Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 July 1941 — Page 6

Don McNeill

Bobby Riggs

“Say It Ain’t True About Lloyd

Mangrum,’ Sing the Golfing

(Greats as They Arrive for P.G.A.

The Three Invalids, Nelson, Wood and Snead Are

Ready to ‘Take Off the Wraps’ Again

By STEVE SNIDER

United Press Sta

DENVER, July 5.—Most of the favorites for the Professional Golfers Association championship tournament flew in today all wailing the same theme: “Say it ain’t true about :

Lloyd Mangrum.”

Wiry little Lloyd, preparing for his first P. G. A. tournament, has blistered water-studded Cherry Hills for five

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straight days, and since every tournament must have its

darkhorse, he is the unani-

mous choice.

Mangrum and Ben Hogan,

two of the earliest arrivals, both had solid backing as did defending champion Byron Nelson and U. S. Open Champion Craig Wood. They were here alecng with more than a dozen others of the expected field “of 117 which opens a two-day qualifying test Monday.

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the pennants.

In four of the last five years the National League team that led after the Independence Day games did not play in the World Series. The exception was the Cincinnati Reds in 1939, who led at the traditional halfway mark and beat off a rush by the Cards to win. : But in the American League the half-way leader has won the pennant four out of the last five years. The Indians were on top last July 5th morning but blew the pennant to the Tigers who were second at that point. In the other four years the Yanks were on top and stayed there.

Following chart shows the July

ranked behind this fancy trio. tennis game just as pretty as that smile. cisco miss to win the national women’s singles at Forest Hills late in August.

Virginia Wolfenden

Here are five of the touring tennis stars you can see next week during the Western Tennis Championships at the Woodstock Club. Seedings in the men’s singles this afternoon were to rank McNeill. as the No. 1 player in the field. Riggs was to be seeded second, and screwball Kovacs third. Young Talburt of Cincinnati was to be: The rose among these thorns—Miss Wolfenden—has a Incidentally, Kovacs picks this San Fran-

and Yankees

Held Down First on the Fourth

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 5.—There’s a baseball adage that says the teams hat lead the major league races after the July 4th games will win

If you are a National League fan, don’t you believe it. But if you're an American League fan, you might as well get ready to see the Yanks in the World Series.

.| the winner, finished third. It was a

title of any importance, Mangrum is a picture of consistency, finishing high in the money in 28 of the last 34 medal play tournaments. His best effort in major meets were seconds to Byron Nelson in the 1939 Western Open and to Jimmy Demaret in the 1940 Masters. Both his shots and temperament are suited to Cherry Hills. He’s a shot gambler, willing to risk penalties to win a hole he needs, and

4th leaders and the pennant winners for the last five years:

Winner Reds (2) Tigers (2) Reds Yanks Cubs (3) Yanks Giants (3) Yanks Giants (5) Yanks

Year July 4 Leader 1940—(N) Dodgers (A) Indians 1939—(N) Reds ° (A) Yanks 1938—(N) Giants - (A) Yanks 1937—(N) Cubs . (A) Yanks 1936—(N) Cubs Yanks

Nr : Joe Vosmik NEW YORK, July 5.(U. P).—

Ben Hogan . . . the favorite.

Dayton Eagles Play Local Softballers

The West Side Eagles of Dayton, O., who are tied for first place in the Ohio ‘Major Softball League, will play a double-header against J. 8. C. of Indianapolis at Speedway Stadium Sunday night. Jack Chappelle, third baseman for the Eagles has hit in the last fifteen games. The team has won 19 and lost two. The feature game is at 8:30 p. m. while Hooser A. C. Girls will meet R. C. A. Girls in the 7:30 p. m. tilt.

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Only Hogan Outscored Him

In his last three rounds, Mangrum picked up two 70’s and a 69 four under par for the 54 holes. Only Hogan has outscored him this week. Condition of the three invalids— Nelson, Wood and Sam Snead—was the chief item today. Nelson was reported to be wearing a splint on the finger he injured a week ago slamming his car door, but apparently he hoped to defend his championship. Wood and Snead sent word ahead that their back miseries have cleared up enough to make it tough on the field next week. Jimmy Thomson, the hefty hitter from Chicopee Falls, Mass., Horton Smith, Pinehurst, N. C., Jimmy Hines, Lakeville, N. Y., and Vic Ghezzi, Deal, N. J., had their first peek at the course yesterday. Thomson’s 70 tied Mangrum and Hogan for the best of the day. Smith fired an even par 71 but Hines, who said airplanes droning over his hotel kept him awake at night, was shaky on the greens and withheld his score.

Borican Captures Decathlon Title

BRIDGETON, N.J, July 5 (U.P.). —John Borican, a native Philadelphian but competing under the colors of Shore A. C., today held the National A. A. U. Decathlon crown

Detroit.

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, July 5 (U. P.).—If everyone will now take his seat quietly and the committee please come to order, I would like to make a motion that the Marquis of Queensberry rules be suspended for the forthcoming encounter between Abe Simon and Buddy Baer. Otherwise it will be impossible for them to fight. They . are matched for next month, and there may be two bigger boxers loose somewhere in the world but not even the oldest inhabitant of Cauliflower Canyon can suggest who they might be. Between them, Baer and Simon will weigh more than 500 pounds f. 0. b. ringside even though Joe Louis has fought them both and cut them down to his size

With their fine flair for artistic phrases, the fight mob already is referring to the engagement as the “Battle of the Behemoths,” and for once the press agents have kept a tight rein on their imaginations. It really will be an awesome sight

eafer. | when Baer and Simon walk to the

’| joy in Flatbush.

: (A) (Note: Numeral after pennant winner indicates position in race on July 4th).

Brooklyn is leading the National

League pennant chase today by a one-game margin but all was not

While the Dodgers were idle, the Cubs did them a good Samarit:p turn by slapping down the Cardinals

Kosof's Pinboy Is Durable, Too

What started out merely as a bowling endurance attempt at the Dezelan Alleys developed into a dual marathon.

Adolph Dirich, who was setting up the pins when Maxie XKosof began his marathon last night, was still at work after 13 hours today. Dirich said he would attempt to work the full 400 games or “stick with it until he gave out.” Out to break the record of 362 straight games, Kosof passed the 110-game mark shortly before noon. Although he developed a sore thumb early last night, he reported this morning that he was “still in the pink” and ready to go the rest of the distance. After 110 games Kosof had compiled an average game score of 183. His highest count, recorded early last night, was 258, but on the 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th and 80th games he produced better- than-

after nosing out Uyval Jones of

of the officials rummaged around

Outright release of Joe Vosmik today left the Brooklyn Dodgers with only four outfielders. Vosmik, bought from the Red Sox in the spring of 1940 for $25,000, was cut adrift to make room for. catcher Angelo Guiliani, recalled from Minneapolis to understudy Herman Franks until Mickey Owen recovers from a recent “beaning.”

twice, 6-5, and 5-2, knocked the St. Looeys out of a tie for the lead.

Larry French's eight-hit pitching| 2 and Sturgeon’s hitting won the nightcap. . . . Bill Nicholson clouted homer No. 15 for an extra tally. . . . The Reds continued to ride the treadmill by winning .from the. Pirates, 8, and then losing to them. 6-4.

American League

from the Browns, 9-8 and 3-2 and picked up a full game on the idle Yankees. Rain ruined plans for the unveiling of the Lou Gehrig Memorial at Yankee Stadium at which a throng of 65,000 was expected... Bob: Feller was battered out of ‘the box for the third straight time by the Browns but a last-ditch rally with two out enabled the Indians to pull the first game out of the fire, as Ken Keltner hit a homer with two on. Then a walk and Heath’s single, on which outfielder Grace erred permitted the tying run to count. . . , Feller was rapped for 9 hits in 6% innings, walked eight and fanned 10. .. . Lou Boudreau’s double in the seventh drove in two runs and won the

200 sums.

middle of the ring and the earth shakes for miles.

We got a faint idea of the difficulties surrounding this bout the other evening when Simon was

matched with some gladiator whose name shall be Legion because we are too lazy to walk to the morgue and look it up in the files. This was supposed to be tune-up bout to prepare Abe for his engagement with Baer. The combatants were in their corners, the seconds were murmuring that age-old admonition “Get in their and punch, he; can’t hurt us,” and most of the spectators were on edge (there were three bars just outside the entrance to the arena). The crisis arrived when they tried to put the gloves on Simon. The first pair was too small, . but they did cover the cuticle and helped disguise the fact . that Simon had “dishpan hands.” One

in a box, came out with another pair and suggested politely: “Just slip these on for size please.” Simon obliged and the gloves came up

nighteap.

We Hate to Butt In, but May We Suggest Man Mountain Dean As Ref in This Ballyhooed 'Battle of the Behemoths'?

. “Won't do at all,” said Legion's second, “they're wearing them longer this season; way up around the wrist.” The result was that they couldn’t find a pair of gloves large enough for Simon and had to call off the bout. One spectator who was very much on edge saw the gladiators leaving the ring, turned to his companion and said: “Fashest knockout I ever shaw.” It issimpossible to see how a referee is going to operate in the BaerSimon fight unless he learns to walk on stilts or puts head phones on the fighters so he can communicate with them when he wants them to break out of a clinch. Another problem is going to be how to get the stricken ‘man back to his dressing room in event he is knocked horizontal and is unable to rise. One suggestion is that Premoter Mike Jacobs call for: bids for ‘removal of the body from firms {hat recently have been" engaged wrecking the Sixth Avenue Gevated line. But the most brilliant suggestion

slightly past his first set of kunckles.

has been that the fighters borrow Lincoln,

The. Indians won two thrillers |

Haines Swims Home First

Schuyler Haines of the Huntington Y. M. C. A. finished threetenths of a second ahead of David Gastineau of the Riviera Club for victory in the men’s division of the annual state A. A. U. river swim yesterday. Haines went the three miles in the time of 56 minutes 39.5 seconds. Rod Davis of the Riviera Club finished third; and John Dilley and Glenn Smith of Huntington finished fourth and fifth. Davis had a time of 58:25.8. In the girls’ division, June Fogle of the Riviera Club paced the field over the 1% -mile route in the time of 31:05.5. Mary Ann Walts was second and Joan Fogle, sister of

clean sweep for the Riviera Club.

Amateur Notes

K. OF C.-C. Y. 0. SOFTBALL St. Roch vs. Lourdes at Brogkeside 2. Crusaders vs. St. illar Shamrocks vs. Cath si] > Riverside 2. 0 St.- Catherine drew a b Goldsmith Seconds will be after their 18th straight victory Sunday in the Bush Feezle League. The team desires out of town games. Write 535-37 S. Illinois St. Call LI1612.

The Black Indians split a doubleheader with the Franklin Cubs at Franklin yesterday, losing the first game, 13 to 6, but taking the nightcap, 6 to 4. _

Trinity .vs. Holy Rosary at Gar-

Schedule for tonight’s games at Softball Stadium:

7:00 p. m.—Y, & B. Paint vs. Irvington Merchants.

D. —Indianapolis Machinery and Supply vs. i coser Post V. F. W. Bush-Feezle Sunday - Morning Softball League playing on City Parks:

Goldsmith Secos vs. Local No. 165 at Riverside

Continehial Optical vs. New Jersey A.C. at Willard an m’s Mon Shop vs. N. E, C. at Brook-

Morzaniown I. O. O. F. desires game at home Tuesday night. Cali Gene Schoolcraft at the Green Lantern Cafe.

Sunday Schedule at Garfield 2:

2:30 n.~=Bertram Electric vs, Castleton Merchants Srvingt Metohant — ngto: r Romanian star Society. 1 fgan's Vs.

SPEEDWAY STADIUM Results in yesterday’s July 4th

tournament:

pSDeedway Lions Club, 9; Castleton Mer cl Zenite Metal, 5; Weak’s Market, Domont Bottling C8 1; a Cabinet of Bloomington, Speedway Lions, 4; 0 enite Metal Seana Lions, 12; Domont, 5 (inal),

Lions breezed through the OT behind the steady pitching of Frank Wallace who hurled every game.

Softball Playoff

The rubber game of a three-game series between the Pepsi-Cola Boosters and the Cummins Secos of Columbus, Ind., is scheduled for

8:30 tomorrow night at Softball Stadium.

who, when challenged by a much smaller man, painted circles on himself and told his opponet to confine his blows to those areas. The idea would be that no person could pos-. sibly shift his eyes from Simon’s stomach to his head in time to see a punch land.

The eye is a wonderful thing, but it couldn’t cover that much distance in a limited amount of time. Under, this system a rectangle would be drawn on each man’s body and face and designated as “combat are Punches that landed anywhere. else

ognized only by an exchange of dip-

lomatic notes.

The broadcast will be done by Orson Welles.

Fuel Pans

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Bill Talburt

Frank Kovacs

header and the discovery brought them a 4-to-3 victory over the Louisville Colonels.

The Tribesters took it on the chin in the holiday opener after 11 innings of sizzling baseball, the Colonels winning, 1 to 0. It was a mound duel between Ray Starr and Lefty Lefebvre and the latter got the breaks while luck deserted the Redskins and Starr, who: was trying for his 13th victory. A new series is to open under the Perry Stadium lights tonight when the Kansas City Blues invade for a four-game stand, one game tonight, two tomorrow and one Monday night. The Knothole Gang will be Tribe guests tonight and action is scheduled at 8:30.

Fans See Plenty

Approximately 2700 fans sat in on the firecracker twin bill yesterday and they were well-rewarded in that first tilt by great pitching and snappy fielding. Had he won the opener, Starr intended to go back in for a second helping in the nightcap, but the strain of working 11 innings and no runs behind him changed the situation. The Indians had a runner tossed out at the plate in the sixth. Bennie Zientara doubled after two down and Kermit Lewis walked. Allen Hunt’s line drive was cuffed down by First Sacker Lupien who made a leaping stab, and when the ball bounced toward the grandstand wall Zientara headed for home but was called out on Lupien’s peg to Catcher George Lacy. Southpaw Lefebvre was so tough and his support so good that only one Indian got as far as third base, and that was Zientara in the sixth.

The Louisville hurler scattered elght hits and Starr held the Colonels to the same total. But two “bleeder” safeties in the 11th won for the Kentuckians. Lefebvre beat out an infield roller to Third Sacker Brubaker’s left on the grass and Johnny * Pesky sacrified.

Scores on Close Play

Chet Morgan got a hit on a fly to short center that fell just out of reach of Blackburn and Hunt. This advanced Lefebvre to third and he scored the victory marker after the catch on Art Parks’ fly to Hunt. Hunt's throwin came within ¢ whisker of nipping Lefebvre who hit the dirt just in time to tally. The besters completed three double plays to one by Louisville, who won the series, two games to one. In discussing the bad breaks Starr

is getting, Manager Wade Killefer

said the big fellow would be sporting 18 victories had the Indians given him something to work on in six of his eight defeats. « Louisville broke the scoring ice in the first stanza of the second game yesterday when Pesky tripled and scored after the catch on Morgan's

long fly. They chalked up another

run off Bob Logan in the second canto and the Indians became aroused—at last.

Galatzer Scores Hunt

Hunt drew a walk as first up in the Tribe second, Lewis popped out and Joe Bestudik was safe on an error. Milt Gaiatzer brought Hunt home with a single and Bestudik scored later on Johnny Pasek’s infield out. Hunt’s double, a fielder’s choice and an out got the Indians a run in the fourth and Blackburn’s double and Zientara’s two-bagger accounted for a fourth run in the fifth. A single by Lupien, a walk and Francis (Red) Walsh's single tallied the Colonels’ third and last marker in the sixth of .the seveninning nightcap.

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BLUE poINT sie EAs:

Our Run-Starved Indians Come Out of It After Three Shutouts |As Bob Logan Twirls a Winner

Colonels. Take First Tilt From Starr, 1 to 0, and Tribe Escapes With a 4-to-3 Victory

By EDDIE ASH ; After suffering three consecutive shutouts and four within five days, the run-starved Indianapolis Indians finally located home plate in the second half of yesterday’s double-

Birds Alone Capture Two

By UNITED PRESS

The Columbus Red Birds were the ~nly team in the American Associa oh able to sweep both ends of the aoliday doubleheaders and as a consequence they moved today into a tie for third place with the Kansas City Blues. Columbus held the Toledo Mud Hens| scoreless for 15 innings— through the seven-inning first game and until the last inning of the big second. They won the first, 3 to 0, and the second, 7 to 1. Murry Dickson pitched the five-hit shute out; Harry Brecheen the three-hit nightcap with last inning assistance from John Grodzicki. 1 Clay Smith struck out’ll Minneapolis Millers in six innings to give the St. Paul Saints a first game, victory, 7 to 5. Minneapolis pitcher Joe Hatten tripled in the 12th inning of the second game to win it for himself, 8 to 6. His three-bag-ger drove in two runs to cinch the game. The Milwaukee Brewers found the range of four Kansas City pitchers, pounded them for 14 hits, and won the opening game, 8 #0 6, Kansas City won the second game, 7 to 3. >

Welburn Out Speeds Playland Drivers

SOUTH BEND, Ind. July 5 (U, P.).—National dirt track champion fm Welburn of Indianapolis late yesterday captured the featured 15-mile event of a holiday racing auto racing program at Playland

Bob Logan . . . a winner.

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