Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 March 1941 — Page 36

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SPORTS...

By Joe Williams

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., March 26.—In some quarters the suspicion exists that Billy Southworth may go south with the National League flag this year. This is based on the fact that the St. Louis Cardinals finished strong last vear. From June on thev were hotter than Dante’s bake oven. : They might even have taken it all, as the boys say, if Mr. Southworth had been in charge from the start. He wasn’t. Rav Blades was. Mr. Blades had a phobia about pitchers. He couldn't bear te see a pitcher pitch more than an inning or so. It did something to his sensitive soul. If a hitter showed even so much as a determined gleam in his eyes, Mr. Blades would get the pitcher out of there in a hurry.

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THIS HAPPENED time and time again. It was nothing for Mr, Blades to use four or five pitchers in a game. Getting them in and out of the box was sheer labor in itself. The physical part of the task was turned over to Mike Gonzales, the good-field, no-hit Cuban coach. Before Mr. Blades had departed the Cuban had worn his ample frame down to shadowy dimensions. “I spend all my time bringing peetchers in from the bull pen and then waving them to the showers,” moaned Mr. Gonzales. “It is tuff work.” The first thing Mr. Southworth did when he arrived was to reorganize a badly disorganized pitching staff. He started fellows like Warneke., McGee, Shoun and Cooper by permitting them to work complete games. It took some time for them to readjust themselves to the new order At first, whenever the hitter would get a long foul Warneke, McGee et al. would automatically jam their glove into their hip pocket and start walking off the mound. It is not alwavs easy to break with old traditions In view what happened from June on it was obvious impetuous Mr. Blades had made a botch of the pitching and thereby handicapped the Cardinals from the start. It was equally obvious that Mr. Southworth had handled a messy situation with competence We remarked as much in the gentleman's presence today and he shrugged away the mild compliment.

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“MORALE DID IT.” he said, dreamily ‘We developed a new morale. That's what a ball club must have—fire, spirit and character.” Mr. Southworth has been associated with Branch Rickey so long he is beginning to use most of the professor's cliches. He's a brisk little fellow with spry mannerisms and it is not difficult to picture him a civic exhorter, a main street sloganeer or a let's-get-together club leader. In recent years the Cardinals have always had an problem with emphasis in the vicinity of second base. Mr. Southworth has been trying out various combinations all spring. Only slugging Johnny Mize at first is accepted as a positive fixture. Ultimately, Crespi, up from Rochester, may make it at second, Marion, a holdover, at short, and Brown, another holdover. at third. Brown, a real ball player, was all over the infield last year; he played second, short and third. He was out for almost a third of the season with an injured shoulder. Second base is his best spot but lingering effects of the shoulder injury handicap him in making pivot plays. That’s why he's working at third. It remains to be seen if his arm Is strong enough to make the long throw across the diamond. If he can, a large part of the infield problem will have been solved

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Barons Win Class A Hockey ;

Tribe Op

Wild Rookie | Costs Game With Orioles

Baltimore Wins 4 to 3 In Extra Innings

By EDDIE ASH

Times Sports Editor

RARTOW, FLA. March

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26.—Having lost two games| and won one on the “‘road”| the Indianapolis Tribesters hoped for better luck today in

their delayed “home opener” at their spring training camp base. The Buffalo Bisons of the International League were to furnish the! opposition, and the Indians had a score to settle with that outfit. In a game between the teams at| City Sunday the Bisons] walked off with the apples although | the Hoosiers outhit them in a large! way. Originally, Bartow fans were to get their first glimpse of the In-| dians in a regular tilt last Satur-| day but the clouds opened up and chased the athletes to cover. This situaticn forced the Redskins to! play three games away from their training park before lifting the exhibition lid at the Bartow field. Pitching Trouble Manager Wade Killefer still is wary about using any one pitcher more than three innings under fire and in line for duty on the Tribe mound today were Don Bayliss, |

'Ray Starr and Bill Phoebus.

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Playoffs; Wings Oust Rangers

Since pitching is his number one problem, Killefer is bearing down on the hurlers without asking them | to do too much on any one day. “There are so many unknowns on the staff I've got to guard against rash judgment in making selections,” said the Tribe chief. ! In an extra inning game against the Baltimore Orioles of the International League yesterday at Haines City, a wild rookie cost the Indians the game and Baltimore won 4 to 3| mm 11 innings. Lee Stuckman, up from the Ohio | State League, walked the first two, Orioles in the 11th, and a low throw | to catcher Al Lakeman helped in|

(the Indian's downfall

With runners on first and third and none down, Stuckman then walked the third hitter intention-

|ally, filling the bases, and Baltimore |

inserted a pinch hitter who promptslammed a long hit to center ending the overtime fracas.

Bastien Looks Good

Jack Bastien, rookie righthander,

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

ens Home Camp Games With Bisons

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 26, 1941"

Walter Williams

Don Schooley

Fighters Prep For Friday

Lou Thomas and Johnny Denson, local heavyweights, are putting in

|again looked good and Pete Sivess hard licks at training in the West

Undated National League Hockey By UNITED PRESS

Undated American League Hockey ' By UNITED PRESS 1

The Cleveland Barons swept to]

linnings. 2 The Detroit Red Wings eliminated [couldn't locate the plate i

Southpaw Jake Wade

victory in the Class A series of the the New York Rangers, defending {fourth and convinced everybody he

American Hockey League last night champions, and the Chicago Black |is far from ready.

with a 6-5 win over Providence at Hawks ousted the Montreal Cana- | Cleveland. diens last night in Stanley Cup | It was the Barons’ third victory hockey playoffs. The Toronto Maple | in the best-of-five match. Provi- Leafs took a 2-1 edge in their best! dence won only one game. {of seven series with the Bostony Meanwhile at Pittsburgh the Bruins with a 7-2 victory. Pittsburgh hornets defeated the Mod Bruneteau's third-period

Hershey team 4-1 to take the first|goal gave the wings a 3-2 win over [Lewis says he hopes to surprise! in their best-of-three games match. [the Rangers while Cully Dahlstrom’s | Perry Stadium fans this time by |

The Indians collected eight hits

land three were for extra bases, a home run by Bennie Zientara, a triple by Gil Black and a double by rookie infielder Bill Blinstrub. Zientara also got a single and Kermit Lewis a pair of solid one base hits.

A failure with the Indians in 1939,

The Pittsburgh and Hershey clubs tally in the same session tripped |winning a regular outfield post by

are playing the Class D series to the Canadiens. 3-2.

land for the league championship. the Rangers scored onlv once. Neil

Pittsburgh won in the Class C Colville scored for the Rangers with pleased by the team’s punch in the | series by defeating Springfield, while lonly nine seconds of the game re- [early exhibition games. : Hershey copped the Class B series maining but Detroit Goalie Johnny (got twelve hits on Sunday, thirteen | Mowers checked every surge there- on Monday and eight {and they The Hawks held a two-goal lead caught on them by fleet Baltimore the | fly chasers. Incidentally, young Zientara, the regular second

honors by defeating New Haven. ——————————— after.

over the Canadiens late in {second period but the losers scored | (twice in 21 seconds to even the { count. Dahlstrom scored the

Dated for S. H. S. lclincher at 3:31 of the final session.

Spring Sports

Detroit tallied | the simple method of banging the | determine which shall meet Cleve- twice in the opening period while horsehide in the coveted .300 circle. The Tribe officials are fairly well |

The boys

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vesterday, |

{uncorked a lot of stuff in three | gjde gvm in preparation for their | fights Friday night at the Armory,| n the when Thomas meets Joey Parks of |

| St. Louis in a 10-round scrap and | Denson takes on tough Vic Hution of Terre Haute in an eight-rounder. | Thomas returned from Chicago vesterday and is boxing each afternoon {with Denson, who does his training | after his day's work at Allison's. Matchmaker McClure has lined iup the three supporting bouts for | Friday night, a six-rounder and two | fives. In the six-round match, the fans wili get another look at Jue Yee Kong, junior lightweight, who last Friday night defeated Irish Frankie Flynn of New York. This | week Kong is to meet Charles Rodriguez, | Antonio. { A five-round match will show another Mexican fighter in action. | Also from San Antonio, Danny Valerio, middleweight. will clash with | Bobby Berger of Pittsburgh. Armory fans will recall Berger as the good | fighter who was edged out by the { fast Tito Taylor of Chicago on the [first Armory card of the season.

| their participation

a Mexican boy from San

Arnold Deer

Here are five Golden Glovers whe will test their punch in the City Recreational tournament starting tonight Tomlinson Hall,

City Tourney Is Tonight

Young, ambitious boxers who may some day wear the crowns of Gold-

en Gloves champions exercise their

fistic ability at Tomlinson Hall tonight as the Recreational Center boxing tournament gets under way. Over one hundred boys have entered the contests and action will start at 7:30 o'clock this evening. Weighing in processes take place this afternoon between 3 and 6 o'clock. The fighters were allowed two-pound tolerances in their divisions, but had to undergo a physical examination and have a written permit from their parents granting to aid the younger

In order

| fighters Golden Gloves champions and those who have advanced

in the Gloves Novice championships

{to the Open class are barred. Run- |

nerups in the open division and even novice champions are allowed to participate, however,

Police Associated League swells the fighting list to where it includes most of the local centers.

Army Turns Down

Runner Greg Rice

SOUTH BEND, Ind., March 26 U. P.).—Greg Rice, world's champion runner in the two and three mile distances, today failed to pass his physical examination for selective service because of a triple hernia. The former Notre Dame star, who last Saturday ran the twomile event in 8:51.1—the fastest time ever recorded indoors or outdoors—at the Chicago relays, was summoned for examination by Local Draft Board No. 3. The physical ailment does not hamper Rice's track activities, he said, and he will continue to race.

Yeah But Who'll

Modify Three-

Committee May

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| | Basketball Coaches

Suggest Changes

NEW YORK, March 26 (U. P.).—A series of amendments designed to standardize bhas-

ketball insofar as floors, back-

boards, lighting are concerned, ‘be presented to the rule-mak-‘ing body of the National Bas-|

Bob Kennedy

John Douglas

Horace Mann

ser to Coach

| GARY, Ind. March 26 (U. P).— Don Elser, athletic director and head football coach at St. Benedict's named head football coach at | Gary's Horace Mann High School. | Elser, former football and track [star at Notre Dame University and one of Horace Mann's all-time athletic greats, succeeds Doug Kerr, | who resigned to become varsity line |coach at Iowa State College, Ames, Iowa A three-sport performer for four years at Horace Mann, Elser will report next Monday and will assist in coaching the school's basketball and track teams.

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‘Amateurs

| The Labor Temple Association Softball Team will hold its first {meeting Thursday evening, 7 p. m ‘at 45 Virginia Ave. The following players are asked to attend: E. (Booth, J. Booth, White. Adams, Dible, Scots, Sternberger, Stouch, Pallikan, Carver, Eversobe, Lyons, {Burrglin, Wolf, Milton, H. O'Brien, IR. O'Brien, Francis and any others wishing to try for the club. They

and will

balls. baskets

ketbhall Committee at its meet-|

ling in Kansas City this week-

end. A special committee comprising [{C. 8. Edmundson, University of | Washington; Dale Lash, Wesleyan | University, and Valentine Lentz, U.| S. Military Academy, will make the {appeal, formulated by the national| a 3 | {association of basketball coaches, | which concluded a two-day meeting | vesterday. | Calculated to provide another means of eliminating the controversial zone type of defense, a suggestion by ave Tobey of Savage Institute was approved unanimousiy. Tebey suggested that the present three-second restriction on the [pivot post play be modified to apply only to the foul lane between {the end line and the free throw (line. If approved at Kansas City, [this will free the outer half of the (foul circle to unrestricted use

As the code now stands the full

(lane and circle is virtually forbid|den territory as an offensive player may station himself in this zone for [an unlimited time without the ball

jonds after gaining possession. The coaches voted unanimously {for a standard playing court 50 (feet in width and 84 feet between [the backboards, voted against fan[shaped backboards. specifying that [they should be 6x4 feet rectangles [made of steel, wood or glass and {approved playing the game with a |laceless, stitched-seam ball made [of brown leather panels. | Nels Nergren, University of Chi[cago, was elected president. suc[ceeding Nat Holman, City College | of New York Other officers chosen were E. A Kelleher, Fordham, vice president: |E. J. Hickox, Springfield, second | vice president; W [braska. third vice president; Marsh Diebold, Carleton College. secretarytreasurer, and Val Lenz. West Point,

The entry of six boys from the College, Atchison. Kas., today was Forrest Cox, Colorado, Everett Dean,

Stanford, Blair Gulion, Cornell and Holman, directors. Holman also was presented with a trophy by the metropolitan basketball committee, sponsors of the National Invitation tournament. for the “outstanding contribution to basketball during the past season.”

Hurt Bowlers Win The bowling team of Hurt Realty Co. placed first out of 22 teams from Indianapolis at St. Paul over the week-end in the 41st annual American Bowling Congress tournament. This is the fourth straight year the team has landed in the prize money. They won $44.

(but may remain for only three sec-|seven-time | A

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Bros

Last Mil

Don Lash , . . has raced his last mile,

Lash Leaves

Cinder Path

BLOOMINGTON, March 26 (U. P.).—Don Lash. perennial cinder path champion, of the 1936 U. S. Olympic

winnex

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member track team and the national champion= he closed his relavs 1O=-

Ol . A, U. eross-country ship, has told friend: track career at the Chicago last Saturday, it was day. | The former Indiana University star, now a member of the Indiana state police force, said safety speak ing tours which carry him throughs out the preclude adequate training In the two-mile event at Chicago last week he placed fourth to Greg Rice's 8:52.1. the test time res corded on an indoor track Lash established a world's record of 8:58 in the event in 1937 Last fall, in winning his seventh A. U. cross-country title, he shat= tered his own title mark of 32:17.1 established six vears ago when he turned in a new record of 30:25.8

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Another Marble?

CHESTNUT HILL, Mass., March (26 (U.P.).—Pauline Betz of Los Angeles, campaigning to succeed Alice Marble as queen of the courts, gained the final round of the national women's indoor tennis chamse (pionship today by crushing une | ranked Katherine Hubbell of Deds { ham, 6-1, 6-1

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The track, golf and tennis sched-| The Leafs went on a scoring spree ules for Shortridge High School to trounce the Bruins, tallying three have been released by Coach Don |times in each of the last two periods R. Knight and Athletic Director R. after finding the nets for a single S. Julius. goal in the first period. Track—April 11, at Jeff of Lafay-

ette; April 18, Crawfordsville; April 26, Southpert Relays; May 2, oy Baus Tops Play Ollie Baus Jr. captured the three- |

‘Throw First Ball lare ready to book games in the state. For games write W. R. ST. LOUIS, March 26. — Two Starkey, 45 Virginia Ave., or phone hundred and seven mayors of cities! MA rket 3122. {surrounding St. Louis accepted | | President Sam Breadon's invitation| Sacks Auto Parts baseball team to annual mayors’ party in connec-| Will practice ‘Thursday at Riverside tion with the Cardinals’ opening on No. 7 at 4:30 o'clock. All last game against the Chicago Cubs, year's players and tryouts are inApril 18 vited.

Gov. Bowls Em

Over Bowling Weaver Downs ST. PAUL, Minn,, March 26 (U.

P’—Gov. Harold E. Stassen of Lord Lansdowne

Minnesota amazed more than 5000 | svectators last night when he rolled a game of 208 at the 4ist annual American Bowling Congress. He appeared on the tournament’s “celebrity night” program and rang up-a total of 468, scoring the 208 after games of 101 and 159. He had rolled only two three-game matches in a 15-vear period.

Buck Weaver of Terre Haute again nieet at Tech; May 9, at Manual: | May 17, sectional meet at Tech; game series in the Skish League | May 24, state meet at Butler. conducted by the Marion County | Goli—April 7; Shortridge tourney; | Fish and Game Association at TomApril 8-10, Purdue clinic; Aprilllinson Hall last night! He turned 14, Franklin; April 1¢ at Culver; in games of 75-78-71 for a 224 seApril 21, Tech: April 28, Columbus; ries. May 3, Culver; May 9, at Columbus: May 10, at Franklin; May 12] Tech; May 17, La Porte tourney; ! May 24, state meet. Home meets! will be played at the South Grove or Speedway links { Tennics—May 5. Tech: May 24, Wiley of Terre Haute; and May 26, | at Tech. The tennis schedule has ric. been completed.

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