Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1941 — Page 25

SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

FROM THIS DATE until after May 30 Indianapolis goes off its nut for King Speed. . .. The entry list for the 29th running of the 500-mile motor sweepstakes closes at midnight tonight and it’s a safe guess that it will contain

enough cars to guarantee a complete field on race day.

The “Comet” was due to reach Indianapolis today . . . in other words, Rex Mays, the Californian, who finished second last year. ... The Roaring Road reopened today after repairs were completed In a north section of the whirligig and now the speed pilots will get down to the business of “turning it on.” : And the railbirds will be out there every day listening to the hum of the motors, munching hot dogs and whiffing oil fumes while getting their annual coat of Speedway sun tan. . . , Like race horse addicts, these Speedway railbirds do their own “experting” and are usually savvy to many things that escape the casual observer. Rex Mays is known in 500-mile circles as “always a bridesmaid but never a bride.” . . . For a number of years he has been just about the hottest thing in the qualifying trials for the Five-Century, but never vet has been able to crash the select circle of winners. Last vear was his best bid and this trip he will again drive the speed chariot entered by Robert M. Bowes and engineered, built and managed by Lou Meyer, retired veteran of the track and holder of three 500-mile championships. Mays was crowned 1940 Speed King after finally overtaking Wilbur Shaw in points by competing in other races after departing Indianapolis and which Shaw did not enter. . . . Smiling Wilbur rested on his 500-mile laurels and turned his attention to other pursuits. « . . But the Dapper Dan of the Roaring Road will be back this year gunning for his fourth triumph in the famed “500.”

500-Mile Lap-Prize Fund at $4200

DRIVERS ALREADY on the 500-mile scene and others en route received glad tidings today in the lap-prize announcement by the Indianapolis Citizens’ Speedway Committee. . . . Carl H. Wallerich, chairman, said subscriptions total $4200 with the race still four weeks away Contributors to the fund include many leading automotive concerns in the United States and business firms in Indianapolis. . The lap prizes, $100 each, are paid to the drivers in first place at the completion of designated laps throughout the race of 200 laps. The amount contributed by individuals and firms to date embraces 42 laps. . . . The Citizens’ Speedway Committee was organized by the Speedway committee of the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce. . . . Robert M. Bowes and William L. Schloss are vice chairmen and Samuel Mueller, of the Commerce staff, is secretary.

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LAP PRIZE subscriptions of $100 each have been received from the following Indianapolis firms: Vonnegut Hardware Co., Hotel Severin, Columbia Club, Claypool Hotel, L. Strauss & Co., Marott Hotel, D-A Lubricant Co., Inc., Bumet-Binford Lumber Co., Inc., the Wilkinson Co., Inc., Indiana Bell Telephone Co., Indianapolis Railways, Indianapolis Athletic Club, Arthur V. Brown, Henkel-Randall-Warner Co., Hotel Lincoln, P. R. Mallory & Co., William H. Block Co., CocaCola Bottling Co., Indianapolis Power & Light Co. and Tom Joyce %-Up Co. ... Wheeler's Lunch contributed a “meal ticket” for 1095 meals.

Ford of Detroit Chips in $500

CONTRIBUTIONS FROM CONCERNS outside Indianapolis include $500 from the Ford Motor Co., Detroit; $200 from the Champion Spark Plug Co. Toledo, and $200 from Ethyl Gasoline Corp. New York. Subscriptions of $100 each were received from the following: N. S. Ancell, Chicago; Delco-Remy Division, General Motors Corp., Anderson, Ind.; Delco Products Division, General Motors Corp., Dayton, O.; Belden Manufacturing Co., Chicago; Perfect Circle Co., Hagerstown, Ind.; Cleveland Graphite Bronze Co., Cleveland. American Automobile Association, Washington, D. C.; Borg-War-ner Corp., Chicago; DeSoto Motor Corp. Detroit; Eastern Air Lines, New York; Hastings Manufacturing Co., Hastings, Mich., and Packard Electric Division, General Motors Corp., Warren, O In last year's race, Wilbur Shaw, the winner, won $5100 in lap prizes; Rex Mays, second, $2300; Maurie Rose, third, $300. . . . No other drivers shared in the 1940 lap melon.

20 Gasoline Steeds Already Entered

HERE IS the partial Speedway entry list, g&djoining column: ENTRANT Leon Duray Merrill Williams Lou Moore Lou Moore Joe Marks Cliff Bergere Arthur M. Sims Boyle Racing Hdqtrs. Boyle Racing Hdqtrs. Boyle Racing Hdqtrs, Russell Snowberger Bowes Racing Team Bowes Racing Team ¥rank Brisko Joe Leneki Joe Leneki Rene LeBegue Jean Trevaux Carl Marchese Overton Phillips

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CAR NAME Unnamed Unnamed Noc-Out Hose Clamp Spl Elgin Piston Pin Special Marks Special Noc-Out Hose Clamp Spl. Holabird Special Boyle Special Boyle Special Boyle Special Hussey's Sportsman Club Bowes Sealfast Special Bowes Sealfast Special Zollner Piston Special Blue Crown Spark Plug Blue Crown Spark Plug Talbot Special Talbot Special Leader Card Special Phillips Special

DRIVER George Robson Doc Williams Duke Nalon Mauri Rose Tony Willman Cliff Bergere Ira Hall Wilbur Shaw Chet Miller George Connor Russell Snowberger Rex Mays Ralph Hepburn Frank Brisko Unnamed Emil Adams Rene LeBegue Jean Trevaux Paul Russo Overton Phillips

Trials to Begin

On May 17th

Full Field Expected By Track Officials

By J. E. O'BRIEN

A full, fast field for the 20th running of the 500-mile automobile race was indicated today as the midnight deadline on Speedway entries ap-

proached.

By noon the Speedway office already had received 20 entries, and it appeared that another score of cars would be entered in the next 12 hours. This would promise hot competition during the qualifying trials for the 33 places in the starting field. Trials officially will begin on Saturday, May 17, and continue until the starting lineup is completed. Among the early entries were those of the two popular favorites, Wilbur Shaw and Rex Mays. Shaw, hometown boy and three-time winner, again will be the No. 1 driver of the Mike Boyle team, piloting the sleek Maserati that has carried him to two straight victories. Mays again will drive for Bowes Sealfast in a car engineed by Louis Meyer.

Miller, Connor on Same Team

Other members of the Boyle team this year will be Chet Miller and George Connor, the latter a veteran in the Marks racing team. The first car to be entered this vear is owned by the veteran Leon Duray and will be handled by George Robson. This is the same car that Sam Hanks steered to 13th place last year. Merrill (Doc) Williams of Franklin was the first driver to have his car at the track this vear and his was the second entry. Another contending two-car team entered is that of Lou Moore. Mauri Rose, who finished third behind Shaw and Mays last year, will pilot one and Duke Nalon the other. One of the cars is the Maserati that Rene LeBegue, French driver, brought in 10th last year. Interesting last-minute entries were two new French cars entered by cable from Vichy by LeBegue and Jean Trevaux. Permission already has been granted to bring the cars through blockade, and the two French drivers hope to obtain passage on a ship leaving Lisbon, Portugal, tomorrow.

Today's Entries

Among this morning's entries were one from Overton Phillips, naming himself as driver; from Donald J. Green with Bill Lipscomb up and from Carl Marchese with Paul Russo, brether of the late Joe Russo, as pilot. Speedway officials said that the entry list contained one of the most capable fields to challenge for the $100,000 in prize money, with an indication that the two-year reign of foreign-made cars might come to an end on Memorial Day. Entries postmarked before midnight this evening will be official.

Semipro League Opens Sunday

Four of the seven teams in the Indiana-Ohio semipro baseball league—the Indianapolis Firemen, the Middletown Armecos, the Muncie Citizens and Anderson U. A. W. —will begin play Sunday. The Firemen and the Armcos will tangle at Middletown, and the Citizens will entertain Anderson. Other members of the league are the Indianapolis Kautskys, the La-

Baseball At a Clance

fayette Red Sox and the Frankfort Ushcos. The Citizens, managed by Stanley Parks, have won the title for

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GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Kansas City. Louisville at Milwaukee. olumbus at Minneapolis. Toledo at St. Paul. 500 21% - “s62 3 NATIONAL LEAGUE

Cincinnati at B lyn. ao 3 St. Louis at New vo y

jcago at Boston. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia. AMERYCAN LEAGUE Boston at Detroit. Riladely ia at Cleveland. ashington at Chicago. New York at St. Louis.

RESULTS YESTERDAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION No games scheduled.

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HITS _ Lavagetto, Dodg's. 2% Tra ators. . , Yanks, SA EAten PR “el Cards. 24 Moors, Browns ... aggio, BR. Sox. 21{Gordon, Yankees.

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May 1.—Tech ) won four of five singles matches and one 21 | doubles contest to score a 5-1 vietory over Burris here yesterday.

the last two seasons. League play this vear, as in former years, will be divided into halves, with a postseason series between the two winners determining the champion.

Little Chance Seen For A.B.C. Changes

ST. PAUL, Minn, May 1 (U. P). Officials of the 41st annual American Bowling Congress saw little chance of important changes in top bracket standings before the tourney ends next Tuesday and began talking about prize-money distribution today. First prizes, in addition to medals, include $1500 in the team competition, $600 in the doubles, $300 in the singles and $200 in the all-events race. The remainder of the $200,000 in prizes will be distributed among the top third of all the meeting's competitors. Yesterday was the third successive day with no changes among the leaders.

Butler Golfers Meet DePauw, Earlham

Butler University’s undefeated golf machine will have a chance to add two more conference scalps to its victory belt tomorrow and Sato|urday afternoon. 3! The DePauw Tigers drop into town tomorrow for a session with the Haussmen on the Highland layout, and Saturday the Bulldogs travel to Richmond for a retum match with the Earlham Quakers. Earlier this season Butler downed the Quakers 15-3.

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In Derby Race

By JACK GUENTHER United Press Staff Correspondent

LOUISVILLE, Ky., May 1.—Eleven starters were in prospect for the 67th Kentucky Derby today as trainers and owners finished their chores and prepared to gather at the racing secretary's office tomorrow for the ceremony of drawing the field.

The declaration of Shady Brook Farm's Agricole, only doubtful starter in the field of 12 predicted most of the week, thinned the ranks down to the solid factors—Our Boots. Porter's Cap, Whirlaway, Staretor, Swain, Little Beans, Robert Morris, Dispose, Market Wise, Blue Pair and Valdina Paul. Owner Rocco Palladino denied reports that Don Meade might not be able to ride Little Beans. Meade, the champion rider of 1939, will arrive Friday. Eddie Arcaro also is due tomorrow to replace Wendell Eads in the saddle of Whirlaway. The weather has been mild for the past week. At the moment no storms are in sight and a fast track is In prospect for the race on Saturday. Several trainers kept their fingers crossed as a muddy footing would move several horses, notably Porter's Cap, up several notches. Louisville itself began to swell with visitors. Special trains, airplanes and automobiles brought customers to town by the hundreds. Hotel rooms are sold out and Col. Matt Winn is standing by his prediction that the attendance will hit 100,000 for the first time in Derby history.

Already Entered For

to County Title

~ James Paces Southport

Trackmen Prep

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With the Marion County |

school track title already in Southport’s possession, it remains now for| the city meet tomorrow to complete | a definite picture of sectional strength. The city meet, which will draw| 150 athletes from the six competing |

Topnotch performers in the county track meet at Washington High School yesterday afternoon were Everett James (right) of the winning Southport team and Roy Pearson (left) of the Ben Davis squad which was second in the standings. James who copped both hurdle events is shown taking the 120-yard high hurdles while Pearson breaks the ta pe in a burst of speed to top the old 440-yard record of :53.2 with a :52.7.

Eleven Horses Shortridge Favored as 150

for City Meet

half-miler, reduced his own mark to 2:01.3, and Roy Pearson of Ben Davis did the 440-yard run in :52.% to cut the old time by a half second. Delbert Klies, another Southport entrant, reduced the mile time from 4:394 to 4:37.7, and Robert Negley

THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1941 -

"500-Mile Race

Rider Claims Derby. Winner Picked by Fate

Our Boots Can't Miss Now, He Says

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer

LOUISVILLE, May 1. — Little Conn McCreary who has a man’s head and shouls ders but is a midget from the chest down, and who is going to ride Our Boots in the Derby Saturday said it must have been fate.

The nation's current leading jockey in races won, with 82, was talking about that afternoon in 1939 when he was walking down the Lexington turnpike carrying a suite case in either hand and an old gentleman in a motor car hailed him and said:

“Where you headed for. so = The little fellow told the _ he was headed for the Dixiana a and that he was going to ry to get himself io. a job exercising “Why the Dixiana Far 1s down the road,” said a old es and you'll be plum wore out if Jo hd gh there by foot carrye : em bags. Get in the and Hi] Bive you a lift.” = e old man turned out to Steve Judge who is trang Ae Boots and that’s why Conn McCreary

says it must have been fate because

A.A.ClubsOut After Trophy

By UNITED PRESS The Western teams of the American Association open their first home stand of the season today against the four from the East. Cool and probable rainy weather was expected to cut down attendance fig-

ures and give the Eastern teams an

schools, will be run off at the Tech| oi Oaklandon set a new high jump | edge in competition for the George

field, starting at 2:00 tomorrow afternoon.

record of 5 feet 9 inches. Ben

Davis’ relay

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team, composed of [annually by the league president to

The obvious favorite is Shortridge, | Pedre, Hittle, Blair and Pearson, the city with the largest percentage

which took second place in the re-| sprinted the mile in the new time of its total population at the first

cent Southport Relays, while Tech will depend on balance to maintain its city superiority. Howe's strength apparently is in the dashes, while Washington's Continnentals, paced by Harold Rickenback, look best in| the field events. Manual depends on its Mascari brothers for points] in the distance events.

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he wound up on the Woodvale Farm instead of the Dixiana Farm worke ing for the old man and he’s been there ever since. ;

A Hunch for Derby

Thus for the superstitious thers could be no more solid hunch than Our Boots to win the Derby. The natural logical climax of this astone ishing coincidence which started on a country highway and has pro=|gressed to tHe fabled acres of Churchill Downs must see the little fellow and the old man sharing the roses of victory. McCreary is all Irish, cocky, cone fident and courageous. Nobody pushes him around. He isn't the most popular rider in racing. He doesn’t exactly love people. We sus pect he developed a bitterness as & kid when he was the butt of mercies less jibes. This situation didn’t ime prove as he grew older. Everybody (Continued on Page 25)

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Southport’s victory in the county meet was the fifth straight for the|}

Cardnials, who took first place in six of 11 individual events. finished

second in the mile relay and third |}

in the half-mile relay. { The Cardinals totaled 57% points to Ben Davis’ 50. Warren Central | was third with 38!:, New Augusta | fourth with 10%: and Oaklandon fifth with 6%. | Everett James won both hurdle events to spark the winners, while Alex Witkovich copped both dashes and finished fourth in the broad jump to pace Ben Davis’ Giants. Five new county records were written into the books during the meet. Tom Haines, Southport’s

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