Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 June 1941 — Page 34

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SPORTS... 4

By Eddie «As

BASEBALL observers are. coming. atouhd. So. the. di te the new-deal at Cleveland is clicking and: ‘that “Rogér Peckinpaugh has ‘instilled a fighting heart: into. the

_ American League’s Redskins, | © + ~~» © : o Xb aby ‘tate, Bob Peller; the slumplstopper, fs. % oe “mates and on Wednesday the team: won 1e yesterday on actoumt of rain. 0y Feller, 23 by his brother twirlers.” : about now ] ers do not give up the ‘ship’ nowadays when the 3 shouts “Boo!” .

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.As of today the Pecks hold a lead of four games, ‘which is fairly comfortable jd this stage. of the race and without calling on Ace’

. Eeller for extra service.

. There was a period this season when they couldn't ‘win, it: seenied, bs is unless Rapid Robert was out there on the rubber ‘glisteniig with war

. + paint, but after their lead dwindled and’ they ‘lost theitop spot by &

thin margin, the boys. bounced back inthe’ clutch’ with ‘colors flying. Te Peckinpaugh has deléted ‘the ‘word’ “panic” from’ - .-the: -clubhouse dictionary and here it is knee ‘déep In June and the’

- situation is serene on the Cleveland front . . . and the Pek of trouble

sbredicted for. Peck has yet to appear in the wigwam. .Ineidentally, Bob Feller hasn't lost a game since the lowly Browns EnOTEeR him oul of the hox on May 9 2» EOHIe WING ATadk is at eight straight. ue

‘Louisville Enfertains All-Star ‘Hopes “THE CLUB FRONTING the American Association on the morn-

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ing“of July 8 becomes the host ‘city ‘for the league’s ‘All-Star’ game °

. And a Pitter battle looms. for ‘the honors. Kansas: City h tertained the midsummer classic ‘the past two “years afid is bidd "tor a third straight. . . Ibis yet to be held in . ‘St."Paul, Louisville and Toledo. , . : Indianapolis played host in. 1938 and packed Perry Stadium, with at least 5000 turned: away.

July 15.

Léuisville wants it this season like all get-out. . .:;' The: Colonels”

. Chances rest on their road record. ... . They are Whirlaways at home. = LV During their last stand at Parkway Field they won seven -in 10

starts, and they have won 23 of ‘32 Played ‘on: the: ‘home grounds:

since the i race started.

Bill Burwell’s Little Red Sox are po one: game behind the:

*. Columbus front-runners and one-half game ‘behind second-place Kansas City. . . . But fourth-place Minneapolis is:atshome: now . . . aa, the ‘Millers cut some fancy capers at. Nicollet: Park.

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vad INDIANAPOLIS’ INDIANS departed the hometown ci the rain: : .and ‘Were.greefed by the same thing upon arrival in St. Paul .yester-

‘day . .. no game, wet grounds, . . . Their. first. trip. west, in early

. May, also vas more or.less a, boxoffice washout due to an. extra fall

of: [California d ew. gL the, delayed series opener at St. Paul tonight, Ray Starr 1s ” slated to toe the Tribe rubber and bid for his 11th victory of the cams. paign,.. . . The Hoosier Redskins are setting out upon a.long, long.

«.Arail and they will be absent from Perry Stadium until June 28. _ Eddie . Stokes, collegiate first sacker from Duke DoiversliYs & optioned. ta’the Tribe by Cincinnati, is highly touted as a -hitter. .

.- He. bats; ie Au i He received the largest bonus ever “paid >

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WITH THE Balkans, Belgium and France, previews the main sources of horsehides, all under Germany's control,- baseball manufacturers are being forced: to look to other countries for their supply "of Hides for covers, reports John H. Grady, head of .the J. H.. Grady Mfg. Co., St. Louis. : Grady said that South America and Canada offer possible sources.

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‘Waner From Braves

By GEORGE KIRKSEY ‘* United Press Staff Correspondent E

NEWYORK, June 18. The

Ordered by Commissioner Keénesaw Landis to bring pitcher Johnny

{Hutchings back from the minors,|

the Reds kept him for only a few hours and then traded him to the Boston Braves for outfielder ‘Lloyd Waner in a straight player-for-player swap. The deal once again broke up the Waner brothers com= bination, recently reunited when the Braves Signeq Paul as a free: agent.

fielders on their squad, four lefthanded hitters and three righthanders. The four who bat from the portside are Ival Goodman, Jimmy Ripple, Jimmy Gleeson (bats

handers are Harry Craft, Ernie Koy and Mike McCormick.

Deadline: Sunday :

As an upshot of the deal several other clubs may try to patch up weak ‘spots before the major league trading deadline Sunday midnight. Larry MacPhail,” who's never been known to weaken in a spot of this

kind, is likely to keep the ball roll-

ing with his checkbook in a deal for a pitcher or a right-handed-hitting outfielder. It's been ‘rumored. that he’s after the veteran Si Johnson

. |with the. Phillies. . The Cubs are

anxious to peddle Hank Lieber for a pitcher or two, but so far there hasn’t_been any interest shown. The Giants are after a left fielder and a pitcher. With a two-game lead despite a bad run of injuries, the :Cardinals aren’t likely to make any changes.

{If they have to plug any gaps they are likely to go to their own farm |g

clubs .for help.

have propositioned .Clark Griffith of the Senators about Leonard, Hudson or Chase but the. negotiations up to now haven’t been favorable. It seems certain that Manager Joe McCarthy is going to go

_Jwith rookie Sturm at first. No ef|forts -have been made to get either Kuhel from the White Sox or Mc-|N

Quinn - from the Browns. lead over the Yanks, probably will

~ . |make, their bid with what they have.

Their . strength is in pitching sg {defense and ; they aren’s . likely .-to weaken it to get : more: power; Two - brilliantly pitched games featured yesterday’s National League play. Big Paul Derringer hurled the Reds to a 1-0 shutout over the Braves, beating Art Johnson, rookie southpaw. Derringer yielded four hits and fanned six in winning his sixth game. The Reds scored the only run after two were out in the first on Craft's single, a walk and Ernie Koy’s single. © -

King Carl Hubbell

King. Carl Hubbell notched his fourth: victory. by pitching the Giants to a 2-0 victory. over "the Cubs.. Hubbell allowed eight hits to Bill Lee's six but pitched his way lout of several tight spots. Harry Danning’s fly with the bases loaded and Lee's error led to New York's two - runs. After losing seven straight to De-

both ways) and Waner. The right-[

; The Yankees have gone shopping for a pitcher but. have ahout _Jgiven up hope of landing one. They

: Cleveland, enjoying. a four-game

The Reds now have seven out-|*§

Club, sponsors of the race,

Dearest Bum In Dodgerion Not Only Beats 'Em~He Slauks Th Em

By PAUL SCHEFFELS ° United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW. YORK, June 13 —Brooklyn’s Leo Durocher had few believers

this spring: when he. announced that Whitlow Wyatt was ds good a

Turned back fro baseball heights with disheartening regularity: by bag: brealss, ‘Wyatt has become the mound m a inspring. of the. .pennantpointing Dodgers. : It was only four years ago that Wyatt turned his back on diamond fame to be a full-time Georgia cotton _ planter. Since his first year in 1931 he'd been “passed around,

‘Whi t How Wyss cago to Cleveland, The Indians tried to send

was persuaded to join the Brewers. Now he’s at the top and aiming higher, When he whitewashed :the St. Louis Cardinals for his ninth win of the year he completed a string of yictories over every National League club. It was the first time the slugging Red Birds had been blanked tkis year. It was Wyatt's fourth shutout, each over a different club. The retired ' cotton planter blanked Boston, April 19, the Phils, April 23, and the Giants, May 30. On June 3 he started on the western: clubs and .when the day was aone. all he needed was shutouts over the Reds, Cubs and Pirates for the complete The “all-around whitewash” hasn’t been done. since 1919, when Grover Alexander turned the trick.

pitcher as Bucky Walters and Paul Dertinger;'of Cincinnati but. today with one third of the 1941 major: league ‘season over, the lanky Hight hander is the pace-making pitcher of the National League, has

Detroit to - Chi-|in

Yihim to Milwaukee but: Wyatt: ‘quit. {He'd raise cotton. ‘But: finally he

Since 1920, only four “National Leaguers have had seven or ‘more shut-outs in one year. None came closer ‘than five clubs to tying -the perfect mark. As late as 1938, Lee of the Cubs, shut out all except ‘the Dodgers..and Cards. 5 Hubbell missed only Chicago and Philadelphia with the Whitewash in 1933. : With Milwaukee, Wyait ‘gave American Association hurlers several marks to shoot at. He pitched more innings in‘ 1938 ‘and - faced more batters than any. hurler in the league. His. 237 was best earned . run ‘average since: 1920." As strikeout king his‘ 208 topped the second place man by 74. He ‘turned 23: wins; nite of. which: were shutouts.

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Kansas City trimmed. Columbus’ lead in the American Association to one-half game last night, ‘with a 4 to 3 victory over Toledo. 3 Rookie Milo Candini ‘held the Mud Hens to two hits—good for one run—until the seventh, when he faltered, and let- ‘them get ahead, 3 to 2.. Don Hendrickson relieved him, and bottled up Toledo, while his mates put across two runs in the eighth'for the win. . The Blues rapped Johnny Marcum’s pitching for eight safeties. Toledo ‘got six hits off the hurling of Candini and

‘| Hendrickson.

Three other games were scheduled but postponed because of rian or wet isd

“Here are ime Indianapolis entraiite in the Clarence Wagner Memorial Rade, 37-mile bicycle grind to be - held Sunday over the Irvington course. ‘Bob Unversaw (left) ‘pedaled to 11th place in last year's competition, while. Bob Ragsdale finished eighth. ‘Both expect to. finish higher in the standings ‘this year against a strong field of some 60 Eastern and Midgestern.) riders. Both. boys are members or the Irvington ‘Cycle

Fayior Stages Fights Tonight

Thitty rounds of boxing: the sched-

uled for the wooden Sports Arena

tonight when local caulifiower customers" get their first ‘look dt Bud Taylor booked bouts. £0 Matchmaker Taylor aims that besides bringing a name fighter to this week’s‘program he has stiffened the caliber: of the preliminaries and plans to introduce a boxing novelty. The .card 4s topped by the main go event matching lightweight challenger Leo Rodak of ‘Chicago with Armando Sicilia of Springfield, Ill Johnny Coulon, manager of Sicilia and one time bantam champion, will make & novelty test of the strength of Johnny Denson and Lou Thomas when the city’s two leading heavies attempt to lift his one hundred and thirty pounds. The idea is that by applying a little nerve pressure in the right spots the slight frame of the fight manager will ‘be impossible to move. Also’ on ‘the program ‘will be a return match between the most improved fighter in ‘the city, Bobby Simmons and Jimmy Maddux of

{Oklahoma City. The local “fighter.

won @ decision in last week’s go. Here is the remainder . of the card: 'Six Rounds—Woody Jones, Evans-

‘|ville, vs. Al Sheridan, Indianapolis.

Middleweights.’ Four Rounds — Tom Campbell, Louisville, .vs. Jim Stevens, Terre Haute. Middleweights. : Four- Rounds—Tex Hunter, Connersville, vs. Larry Jorthern: ‘Coatesville. Heatyweighis.

Lattimer to Coach * Times Special ROCHESTER, Ind, June 13.—A. E. Lattimer of ‘Mishawaka will coach the Fulton High School ‘basketball team and teach: cal education at the school during the 1941-42 year. He was“ appointed yesterday to succeed Robert Weir,

who has taken a postion. at Frankton.

J Arrives F or Meet on Coast

Western Team Highly

a Favored on Time Basis

LOS ANGELES, Juge. 13 (U. P.).—A 88-man Big Ten

_|track and field squad arrived by train today for its annual}

dual meet with an All-Star Pacific Coast Conference

|track team Tuesday night at

Memorial Coliseum. Double conference winners among the midwestern champions were

. |Campbell Kane, winner of the mile land 880-yard runs and Archie Har-

ris, big Negro discus and shot put ‘winner, : both.. of Indiana; Myron

‘| Piker of Northwestern, 100 and 220-

yard: dash. champion for three years, and Bob Wright, Ohio State’s titlist in the high and low. hurdles.

Hoosler Stars

Also arriving were Ray Cochran, Indiana’s 440 winner and low hurdler; Wayne Tolliver, Hoosier two-mile champion; broad jumper Larry Stout from Illinois; Lawrence Hadley of Wisconsin in the javelin and Jack :De Field of Minnesota, pole vaulter, . - A- comparison of times and distances established by the respective teams in their conference meets showed the Pacific Coast would

again be heavily favored to win the

meet, Of 15 events, the Big- Ten team had an advantage in only three, with one even.and 11 favoring the Western stars, The visitors were conceded wins in the discus, 800yard run ana 120-yard high hurdles and Piker is given a good chance to. take the century although he has not bettered western time.

Withdraw Stars

Withdrawal of world record holder Grover Klemmer of California and Cliff Bourland of Southern California from the 440-yard dash to. keep relay teams:from the two schools fresh for a try at the world record gives the Big Ten an opportunity for a victory in the: furlong.

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Thom Will Try Marine, This Tir

Billy Thom, Indiana Univers head mat coach, will try to something about sinking 8 Bob Kenaston, a Marine, when two meet in the top attraction: the outdoor wrestling card R Tuesday night at Sports Arena. As far as grappling circles am concerned, Kenaston 1s “tops? a light heavyweight performer. is undefeated here and kept record clear when Le tossed Fran Talaber last Tuesday. Frankie hi a clean slate until he fell be

the. Devil Dog of the mat ind Thom had fallen twice befal Talaber during the indoor season but looked extra good in whipp x Jules La Rance last Tuesday. ThE match will be for two falls o he three, or 90 minutes.

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