 straight games.
Marquette University’s basketball team, which has been a stepping stone for opponents all season, will meet the Butler Bulldogs in a return game, tomorrow night at the Butler Fieldhouse at 8:15 o'clock. The Hilltoppers hold a 41 to 37 decision over Butler this year. The game was played last Friday night in Milwaukee and Butler players have given an alibi that they were victims of a “cheese-box” gymnasium. They boast that tomorrow night they will gain revenge in the wide open spaces of the Fieldhouse. Marquette has lost nine of 11 games this’ year. The other ftriumph was a 40 to 30 victory over Wisconsin, Big Ten leaders, in a return game. However, Butler's Tony Hinkle says you ‘can expect most anything from a team that has such a record and such a great individual player as William Komenich, an @AllAmerica possibility. Komenich is one of two Hoosiers on the team. The other is Robert Von Bereghy. Both are ‘seniors and hail from Gary. In the previous game a few “obscure” players led the Hilltoppers to victory. Now Hinkle believes he has the solution whereby his Bulldogs will outscore the “obscures” with speedy forward and guard combinations that he expects to use
Bulldogs Get Set to Turn Tables on the Hilltoppers
.500 per cent average for the season. The Hinklemen have lost eight of 17 games and have yet to meet DePauw, Wabash, Notre Dame and Franklin in that order after the Marquette battle. A few novelties about the Marquette team are that Coach BI Chandler’s 17-year-old son is a member of the team and that the Hilltopper center has one of the longest names in basketball. His full title is William John Joseph Patrick Michael Rogers. He probably will start at center with Michael Poja and Eugene O’Brien, the “obscure” guards, with Komenich and Tom McCarthy completing the starting lineup. For Butler Hinkle is expected to use Bob Dietg and Lyle Neat, guards; Bill Hamilton, center, and Wilbur Schumacher and Jim MeCray, forwards. Dietz, holder of a new all-time Butler scoring record for three years of play, is leading his teammates with 164 points. He needs 45 more points to set a new one-year mark mades last year by Jerry Steiner.
The Finalists
OPEN CLASS —112 POUNDS—
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Elmo Latta, Leeper Boxing School and Raymond
Reed, Leeper Boxing School. —118 POUNDS--
A. C. Lee, Hill Community Center, and Walter
Williams, Hill Community Center, 3 —126 POUNDS—
Earl Paul, Leeper Boxing School, and Raymond
Glenn, Washington A, C.
—135 POUNDS— |
Jimmy Buhr, Northeast Community Center, and Robert Simmons, Hill Community Center.
—147 POUNDS—
Arnold Deer, South Side Community Center, and
James Sherron, Washington A. C.
—160 POUNDS—
Billy Jones, Leeper Boxing School, and Leroy
Reed, West Side A, C. ~ =175 POUNDS—
Willard Reed, Northeast Community Center, and James Stone, Hill Community Center. '—HEAVYWEIGHT—
Charles Duncan, Hill Community Center, and Jethro Jeffers, Leeper Boxing School,
NOVICE CLASS
—112 POUNDS—
Jack Lange, Lauter Boys’ Club, and Bob Kennedy, i
South Side Community Center.
—118 POUNDS—
Frank Tunstill, Hill Community Center, and
Glenn Stidd, English Avenue Boys’
—126 POUNDS—
Club.
Curtis Harrington, Leeper Boxing School, and John Douglas, Hill Community Center. :
~—135 POUNDS— Robert Woodson,
Leeper Boxing School, and
Julius Holman, Fayette Community Center.
—147 POUNDS—
Don Schooley, Rhodius Community Center, ang Edward Johnson, Lauter Boys’ Club.
—150 POUNDS—
James Glenn, Washington A. Cc, and Otis Rogers,
Leeper Boxing School. —175 POUNDS—
Herbert Broadwell, Normal College North American Gymnastic Union, and Dan Roth, Leeper Box-
ing Schooi.
—HEAVYWEIGHT—
Robert Donnell, West Side A, Prather, Leeper Boxing School.
C., and George
6 Titles T onigh
Jethro Jeffers . . . aimg at heavyweight crown
Local Prep Games May Give A Line on the Sectional
The home high school basketball front is dotted this week-end with county-city tussles that may throw more light on the approaching sectional tournament, Three such contests are on tonight’s board, with another scheduled tomorrow. Washington’s Continentals, who snapped a 13-game winning streak last week, will entertain Coach Herman Hinshaw’s Ben Davis Giants, who also did themselves well last week by knocking off the strong Decatur Central Hawks. Both coaches are expected to stick to their usual combinations for this, the Continentals’ final home game of the season. Broad Ripple has arranged itself a double-date with county opposition, tackling the Franklin Township Flashes .this evening in a bid for its eighth victory and then going home: tomorrow to meet Coach Doyal Plunkitt’s Southport club that surprised Tech a week ago. Howe entertains the Speedway Spark Plugs this evening and then plays the Silent Hoosiers tomorrow evening in a game that was postponed because of a recent: quarantine at the School for the Deaf.
Irish Close With Victory
Cathedral polished off. its home season last night with a 33-26 victory over the Warren Central Warriors and made plans for the state Catholic ‘tournament at Ft. Wayne. A rally in the last three minutes of play won for the Irish. With the teams deadlocked at 25-all after five minutes of play in the final stanza, Ott Hurle, Al Obergfell and Leo Barnhorst led the' offensive that spelled victory for Cathedral. Overcoming a Warren Central first quarter lead, the Irish were out in front, 16-12, at intermission. They led the Warriors 22-19 at the three-quarter pole. Coach Kenneth Peterman takes his Shortridge Blue Devils to Anderson this evening to face Lapel, one of last year’s fancy Fieldhouse four and conqueror of Shortridge in the regional, 39-36. On comparative scores, this one promises to be close. ‘Shortridge recently bumped Lebanon, 44-40, while Lapel took the Tigers, 39-33. ‘Niles Foster, Shortridge reserve, won't accompany the team on the trip. Still making a belated bid to come above the .500 mark, the Tech Greenclads this evening face Shelbyville, second runner in the South Central Conference. Coach. Bayne Freeman’s Greenclads have won eight and lost pine in the current campaign and ‘can square themselves with the board with a victory tonight. Park School hopes to continue its winning ways in the Midwest. Prep Conference tomorrow, meeting Onarga on the Cold Springs court. Coach Lou Reichel’s club, however, will be without the service of Larry Gerlach, who is on the sick list. To date Park has won 10 and lost
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TONIGHT’'S GAMES Ben Davis at Washington. Speedway at Howe. Broad Ripple at Franklin Township.
Shortridge vs. Lapel at Ander-’ son.
Tech at Shelbyville.
Wayne Township at Crispus Attucks.
Sacred Heart at Silent Hoosiers. TOMORROW’S GAMES Southport at Broad Ripple. Howe at Silent Hoosiers. Crispus Attucks at Smithville, Onarga at Park.
Southport Is Victor
The Southport High School wrestling team scored a 29-11 victory over Muncie Central at the Southport gym yesterday.
Rioting Duseks To Show Here
Joe and Emil Dusek, two of the well-known “Rioting Dusek” brothe ers from Omaha, will ply their=
wrestling wares at the Armory next |
Tuesday night, coming here to pare ticipate in an all-star bill being lined up by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter. Also headed this way {is Gino Garibaldi, 220, the Italian grappling ace who has scored against most of the topnotchers in the game. Gino will meet Ray Eckert, 235, a tall and skilled matman out of Bh Louis. The Dusek brothers—there are four in all—are known from coast to coast for their acting-producing tactics. ‘Promoter Cagter intends to send formidable opponents against the “brother act” next Tuesday. Carter also reports that Alabama Bill Lee, the 247-pound football-' wrestler, is seeking another bout with Dorve Roche, of Decatur, Ill, who pulled a fast one to upset Lee in less than a minute two weeks ago.
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