Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1941 — Page 6
SPORTS.
By Eddie Ash
NEVER IN the bitter battle did more than four games separate the Brooklyn Dodgers and St. Louis Cardinals through the long National League campaign
that closed yesterday.
Brooklyn’s Bums clinched it last mid-week, 214 ~ games ahead, and that’s the way it finished. The Dodgers’ record for the season is within one game of the New York Yankees’ achievement . . . a situation that furnishes additional dope for the fans to toss around before the rivals clash in the
World Series opener Wednesday.
The Yanks won 101 games and lost 53, the Dodgers won 100 and lost 54. . . . However, the American League champions were not chased all season and eventually made it a one-club sprint and landed 17 games ahead of second-place Boston. Ousted from the leadership eight times and tied for ‘it once, the Dodgers bounced back on Sept. 4 to regain possession: of the pennant position and hold it to the finish. . . . The neck-and-neck race actually started on April 28, when, after dropping three games to the Giants, the Dodgers overtook the Cards to snatch the league lead for
the first time. On June 15, the Cardinals held
a four-game advantage on first
place and a month later, July 15, the Brooklyn boys were in front by a similar margin. . . . The battle for the lead swayed back and forth
after that until Sept. 4.
Brooklyn Has Never Won Big Series
THIS IS THE FIFTH National League championship for Brookiyn teams but they've never captured a World Series since the title event was inaugurated in 1903. . . . Back in 1890, the Brooklyn club, then known as the Superbas and piloted by Bill McGunnigle, annexed
the flag . . .
and in 1899 and 1900 Ed Hanlon master-minded Brook-
lyn to the championship of the league. Wilbert Robinson, a beloved manager if there ever was one in Brooklyn, directed the Dodgers to pennants in 1916 and 1926. ... In 1916 the Boston Americans defeated the Dodgers in the World Series, four games to one, and in 1920 Cleveland bumped ‘em off, five games
to two.
Incidentally, 1920 was Cleveland’s only appearance in the modern World Series. . . . First pro-season battle between the National and American loops occurred in 1903 between Pittsburgh and Boston, the Americans winning, five games to three. No series was played in 1904 due to bitterness between the two leagues, but title play was sesumed in 1905 and has continued every
year.
Break Up Little St. Joe!
LITTLE ST. JOE did it again Saturday by upsetting Doc Spears’ Toledo U. eleven. . . . That calls for another bow by Coach Joe Dien-
hart. . ..
Spears was supposed to have something and now all grid
fans will agree that St. Joseph’s College is no flash in the pan, what with victories over Butler's Bulldogs and the Toledo Rockets. of St. Joe’s next foe is Loras College at Dubuque, Iowa, next Sunday.
«+ . Loras formerly was known as Columbia College. . .
. Last year its
team won six games, tied two and lost two. ; Butler probably has more woe coming up at the Bowl Friday night against Western Michigan State. . , . The Staters defeated
Western Reserve Saturday, 7 to 0.
48 Winners, 14 Losers In Grid Selections
: IN LAST WEEK'S pick ’em league this department tackled 65 games and had 48 winners, 14 losers and three games ended in a tie. . . » The batting average for the week was .774. . . . For the previous
week the percentage was .762.
For the season to dale: Winners, 64; Toure, 19; ties, three. . . « The over-all percentage is .771. . . . Selections on 86 college games
were made over the two-week span.
In the Big Nine Saturday four members won from non-conference
foes and two lost. « «+ « Three members were idle, Northwestern, Wisconsin and Illinois. . . . Minnesota, Michigan, Towa and Ohio State
won, Indiana and Purdue lost.
This week all members except Minnesota will see action. . . . First intra-Big Nine tilt of the season is on this week’s menu, with
Iowa at Michigan.
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come of tonight’s big fight. . , . Joe Louis to stop Lou Nova.
Baseball At
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NATIONAL LEAGUE (Final Standing)
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‘Pros Edge Out State Amateurs
Times Special : WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. Sept. 9.—~The pros still have the edge on the amateurs when it comes to match play. . A team of Indiana pros banged out a 43%-t0-37% victory over the state’s best amateurs at the West Lafayette Country Club yesterday. However, an amateur turned in the feature of the day. Johnny McGuire from Indianapolis carded a hole in one with a No. 5 iron on the 183-yard sixth hole. Then in the feature match of the singles, Henry Kowal, Indianapolis amateur, defeated Bill Heinlein, Noblesville pro, with a 69 that netted two and one-half points.
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Climax Night For the Yogi And Bomber
Battle Begins at 9 P. M. Tonight; May Rain
By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, Sept. 29.— Lou Nova’s fantastic comeback campaign, from" graveedge to glory, reaches its climax tonight before some 60,-
Grounds where he has his dream shot at Joe Louis’
heavyweight crown.
It’s climax night, too, for Louis, the great Negro champion, who is making his last fight before going into the Army—his 19th title defense, and against the man rated the most dangerous opponent he ever faced. Nova yjs desperately determined to win. This determination lifted him off his hospital cot 18 months ago when doctors insisted he was dying. - It fueled him along the tough trail. But, Louis appears equally determined to pack his crown into the Army.
Nova Is Heavier
Hence their scheduled 15-round battle may blossom into another Dempsey-Firpo brawl, which was staged at the same Polo Grounds in 1923. Like Dempsey and Firpo, both of tonight's principals concentrate on attack and are rather careless on defense. Both. are likely to be on the canvas in the early rounds. Nova will weigh only one-quarter of a pound more than Louis, At the official weigh-in at noon, Louis scaled 202%; Nova, 202%. It was the heaviest Louis had ever weighed for a title fight. Thousands clogged the streets outside Madison Square Garden where the weigh-in was held. Only newspapermen and photographers were admitted but there were 450 of them. Dr. William H. Walker, physician for the New York Boxing Commission, examined the fighters and said: “Both of them are in splendid condition. Louis’ blood pressure’ is slightly lower than Nova's.”
Crowd of 60,000 Prospects of torrid leather tossing should bring out a crowd of about 60,000, largest fight gathering since 70,000 attended the second LouisSchmeling bout in ’38. Promoter Mike Jacobs expects a gate of about $650,000, even if today’s threatened rain causes a two-day postponement to Wednesday.
The Fight
NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (U. P.) .—Salient facts on tonight's fight: Principals — Champion J Louis of Detroit vs. Lou Nsv of California. Title at Stake—World heavyweight championship. Distance—15 rounds. Place—The Polo Grounds. Promoter—Mike Jacobs. Time—Main bout at 9 p. m. (C. S. T.). Expected Crowd——60,000 per--sons. Expected Gate—$600,000. 1a ung--1ovis favored at 13 5. Broadcast—Over Mutual network (WIKC).
The forecast of showers early today indicated that the weather might clear in time for the bout, scheduled for 9 p. m. (Indianapolis Time). : Meanwhile Louis is the betting favorite at 13 to 5, despite Nova’s apparent prowess at 26 years—peak age for a fighter—and his assists from the Cosmology and Yogi. Louis is only one year older, 27, but he has had 54 fights in the past seven years and he has been in alconstant training, factors which tend to burn one out. The champion apparently showed “enough stuff” in training at Greenwood Lake, N. Y. to convince the smart-money boys that he still is capable of licking Nova. Louis has suffered but one defeat in 54 professional bouts, and he knocked out 46 opponents, making him tke most destructive champion 2lin history. This will be his 19th title defense; all the heavyweight champions before , him made a total of only 23 defenses. Jolting Joe’s performances against the six opponents whom both have fought were far more impressive than Nova’s. Only against Tommy Farr did challenger Lou make the better showing. The champion was much superior against Lee Ramage, Bob Pastor, Maxie Baer, Abe Simon and particularly against Tony Galento. “Two-Ton” Tony scored a technial knockout over Nova at Philadelphia in 1939. :
Remember Galento
That Galento knockout has been one of the big question marks Nova’s career. Lou and his handlers insist that he was sick. The bout was postponed two weeks allegedly because of his illness. They claim he already was suffering from a blood infection that proved nearly fatal a few months later in a California hospital. Nova fooled the physicians and recovered. As soon as he was back on his pins he was tossing leather. He knocked out Johnny Erjavec last October, outpointed Pat Comiskey in January, knocked out Maxie Baer for the second time in April, and stowed away Jim Robinson in June. Since then he has been: training for Louis in Maine and Pompton Lakes, N. J. Louis, who had the fight. postponed 10 days so he could get into
. | condition, took things so easy: at
Greenwood Lake, N. Y., it was difficult for experts to get a true line on his form.
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Two men with decidellly different opinions on same subject are Joo Louis (left) and Lou Nova. Louis wants to go into the Army "the winner and still champion” while the Cosmic Kid desires the world's heavyweight championship. Answer fonighk starting at 9
Once Again the
Three of Indiana football.
Arizona Saturday that this may be of flinging Notre Dame teams. At the same time, old Purdue, smarting under that 3-0 setback at the hands of Vanderbilt's Commodores, set determinedly to the task of converting its potential punch and power into a reality. And Bo McMillin’s rookie Hoosiers showed flashes of greatness but for the most part left the impression of mediocrity in taking a 14-T< defeat from Detroit. Col. Bo’s job is all cut out for him if he intends to make any kind of a showing against the Irish next Saturday. The Notre Dame coach flashed a well-conditioned first-string eleven and a strong supporting cast with a multiplicity of. hurlers and catchers in a planned offense that no doubt all year will be more in the air than on the ground.
South Bend Sensation
The new sensation at the throwing pastime was Angelo Bortolo Bertelli, a sophomore from West Springfield, Mass. He threw 14 times and 11 times the ball was caught in friendly hands for a total gain of 145 yards. The Boilermakers, failing rather miserably +n their first time out against a smaller, but lean and wiry Vanderbilt, realize that zip in large quantities must be added aground and aloft for the tough road ahead. The Pitt Panthers are next in old Panther Hollow at Pittsburgh next Saturday. Purdue’s defense was considerably effective. Herman Pete Timperman and Italo Rossi, rugged senior tackles, were the bulwarks in stav=ing off the Commoriorss! reckless strategy on the groun They had lt stubborn assistance from Co-Captains Jim Miller and Tom Melton. The Southerners did give Coach Mal Elward’s hefty band a major test in defense, too. . The visitors maneuvered in such a manner as to puzzle the Purdue forwards and Timperman et. al. were forced to do some quick thinking before they moved in to set up their barrier to the oncoming rush. Vanderbilt’s maneuvering was reckless and daring. They resorted to ends around and reverses until they had lost as much as 10 yards. Then they'd work their way back
and in an effort to catch Purdue off guard would try a line thrust on fourth: down with 10 to go, but Purdue moved in swiftly to smash the bold attempts.
Couldn’t Get Going
When it came to the attack, the Boilermakers simply couldn't get going. Robert Kersey from Indian-
in| apolis Washington, Johnny Galvin,
Anthony Berto and Johnny Petty, its top hands at carrying the ball, couldn’t crack the sturdy Vanderbilt line. The statistics ‘showed Purdue gained only 78 yards by rushing and touchdowns aren’t manufactured on that sort of attack. - By way of review, Vanderbilt's three-point margin of victory came
to the original line of scrimmage(g
Irish Top
The Hoosier Roll Call
By LEO DAUGHERTY Once again it's the mighty Irish of Notre Dame heading the Big
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Frank Leahy’s first Irish creation, pitching them all over the green, and catching them, too, gave every indication in its 38-to-7 victory over
one of the greatest in the long line
late in the third quarter. The Southerners made a concerted drive from midfield to the Purdue 13 and then Jack Jenkins stepped back to the 20 and with Jack Burns holding the ball booted it over. There were some sparkling performances in the Indiana lineup, but the whole squad didn’t function well as a unit. The blocking was far below par—the lack of one good solid block robbed the Hoosiers of a touchdown on Chuck Jacoby’s fourth-quarter sprint. 2 Bill Hillenbrand, the highlytouted sophomore back, played almost the entire game and lived up to his press clippings in many respects. He looked a little slow in getting under way but once he’s moving, he’s as easy to stop as a runaway locomotive. - His passing was just fair, probably will get better with experience. He's got ‘a couple of good sophomore running mates in Lou Saban snd Jacoby— incidentally, that Saban can take oe out when Hillenbrand has the all, Motor City Powerhouse
Col. Bo wasn't kidding when he said he needed some ends, but the big weak point in the line appeatred to be in the middle. Maybe that was because Capt. Banois, Detroit's center, was such a powerhouse. He was the best man on the field and much credit for the Titan victory must go to him. He appeared to be playing in the Hoosier backfield most of the time. You needn’t worry much about the Hoosier tackle posts. . Sophomore Zimny is a lot of football player. Rookies Bell and Huff aren't so bad, either. Looking back, it seems now that Bo either sent his boys out to take it easy in the first half or gave them one whale of a talk between halves. You wouldn't have thought it was the same team. The Hoosiers kicked away one excellent scoring chance in the first quarter when with only 8 yards to go they handed the ball four times to Fullback Bob White and he made only 7 yards and 2 feet. And Mr. Hillenbrand standing there in the backfield all the time. That winning touchdown pass, a 25-yarder from Mazardis to Ruth, went right over the head of Eddie Herbert, the only senior in the Indiana backfield. He could have knocked it down just like that if he’d been alert.
Men’s Golf Title Goes On Block
The men’s championship of the Country Club of Indianapolis goes on the block next Sunday. R. N. Bowen defeated G. R. Redding, 3 and 2, and George Enos defeated J. I. Cummings, 1 up in 19 holes, yesterday to reach the 36hole title match. The last two-ball mixed foursome tourney of the season also is
scheduled for next Sunday.
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Whirly Tops Cash Mark
NEW York, Sept. 29 (U. P.).— Whirlaway’s one-horse parade through the nation’s major 3-year-old races has carried Warren
Wright's Calumet Farm to an alltime record for winnings in a single year, a United Press survey disclosed today. Whirlaway’s winnings of $278,986, amassed since he started running in Florida last winter, has built the Calumet total to $475,261, surpassing the old mark of $438,849 established by Harry Sinclair's Roncocas stable in 1923 when Zev won $272,008 alone. The record was shattered Saturday when, after Whirlaway was beaten by Market Wise in the jockey club gold cup and earned only $1000 second money.
Bears Open Title Defense With Win
By UNITED PRESS Chicago’s Bears opened defense of their National Professional Football League championship Sunday by defeating the Green Bay Packers, 2517, taking first place in the western division. Washington, titleholders in the eastern division last season, bowed to the New York Giants, 17-10. The triumph enabled the New Yorkers to remain deadlocked with the Brooklyn Dodgers for first place in their division while Washington shared last with Pittsburgh.
Holy Cross Trims Trinity
A first quarter touchdown on Frances Moriarty’s 13-yard swing around left end gave Holy Cross a 6 to 0 victory over Holy Trinity in the opening of the City Recreation Department's . senior league at Christian Park yesterday. A Holy Trinity fumble on the opening kickoff paved the way for their defeat. The losers were down on their own eight and then a strong wind prevented them from getting out of danger on a punt. Holy Cross was quick to grasp the opportunity and with Vincent Shanahan running the interference, Moriarty cashed in. Combining an effective aerial and
18-0 victory over Shawnee A. C. af Rhodius Park. Quarterback Herb Brunner threw a 25-yard pass to Richard Shaw for the first score. Bernard Marley cli- | maxed a long drive in the third] quarter by plunging over and Paul Stevenson went over in the. last quarter on a short plunge. All three conversion attempts were blocked. Junior League scores were: Louie’s Merchants, 13; East Side Merchants, 7, at Riverside. Spades A. C., 27; DeMolay, 0, at Ellenberger. Plaza, 15; West Side Merchants, 0,
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In Conference
Last Year’s Leaders Are Faltering
.By UNITED PRESS The plucky St. Joseph's eleven stood alone today in an Indiana College Conference picture confused by the faltering of co-champions Butler and Manchester. With the season only two | weeks old, Butler already has lost a conference game, to St. Joseph’s, while Manchester got no better than a 0-0 tie against Indiana State at Terre Haute Saturday. Meanwhile St. Joseph's served notice that it has the power to succeed to the championship by upsetting strong Toledo, 3-0, at the Ohio City Saturday. Nick Scollard booted the winning field goal late in the final period. The Terre Haute game was something of an engima, since Indiana
State was rated a strong conference threat while Manchester was supposed to have lost many of its best players to the draft. The only other conference game Saturday saw DePauw open its season by downing Franklin, 26-6. St. Joseph's paced three of seven league teams able to cope with out-
‘|of-state competition. Central Nor-
mal opened with a 19-6 victory over Eastern Illinois Normal under new coach Hank Miller. Earlham opened with a 13-0 decision over Defiance. Butler headed the slate of losers, dropping its second straight game to Xavier at Cincinnati Friday night. The Ohio team swamped Butler, 40-7. Under new coach Vic Dauer, Val paraiso opened against Capital and was edged out, 13-14. Southern Illinois Normal downed Evansville, 14-0, and Miami smothered Wabash, 26-0. Every conference team except Manchester goes into action the coming week-end. The card: FRIDAY NIGHT Western Michigan at Butler. ' SATURDAY AFTERNOON Carleton at DePauw.
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