Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 April 1941 — Page 8
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES : — —_— = TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1941
Openers Draw 200,000 Fans
Major L SPORTS. Bort cag ie
By Eddie Ash
TAKE Rill Killefer's word for it his Milexpect to roll out the barrel here Thursthe expense of Wade Killefer's Association opener at Perry
| be just like extending our spring mwyped the Brewer skipper as he sent his the Tribe park yesterday Redhead to have this park in such final touches ive his team the
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Third baseman Red Rolfe of the New York Yankees hits the dirt in vain as Buddy Myer puts him Joe DiMaggio, slugging Yankee outfielder, played a big part in the New York victory. DiMagzio not out at second in the opening game of the season at Washington, Sound effects are provided by Umpire only made two of the six Yankee hits, but here we see the hig boy stealing second base in the sixth inning
Bill Summers, The Yankees won, 3 to 0. Meyer, Nat second baseman, was injured on the play. Summers is the umpire.
mproved greativ under Rill Kille bv the Milwaukee baseball writers
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han the 280 of last season
Pilot Sees a Sihver Lining
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H. S. Cinder Redskins Come Facts on Opening Day Two Hot Races in Prospect a he way Woe Kiley sone up th Calendar F ul / Home Tonight |...xmoems a
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| memors lial xd Marior AMERICAN LEAGUE less capable of {County high 100! tra teams | Seek Second Victory | Philadelphia at New York—2:15 p. m. Probable attendance, 50.000: Attendance Records Due to Be Smashed: Yanks
ate CARE jaave Stepped up | Ce again weather, intermittent showers Batteries: New York, Ruffing and , : : to pitoh. at or rele, end es i oh Sade At Evansville Dickey: Philadelphia, Dean and Hayes Blank Nats in President's Preview. iown Si po i Washington at Boston—2 p.m. Probable attendance, 25,000; : AT fair and cooler: batteries; Washington, Chase and Evans; Boston, (Continued from Page One) » » » was to i in : Wilson and Pytlak vans sharpened [RETR IS Ben Avis ny AER SVILLE Ind, April 15 Detroit at St. Louis -3 p. m. Probable attendance, 12.500; weather, h Lt Mate : a man I Indians today [air and warm: batteries: St. Louis. Auker and Swift: Detroit, Newle Bees the same Kine wh t Howe Hott et Pocket City nine An nally hit a winning t
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3 Fimes Special with the American League looking deal, has won an outfield herth forward to a two-team battle be- Otherwise the Reds are the came tween the Yankees and Indians and hustling team with gilt-edzed pitch the National League eagerly expect- (ing and tight defense which came y lev } ybable a dance. 35.000: weathe : ee OY Chicage at Gleveland 3pm , Pre mate tien lanes : hb A ff ing a three-club struggle between [through twice before slightly ¢ i batteries: Cleveland anc ms 2ago0, ; om he ne ieht Best lace e ot ea i sale Series With high ) cloudy atierie Cleveland eller anc emsley, 11CAg the world champion Reds, Dodgers| The Dodgers have added a £175 - hit ball, allowing tech thinlvelad registered Es aia: oH te B ‘i Dietrich and Tresh ie : al and Cardinals [ 000 battery in Kirby Highe from the ndicapped by SR 11-19 1-12 tor ou : e's le Bees” of the NATIONAL LEAGUE | Jack Doyle, veteran Broadway |Phils and Mickey Owen from the the art Bloomington at the East Side oval Three-I League [he Tribe record New York at Brooklyn—2:15 p. m. Probable attendance, 30,000: [pricemaker, has established the Cards but still have a second haze be to the { vesterday afternoon Is fi ) ) i lost weather, intermittent showers: batteries: New York, Schumacher and |Yanks as American League favor- problem to settle. The Cards have one to go Danning Brooklyn, Wvatt and Phelps ites at 7-5 and the Red as National punch and speed but ai nsettled Boston at Philadelphia 2:15 p. m. Probable attendance, 15,000; League favorites at 6-5. The In-
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en 19 games when
infield. The Cubs sti 1ve base weather, cloudy. scattered showers: batteries: Boston, Erickson and dians are quoted second choices at ball's last holdout. Hank Leiber i checking in at Berres; Philadelphia, Blanton and Livingston 3-2 in their circuit and the Dodgers | but otherwise look like This Department Picks [ana a tie for third in the high jump, | 10 I gh i Spe mire Hoye St. Louis at Tineinnati—1:30 p. m. Probable attendance, 33000; (are given the No. 2 spot at 9-5 in Ing to Spring a surprise "GQ he hava ALS nm : IR LEISE \**| weather, hot and partly cloudy; batteries: St. Louis, Warneke and |'he senior loop. Doyle's influx of rates are crying for p Padgett: Cincinnati, Derringer and Lombardi bets from all sections of the coun- peas! oXperis do hol aes Pittsburgh at Chicago—3 p. m. Probable attendance, 20.000; ry indicates tfemenuious interest in Jigers oan repeal Oia weather: cloudy and showers: batteries: Pittsburgh, Sewell and Lopez; |!he pennant races Poe rage hile killed 51 any chance Chicago. Passeau and McCullough [ Two new pilots will make their © reinforcements fo them If — - ————— —— how although thev have seen serv- Hank Greenberg is drafted in June
the minds of
YANKEES opened the new season halk EB &¥aataisd marked wy 11 w th Panthe: : n merican Association's 41s ne with CI i al rownea champ-
the Yankees In
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llefer will lead llanapolis tonight final practice Chursday 1s lice before. Jimmv Wilson. World 2s expected, Detroit mav have to
Yankees Yet roit : { Wg Dehron | Y > vo x eu era Pati to- N . 5 y . » Series hero as Ernie Lombardi's sub- battle to FAIL One-iWo three f mnmen eginning il a.m Urious 01N a eS d ame «stitute, has taken over the Chicago| The rebuilt Yanks look like a Dodgers, St 1. . le They're In the Pink A R . Cubs and Roger Peckinpaugh, who tremendously Improved ciub, Theg y \ was fired as manager of the Indians| Dave speed and are geared to play ship play starts, . Fo in 1932 after a five-year term, is Inside baseball. But they can still I'ribe athletes For Himse i in ree ont S back at the Cleveland helm again. hit, with Henrich, Keller, Gordon nm the new uni- aiid | Among the most frequent ques-|and DiMaggio wielding the big All members tions about the dawning season are: Sticks. One of the Yanks’ big queswn to plaving Following is the Afth dispatch in the the two richest races of the winter “How o00d are the Yankee Kids, tion marks concerns veteran Rill of expert condi- United Bresson os are perv [season and Florida's top event for Priddy and Rizzuto? . . . Has har-| Dickey. If he doesn’t fold. the illefer and Trainer | 3-yvear-olds, Curious Coin was a mony been restored to the Indians? Yanks are definitely a champion- | By JACK GUENTHER | high second choice behind the!. .. Have tRe Tigers’ old men com- ip threat. : ¢ ¢ { di happy frame of United Press Staft Correspondent [favored Dispose. Most folks didn't pletely folded? . . . Can the Recs’ hee Sypiang ay Spey pit hing like Elden Auker. Johnnv Allen t the meeting at 1 if nind last night al his Hoosiers) “WW YORK. Antil 15.—Less than| think he could last a mile and aces, Walters and Derringer, keep heagen 3 ia or) Vx } Harash Jeorge Caster and Fritz Oster m todas rushed Evansville, 13 to 1 Tribe| NEW YOR opel on “| one-eighth. Some two minutes later on winning? . . . Will Highe win 20 1 BE Al. im 3aghy and Al Smith \ Pete 1ey have a great second base combination in Lou Boudreau and Ra Mack but they lack punch Then too, the memory of last vear's Jun=
rgh Pirates,
ms ould have good seasons, then be prepared to wate Fred licked hand- three months ago there wasn't one | pay had completely changed their games for the Dodgers? . 1s i agen x req altn Free . . . 1 ‘ ‘ s at >a 1} { inning - the . a thousand who had! mind Reiser as good as they say? Can
Ha: \ on is d person in HAE] rd Start . " act von “wid 3 Bb Aesh - evel 1 the Indiana staged an up- \ WA Break SH i Curious C the Cardinals infield stana up — ( St veal hot ‘ Q \ he raga- reaking second, uricus oin } heara of Curious Coin. 1 1 the Cubs’ two rookie Lous,
eS ——————— Boles: Sroret against four at ii ising and scored eight runs y . ots Se0 ‘pached e | Are : muffin son of randon Mint had stayed second until he reac Req Lhe Novikoff and Stringer. headed for |rebellion still is hanging over thei
' . aate in 194 — nl vf 16 races. had stretch. ‘There he trailed by head d Y th B f I The only change in top standing " ; ol ony fom and Iii th and there he started to Stardom?” i Y ge S ou Q / 00 uc esterday came when the St. Paul CHICAGO, April 15 (U. P.).— |cAIned less than $4000 and had a length and there he sta If you could supply the right Whatever happens there will
. x 3 A : c < . or | bid He made up ground in several Vv . ' ov shown speed only against rather pR answers to all these questions, vou plenty of action for all and a gu
F » . use alleys team of Shakopee] The Chicage White Sox farmed ‘heap opposition. He seemed des- challenges, but he couldn't quite cord name the teams that would] C3n work himself into a frenzy over ; QF the Veteran Bill Tilden : ng Pr Ne pe : Jo reac io on out four pitchers today, Ed Weil- | {ined for the claiming ranks rather get up. At the finish it was Dis meet in the World ‘Series next Oc-| a little matter of hits, runs and s Winhict 4 bal Ave Tay , and and Orville Jorgens te Mil- than the Derby pose hy a head, but thousands of tober. errors. It's a good wa to work esota team waunkee in the American Asso- Yet today wherever the railbirds pectators helieved that it still was yo hager Bill McKechnie has im- off excess steam. Play ball, AmerTilden Shi ri cand gather to discuss the Blue Grass anyone's race if it were to be held proved the Cincinnati pitching staff ica! fame Foy st ” 30 > Roveiisa ciation and Warren Martin and fixture the name of Curious Coin |right over : : ; . with the addition of Monte Pearson, | 1) whine ft : . game at! Reer Chica n> HRD a) Clyde Umstead to Waterloo, Iowa, i< {requentlyv heard in the conversa- Now in New York, Curious Coin ex-Yankee, and southpaw Bob I urdue (Gzrad Hired » Wl House in the Three Eye League, tion The chestnut has been es- hasn't started since he left Florida. [ qoan and is confidently expecting]! SCHENECTADY. N.Y. April 15 Alice Marble lle 302 nd tablished as one of the five low He is expected to go at Jamaica johnny Vander Meer to stage al (U. P.). Arthur C. Lawrence, Pur-'-pay ranks just veral months Kothi 9 Chicete. 022 I — r =| choices in the future books and his|this week and then be pointed for .omeback In addion the Reds due University graduate. was named had little difficulty in defeating! Other st S rem un- wansville was held to five hits odds have dropped to 6-1. Whai-|.he $20,000 Wood Memorial before have installed Eddie Joost at short head football coach at Union ColHardwick of England, 6-3, 8-3. changed ; : v th m i pitching of Jake ever he mav do he still is definite-| shipping to Louisville. He wasn't in place of Billy Myers, gone to the lege today. succeeding Nelson Nitche WEAR service did nothing for rm - — ie nd Pete Sivess and the lv marked as one of the three best named for either the Preakness or Cubs, and Jimmy Gleeson, who!man, who goes to Colby College, *S Hardwick's game, and . . | local Ss lone run was on a colts of the winte: Belmont. but may enter the former came from Chicago in the Myers! Waterville, Me.. as foothall coach 1 the bounding, bouncing Ali Ex-Kings In Top i er by Metkoviteh in the fourth The transformation was effected through the supplementary route |——————- - EE me em re eee een
jeadlv hen th A .13 — aeaqiy when he chip stan suddenly. Curious Coin was bought
, 1 sificen kite Walled we Fete Belo ORCL UrIOuS on] URAL NEXT—King Cole. Wrestling Bout a en hits olled of Indianapolis by Jack Howard and Elmer Shaffe: i
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at “thu : al haffe s——— '| Portraits of People who don't pick Old Oscar Pepper : \¢ Ss now conceivable that operators of the Coldstream Stable, i TT. srvices, but Miss . sole and Everett shall the Indians really were in a spring from Brandon Fa sary he | y Mi Steele and Evere : sha In a spring from Brandon Farm eal in | O f 11 D f f ride and ended the YO Ral ar er mi uring the early part of their Florida season and in less than C . a e Oo | RS. a. 4 lion: 4 ga ; Ra
A Smash Jar outside Miss fqnt lines Hide in ¢ vised | exhibition schedule in Florida three weeks it was obvious the " ! which caused Man Liavs sA3rvicas ta 4 tonight's ah : . thoroughbred i ¢ ge ® 2 / U / 1 C lice. never.” It was. HOI =A al { omgnt s ai- Rookies Come Through thoroughbred had changed He m » . ome- oming NR tk = oe star estling card at the Armory. | proved steadily and in his third same in the second set : ; d ven the rookies smacked : : Vue] 4 n 3 FSrecsed At h Marshall h 28 und FOOKIES SMACK ne trip to the post at Hialeah Park| Times Special he mixed double pairing 158 | tse rharia res wiorado and ] sterday and Joe Bestudik, |; ; ngths arble and Tilden against Miss EA Son oy ane | ib ati oe DeoWdIR. he won by four lengths BLOOMINGTON, Ind. April i ao aban cin nzed Californian of | Subbing 1 mek Aleno at third, The voungster's next spin was in| ;« g Budge was hard : a : Jon Va Rill Blinstrub. | 1 ; A fol 15 Home-coming at Indiana i nara < former heavy { \ les 11! 11 trub. |; AR in . ’ . 2 | ; way with Alice and «i. Sore TORS pCAavYYWCIS valslais “4 zientara at sec- ig Jahama Handicap and whil | University will be held the weekDY Ch an HS Srv 2 1 ronkie ott he finish>d second. two lengths! oq of Oct. 11 when the Hoo- —_ \ A tana Lyd alls swimel Castie hil 2 ingle away, the race Was run In new! ger football team plays Texas \ettiers fof the Htc Lo ro|w catel Lakeman got | LCCOTd time for seven furlonas.| cpristian, it was announced toH : . T k nae: 1 title Everet " by ALIEN alls Shortly thereaiter he ran again| gaz “gD * » whined (in avibii} 14 Eg ME fe |i \1 1es his tinia Ia " Bas ee QOSIC I di me n g gr . waist - > aac { wh a triple Ina this time he won bv gix ‘eased | I'he game also has been desige of tl lial ©) g : up I'hen he electrified the Soulh| nated as Dad's Dav and will be
was tagged out on vith one of the fastest speed work | | with one oO 1 S S Q nork- ; Ww . ]C the plate when hel 12 me of two at which high school
Recen e war 5 | wind . nen J IB} € , 2 q +f ! je 2 CH eb y Milton Galatzer outs held in man; seasons five pupils will be guests of the unii911 : g Shir liom | ced the regulars with a pair of |[uriongs in :33. :45 2-53 and :58 flat versity The other high school { opuia aS a aYex : RP When the field marched out for | day will be observed Sept. 27 the 220.000 Flamingo Stakes, one nf} when I. U plays Detroit
BLOOMINGTON. Ind. April
Indiana University VArsity
mmers and coven freshman opener Ser
tankmen will receive awards for the ton, 181, a Marine who beat Buck 1941 services. Athletic Director 2 a) two weeks ago, Opposes Am i ~ 3 Frankie Hill, 185, of Dallas, Tex areurs
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G. Clevenger announced today Swimmers voted varsity awards |
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Benedetti, Frank Klafs and Mike Box Score BASE ML Pakucko. Chicago; Robert Boaz and INDIANAPOLIS | Glenns Valley baseball team would Allan Van Duran, Indianapolis: piacxbuem of AB R } 4 Ei like a game for April 20. Call Cecil anklin, Buffalo, N. Y.}|Blinstrub 2% (i... 8 1 2 2 v. 1861-R . Hall, Greensburg, and J22!7e 3 ecisee 3 3 31 aymon Stef Bloomington, Lewis, if cissse 2 1 I i SOFTBALL
Cooper, Greenfield, was vf 11:8 105 i eal Market, 5-1 victor over senior managers’ lette I 3 3 3 3 1 South Side Merchants, wants games. reshmen receiving numerals are |fakeman. ¢ ...o2* 3 0 | Write F. Coghill, 3760 W. Wash- A = 4 Hareer. Indisnapotis: [owns Coos § 4 1 1 1 3liveton Si or een Bars 2 E Mr. I. Blowhard gives us
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