Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 May 1941 — Page 34
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By Eddie Ash
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* “FOR MANY years Mauri Rose has been a leading contender in the 500-mile race. . . . While he has come “close, he has never received the checkered flag first . . . ‘and if ever the former Columbus, O., boy had a chance
‘to cut himself in for the $20,000-first prize it is this year. Rose, who stands: a fraction over 5 feet 6 inches and affects a - wispy mustache, is the “mighty mite” of mator racing. ... He finished ‘Jess than 30 seconds behind winner Bill Cummings in 1934 and won ‘the American championship in 1936. ,- . He is 35 years on and has “been racing since he was 21. i Like many other star drivers, Mauri got his start in a garage. ‘oe + « His owned a racing car and got Mauri to drive it. . . . Mauri cracked in his first race and came out with a -broken nose. . . .
~ But. he proved to himself and to many racing experts. that he was 7) “that rare find—a natural-born driver.
Besides being a race driver, ‘he is something of an automotive: ‘genius.’ ... He has an executive position with the Allison Engineering Co. now making the Allison airplane engines, but he gets plenty o: “time to concentrate on the big race here May 30. . ©.To Mauri, the limelight of racing is secondary to making good in his Allison “of Pe says, “I'm after some of that prize money, and I can’t deny that I get a terrific bang out of driving race cars. But, if Tve got to make good in anything, I’d rather make good in my pres‘ent job. “I don’t mean to. say that I'm thinking of giving up racing. I won’t put up my goggles until’'I know I can’t meet the pace.” This year Rose. is driving a fast Maserati, the same car which qualified dramatically last year with the Frenchman, Rene LeBegue, at the wheel and then finished in 10th place. . . . Rose himself finished third. . , . The Maserati is now owned by Lou Moore, former - driver.
‘Back to ‘Old Order’ at Perry Stadium
» THAT STRAINED RELATIONS existed between Owner Norman A. Perry Sr. of the Indians and former General Manager Leo T. Mil-
ler was suspected at times when the club was spring training in
Florida. . . . Persons close to the situation suspect that Miller was nudged out of the Tribe picture, the nudging starting when Wade _ Killefer’s return. as manager was: dictated by: Perry. Top-heavy with executives, the team in the second division and
the attendance down, orders to trim the- payroll were issued before
the Tribe departed on its first road trip. . . . Then after the Indians lost five out of eight during their second home stand, Leo Miller ‘announced his resignation. . . . Owner Perry said the duties of gen-
eral manager will be handled by himself, but it’s a safe guess that the
sold order” will prevail, with Killefer serving as field manager, general manager, coach and road secretary.
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MILLER HAS BEEN one’ of baseball’s most popular and efficient executives for years and his knowledge of baseball law hardly can be matched by any individual outside of Judge Landis’ office. . . . The ‘many baseball notables who attended the ‘1938 American Association “All-Star game in Indianapolis was a tribute to Miller's baseball backd. avs sincere, loyal and straightforward, Miller’s departing statement was characteristic and to the point: “The Indians are sufficiently supplied : with executives and I am looking out for myself for 1942.”
Agreement With Reds May Go Overboard
© THE WORKING AGREEMENT on players between Indianapolis and Cincinnati, arranged by Leo Miller, probably will be called off after this season. .. . The Indians still are reeling from the blow the Reds handed them by recalling Third Baseman Chuck Aleno, the super-star, without sending them a replacement here for Chuck's vacated position. However, the working agreement and the close contact with the Reds directed some good talent to Indianapolis at very little cost to the Indians. . . . Allen Hunt and Wayne Blackburn were obtained through the Cincinnati contact and Bennie Zientara, and Kermit Lewis are Cincinnati property. . Wayne Ambler was obtained by a trade of players within the Reds’ chain and Catcher Al Lakeman also is ‘Cincinnati property. . And last season the Indians benefited at the gate both at home and on the road when Johnny Vander Meer was optioned here for a
‘gouple of months.
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~ THE NIGHT BALL SEASON in the majors, inaugurated at / @incinnati May 15, goes into full swing this week, with three noc~ . turnal contests scheduled tonight. . . . The Pirates play at St. Louis, the Browns at Cleveland and the Senators at Philadelphia. Cleveland expects a crowd of 40,000 or more . . . and if the game {s postponed for any reason it will ‘be played tomorrow night. . Wouldn't that be something . .. a Saturday night game in the majors!
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Nine Drivers |Are Expected To Test Cars
Two French Cars May Tae Trials Next Week
By J. E. O'BRIEN |,
‘Barring unforeseen ‘unpleasantries, nine drivers expect to put their ‘whiz wagons on the track either tomorrow or Sunday for time trials; If all nine pass the 115-niile-ah-
will be left vacant. And the re-
* {maining bidders for these are Shotty
Cantlon and the Sampson Sixteen.
second Elgin Piston Pin Maserati. Two or three other entries have to be lumped in the "Question mark” category. A checkup in Gasoline Alley. showed that these drivers and. cars expect to do business at the starting apron this week-end: Ted Horn Sam Hanks Frank Brisko.. J. Chitwood, Blue Crown S. P. Spl.
Tony Willman Louis Tomei ... Overton Phillips. . . . Phillips Special Both Horn and Thorhe are overdue.r Sam Hanks believes minor ailments have been cured in the Ed Walsh car, christened just yesterday With the help of a few huskies, Brisko hoisted his overhauled motor. back into|a place yesterday-and went right to work Teplicing the rest of the parts.
Lyons entry
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A United Press message from New York today said that the two racing cars of Rene LeBegue and Jean Trevoux arrived yesterday and are being transported to the Speedway " on two auto-trailers. The cars are reported In top shape and are expected to arrive in Indianapolis tomorrow.
The Lyons entry was weighed and breezed—Tony Willman doing the latter and apparently being the nominee as chauffeur. Al Putnam also had sought the, job. After minor timing adjustments, Tomei was due to have the H-3 Special out for a real practice test today, and the same goes for the cars of Chitwood and Phillips.’ Lou. Fageol, the wealthy sportsman, almost decided to let Mel Hansen .ride the Fageol Special late yesterday. He said Hansen would practice today and attempt his qualification tomorrow. The qualifying trials have been set for the hours between 1 and 7 p. m. tomorrow and Sunday. Potential qualifiers are required to do four laps at a speéd of 115 miles an
“| hour or better and have to start
the 500-mile: race in. the car they
{qualify. Three trials are allowed;
and Thorne is the only one still
olseeking a place who has had one
trial marked Sans him. » Somebody asked young Sam Hanks if he thought this year’s race would ‘be much faster than previous 500-milers. “Just for the first 25 miles or so,” Sam an‘swered. “You'll see -some speed from those boys in the front rows. But after that, it should settle down to a pace like that of the last two or three years.” ‘ ® wn = “THE TRACK had its first taste alot eleventh-hour heartbreak yester= day. The Kimmel crew came into the office of Harry Bennett,. chief AAA observer, and wanted to know the date of the -final qualifying trials. A few hours earlier the 12-eyl-| Lo inder Kimmel ‘Special that Ira Hall was “handling threw’ a connecting rod, cracked another and shattered the crankcase. Since there was only one. spare connecting rod in the supply kit,’ the Kimmel board of strategy questioned thé advisability of continuing work. No decision had "been reached at dusk.
aaa Few: changes are made in the food fed these gasoline horses. For
FOURTEEN HOURS of} qualifying this week - end should give some answer to| the : question of whether 33| cars will line up at the Speedway on Memorial Day for the| 1500-mile race.
hour examination, only three spots|’
Rene LeBegue and Jean Trevoux and the two French Talbots and the] .
.T. E. C. Special Seven Up Special .Zollner P. P. Special
Thorne Special Fageol Special
500-mile race on Memorial Day.
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This is Joie Chitwood, Cherokee from Topeka, Kas, the only Indian in big time racing. Joie will drive a four cylinder Blue Crown Spark Plug Special. a fast car owned by Joe’ Lencki of Chicago, in the
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this time there may be a change or The current campaign points to a possibility of five new sets of figures in the mark manuals. The pole
vault, half-mile, quarter, mile relay and the 220-yard dash record which has stood for 16 years, have either been bettered or seriously threatened during the year.
headed school -boy - whom Ft. Wayne has nominated to succeed Gary's Tom Harmon in the nation's parade of great athletes. His name is Bob Cowan and he is climaxing a season equalling anything the historians find in the annals. According to United Press, the prep school records of Harmon and Cowan might have been written with the same pen. Both carried their respective schools,' Gary Horace Mann and North Side, to state championships in football and near tops in basketball. Both wi - outstanding performers among state thinlyclads.
Some record-book scribes will claim that Cowan is the greatest all-round prep athlete Indiana has ever produced, including Harmon, and quote such statistics,as:
“Cowan scored 155 points in football in eight games to break Harmon’s record of 150 in 10, “Cowan holds - the state 60-yard indoor dash record, and:state meet championships in meets in the 220 and 880 relay, as compared to Harmon’s record in the 200 low hurdles. “Cowan ran up ‘54 points, * 129, and 155-in successive years of prep football; Harmon's record shows 19, 102 and 150.”
Besides winning an All-State berth in football, the 180-pouind Ft. Wayne boy paced the Redskins in basketball with :287 points in 28 games to carry North to the semifinals and win for himself an all-semi-final position. . ‘In -track Cowan dominates the state dash field and even now could do justice to college company. The hurtling star has scored a total of approximately 150 points to date for the North Side thinlies, winging the - 100-yard dash in 10 seconds flat; ‘the 220 in 21.6, unofficially. tying the state record, and- the 440 in 51.1—unofficially in 48.9 to gain his reputation as the fastest schoolboy'in the state. ..
ball and track, Cowan gets fourstar rating when: it becomes known that he is an: outfielder :0f great promise. He has trained at the St.
Battle Creek and- turned down offers to go into pro ball. [Another enoerr lad, Charles Feistkorn, is the choice to set-a ‘half-mile mark. Melverne Trutt now holds the mark but Beistkorn duplicated the record of: 1:57.9 in his sectional rum, Along with Cowan, three other Ft. Wayne North Side cindermen may set a mile relay mark as they have already bettered it in compe-
389 High School Trackmen May Go to Work on Records
Give them good weatiior, a fast track and someone kicking cinders in their face and a few of Indiana’s 389 high school track lads may give the printers an overhauling job on the record books—when the state competition is over at Tech field tomorrow. The ‘same names and marks which challenged the cinder clippers last year are still on the books for reference reading. this season but
A lot depends upon a stock y, tow-
In addition to football, basket- |
Louis Cardinals baseball school at|
two.
Frobel’s Walt Farmer vaulted 12 feet 10 inches in 1935 and now Billy Moore of Logansport and Bob Carr of Horace Mann have come along to challenge it. They have vaulted close all year and the big show might add the needed incentive. Shortridge’s George Kraeger has the best mark in the shot put this year—a 52-foot 7Y:-inch toss. Just five inches short of Don Elser’s 1931
challengers’ circle. Tom Sadler of Shelbyville and Charles Closé of Ft. WeXue s South Side |are in the run-
pe 4: 26.3 mile comes at express|7 rates in high school competition but that time of Tommy Deckard’s must withstand both of last year’s winners, John Mascari of Manual and Rodney Grobey of Muncie Central. Ashly Hawk of North Side has turned in a 4: 28 mile.
Blues Score
pitch. But he is not alone in the
Bonura and Mitkey Haefner also
Seven in First : "By UNITED PRESS If. ever a pitcher had bad luck in his first home “appearance. it was Ken Raffensberger of St. Paul. Kansas City shelled him from the mound in the first inning last night, and scored seven runs before veteran Vedie Himsl could stop the assault. The Blues won, 8 to 6. Kansas City only held its 11% game lead in the American Associa~ tion, however, because second place Louisville turned in a 4 to 2 victory over Toledo. The Mud Hens had a one-run lead until the fourth,
when the Colonel's Ernie Andres
blasted out a homer with a man on base. - .Chet Morgan cinched .the victory with a round-tripper in the seventh. Louisville’s Bill Butland turned in a seyen-hit pitching performance. Fabian Gaffke batted in seven runs as the titird place Minneapolis Mies lambasted Milwaukee, 13 to “Gaffke hit a homer with the bases loaded and #wo triples in his first three trips to the plate. Zeke
hit homers. Indianapolis’ ‘ game with fourth place Columbus was Postponed be-
Leads by 10 {In Golf Test
Lawson Little is worried about the impending defense of his national open cham|pionship he |keeping his troubles to him-| § self. The bulky Californian
Lawson Little
Laide Battoh Hines. Au Sa Today |
Pp holes of play.
By JACK { GUENTHER Uni.ed Press Staff Correspondent
NEW. YORK, May 23.—If
is sucessfully
is, in fact, doing such a convincing job that teday he started the” second round of what is regarded as the Open preview with a lead that was
almost startling.
" The preview is the fourth Goodall Round-Robin tournament and as | | Little “stepped on the first tee at Fresh Meadow Som Club he held a lead ‘of .10 full points—one of the ‘longest - ever amassed in 18 holes of play. It was: so long that the San Franciscan was firmly installed as a heavy favorite to win the $5000 purse when the odd event ends on Sunday. There were two trips to be made around the heavily-trapped ‘course today and in the first of them Lawson met Jimmy Hines and Horton
ers were grouped into four other threesomes. - Later in the afternoon he was scheduled- to go- again with Dick Metz and Jimmy Thomson— and if his putting touch doesn’t fail him he’ should retain his lead. It was putting which gave him his margin in {he opening round yesterday. Little sunk everything but the liner Bremen in putting together with a 35 and a 33 for an =18-hole 68, two strokes under par and the lowest figure of the day. As such things are: reckoned, his score gave him six peints from Ed Oliver and four more from the veteran Gene Sarszen.
No other ‘player came close to this feat. The two who did the best were Smith and. Hines, who [an came out of the opening hattle with scores of plus four. Ben Hogan,
cause of rain.
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Lawson Little . . a just ten pointy ‘ahead.
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was deadlocked for -fourth with Tony Penna of Dayton, O., wi plus three, and the: others trailec on down to Oliver's minus nine—the lowest. turned in for the day. The first round was hampered & a thundershower which dropped rain on the course for almost an hour and sent most of the 1500 members of the gallery scurrying for the protection of the clubhouse. it was after the rain—on the second nine—that most of the good scores were made. The best’ rally was turned in by Hogan, who rounded the first turn three: down and won six holes ta finish three plus.” Today’s pairings e: ; - Pirst Rod! Litt o Nines and Smith; Sarazen, Runyan and Thomson; McSpaden, Wood and Heaf= ner; Oliver, Goggin and Ghezzi, and Hogan, Metz and Demaret. Second Round: Goggin, Wood and Runyan; Sarazem, Ghezzi an Heafner; McSpaden, Demaret a
defending ‘champ sind early favorite,
Smith; Little, Metz and Thomson, and Oliver, Hogan and Hi Hines. 5
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In keeping Their
idle by wet grounds last night, the Indianapolis Indians and Columbus Red Birds will have to pefform double duty under the lights tonight, first game at 8, second at 10, Eastern Standard Time. : The reason for the week-day dou-|' ble-header- is. the desire of the Red]: Bird club officials to.atiract a crowd 2 in dn effort to make up for money| gE lost last night when rain :knocked out an extensive build-up for Co-| lumbus’ 1941 night opener. /
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38 1|ful financial x Ardisois y and perhaps by giving anion! “hantniberier, ann the fans a bargain bill fonight, the i Fernandes. grief in the Red Birds’ 3 * Indianapolis at tus, wet grounds. |Nouse” will be lessened. 2 = = : The Red Birds swept a three-game A GENUINE ~ | series at Indianapolis recently and \ Wa naturally are anxious to make] . 6.00x16 C e1 amends after a slump in” Louisville Keleleloailels Ld Lo] TIRE
‘| where three games were dropped vol | |B. F. GOODRICH
the Colonels. Manager Wade Killefer has: three Silvertown NICH BH. OSCARS. Mp
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