Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 May 1941 — Page 33

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FRIDAY, MAY 16, 1041 Jimmy Dykes, Still Guawing On a Black Cigar, Hangs Up His Spikes and Talks

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, May 16.~Gnawing furiously on a black. cigar, Jimmy Dykes, butter ball manager of the Chicago White Sox, sat on a trunk in the team’s dressing room before - yesterday’s messy slaughter of the Yankees and greeted the press. The night before the 45-year-old Weteran had hung up his spikes for ” » »

| came over me.

a gentleman who does not take his

' Jimmy Dydes . ... life, : despite the

Churches Organize Softball Leagues

Two sftiall lenges have been brganized by “the Marion County Church Athletic Association. The leagues will play on Monday and Tuesday nights at Speedway

Stadium. Officers of League No. 1 are E. J. Rood, president; K. J.

secretary and treasurer. Teams in this league are Brookside U. B., First Presbyterian, Central Christian, Second Friends, Southport Presbyterian and First U. B. Officers of L ague No. 2 are Leslie Black, president; . Perry Warman, vice president; Henry Miller, secretary and treasurer. Teams playing

in this league are Lynhurst.Baptist,|Self right in the head. That’s what Michigan St.{fellows who make beautiful catches Methodist,|at the wrong time can do to managers. ”

Emanuel Baptist, Methodist, Morris St. Salvation Army, and First Evangelical. League No. 2 will open at Tp. m. on Monday night. After, the fla raising, Mr. Herman Hoffmeister, president of the Marion County Church Athletic Association will pitch the firgy ball to Mr. Parker Jordan, general secretary of the Indianapolis, 'Y. M. C. A.

Record Ticket Sale “For National Open

FORT WORTH, Tex., May 16 (U. P.) —Texans, who figure one of their native sons is practically a shoo-in for the National Open golf titfe, aren’t taking any chances on missing out on the play here next month. : They've already purchased more advanced® season tickets for the three-day _'tournament that «will open over the Colonial Country Club course June 5 than ever have been sold before, and Marvin Leon=ard, owner .of the ‘club, said he might have to print _up some mare tc satisfy demands. The old record of pre-game sales

' - was 3035, set last year for the play]

‘at ‘the Canterbury Club in Cleveland, and yesterday Miss Betty Jameson, the Women's National champion, pu rchased * ticket No. 3036 in San Antonio, The $6.60 sea

son tickets will remain on sale for| .

eight more days.

Texans aren’t. the only ' persons ;

interested in this first playing of the National south of the MasonDixon line, however. Leonard said ~ _orders“had come from every state. Smiling happily and making a mental note to see his ‘banker, Leonard predicted that the record for gate receipts for the tournament—$52,000 taken in 1930 -at Minneapolis when Bobby ~ Jones was compiling his grahd slam—would be broken,

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all time as an ative player, If had taken him a long time to make the decision. He had been through for several years but for some rea-

known as the active list; this meant that if he wanted to play he would be eligible . . and he was the type who always wanted to play. “I thought you were going to take one more swing as a regular before you quit,” a reporter said. “I was going to wait and do that today but I got a wire from Landis ling that my retirement went into effect at midnight; As a mater of fact I almost took a cut yesterday against the Red Sox. We were leading 6-3 and I turned to the fellows in the dugout and said, ‘Next inning the old man will step to the plate and show you how to hit’ But the next inning we were trailing and -. somehow my ardor "cooled off,”

That's Life

‘A’ particularly frank reporter commented that Mr. Dykes’ long run as an active player was somewhat spurious in as much as he had spent

the bench anyway.

““That’s the way life is. A fellow ‘will spend years building up, a fine record and there will always be some fiend in human form to come along and attempt to besmirch his fair name. Now it is true I didn’t get into the box scores last season but that was due to a most unfortunate - accident. One day we were leading by 10-2, or something like that, and the urge to demonstrate my unique ability as a hitter I stooped over to pick ‘up a bat.and sprained my ankle, The gods. of fate were

Mr. Dykes is a jovial, sharp witted

managerial status too seriously but is nevertheless one of the best managers ‘in “baseball; he gis a shrewd {rader, a fine leader and a vivacious hustler. © He is a combination of ‘McGraw and Stengel; an implacable

“You must have gotten a laugh when Ned Harris caught that foul ‘ball and gave you that game against Detroit. the other day,” a reporter remarked.

A Beautiful Catch

“Boy, was that something!” chuckled Mr. Dykes, shifting his inevitable cigar from right to left. “Knickerbocker hit the ball . ‘good. It looked as if it was going to stay fair. Then it began to curve. When Harris caught it he was at least five feet in foul territory, and Tresh, who was on third, came home with the big run. I turned to my guys in the dugout and said, ‘If anyone of you ever pull a beautiful catch like that I murder you.’ About that time I looked over in the direction of the Tigers’ dugout. I saw Baker pick up two bats and throw them in the air.” He was just starting to pick up another bat when I.turned my head and covered my eyes. I was sure he was going. to hit him-

A photographer came in and said he wanted Mr. Dykes to pose for a picture. , . . “Here's the idea. We get a rope, see, and we have six or seven of the White Sox trying to pull you off third base. Finally getting you out of the game. See.” “A rope! Why don’t you get a team of horses?” * Presently Mr. Dykes was brought back to the general subject of baseball. What did he think of the American League race up to now? “Well, the league seems to be better balanced than it was last year. I suppose you got to make the Indians the choice on account of Feller. It was time ‘for. the White Sox to take infield practice and the photographer reappeared. This time he had the rope in his hand. Mr. Dykes eyed it mournfully, “That’s’what happens to you when you get old ‘in this game. They iol, shoot you or hang you. Ah, well, it’s been a merry life, despite the umpires.”

COLLEGE BASEBALL Butler, 16; Bariham, 4.

Geo rgetown, 7. “Darimouts, iL s DePauw, 0 Michigan State, 4; Indiana University, 3 Si innings). Northwestern, 8; Lather, 4

son he kept himself on what, is late,

WRichmond Ninel

efeats Tech

. Richmond High School's baseball team cut short a seventh-inning Tech rally to score a 5-4 victory over the Green team yesterday. Broad Ripple made the most of 15 hits for a 14-10 Sriumph over the. Silent Hoosiers. Tech loaded the bases in the. gevenilt o nly to have Johnny WalRichmond hurler, retire the side. Richmond plated a pair of runs in the second and three more in the third, while Tech bunched] two in the fourth and another two in the fifth.

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