Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 July 1941 — Page 8
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SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
TED LYONS has been with the Chicago White Sox ~ 19 years and never performed in a World Series or AllStar game. . . . But during all these seasons he usually has been the mainstay of the Comiskey Park mound corps. +... He advanced from college ball to the Sox and has never
played for any other club, minor or major. The popular Lyons was forsaken by the American League man-
‘panions, Edgar Smith and Thornton ~ Lyons is a right-hander.
agers in picking this year’s All-Star team for two of his mound com-
Lee, a couple of southpaws. ...
But Ted isn’t as young and spry as he used to be and for effective results he has been limited to mound service once a week. . . . He's already. turned 40 but his victory and defeat record is the best the
White Sox have to offer at this time.
If there was injustice in passing him up as a member of the 1941 _ All-Star cast it probably can be traced to Manager Jimmy Dykes, — who said he wouldn’t let him pitch anyway when the American Leaguers clash with the National Leaguers at Briggs Stadium, Detroit, next Tues-
day.
Dykes explained that he planned to use Lyons in a regular league game around that date and that he didn’t want to take any chances on over= working the veteran, regardless of the public's desire to see Lyons rewarded with a well-deserved
honor.
But Ted can’t go on forever pitching in fast company and the fans who assemble in Tigertown Tuesday are sure to give a sentimental cheer for
Lyons
their absent idol.
Picked on the American
League’s All-Star staff are Bob Feller, Cleveland; Charlie Ruffing and Marius Russo, New York; Lee and Smith, White Sox; Sid Hudson,
Washington, and Alton Benton, Detroit. . . .
Russo, Lee, Smith, Hud-
son and Benton are All-Star newcomers.
Three Appear in Seven Classics NO AMERICAN or National League player has played in all eight of the big league All-Star classics since the first event was held at Comiskey Park, Chicago, July 6, 1933. , . . A trio of National
Leaguers—Joe Medwick and Billy Herman of the Brooklyn Dodgers
and Mel Ott of the New York Giants—have appeared in all seven of
the classics since. 1934. Besides
the late Lou
. Gehrig, four active American League stars have participated in six mid-season All-Star games. . .. They are Manager Joe Cronin and Jimmy Foxx of the Boston Red Sox, Charlie Gehringer of the Detroit Tigers and Bill Dickey of the New York
‘Yankees.
The best hitter among the All-Star regulars is
Gehringer, with .500. . 429; Foxx, .333; Ott, 313; : .292, and Dickey, .167. edwick, . Herman,
Ott, Cronin,
. Then follow Herman, Cronin, 304; Medwick,
Foxx : and Herman
Foxx were named again in this year’s All-Star selections. IN THE PAST eight major league All-Star games the “home” club has been returned the winner seven ‘times. . . . The lone exception was recorded in 1934 at the Polo Grounds, New York, when the “visiting” American League: squad - overcome the National League,
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Kovacs May or May Not Win t he Western Title at Woodstock, But You Can Bet He'll Have a Roaring Good Time
: By J. E..O’'BRIEN This week’ Prof. Lamberti has provided our comedy. on the stage of
the Lyric , “Theéater. Next week Francis Louis Kovacs II will supply
it on the tennis courts of the WoodChub.
will. be here next Tuesday for the
Western Tennis championships—he sured Frederick Hunt, the tournat charge d’affairs, of that via ng distance telephone yesterday.
. |{linesmen and ball boys.:
2 case you don’t know FunnyEFrank, he’s the 6-foot 3%~inch, poun out of OakCal,’ who still insists upon
Lawn Tennis Association.
Kovacs’ antics so annoyed the brass. hats in the nationals at Forest Hills last summer that in an early round.they had the tall Californian and his opponent play on an obscure court. But Kovacs’ crowd appeal is such that the out-of-the-way court quickly became the main one. : His clowning so upset Joe Hunt in the quarterfinals that the midshipman sat down on the court. So Kovacs found a nice, shady spot and flopped down, too. There they were on a sitdown strike. = - Kovacs chats with spectators, He laughs at the man in the chair and linesmen when they make mistakes that go against him, and in such a way rouses their ire. He guffaws when rivals become put out at officials or themselves.
He comes to the net and defies an
adversary to ace him. He pats himself on the back when he gets off a good shot and often hits the ball
.{ behind his back. He stops matches
to have a soft drink, often consumes three or four bottles of it in a match. A natural comedian and mimic, a wrestlers number is included in his Once when he found
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Millers to Get All-Star Game
By UNITED PRESS The Minneapolis Millers will be the host team for the American Association All-Star game July 15. They cinched the game by defeating St. Paul, 8 to 6, last night. The game is awarded to the team leading the league at the end of play July 4 and even if the Millers lose both their games today and second-place Louisville .wins both theirs, the Minnesotans will have a slight percentage advantage. Louisville is only two games behind Minneapolis but the mathematical averages count them an additional point or two back of the leaders. Ab Wright was the individual star of the Minneapolis victory last night, banging out three home runs. St. Paul, with 13 safeties, outhit the Millers but couldn't convert the hits into tallies. Chuck Stevens homered in the last half of the ninth to touch off a rally which gave the Toledo Mud Hens a 10-to-g victory over the Columbus Red Birds. The Hens trailed by four runs when Stevens hit his circuit blow, scoring two ahead of him. Two more runs gave the Hens the game.
Davis Cuppers Face Net Foes
NEW YORK, July 4 (U. P.) ~The two remaining men’s fourth-round mafches in the Eastern Clay Court Tennis Championships today bring together G. Lyttleton-Rogers, former Irish Cupper, and Gerald Crowthers of Hermosa Beach, Cal, and Ladislav Hecht, one-time Czech Davis Cup player, and Sandy Davenport, former: Harvard captain. The winner of the Lyttleton-Rog-ers-Crowthers match will play Gene MaKe and the survivor of the Hecht-Davenport match will engage Ted Schroeder in quarter-final contests. Frank Parker of Altadema, plays Charles Olewine of Santa Monica, Cal, in the other quarter-final. The only women’s semi-final will send Mrs. Sarah Palfrey Cooke of New York against Patricia Canning of Hidden Valley, Cal. The other semi-final, an all-San Francisco affair, will see Virginia Wolfenden play Margaret Osborne tomorrow. Jack Kramer and Mako, both of Los Angeles, moved into the quar-ter-finals yesterday before rain called a halt to the play. Kramer, seeded No. 3, defeated Bob Decker, University of Miami, 6-3, 7-5, and Make conquered Bill Canning of Hidden Valley, Cal., 6-2, 6-3. Mrs. Cooke won her way into the women’s semi-finals by downing Argyll Rice of Hartford, Conn., 6-1, 6-1; Miss Canning put out Mrs. Gus Ganzenmuller of Great Neck, N. Y., 6-1, 6-4, and Miss Osborne ousted Helen Germaine of New York, 6-3,
the ball boy cut them off above the knees.
During the University of Miami tournament last winter, he vowed he wouldn’t shave until he won the national title. He had a ‘three weeks’ growth, had commenced to look like a member of the House of David, when, as he explained, he fell asleep in a barber’s chair. In EastWest matches a year ago, a prominent money man them ankled into the clubhouse and asked:.” “Anything I can do for
“Yeah,” yeahed: Kovacs, “get me $25.” The money man did. It’s quite likely that the Western s, to be made Saturday afternoon, will rank Kovacs as No. 3
Riggs.
: NEA Service Sports Writer “THEY TELL you the burden is on the pitéher today /
what with a new and shiny lively ball being tossed out at
the slightest excuse,
The vast amount of arm trouble is traced to hurlers having to bear down on every pitch. The lightest hitter may break up a close game at any time with a homer. In the old days, it is pointed out, the chucker could let up when the bases were unoccupied. There was more infield play. With an infielder it was something more than a case of you do or you don’t. The pitcher conserved his
energy for the tighter moments, There is somée truth in this, of
of Robert William Andrew Feller of Cleveland and others is proof that the jackrabbit sphere is not a fatal handicap
to pitchers.
Barring an accident, Bob Feller can’t miss being the first major league pitcher to win 30 or more games since
Dizzy Dean performed the feat for
At his current clip, Feller may bag 35. The secret of Feller's remarkable totals is that he never hesitated to make full use of his exceptional natural ability. The Iowa farm boy isn’t afraid to pour his fast ball through there, or to break off a curve in a clutch, As Walter Johnson says, a pitcher might as well throw
Turnstiles Spin
In Ball Parks
Record Holiday Crowds Are Expected
NEW YORK, July 4 (U. P)—A weather forecast of cloudy but mostly cool weather, combined with two blistering pennant races was expected to jam eight major league ball parks with record-breaking holiday crowds today - Last year’s total of 214,743 fans for eight games may easily be exceeded if the Weatherman -doesn’t play tricks. Largest turnout for last year’s Fourth of July program was 57,633 at Detroit, where Cleveland AEN. | iit a double-header with the Tigers, while a capacity crowd of 54,306 filled the Polo Grounds to see the Dodgers defeat the Giants twice. - This year, Brooklyn is again booked to play the Giants twice, and considering their position—a dead‘|lock with the St. Louis Cards for the National League lead—another capacity throng can be expected. The Cards’ twin bill at Wrigley Field with the Cubs should go high into the day’s big figures. Grove Wins 299th In the American League, Joe DiMaggio’s 45-game hitting streak and the New York Yankees’ six-game winning streak should pull a stand-ing-room-only crowd into the Yankee Stadium for the double bill with Washington. The Browns at Cleveland, White Sox at Detroit and Red Sox at Philadelphia are all significant enough twin bills to keep the turnstiles spinning. Only three games were played in the major leagues yesterday, and Lefty Grove’s 299th victory over a
mental.
course, but the success
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Sewell traces the difficulties of Jim Bagby of the Indians to the youngster’s father, who captured 30 games for the Tribe in "20 with a nothing ball. Sewell suspects the Old Sarge cautioned his son to save himself on the theory
that he’d last longer.
the Cardinals in 1934.
There is the spot pitcher, Fred Fitzsimmons of Brooklyn, for example, is a sure shot against Pittsburgh, whereas Kirby Higbe, highly effective against all the others, repulsed the Pirates on the Dodgers’ last western trip for the first time since he entered the National League, American League players contend Johnny Allen has as fine an assortment as he ever possessed, but the lan-tern-jawed right-hander got it into ‘his head that he couldn’t beat the New Yorks and Bostons.
Hardy Man of the Maples
Maxie Kosof starts tonight at the Dezelan Bowling Alleys on what
he expects will end up as a new
world’s bowling endurance record.
The exhibition, for the benefit of the U.'S. O. starts at 8 p. m,, and Kosof maintains he won’t quit until he has rolled 400 games.
16-year span in the major leagues provided the day’s high spot. Grove needs but another victory to become the second southpaw in major league history to win 300 games or more. He allowed 10 hits as the Boston Red Sox defeated the Philadelphia Athletics, 5 to 2. Chubby Dean gave the Sox six blows, one a three-run double by Jim Tabor in the first and the other, Ted Williams’ 16th homer with one on in the eighth. Cards Boot One Away ‘Chicago's Cubs, making both their runs by virtue of St. Louis errors, defeated the Cardinals, 2-1 to drop the Red Birds into a tie for the National League lead with idle Brooklyn. Claude Passeau held the Cards to five hits for his eighth victory. Creepy Crespie’s fumble of Lou Stringer’s grounder, Bob Stur-. geon’s sacrifice and Passeau’s single provided the Winning run in the seventh. Art Javery held the Phils to five hits for his fifth win of the year as the Boston Braves scored a 4-1 triumph.
Probable Pitchers
Highland fo Serve Golf With Trimmings af Classic July 16
HIGHLAND IS GOING to serve the men golf garnished with luncheon parties, fancy dinners and moonlight entertainment on July ‘16. It’s the annual Classic, and there are 240 places in the golfing field open to members of Highland and other clubs. The 240-man field will be divided into 10 teams and a pro assigned to each, making a total of 10 pros, and 240 amateurs. To keep the affair on an even keel, the tournament committee will attempt to get equal total handicaps for the teams. And should be quite successful in view of last year’s tour-
ney. Already Highland has one bigname from the ranks of the touring pros to lead a twenty-four-some. He's Tony Penna. Several other front-line shooters are expected to be named in the next day or so.
The winning team will be that that takes the fewest number of strokes, but there also will be bundles of prizes for the low pro and the low shooters in the amateur net and gross divisions. For identification purposes, the teams will be known by the names of the Derby winners for the last 10 years — Whirlaway, Gallahadion, Johnstown and so on back to 1932. So much for the golf. With each ticket also will go an invitation to luncheon and dinner. And the early starters who are on the course before 10 a. m. will have breakfast on Highland. John J. Kennedy, the entertainment chairman, is planning dinner around the swimming pool, with a floor show and water carnival as ‘an added attraction, The whole afjoie is in the hands of Dr. Harry er.
In Today's Games
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis (Shoun 2-2 and White 6-1) at Chicago (French 3-9 and Olsen 5-2). Philadelphia (Blanton 5-4 and Podgajny 5-4) at Boston (Tobin 3-4 and Salvo 1-10). New York (Melton 6-5 and Hubbell 6-3) at Brooklyn (Wyatt 12-4 and Higbe 10-6). Pittsburgh (Lanning 2-4 and Heimtzelman 3-6) at Cincinnati (Walter 9-6 and Riddle 8-0).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Chicago (Lee 9-5 and Rigney 5-5) at Detroit (Bridges 4-6 and Newhouser 4-5). St. Louis (Muncrief 4-3 and Niggeling 1-4) at Cleveland (Feller 164 and Smith 4-5). Boston (Harris 3-7 and Wagner 3-6) at Philadelphia (Knotb 6-6 and McCrabb 6-6). Washington (Leonard 6-9 and Chase 3-8) at New York (Donald 3-2 and Breuer 3-1).
Kovacs might go through this field without losing a set. Again he might be eliminated in the second round. He’s that unpredictable.
But Kovacs has beaten Riggs five times and McNeill twice this year, the latter without losing a set, and he started the winter tour after|D working on his volleying, net. game and ground strokes. He has an improved forehand, has shortned the backswing and lengthened the follow through. He takes the ball a bit earlier. very hard from either side. It’s not easy to get Kovacs out of position with a drop shot. Where other sluggers experience difficulty with soft retrievers such as Riggs and ' Bitsy = Grant, Frothy Frank
Williams, Boston ... Heath, Travis
Collonbine, 8
Mize, St. Louis
Reiser, Bro Slaughter, St. Louis. 72 Lavagett Hack, Ch
DiMagei 0 York, x Tigers
Heath, Indians. «+ 108) i Yanks
He hits Prasels Senators.
Bench Settles Phil After Nervous Start
year, . Orville Brown,
The 240 pound Brown who hails
from Wichita, Kas., will take on Benny Rosen, 224, of Goshen, N. Y., Blackhum, ef ‘esse in a tussle calling for two falls out Zientara 2 of three. Rosen will be making his first trip into this territory.
“Lord” Lansdowne who turned in
an impressive showing here two weeks ago, will grip with Dave ‘Reynolds, of Boise, Idaho, in the semi-windup. be arranged.
Another match is to
the |] “Indian deathlock” | & hold artist, will return to local wrestling action and will top the outdoor mat bill next Tuesday night at Sports Arena.
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NEW YORK, July 4 (NEA)—A
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shellacks them. He is a powerhouse who combines’
| variety with speed.
The only thing predictable about the delightful Frank Kovac, however, is that he’ll have a good time doing whatever he does.
Among other strong contenders will be- Bill: Talburt, likely seeded -No. 4.and
month’s rest on the Yankee bench seems to have cured Phil Rizzuto of his bad case of “rookie nerves.” The highly publicized shortstop Tew turned to action as Frankie Croset:
ti suffered a sprained ankle and is turning in a commendable chore.
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time, anyway. Bob Quinn of the’ Braves tells the sfory of the Into Ed Morris, who’ coppéd 20 games for a nondescript Red. Sox club some years back, when he didn’t know one batter from another. - It was when they started coaching him. on the weaknesses of hitters that Big Ed.couldn’t get anybody out. He was all right until he started thinkin, Luke Sewell, the famous . catcher - managing Browns, contends a good share of most pitchers’ trouble:is
Allen preferred to pick his assignments. The Browns: considered disposing of him the other afternoon failed to salvage a game in Yankee Stadium, : Those who. know Allen best say he would still: bois whale of a pitcher in the National League, where he would: know little of the batters. . Elmer Riddle of the Reds; Spud Krist, Sam ‘Nahem' and Ernie White of the Cardinals and Bob :Carpenter of the Giants are among young pitchers emulating Feller . and showing that mound mastery isn’t a thing of the. past, Whit Wyatt, Higbe and Hugh Casey of the’ Lon Warneke of the Cards and Bucky Walters and.
when he’
Paul
Derringer of the Reds are experienced hands
to learn.
and whitewashed them, 2 to 0. With no runs chalked up in their last 18 innings, the Tribesters are on the point of offering a reward to the first member of their team that scores. Of course, when a ball club is down the breaks go the other way and last night's fracas was another example of Lady Luck turning the cold shoulder.
Another ‘Leaping Lena’ Catch The Indians loaded the bases in the ninth with one out and a hit meant a tie score and with the winning run on third. And Johnny Pasek stepped up there to give his all. He met one of Southpaw Oscar Judd’s pitches right on the nose and
‘|the horsehide took off on the line
headed for right center. But Louisville Second Baseman Al Mazer leaped high and made a back-handed stab on the whistling shot and turned it into a double play, retiring the side and ending the game. Probably more Leaping Lena catches have been made on the Hoosiers this season than any veteran baseball observer would believe, but it’s a fact, no less. The Tribe’s record for the current home stand is three games won and three lost, and today the home boys were to tackle the Colonels again in an afternoon double-header, first game at 1:30. And tomorrow night the Kansas City Blues will furnish the visiting attraction at the Stadium. ; Pitcher Italo Chelini of the Tribe staff was given the “air” today by Manager Wade Killefer for failure to round into playing condition. The southpaw was suspended indefi-
authority in the box despite the hopped-up Tor Cooper of the Cards was another until he a fr undergo the operation on his arm. . Dick Newsome, the Red Sox’ 31-year-old the latest to demonstrate it is never too late for a |
Dizzy Dean was a work-horse with the ball in: today. At the height of the one-time cotton picker’'s: teoric career, I asked him what he considered the miost important thing about pitching. “They tell me this and they tell me that,” replied. ar Diz, “but I just rear back and throw the plate with plenty on it “That puts the problem up to the hitter.”
ball over: the
Yes, Generals Die in Bed, but Our Indians Die on the Bases
Runs Wanted! It Has Been 18 Innings Since: the Redskins Have Put One Across He
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A firecracker in time might save the Indianapolis nine but it would have to be colossal and with a maximum detonation to do the heme boys any good in getting them around the bases. in their last four-starts, the situation at the Tribe park is pathetic. On: Monday they were goose-egged, 6 to 0; on Tuesday, when the heat wave was at its peak, the Redskins broke out in a rash of base hits and 11 to 8; on Wednesday they were shut out again, 10 to 0, an one hit, and last night the Louisville Colonels barged into the| Stadiurh
Shut out three times
eats
nitely, "or until he gets down ‘to playing weight and hustles. IE The Indians obtained’ Chelin}
from Baltimore in a trade for cil Brack, outfielder. It was a mound battle last’ hight between the Colonels’ Judd and Bill Cox of the Indians, the former ale lowing seven hits, the latter eight, The Colonels racked up their twe markers in the seventh, First Sacker Lupien walked, Cazen sacrificed and both were safe when Milton Galatzer fielded the pill and, made a useless throw to second, too late to head off Lupien. : Ernie Andres got a “bleeder” hi$ back of second, Alling the sacks, and Mazer belted a double good for two runs. The Indians had scoring opportunities in the third and enth that were passed up for e want of a hit in the clutch. his In the third, after one down, Céx singled and Wayne Blackburn ’ out a roller. However, both Wa Ambler and Bennie Zientara fall¢ to deliver. Bill Brubaker led off the Tribe seventh with a double and cooled his heels while Galatzer, Pasek and Cox were retired in order. After.one o in the ninth Allen Hunt was e on an error by Lupien, Brubaker walked and Galatzer beat out an ine field ‘hit, filling the sacks. There upon Mr. Mazer came through with Lis dazzling catch on Pasek . and called it a night. Some Louisville rooters were on hand and they said more Nolals would be up for today’s twin The Colonels are very much in pennant race, in second place oly Wo games behind Minneapolis.
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