Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 1941 — Page 13

“Nin his first match with Max Schmeling .

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BILLY CONN, through some eofassional fistic drm beaters, has done some tall talking about his glowing ‘chances to lift the heavyweight crown Wednesday night, but this corner believes the tall talking has been

strictly baloney and broadcast for publicity purposes. But the planned build-up of Conn in the press has worked and everybody connected with the heavyweight title bout in New York Ey with a profit. . . . The sports world is aroused again and the affair is already a box-office success even before the admission ‘customers start their stampede to see Champion Joe Louis part the ropes at the Polo Grounds to trade punches with

the. Pittsburgh challenger. a Louis only failed us once in the “pick ‘em league” and that was . and he made that one up

in the first round of the second tiff with the German. Granted that Conn is a boxing artist bristling with, speed and deception, we still think he’s too frail to stand up against the’ Brown . . Fast-moving boxers have Seteutod heavy punchers in . but hot: this time, in our

the past. ... and it will happen again

“Joe's 'purich still is potent and once he tags Billy the Kid the rings will hear it thump and put them on the alert for the end of the brawl. . . . Another year would not have been too long for the popular Conn to have waited for his chance at the heavyweight crown. The guess is that Louis will try fér a quick knockout. . . . He can’t afford to gamble with a/speed merchant, and anyway, Joe has an old eye wound that, if opened up, might cause the bout to be stopped and the decision awarded to-Conn by technical k. o. Billy is a courageous bird and he’s fully: determined to try everything in the legal boxing code. to outstep, outsmart and outjab the champ. . . . And he may have the right answer. . . . But Joe is our choice against all comers until we're convinced he’s lost his punch «+ « The prediction: Louis in five rounds.

Atta Boy, Bennie! Out of the Slump

BENNIE ZIENTARA, the Indianapolis-second sacker, emerged from a long, agonizing batting slump over the week-end when he got hits in his last two times up in the first half of Saturday’s doubleheader at Minneapolis. . . ., Bennie went hitless in 21 consecutive official times at the plate fpre he parked one in a safe spot. The Hoosier Indians are the best slump-stoppers in the league for the Minneapolis Millers, hoth at home and on the road. .

Prior to knocking off the Tribe in that Saturday twin bill the Millers .

lost five straight. The Battle of the Killefers in the A. A. is all in the vicinity of the cellar. . . . Well, at any rate, the brothers are sticking together, with Wade’s club seventh and Bill’s in the coal hole.

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THE REASON many basbeall fans outside thie major league cities are pulling for Cleveland to win the American League pennant this year is motivated by a desire to see Bob Feller in a World Series... . . 2 obs baseball's biggest single gate attraction nowadays and in a World ticks oni-his days to pitch. turday is no longer a choice day for professional amusements, like Ros od gone by, but in New York Saturday more than 44,000 - fans:turnegd-out for the opening of the Cleveland-Yankee series. . . . It was Feller’s turn to work and. the fans didn't have to be. told . .. Just:as a Hoosier fisherman doesn’t have to be told when the fishing season opens.

A. A. All- Star Game History /

THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION All-Star game was inaugurated in 1934; the Millers defeating the Stars, 13-6, at Minneapolis. . Attendance 7345. . . . Second game, also in Minneapolis, 1935, the ; . Attendance, 6637. ¢ in Miwaukee, 1936, the Stars winning, 9-5. . Fourth game, Columbus, 1937, Red Birds: wine nin, T-4., .. Attendance, 12,269. . . . Fifth game, Indianapolis, 1938, the Indians winning, 6-3. . . Attendance, 12,271. ‘Sixth game, Kansas City, 1939, the Stars winning, 19-7. Attendance, 16,521. , . . Seventh game, also at Kansas City, 1940, the. Stare Winning, 5-3. . . . Attendance, 18,499.

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YANK TERRY, the Bedford, Ind, hurler, recently achieved. his fougth: shutout.of . the. season. for. ‘San Diego in. Coast League. ., . Yank tossed ‘em up for the Louisville ( years:and: prior to that tried out with the Indianapolis Indians. The Boston Red Sox took him from Louisville last season and then: transferred his contract to the Coast League.

g. Pagific. = lonels a few

setting it would be difficult to picture the mad scramble for

Is Not in Tourney

By J. ‘BE. O'BRIEN The Highland Golf and Country

| Club cquld have used traffic lights on ‘the tees and ‘stop signs in the|

: ted : od ae 18 bol Sraimises: "the {first round .of the District Tourna- :

ment.

got away ahead: of time, which is unusual in tournament ‘play, and

It was ‘shortly ‘after dawn when the first foursome moved away from the No. 1 tee and

. |then : the field began to depart in threes and fours every. six minutes.

Scores of the early starters:

‘Curtis. Mathews (PR).....«. ves ‘Walt _Feddern (C)

in, PR— Pleasant s®5. R — Riverside. — Sheedway.

eres : BoE ountey Club, SG south Grove.

The weather was not of ‘the best for the first 18 holes of the 54-hole medal tournament. It was warming up but. the skies: were cloudy for the most part and it looks as

caught by rain. The course was still wet but the wind was not Serious enough to mar the play. Jack Taulman, a pre-tourney favorite from Columbus, i not start because of an injury to his

= wrist suffered over the week-end.

Last year the boys experienced similar weather on three -straight

‘|trict ‘record. Par for the three

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(First Game)

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GAMES TODAY AMERICAN SOCIATION TANAPOLIS nsas Clty. Louisville at: Muwaukes (night Columbus at Minn neapolia Toledo at St. Paul

. NATIONAL NAL LEAGUE

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AMERICAN CAN LEAGUE

Claveland, at | New York. Only es Scheduled.

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RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

(First Game) { 0W0— 0 2 Camb ity 10x=—-=1 5 1

Hader, Barrett and Poland; Reis and

: (Second Game) Solumbus _.. s City

Brecheen and <Heathi Hendrickson, ley and Kearse

All-Round Event

of 193 points out of a possible 200 in

Bar-

(First Game)

gio 101 10 9 13 { hatcheries. 000— 2

and Berres: Wilkie, Hointisiman. and Lopez

Ross and Tresh: H. hh. and Pytlak.

vis. ‘Boston at Pittsburgh, second game post-

wl and Tresh; Grove, Ryba and Pea-

an Thomas . Sullivan; Hud-

Trout and “Tebbetisd Leonard, Kennedy

0 000 08x--10 1 0 ris, Trotter he Ferrell; Babich,

Young Caster Wins

A 14-year-old local caster, Dick Wilkie, defeated his elders yesterday afternoon in the all-round plug accuracy trophy casting with a score

the Indianapolis Casting Club's tournament at the Riverside fish

Ralph Carr won over Jack Moore

10 2 Hughson and Glenn; ra: Clemensen and Fernandes.

(Second Game)

Hash and Lacy; Herring and Payton. : (First Game)

(Second Game)

zaeds ceseeseresnsnse IB 19 on =n

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Higbe and Franks; a an (Second Game)

in a cast-off for top honors in the men’s five-eighth-ounce accuracy event and Mrs. Elsie Edwards defeated Mrs, Myrtle ‘Sutphin for first place in the women’s test. W. also won junior test in this event. Clarence Pirtle took the men% three-eighth ounce accuracy event and Mrs. Edwards won in the wom5 20 class. W. O. Taber was first in e combination three-eighth, five-

wards led the field in the dry fly accuracy test. : ;

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courses to be played today, tomorrow -and Wednesday is 218, and whether - this is cracked depends

largely on what the Weatherman

tees up in: the next 72 hours. + Since Reed is not defending his

_jerown, there's sure to be a new

winner.’ The chief candidate for the role was careful Hank Kowal, for-

* |mer state amateur champion. Kowal

was to start early this afternoon in the company of Gene Pulliam Jr. of Lebanon, Guy Davis Jr. of Lebanon and Dale Morey of Martinse. Among the other strong = con-

: tenders were Bill Russell, Dick Mc-

Peter: ~Grant, ‘John Mc-

| oreary, Guire, Jack and Paul Carr, Bob

Yohler; Don Ellis, Bob Smith, Dr. Harry Leer, Ike Cummings, George Enos, Alan Sweetser, Bill Diddel and “an-out-of-town contingent including Morey, Davis and Sonny Shelby. Tomorrow the big’ delegation moves to Ulen Country Club at Lebanon and then returns to Speedway for the final “18 holes ‘on Wednesday. = 8 8 un : Week-end golf play around the city was highlighted by tournanients for the benefit of the British War Relief Society. At Highland Floyd: Slasor was the winner with a

was A. S. Stokely, who put together an 87-15—72. The Speedway benefit was conducted on a blind par basis, and the victor was Harold Cork who produced a 75 from scratch.

Fred Wuelfing Sr. and Francis Shoemaker showed the way to a

| field of 44 participating in the two-

o| ball foursome at Pledsant Run. This pair came home with a 78-8—68 Art Smith and Charles Neiman were second - with 81-12—69, and third place went to Joe Doll and Tom Loyal on their 81-11-70.

Alan Sweetser showed he was in top form for the District by batting

Meridian Hills sweepstakes. Bill Diddel and his 75 were second, and |Don Ellis had a 176. In the gross ldivision Horace Storer was the winner on his 87-17-10.

"The team of Art Stoner, Clayton Nichols, Charles Blackwell and Bud Jenkins won South Grove’s “proamateur” but it took an extra hole to do it. At the end of 18 this combination was tied with one including Brooks Secrest, Bob Butler, Howard Percifield and: Ernie Brounfield at 71. Stoner’s birdie on the 18th decided the duel. George Hicks and Nichols. took low gross honors with 74s. ® » 8

Hillcrest members fired away yesterday in a bankers’ handicap, top laurels being shared. by Bob Potter (87-19—68) and Dr. Lyle Grant (84-16—68). 8 8 » Firing a 72, Capt. Ken Miles, Ed Wheatley, Tom Roberts and Jim Heather won ihe Sarah Shank’ roa amateur. . . . Mr. and Mrs.- R. N

H. Shaw Captures Columbus Race

‘Times Special Harold Shaw of 12% miles on a muddy track to win|&= the feature race on the auto speed

program Waters of Detroit was second and

Reed, Defending Champ,

there was ‘a good chance -that all: | players would be able to finish ‘be- ‘ |fore : dark.

though the late starters might be]

days, and Bill Reed’s winning score} |of 221 was 10 strokes over the Dis-

a 72 to win the gross prize in the |ih

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A. A. Bunched Like Grapes

By UNITED PRESS

From the bottom of the first division—Louisville—to the top—Columbus—in the American "Association there was a difference of only 16 per centage points today. The race is so close one game makes a lot of difference. .

yesterday's. roun of double-heade:

77-11—66. The Woodstock winner |® 1

h Herb Hash Columbus and Kansas City swapped blows; Kansas City winning the opener, 1 to 0, and the Birds taking the nightcap, 4 to 1. Tommy Reis held the Birds to two hits for the Kansas City victory. But Harry Breechen turned the tables on the Blues in the second game, and handcuffed them with a two-hitter, while his mates rapped the hurling of two Kansas City pitchers for eight blows. Tex Hughson won his sixth victory of the season as Louisville won e first game of a double-header from St. Paul, 9 to 2, with a fiverun attack in the seventh. ' The Colonels also took the second, 1 to 0, behind Herb Hash’s four-hit pitching. Last place Milwaukee broke a sixgame losing. streak with two victories over: Toledo. George Koslo held the. Hens to six hits, as the Brewers: won the first, ¢ to 1. Milwaukee piled up a 5 to 1 lead in the first two innings of the nightcap, with George Blaeholder, and Dobernic, who relieved him in the Jouen, limiting the. Hens to five

Berkopes: Sleminsek Take Mixed Doubles

and Fred Sleminsek are first on the list at Dezelan alleys today

_ [for their 1100 pins with 206 hardi-

cap‘ added won the mixed doubles tournament there’ yesterday. ‘Sleminsek had a 580 and his partner ‘a 520. They nosed out Anna ,| Brisnik and William Kelley hy 18 pins. . Eighty-seven teams

| pated. Another mixed doubles tour|nament will be held at Sturm’s al-

leys Saturday and Sunday.

Clarence Shaw of Indianapolis won the feature 15-lap : tourist

Was second and Dan

miles south of the city. Ralph Moore Fogelson, Marion, was third, a

here . yesterday. Johnny} hick Smith of ‘ Frankfort, BY.

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trophy event in the Midwest Motor{cycle Club on the six-hill course, 12

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dianapolis Indians limped into Kansas City today on the third leg of their swing through the western half of the American Association.

All they have to do now is to tackle the Blues, who usually pin

Be that as it may, are here and they inte up at Ruppert Stadium today just like nothing had happened to them at Minneapolis where they dropped a brace of double-headers to the

‘| Millers over the week-end, one Sat-

urday, ‘one yesterday.

Before the Indians departed Indianapolis they lost their last two

dropping four in a row to the Millers. This shoves the Tribe eight games. off the league pace and in seventh place, In Saturday's twin bill the Millers

second, 8.to 7, in 10 innings. Yesterday the Millers again won the ot ball, 3 to 2, and the second, to Even Ray Starr, the Tribe ace, was beaten as he tried for his 11th victory in yesterday's tilt. It was his sixth loss this season, and a tough one. : But it remained for the Millers to commit baseball mayhem in the first inning of yesterday's second game at Minneapolis. They staged a wild rally good for eight ruas and slaughtered two pitchers in the one inning, Italo ‘Chelini and Ben Wade taking the thumping. An believe it or don’t, Indians got a home run, their ninth of the season in 56 games (including a tie). The round tripper was struck

after six straight defeats, the. ¥In-|

starts and continued the slide by}

won the first game, 3 to 2, and the}.

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off by Wayne Blackburn di yesterday’s second tilt and it was his first of the season. Eddie Shokes, the college first sacker, made his Tribe debut Saturday and looked all right at the plate that day by getting two hits in each game, but the Minneapolis pitchers cooled him off yesterday and he was held hitless for the

Manager Wade Killefer yesterday|

benched Joe Bestudik, rookie third

bsacker filling in for the injured Bill

Brubaker, brought Blackburn in from the outfield to the hot corner and used Art Graham in center field. But the changes made no difference in the ultimate result.

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Laurels Divided In A. A. U. Meet

There was no monopoly on state A./A. U, track and field honors today. Rather, the laurels were split three or four ways after the weekend meet at Delavan Smith Field. An opportunity for lesser lights was afforded when two of the stars— Butler's Ray Alsbury and Mel Trutt,

former Indiana University flyer— failed to appear for their specialties. William Walker successfully defend-

led his titles in the senior. sprint

events, and Joe Bristow led the field home in both hurdle events. .- Another individual victory was scored by Bob Cowan, Ft. Wayne North Side’s all-around athlete, who won the junior 220-yard dash from Roy Pearson, Ben Davis sprinter, and Frank Elliott, I. U. freshman. Team laurels went to the Butler Harrier Club, which stacked up 33 points in spite of Alsbury’s absence. Second place went to the Marion Meteors, who collected 15.

Won One; Tied One

Oscar Charleston’s Indians won the first game and tied the second in tHeir doubleheader with the St. Louis Giants at Perry Stadium yesterday afternoon. oe local nine took the opener, 6 to 5, and the score was 1 to 1 after five innings of play in the second.

{City League. was to 10 innings for a decision but. out its

angi in ¢ |Are Changed

Leonard, and Arme Continue Their Pe

The ‘balance of amateur ha. leaders failed to falter in the e week-end. of play but the Sak

: x » b . straight victory, 3 to 2, over M when “Soup” Coleman tripled kh Shaner in the extra fi

George. i os ction zataes: Cbarcoal G

shaded Ford, 3 to 2, behind fou tching, and Boulevard Tap

| pi ttook a 9-to-1 decision from the

Creek Athletics. Bradford of the unbeaten Big leaders hurled 2-hit ball to b Auto. Parts, 7 to 0, for eighth straight Leonard ‘Cleaner victory. 8aird Service defeated ternational Machine, 7 to 3, and West Side Merchants won ov Mallory, 4 to. 2, in the other Big contests. The third Sunday League res found Empire Life and Gold Medal Beer still tied for the Municip League leadership. Each won es victories. The Insurancemen tc the measure of Prospect Tavern, to 4, while Gold Medal blank: Beanblossom, 17 to 0, getting 18 k In the third league game the Alli son’s nine fell before Falls City, to 6. ’ ? Saturdays’ games saw the real tion as the Fall City Hi-Brus over the Industrial League lead P. R. Mallory tied U. S. Tires in Manufacturers’ circuit. New York Central was boasting five-game winning streak when th clashed with the Hi-Brus and I the winners by two runs going the ninth. But the Brus pus across two tallies in the closing : ning to win, 5 to 4. Howard Elst double wrought home the winning markers. Pitcher “Howard Mi aided his own cause with a hom in the fourth. In the other Industrial game F Oil won a seven-inning agreemel tilt. from Union Printers, 11 to § After five straight losses the victory

rose in wrath and slapped down Rockwood team, 8 to 3. Paul button did his part for the winn with a hme. Thanks ‘to Eddie Marcum, P. Mallory and U. S. Tires are tied f the Manufacturers’ lead today. the second time this season the Mallogy hurler defeated the = men, 3 to 1. Both nines now a record of five and two.

Great relief pitching by Wi son who allowed only two i

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eight innings of substitute} hur enabled Kingan to def E.

ea Atkins in 13 innings, 10 to 9. rick singled ‘to start the 13th the Reliables and scored on an ine field hopper after two intentional passes had: pushed him around third. Viewegh of Atkins hit round tripper. Stewart-Warner and Lilly Varnish met in a double header with Stews art-Warner taking the first conte: 9 to 6, and Lilly the second, 5 to 4: TS TAILORED ——

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