Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 September 1941 — Page 16

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Go phers, Please

United Press Sta CHICAGO, Sept. 9.—A season of

like many sophomores of the past. The only item tabbed as a sure

-{ thing is Minnesota. For his defense

of the Big Ten Championship, Bernie Beirman has the makings of a team at least as strong as the 1940

* {outfit which whipped Northwestern

All's well that ends well—a picture story of Joe ‘McCarthy's downs and ups.

SPORTS. By Eddie Ash

THE National League’s torrid pennant race lost some of its heat when the Brooklyn Dodgers gained a threegame lead and with only three tilts remaining with the ‘challenging Cardinals. . . . And another factor in Brook- - lyn’s favor is the seven games remaining with last place Philadelphia. However, the Dodgers must play 17 of their remaining 19 on the road whereas the Cardinals play 15 of their remaining 21 at

home. St. Louis has completed its string with Cincinnati, winning 12,

losing 10. . Brooklyn has completed its string with the Giants

winning 14, Josing eight. Manager Billy Southworth of the Cardinals indicated yesterday

> that neither Terry Moore nor Enos Slaughter would be ready for.

duty for some time yet. . . . Moore said he still is shaky on his feet. + + . However, he is not suffering headaches any more. Moore might be used as a pinch-hitter in the Brooklyn series, starting Thursday, but nothing else, Southworth said. *Slaughter is having trouble lifting his shoulders. . . . Until the wires were removed from his recently broken shoulder, he had no * grouble lifting it, but since then, he has had plenty of trouble. . Both power hitters were batting over .300 when injuries forced

L them to the sidelines.

~The rivals resume the rate and clizse today, with Brooklyn at Chicago, Philadelphia at St. Louis. . . . Here's all the dope wrapped up in a table, assembled for your benefit to chew the fat over:

Dodgers Cardinals rd

Reco Games Left So Far

On Home Away Wop Loss nent

Brooklyn ... Cincinnati .. 0 Pittsburgh .. 0 New York... 3 Boston Philadelphia. 2

Totals ....15

12 1 14 13 16

Cincinnati .. oo Pittsburgh .. 0 New York... 0 Chicago .... 0 Boston . 0 Philadelphia. 2 2

1 9 8 7 4 2

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_ Barrow, McCarthy Used to Be Here THIRTY-SIX YEARS AGO Edward G. Barrows managed the Indianapolis Indians. . . . That was 1905. . . . Yeah, they finished $ixth, 31 games behind pennant-wnining Columbus. . « .- But it ' wasn’t Barrow who put the sixth-place curse on the Hoosiers. « « « = ED was Bill Phillips, in 1904, whose Tribesters finished 29% games off the pace. : Former Tribe Skipper Barrow is now the general manager of the New York Yankees and has been over a good span of years. ’ Also years ago Indianapolis had on its roster one Joe McCarthy, : who was just another infielder. . . . Fairly good on the defense but he couldn’t hit and wasn’t around long. , . . Well, he’s the same Irishman who is taking bows again for leading the Yankees to another pennant. After Indianapolis, McCarthy later played for Louisville, and since he couldn’t hit but looked like managerial timber because of aggressiveness and a jutting jaw, the Colonels appointed him skipper during the 1919 season, replacing Patsy Flaherty. "The Colonels finished third in 1919, second in 1920, and in 1821 McCarthy master-minded them to the pennant. ., , . They slipped to

sixth in 1922, climbed to third in 1923, held third in 1924 and then

knocked off the pennant again in 1925. This put the big league spotlight on Joe and the Chicago Cubs

named him pilot. . . . You know the rest of it, from Cubs to Yankees

‘and the golden seat. ae s # = ® = =

WHEN THE Chicago Cubs released Gabby Hartnett as manager, Johnny Corriden of Indianapolis also was removed from the

Wrigley Field premises. . . . Who's laughing now? . , . Well, Corriden

for one. . .. He caught on as a Brooklyn Dodger coach last spring nd is riding toward a nice, juicy cut of that World Series melon.

Bums, Cards, Spar a Couple

Rounds Before

Main Go

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Sept. 9.—The Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals, rocketing down the stretch in one of the National League’s bitterest flag fights, engage in preliminary skirmishes with the Chicago Cubs and Philadelphia Phillies today before starting in their all-important three-

game series begigning Thursday.

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Star Stops Here

Hays (Red) Copeland not only catches but leads the hitters on the Cities Service softball team of Shreveport, La. which will stop off here tonight en route to the national tourney for a game’ at Stout Stadium with Brosnan’s Tavern. Copelanfl’s battery mate is Carl (Two-Gun) Hart, who pitched Servel of Evansville te the state title several years ago.

Mephisto, Sergeant Come to Grips

Sergt. Bob Kenaston from Chicago and The Great Mephisto, who is out of Newark, come to grips in the headline attraction on the-out-door wrestling card tonight at Sports Arena. It will be a “rain or shine” show

for in case of unfavorable weather;

the matches will be moved indoors to the Armory. Kenaston and Mephisto follow an aggressive style of performance and both come well supplied with speedy and tricky maneuvers. They meet for two falls out of three. . In the semi-windup, Stacey Hall,

‘|assistant mat coach at Ohio State

University, takes on Jules La Rance,

Canada, while the 8:30 opener sends.

Dave Reynolds, Boise, Ida., against Milt Olsen, Minneapolis.

While the Dodgers, leading the league by three games, do not discount the Cubs as soft touches, and the Cards treat the Phillies with

“2 lequal respect, every man on both :|squads is geared for the critical ‘| series at Sportsman’s Park.

It would not be exaggerating to

say that these games appear in

prospect as the most exciting and closest set of contests waged in the

the Dodgers. They played one 12inning tie, faced each other in three double-headers and split each of them. . Best Bets Ready -.

Both pitching staffs have been rotated to bring their most effective moundsmen to the firing line, Luke Hamlin and Kirby Higbe are scheduled to pitch the two-game set

against the Cubs, who will use Claude Passeau and Paul Erickson. Hamlin has won only eight games for Brooklyn this year while Passeau has racked up 13 victories, in~ cluding three victories in four starts against the Dodgers. That leaves Fred Fitzsimmons, 40-year-old knuckleball veteran, to open the series against the Cards. Whit Wyatt will toss the second game and lean Curt Davis will go in the finale. “Fitz” has won five and lost one and was beaten, 3-1, in his last start against St. Louis, when he was ‘given poor support. Wyatt will {ry for his 20th victory while Davis has notched 10 triumphs.

From the Wrong Side

Manager Billy Southworth will send as many left-handers as he can against the Dodgers. Howie Pollet and Ernie White will handle the first two games and may be followed by Max Lanier in the third contest. Mort Cooper, belted from the box in his last three starts, may get the call over Lanier if Pollet and White fare badly. White has won 17 games and Pollet has turned in complete jobs in all of his four major league starts, winning three. Lanier has a mediocre 7-8 record while Cooper has registered 13 triumphs. On call for bullpen duty for the Dodgers will be rubber-armed Hugh Casey and Johnny Allen and for the Cards, Clyde Shoun—another lefty—Lon Warneke .and Harry Gumbert. Southworth has scheduled Warneke against the Phils’ Johnny Podgajny today with-Bill Crouch or Howie Krist figured fo pitch toMOITOW.

BASEBALL

~ Leonard Cleaners will play at Glenn’s Valley at 2 p. m. Sunday. Cleaner players are to meet at 1717

|S. East St. at 7 p. 1. tomorow,

‘Jarrin’ John

|Ready to Jar

HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 9—(U. P.) — Jarring John Kimbrough, last year’s terror of the gridiron and this year’s

horse opera hero, said today that he would play football this fall— for whoever would pay him the most money. “I'm going to make every penny 1 can out of football,” he said. “But just for one year. Then if it turns out that I'm a flop in the movies T’ll go back to Texas. I took animal husbandry at Texas A. & M., and I expect I'll be able to make a living.” : But it looks as if Jarring John might do all right in the movies. On location with a 20th-Century Fox unit making a “Lone Ranger” film, Kimbrough, all hands agreed, looks fine in cowboy clothes, is a good actor and photographs well, and he handles a six-gun as easily and naurally as he ever did a football.

Baseball Series

The unbeaten Gold Medal Beers will meet P.' R. Mallory at Riverside diamond No. 3 Saturday when the city amateur baseball series is resumed. _ The drawings for the series, made last night,” call for Saturday’s winner to clash with Falls City, the other survivor, on Sunday afternoon at the same diamond. Gold Medal has a record of four victories and no losses, while the other two teams | have slates of three triumphs and one defeat. Two defeats eliminates a team from the series.

Race Rulers Are Named

A. A. A. officials-to rule over the eight automobile races at the State Fair Grounds next Sunday . were announced today by Ted Doescher, chief steward and zone supervisor of the American Automobile Association. Virtually all the names are familiar to 500-mile race fans, and under their supervision the races are expected to be conducted in top-noteh manner. The list of officials: Capt. E. V. Rickenbacker, contest board chairman; T. E. Allen, contest board secretary; Ted Doescher, chief steward; T. E. Myers, contest board member; Charles Merz, referee; John Mehan, contest board member; L. W. (Ike) Welch, technical committee chairman; Seth Klein, chief starter; William Van Dewater, {assistant starter; Don Lallemand, chief scorer; Virginia Kiegwin, assistant scorer; Charles MacDonald, chief timer; Doug Reid, chief clerk of course, and George Cayter, assistant clerk of course. On the technical committee : will be James Lynch, Mike Mack, William Balmer, Charles Hauser and

director of 4. A A. publisity.

What's Your Baseball Policy, Neighbor? Are

sh Fanatic or Card Cheerer

to the Brooklyn Dodgers in the battle for the National League pennant, a United Press survey revealed today. Opinion on the outolin ofthe sate is WCreievenly dis ded. The survey indicated that Brook: lyn well-wishers = outnumber Louis Cardinal boosters alr almost 4 to 1, but some fear that re may falter in the stretch. Here's what the fans are ‘saying:

Oscar Nouthom, an Atlanta Aritck driver: “I don’t know exactly I like the Dodgers. Maybe it’s because they're so scrappy.” Mrs. Sadie McDonald and . her husband John have been selling peanuts at Boston ball parks for 22 years. John is for St. Louis but Mrs. McDonald is “for Brooklyn, St.| because when the Dodgers are in

Seattle has a large Flatbush following. Both the Seattle Times and

Louisiana warn that the Cards have

why | taken a big jump in popularity since

they bought up rookie pitcher Howie

Pollet. Pollet is a New Orleans boy|

who played with . Houston in the Texas League.

AUTO and Son]

they outdraw all the other|] {clubs and we sell more root beer.”

Seattle Star report, as do mosti}

Texan Becomes Golf Favorite

and Michigan ‘and ranked generally as the No. 1 team in the nation.

After Gophers, What.

After Minnesota, everything else is a terrific gamble. Michigan has lost Tommy Harmon, Forest Evashevski and several linemen. Northwestern lost its line, Indiana lost a veteran team. In the absence of concrete figures about these three, strongly in the 1940 campaign, Wisconsin and Purdue have gained considerable support among forecasters as the major darkhorses. Each decided last fall to junk its veterans and build with sophomores and with a full year of seasoning each is highly optimistic. As the nine coaches prepared tomorrow’s welcome, here’s the problem each faced:

How They Stack Up MINNESOTA—Can Bruce Smith All-American George Franck in the

Gopher backfield last fall? - MICHIGAN—Harmon and Eva-

'shevski gone and enough said. De-

scribed as a “gloomy outlook,” the situation probably is short of that. NORTHWESTERN—For the ‘sec= ond year in a row, Lynn Waldorf must find a new line to block for his veteran backs. INDIANA--Bill Hillenbrand, the sophomore flash, must deliver. PURDUE—Selective service may hurt the Boilermakers. More 21-

BROOKLINE, Mass. Sept. 9 (U. P.) —Betty Jameson, sharp-shooting Texan seeking her | third straight | ¢ Women’s National Golf Championship, was favored today when match play started at the Country Club.

from San Antonio tied with three eastern competitors for medalist honors with three-over par 76's in yesterday's 18-hole qualifying test. Buf to sentimentalists, the news of the day was the ‘failure of a woman who made her debut in this

gained the title three times.

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Betty Jameson . . » the favorite.

One line deep in the list of nonqualifiers marked the end of her gallant bid. It said: Margaret Curtis, Manchester, Mass., 46-48—94. Miss Curtis won National titles in 1907, 1911 and 1812, principally by the power of her woods and irons. In several other nationals she was runner-up or gained the medal. She is perhaps best known sponsor, with her sister, of the

equivalent of the Walker Cup series. The Curtis matches between ‘the United States and Great Britain were suspended after the outbreak of the present war,

45th renewal were Jean Bauer of Providence,. twice Rhode Island titlist, 21-year-old Alice Belanger of Beverly, Mass., a golfing twin who thrice held the Massachusetts’ junior crown, 'and Grace Amory of Locust Valley, N. Y. All three bogied the 18th hole by scoring fives. Blond Miss Bauer previously had missed an 140-yard ace by a scant two feet and then flubbed her putt on the 14th. Miss Belanger’s bid on that hole was a 20-foot putt that barely slid by the cup. Five was the best Miss Jameson could do on the 18th which has an unused polo field for a fairway and includes a piece of a former horse show ring and a group of wicked bunkers guarding the green. Barbara Ransom of Stockton, Cal., finished next to the leaders with a T1. Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of Greensboro, N. C., 1937 titlist, landed a three-way tie for third. The deadline for the 64 qualifiers was 89.

The smiling, 22-year-old titlist worry

classic in 1897 and Supsequentls,

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Curtis Cup golf matches, women’s|N

The trio who tied Miss Jameson s for the medal at the start of the S

year-olds on this squad than the average. If untroubled expect to finish high. OHIO STATE—Brown is starting

'|a new system with a new staff and

many new men. Speed is his main ‘WISCONSIN—A hard hitter to replace George Paskvan at fullback. IOWA—The “Kinnick fever” is passing and Iowa should settle down with . a strong running attack manned by last year’s finds. ILLINOIS—Zup had a line and no backs last year. It’s reversed.

| Evansville Wins 2d

By UNITED PRESS

Evansville last night won its second straight game from- the Decatur Commies, 7 to 4, to take commanding lead in its three-out-of-five - series for the ‘Shaughnessy playoff title. For the second time in a row, Springfield and Cedar Rapids were rained out in their series.

Murbarger N amed

WINSTON-SALEM, N. C., Sept. 9 (U. P.)—Sam Murbarger of Indianapolis, Indiana athletic commissioner, today was elected second vice president’ of the National Wrestling Association.

which figured|

carry the full load he shared with].

Indians’ s Sopliomores Are Hailed as Sensations, but— Draft Blocks Boilermakers

Ohio State’s New Coach Is Question Mark at Columbus and Michigan Outlook Is Gloomy By STEVE SNIDER

ff Correspondent

uncertainty opens tomorrow for the

nine football teams of the Big Ten Conference. National defense poses a problem in selective service. Ohio State is a question-mark under its new coach, Paul Brown. Indiana’s sophomores, hailed as sensations, could do wonders for the Hoosiers or flop

Bruce Smith . . can he run

alone?

Gridders Hold A ‘Tie Night’

“Tie night” was observed on the high school football circuit last night, with no less than three games

going to no decision.

Coach . Walter Floyd's Southport Cardinals, lifting the lid on Marion . County action, couldn’t quite get revenge for last year’s defeat by Anderson, but battled the Indians to a 6-6.tie. The Cardinals went on offense in the second quarter and drove to its touchdown, Morgan plunging from the three-yard line for the score. Anderson failed to score in the third period, but a pass in the final quarter netted the Indians six points .

- land a deadlock.

Kokomo and Wabash battled to a 7-7 tie, and Kirklin and Noblesville wound up in a ‘scoreless deadlock. Morton Memorial of Knightstown downed New Castle, 14-13, and War= saw shut out Bluffton, 19 to 0.

Baseball At

a Glance

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GAMES TODAY NATIONAL LEAGUB

New York at Pitisbur h. Philadelphia at St. (7rd

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYOF®

Minneapolis at Louisvill . Kansas PCity at Columbus ec A

RESULTS YESTERDAY

NATIONAL LEAGUE

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Bowling Notes

No. games scheduled. Maurice Wooden

To Coach Again

Times Special * MARTINSVILLE, Ind. Sept. 9— Maurice (Cat) Wooden, former Martinsville High School and Franklin College athlete, will serve as head basketball coach. and public rela-

New Mexico State Teachers’ College. Wooden previously coached at Ben Davis High School and last summer completed work at Indiana University for a master’s degree.

tions director this school year at}

Last night’s roll of better-than-

600 bowlers: Art Day, Fraternal Reg Kline, Fraternal .....

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