Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 July 1941 — Page 7
: THU RSDAY, JULY 3,
1941
JOE WILLIAMS SAYS—
NEW YORK, July 8.—The Ruthian days are gone but the potent mace is still the most vibrant turnstile
tonic in baseball.
Late last winter, Will Harridge, president of the
American League, who keeps precise tabs on such
things in his office, told us that Bob Feller was the only in-
dividual box office attraction left
ir the game. © “Whenever he appears the attendance goes up,” revealed Mr. Harridge. " “That isn’t: true of any other individual in the game.” Obviously these comments were made before Joe DiMaggio started his spectacular streak. For the _ time being at least the $37,500 outy fielder is the outstanding draw in baseball. The Yankees drew 220,860 paid admissions for the twelve games of their last home stay. The turnouts ranged from ‘8,692 to 44,000. It has been the same on the road. No crowd, even on week days, has dipped below the 8000. The sensational hitter will always be more imporfant at the gate than the best pitcher because ‘he’s in the game every day. Ty Cobb says there is no telling how great DiMag could be if he .. took the dreary matter of condi- . tion—off season condition—more ~ seriously. Joe is no Good Time Charley, but he isn’t enthusiastic about working on condition during the winter months. "This is the first season he’s been in every game going into July. He engaged in one of his usual salary
debates last winter and -the front
about condition, about working to
office told him sharply to get in shape so he could play a full year and then talk contract. This is a sensitive point with DiMaggio. He insists he is never far out of condition, even in the winter, and that a series of circumstances over which he had no control, kept him out of the lineup. Which is more or less true.
Just the same, DiMaggio hasn’t the Cobb or the Hornsby intensity
build up leg strength and energy, about taking the long range view as to his future. It may be that he doesn’t need to, havin so many natural gifts. . It does not seem an exaggeration, however, to suggest he is doing pretty fair in his own way.
Ott Checked by Braves' Field
BOSTON, July 3 (NEA).—Mel Ott has manufactured more than 400 home runs during his career, but the little Giant outfielder hasn't cracked the ball for the circuit at .the big playing area of the Braves .since 1938. Ott requires only four more doubles to
make it 400 for his lifetime. He has made fewer triples than any other variety of hits.
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Her Hubby Has Been Good
Mrs. DiMaggio shows how she feels when husband Joe connects for the circuit to set an all-time hitting record for consecutive games, breaking the one held by Willie Keeler.
Field of 34
Enters Swim
Fields of 28 men and six women will compete in the annual state A. A. U. river swim, scheduled tomorrow over a White River course near Broad Ripple. The swim will be under the supervision of the Indianapolis ¥Y. M. C. A. Entries in the men’s division: Huntington ¥. M. C. A—John Dilley, Bob Walters, Kendrick Pilkenton, Bob Reifert, Roger Seaholm, Jack Porter, Rin Grossman, Schuyler Haines, Glen Smith, George F. Haines Jr., Dwight Brown, Bill
and Fred Rudig. Unattached— Charles F. Miller and Robert Morse. Indianapolis Y. M. C. A—Howard Krick, Richard Mundi, Frank Hurley, Vurl Murphy, Carl Priest and John Schattner. Riviera Club—Tom Gastineau, Warren Bogard, Rod Davis, Bill Lawson and David Gastineau. Entries in the women’s division: Riviera Club—June and Joan Fogle and Mary Ann Welts. Hoosier A. C—Mary Clark, Mary Underwood and Evelyn Wood. The men’s and women’s races will be run separately, with the first contest starting at 10 a. m.
Kane Is Elected Honorary Captain
Times Special
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. July 3.— Campbell Kane, Indiana’s national collegiate half-mile champion, has been elected honorary captain of the 1941 Hoosier track and field squads which captured both the Big. Ten indoor and outdoor team championships and finished second to Southern California in the national colegiate carnival. Kane is a junior from 'Valparaiso, Ind., but is not expected to return to the campus next fall, since he has passed the physical examination for admission into the Naval
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Peck’s Bad Boy, Roy Weatherly, Cleveland centerfielder, arrives with his wife in Cleveland. Roy was suspended in St. Louis for loafing at bat and failure to run out his hits.
They Should Stop Joe by The Late Summer of 1948
By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, July 3.—In the late summer of 1948, when Joe DiMaggio’s batting streak is finally stopped at 1026 games, they still are going to be talking about yesterday afternoon when the Boston Sox turned themselves into a band of burglars in a vain attempt to rob the Yankee Clipper of his lo:
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It was the day when DiMaggio hit safely in his 45th consecutive game and broke the record of Wee Willie Keeler who played back in the Spanish-American War days. I was a bright, sunny day—not at a. suitable for the commission of burglary—and there were 8682 witnesses to the crime that the Red Sox attempted to perpetrate. Manager Joe Cronin of the Red Sox had it figured this way: 1. If you pitch low to DiMaggio, he will get a hit. 2. If you pitch high and outside to him, he will get a hit. 3. If you (A) fast ball him, (B) slow ball him .or, (C) curve ball him, he will get a hit. Therefore, Cronin decided the only chance to stop DiMaggio was to rob him—to let him hit the ball and then make “burglar catches.” So when the game started the Red Son lined up under the following aliases: Jesse James—cf. Robin Hood—1b. Tom, Tom, the Piper's Son—If. Gerald Chapman—ss. The Thief of Bagdad—rf. Al Jennings—3b. Ali Baba’s 40 Thieves—2b. Jimmy Valentine—ec. John Dillinger—p.
The robbery began in the first are inning. DiMaggio belted one into |g,
deep right center and Stan Spence, playing under the name of the|y Thief of Bagdad, ran far to his = |right, leaped into the air and
DiMag, Williams | Battle For Slugging Honors 1
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press [Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, July 3.—The hero of the hour, of course, is Outfielder Joe DiMaggio of the New York Yankees who set a new major league
batting record by hitting safely in his 45th consecutive game yesterday, but spare a thought for the deeds of another outfielder, Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox. DiMaggio today is the all-round batting star of the major leagues— that is, until you come to the batting averages and there, perched at the top, ahead of “Pal Joey,” is Williams with a league-leading mark of .401. Comparatively little attention has been paid Williams’ hitting achievements but if ever anybody is to crowd DiMaggio out of the American League batting picture, it will be this laconic, young left-handed slugger. The battle for the league
as the pennant fight. The Yankees defeated the Red Sox, 8-4 for their sixth straight win, ran their American League lead over the idle Cleveland Indians to three games and Williams added another
053 percentage points,
batting title should be as interesting |
Ted Pounds Pill Heavily For a Big .401 Average.
but the crowd of 8682 had cheers only for DiMaggio. Here's a comparison of Keeler's
and DiMaggio’s records: G. AB. H. 2b 3b HR TH
DiMaggio 45 179 67 12 3 13 124 Keeler... 44 201 82 1110 0 118
Pet. 374 408
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caught the ball, There was an argument in the press box about the nature of the crime, but the official scorer ruled it was grand larceny and not petty. The next time DiMaggio came to bat he tried to keep the ball away from right field by hitting a slash-
Red ing grounder over third base. Jim
(Al Jennings) Tabor did the dirty work this time, He dashed over, made a back-handed stop and whirled and threw DiMaggio out at first. It was the most outrageous robbery since Paris stole Helen and started the Trojan War. By this time DiMaggio was bored with this lawlessness and so was Manager - Joe McCarthy of the Yankees. By doing considerable thinking between the fourth and sixth innings they hit upon a method of restoring law and order. The idea was to belt the ball out of the park where the Boston bandits couldn’t touch it. DiMaggio went to bat in the sixth, took two balls and then hit a foul. On the next pitch, he blasted a home run into the lower left field stands. Heigh-ho, Silver, the bandits are fleeing in all directions!
Brown Defeats De Ree in Boxing Show
Results in the amateur boxing show held last night at Washing-
ton Park: 160 Pounds—Ralph Brown, Northeast €. Ss Jeleaiod Clarence DeRee, Keystone oys Pounds—Bill Lyster, South Side C. C., defeated Ronald Winenger, Northeast C. C. 135 Pounds—Earl theridge, Willard Park, defeated Jimmy Stroup, Pal Club; Sammy Allen, Pal Club, an ‘Bob Taney
Pounds—Ted Hays, Pal Club, and C., fought to a
118 Bill Remy, Northeast C.
100 Po Pounds—Denny Potts, Northeast © Sa —n from Bill Fruits, Northeast . C.; Underwood, Washington bars defeared Jack Fisher, Brookside. Pounds—Wilbur Franklin, Rhodtu;
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