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lon . : - By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent ; NEW YORK, Sept. 15—The hallmark of the 1941 Yankees is their model behavior. They rate A-plus in deportment. As their big boss, Ed Barrow, says—they may not be the best of the long line of Yankee pennant winners but they win the crown as the

- They are gentlemen and must be given serious consideration as the best-mannered baseball team in history. One member of the Wanks who was once a Dodger came to the club this season with a reputation as a screwball. He was addicted to strange antics on and off the field. But it didn’t take long for the quiet, sober atmosphere of the Yanks to change this particular individual into something approaching normalcy. The day the Yanks clinched the pennant in Boston they staged the quietest demonstration in Yankee pennant history. It was so quiet in the Yankee clubhouse after the game that Coach Art

Editor's Note: Following is the first of a series on the American League chamYankees.

On the train to New York that night Gordon, Keller and Chandler tried to stir up some excitement in the club car but it was all a big yawn. Even though the bars were let down on training rules that night, every Yankee arrived in New York sober. Babe Ruth there would have been champagne and many a hangover the next day. . The Yanks have been accused of being colorless. That's true if the definition of “color” is temperament, rowdyism and grandstand antics. There are no showboats on the Yanks. Joe McCarthy is largely responsible for the character of the Yan-

- kees. maké trouble in the clubhouse and disturb the club’s mental equilib-

rium. There has been many a good ball player who didn’t stick with.

the Yanks because of his behavior off the field.

The Yanks play ball like craftsmen. They are proficient, reliable

workmen doing a job, all pulling together. There is a minimum of

In the days of

He is quick to weed out undesirable characters, fellows who

Nevertheless, there are plenty of interesting personalities on the

team. For a ball club they Rolfe, Keller, Gordon, and Donald. : Most of the

else if there wasn’t any such thing as

te high in I. Q. Ten aré college men— Chandler, Murphy, Russo, Branch, Peek ub could make a living doing something

baseball.

So that you'll know the Yanks better, here are some sidelights on

‘them:

Most popular Yankee in foreign cities—Joe DiMaggio, except in Philadelphia, where the fans boo him unmercifully. Leading wit, prankster and story. teller—Lefty Gomez, who's the

life of the party. y

Quietest—Marius Russo and Frankie Crosetti (except on the field

where he’s the noisiest). body ' Best Dressed—Joe DiMaggio, Biggest Eater—Buddy Rosar,

Best Disposition—Tommy Henrich, who has a kind word for everyMost Handsome—Marvin Breuer, who looks like a young movie star.

who's rated among the 10 best

- grey hair makes him look like a barrister.

Latest eater—Frankie Crosetti, one of the few ball players who doesn’t rush to the dining salon, Sr i : Most Distinguished Looker—Coach Earl Combs, whose premature Most Avid Reader—Trainer Earl Painter, who's almost never withe out a book and says: “I do the reading on this club. - It hurts the play‘ers’ eyes.” : Leading Magician—Manager Joe McCarthy, who loves to do coin tricks. When he drops the coin he always looks surprised and says: “That's the first time that ever happened.” . Outstanding Sportsmen—Bill Dickey and Joe Gordon, two of the best .shots in baseball. Checker Champion—Bill Dickey. Best Bridge Players—Bill Dickey and Red Rolfe. Youngest and Smallest—Phil Rizzuto, who looks like the Yankee

t. ‘Biggest—Ernie Bonham, who's six feet two and scales 220.

’ Fletcher had to stage a phony scene when the photographers came- jealousy. The guy’s. who's sitting on the bench is rooting for the guy

Oldest—Red Ruffing, who was 37 last May.

back to snap the Yankee’s celebration.

who's in there playing.

dressed men in the game. but the Yanks miss Steven Sundra badly in this department. : j

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By Eddie Ash

! JOE McCARTHY, the engineer of the Yankee steam roller, will invite several farm hands to training camp next spring but the indications are that he will stand pat

on his current lineup when the boys take the field in 1942. Barring, of course, a crackup in the World Series next month that would call for changes in the Yankee front. . . . But the present makeup of the American League champs presents no rich opportunities for rookies. : A new outfielder might edge into the utility squad by replacing _ Frenchie Bordagaray and if this happens Eddie Holmes of Newark ree probably would land the berth. McCarthy could use a heavier hitter at first pase where Johnny Sturm holds forth although there is no denying the fact it would be difficult to find a player available capable of matching him in fielding the position. . It is believed that Sturm can sew up the job by showing to advantage against the Brooklyn Dodgers -or St. Louis Cards in the October title play. . . . But if Johnny flops in-the big series it’s a safe guess that he will be replaced. The rest of the infield is set with Joe Gordon, Red Rolfe, Phil Rizzuto and Frank Crosetti and Jerry Priddy in reserve. . . . Likewise the first

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| string outfield is set with Charlié Keller, Joe DiMaggio and Tommy i Henrich, and behind the plate. it will be Bill Dickey and Buddy Ro- | gar again unless Wally Sears, up from Newark, shows so much that ' ‘he can’t be pushed aside.

Best mound bets on the Newark and Kansas City farm clubs

will receive a taste of big league spring training but they’ll have to be efceptionally brilliant to break into the Yankees’ current staff.

| Back On Big-Time Dirt Track Map

INDIANAPOLIS GOT BACK on the big-time dirt track racing

\ map yesterday with the presentation of an interesting speed pro- | gram at the State Fairground. . , The “name pilots” brought the i fans out in droves and many of the spectators spent the entire day | at the track in picnic fashion, lunch baskets and all,

In other words, a 500-mile atmosphere prevailed and many of the well-knowns from the Indianapolis Motor Speedway’s gasoline alley were on hand. . . . Lop Moore, promoter, and Dick Miller, general manager, said they were more than pleased with the support given the event by sports goers and .they have bigger and better plans for the future in the making. And it’s our guess they have struck a bonanza since “speed” is something the average Hoosier relishes in large doses.

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THERE STILL is plenty of heat left in that National League race as both Dodgers and Cardinals won their Sunday assignments,

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: ” » 2 ! INDIANAPOLIS’ Indians definitely will become the Cocoa Kids next spring when they invade Florida for practice. . . . Tribe Secretary Dale Miller sent this information up from the Sunshine State over the week-end, : He closed a deal with the city of Cocoa and completed hotel ar- _ . rangements. , . . The Indians will use city-owned Provost Park and headquarters will be at the Indian River Hotel at Rockledge, Fla. ... Cocoa and Rockledge are adjoining cities. , « « The hotel is 21% miles

from the ball park.

Dodgers. . . .

Cards Move Up With 2 Wins To Bums’ One

Moore and Slaughter Return to Lineup

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—The sizzling stretch duel between the

St. Louis Cardinals and Brooklyn Dodgers for the National League pennant is strictly according to tradition in the senior circuit. Only nine times in the last 25 years has the flag been clinched before the final week and in 1934 the Cardinals took it on closing day, Sept. 30. The Cards were seven games behind on Sept. 6 but came up so fast that with two days to go, they had gained a tie for first place. Then they won the next two games to finish on top. With Brooklyn in front by only 1% ‘games and 13 contests still to be played, this year’s flag might well go right down to the wire. The Cardinals celebrated the return of their injured star outfielders—Terry Moore and Enos Slaugkter—yesterday winning both ends of a doubleheader from the New York Giants, 1-0 and 6-5 (10 innings), while the Dodgers -defeated the Cincinnati Reds in a single game, 7-5. . Yesterday's results left the standing for first place as follows:

To W. L. Pct. G.B. Play 91 50 .645 .... 13 Cardinals.... 89 51 .636 1% 14 Pittsburgh split with the Phillies, winning the opener, 2-1, but dropping the nightcap, 6-3. The Braves defeated the Cubs, 6-3, in the first game of a double-header but Chicago won the nightcap, 10-3. In the American League, Red Ruffing tuned up for a World Series job by pitching the champion Yankees to a three-hit, 6-3 triumph over the Indians in the opener of a twin bill but the Tribe came back to win the second game, 5-2. The Red Sox increased their hold

sweeping 4 double-header from the

| White Sox, 9-2 and 5-1. Dick New-

some won his 18th victory in the first game. Ted Williams collected a double and single in three trips in the opener and a triple in four times at bat in the nightcap. His batting average dropped to .409. St. Louis knocked the Athletics into the cellar with two wins, 7-2 and 5-1, the Senators climbing into seventh by blanking Detroit, 2-0.

Grappling Bill Is Completed

Matchmaker Lloyd Carter has completed his three-bout grappling card for tomorrow night at the Armory, where the fourth meeting between Dorve Roche and Orville Brown will serve as the feature. Opening the bill at 8:30 will be Irish Jack Kennedy, 226, Dallas, Tex.,, and Rudy Strongberg, 232, Milwaukee, while semi-windup opponents are Steve Brody, 186, Holyoke, Mass., and Sergeant Bob Kenaston, 192, Chicago. The Kenaston - Brody encounter will be the seventh local match for Steve. He is undefeated here to date and his victory string includes upsets over Stacey Hall, Jules La

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Rance and Billy Thom. Roche, the ex-coal miner from Decatur, Ill, is one-up on his rival, Dorve winning the first time out, dropping the verdict in their second meeting and capturing the third match, which ended in considerable confusion. In that tussle, Roche had annexed the first fall and later was awarded the bout when the two bumped heads and

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continue. Brown is from Wichita, Kas. The heavyweight rivals meet for two falls out of three to a finish.

Kokomo Team

KOKOMO, Ind. Sept. 15 (U.P). —A Grafton, O., team defeated Kokomo yesterday for the championship of the Indiana-Ohio- division of the American Baseball. Congress and will represent the two states in “world series” play at Battle Creek, Mich., Sept. 20. After winning the opening contest, 8-6, Saturday, Grafton dropped

o|the second game to Kokomo, 5-9,

but came back with a 12-8. victory in the final game of the playoff series.

* By UNITED PRESS the Montreal Royals and Buffalo the survivor seheduled to play the champion Newark Bears in the

final series Wednesday night in the International League playoff.

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By HARRY

to pick and all-star team. The: letter has arrived, the man wants his answer and I hereby give it to him and to you: ;

Player Position ~~ Team Camilli s.co00es.1b...... Brooklyn Gordon .ecce...2b....... Yankees Travis ss0cseesesSSieee Washington Hack svevesessssoDesssvnsters Cubs Keller iossveveesOfcvsssss YX DiMaggio sveeseOfccsccoas Yankees Williams scecoe.0fcecoess Red Sox DICKEY .o.osese:Ciocoesser Yankees Feller ccocooevsPesceces Cleveland Walters sscessosPicosnsce Cincinnati Lee White Sox

Those 11 names represent a week of higher mathematics on batting averages, hours spent gazing into a crystal that got slightly cracked

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and a diligent cross-examination of George Kirksey, United Press baseball writer, who once astounded me and won a 25-cent bet by sitting down and writing the name of the winning team in all World Series ever played. If you think that isn’t a tough one, try it and see if you don’t get the years badly scrambled somewhere along the

line. > - No Doubt About 4

There can’t be much doubt about four men on the team. You have to start out with DiMaggio, Wil-

liams, Gordon and Feller. They are absolute standouts and there is nobody around who can even carry their gloves at their positions. At current rates in the baseball marts those four gents probably would bring around $1,000,000 on the block. You could take those four, get five other guys named Joe and breeze to a pennant. Beyond those four the argument starts. Camilli makes the grade on the basis of his ability to knock in runs and field his position. Travis, trailing on Ted Williams in the American League batting race, is not the best fielder at his position but you can’t get away from the way he slams the ball You couldn’t go very far wrong on Phil Rizzuto for shortstop either, and so far as this department is concerned he is the rookie of the year. . Dickey isn’t the catcher he used to be, but he still does a brainy, efficient job back of the plate and

‘he remains a dangerous clutch hit‘ter even if his average has dropped

below .300. Keller had knocked in 122 runs before he fractured his ankle, and it may be that eventually he will develop into the outstand-

All Objections to Ferguson's All-Stars Are to Be Mailed

during the football season last year

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It’s a sad Charley Keller who sits with his right ankle in a cast, thinking of the ’41 World Series— which he will have to miss. It was learned today that the New York Yankee outfielder, who is the major league’s leading run-producer, had suffered a chip fracture when he slid into second base in the

will not be able to play again this season.

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FERGUSON

United Press Sports Editor : :

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Since April 15 some 400 young men have been throwing, hitting and catching baseballs in the major leagues, and now is the time to pass out the gold stars. Each year about this time The Sporting News, which is a sort of Bible to people who follow baseball, asks the nation’s sports. writers

ing power hitter in the game. He really can lean on the ball. Hack makes the grade at third on the basis of years of steady, dependable work afield and at bat. There ought to be a place I suppose, on an All-Star team for one of thé Brooklyn Dodgers’ pitching aces, Kirby Higbe and Whitlow Wyatt. But Walters and his sinker ball get the nod from me, and, of ‘course, Thornton Lee of the White Sox has worked wonders this season. Day after tomorrow the first scalding letter will arrive from Cleveland, starting out: “Dear Sir, you cur—what the heck is the idea of leaving Lou Boudreau off that team, you rat?” ; There will be one cent postage due, too. :

Bowling Added

To Conference

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind., Sept. 15 (U. P.).—Officials of the Northern Indiana High School Athletic Conference announced today that bowling has been approved as a conference sport and that competition among several league schools would begin this fall. . Bowling will be played on a match basis, bfficials said. In a meeting Saturday officials also selected Central of South Bend as the

site for the 1942 swimming meet. It | was voted to alternate the site of |

the wrestling meet between the eastern and western division of the conference.

Firemen, Citizens

In League Finals

: Times Special : MUNCIE, Ind., Sept. 15.—The In dianapolis Firemen, first-half victors, and the Muncie Citizens, sec-ond-half champions, will begin their series here Thursday night for the Indiana-Ohip Baseball League crown, The Citizens assured themselves of the second-half title yesterday by

downing the Firemen, 4-1, in the}

season finale. Lefty Bob Logan, formerly of the Indianapolis Indians, limited the laddies to seven

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hits. (BOORLOVERS =| > [2 YOUR CITY LIBRARY HAS MANY NEW BOOKS ANXIOUS TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE!

WILL TAKE WITH SPEED,

Midget Cars Race Again

\ Another 35-lap * feature event heads tomorrow night’s midget racing program at the new Indianapolis Speedrome. : Floyd Wilfong, Kip Young, Ben Emmerick, Al Momenee, Bob Breading, Ted Hartley, Huston Bundy, Bus Wilbert, Paul Jones, Hank Schlosser, Swede Carpenter, George Reeves, Everett Rice, Woody Campbell and Harry Schwimmer will compete in the 100 laps of yacing. A capacity crowd wit week’s inaugural events #n the concrete track which isf located at 6500 Brookville Road.

Bowling

An organization meeting of a newly formed bowling league at the Pritchetty Alleys, 7850 E. Washington St., will be held tomorrow at 8 p. m The league will

p. m. an 850 handicap and will roll at 6:45

|The familiar applause for Whirlaway had dwindled to a couple |S

1puted nose decision at Saratoga

Applause Falls For Whirly as

-War Relic Runs Him Into the Ground

By JACK GUENTHER United Press Staff Correspondent

PAWTUCKET, R. I, Sept. 15.—

of feeble whispers here today as New England cast its “horse of the year” votes in a solid bloc for a golden-coated colt who~ looks—and occasionally runs—like his fabulous father, Man O’War. ; His name is War Relic and ke is the first good son Big Red has sent to the races since’ War Admiral. Nobody knows just how good he is, but some indication could be read in the statement of the trainer of the horse he upset so rudely Saturday in the Narragansett Special, B. A. (Plain Ben) Janes. “We have no excuses to make for Whirlaway,” Jones said. “Whirlaway didn’t run quite as he has run before and War Relic seemed fit enough to last all day. Well just have to try to catch Lim the next time we meet up.” war Relic has won eight of his last 10 races and he finished second on the other two occasions. He first made the headlines when he scampered home in the $50,000 Massachusetts handicap, and then he ran Whirlaway to a highly dis-

Springs. He led from wire to wire in the $25,000 Special Saturday and was just breezing at the end while Whirlaway was a badly beaten horse. Instead of moving to within $90,000 of Seabiscuit’s all-time money mark, Whirlaway picked up only $4000 and stayed in fifth spot. Whirlaway and War Relic aren't eligible for many of the same races. The former will run next in the Lawrence Realization at Belmont Park and the chances are their rubber meeting won’t come until the Pimlico Special in Maryland Oct. 30. In that race, both would have to carry the same weight, the factor on which Whirlaway’s backers pinned alibis today. : In the disputed nose race, Whirlaway gave War Relic 13 pounds. On Saturday he gave him 11.

Midget Driver Dies

WICHITA, Kas., Stpt. 15 (U.P). ---Elmer Priddy, 22, or Wichita, was killed last night when his midget auto spun out of control, crashed into another machine and rolled over three times. He had just

Joop p. m. on Tuesday night. Any team or individual wishing to bowl is to be present.

He Finishes 2d

Birds Gain Finals Spot

By ‘UNITED PRESS The Columbus Red Birds, assured of a place in the finals of the Amercan Association playoffs, sat around today waiting for the victor of the Minneapolis-Louisville series. The Ohioans polished off Kansas City yesterday, 7 to 3, to finish that end of the playoff semifinals in the lead, four games to two. The

| fourth game of the Minneapolis-

Louisville series. was postponed again yesterday because of wet ounds. Louisville holds a substantial lead over the Millers of three games to none. The Birds, who finished the regular season in first place, got off to an early start yesterday in whipping the third-place Blues. They scored two runs in the first inning and three in the fifth off Milo Candini. Al Gerheauser went to the mound and held the Birds until the ninth when .they put across two more tallies. ; ? John Grodzicki held the Blues to five hits, throttling the Kansas Citians after yielding one run in each of the first three innings,

Pro Gridders Ready to Go

By UNITED PRESS The National professional football league season swings into high gear this week with the first three game Sunday card of the 1941 sea= son. Including the Cleveland at Chicago Cardinals night game Tuesday, there are four games in all scheduled. A barrage of field goals and two last-period touchdowns . gave the Green Bay Packers a 23-0 victory over the Detroit Lions Sunday in the season’s opener at Green Bay, Wis. Detroit passed the 50-yard line only once. / Ace Parker, apparently fully recovered from the broken ankle he suffered last May, led the Brooklyn Dodgers to a 35-0 triumph over the Churchill Club, a team of New York college stars, in an exhibition game at Springfield, Mass. The New York Giants opened their season at Philadelphia Saturday night by routing the Eagles, 24-0.

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