Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 July 1941 — Page 9

| WEDNESDAY, JULY 2, 1941

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By DAN DANIEL Pinch-hitting for Joe Williams

NEW YORK, July 23.— Close in the wake of the death of Sam Harris came the passing of Lew Fields, who at the age of 74 closed “in one” behind the inevitable final curtain in Los

. Angeles on Sunday. One by one the old timers of what once was the gay white way of Rector’s, Martin’s and Shanley’s wing to the Valhalla of the troupers. And with each of them goes something of the heart of old Broadway — the Broadway which saw Harrigan and Hart, Weber and Fields, Dave Warfield, De Wolf . Hopper, captivating Lillian Russell, shapely Frankie Bailey, Louis Man, John Drew, and the royal family of Barrymore. ° ~ Almost the last of the old guard is Ethel Barrymore, who, as she watched the Yankees beat Bobby

Feller yesterday, reminded us that her attachment for baseball and boxing was as strong as ever.

WE MENTION these glamorous figures of a Broadway that has gone because in the days that used to be there was a powerful affinity between the stage and sports, especially boxing. Nearly all of the old actors were fight nuts. Quite a few of the show managers at one time or another handled the business of scrappers. And before the movies began to flicker, it was the inevitable custom of ring heroes to turn to the board for between fights lagniappe, and for. World Series nobles to grab a few weeks in vaudeville: : Until the last four or five years, Lew Fields never missed a big fight. Well do we remember one which both of us. attended but missed, nevertheless. It was the so-called contest . between the fast-rising Jack Dempsey and big Fred Fulton, at what had been the Federal League Ball Park in Harrison, N. J. It was on Saturday, July 27, 1918. The ringside seats were camp chairs, set on ‘rather uneven ground. As Dempsey and Fulton came out at the bell, ‘Fields asked us, to move our chair a bit. We were blocking his view. Lew and I arose to adjust matters. When we sat down again we discovered Dempsey standing nonchalantly in a corner while two men were lugging Fulton hack to his stool. The fight was over in 17 seconds.

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SAM HARRIS’ connection with boxing was an intimate one. It was under the direction of Harris that Terrible Terry McGovern became the featherweight king in 1900. In fistic matters, Sam was as keen and adroit as he later on proved in discerning lucrative hits of the stage. After Sam had man=~ aged McGovern into the title he put him into vaudeville and buresque, in which Terry was something less than a John Drew.

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ETHEL BARRYMORE'S father, Maurice, who founded the family’s Broadway dynasty, liked to fool around with the management of fighters and wrestlers. All sorts of queer looking characters invaded the Barrymore .headquarters and developed a variety of social problems. Maurice never landed a champion, but he insisted he knew his scrappers. Billy’ Brady, dean of the theatrical managers of New York, was the most successful of the promoters of the sock and buskin. In his association with the roped ‘arena. Brady managed both jim Corbett and Jim Jeffries. No, not at the same time. In those days, that sort of thing wasn’t done. Not that the managers of battiers in the long ago were angeiic creatures. : It was the erudite Brady who was in Jeff’s: corner that May night in 1900 at Coney Island, when the Boilermaker had his hands full with the faded Corbett. As round followed round, Brady begged Jeffries to tear into Gentleman Jim. But Corbett’s masterful boxing had the bigger man, with his peculiar crouch, tied in a knot. Finally Corbett’s legs failed him and in the 23d round he was knocked out. Five minutes more, and Corbett would have made a singular place for himself in ring history as the only heavyweight to. recover a once-lost €hampionship.

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By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Service Sports Editor NEW YORK, July 23.—Clair F. Bee having realized a midsummer night's dream at Manhattan Beach, the A. A. U. contemplates a series of basketball tournaments throughout thé nation next ‘“season,” with finals to be played at the resort not far from Coney Island. So, you see, Clair Bee, the little energy-burning coach of Long Island University, is making bas=ketball an all year-round game. The first four night games at’ Manhattan Beach this summer played to 43,3156 paid admissions. More than, one major league baseball club would settle for Yaak in daylight. The Manhattan Beach A.C. tent the Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst, L. I., before 14,527 persons, and repelled the Flatbush Boys’ Club before 15,283. Bee during school vacation is director of recreation at Manhattan Beach, the world’s largest privately owned playground. As such, he finas enough: jobs as special officers, lifeguards, etc., to give all members of his basketball squads, varsity and freshman, summer jobs at $4 a day. 2 8 SQUADS FIRST practiced after working hours and then started playing exhibition games to tune up for the winter campaign. These games attracted so many people that Bee decided to bring in other squads and charge admission. Manhattan Beach went to an expense of .$8500 in setting up night basketball. A regulation court was. laid out on a 20,000-. square foot roller skating area. Special backboards - with "bases weighing a ton each were built. Arc lights were erected. A special loud speaker amplifying system was installed. The management now plans a stadium seating 6000. The only seats available now are benches lining the roller-skating area, and they are filled ‘two hours before game time. The rest stand. « There are now 25 teams in the Manhattan elimination tourna-. ment. One loss and a team is out. In addition, the Metropolitan A. A. U. basketball committee conducts a tournamént with doubleheaders on’ Saturday and Sunday afternoons. The lineups of all these teams are studded with high school -graduates and college players. The Manhattan A. C. team is the L. I. U. varsity ‘in disguise. Elmer Ripley has five members of his Georgttown varsity with his Staten Island Hoyas. There are 43 past and present college players and 78 high s¢hool lads playing basketball at Manhattan Beach.

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siums, Madison Square Garden and wintry blasts. | But there is plenty of skillful shooting going on while the gentle breezes blow at Manhattan Beach. Summer basketball is doing more than all right at Manhattan Beach, where it has no less than 57 other activities in the way of competition.

Amateur Notes

SOFTBALL

, CITY PARKS

Schedule for tonight's p Sales in BushFo Twilight Factory Advance Electric vs. YNastonal Starch at Riverside 1. Peerless Foundry vs. Indianapolis Glove at Garfield 32 I, S. Employees vs. Packard-Capehart at Willat d 1 Judiguapelis Pe Pains & Color vs. American Can Brooksid

SPEEDWAY STADIUM

Schedule for tonight's games in SmithHassler Ma Rjest ic League: 6:3 Mayer vs. Banner-Whitehill. 7:30—) Ett d Stewart vs. Union Trust. : ven Up vs. Mitchell 8 9: A—Doment vs. Bookwalter- Bal- Greatuse

County Sunday School League: 8econd Friends, 5; First B., Central Christian,” 1; Southport, 0. Pirst Presbyterian, 4; Brookside U. B., 2 (nine innings).

Zenite Metal defeated Castleton yesterday, 10 to 3. The winners will play Fountain Square at 5:30' p. m. on Willard 1 tomorrow

STOUT STADIUM

Results in last night's games in Em-Roe Independent Leag Broshan Pavoae 11; Mutual Milk, 1. Dee Jewelry, 7; Kay Jewelry, 6. Martins Market, 7; Weaks Market, 6. Firal standings in above Hy Pct! Brosnan Tavern 900 1 ‘Milk

Martins Market Kay Jewelry

At 8:15 tonight In the Em-Roe Civic League at Stout Stadium the Labor Temple will battle it out with the Richardson's Market for the league lead. Both teams are tied for first place with six wins an one loss. al Mahaney will toe the rubber for Richardson's and. Porter Steenberger

and Tommy Lang are ais for the Labor

Temple. vin Pibe Bt game at 7, Wayne Park Ga-

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rage will at 9:30 the Riverside Park Buddies will meet Kay Jewelry squad.

Gem Coal defeated Fortville, 24 to 1, The Coal team would like to k night games oh out-of-town teams within a radius of 40 miles. Contact W. F. Clem, 511 N, Bradley.

sted in a softball game call Sam at RI. 3738.

The Castleton = Merchants will meet Kay Jewelry at 6 p. m. Friday at Castleton and take on the Fountain Square A. C. and Irvington Merchants in a Sunday double= header.

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~ Pirst-round pairings in the EmRoe state girls’ tournament scheduled Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Kokomo:

" Friday Night 7: 30_Lafayette Duncan Electric vs. Kokomo Moos 8: 30—Delco Remy vs. Logansport. Saturday Night

7:30—Gas City vs. Babb’s All8: :30—Hoosier “A, 6. vs ab Fe. Wagner

Results in last night’s games in Marion

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Golfers rs Move Into Second Round Battles

Walter Cisco of New Albany Follows Morey

FRENCH LICK, Ind., July 23 (U. P.).—Paced by Medalist Dale Morey of Martinsville, Louisiana State University star, a field of 32 Hoosier linksmen took to the rolling fairways of the Taggart Hill course today in first and’ sec-

pionship. Morey shot a one-under-par T1 yesterday for a total of 141—three strokes under par for the 36-hole qualifications. ' He was followed closely by Walter

70 .in Monday's round but shot a par-72 yesterday for a total of 142.

Best Round Yesterday's best round was by Jack - Taulman of Columbus. who toured the circuit in 680 and finished

third among the qualifiers with a two-day score of 145. Cisco is in the upper bracket of the championship flight while Morey is in the lower, therefore, if the two keep up their present pace they would not meet until the final match on Saturday. However; most followers of the hit-the-ball-and-walk sport do not expect to see Morey and Cisco matched in the finals. There are golfers in both flights who can cause the leaders no end of trouble now that the chips are down.

Defending Champion

Threatening Cisco’s chances in the top flight is John David of Indianapolis, the defending champion, who tallied a 73-74—147 in his quest for medalist’s honors. His place in the championship flight already was reserved because of his crown.

Perry Byard of Terre Haute also had a 147 to add zest to the upper bracket race and Tim David, John’s brother, had a 148. In the lower flight, Francis Cox of Terre Haute trailed Moxey and Taulman with 147, Rated a strong contender from the second flight is Hank Kowal, 1941 Indianapolis district champion, who had a pair of 74s for 148 in qualifications. Bill Charles of Indianapolis and. Marvin Shaw of Columbus each

lower bracketers who broke 150. The team championship was won by Columbus, with Jack Taulman, Marvin Shaw, Chuck Taylor and Henry Timbrook winning with 598 strokes. Rea Park of Terre Haute and Meridian Hills of Indianapolis were tied for second, with 602.

TODAY'S CHAMPIONSHP . FLIGHTS _ TOP FLIGHT John David, Indianapolis, 73-T4—147, vs. Ray Roberson, Indianapolis, 79-73—152, Phil Talbott, Bloomington, 73-76—149, vs. gD iEnt Mitchell, French Lick,

76-78— Byard, Terre Haute, 72-75—147,

Perry vs. Riissell Phillips, Terre Haute, 175-78

Sonny Shelby, Lebanon, 77-74—151, layer. Evanevilie, ri 4, 3, vs. any, -72— 42, Dahl, West Lafayette, 78-75— ys, 2m . 'Espie Indianapolis, wie, vs. H. Cork, Sadianapolis, 76-78—154

Uidiana olis, Dick Taylor, W. La ayette, 74-70—183.

k' Stackhouse, Indianapolis, 73-78— Bl vs. Mike Kaperak, Terre Haute, 5-79 LOWER FLIGHT

Morey, Martinsville iS vs. Dan Cravens, Franklin, 75-78— Marvin Shaw, oliomier, 13140, vs. Ray Jones, Indianapolis, 16 oat Cox, Terre C. 8 3.

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Kowal, Sndianapotls 43, Walter Cha ndianapolis, 75-T0—134 Charles rter, Indianapolis, TT4—181, vs. Gene Pulliam Jr., Lebanon, 75-80—156.

BASEBALL

The four teams which will play in the “Amateur day” double-header at Perry Stadium Aug. 3 will be selected tonight at a meeting of the

sociation officials at the City Hall.

The Black Indians, who will play at Crawfordsville Sunday, have open dates and would like to schedWrite or call Bob Matthews, 726 N. Senate Ave. phone; LI. 0963.

Block’s Tourney

Ralph Cole and Jack Stott shot 7s to capture low gross honors in the William H. Block Co.’s annual golf tournament at Speedway yesterday. First place in the blind par tour nament went to C. C. Stump, Preston Stoner and John Hicks, °

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American League Pennant.

The New York Yankees are going to win the American League pennant, That is the lesson that 45,227 of us learned at Yankee Stadium yesterday as we sat through a sultry

afternoon and watched the Yankees do combat with a disorganized

group of young men from Cleveland called the Indians. This was the beginning of what

the poets and philosophers of ancient Greece

call “a croocial series,” because if the Ohio Red-

skins are ever going to get organ-

ized, yesterday was their day to t. ‘

They sent Rapid Robert Feller, the big smoke and flame man, out to try to keep them in the pennant race, but some of Rapid Roberts 2 was wild and he wasn't able to prevent contact between the ball and the bats the Yankees were swinging. They hit him for singles, | doubles and home runs and every crack of the bat sounded like the b's 2s were driving another nail is “e coffin of Cleveland's penr Jpes. pid Robert’s behalf it must i that the Cleveland collapse ove. the last month was not his fault, More than any other one man on the team, he has kept the Indians plugging along. But there is a quaint tradition in baseball that each side must have nine men on the field, and on too many

®| afternoons the Indians are unable

to assemble nine athletes who can beat the Yankees. Within the next two days your agent expects to receive considerable mail, inquiring as to why he did not reveal last March that the Yankees were going to win the pennant. He will be reminded that he announced with considerable con_|fidence that the—ouch!—Cleveland .|Indians were going to win the pennant and then sweep the World

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Tourneys Carded For Pin Marathon

Bowlers on hand to follow the progress of Ed Fanchally in his quest for a new bowling endurance record at Je Pennsylvania Alleys will have ty to take a Ming at the a, themselves. t has announced that e —a Oules tournaments will be conducted Fanchally's bowling period, g doubles for men and a mixed doubles. The events will ‘be operated on a handicap basis aad Srliries now are being received at the Pennsylvania Alleys. ny, usual entry fee will prevail in the tournaments, but no charge will be made for spectators during

! the time Fanchally attempts ‘his

assault on the present record of 362 consecutive games. The “iron man” of the tenpin lanes is scheduled to take his initial firing at 1 p. m. Friday, Aug. 1, and experts have figured that he should wind up his 363d game early Mon-

The St. Louis Cardinals show National League rivals how to run bases. They go in head first a la Pepper Martin and Frank Frisch. Johnny Hopp steals third here with such enthusiasm that Umpire Lee Ballanfant has to change his decision. Hopp overslides, takes his hand off the bag and is tagged by Cookie Lavageito of Brooklyn,

This Is a Very Tender Drama Called ‘Last of the Mohicans’

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor °'

NEW YORK, July 23.—Some people worry about .death, some people worry about taxes and some people worry about who is going to win the

Your agent is not prepared to help you in the matter of death and| taxes, but if you are fretting about the American League pennant, why, hush yoh cryin’, honey chile, because it's all settled.

swer is that your agent made his prediction after receiving this telegram from a cousin twice removed who belongs to the same lodge as the man who fires the furnace for Manager Roger Peckinpaugh of Cleveland. ‘Indians have won.

Last evening the cousin sent this|’

supplementary telegram: “Disregard my wire of last March. It referred to Indians who fought Custer.” It looks as though Red Ruffing will pitch the opening game of the World Series with Marius Russo starting the second one. That is about all today except that your agent hereafter will refer to the drama at the Stadium yesterday in which the Indians were defeated 4 to 3 as “The East of the Mohicans.”

Birds Climb Into Second

By-UNITED PRESS Columbus took over second place in the American Association race last night, defeating league-leading Minneapolis, 9 to 8. ' Murry Dickson was the winning pitcher, but his having to leave the game in the ninth because of a sore finger almost ruined the Red Birds. Minneapolis staged a four-run rally, and three Columbus pitchers —Red Barrett, Preacher Roe and John Grodzicki—went to the mound before it was halted just a run short of deadlocking the score. Milwaukee came from :behind ‘to defeat Louisville, 5 to 2, the defeat dropping the Colonels from second to third in Association standings. St. Paul beat Toledo, 9 to 5, the Saints collecting 15 hits off the|. hurling of Johnny Whitehead, Harry Kimberlin, Frank Biscan and

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