Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1941 — Page 30

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Fitz Gives Dodgers . Two-Game Lead

IE WILLIAM Timés Special Writer

ST. LOUIS, Sept. 12.—It

|came tothe 11th inning and |Our Bums had their backs to [the wall, crowded so closely they ‘had splinters, in their pants. It was all tied at 4-4 |and this was the game they’ . |had to win to continue as a

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of cash, traded him to Brooklyn for Outfielder Ed .

This is the way the Shortridge Blue Devils should look to Cravlordsville when t he clubs meet next Friday. The probable starting lineup reads (left to right): Bruce Hilkene, right end; Perin Little, right tackle; Fred Freihofer, right - guard; Bud Fallender, center; Jack Klinger, left guard; James Lee, left tackle; and Hiram Rogers, left end. In the backfield (left to right) are Russell Williams, right half ; Paul Warren, quarterback; Berngtd Casselman, Tullback, and Jim Allerdice, left half, |

SPORTS. .. By Eddi e Ash

IN 20 BATTLES Ihetwesn them this season the

Dodgers and Cardinals have split even, 10 victories ‘each and two to go. . . . By winning yesterday in the Cards’

yard, and over the tense long route, the Flatbushers convinced some skeptics ‘about their courage in the clutch. It's been a ding-dong two-club race throughout the season and may continue close, but by beating the club “it had to beat” the ‘Dodgers increased their prestige and pennant chances no end , . . and ‘don’t overlook the fact that Brooklyn has seven games left with the last-place Phillies to cushion their drive to the In the opinion of this writer that mighty §# three-run homer touchéd off by Dolph Camilli in the fourth inning yesterday was the pay-off

= 4. . coming as it did against the Card’s ace south-

paw pitcher. Camilli is a former Cub and toriner Philly £ and he’s a California Italian, born in San Fran- | cisco in 1908. . , . In 1934 the Cubs blundered and

* traded him to the Phillies for First Baseman

Frank Hurst and in 1938 the Phillies, caught short 1 Morgan and $45,000. Dolph Camilli . Fred Fitzsimmons, yesterday’s winning _ pitcher, was developed by Isiianapdls after the Indians picked him out of the Central League in 1922. . He was born in Mishawaka, Ind, in 1901,

Traded to Dodgers i in 1937

INDIANAPOLIS SOLD Fitzsimmons to the New York Giants during the 1925-season and in 1937 the Giants pulled a “skull” and traded him to Brooklyn for Pitcher Tom Baker. And if you care to see the Flatbushers doing their stuff they will invade Cincinnati Sunday for a three-game series spread over three days. . . . The Reds, as you have heard, are struggling to hold third place. . + » They were just half a game ahead of the Pirates _ today. . . . Here is the Dodger-Cardinal dope wrapped up in a table: :

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* Hoosiers Go for Speed on Wheels

MENTION “speed” in this State and the natives come a-runnin’ and by this time next year don't be surprised if an auto race track pops up in every pasture. A new group of midget car promoters’ is weighing the advisability of ‘building a new track close to the City for a “grand opening” next )

spring . . , said track to apply for membership in a regular circuit.

‘That huge crowd that showed up out at the new Speedrome the other night shelled out plenty of: loose Honey 1 to watch the “doodle : bugs” perform. “ And the advance sale. of tickets indicates there will be another throng at the State Fairgrounds Sunday to watch the dirt trackers zip around the mile track. vaylou Moore and his aseociates Eusssed right on that venturs fen

BROOKLINE, Mass., Sept. 12 (U.

Greensboro, N. C. 1937 national|season. titlist, and Mrs. Betty Hicks Newell, California

in the 45th Women’s National Golf Championship. .

‘much to lighten Mr. Nipper’s job in the next month or so. The draw brings them together| ¢“Obviously experience is our bigin the feature semi-final clash, and|gest need,” Nipper said. “And the the winner will be an odds-on only way we can get experience is choice to succeed Betty Jameson as by playing. So if we go any place national champion. Miss Jameson|at all, it will have to be in the was defesiot in he first round. |second half of the season.” "The lightly regarded semi-final- : Sn ists in the upper half of the draw Simplicity is Keynote who also meet are blond Helen Sigel] The Nipper scheme of things; however, is well suited to an inex-

of Philadelphia, 22-year-old Pennsylvania champion, and Mrs. Frank|perienced team. The Shortridge

‘Goldthwaite of Ft. Worth, Tex. a/coach prefers his football simple,

veteran of 14 years competition who with the emphasis on fundamentals. twice previously has reached the|He would rather trust his quarternational quarter-finals. back with eight or 10 sound plays]: Mrs. Page gained the semi-finals|than a mass of complicated formafor the third ‘time in five.years by tions, poorly executed. scoring’ the most ‘decisive victory] In other words, if this year’s of the four survivors yesterday. She|young team is quick to perfect its

|treunced Janet ‘Younker of White blocking and tackling, the. rest Plains, N. Y., conqueror of Miss|should be comparatively simple.

Jameson and Maureen Orcutt, 5/ It's hard to say just where diand 4, ploma distribution hit the Blue The best golf of the day came in|Devils hardest. Last year’s club the match between the petite Mes.|that won five of nine games struck Newell and six foot Clara Callender |from behind a heavy, well-trained.

Fay avorites Meet Accent Is on Youth This Year In Ladies’ Golf In Blue Deyils' Grid ‘Camp

By J. E. O'BRIEN

: - The heavy harvest of athletes on graduation day last swing. You put P.) —Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of|the accent on youth in Shortridge High School's football camp this

In fact, when Coach Bob Nipper surveyed his squad of some 70 enchampion from Long|thusiastic youngsters for us, he coul Beach, Cal., were co-favorites today|All ‘of which sounds an ‘encouraging note for 158 but Soeel't. do

of Pasadena, Cal., with Mrs. Newell finally prevailing, 2 and 1. The. other two quarter-final encounters were free-for-all | scrambles most of the way. Miss Sigel ‘edged Mrs. Reinert M. Torgerson of Great Néck, N. Y. former Long Island “champion, 1 up, and Mrs. Goldthwaite nipped Mrs. Sylva

Annenberg’ Leighner .of Flushing,

N. Y, Metropolitan titlist, 1 up in

Roche, Brown Meet Again

A return match between two

frival heavyweight performers, Dorve

Rocke of Decatur, Ill, and Orville Brown of Wichita, Kas, will top the indoor wrestling card next Tuesday night at the Armory. . The tussle is listed for two falls out of three and promises to-de-velop into a display of skill and “give and take” tactics on the part of both grapplers. They were matched for an outdoor. meeting two weeks ago, but the show was rained out. Roche and Brown have met here three times this <season. In their first meeting Dorve pulled up a winner by the use of Lis “octupus” hold, while Orville took the second bout when he annexed the only fall registered in a 90 minute time limit encounter. he, . was declared winner in the third bout when he captured the first fall and the match came to a close when the two bumped heads, causing a “double knockout.”

Springfield Shrvives By UNITED PRESS The Springfield Brown Sox came from behind with: a six-run outburst in the eighth inning of their third Shaughnessy playort game fwith Cedar Rapids last night to win 6 to 4 and stay in the fight for the final playoff bracket. The series is three out jot five, *

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line. But Jack Klinger, a guard, was the only one of seven regulars to return. Gone are such names as Strack; Levinson, Xraeger, Nofan, Cooley and Dalrymple, A whole backfield was wiped out, too. After starting last season with Jim Mitchell as his ball-carfying ace, Nipper uncovered Chuck Benjamin—and the two proceeded to cause double trouble. The kicking and passing was entrufted to Capt. Bill Allerdice, also graduated. / The nucleus for this year's backfield will be Bernie Casselman, the only other returning letterman who has a slot at fullback. As ‘of today, the rest of the quartet includes Paul Warren, quarterback: Jim Allerdice; left ‘half, and Russell Williams, right half,

The Ice Man

We asked Nipper if he had any good runners in stock. With a half smile, Nipper mentioned the name of George Lewis. Nipper only asks that young Lewis is as swift and clever on his cleats as Papa Lewis has been on his skates. For Papa Lewis, you -should know ‘by now, is Herbie Lewis, the Duke of Duluth, Stanley Cupper and mansger of the Indianapolis hockey Capitals. Nipper also expected some speed from. young Bill Schilensker, whose dad, Al Schlensker, was another quick guy in his day. But young Schlensker suffered a fractured collarbone in practice this week. Biil Kerbox is the third member of|the romping trio depended ‘upon by the Blue Devil mentor. If enemy scouts will turn their heads, we’ll also say that Allerdice will handle the Shortridge passing this season, while the ki will

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Casselman, Up front, in the holeé-making department, “they should line up this way for the Blue Devils’ ‘opener | Re against Crawfordsville on Sept. 19: Hiram Rogers, left end; James Lee, left tackle; Jack Klinger, left guard; Bud Fallender, center; Fred Preihofer, right guard; Perin Little, right tackle, and Bruce Hilkene, Pe cl es mark the Shortridge . {schedule for 1941. Muncie Central|'Villisms Jand Broad Ripple have been added, | replacing Washington. and Brasil, The schedule also calls for a visit by Central of Ft. Wayne, and Mr. Nipper would like to have you see that one—just to have a look at

|young Mr. Sitko,

And while, Mr, Nipper is m an asking mood, he would like to have he City of do something about those Signt-foo High

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The | 940 Record

. Shortridge, 35; Brazil, 0. Shortridge, 47; Southport, 0. Cincinnati = Winthrow, 19; Shortridge, 6. Shortridge, 12; Lafayette Jefferson, 0. Ft. Wayne Central, 14; Shortridge, Cathedral, Te Shortridge, 6. Crawfordsville, 7; Shortridge, 6. Shortridge, 20; Tech, 0.

The 1941 Schedule

Sept. 19—At Crawfordsville. Sept. 26—At - Southport, ct. 3—At Cincinnati Withrow Oct. 10—Lafayette Jefferson. Oct. 17—Ft. Wayne Central. , Oct. 22—At Muncie Central. Oct. 31—Cathedral. Nov. 7—Broad Ripple, Nov. 14—At Tech.

Rest of Majors Shadow Boxing

By UNITED PRE The rest of the Subs § Be ® he ‘major leagues just played out the schedule today as the second clash between the National League’s leading Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis

tention from coast to coast.

Boston yesterday, winning the first game 7-5. The Braves drove two pitchers to the showers with a 10-

0. The New York Giants blank the Cincinnati Reds, 6-0, and allowed ony one runner as far as second as the world champions’ runless streak stretched to 23 successive Cleveland = clouted Washington twice, 8-5 and 3-2. ‘Al Smith went the route ‘in the ‘opener and Al Milnar did a full trick in th t= cap. Rookie Herman Besse C ed the [Chicago White : Sox with six hits "as the Athletics scored a 2-1 decision. Detroit withstobd a ninthinning challenge by the Yankees en went on to eke out a 12-5-4 triumph over the new American League ShAmpions, y

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J st ro to Walk; It Seems’

MONTCLAIR, N. J, Sept.: 12 (NEA)—Mike Cestone, who's been winning golf tournaments ever since he b of the New Jersey caddy, championship in 1023," walks 10 miles before his daily round of golf, Currently. pr for the state Cestone is 4

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ST. LOUIS; Sept. 12 (U. P)— The Dodgers and the Cardinals went back to the baseball wars today with Brooklyn holding a twogame lead in the torrid National League race and in a position to deliver a crushing blow at St. Louis’ pennant hopes by: winning one of

Instead of fretting over their mistake and dubbed opportunities in Chicago, the Dodgers ‘showed real class yesterday by hanging on to win, 6-4, over the Cards in 11 innings. The crowd was 19,130. paid. Dixie Walker, who is held in lofty esteem by Flatbush fans but has never rated very high with Larry MacPhail\and the Dodger front office, delivered the game-winning punch: yesterday—a single to_ center with the bases loaded in the ‘11th. It was Walker's only hit of the game but it was.enough to snap left-handed Ernie White's skein of three straight victories over the Dodgers. Despite White's failure to halt

the two remaining. games of the _| series.

in the opening sally were Dolf Camilli, who hit his 33d homer with |i?

the Dodgers, Manager Billy Southworth planned to throw another left-hander at Brooklyn today. He has named the 20-year-old rookie, Howard Pollet, up from the Texas League fecently, to face the league-

leaders. Brooklyn's pitching choice |! lies between two right-handed veferans, Whit Wyatt, who's won g|th

, and Curt Davis, ex-Cardinal|

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two mates on base, and Fat Freddy Fitzsimmons, who pitched toe to toe with White for 10 innings. Fitzsimmons received credit for the victory, his sixth of. the season. ; Bofh clubs were jittery, making four errors each. . Peewee Reese, Dodgers’ kid shortstop whose two errors cost Fitzsimmons his last start against the Cards, almost made another ruinous hoot yesterday. He erred on a “sure” double play in the seventh and set the stage for the Cards to knot the count. *

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They had just come in here from Chicago where they had blown two games, one inexcusably. ‘They; had started from the Bast with a fe game cushion and/in one oon they had seen the cushion t

“feompletely deflated by the aimless Cubs.

These circumstances made the St. Lodis series all be ‘more vital, all the more t. Among other

~—the ' downtrodden get off the floor and Aght. As to that we are happy to report: you can forget all SOT such. ears. This may not be a real good team, but it can fight. It's a team that doesn’t go down quick and if you can keep that in mind we feel you will have g flag winner in

It might have been better if Our Bums had gone into Chicago three games back instead of three games in front. They aren't used to prosperity; they aren't Ricans to hind and. riches. In short, they = tough times, Poverty is

ot fish came the 11th inning vesters: day in the battle with the Cards, a desperate game for Our Bums, If they lost this one it would be three a row. Worse than that they * would -have lost to the team they : must beat if they are going to get | into the World Series.- That wast a very inviting situation to face. All of a sudden the basic elements . of the game became subordinated.

It didn't matter so much whether | Our Bums had hitting, pitching and :

fielding; the big thing was could they take it and come back for more, A lot of things had been hape

pening in the game, too,, and not Old Man ;

happening for the best. (Continued on Page 31)

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