Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1941 — Page 30

BILL BURWELL, who is doing the master-minding for the Louisville Colonels against the Indians under the night lights at Perry Stadium, is in the record books as : one-of the American Association’s all-time greats on the

mound and in felding his position. rity When Bill was the Indianapolis club’s mainstay over a long stretch of years he didn’t have the luck to pitch a no-hit game, but twice had no-hit games within his grasp only to miss the Hall of Fame with two out in the ninth inning. or In 1923, Burwell held the Milwaukee Brewers without a hit for 83; innings. . . . No Brewer got on base up to that time, on walks or » €ITOIS. + + » Ther. with two out, Paul Johnson rammed out- a single , and Bill then struck out the next hitter. : In the season of 1925, Burwell was on his way to a perfect game * while pitching against the Minneapolis Millers, only to be robbed of < it by a bad: break. . For 8% innings the Tribe's ace right-hander. turned back t Millers in 1-2-3 order. It was a /mo-hit, no-man-reach-first achievement until ‘a slow roller snapped the spell. . . . Hank Gowdy, a Minneapolis catcher that ' geason and a Slow runner, dumped a grounder between the mound and first base. . . . Both Walker Holke, Indianapolis first sacker, and Burwell went after the ball. It was Burwell’s ball but Holke charged it instead of moving Back _ to the bag. .. . Bddie Sicking, Indianapolis second sacker, neglected to come over to take the throw, . . . They would have retired Gowdy because Hank’s speed had departed him years before. . . . As it was, Gowdy beat out the easy roller for a hit. .-. . Then the next batter popped out. ~ Burwell pitched eight one-hit games in the American Association and added to his glory by snappy Bang . He covered bunts and «rollers in'lightning fashion and on May 12, "1929, he set an all-time «record for a Pitcher in one game by turning in nine assists and one " put-out. >

Conn Cool and Confident, Says Ray

JOHNNY RAY, manager of Billy Conn, has authored a “piece” _ on the heavyweight challenger in the current issue of Collier's. . . . It is in connection with the forthcoming battle with Champion Joe ‘Louis in June. . .. Author Ray says, in part: “Naturally, our plan for beating Louis must remain a secret for the time being. Také my word for it, though, it’s a brand-new offense - so far as Mr. Louis is concerned, and we believe it can’t miss. 'I hope "Joe doesn’t worry about it too much between now and the time he . finds himself in a ring with Conn. “Billy worries a lot before every fight. He worries about how to keep me, his manager, from passing out. “His opponents don’t bother him a bit, but as a fight approaches | I am in a continuous nail-biting, forehead-wrinkling state of nerves, “ #2 #8 8 ; ! 8 #8 “I'M TELLING YOU all this about Conn’s coldness and confl= dence only because I think it’s about the best and clearest way of showing the chief reasons why all of us around the light heavyweight champion are convinced he’s going to whip Joe Louis and win the heavyweight title of the world. “Conn’s friends think the world of him. He's just a big Irish Kid with a sense of humor as out of ‘shape as a dollar straw hat after a rainstorm. He’s like the friend who whacks your blistering, sunburned back and then roars like a hyena about it. You all know the type.

‘Finally Develops a Real Punch’

“SOME WHO AREN'T acquainted with us try Wo say I haven't Billy's interests at heart, that I'm mismanaging him in matching him with Louis and that actually Promoter Mike Jacobs is his manager. Do you think I'd even give Louis another thought if I. didn't think Billy was a cinch to win? “His punching has improved. Look how he knocked Bob Pastor right through the ropes. He hurt Lee Savold and he gave Al McCoy such a beating that McCoy was a soft touch for Louisa couple of months later. Cohn’s maturer, too, and Louis isn’t the Brown Bomber any more. Or, if he’is, he better go into dry dock for a going-over and a new load of animunition before long. .

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“WHEN YOU COME right down to it, conditioning is what is going to beat Joe Louis. It's the first rule of the fight game, and a fighter might as well fry to do his stuff with a strait- -jacket on gs te get anywhere without it. “Folks think I'm a bug on the subject. Before the Pastor fight last year I had Billy box as much as 10 to 12 rounds daily, and even put him through several rounds the day before the bout. “If the evidence so far presented isn’t enough; get ready for the “> real McCoy when Conn says ‘howdy’ to Mr. Louis.”

Luke Paid $400 After Ten Wins Thereafter, the right-hander gets prize money at the rate of $400 a NEW YORK, May 16 (NEA). —|victory. His basic salary is only

Luke Hamlin’s’ arrangement with | $5000, half of ‘what he drew last Brooklyn calls for the Pheer to| season. \

collect 8 bonus of $200 for each | game he wins until he has 10.

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|. By I E. O'BRIEN Fast drivers in fast automobiles compete. tomorrow for the Speedway’s most precious preliminary prize— the pole position in the 500-

up. It will be the first. day of the 1941 qualifying trials, and the pole position will go to the driver and car with the quickest time for the required four-lap 10-mile run, ’'regardless of speeds recorded on future qualifying days; Fhe trials officially will ‘begin at 10 ‘a. m., allowing the gasoline

tempts before the 7 p. ni. closing. The track also will be open for trials from 1 to 7 p. m. Sunday and at other future dates designated by

1 Ted Doescher, ‘chief steward. Speed

way officials announced ' that the

to spectators at 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. ;

: Weather Slows Activity

slowed preparajions for the trials, and not more expected to make their test runs

tomorrow. Among these, ‘however, are the lead-footed boys who started

‘| the 1940 race in the first row—R2x

Mays, Wilbur Shaw and Mauri Again it’s fhe rapid Mr. Mays who is favored’ to get the No. L position—a pleasing complement to the No. 1 he will carry on his eightcylinder Bowes, 'Sealfast Special. Rex doesn’t ‘hide the fact that he wants the pole, and already he has turned four laps at virtually 130 miles an hour. With a new Maserati motor under the hood of his Boyle Special, Shaw ranks as Mays’ chief competitor for qualifying honors. ‘But Shaw has no particular yen for the No. 1 spot, and more than likely will set about a 128-mile-an-hour pace and take what that gets him.

Lou Moore Is Confident

Since last year’s trials Mauri Rose has traded his four-cylinder steed

| for the new Maserati in Lou Moore's

stable. It has been a ticklish job carbureting the eight-cylinder ‘motor, but Moore believes the job is donc now and is confident Rose can cut four laps at a speed between 127 and 129 miles an hour. Another 11 drivers 'believe their mounts are ready for the trials and they may be joined by two or three more, depending on how much work can be done on tempermental engines before sundown today. Hee are the 11, along with car names and engines: Doc Williams, Indiana Fur Special (Offenhauser). *Floyd Davis, Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special (Offenhauser-4). Cliff Bergere, Noc-Out Hose Clamp Special (Offenhauser-4), Chet Miller, Boyle Special (Miller8). George Connors, (Offenhauser-4). ' , Russell Snowberger, Sportsman’s Club Special (Offenhauser-4).

Ralph Hepburn;. Bowes Sealfast Club Special (Miller-4).

Harry McQuinn, Unnamed (Alfa

Boyle Special

‘Romeo-8) .

Al Miller, Miller Special (Miller6). George Barringer, Miller Special (Miller-6). Frank Brisko, Zollner Piston Special (Brisko-6).

As much as SveiVidy likes new records, it’s not likely: that either the one-lap or four-lap qualifying marks set by the late Jimmy Snyder will be broken tomorrow or at any time during qualifying trials. Snyder zipped through one lap at 130.757 miles an hour in 1939. and went on to qualify at a speed of 130.138. Since then the track hos sprouted. new bumps and motors have been trimmed. 80 even a flat 130-mile-an-hour average tomorrow would surprise most of the railbirds.\ Of. course, the weatherman will have his bit to say, too. A race car becomes just a feather in the breeze, and high winds temorrow could spoil (Cogtinued on P| 32)

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Trials to Start | 1At 10 A. M. an ud

mile Memorial Day race: line-|

jockeys nine hours for qualifying at-|

gates to the grounds will be opened |

Annoying weather this week has].

an 14 drivers are|,

the left.

Kelly Petillo and his mechanics work futiously to repair his battered car for the start of qualifying trials tomorrow. r smashed in a spin the other day, with Roy Russing, Petillo’s prote:e, at the wheel. crashed through the inside rail at 117 miles. an hour.

Russing was unhurt

This is % ¢ same car with which Petillo won the Sh9-mitle race in 1935,

although the car overturned and Petillo is at

Michigan Tope Relay Entries.

‘Indiana Has Stars ln Distance Runs

U.P.) .—Probable. ‘point winners in nearly every event made Michigan the favorite to win its fifth consecutive team champjonship today as . more than 200 athletes assembled for qualifying rounds of the Big Ten Conference track and field meet. Michigan has likely scorers in every event but the discus throw. Most serious threat to the defending champions comes -from In-

Qualifications Start

for today in the hurdles, the shot put, the 100, », 220 and 440-yard

the 880-yard run, and the javelin throw. Finals will be held tomorrow in ‘the University of Minnesota’s Memorial Stadium. At least one world record may be broken. Archie Harris, Indiana Negro, has thrown the discus 171 feet, 6% inches, and will aim at the world mark of 174 feet, 2% inches. . Performers capable of breaking

in the 880, 440, mile, high" jump,

(and shot put.

Two defending champions will be competing for Michigan, Warren Briedenbach in the 440 and Don Canham in the high jump. Indiana’s chances for the team championship ®rested largely with Harris, Cochran,

Kane Defends

Kane is defending ‘champion in the mile run, and he may compete in the 880. His best time of 4:11 for the mile is only two-tenths of a second off the Big Ten record on by Don Lash, also of Indiana, in 1936. The long-legged Indiana star has covered the half-mile in 1:50. 1,

Big Ten mark set by Charley Beet ham of Ohio State in*19317. a Cochran holds the world’s indoor record for: the 440, and he rates as ene of the best low hurdlers in the conference.

Ohio State, conceded an outside

Bob ‘Wright, sophomore star. from Huntington, W. Va., who holds the American indoor record for the 70yard high hurdles. His best time for

Myron Piker, defending champion in the 100-yard dash, will be challenged by George Franck, Minnesota’s All-American football play~ er and winner of the 60-yard dash in the conference indoor meet. Ed Holderman of Purdue will dee fend his two-mile championship |

seek a second conference win in the pole vault. ; Minnesota nosed out ‘in the mile relay last year, but: the Wolvernes look too Boog to be beaten dgain. : p

Whirlaway Enters

Two More Races! INGLEWOOD, Cal, May 16 U.

1|P).—calumet Farms’ Whirlaway,

‘winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness, will be a contender for .the $75,000 purse of the Hollyd Wood Gold Cup race and the $25,000

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn,” ‘May 18}.

diana’s handful of ‘individual stars. ; Qualifying. events were scheduled B®

dashes, the discus, the broad jump, |

the conference records are entered |

Campbell Kane and Roy x

chance for the title, will. bank onl

the 120-yard event is 14.4 seconds. |’

Hollywood derby. Whirlaway’s riomination : for the two big Hollywood Park races was sent to racing Secretary Francis P. Dunne by William Whitley, agent for Calumet Farms. The Kentucky Derby winner. is owned by Warren Wright and trained by Ben Jones.

Is It Zuppke or Wilson That Must Redan? 2

* CHAMPAIGN, Ill, May 16 (U. P.).—Members of sports commit ;ees have attempted to: gét fooiball coach B6b Zuppke or Athletic Di-

rector Wendell Wilson to resign]

their posts’ at the University of Illinois, trustees’ statements ' revealed today. - Park Livingston of Chicago a trustee, revealed after a boarc of trustees meeting yesterday that | there had been “unofficial atten pts

to settle the. athletic situation at the university.” + Livingston said .that he knew a meeting was held May 8 between

“certain “members” of the board. of

directors of ‘the athletic sassociation and of the athletic committee of the board of trustees, and that the resignation of a “certain man” was asked.: An athletic cmmities of the board of. trustees has been investi-

‘however,

gating Illinois athletics since a group of St. Louis alumni asked ‘it to look into the situation-in foatball and track, in which few ‘victories have been recorded m the || past several seasons, Zuppke submitted his resignation in 1938, but it was refused by the board of directors. It was believed, that son had been

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Ray Starr Defeats Colonels, 7 to 2

Look: who's nolding down third place in the American Association! The home: town : Indians, no less Due to the blanket race being waged in the league that one victory over the Louisville Colonels last night “catapulted” the Redskins out of the second division and right

up there with the elite. And let it be said the Tribesters

.|are only a game and a half off the i

pace. | Of course the Indians again

hitched themselves to Steel Arm

Starr to “arise and shine” and win, 7 to 2, and they now feel like going places and believe there is a grand chance to ease into the lead during the current home stand. It will be ladies” night at the Stadium tonight in- the finale Sgainsh the Colonels and Manager . Killefer has delegated Man Mountain Mike Naymick to pitch. Chief Klillefer believes that Naymick’s speed, coupled with his wildness, will

|scare the’ Colonels out of the park

under the lights. ‘Game time is 8:15. | The Columbus Red Birds will he here tomorrow to open a series une der the lights and for two afternoon games Sunday. Bill Cox is slated to oppose the Birds tomorrow ‘and Lefty Bob Logan will face them in one of the Sabbath tilts. -

Lefty Logan Reports :

Logan reported to the Indians last night after returning from the Cincinati Reds on option, “If I can’t make good in the big show I'll take. Indianapolis every time,” said the jovial Robert. || The Indians bunched their hits in that “delayed” night opener and racked up seven.runs on 11 blows. Allen Hunt and Bennie Zientara paced the Tribe attack with three safeties apiece, ang each getting a double. : * Joe Mack also was prominent in the Redskins picture with a single and double and two runs batted in. It was Ray Starr's sixth. victory against three defeats.” He held the visitors to two hits and no runs in

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