Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 May 1941 — Page 8
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yualify Tomorrow
Oops! It Looks Like Brooklyn - sina Skid
But Lippy Leo Is Still . Talking Good Game
By GEORGE KIRKSEY
Uhited Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, May 20 (U. P.).—The Brooklyn Dodgers, no longer leading the National League, appeared today to |be keeping company with a |genuine slump. They've lost three in a row and had their “big three” of Kirby Higbee, Whit Wyatt and Hugh Casey beaten in succession. All failed to: finish and the three of them allowed a total of 24
runs in three days.
The Cubs were hitting yesterday and slugged the Dodgers, 14-1, There wasn’t anything wrong with Claude Passeau’s pitching, either. He fashioned a four-hitter and except for a homer by Babe Phelps he
Grapplers on Outdoor Mat would -have had a shutout. In ad- ~ dition to his superb pitching Pas-
- Outdoor wrestling begins tonight : : . at Sports Arena, where thre heavy- i 5 home: With the hagés weight bouts will be staged. Fans) ypaple to handle:the Cubs on the are reminded, however, that in case playing field, the Dodgers have of unfavorable weather, the show|coii oq their tactics to technicaliwill go indoors to the Armory. = |ijes Manager Leo Durocher proLouis Thesz, 234, young St. LOU'S yesteq the Cub victories of the past
Ten Race Ca rs Ready to
If All Succeed, Field Will Be | Just Five Short
Petillo, Thorne Among | Those Ready to Go
‘By J. E. O'BRIEN
TEN MORE Speedway en-| trants say their whiz wagons | |are ready for a ride, so track] officials are giving them a chance to prove it in a sixhour examination period to-
morrow afternoon.
Should all 10 cars and drivers appear at the apron for qualifying trials between 1 and 7 p. m. and then proteed to run the required four laps at better than 115 miles an hour, only five vacancies will remain in the starting field. The Frenchmen have spoken for two of these, and the Sampson crew believes its Sixteen will be able to bid for another. Then there's Frank Brisko, busy now at mofor mending, and Lou Fageol, awaiting a new block for the car Mel Hansen is to chauffeur. Add the Elgin Piston Pin’s Maserati, and you -have more than enough for a 33-car lineup. : Of course, it’s hardly likely that a full 10 will even show up Zor the test. But if the weather is warm and the wind low, Seth Klein's customers at the green flag counter should be numerous. ik
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| SPORTS...
‘By Eddie Ash
Class |-B
LARRY POWELL, the Louisville lefthander, broke into orgaiiized ball with one éf the most impressive flashes ever recorded by a rookie pitcher. . . . In his first four _ games as a professional he did not allow an earned run, and that achievement is certainly another item for the
well-known book. y The record was made in 1937 when Powell bowed in with Tucson . of the Arizona-Texas League. . . . During those first four games, ' Larry “walked only one batter, a remarkable display of control for _ & southpaw. . , . Three of the games were shutouts. : % His brilliant startywas not a flash in the pan, for Powell wound ) up as one of the top pitchers of the circuit ‘with 14 wins and six defeats. . . . He was almost unanimous choice of the writers and JUARagers for the southpaw hurler on the league’s annual All-Star am. A protege of the San Francisco Seals, Larry was sent to Tacoma of the Western International loop in 1938. . . . He won 14 and lost 10, fanned 230 and had an earned run average of 2.77. The Boston Red Sox purchased his contract during the winter, but left him at San Francisco for further development. . . . He . remained two Seasons with the Seals, winning -12 and losing 11 in _ 1939 and winning a dozen agdinst seven defeats last year. : He spent the early spring of this year with the Red Sox before being turned over to the Colonels.
Semi-Pros Report Umpire Shortage
IT'S NOT PLAYERS that are scarce—but umpires! . . . President Ray Dumont of the National Semi-Pro Baseball Congress announced in Wichita, Kas., that team entries were already pouring in from sandlot clubs for the 48 state tourneys in July,’ qualifying champions in the seventh annual national event in Wichita Aug. 15-27. - At’ the same time Dumont reports a shortage of competent umpires, not only to officiate in district and state tournaments, but also in the National Association of Leagues. : : For that reason the national organization has decided on a _ 12-month correspondence course for all applications, they accept in the National Association of Umpires So. the fans won't be calling ‘em “Robbers” or “Blind Toms.” !
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Al dressed up and ready to qualify is Kelly Petillo, ithe colorful ‘little West Coast driver, whose fourcylinder car has just been given a name and a coat of p:int. Only ‘about’ a week ago the car was con- - siderably battered when it skidded and overturned with newcomer Roy Russing, Petillo’s protege, in- it.
GARY, Ind, May 20 (U. P.. Russing, was unhurt,
—The Lake County draft board said ® today Tom Harmon, allAmerican halfback, had been classified 1-B and deferred as a student until July 1. It said: he might receive another deferment, presumably to Jan. 1, if he registers for summer classes.
Tribe Seeks Second Victory Over Power-Laden Mud dens
After a struggle, the Indianapolis Tribesters finally made it and snapped their loosing streak at four straight as a result of a gallant come-from-behind effort at the ex-
= ” the . chucking off the Indians’ : ; mound, This Toledc outfit is no Par P mm 1 i set-up. - The Hens stress power in u C Cc | their attack and are sure to make # 8 =» ! + : is miserable for opponents this sea-
"IN ADDITION to the
now sponsors a national association of scorers so players won't swear go much after looking over their box scores. be a member of one of the national to participate in the series of 48 state tournaments should contact National Semi-Pro Baseball Con-
Umpires or scorers desiring to associations or teams planning gress, Wichita, Kas., Dumont reports. Complete
Perry Stadium, cents for the one night. . . .
ceding;the game, the pyrotechnics program that was rained out here
on May 14.
The shootin’ crackers must be shot off some time, so' May 31 has . It is said Louisville has promised
been picked for the occasion. . .
~ the Indians a shootin’ cracker night down there,
will reciprocate. The U. S. Tire
be designated as U. S. Tire Night. 5 2 8 =
NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY footballers face a schedule for . . The Wildcats lead off against Kansas State
fron men this year. .
and then meet in the order named: Wisconsin, Indiana, Notre Dame and Illinois. The ‘only away-from-home games are with Ohio State and Minnesota, and both come on consecutive week-ends, Oct. 25 and Notre Dame will be played at Dyche Stadium for the Nov. 15. . . . Indiana will play.there on Nov. 8. . Prices for Northwestern's grid games will range from $2.20 for the opener with Kansas State to $3.30 for the Notre Dame tilt. . . . The pricé for all four Big Ten home games will be $2.75 each,
State, Minnesota,
Nov. 1... .. second year in a row,
umpires’ group, the Semi-Pro Congress
details of he fast growing semi-pro organization are featured in the 1941 National Semi-Pro Baseball Guides, available at newsstands and gporting goods stores.
. Baseball and Fireworks at 45 Cents
ON SATURDAY NIGHT, May 21, Louisville vs. Indianapolis at all grandstand seats will be at bargain rates, 45 There will be a fireworks display pre-
Co. purchased 200 tickets for tonight's game,. Toledo vs. Indianapolis, second of the series, and the occasion will
InPro-Amateur
A team led by Fred Gronauer, the Highland assistant pro, trimmed seven strokes off par at Riverside to win the weekly ‘pro-amateur golf tournament yesterday. The fiveman team produced a best ball of 65, while Gronauer himself ' gathered four birdies and shot a personal 69. His companions for the 18-hole excursion were W. L. Phillips of Riverside, Pete White of Noblesville, Dr. R. E. Speck of Anderson Jand Bill Ostlund, Butler University student from Iowa. Here is the card turned in by the winners: Par— : Out ..oc.o... 445 344 435—36 444 435 435—36—72 Gronauer’s Team—
444 343 335—33 434 434 334—32—65
A 66 won second place for a combination composed of Massie Mil|ler, Hillcrest pro; Harold Cork of Speedway, Russ Duke of Pleasant Run, Jim Williams of Fortville and H. O. Lowe of Indianapolis. Teams led by Wayne Hensley, Anderson Grandview pro; Howard Widenar, assistant pro at Grandview,
and the Redskins
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Michigan, Ohio
new Meridian Hills tutor, tied at
pense of the Toledo Mud Hens.
son if they get any kind of good
mat stalwart and Ray Steele, 218,
Art Sparks would like to get both Joe Thorne and Ted Horn safely, in the field and Kelly Petillo be-’ lieves his Airliner Sandwich Shops Special is ready. Carl Marchese thinks his eight-cylinder supercharged Leader Card Special, with Paul Russo up, can do the 10-mile trick. : Sam Hanks hoped to have the four-cylinder Ed Walsh entry in the lineup before now. Spirited Joe Lencki has given Joie Chitwood the seat in his four-cylinder job, and he wants the young Indian to get a Memorial Day berth. .
the remainder of the distance.
the winner, 6 to 5.
But the outstanding feature was ihe relief pitching of Charlie Moncrief. .He relieved Ray Starr in the third inning last night in the series opener at Perry Stadium and then and there stopped the Hens in their tracks and goose-egged ‘em
Taking over the mound toil with the count 5 to 1 against him, Monctief put the blast on the vigitors and held them off while his mates fought uphill and finally emerged
to tonight’s And that brings us up SN io|power, and along with two Tribe
nd Wayne Timberman, the
Al Putnam, now a local
has promised to be o
the Marks Special, also ready.
day and Sunday.
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when he went for Art Sparks,
boy, is supposed to have the Lyons entry at the line; and Overton Phillips hand in his own car. Tommy Hinnershitz is in for Tony Willman as the pilot of
The next qualifying trials after tomorrow are scheduled for Satur-
LANKY JOE THORNE hasnt been able to produce the zip that’s supposed to be under the hood of his six-cylinder blue buggy, so he guessed the trouble was himself. But Rex Mays could do no: better an excursion. Thorne’s engineer, proposed changing the gear ratio, but Thorne wouldn't stand for that. Joe was in a hurry to get to Chicago where he was to catch a plane
battle, with Bill Cox slated to do
Draft May Get New L U. Pilot
Times Special
draft doesn’t get him first.
him as the “most valu
‘and Steirbacher’s double, With two
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. May 20.— Don Dunker, Indiana University’s curve-ball artist, will captain the 1942 Hoosier baseball nine—if the
Dunker’s teammates have bestowed a double honor upon him, despite the fact that Coach Paul Harrell expects to lose his righthanded ace to Uncle Sam. Indiana players elected him captain for next’ year and at the same time selected able” player
pitching. : Stephens Blasts Homer
The Toledo boys. collected eight hits last night and ‘our were for extra bases, including a home run by ‘Vernon Stephens and doubles by Steinbacher, Spind:l and Byrnes. But to get back io Moncrief’s splendid pitching. In the third inning Steel Arm Ray Starr lost his cunning and was knocked. out of the box. After launching a bunting attack, the Hen: switched to
or 90 minutes.
the power house type.
utes.
one fall, or 30 minutes. errors, pushed over five runs on|—
skilled Californign, top the program and meet for two falls out of three, Both are former heavyweight title holders and their tussle promises to produce action.of
Cowboy Luttrell, 236, rough and tumble ‘Texan, will bring along: his aggressive tactics to face Dorve Roche, 22, Decatur, Ill, in the semi-windup of one fall, or'30 minThe 8:30 opener is between Ray Eckert, 235, St. Louis, and Babe Zaharias, 233, Pueblo, Colo., also for
two days on grounds that Chicago has 26 men on its roster. Durocher contends that Charlie Gilbert, young outfielder obtained by the Cubs’ in the Billy Herman deal, became Chicago property on Wednesday when he. wént- to Philadelphia for treatment of a sprained ankle even though he did not report to the Cubs. : : * The ‘St. Louis Cardinals returned to first place the easy way, remaining idle while the Dodgers lost. The American League leaders also tripped, the Philadelphia Athletics coming from behind to beat Cleve-
five hits, including Sisphens homer
out and a runner on szcond, Starr was derricked and Moncrief trudged in from the bullpen. He retired the first batter and thei: went on. to pitch four innings cof hitless ball. Meanwhile, having .scored a run in the first round, the Indians got another in the third and three in the fourth. They knocked out Emil Bildilli, southpaw, in the fourth; tallied three times ac deadlocked the. score at 5-all before Ralph Winegarner relieved Bildilli.
Winegarner Fans Six
The contest then scitled ‘down to a battle between Ioncrief and Winegarner, and it wes a fancy duel. Both relief men pitched hitless ball until the eighth, and Winegarner
Kaycee Blues Pulling Away
By UNITED PRESS
teams in the 1941 rac
Kansas City, bell-wether of the American Association for the past two seasons, is pulling away from |the rest of the closely bunched
The Blues met secon -place Minneapolis for the first time last. night and defeated the Millers, 7 to 6, in 13 innings. The victory was: the fifth straight ' for Kansas City.
land, 5-4, for the second straight day. Dick Siebert’s double and in- “| field hits by Sam Chapman and Frankie: Hayes ‘accounted for the winning run in the eighth. , : Hammering out an 8-2 victory over Washington, the White. Sex moved within three games of the pace-setting Indians. Vernon Kennedy, making his first start for the Sénators since being traded by the Browns, was knocked out of the box .in {he seventh. :
The Yankee infield kicked away the game as the Browns defeated New York, 5-1. An error by Joe Gordon in the first on. a ‘double play. ball and Frankie Crosetti’s error. in the fourth led to all the Browns’ runs. re Detroit won its fifth straight, beating the Red Sox, 4-2, behind
Johnny Gorstca’s four-hit pitching. Ted Williams’ homer with a mate on accounted for Boston’s only scoring. Gehringer homered for Detroit. The Cincinnati Reds moved into a fifth-place tie with the Boston Braves by beating them, 7-3. The champs made 14 hits, their high water mark this season, and were aided by four Braves’ errors.
struck. out six. ; But the eighth lad the fans jumping out of their seats. Spindel led off Toledo’s half 1y doubling to the scoreboard and Stephens worked Moncrief for a pass; two on, none out. Then Moncrief regained form and got the next two hitters.on infield fly balls. McQui len belted one toward left but shortstop Wayne Ambler flagged the b:ll and held it to an infield single, filling the bases. It was tougher than tough for Mon-
67 for third place. : Hensley’s mates were Paul Sparks of Speedway, Ed Steers of Tippecanoe, Keith Bucher of New Castle and Wayne Cunningham of Tipton. EAL aa As amo Playing Bik Widener were Ted Les- — : er of Hillerest, Harris Krause of Bit 170 001 030—14 18 3| Noblesville, Harry Leive of Fort-
for the West .Coast. “Everything's in there that was there last year,” he told Sparks. “Let me run as fast as I did then and I'll be satisfied.” Sparks said he'd see what he could de and then he turned his attention to getting the six-cylinder supercharged job that’s to be driven by Ted Horn to roliing. More oomph was missing here. Apparently Mr.
during the 1941 season, which closed for the Hoosiers last Saturday. . Dunker, a Seymour junior, won six of Indiana’s seven Big Ten victories this year, losing only to Iowa. He beat three non-conference opponents for a season hurling mark of nine wins and one reverse. He appeared in 10 Big Ten games, striking out 44 batters, for the conference lead in this department. Indiana won 14 games and lost
Lloyd Christopher broke it up when he hit a homerun in the last half of the 13th, his second in two days. Kansas City used five pitchers, the Millers four. ; _ Louisville supplanted Columbus-in third place, defeating the Red Birds, 5 to 3, behind the steady pitching of Bill Sayles, who went all the way, although he gave up 10 hits.
Baseball At a Glance
RESULTS YESTERDAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION w ave 18 a ons at 1 cosas Cl . Sloat. ; i sans Siakoats and Harworth | oe A EC rr oor Columbus 010 100 001— 3 10 1)|along John McGuire of Hillcrest 1 io , Logisville 000 3 10x Silent | Frank Kautsky of Speedway, George
Solu: Foles N
Barrett and Poland; Sayles and Glenn.
LEAGUE
AMERICAN on Wk Cleveland 1 tg 14 3 17
Minneapolis ...100 002 030 000 Kansas 1-7 1 aa. Tauscher, Haefner, Kline, Kelley
: Carnett and Robinson. : with the drawing scheduled for
Vandermeer, Beggs and Lombardi. o New York 1 .60 : Pittsburgh
1 ston : Washington ....... 1 + Brookl Fhiaachbia 1 12 8 Chicago. .
Everson of Crawfordsville and Bob 0— ¢ 13 1|Earl of Sarah Shank. : gL 8 Next week’s tournament is to be held at the Frankfort Country Club,
(Thirteen Innings) City. 050 010 000 000 nning; Wensloff, Gerheauser, Reis,
12:15 p. m.
Yost’s Condition Still ‘Serious’
NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 20 (U. 990 901 000—1 14 3|P.).—Hospital attendants said to-
NATIONAL LEAGUE 9 4 3 Gremp;
Salvo, Lamanna and Berres,
010 008 00s—3 6 1 Kies Hubbell and Danning; Butcher and Le-
Casey, Brown, Hamlin, Tamulis .and|day that Fielding H. Yost, Univer-
Sparks is in for a worry session. ! » ” » Harry Bennett, chief A.A.A. server, said
track.
fone oil drums, was losing its moI.
obthat yesterday reminded him of May 31 at the It was that quiet. Maybe it should have been called teardown day. In the Sampson garage the big Sixteen, resting on
“We should go faster when we start putting it back together,” somebody said. “When will it be ready? That's hard to tell yet. We hope theyll still give us a
nine during the 1941 season.
Honor Local Athiete
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 20 :(U. P.).—Alfred Piel of Indianapolis today was named captain of the 1942 University of Michigan track team. A junior, Piel has won two letters as & sprinter.
College Baseball
Indiana State, 8; DePauw, 6. Ball State, 8; Manchester, 4. Western State, 4; Wisconsin, 2.
crief. Chuck Steves, Hen first sacker, next up, grouaded to Zientara at second and Eennie made a snappy play to retire the side. In the Indians’ eighth Wayne, Blackburn led off wit: a single and: Manager Zack Taylor of the Hens derricked Winnegarner and’ sent Herb Nordquist to the mound. Ambler was tossed out on a great play by Sig Gryska, second sacker, Blackburn moving up. .Zientara fouled to Chuck Stevens at first base for the second out and Kermit Lewis ‘then rammed a single between short
: St. Paul, the seventh-place occupant, and Milwaukee in last place, had a bat-spree, St. Paul winning, 14 to 11. The Saints got 16 hits, tive: Brewers 15. Milwaukee rallied three times in the last of the ninth but couldn’ close the gap.
L U. Golfers Lose
BLOOMINGTON, In (U.P.).—The University of defeated Indiana, .16% to 10%, yesterday in a Big Ten dual golf
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match. The. contest closed Indi-
Owen, : Quen, helps; Passeau and McCullough, sity of Michigan athletic director, ana’s dual season, t
. |had “only a fair night” last night. Only zames. seleduled, Yost is bin as still 3 a serious condition’ from the effects of a heart attack he suffered lat: Saturday. . :
GAMES 'TODAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION s at Night) Ma SANAPOLIS :
chance to qualify early next week.” Over in the center aisle the four-cylinder Offenhauser motor in. the Hughes brothers’ car was out for a bath, and the Brisko. engine was under a doctor’s.care, It was the same in the Fageol quarters, where there was nothing under the hosd but space.
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KELLY PETILLO is about ready to go into his training routine—40 daily pushups that are designed to strengthen his arm muscles. Is that all his training program consists (Continued on Page Nine)
Kansas State, 8; Iowa State, 6. (Continued on P:ige Nine)
AMERICAN LEAGUE
300 Galeton d F 0 Sw enouse an e 3 Stanceu and Dickey. Tre Peek,
Beglon and Tebbetis; Dob:on Rats DePauw Courtmen |Win 14 Straight
Judd and Peacock. Times ‘Special
TERRE HAUTE, Ind, May 20.— DePauw’s tennis team today boasted a record of 14 straight. victories. The Tigers won their 14th here yesterday, with a 7-0 shutout over the Indiana State outfit.
000—5 8 0 010—1 4 2 . — Russo, k NATIONAL LEAGUE
k at Pittsburgh, Beton 1 ptt
kl t Chicago. Philadelphia at St." Louis. : eveland 110 200 000— ) Chis diania 0 001 01x— 5 15-3 Milnar, Brown and Hemsley; McCrabb and Hayes.
Chicase 200 100 410— 8 9 2 Washington 000 010 001— 2 10 1 Smith and Tresh: Kennedy, Masterson and Evans,
Crash Fatal to Midget Car Driver
PHILADELPHIA, May 20 (U. P.). —Henry Banks, Royal Oak, Mich, .|won the 30-lap feature event last 5|night in the midget automobile races, which were marked by "the death of one contestant and serious injury of another. - The victim, Harry Felton, 31, Philadelphia, sustained a broken neck during a qualifying heat when his machine upset on a turn and was struck:°by another racer driven by Andy Devecelli, New York. Both ere taken to Northeastern Hosital, where Felton died shortly after being admitted. 2
MOTH HOLES REWOVEN LIKE NEW
AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at Boston
Louis at York. ve Philadelphis.
: Sevetand at Chicago at Washingto
- Major Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE G AB R Travis, 32 117 25 Cronin, 25 93 20 Dickey, New York .... 23 : Siebert, Philadelphia.. 29 116° 19 Heath, Clevelan 31 112 16 ? NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB R
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Vaughan, Pittsburgh.. 22 Slaughter, St. Louis .. 28 Hack, Chicago 7 . Jurges, New Y ce... 29 104 Handley, Pittsburgh... 21 84 HOME RUNS
Ott, Giants 8/Gordon, Yankees... 7 Gamilli, Dodgers.. 7/Heath, Cleveland... 7 ..- ‘York, Tigers .... TNicholson, Cubs... : , Johnson, Athletics. Ti RUNS BATTED IN Keller, Yankees.. 32({Travis, Senators.. 27 ~ Gordon, Yankees. 31/Hayes, Athletics... 27 York, Tigers -.... 30|Nichoison, Cubs... 27 Doerr, Red So 29)
86 115 95
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Scalzo-Archibald Bout Is Due Soon
MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 20 (U. P.).—The National Boxing Association moved” today to clear up its “doubls champion” headache in the feathesweight division by bringing together Titienolders Petey Scalzo and Joey Archibald within 60 days. Scalzo, the N. B. A. king retained "his right to represent the N. B. A, in the battle of champions by scoring & dreary 15-round decision last night over aging Phil Zwick of Kaukauna, Wis. An early margin ‘piled ‘up by effective infighting carried the champion through a furious - last ad attack in which Zwick |
ampréd him through the ropes. BRAND MOTOR Qc OIL Qt. WESTERN AUTO [iE
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