Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 September 1941 — Page 11

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| WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 24, 1001

Graysons

! ABOUT THIS time of the year as|} minor leagues come to a close, club

treasurers wonder how they are going to get the red ink off their books and be ready tor next season. It remained for little Winfield, Kas., to devise a method to beat the high cost of baseball. In fact, Winfield just laughs out loud when you mention money matters. This sports-loving town of 10,000 found a way to provide its citizens with free baseball—night baseball, no less. Fred C. Clarke, the old-time Pittsburgh outfielder and manager, is the prime mover behind this unusual athletic enterprise. The Winfield Plan has become so widely. known in various sections that other communities are considering adopting it. It easily could become a national epidemic.

3 2 2 FIRST THE automobile, then golf

and softball and now the defense program have taken the minds of

young Americans off baseball.

Night baseball rescued the minors for: a time, but finally wore out. Many of the smaller loops have had tough times for years. Things became so bad a dozen years ago that an emergency meeting of minor league officials was held. It became necessary for major league organizations to subsidize practically every minor league club. A complete check for this year is not_yet available, but 1940 was one of the worst for the minors everywhere. The shortage of big league talent became so acute that the majors gave financial assistance to * American Legion tournaments to encourage boys to play the game that-once was played on every lot.

# 2 = FANS DO NOT have to dig into

their jeans as they march through + the gate at Winfield’s ball park. The

, town pays the bills, if there are any.

In Winfield, night baseball is stricty a civic proposifion. Business men and sportsmen had a well lighted and comfortable modern field erected. Players play for fun. Kids who retrieve lost ball turn them over to the management, and in return are treated to a bottle of pop. At the end of the 10-week season all ball retrievers are awarded prizes. Usually they are profes-sional-type bats, inscribed with the names - of ‘the better-known big league athletes. Once a year Winfield has Donation Night. Fans throw a few cents into the pot, if they feel like it. Nobody makes goo-goo eyes at those who don’t. s ” 8 FRED CLARKE, a nearby gentleman farmer, organized a league with two teams in Winfield and several representing neighborhood towns. The brand of baseball has been so good that big league scouts are beginning to wander in and take a look. Next. spring the league may have a boy or two in the majors and a few in the more important minors. The majors no doubt would be pleased to give financial aid to towns interested in the Winfield Plan. It easily could be another answer kp the major league problem of in-

Wereasing the interest of the youth

of the land in the so-called national ; pastime.

‘Another Pitcher

NEW YORK, Sept. 2¢ (U. P).— Officials of local selective service board 268 said today that Mickey Harris, Boston Red Sox pitcher, was examined at Ft. Jay yesterday and that if .the Army ruled him fit he probably would be called into serve ice on or about Oct. 14.

After 10th

Johnny Denson (above), one of the most promising young heavyweight maulers to develop in Indianapolis in recent years, will be gunning for his tenth straight ring victory here since the first of the year when the Allison defense worker collides with Lee Oma, 200-pound Detroit mauler, in the main event of the boxing card to be staged at the Armory fomorrow night.

Eight Hoosiers In P.G. A. Test

LEESBURG, Ind. Sept. 24 (U. P.). —Eight Hoosier professionals tee off today for the quarter-final round of the state P. G. A. tournament at Tippecanoe Country Club here, with several of the .pre-tourney favorites already out of the running.

Wayne Timberman, Indianapolis 1940 open champion who went 22 holes to defeat Wayne Hensley, Anderson, one up in the second round, and Bud Williamson, Fort Wayne, who fired a brilliant four under par 66 to down Noel Epperson, Wawasee, still were in the running. But Russel Stonehouse, Indianapolis, defending P. G. A. king, went down to defeat three and two ‘at

ton dark horse, in yesterday's first round. Hamblen went on to win a second round victory over Clagett Stevens, Richmond, three and two. Other quarter-finalists today were: Tommy Vaughn, Indianapolis, Fred McDermott, Tippecanoe, Bob Grant, Kokomo, Johnny Watson, South Bend, and Massie Miller, Indianupolis. :

7 Butler Harriers Ready to Go

Coach Ray Sears of the Butler University cross-country squad will have seven runners ready when the Bulldog harriers meet Eastern Illinois State Teachers College Friday over the three-mile Fairview course. Bob Dressen, Frank Wintin, Morris Nahmias, Richard Clark, Wilbur Bagby, Jack Rice and Bob Knowles will race for Butler. The meet will begin and end in ‘the Butler bowl and will start around 3:30 p. m.

the hands of Floyd Hamblen, Tip-|

Jack Says Joe Is Just as

Good as Ever

By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent

GREENWOOD LAKE, N. Y., Sept. 24.—The little dressing room revers berated with his guffaws as trainer Jack Blackburn laughed down repogts that Joe Louis will be but a shell of himself when he defends his heavyweight title against Lou Nova Monday night. “Ah never heard such nonsense,” Blackburn said. “People who think Joe is slippin’ are either blind or crazy. He's just as good a fighter now.as he evah was—maybe bettah. Ah ought to know.” Yes, Jack should know. The elderly but athletic-looking Negro with the razor tatting on his left cheek has trained Bomber Joe for all his 54 professional fights. Jack was a great scrapper, himself, in the old days, but he has carved a more lasting pugilistic niche by his masterful handling of Louis

He Can Hit Nova

As Jack went about the business of stowing away boxing gloves, headguards, skipping ropes and other training paraphernalia after yesterday’s workout, a reporter said, “But Julian (Co-Manager) Black admitted that Joe has slipped about 20 per cent.” Old Jack, who might be semi-bald if his head weren't closely cropped, showed his gold teeth in a watermelon smile. He chuckled, “Julian nevah told me or Joe that. No suh! We’s all tickled to death with Joe’s shape. Julian knows Nova ain’t got a chanst, just like ah does.” Ever-smiling Jack continued, “Any man Louis can hit, he can whup. And he can hit Nova—easy. What's all this talk I heah about Nova bein’ a great all-round fighter without any weakness? Why, he’s about as easy a target as I ever seed. If you don’t think that’s a weakness, wait till Monday night and be convinced.” But why is Joe going about his training chores in such lethargic fashion, if he isn’t fagged out?

Merely Rounded Into Shape

Blackburn said Joe isn’t at all fagged out. He merely rounded into shape quicker than expected, despite his rest after the Conn fight June 18. Hence the champion has been taking things easy for the past week to prevent getting too fine. Jack bemphasized that Joe was too fine for Conn, at 199% pounds. But this time he'll come into the ring at

>|about 20212. - Had he weighed that

for the June fight, Jack declared, “Conn wouldn’t. have lasted five rounds.”

Tony Scoofs Home First

In all likelihood Tony ' Bettenhausen of Chicago will become as much of a favorite with local auto racing fans as he is on the Eastern speed paths. Last night Bettenhausen proved his driving skill when he came from fifth place to win the 35-lap feature midget race at the new Indianapolis Speecrome. Everett Rice, Kip Young, Hank Schlosser, Houston Bundy, Swede Carpenter and Pete Romonovich finished behind Bettenhausen in that order. Bettenhausen’s time set -a new track record, as did Everett Rice’s in an elimination sprint and Floyd Wilfong’s in the 10-lap event. Romonvich,’ a Chicago driver, won the first elimination, and Wilfong, ‘a Greenfield entrant, headed the field in. the second. Sod Saunders of Muncie and Rex Woodard of Wichita, won the other two elimination events. In a special match race Everett Rice outdrove Kip Young. :

In these days of stréss and strain and uncertainty as to services and prices, it is comfortable to do business with the railroads. You can plan IN ADVANCE what you are going to spend, and you can be certain of having the service furnished at the expected price. Such dependability, lightly regarded though it may be in times of peace and plenty, is a pear] beyond ‘estimate when emergencies arise and the skies darken and the winds begin to blow. That is true because supply and demand have little effect on prices of railway transportation. Uncle Sam himself has been among the first to find that out. He 1s coming to lean more and more heavily upon the strength of the : reilroads. Despite that, there has been no increase in all-rail rates on any commodity even remotely related to the national defense program. On the contrary, there have been notable reductions. In taking over the movement of commodities ordinarily handled by water, the rail seals lovely mgny Cases reduced setes below the normal allel busi Crude petroleum is one timely case in point. Nothing short of an unbearable increase in expenses 1s likely #» cause the railroads to seek any general increase in their rates. : "We of the Illinois Central pledge to Uncle Sam, as we pledge % oath oF his sons (oid yore sone und one sons) tn theiiealning Campe

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"THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

‘Any Man Louis Can Hit, He Can Whup’ “BRburn

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By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Sept. 2¢.—Well, sir, it appears that the St. Louis Cardinals missed the boat in Pittsburgh yesterday, so today would be a fine -time-to settle a couple of questions that seem to be bothering plenty of people: 1, Will the Dodger fans tear down Ebbets Field in event the

Series? 2. Are the Dodger fans really grade-A screwballs or is that just a figment of sports writers’ imagination? On question No. 1 the answer is: undoubtedly. On question No. 2, I will present evidence and then rest my case. You can be judge and jury. On Aug. 12, Sol Gurtenstein went to Ebbets Field at 10 a. m. to try to get a bleacher seat. They were all gone.:He decided to climb a drain pipe and try to slip into the-park. At the top of the wall he slipped, fell and broke a leg. He was taken to Kings County Hospital and the nurse asked him whether he had any special request. He replied: “Yes, turn on the radio so I can listen to the Dodgers’ game.”

» ” ” Robert T. Anderson was drafted last April. He had seen every opening game of the Dodgers for nine years. Eight days before the season opened on April 15 he filled out a form with his local draft board asserting that he had conscientious scruples against military service. That automatically held up his induction into the Army and he saw the opening game (Giants 6, Dodgers 4). Anderson went Lome from the ball park and notified his draft.

beloved Bums win the World

Are the Dodger Fans Really Screwy? Well, Would You Break a Leg, Dodge the Draft, Rebuke an Officer for Them?

_ The Dodgers won both games.

Private Murray Waldenburg’s defense of the Dodgers was rewarded when he received a call from a New York newspaper inviting him to attend the World Series at their expense. Brig. Gen. John H. Hester (left), a Dodger fan himself, says he can go—if the Bums win the

pennant.

board that he. had overcome his conscientious scruples. He's. a private at Camp Upton. 2 8 8 In Supreme Court at White Plains, N. Y., yesterday, Justice Lee Parsons Davis was hearing a negligence action, Raymond Moniz, an investigator on the staff of the district attorney, tiptoed into court and whispered something to the judge. The trial was halted and it was announced that the Cardinals had lost the first game to the Pirates and that the Beloved Bums were one step closer to the pennant.

” # ” On Sept. 7, a Dodger fan showed up for a double-header with the Giants wearing a hor-rible-looking mask, which he kept on throughout the game. He said it would be a jinx to the Giants.

” 2 ” Murray Waldenburg: arrived at Camp Wheeler, Ga., to begin military service, carrying a suitcase th a Brooklyn label on it. An officer asked: “What have you got there, the remains of the Dodgers’ pennant chances?” Waldenburg, almost weeping, replied: “Sir, I don’t know you and you don’t know me. Call me names. You can put me on K. P. for a week and it will be okay. You can take away my holiday passes. But please, mister, don’t say nothin’ against them Dodgers.”

” » ” An unidentified fan bet $25 on the first game of a double-header. The Dodgers lost and so did he. Then he bet a friend $25 that he could climb over the railing, charge out to the plate umpire and protest a decision in the second game. He got thrown out of the park, but he got even on his bets.

By BOB

Bob Zuppke. . . . a very green eleven.

Alsab Appears Derby Choice

NEW YORK, Sept. 2¢ (U.P.).—A trim brown colt who has run his $700 purchase price into dividends of $88,065 took his place at the head of America’s 2-year-old class today and the boys who like to look into the future were pasting his name in their hatbands as the horse to beat in the Kentucky Derby of 1942. He is Alsab and is known around the paddocks as “Another Whirlaway.” A crowd of more than 22,000 turned out .at Belmont Park yesterday to take their first look at this son of Good News and most of the customers placed their wagers on his match race opponent, Requested —popularly known as the juvenile champ of the East. They saw this cheap youngster from Chicago whip Requested by three and *a half lengths while running one of the fastest sprints ever timed. Alsab roared across the finish line just a fifth of a second shy of the world record for six and a half furlongs and hacked the local mark from 1:17 1/5 to a neat and gaudy

After several checks of the timing equipment, the officials verified the mark, the mutuel clerks paid off $3.70 on straight bets and owner Albert Sabbath, a Chicago lawyer, collected the entire $10,000 purse.

BASKETBALL

The Bush-Feezle Basketball Association will operate Basketball Leagues again this year, to play Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at the Hoosier Athletic Club and Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday at the Pennsy Gym. The Kinghan Athletic Association will play on Mon-|t day and the Allison Athletic Association will play on Saturday night. Teams interested in entering these leagues should attend the meeting tonight at ‘8 o’clock at the BushFeezle store, 136 E. Washington St.

Mlinois (Still Under Zuppke) ji Be Green—Very Green

ZUPPKE

University of Illinois Football Coach. ° (Written for the United Press)

CHAMPAIGN, 1, Sept. 24—There used to be a saying: pects are never so bad as when you have a veteran team.” The idea was that the veterans would rest on their laurels and loaf. Well, too many veterans is one thing we don’t have to worry about. In fact, we have only three lettermen who have won two letters. team will be green—very green—when we travel to Minnesota Oct. 11.

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In a nutshell, the line is the biggest problem at Illinois. We hope to have a better running attack that

will carry some scoring punch, but 22

we've got to have a better defense than last year. Think of it! We|g. led Northwestern, 14 to 13, into the last period last year, only to be swept aside. He Wants Tacklers If it is humanly possible, we'll have a team of tacklers. I've always said that a team of good tacklers is hard to beat. I said I'll find centers who can tackle if I have to try every man on the squad and I'm still looking. We had a hard-fighting bunch last year but they had to fight with superhuman energy to keep from being annihilated. Our offense consisted chiefly of the forward pass. Although the opposition knew that, we led the Conference with an av-

erage .gain through the air of 104}

yards per game. Dick Good did a fine job of throwing. His Conference game average was 82 yards, next to the

Jhighest. We have Good back, also

Johnny Worban, who does pretty well as a thrower. .If our sophomores deliver, our backfield should be improved. I don’t like to talk about sophomore backs before they have gained a yard for Illinois but I think this boy Don Grifin has that indefinable quality “style,” and should be a good all-around back. Then Jimmy Smith, our best runner two years ago, out with injuries last season, is back. We may play Griffin at left and Jimmy at right. You notice that Bierman is usually lucky enough to have a good runier at

right. Look at Those Sophs!

There’s a slim-jam back named Gould, too. We have Astroth and Falkenstein, hard - working backs from last year. If we can piece out a line, we'll have a running attack. The line is more or less a free for all competition. There will be some sophomores in it, certainly sophomore replacements. If you don’t believe we're going to be green, look at the roster. More than half the squad are sophomores. Somebody has pointed out that once in' a long while sophomore teams are so full of the elixir of life they kick out in all directions and surprise everybody. Well, I'm all ready to be surprised.

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ilited contact work caused Coach 609 | Tony Hinkle to sclredule this eve-

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Drills this evening and tomorrow afternoon will conclude Butler’s football preparations for its game

The hot weather that has curtailed afternoon workouts and lim-

ning’s practice under the lights of the bowl. : Although Woody Norris, senior fullback; Lowell Toelle, senior guard, and Andy Williams, sophomore end, were out of yesterday’s

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