Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1941 — Page 10
SPORTS. By E d die Ash
‘DISASTER has befallen every National League champion which has trotted out to battle the Yankees in World Series competition in the past 15 years and it looks like the Bombers are primed again to dish out their
favorite brand of punishment. If the Yankees triumph this year in four straight games, they will break their record of one dozen consecutive Worid Series victories. chalked up by the 1927, 1928 and 1932 teams over the Pittsburgh Pirates, St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago Cubs. Their first World or after the 1932 four-in-a-row was in 1936 . . . It was Carl Hubbell of the Giants who snapped that 12game streak by annexing the first tilt of the 1936 Series, won by the Yanks four games to two. It was in 1937 that the Yankees last dropped a World Series game and Hubbell of the Giants turned the trick after the American Leaguers captured the first three clashes. The last time the National League annexed a Series from the Yankees was in 1926 when the event stretched out seven games and the St. Louis Cards copped the duke . . . That was a “terrific” struggle as well as a frenzied one right down to the last out . . . But the Yanks have never since lost a World Series, bagging seven after that loss. They have a nine-game World Series winning streak intact . .. In 1987 they won the first three, dropped the fourth and won the fifth . . . And in 1938 they bumped off the Chicago Cubs in four straight and repeated the grand slam against the Cincinnati Reds in 1939.
Brooklyn Bugs Prepare to Celebrate CINCHED BUT NOT CLINCHED is the way the Brooklyn fanatics look at the National League pennant situation . . . Four games to go for the leading Dodgers, four to go for the Cardinals... and the Bums a game and a half ahead. If Brooklyn beats Boston today and St. Louis loses to Pittsburgh, it will be possible for the Dodgers to wrap up the flag tomorrow . .. The long, frenzied race ends Sunday, a two-club race from start to finish, . After splitting that double-header at Pittsburgh yesterday, the Cardinals are hanging on the ropes. ~The Brooklyn-St. Louis season’s table to date:
DODGERS CARDINALS Record
Record Game Left So Far Game Left So Far Opponent Home Away Won Lost
Home Away Won Lost St. Louis ...... 0 11 1
/ Broo! cesses 0 11 Cincinnati ..... 0 14 8
Cincinnati ..... 0 12 Pittsburgh scone 0 10 ‘Pittsburgh eecee 0 15 New York ..... 0 8
New York ...... 0 15 Chicago ...iece 9 Chicago .cccoeee 0 Boston 4
Boston Philadelphia ... 3 Philadelphia ... 0 -
Totals ........2 2 97 353 Totals ........ 0
+ The remaining games on the Dodger and Cardinal slates: Brooklyn at Boston today and tomorrow; Friday, open; Philadelphia at Brooklyn Saturday and Sunday . .. St. Louis at Pittsburgh today and tomorrow; Friday, open; St. Louis at Chicago Saturday and Sunday . . . The “if” today: Brooklyn (.647)—Win, (.638)—Win, 640 « « o Lose,
Pennsy to Operate Big Fight Special
ACCORDING TO F. C. Fechtman, passenger representative, Guaranty Bldg, youll have to hurry fo get in on a cut rate to the Joe Louis-Lou Nova heavyweight championship bout .". . Round trip costs $55 . . . This will include train fare on the Pennsy Jeffersonian both ways, a $16.50 seat at the fight, a recom with twin beds and bath at the Taft Hotel for two nights, and dinner and breakfast on the train going.
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Tickets will have a limit of 21 days; so if you want to stay over
in New York for the World Series, starting at Yankee Stadium, Oct. 1, this will enable you to do so} The special fight party is sponsobed by the Washington Athletic Club, phones LI. 2600 and RI. 1895, gr call Pennsy ticket office. . . The fight is to be held Monday night—at the Polo Grounds . . . Local party is to leave Saturday and arrive in New York at 9:45 a. m. Sunday. s 2 ” 2 ® 8 IF THE DODGERS get into the World Series, Lew Riggs, the club’s extra third sacker and pinch-hitter, will be in a position to laugh while the melon is being cut . . . It will be third Series in a row
for Lew, who was crowded out of a job in Cincinnati . . « He was
& member of the Reds during 1939 and 1940 World Series. The Syracuse Internationals have announced the conditional purchase from Birmingham of Outfielder Carmel Castle who was on the Indianapolis roster the early part of the 1941 season.
Pennsylvania Railroad
Steve Brody Wins Again
Steve Brody, of Holyoke, Mass.,
to rack up his seventh straight local
who has been a consistent winner |wine
here, continued on the victory trail at the Armory last night by adding The Great Mephisto, of Newark, N. -J., to his long string of ring victims. He annexed a three fall bout from the latter in the main event of the weekly wrestling card. Brody got off to an inauspicious start when he dropped the first fall to-his rival in 16 minutes. Mephisto employed a vicious wrist lock to turn the trick, but could not stand the blistering pace set by the Holyoke junior. light-heavy in the following action as ‘Brody took the next two falls in short order. ; A leg full nelson decided the second session in. 14 minutes and the end came for Mephisto in 11 minutes ‘of the third fall when the winner used a'dropkick and body press
“Lord” Lansdowne, the English ace who was to have taken on Coach Billy Thom, of Bloomington, in the semi-windup tussle, was unable to appear due to an attack of boils on his right arm and a local substitute agreed to step into the vacancy. Carlos Freeman, a former Indiana state amateur Y. M. C. A. lightheavy champion, turned in a creditable performance against the I. U. mat mentor in the first professional test of his career, but Thom’s superior ring knowledge was too much for the Indianapolis matman. The Bloomington athlete pinned Freeman in 16 minutes with a body press and smother. The opening bout was won by Am Rascher, Cedar Lake, Ind, :
Arizona Team May Be Erratic Against Irish
Wildcats Have Pony Express Backfield
Times Special
Coach Miles Casteel loaded 33 Arizona football players onto a South Bend-bound train today after confessing that the Wildcats are likely to deliver an erratic performance against Notre Dame Saturday. . Since the Wildcats’ practice game against the freshmen last Saturday, Casteel has been convinced more than ‘ever that behind his first eleven the greenness shows up fast. Drills this week have been designed
to working this hit-and-miss play out of the Wildcats’ game.
zonians will have had a week of secret training. In spite of the Saturday night exhibition of regulation game length, Casteel worked his club hard on Saturday morning. He also called a two-hour drill period for this morning before the team departed.
Drill in Kansas City
The railway kinks will be ironed out in a drill period tomorrow night, under lights of Rockhurst College in Kansas City, Mo. The club will reach South Bend at noon Friday, and an afternoon workout has been Scheduled on the Notre Dame gridon. Casteel’s exhibition bore out his early prediction of a faster team than of last year. It is apparent mainly in the backfield, the pony express backfield holding Adolph Matulis, quarterback; Bob Ruman, left halfback; Emil Banjavcic, right halfback, and Bernie Singer, fullback. Already working well with the No. 1 frame in the backfield are Bob Johnson, sophomore, and Bill Smetana, frosh of two years ago with a year’s lapse in service, relief for Ruman at left half. Casteel has shoved the work of the right halfback position to Mike Ohaco, relief for Banjavcic, since the latter took a broken hand in training 10 days ago. Banjavcic’s possibilities of starting still is a problem. ‘While the backfield starting unit still is prcblematical, the Cat line has taken form that is likely to start against Notre Dame as follows: Hank Stanton, le; Joe Peggs, 1t; Stan Petropolis, 1g; Murl McCain, c; Mike Regenovich, rg; Jack Irish, rf, and Boyd Morse, re.
Sophs Bid for Spots
Regenovich has decisively whipped Ed Taylor in the. -starting right guard berth, and has come in fast for the position during the past week. A trio of sophomores who have worked their way into the No. 2 eleven within the past week are Dick Dermody, left end; Barnes Parker, left tackle, and John Yovonovits, right tackle. Storming. along with reputation of being the fastest reserve guard on the squad, Stub Ashcraft has worked his way from fourth line to the No. 2s. Also strengthening the No. 2 eleven is Fred Clubb, late to training, but shifted from center to
lguard for the season. He is sturdily
planted cn the right side of the line. Herb Vail, reserve right end who battled through a field of three good ends to fill the starting post last season when Morse was injured, graces the right end and position on the second line. All in all, Casteel’s reserve line of first order is nearly 100 per cent better than it was two weeks ago, and the Irish will not run into soft resistance when the starters go out for rest.
Ohio Champion in Sunday Races
Carl Scarborough, 1941 Ohio champion, has entered the dirt track racing program to be staged here next Sunday afternoon at the Indiana Dirt Track Speedway, 9200 S. Meridian St. ‘The half-mile Indiana Speedway track adjoins Carey's ranch. It will be the second program of the season. Scarborough, who is from Pontiac, Mich., is listed as one of the best dirt track pilots in the game. He is of the “take-a-chance” type and is a real crowd-pleaser. The Mid-West Racing Association, the same group that sponsors programs at Columbus and Franklin, Ind., is in charge of the races here next Sunday. There will be a total of 75 laps of racing, including a 25lap feature.
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It Looks Like Brooklyn as Cardinals Divide’
Pirates es Blank St. Louis, Then {Get the Same
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He's out, no he’s safe—Umpire Pinelli calls Frank Crespi of the Cards out at home in the fourth inning of the second game Yostontay. However, Smith, Pirate catcher, dropped the ball and Crespi was safe.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1041
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Bums Move to Hub City; St. Louis Plays Pirates
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent
* NEW YORK, Sept. 24.— Pennant-winning possibilities. : were all on the Brooklyn -' Dodgers’ side today in their . .
|battle with the St. Louis: %
Cardinals for the National: ra League pennant. * The odds shifted sharply in sup. =
port of the Dodgers when Curt.
Davis blanked the Phillies Monday. . =
and veered even more when the
Cardinals split with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a double-header yostare.. fanny day. : > -If Brooklyn wins the first game o a. two-game set with the Boston
ore
*|Braves and St. Louis loses to Pitts="
CHICAGO, Sept. 24—Without
time coaches called “warm-ups.” here's why: Minnesota vs. Washington at Seattle — Minnesota’s anticipated greatness rests on holdovers from last year’s undefeated team. Since a bad pass from center, among other things, cost Washington its Minnesota game last season the Gophers and Huskies rated about on a par at that time. Washington has 25 returning lettermen to Minnesota's 23. Washington believes it has a sophomore to replace halfback Dean McAdams and Minnesota figures sophomore Herman Frickey eventually may be another George Franck. The old Minnesota flair for coming from behind may get its first test of the new season in this one. Missouri at Ohio State — Until proved otherwise, Ohio State apparently is to be considered a darkhorse in the Big Ten despite its ‘complete reorganization under Paul Brown, late of Massillon, O., High School. Reports from Columbus indicate Brown is bringing the Bucks back on a sound attack basis, but it may be too early to meet a team like Missouri, whose strong line makes it a contender for Nebraska's Big Six championship. Ohio’s Paul Sarringhaus, considered one of the better Big Ten sophomore ball carriers, makes his debut. Arizona at Notre Dame—Another new coach takes over—Frank Leahy of Boston College fame. It will be
ball and something old in first-game results. Despite moans of lack of reserves, Notre Dame risks nothing
little of the tricks Leahy has installed. Michigan State at Michigan—Fritz Crisler’s rebuilding job against Charley Bachman’s. Each has veteran lines and a revised backfield, ut Michigan’s ball carrying unit ed by Bob Westfall appears a touchdown superior. Vanderbilt at Purdue — Vandy’s sophomores, rated extremely capable on overhead attack, might scare Purdue’s veterans. Vandy figures to be a year away. Detroit at Indiana—Indiana unveils Bill Hillenbrand in this one,
runner may be handicapped by injury. With new men as replacements at nearly every position, the Hoosiers are a gamble. Detroit is | seeking its first victory over a Big
Cards Hurling Gumbert Today
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 24 (U. P.).— The St. Louis Cardinals, trailing the league-leading Dodgers by 1% games in the National League race, scheduled Harry Gumbert to pitch
against the Pittsburgh Pirates today in the third game of their fourgame series. Johnny Lanning starts
- {for the Pirates.
Gumbert, winner of five straight games, has won 11 and lost six for the Cards.
lost 10 and was knocked out by Brooklyn in his last start. Gumbert turned back the Cubs, 3-1, in his last outing.
BOSTON, Sept. 24 (U. P.)—The Brooklyn Dodgers, refreshed by a full day's rest, open a two-game
| series with. the Braves today. Jim| Lk Tobin was sent to the i 5
something new in Notre Dame foot- |-
in this one, probably will display].
although the touted sophomore |
Cards. Lanning has won 11 and}
Big Ten Teams and Irish Rule as Opening Favorites
By STEVE SNIDER United Press Staff Correspondent
exception, six Big Ten teams and
Notre Dame ruled as favorites today for the first week-end of football involving the major teams of the Central West. So says the first line of odds in 1941, but of the seven favorites |g only Notre Dame and Iowa appeared to have in store what the old- |Z
The rest are nearer toss-ups and
Ten team, having lost in the past to Iowa and Purdue.
Drake at Iowa—Not enough good ones at Drake to stop Iowa’s running attack. Good spot to determine whether Jim Youell, Bus Mertes and Tom Farmer, who gave great promise last year, have developed enough to aid Iowa’s cracking fullback, Bill" Green, in later
By UNITED PRESS The Columbus Red Birds prepared today to represent the Ameri-
can Association in an International Little World Series with Montreal, winner of the 8 Internation al League playoff. The Ohioans won the American Association playoff last night by defeating the Louisville Colonels, who finished the regular season in second place, 8 to 1. The ET Bed Eis Jock e best four ou John Grodzicki 0” coven series
with the loss of only one game.
contests.
The victory last night belonged to
Grodzicki Hurls Red Birds Into Little World Series
: clinch the flag tomorrow
bugh today, the Durochermen can : with 8 3 triumph over the Hub club. i Both have four games to play. ig The Cardinals play in Pittsburgh, ‘today and tomorrow, have an open date Friday and move to Shloage for windup games on Saturday and Sunday: .
Dodgers Play Braves re
The Dodgers play in Boston today and tomorrow, are idle Friday and return to Ebbets Field for games with Philadelphia Saturday and, Sunday. If Brooklyn wins three of th remaining games, the Cards could, .. vy not win the pennant even if they . swept ‘their four remaining cone . In that case the standings...
would be: W. L. Pct. GB, Brooklyn ssveee .100 8M 649 Pol St. Louis ....... 99 54 647 %n
St. Louis struck a snag yesterday id by swapping shutouts with the "= : irates. A combination of good
John Grodzicki. He allowed the Colonels only five hits and had a shutout until Arthur Parks lifted a long ball over the right field wall for a home run in the ninth inning with two out. Until that long smash, not a Colonel had gotten past second base. The Red Birds cinched the game in the first four innings during which they got 10 of their 12 hits and scored seven of their eight runs. The cause was aided by Ray Sanders’ triple in the fourth which sent home two runs. Joe Wood Jr., who worked only one inning for the Colonels, was the losing pitcher. He was succeeded on the mound by Bill Butland and Bill Fleming. The Little World Series will open in Montreal Friday and move to Columbus after the first three
games.
Majors, A.
A. Baseball At a Glance
NATIONAL LEAGUE WwW L 53
Pet. 647 638 564 530 473 460 407 282
GB
1% 12%
Brooklyn .... 97 St. Louis Cincinnati ...ccc0.. 84 Pittsburgh ..c.eoceee 79 ° New York ...ccocceee Chicago eesssces 69 Boston .... Philadelphia cccoc000e
AMERICAN LEAGUE WwW L New York .....cc.... 98 51 Boston ... 69 Chicago .... 6 Detroit ...ooocesc00e0 74 76 Cleveland ....cs0000s 78 176 Washington ...ccce000 68 80 St. Louis .....ce0000 67 82 Philadelphia coos... 63 87
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Pet. 658 58% 493 493
Sess snssnce 80 sossssces 14
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Columbus ...... Louisville: ..cococecesenses 4 INTERNATIONAL PLAYOFF (Final Standing) L 8 4
Montreal Newark ...cocococesoccccces 8
GAMES TODAY NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Boston. St. Louis at Pittsburgh. Chicago at Cincinnati. New York at Philadelphia (iwo).
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: AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Washington (two) Philadelphia at New York. Cleveland at Chicago. : Detroit at St. Louis.
RESULTS YESTERDAY NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game) t. Louis Pittsburgh M. Cooper, Shoun, Hutchinson and Mancuso, W. Cooper; Heintzelman and Lopes. (Second Game)
St. Louis 8 0 Pittsburgh 000 000 000— 0 8 4
Lanier and Mancuso; Sewell, Sullivan, and Smith.
(First Game)
w York Phlladoiohia" - C. Melton, Bowman, Wittig and Hartnett, Blaemire; Masterson and Livingston. (Second Game)
New York 220 201 010— : i 1 | Philadelphia 3
East, Adams and O’Dea; Jones, aa and | Livingsto ton.
Chie Cincinnati
(Ten Innings) 000 100 000 3— 4 1 1
1 and Tebbetts; Muncrief
Oniy games scheduled.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYOFF 121 300 100— 8 12 0 000 000 001— 1 5 0 Grodzicki and Poland; Wood,
Sayles, Butland, Fleming and Glenn. ay
INTERNATIONAL PLAYOFF
3321
Kehn, Wicker, Mungo and Howell; iy Lindell and Padden.
Major Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE
G AB R Williams, Boston. 133 437 131 1% Travis, Yash. 103 . 184 525 3
BiMay ggio, Y.. Hea Cieveland. 146 560 Siebert, Phila 123 467 63 NATIONAL LEAGUE Reiser, Brooklyn. 135 530 116 Cooney, Boston... 1 438 S51 OK, 8 Mize, S t. Louis. Medwick, Br'klyn. 1290 528 HOME RUNS s, R. Sox. 36|Henrich, Yanks.. Dodgers
- 3 DiMaggio, Yanks. 5 mONS BATNED |
Keller, Yanks.. DiM3y 0, Yanks Hs Honthms , Dodgers 119
Lee and Schetfing; Vander Meer, Turner, Beggs and Lombar
Only games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
001 001 502— 9 11 2 001 122 110— 8 13 4|
d Wagner; Ruffing, Silliam
an Braap and Biokey. Rosar. Foi re ro . 010 3 3 : 1 1
.. 002 1
H. Newsome, Dobson, and vias Hudson and Early.
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Pirates. by Pittsburgh's Ken Heint- 1 1 zelman and a miserable day afield for the Cards, gave the Pirates the first game, 4-0. Heintzelman ale lowed only six hits. Only one Cardi=nal got as far as third. It was hig 11th victory and Pittsburgh’s fifth in 19 games this year with St. Louis, Martin Marion made a wild throw,. ~ one of five Cardinal errors, that presented an opportunity for Pittsburgh to score three runs and drive Mort Cooper from the mound in the first inning. Eddie Stewart was safe on Marion’s bad throw and went to third on Fletcher's double, ... Then, with one out, Vince DIMaggio, i singled both runners home and went’ to second on the play. He scored on Garm’s single. .
Lanier Captures Nightcap
Pittsburgh’s’ fourth run came in - the fifth when Marion fumbled Stu Martin's grounder with the bases full, Fletcher scoring. * Max Lanier went the distance for the Cardinals in the second game, allowing eight hits for a 9-0" triumph. Rookies Stan Musial and Estel Crabtree featured the Cards’ eight-hit assault which was helped _ by four Pittsburgh errors. The New York Giants divided with the Philadelphia Phillies, dropping the opener, 8-2, and wine ning the nightcap, 8-6. i, Bill Lee went the route for the first time since June 29th and reg- ..
22 when the Cubs defeated the Reds, 9-1. Lee allowed eight hits. In the American League, the Detroit Tigers moved into a tie for third place with the idle Chicago’ White Sox by defeating the St. Louis Browns, 4-1, in 10 innings,’ Dizzy Trout held the Browns 6° seven hits. i Red Ruffing and Joe DiMaggio & clouted homers for the Yankees but the Athletics shoved across two runs in the ninth to win, 9-8. : . Nashinglon edged the Red Sox,
Gary Boy Beaten
2 In Final Round
NEWARK, N. J, Sept. 2¢ (U. P). —Pete Lello, 134, Gary, Ind., lost on a technical knockout to Julie Kogon, 136, New Haven, Conn. last night in the last minute of a scheduled J.T d bout at Meadow Brook
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