Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1941 — Page 10
SPORTS. By Eddie Ash
THE BIG LEAGUE baseball season closes Sept. 28, Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis battles challenger Lou
Nova Sept. 29 and the World
Series open Oct. 1. . .. The
fistic brawl is to be staged in New York and the World
Series opens there.
It will be a tasty dish for sports goers who have the time and
cash to take in both attractions. .
. « But the public usually comes
up with the necessary cash to attend big events just like at key football games from week to week all over the land.
Louis’ clash with Nova will mark ‘the 19th time that the champ has answered the bell in defense of his
title since he gained the throne in
1937 by flattening Jim Braddock. This record was never equalled by any of his predecessors on the fistic heights . . . but it must be remembered that the reason some of the old champ warriors failed to fight oftener, was becguse of lack of fitting challengers and smart promoters. . . » This was true in the case of Jim Jeffries, according to boxing historians. However, the sports world doffs its gkimmer to Louis for his willingness to meet all comers. . . . His rise to
Lou Nova
fame as a professional puncher was accomplished with but one defeat to mar his spectacular record. . . . That was when Herr Max
Schmeling knocked him out in their
first clash in 12 rounds in 1936.
¢ « « The Brown Bomber wasn't champion then.
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tough for Joe. . . . The longer the
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THIS CORNER believes Lou Nova is going to make matters -
brawl lasts, the better are the
challenger’s chances . , . and defeat must overtake Joe some time if he continues in the game. , . . But we'll string with Joe again,
and by a knockout.
Counting from John L. Sullivan to Louis, America has had 15 world’s heavyweight fistic champs, in this order: Sullivan, James J. Corbett, Bob Fitzsimmons, James J. Jeffries, Tommy Burns, Jack Johnson, Jess Willard, Jack Dempsey, Gene Tunney, Max Schmeling,
Jack Sharkey, Primo Carnera, Max Jolting Joe.
300-Homer Circle Hard to Crash
Baer, James J. Braddock and
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HE WOULDN'T KNOW it for a while yet about the first 100 years being the hardest, but Indianapolis’ Chuck Klein will tell you right now that the 300th homer is tougher than any of the 299 he
hit up to this year.
He’s got it now, but it took till Aug. 18 to make’it.
The National League now has a
pair of 300 hitters, if you mean
homers. . . « In the previous dozen National League campaigns, burly . Charlie, sometimes a Cub and a Pirate, but first and last a Phil, was
a home run power-house all season as producing enough assorted hits of of the great National League hitters
from April to October, as well other sizes to take rank as one of all time.
When he hit 43 homers in 1829, his first full year in the majors, ft was a new all-time National League record. . . « In 1930 Hack Wilson set the peg at 56, where it is today. . « . Until Johnny Mize
hit 43 last year, Chuck’s hitter in the senior circuit. Homers sprouted so readily from 1936 he hit four in one game—some
29 total was the record for a left-handed «}and wrist and the American League
the Chuckler's war-club that in thing only three other sluggers
ever did in major league history, Ed Delahanty, Bobby Lowe and Lou Gehrig. . + « Chuck’s rampart-ramming rampage was in a 10-
inning game.
Yet this year that first one, maybe because he’s been a pinch hitter mainly, maybe because it meant the-triple-century or maybe because he was standing exactly tied with Roger Hornsby at 299 in
the all-time National League records,
No. 1 was tough.
So Charlie the Chuckler is now second only to Mel Ott, the New
York Giant, all-time National League
homer king, and the only other
man ever to hit 300 in the Natiénal League, meaning homers.
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*|Cards four times this season.
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Bums and Cards (Play 2 Before ‘All Out’ Series
Both Nines Were Rained Out Yesterday
BY GEORGE KIRKSEY. United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The next four days may tell the tale in the dizzy National League penannt race. Both the Dodgers and the
before opening their 3-game dog-eat-dog series at St. Louis tomorrow—and when all the results are in there ought not to be a great deal of trouble telling which way the wind is blowing. Rain in the Midwest yesterday packed today’s schedule with a pair
ers. The Cardinals, trailing the Dodgers got off to a 1-0 start on the Cubs before rain washed out the game in the second inning.
Claude Passeau in the second when Dolf Camilli, the man of the hour in the Brooklyn camp, beat out an infield hit, was sacrificed along and scored on a wild throw by Sturgeon. Then the rain came.
Cubs Back Aces.
The Cubs will throw Passeau and Paul Erickson, the two pitchers who beat the Cards a doubleheader last Thursday, at the Dodgers who'll counter with Kirby Higbe and Luke Hamlin or Newell Kimball, The Cards’ pitching asisgnment will be handled by Lon Warneke, who turned in a no-hitter against the Reds 11 days ago, and Harry Gumbert. For the Phils it will be Ike Pearson and Si Johnson, who between them. have beaten the
Bucky Walters notched his 17th triumph and gave the Reds a 9-7 victory over the Braves. He coasted behind a long lead but got in
Braves put on a four-run rally. The victory combined with Pittsburgh’s 4-2 loss to the Giants enabled the Reds to widen the gap over the Pirates to two full games. Hank Sauer, Birmingham rookie, played left field for the Reds and poled out: two doubles.
Jeo DiMaggio Returns
Babe Young's 23d and 24th homers enabled the Giants to trim the Pirates. He tied the score with his first one, 2-2, in the eighth and then hit No. 2 with a mate on in the 10th to break up the game. Joe DiMaggio returned to the Yankee lineup after three weeks on the sidelines with an injured ankle
champions nosed out the Browns, 1-0. DiMaggio got a single and was robbed of an extra base blow by Wally Judnich’s running catch near the Lou Gehrig monument in deep center. Tommy Henrich’s - 28th homer into the right field stands in the eighth was the payoff punch. Spud Chandler allowed only four hits in besting Bob Harris. It was the Yanks’ final game with the Browns, winning the series 18 to 4. Dom DiMaggio starred as the Red Sox triumphed over the Tigers, 6-0. He hit a homer with the bases loaded and a. triple on which he
Baseball At
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RESULTS YESTERDAY
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GAMES TODAY
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Brooklyn Touts Boston at a Pilshur
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Only games Sehgguled.
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Major Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE ? : G AB BR H Williams, Boston.....127 408 124 166 Travis, Washington...132 588 92 198 DiMaggio, New York..124 484 118 172 Heath, Cleveland “....134 509 78 175 Siebert, Philadelphia..128 467 68 156
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Reiser, Brooklyn .....120 472 1 Hopp, St. Louis eess.118 365 Mize, St. Louis .....115 440 66 152 Etten, Philadelphia ..129 468 67 148 Haex, Chicago .......185 526 100 166
HOME RUNS
Williams, R. Sox. 34|Henrich, ¥Yanks.. Keller, Yanks.... 88/0tt, Giants
BR H 105 159 71 119
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Brooklyn at Chicago, rain, Philadelphia at St. Louis, rain;
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Boston 50 000 00x: a Thomas, ‘Mueller and Bitar Newsome and Pytlak.
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«| Pirates Purchase
Two Outfielders
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10 (U. P).—
‘|The Pittsburgh Pirates today an- in
nounced purchase of two outfielders from minor league baseball clubs. They were Johnny Barrett, of the Hollywood team of the Pacific Coast
League, and John Wyrostek, of the St. Louis Cardinal’s New Orleans
. Camilli, Dodgers.. 32| DiMaggio, Yanks.. 27|farm
RUNS BATTED IN Keller, Yanks....122| Camilli, Dodgers.105 DiMaggio, Yanks.112| Heath, Cleveland..100 Williams, R. Sox.108
The Pirates gave an undisclosed sum of money and one player, to be sent to Hollywood before next May, for Barrett, who batted .318 in 124 games this year. as Wyrostek deal was straight
Travis, Senators.198/Hack, Cubs..,.....166 Heath, Cleveland. .174| Williams, R. Sox. 166} Cas.
. Wyrostek batted 307 in 115
DiMaggio, Yanks.172| Cramer, Senators.166
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0 |three frames. Boudreau, Heath and
later ‘scored. Thus he accounted for five of his team’s six tallies. Dick Newsome won his 17th game as a rookie, giving up but four hits.
Feller Makes It 23
Bob Feller copped his sixth game from the Athletics and his 23d of the season as Cleveland walloped 8| Philadelphia, 13-7. Feller pitched shutout ball until he had a 9-0 lead and then he let up and the A’s scored their seven runs in the last
rookie catcher Jim Hegan hit hom-
ers. The Washington Senators clubbed out a 7-2 decision over the Chicago White Sox before 17,000 fans last night and climbed into seventh place over the Athletics. Arnold Anderson went the route for the Senators and allowed -nine hits while 0|his mates clinched the contest with six runs in the sixth
Service Men To See Game
The Cathedral-Noblesville High School grid battle at the Butler Bowl the night of Sept. 18, will serve as an entertainment program
the vicinity of Indianapolis, cording to Edward J. Dowd, grand knight of the Indianapolis Council No. 437
t h e sponsoring Edward J. Dowd organization, the K. of C. It is estimated that between 4000 and 5000 men will attend. In addition to the football game a patriotic theme will be worked out for the program. The two teams played to a tle 6 to 6, last year. Edward J. Fillenwarth, chancellor
ton, deputy arena "knight and Claude Sifferlen, lecturer, have been named co-chairmen of the affair.
Mary Gorham Wins
Hillcrest Tourney
Mary Gorham of Highland fired an 86 over the Hillcrest course yesterday to. take low gross honors in the guest day tournament. The first net prize went fo Mrs. Ben Olsen, also of Highland. . Leaders - in the other divisions
were: : % ; Class -A—QGross, Mrs. Roy Swan- | 89-13-16. Class B — Gross, Mrs. Ralph
Cardinals play doubleheaders today |
of twin bills for the two pace-mak- |
The Dodgers picked up a run off |
trouble in the ninth When the|.
THE INDIANAPOLIS
N. L Pennant Race Hangs On Next Four Days
Take a Letter, Mr. Bulldog
Jim Morris, former Butler University trainer, is due for some heavy mail at Camp Shelby. The school’s senior athletes, men who were handled by the trainer, are preparing a giant letter for him. Wilbur Schumacher (kneeling), basketball and tennis, and Frank Celarek, football, are the first to sign.
Stands Packed For Midgets
A crowd estimated by officials at from 15,000 to 20,000 jammed the new Indianapolis Speedrome on
Road 52 east of the City last night for the inaugural races. By 9:30 p.m. the management was turning customers away. The midget cars, cocky little things with lots of speed and plenty of noise, delighted the fans and provided two or three unscheduled thrills. Harry McQuinn, in the qualification trials, bumped the sideboards on the southwest turn, but did not injure himself or the car. Bus Hodson, Indianapolis, also scraped the sideboards in the qualifications and received a broken arm. Otherwise there was no casualty. The new grandstands were full and customers were standing three deep around the fence. The management promised the crowd that new -seats will be ready within a week. The drivers held speeds down to between 55 and 60 miles an hour last night, but they said that they would step up their cars as they get used to the new track. The midget racer costs any place from $150 to $2000 and the drivers usually build and keep them in repair themselves. Ted Hartley, Indianapolis, won the feature race. Other winners were Bob Breading, Bus Wilbert, Hank Schlosser and Red Kell,
Butler Harriers Start Practice
Ten up-hill-and-down-dale Butler University boys reported to cross-country coach Ray Sears yesterday for uniforms and an idea about continuing their unbeaten ways. Veterans returning were ‘Robert Dressen, Morris Nahamias, Richard Clark and Frank Winton. Out for the first time were Earle Cummings, Ray Alsbury, Jack Rice, Wilbur Bagby, Robert Knowles and Jack
of the K. of C.; W. Lawrence Sex- [Hoyt
Undefeated in a seven -meet
a cross-country card this year which includes: Eastern Illinois Teachers, Sept. 26;. Ball State, Oct. 4; at Illinois Normal University, Oct. 11; at DePauw, Oct. 18; Ohio University, Oct 25; Wabash, Nov. 1, and at Indiana | Central, Nov. 4. - - The ‘Harriers also will journey to the National Collegiate meet at East Lansing, Mich.,. Nov. 24,. following the Little ‘State meet, Nov. 8, at Purdue.
schedule last year the Bulldogs face:
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Chicago’s Mighty Grid Bears Have ‘T" Slightly Soured
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Sept. 10.—The Chicago Bears, champions of the National Professional Football League, gd to Boston today to meet a group of All-Stars in their third exhibition game in five days but unless they pick up some co-ordination they may be in for their first defeat.
The Bears, who popularized the “r” formation by shellacking the Washington Redskins, 73-0, to win the championship : last season, picked up where they left off by trouncing the Eastern College AllStars 37-13 two weeks ago, defeatéd the New York Giants, 14-9 last Sunday and then .came through with a spectacular last-minute victory over the Brooklyn Dodgers last night, 14-9, But the Dodgers muffled the vaunted Bears’ offense for almost the entire game. In fact, the crowd of 27,104 was cheering a Dodger victory under the Ebbets Field lights until George McAfee returned gq punt 75 yards down the sidelines for the winning touchdown with only 37 seconds left to play. The Bears were out-fought and out-played for all except the few seconds it took the former Duke halfback to race up the field and were unable to sustain a single long drive or crack through the tough Dodger defense. >
Ace Parker Out
Brooklyn, although weakened by the loss of 22 men in the past six months and playing without the services of the league’s most valuable player, Ace Parker, fought stubbornly and strung together three field goals to come within seconds of victory The, Bears scored the first touchdown on a blocked kick early in the game but Merlin Condit’s 42 yard field goal made it 7-3 as the period ended. Rookie Dean McAdams kicked the second field goal in the second period from the Bears’ 33 yard line. Late in the second period Condit kicked a third field goal from the Chicago 21 which gave the Dodgers the lead until the last minute. The Dodgers gained 11 first downs to 13 for Chicago, 82 yards rushing to 104 and 156 passing to 103. Both teams completed seven passes.
Logan Hurls Muncie To League Victory
Times Special MIDDLETOWN, O., Sept. 10— Two runs in the ninth after two were out gave the Muncie Citizens a 4 to 3 victory over the Middletown Armcos in the Indiana-Ohio League last night. © The Muncie nine used Bob Logan of the Indianapolis Indians on the
‘mound and Charles (Red) Barrett
was on the hill for the Armcos.
Thom Draws With Sergeant
Sergeant Bob Kenaston, 193pound former Marine, and Coach Billy Thom, Indiana University’s mat mentor, wrestled to a 90-min-ute draw last night at the Armory in the main event of the weekly wrestling program. Thom won the first fall in 24 minutes with a grapevine hold and Kenaston came ‘back to annex. the second session in six minutes with a toe hold, squaring the match. They grappled the remaining time without a fall. The semi-final - tussle on the three-event bill went to Jules (Speedy) LaRance, of Canada, who flopped Stacey Hall, of Columbus, O., in 17 minutes with a hammer lock. In the opening’ fracas Dave Reynolds, of Idaho, subdu Clift Olson, of Chicago, in 3 minutes with a leg split. Coach Thom entered the sing as a substitute for the Great Mephisto, who was unable te appear against Kenaston due to the sudden death) of his father at his home in| New-| ark, N. J. As an added attraction, two three-round boxing bouts preceded the mat portion of the program. Approximately 400 visiting Postal Supervisors, who are holding a convention here this week, were in attendance. |
Golfers Tie for Columbia Club Title
W. E. Van Landingham and W. A. Kennedy of Martinsville were the golfing co-champions of the Columbia Club today after their 78's in the armual tournament and Calcutta Sweepstakes at Broadmoor yesterday. Cliff Wagoner, last year’s champ-
ion, double bogeyed two par four |]
holes and came in third with an 80 scorecard. C. K. Sheffield and Joe Chauncey had 81's to tie for the fourth and fifth spots. Honors in the Calcutta Sweepstakes went to Russell McDermott with a net 69. Van Landingham and W. E. Mohler each marked up a 70 for the runnerup position.
Blue Devils Lose Two Gridders
The Shortridge High School eleven renewed practice this afternoon minus the of an end and a halfback. Bill Schlensker, backfield transfer from Male High School of Louisville, and Louis Hummell, regular end, suffered broken collarbones in yesterday’s scrimmage and aly Bob Nipper estimated they would be out of the lineup for at least three weeks.
The injuries occured about three minutes apart.
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But Miss Younker brought into that first round test with her heav-ily-favored rival a temperament well suited to competitive golf. She had been well coached and she refused to be awed.
“Best Round of My Life”
She said she played the “best round of my life” when she eliminated ‘the champion 1-up.
Miss Younker, 23 years old, is a resident of Elmsford, N. Y. was four down at the end of nine holes’ and had carded a mediocre 42 to her rival’s 38. Suddenly she struck her stride and in seven holes had wiped out the deficit and taken a one-hole lead which she maintained by halving the last two holes. Miss Younker explained later that she had felt from fhe start she had a chance to win. “I kept saying she’s only the National Champ even when I was four down. ; didn’t feel sunk because I knew 1 had a chance as long as I was on| the course. You never know what can happen in golf.” : ‘Miss Younker’s triumph highlighted a day of upsets in which the three terners who shared the medal | with Miss Jameson were eliminated by scores of 3 and 2.
| Jean Bauer Beaten
Jean | Bauer, Rhode Island titlist, was defeated by 18-year-old Louise Suggs of Atlanta, Ga., Alice Belanger, 21-year-old Beverly, Mass., girl lost to Mrs. Sylva Annenberg Leichner of Flushing, N. Y., and Grace Amory of Locust Valley, N. Y., fell before Mrs. Reinert M. Torgerson of Great Neck, N. Y. Two former cha mpions—Mrs. Glenng Collett Vare and Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page—remained in the tournament as did such favorites as Mrs. Betty Hicks Newell, Clara Callender, Mrs. Dan Chandler, . Mrs. James Ferrie and Maureen Orcutt. Second and third round matches will be played today.
Steel to Steelers
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 10 (U. PJ. —Coach Bert Bell of the Pittsburgh Steelers announced today that Dick Riffle, veteran pro football player, has obtained a furlough from his job with a steel company
BROOKLINE, Mass., Sept. 10 (U. .| won a tournament in eight years of | the links today at the 45th Women’s National Golf Championship. She eliminated defending champion Betty Jameson of San Antonio, Tex,
Refusing to Be Awed by Champ, An Unknown, Janet Younker, Becomes Golf’s Golden Girl
‘Best Round of Her Life’ Eliminates Betty ‘Jameson 1-Up; Easterners Beaten
BULLETIN BROOKLINE, Mass., Sept. 10 (U. P.).—Kathryn Hemphill of Columbia, 8. C., continued the series of upsets that have marked match play in the 45th Women’s National Golf Championship by defeating Dorothy Kirby of Atlanta, 1939 Amalia, 5and 4, to » gain the third round
P.).—Janet Younker, who never has competition, was the golden girl of.
She was just another unknown when she stepped to the tee for Ler match with Miss Jameson, winner of the crown two years [in a row.
Pitchers Win A. A. Playoffs
By UNITED PRESS The Columbfis Red Birds, who ended the regular American Association season far out in front, conYinusd their winning ways in the first round of the , playoffs as they ¢ chalked up a 6 to 1 victory over the third-place K a n= : sas City Blues. § It was John Grodzicki's fast ball that turned the trick for the Ohioang last night. He allowed the Blues only two hits—both of rodzi them two-baggers John G ol the first of which,
in the fourth inning, scored short-
stop Bill Hitchcock who had walked earlier in the inning. The Red Birds’ offensive was fea« tured by Harry Walker's home run with a mate on base and Morris Jones’ double. George Barley was the losing pitcher. , Pitcher Emerson Dickman won his own game for the Louisville Colonels in the first game of their playoff series with the fourth-place Minneapolis Millers. Dickman singled in the seventh to drive in the run which accounted for the victory, 4 to 3 The "Millers had scored all three runs in the fourth inning to go out in front and the Colonels were trailing by two runs when they came to bat in the seventh. But they rallied and scored three runs with Dickman’s single pushing over the clinching tally. Mike Kash was the losing pitcher. Kansas City plays at Columbus and Minneapolis at Louisville again tonight.
Ld Four Winners | CHICAGO, Sept. 10 (U. P.).—= Donald MacAndrews, 17-year-old apprentice jockey, rode winners in four consecutive races yesterday at Hawthorne Park, two short of the
American record.
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