Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1941 — Page 9

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18, 1941

SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

THE Joe Louis-Billy Conn heavyweight championship match is the biggest betting fight since the LouisSchmeling return bout three years ago, according to the “info” sent out of New York and from other leading box-

ing. centers. Defense earnings burn a hole in many pockéts and betting on prize fights is one way of kissing it goodby, like wagering on the horses, playing bingo and “investing” ‘in the many weekly “pool” rackets, including the biggest gyp of them all, the daily baseball ticket swindle. . . . And Indianapolis is a sucker for one and all, reading from:left to right. But Louis and Conn don’t have to indulge in betting for their gwag. . . . The brawl is sure to pack ’em in and Joe gets 40 per cent of -the net gate and Billy fhe, Kid 20 per cent. ... And even after paying off their managers an settling for incidentals they will have plenty of Uncle Sam’s “lettuce” in their jeans. Far back in the old days the heavyweight gladiators backed up their fists and boasts with their own money. , In 1892, when John L. Sullivan and James J. Corbett fought it out in New. Orleans the conditions of the battle provided that each mauler put up a side bet of $10,000, the promoters to put up a $25,000 purse. The bout was scheduled to a finish, winner take all. . And CorPett, the dancing master and super-boxer, won by knockout over John 1). and took the entire $45,000. It was the first title bout under the Marquis of Queensbury rules (today’s) . .. and it was Sullivan's swan song. . . . He gas 35, lacking a month, Corbett was 26. . . . John L. died in 1918 and Corbett ied in 1933.

When Winner Got 60 Per Cent

‘SOME ‘OF the heavyweight title matches in the old days also wire fought on a 60-40 basis, like in the baseball World Series, 60 per cent for winner, 40 for loser. . . . That was the agreement in the "Jack Johnson-James J. Jeffries pattle fought in Reno in 1910. .. . The purse was $101,000. i* Before Bob Fitzsimmons turned pro he was the reigning amateur K. o. artist in New Zealand. . .. In a toufnament in 1880 Ruby Robert knocked ‘out four opponents in one night , ,. and in 1881, in another amateur tourney; he stopped five men in one night. "Amateur boxers nowadays are inclined to fag after one bout and When they have to box twice in one night it’s an ordeal. :

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JAMES J. JEFFRIES was a sparring partner for James J. Corbett in 1897 when Corbett was preparing for the defense of his crown against Fitzsimmons. .-. . Pitz knocked out Corbett in 14 rounds on March 17, 1897, in Carson City. - Two’ years later, on June 9, 1899, in Coney Island, N. Y., Jeffries, the former sparring partner, lifted the crown by: knocking out Fitzsimmons in 11 rounds. Later Jeffries defeated Corbett twice in title matches, using his weight and bull strength to wear down the ex-champ. . . . He was a boilermaker in his youth and threw a potent punch out of ¢ a crouch, ‘known in the fistic world as the “Jeffries crouch.”

Opposes Out-of-Season Football

*. THERE IS such a thing as too much football, and it’s Football + Qoach Tom Stidham of Marquette University who's talking. ‘The coaches’ union may put him on its blacklist, but Stidham up and says that year-round stressing of the grid sport is unhealthy, pnd that this is particularly true for the boys who engage in it. . “Staleness can result from over-emphasizing football out of season,” said the Marquette coach. “The players become ‘fed up’ on it, lose their interest and are anything ‘but on edge when they report back for practice in the fall.” Stidham, upon the conclusion of spring practice at Marquette, told his squad to forget the sport until the practice season rolls around in September, . . . Then he modified that by suggesting that

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and playing it in October.

The Indians Can't Keep This Up F orever—Or Can They?

Times. Special - ~. MILWAUKEE, June 18.—The Kilfefer brothers match baseball strategy again here tonight when Wade's Indianapolis Indians meet the Mil-

waukee Brewers, piloted by brother Bill, but this time the Battle of the Killefers. doesn’t mean anything. Wade's Hoosiers have lost eight straight games and are in seventh place in the American Association's . standings, while Bill's Brewers are in the cellar, and on top of that the home team is on the financial rocks. The Indians are scheduled here for two days and the series will conclude their second disastrous swing ‘through the West. They will have én off-day Friday, and on Saturday the schedule calls for them to open a series in Louisville against the high-flying Colonels. The Tribe is not due for a game at home until June 28. On this current road journey the Redskins rave: played six games and lost si¥,-and they capped their halfdozen losses by getting shut out in Kansas City last night when the Blues won, 2 to 0. .- Before: departing Indianapolis the Tribesters .took a pair on the chin and that makes for the eight successive defeats. That was a heartbreaker defeat in Kansas City last night. Bob Logan,

Tribe southpaw, held the Blues to four hits, but one was a home run

by Catcher Ed Kearse in the eighth. Ba

However, the Blues scored a run in the first stanza and the Indians never caught up. George Barley held them to five hits and dished out goose eggs inning after inning. It was Logan’s best-pitched game since he returned from the Cincinnati Reds and it was just bad luck

when his mates were not in a runmaking mood.

Detweiller, Gorham’ Win Exhibition took 13 strokes on the last two holes in an éxhibition at Highland Golf

and Country Club yesterday after-|g noon but. finished with an 83 to give

beth Dunn. cfowned - women’s Western Open with Miss Detweiller 'but confined tion of shots due to illness.

Miss Detweiller posted a 39-44—83 and Miss Ellis a 42-41—83.

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service, 19 years. and lost the fewest; 135, and has the best record this season, four victories against one loss. The other

the Giants, Red Ruffing of the Yanks and Freddy Fitzsimmo the Dodgers, King Carl Hubbell, who'll be 38 next Sunday, won his third straight and his fifth of thé season yesterday by pitching the Giants to 6-3 vic-

‘ [tory over the Pirates. Much of the

speed and cunning is gone from Hubbell’s arm but if he gets a few runs he’s still a tough hombre to lick. The Pirates flayed him for 10 hits, including Elbie Fletcher's homer, but Old Hub was at his best when ducks were on the pond. Ten Pirates were left stranded. All members of the Greybeard Club are over the .500 mark this season. Some of them like Grove,

week. Fitzsimmons daesn’t pitch that often. He's made only two starts, winning both but he had to have relief in his first start. Here's a thumbnail record of the greybeards.

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Lifetime Record L. 156 185

Age Yrs. in Majors 2 1 a 1 0 19 17 14 18 Paul Derringer, the Reds’ big righthander, who promises to some day join the greybeards (he won't be 35 until Oct. 17), turned in a typical Derringer game to pitch the Reds to a 5-3 victory over the Braves. The Cardinals held their twogame National League lead by thumping the Phillies, 11-3, with a 13-hit attack on three Quaker pitchers. Morton Cooper, who hasn't won a game since May 26, finally got back in the winning column again, scoring: his seventh decision. Jimmy Wasdell’s homer with two mates on in the tenth enabled the Dodgers to nose out the Cubs, 7-6. Although he failed to finish, Whit Wyatt was credited with his tenth triumph. The Yankee winning streak of oe straight was snapped: 2 the

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Ted Lyons of the White Sox has seen the longest term of major league Lefty Grove of Red Sox has won the most Eanes, 2917,

Charlie Root . . . oldest greybeard.

White Sox who triumphed 8-7. John Rigney, pitching his last game for the White’ Sox before flying to Chicago tonight to report to his draft board, was unable to hold a 7-2 lead and was knocked out in the eighth. Joe DiMaggio got a lucky single—the ball bounded over Appling’s head—to set a new Yankee record by hitting in 30 consecutive games. . . . Scoring four runs in the ninth, the Tigers spoiled a dou-

second game, 8-5. The Red Sok won the opener, 14-6. . Cleveland

games by shading the Athletics, 3-2,

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Greybeards of Baseball Still Winning Out on the Hill

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 18.—One of the high spots of the baseball season is the success of that little group of greybeards who are defying Father Time out there on the pitching mound.

ble Red Sox victory by winning the

increased its league lead to two last night before 19,236 fans at

Second-Round

tals in the Indianapolis District Golf Tournament:

Henry Kowal, Speedway ... Alan Sweetser, M. Hills Walter Chapman. , Sof Carl. Smith. Co! arks, Speedway vase} cCreary, Speedway ..§ Charles Harter. Coffin es Lou Heinlein, Noblesville’ ?.. 39 Bill Russell,

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Ralph Mason, oe Russell Rader, Coffin ... Maurice Rogers, Frank . Carr, Highland .s Stackhouse, M. Hills. .

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Clayton Schultz, S. nk .. Laughlin, South Grove. Bill Nogn, Coffin Run

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Jack Simpson, P, Run D. C. Jillson, Country Club . Earl Bailey, S. Grove Dick Mercer, C. Club an) Sargeant, Ulen George O. Browne, Highland Virgil ®Haines, Riverside .... Tom Winzinread, Speedway. Phil Greer, Speedway W. F. Mover, Rizbland Carl Toth, Coffin Charles Greenen. Coffin . Boris Dimancheff, Speedway Ernie Todd, Cof .

Ralph Richmond. P. . Chet Yovanovich, ay Fred Fit ered, Speedway. . George urra Speedway. , T. Petranoff, Fred Holler, C Bill_ Cooley, C, Club R. K. Brown, Riverside .... Bob Harris, Noblesville ... H. H. Winkler. Speedway .. George Peet. Sneedway . Joe Quigley, Coffin Jack Riley, Anderson oss Campbell, Speedway .. Bruce Mitchell, Coffin (x. a 30 nson, Sutedway . Tom Roberts. Sarah M Shani Bi I Gaines. Speedway Bil Rudie, P Fun Leo

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‘Money Teams

NEW YORK, June 18 (U. P.). ~The resiliency of the Bt, ‘Louis Cardinals in the National League and the return to winning form of the New York Yankees in the American . League have made those clubs even money choices to win He -1041 pennants, according Jack Doyle, baseball's oie] price-maker.

Kowal Favored In District

Amateurs

Games raified out in the SmithHassler Softball League last week win, Mt played at Speedway Stadium

ols 30 P. M.—Domont Beverage vs. Seven Up. 7:30 P. MMuchel Scott Machine vs. Union Trus 8:30 P. Jon Tt Whitehill vs. Kiefer-Stewart. 9:30 P. M.—George J: ~Mayer Vs. Bookwalter-Ball-Greathouse.

Schedule for Em-Roe Civic Softball League at Stout Stadium tonight: 7:00 P. M—Richardson Market vs. Labor Temple, 8:15 P.| M.—Bridgeport Buddies vs. Riverside Buddies. 9:30 P. M.—Wayne Park vs. City Sanitation. Results in last night's games at Stout Stadium: Mutual ‘Milk, 7; Dee Jewelry, 0. Brosnan Tavern, 2; Martin Mar-

ket, 0. . . Weaks Market, 5; Kay Jewelry, 0

Schedule for Em-Roe Girls State League tonight: 7:30 p. m. Elwood: All Americans at ‘Gas City.

Schedule for + Bush-Feezle Twilight Factory League on City Parks tonight: National Starch vs. Foundry at Riverside 1. Packard-Capehart vs. Can at Garfield 2. Advance Electric vs. I. D. 8. Employees at Willard 1. Indianapolis Glove vs. 10d]anapor lis Paint & Color at Brookside 1

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Park Furniture Co. softball team of Rushville desires to book games on road and at home. Write Louis C. Darst, Park Furniture Co., Rushville.

The Gem Coal team is in need of a good pitcher for road games. Write W. F. Clem, 511 N. Bradley. Call IR-6067.

The Mitchell A, C, team will journey to Lebanon Friday night and all players are to meet at 308 W. 21st St. at 5:30 p. m. The Rushville game scheduled for tonight has been cancelled. For games write

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