Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 May 1941 — Page 18

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

SPORTS... By Eddie Ash

BIG DOINGS on the Detroit sports front today. ... The Tigers were to raise their 1940 pennant, the one the “nine old men” won while Cleveland and the Yankees stood aghast. . .. But to the average Detroit fan, yester-

day produced more interesting fireworks.

It was Hankus Pankus Greenberg's farewell to league baseball for a vear. for today he answered Uncle Sam's call to the Army. . . . And Lanky Hank said his farewell with two home runs to help defeat the New York Yanks, the club he likes to smack down above all others It will be strange to look at a Detroit team and no Lanky Hank in the lineup He's been the spearhead of Tiger power for years and helped them annex three American League pennants and one World Series title Greenberg, New York born, is 30 years old and single. . . . He entered league ball in 1930 with Hartford of the Eastern League, switched to Raleigh of the Piedmont League the same season and reported to the Tigers in the fall. He started his home-run walloping®at Hartford by getting two in 17 games _ and at Raleigh he hit 19 in 122 games. . . . Assigned to the Evansville Three-I Leaguers in 1931, he poled 15 in 126 games and then finished out that campaign at Beaumont in the Texas League. Vit Beaumont in 1932, Greenberg collected 39 homers in 154 games, and that convinced the Detroit chiefs. . . . The big fellow was recalled by the Tigers and launched his American League career in 1933 He tied the major and American League record for most home runs (58) by a right-handed batsman in 1938. . . . Known best for a home-run artist, Hank also gets his share of doubles and triples. . . . In fact. he led the league in doubles in 1934 by garnering 63 ...and in 1937 cracked out 49 doubles, 14 triples and 40 homers.

Reds Within One of Player Limit

THE CINCINNATI REDS roster is down to 26 players, one over the limit allowed when official cutting down time arrives on May 15. . This situation makes it look anything but good for the Indianapolis Indians to receive further help from the champs. . . . It is said Catcher Bill Baker or Pitcher Johnny Hutchings is next on the Reds’ list to be optioned out or cut loose. Well, Indianapolis can well use one or both . . . and make it snappy. . . . The Reds reduced their mound staff to 11 the other day by releasing the veteran southpaw, Witt Guise, to their Birmingham club _ One Cincy pitcher, the veteran Monte Pearson, who was purchased from the Yankees, has yet to see service on the Redleg rubber And the Reds, like the Hoosier Indians, are taking a bumping around. . . . The Cincinnati boys are not hitting their weight and the team is in fourth place seven games off the pace.

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IN HIS FIRST VENTURE as a manager, Wild Horse Pepper Martin is doing all right. . . . His Sacramento club is leading the Pacific Coast League and is drawing well at the gate. . . . The team is a member of the St. Louis Cardinal chain. Look who's occupying the National League cellar Cubs. and under new management and ever'thing Gabbv Hartnett to do a little gloating. If vou don’t think Bill McKechnie is worried about his Reds, take of the changes in his batting order. . . . He changed it for the in 19 games!

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note sixth time yesterday . ..

Glenn Gray's Track Feats Recalled

WHEN LAST RITES were held yesterday for Glenn A. Gray, Indianapolis lost one of its ace trackmen of bygone days at Technical High School and Butler University. . . . Butler alumni recall Gray as one of their all-time greats as a cinder path star in the early and middle Twenties. He was captain of the Bulldogs in 1925 and brought the Indianapolis university national fame by his exploits in the dashes and as a member of the relay team. .. In 1923 Gray ran the 100 yards in 9:08 and in 1924 ran the “220” in 21:06 . . . and he reached the Olympic trials finals at Harvard in 1924. In 1923 the Butler mile relay team set a state record at 3:22.08 and Gray was the anchor man. . . . Other members were Hermon Phillips, Handly Carraway, Dave Kilgore and Scott Ham, the last two alternating = ”

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DURING THE FLEET Gray's tenure at Butler, the relay boys gained wide acclaim by their achievements in the Drake Relays. . . . They set a new collegiate mark of 3:18.02 for the mile relay and also posted a new collegiate mark in the half-mile relay at 1:27.02. In the medley relay at the Drake Games in 1925 the Bulldog runners set a new national record . The old mark held good for 18 vears before the Butler speedsters rubbed it out.

Baseball At a Glance

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION L Pet. Sil 356 a S500 A5 A 121 A412

GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

INDIANAPOLIS at Minneapelis. Louisville at St. Paul. Toledo at Milwaukee. Columbus at Kansas City.

Louisville Minneapolis Kansas City Columbus Toledo . INDIANAPOLIS St. Paul Milwaukee ' *Games behind

NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at Brooklyn. Cincinnati at New York. aL Pittsburgh at Beston, lender. Chicage at Philadelphia. NATIONAL LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE Ww L

St. Louis A 4 Brooklvn 6 New York 8 Cincinnati 11 Beston 11 Pittszurgh i Philadelphia 13 Chicago ie a ee 11 *Games behind leacer.

AMERICAN 1RAGUE

Beston at Chicago. Philadelphia at St. Louis.

RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION : Toledo oh 023 Minneapolis Novdguist, Winegarner and

“ ley, Kline, Kash and Denning.

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Columbus . St. Paul

Dickson, Barrett Struss and Bauer.

Cleveland Detroit Chicacge New York Boston Washington Philadelvhia . .. St. Louis “Games behind leader.

18 Cars Enter

Sunday Races

Times Special

GREENFIELD, Ind, May 7.—A| field of 18, including Harold Shaw of Indianapolis and Slim Ruther- | ford of Whiting, Ind. is expected to compete on next Sunday's auto- | mobile racing program at the fair] grounds track. Rutherford, 1940 champion of the Kentucky-Indiana Racing Association. won the season opener here two weeks ago, while Shaw set the e in last Sunaays race at Frank- | Washington lin. Others due to drive are Harry Cigveand. .- nn Schwimmer of Indianapolis, Eddie |memser. © wagner of Chicago, Don Turner of | Cincinnati, Penny Mayfield of] French Lick, Charlie Van Acker of Marion, Ind. and Carl Ott of Louis- |

ville. ‘Park Nine Wins

and Heath;

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Indianapolis at Milwaukee, rain.

| Only games scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 300 New York 03 Passeau and McCullough; Danning.

| Pittsburgh huni uies | Brooks

| mn | Sewell, Owen.

Hubbell

. «200 Wilkie and Lopez; Wyatt

§t. Louis -~ Boston "em ... B08 850 Grodzicki, Nahem. Lanier, Mancuso; Ferrell, Sullivan, Lamanna rres, Masi.

01h 600 166— 2 620 001 Oix— 4

Cincinnati Philadelphia Vander Meer and Lombardi; and Warren.

AMERICAN LEAGUE New York ... 006 100 300— 4 Detroit iis x= 7 Bonham, Donald and Tebbetts,

Philadelphia at Chicage, rain,

Boston at St. Louis, rain.

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Major Leaders |scnoors mobail team scores

| yesterday. NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB R 1» 80 1%

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Blanton

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.. 023 000 1 1.1 and Dickey: Gorsica

....200 000 021—5 8 1) 000 002 101— 3 18 1 Bagby, Heving and

In a game twice halted by rain] in the mud, Park]

| 8-5 victory over the Silent Hoosiers The Silents failed to score until the sixth when they Pet. shoved across five runs, but Park, ‘$2 came back to get two more markers. |

Jurges, New Etten, Philadelphia 2 3 13 370 La tto., Brooklyn .. 22 84 19 3 369 Vaughan, Pittsburgh. . 14 55 10 345 Pet. G oO AT A807

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Men's SPIKED

Travis, Washington Heath, Cleveland

0. >. Philadelphia. HOME RUNS

Camilli, Dodgers.. 7/Gerdon, Yankees... Ott, Gian 6 York, Tigers Nicholson, Cubs... 6

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RUNS i DiMa . Yanks. 23Lavageito, Dodg's. 19 Oil Tanned A bone 20 Foxx, Red Sox 18 Leather DiMaggio, EB. Sox 19 Soles EUNS BATTED IN i Gordon, Yankees 25 Doerr, Red Sox Keller, Yankees . 25 DiMaggio, Yankees 20 York, Tigers .. 4 i

LF SHOES

Cleveland And Cards Are Fina

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"You're in the Army Now’

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Peckmen Take GREENS 11 Straight Before Losing

St. Louis Halted at Ten in a Row

By GEORGE "KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, May 7.—The St. Louis Cardinals and the}: Cleveland Indians are humane after all. Each one booted a §® game right into the lost col-|§& umn yesterday, terminating §&

the majors’ two longest win-| ing streaks—the Indians.at 11 straight and the Cards at 10 in a row. | After winning 11 straight the In-|:3 dians succumbed to the Washing-| } ton Senators when third baseman |§& Ken Keltner fumbled Ben Chap- | man’s grounder with the bases load-|§ ed, the score tied, 2-2, and two out in the eighth inning. Two runs scored and the Senators triumphed. 5-3. The Indians outhit the Sena-| tors, 10 to 8, but couldn't overcome Keltner’s fatal error. Dutch Leonard went the route to win his sec- ‘ a ond straight game. | Five unearned runs in the fifth enabled the Boston Braves to triumph over St. Louis, 5-4, and put| Flatbush hero.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1941

} ly Stopped

We're Backing You

The Dodgers may not be leading the league at present but they have some backers who do not call them “bums” the moment they lose ome. This heavy hitting quartet has adopted Pewee Reese as their

Rookie John Grodzicki, who had allotted only two hits up to that point, fell apart. He walked Gene Moore, forcing in a run. The Max West singled sharply to center and |

Big. Hank Greenberg registers this morning for his final induction into the Army. William H. Wells, chief clerk of Board 23 is in the background.

Army Induets No. 36.114.611. A Husky Lad Named Greenberg

DETROIT, May 7 (U. P.). — The |troit Tigers, who rode to the AmeriU. S* Army formally took inte its can League championship last searanks today a husky, six-foot four-|son on the booming home runs of inch doughboy prospect listed as the star outfielder. Without Green-

By J. E.

the ball roll between his legs, three | Speedway track this year. runs scoring and West second. Sam Nahem replaced Grod-| Although Winfield confidently bezicki and Eddie Miller singled, scor- | lieves Mays is virtually a shoo-in to. ing West. The Cards outhit the win the 500-mile race, his heart, Braves, 11 to 6, but left 13 men in a sense, will be riding with Hepstranded. { burn, the former motorcycle rider. With Billy Herman, bought from |For Hep wiil be handling Winffeld's the Cubs early yesterday, playing | _ own pet creasecond base, the Dodgers beat the § tion. Pirates, 7-3. Herman, who was hit- It is a brand ting .194 for the Cubs, had a per- new car cast

Ralph Hepburn

he described one—a sort of radiator atop the motor which sucks in

charger and permit greater fuel intake. Frankly, Winfield isn’t -sure just how this complete new power plant will work, but he has high hopes.

really confident. He says it is even faster than last year when it won the pole position and finished second. A number of changes have been made in valve timing, compression ration and in the supercharger, all designed to increase the speedwagon’s zip. Another improvement is a larger gas tank and a reserve tank. “Last year when we had a 45gallon tank, Rex made only one stop. But this year we figure on two stops and well run faster, which means we'll use more gas,” Winfield said. “Therefore, we've (Continued on Page 19)

‘Idea-Man’ Winfield’s Mind Says Mays, But Heart Says Hep

A Numerous new speed ideas are incorporated in the two Bowes speed the usually reliable Terry Moore let | puggies that will whisk drivers Ralph Hepburn and Rex Mays around the And every one has come from W. C. (Bud) reaching | Winfield, the long, lean member of the team’s board of strategy.

air to cool the gas of the super- |

As for the Mays car, Winfield is |

O'BRIEN

Drop Kick, Press Wins Mat Baitle

Louis Thesz, St. Louis heavyweight, who formerly held the world’s heavyweight wrestling championship, employed a drop kick and

Tribe Invades Twin Cities

Times Special MINNEAPOLIS, May 7.—~After idling two days in Milwaukee, where they dropped their only two starts, the Indianapolis Tribesters today invaded the Twin Cities territory to remain six days. After battling the Miliers in a three-game series, through Friday, the Indians will push across the river and take on the St. Faul Saints in a four-game set, lasting through Monday, with a double~ header scheduled Sunday. Held out of action by rain in Milwaukee yesterday, the Indians had to stand by and watch themselves pushed out of the league's

| body press to down Ralph Gari- | baldi of New York, in one of the |two feature matches of the weekly |grappling card staged at the Armlory last night. | The former king-pin of the mat |heavies gained the one fall needed |in their 60-minute time limited bout after 35 minutes of fast actiom | In other clashes on the threeevent program Frankie Talaber, {Chicago light-heavy, was a victor

main event, when the Windy City matman triumphed with a body press in 33 minutes. Weaver claimed |a quick count by the referee, but [to no avail. | The opening fracas was won by |the Great Mephisto, of Newark, N. {J., a light-heavy, over Frankie Hughes of Canada, when the former clamped on a double wrist lock and forced Hughes to concede after 12 minutes of action.

Gale Named Coach At South Bend

SOUTH BEND, Ind., May 7 (U.| P.).—George Gale, former football star at Mishawaka High School and

first division and inte sixth place, {It's the first time the Hoosiers have been in the second division this season and they hope to redeem | themselves at the expense of the { Millers and Saints. | But that's a large order while in {enemy camps. At Indianapolis the | Redskins won one, lost two and tied lone with the Millers and won two {out of three from St. Paul. For this afternoon, at ancient {Nicollet Park, Tribe Chief Killefer

Although Winfield is reluctant over Buck Weaver, of Terre Haute, nominated Bill Cox. right-hander, to talk of the gadgets on the Car ij, the other portion of the double| to open against the Millers, who are

| sharing second place with the Kan« | sas City Blues, It looked like Chief Hogsett's turn to toe the slab for Minneapolis.

By UNITED PRESS Columbus moved into the first division in the American Associa« tion yesterday with a 12 to 7 vice tory over St. Paul. Toledo also moved up, going into fifth place by beating Minneapolis, 7 to 5. The Columbus victory was insured by a late finish which proe duced six runs in the two final ine nings. The game was cut short in the eighth to permit Columbus to catch a train. The Red Birds made 15 hits, Toledo also had to finsh strong

Purdue University, today was named acting coach at South Bend John | Adams High School to replace Ben- | | nie Sheridan, Notre Dame grid] | player, who is serving a year in the

| Army.

in winning from Minneapolis, scor= ing five runs in the last two innings, The Mud Hens were rough on threa NHS pitchers, getting 18 its. No other games were played.

At an induction center located in Refuses to Lead Men Walker won the game in the sev-| one Mays will allegiance promising to serve the He reiterated that \ {but won his fifth straight triumph. | stead of the It was a severe blow to the De-| chine. The enWw 's Golf om en S OIT | file just now,” he said. Hubbell held the Cubs to four hits, wheel drive. Charles Curtice while newsreel] first game. sociation interclub team competi-| Greenberg was patient and oblig- | the world champs’ third straights i ; | pri i i t of | , c hi Pleasant Run ‘and Riverside with Print routine twice at the reques allowed only six hits and fanned od A ill wear ’ iv i bill and Mrs. Walter Brant. Other | ne Army—a mera] tax he wi |lowed five hits. stock vs. Brogdmoor, Hillcrest vs. Pers had passed his final physical| Greenberg bade baseball goodby ; th Ti June 9 at the Country Club of In-| Army duty, had caused one of the photh off Ernie Bonham, the second : , _ |one of them Gerry Priddy’s homer side vs. Indianapolis C. C. There was one disturbance while dian Hills and Highland vs. River- to farewell advice by the draft board | dianapolis C. C.. Meridian Hills vs.|berg’s pictur: but were ignoring the | moor. | lolis C. C. vs. Woodstock, Highland mad at anyone, but just thought | Sept. 8 at Breadmoor—Riverside | Sullivan, Tigers catcher and close Run. | (Continued on Page 20)

Henry Greenberg, Serial No. 36,114.- berg, the Tigers have a slight chance 611. {to repeat. an ancient corset factory, Greenberg fect day, getting a walk, ,a Setioje from the same the baseball player became a buck| But Greenberg was philosophical and three singles in four trips. Dixie | pattern as the private—when he took the oath of over his sudden transition from enth with the score tied, 3-3, hit- | drive except that : « | Briggs Stadium to the armed forces|ting a homer with the bags jammed. | t wy United States “honestly and faith-| ] - it is set up as fully and obey orders of the Presi-|of the nation. Whit Wyatt was pounded for 11 hits | V-8 motor indent of the United States and the he did not want any favors, and on *S Pants’ | traight eight orders of officers and non-commis- |. : d "Square Pants” | straight = sioned officers.” jeven turned down an oa at his Without Herman the Cubs power plant in |draft board headquarters to lead his | s1opped into the National League the Mays ma- | Selectee group to induction center a ..)jar hy losing to the Giants, 5-3. {mile away. Rookie Lou Stringer went hitless gine is super“I'd rather be in the rank-and-|y,¢ played flashily in the field. Carl charged, and the : car is a frontTwenty other selectees lined WD | ne a first inning homer with two | with Greenberg to take the oath. mates on bases by Hank Leiber, tarts on ay a repeated the words of Capt. playing first base and starting his i |cameramen and photographers lit| The Reds got their usual two runs Te oi Mog ois up the dingy rooms with brilliant|anq a great pitching performance . +. | flashes. put lost to the Phillies, 4-2, It was non male Spoagmeo: oh Nii ing through all induction ceremon-| joss and their sixth in the last Con (Club. Meridian Hille with|ies. He went through the finger seven games. Johnny Vander Meer Woodstock |the cameramen. After the oath hein but Etten and Bragan hit homCompetition this season is under | a SET his serial number which | ers. The Reds’ had homers by Lomthe direction of Mrs. ED. Luken- | V1 be his official identification in pardi and Craft. Cy Blanton al‘os around his neck at all times. | Tn the only other American R. Spurlock a premene :| capt. Roscoe Cavell, senior medi-| League game the Detroit Tigers ‘May 26°at Meridian Hills— Wood- | C21 officer, announced that Green-|socked the Yankees, 7-4, as Hank : 3 examination. The condition of the hy slamming two homers—his only Highland, Indisnapois O. C. vs. Me-| pic tellow's feet, said by a Lakeland. | two of this season—which accounted Riverside. apa "Fa. physician to be too flat fori for the winning margin. He hit : | controversies surrounding his en- with a mate on. Bruce Campbell Gianspelis Bio gg NR trance into the Army. also hit two homers. Johnny Gorgian Hills vs. Highland and River- Wants Picture, Too Sits Nelg the Yanks Jo Jive bits, June 30 at Hillcrest—Indianapolis with two on. The triumph elevated C. C. vs. S8roadmoor, Pleasant Run Greenberg and the other selectees| the Tigers to second place and vs. Hillcrest, Woodstock vs. Meri- signed slips of paper and listened dropped the Yanks to fourth. side. |officials. Archie Moss, a 35-year-| July 28 at Highland—Woodstock old plumber, arose to protest that 'vs. Pleasant Run, Highland vs. In- photographers were taking GreenRiverside and Hillcrest vs. Broad- others. Moss was photographed and sat Aug. 18 at Woodstock—Indianap- down with the comment, “I'm not vs. Pleasant Run, Hillcrest vs. Riv-|{we ought to get some attention too.” erside and Meridian Hills vs. Broad-| Accompanying Greenberg to the moor. draft board headquarters was Billy | vs. Broadmoor, Hillcrest vs. Meri- personal friend of the six-foot fourdian Hills, Highland vs. Woodstock inch outfielder. Greenberg wore a and Indianapolis C. C. vs. Pleasant light brown suit without a vest, and = it's Good to Get Back e000 £ to v

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