Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 October 1941 — Page 33

0 CS i di . Wining the Second Game Is SP ORTS. soe A Lucky Omen, but You Know By Eddie Ashe How Louis Is When Hes Hit

The Fact Is the Dodgers Are in There Fighting And New York Isn’t Playing Its Real Game

Look Out, Bem You |] light t Get Those Yankees Mad!

2 4 WHEN foobtall “hxperie’ s agree get ready for a flood of surprises, usually known as upsets. , . . And that’s the situation this week in The Titnes’ pick 'em league on the majority of games on the major college grid front. 1 The United Press’ joined our family of guessers this trip .and : boosted the. lineup to four but the members evidently have been : esting the same brand of dope . . . or maybe it is because the “big. : fight” and: World Series sidetracked a lot of Sa gp and reports

‘By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer

NEW YORK, Oct, 3.—It says in the good book that if you win the second game you win the World Series. Could that mean the adorable Bums are in? We wouldn't know. But what we do know for sure is that they are far from out. They won the second game and evened the series. There is something mystic about the value of winning the second

trom -the football factorfes. > : ar When, Fordham and Southern" Methodist scheduled that came in New York they had no thought of bumping into a championship _ beavyweignt contest and a World Series. . . . But bump they did and new York newspapers had very little space to devote to the building

up of the ingersectional football ‘battle. oe But getting back to The Times’ prognosticators . « Red Grange fis dlope in“picking S. M. U, over. the Rams, Bob Bodley is alone in yin Harvard over Penn and ‘the United Press’ gives the nod to Tennessee over Duke, the big game of the week in the South, " Grange also is alone in maming Ohio State over Southerh Cali-

fon something on the crystal ball this week. . . . The selections:

ut. ASH: GODLEY U.P. GRANGE “Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Notre Dame Pittsburgh Purdue Purdue Purdue Wisconsin =~ Wisconsin ~~ Wisconsin Wisconsin Northwestern = Northwestern Northwestern Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska Missouri Missouri Missouri ‘Baylor Baylor Harvard Penn Fordham Fordham "Columbia Columbia Cornell Cornell Navy Navy Duke Tennessee

“Northwestern Nebraska Missourt ‘Baylor Sordnam “Columbia Cornet ¥

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Army -Army Alabama Texas

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Texas

Arkansas Georgia

To u. “Georgia Bouthern Cal. “Stanford. .

. Stanford Tulane Virginia . Duquesne Lafayette

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Clemson Clemson

As, Hard » Beat Football Pools’

«2 AND NOW ABOUT that “football pool” business that flourishes everyotall over the mation. . . . To give the fans an dea of the “Slerider chances of winning “parlays,” ' the Western Conference Service Bureau, supervised by John L. Grifth, Big Ten commissioner Jesued a Suis bullstist, like this: v Prof Let’sihiaye. those money questions. QW ait ar the odds quoted" for picking. three winners ina oy ‘Parlay, or pool? A—Four to one. VQaAni “Bll other things being: equal, whist are the true mathetied ‘odds againstpicking three winners? A-=TEight to one. ‘Q@—How' does that go for four or more teams? A—The pool's payoff #8.%0 1-qn four‘teams, 12 to 1.0n five teams;and so on up to 1100 to 1 for ten teams. ‘Actual odds double with each selection added to 1 ep a L So A a dn ts teams. : Q-Are “all things equal” in a football pool? A~—The book- - maker tries to make fliem sa by handicapping, i ¥ Q-Are thie bookmakers: good ‘handiarpers? Avs. their business. : Qare there other factors Wmvaived? A—The “breaks” of the | game. ; Q—And here's the dxty-tous dollar avestion. Does the: hook‘maker have anything in his favor besides the disparity in odds? A—Yes indeed, the real gimmick. All ties are In hig favor, the bettor’s must all be winners.

Ernie Andres Stationed at Great Lakes ERNEST ANDRES, the Louisville Colonels’ third sacker and for‘mer Indiana University basketball and baseball star, has just reported _ to the §, Si Naval’Training Station at Great'Lakes, Ill. . . . A mem- . ber of the Naval Reserves, he is a boatswain’s mate, first class. Andres hopes to continue his baseball career when he is returned ctive duty. . « « A resident of Jeffersonville, Ind., the Hoosier ete’ was scheduled to try out with the Boston Red Sox nexi I at their Sarasota, Fla., training camp, but the Navy has first * claim on his services for the duration of the emergency.

Sox Still Trying for 2d Win In Dileage's City Series

(U.|P.) ~The [pitching plans, may move up a 1 ve on to |notch. Heyy } — 5 Rith the Sox | Thornton. Lies, the -big lefty who } won es - for'-the heir second 2 gam for the Sox during in © ago’s City | the American-League campaign, lost

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Who Is Series Hero? Gordon, Natcherly!

That Is, Unless He Breaks His Leg

. By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor

NEW YORK, Oct.. 8.— Pardon me for being premature, but unless he breaks a leg how are you. going to keep Joe Gorden from being

the hero of this World Series ?

Rule No. 54-A of the charter of the Amalgamated Association of Baseball ers states that no one shall be permitted to select a World Series goat or hero until the final game has been played, the ultimate averages have been compiled and the rival managers have uttered valedictories. Leaving the goat to. be chosen

half a rule, I hereby rise in meetin and nominate Mr. Gordon as the hero. Tomorrow he can spend all afternoon striking out, can mess up three double plays and muff what ball players call “a can of corn”—an easy pop fly—and he still will be the hero. The brutal truth of the matter is that the beloved Bums. haven't been able to get the guy out yet. Eight times he has gone to bat and eight times he has reached first base. At 11:38 o'clock last night he passed Manager Bill Terry of the New York Giants in a poll to determine the most unpopular man in Brooklyn. x Here’s That Record This incredible batting record is too good to last, of course, SO now would be the best time to look into what the miraculous second baseman of the Yankees has been up to in this series: In the first game he went to bat four times, walked twice, hit a home

In the second game yesterday he went to bat four times, got three walks and hit a single. One of his walks was an intentional pass. The Bums learn quickly, and already they have decided they want no part of Gordon up there swinging when runs are on base. That leaves him with a series batting average of 1.000, and ‘if that isn’t par for the course I will commit suicide at 1:15 o'clock this afternoon by walking down Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn, yelling, “Hooray for( the Yankees.” . _ Batted in 2 Runs He has batted in two runs in two games and scored one run himself —on a homer that has been the hardest hit ball in the series. ; ' He has stolen the spotlight at the plate from such renowned power hitters as DiMaggio, Keller, Dickey, ¥Tamrich, Medwick, Camilli and

sven the most rabid rooters in

. day at thre Cu are required to settle the series. Jimmy

Park if seven games

Wilson of the \ Cubs was ‘set on. Lefty Vern Olson his pitcher 10 even the Series but Jimmy Dykes of the

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:S0X Was gbout his orig ‘selection, | Smith, * The portly Whitéd Sox southpaw showed up yesterday with a stiff "elbow and Johnny Rigney, nomin- | & ated as the fourth man in original | =

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#1 : Joe was charged with an error yesterday on a ball that came

other major league cities are. willing to ‘admit Gordon is the best fielding second baseman in the business. He knocks down balls that no other second baseman could come within shouting distance - of. He makes hard plays look ridicu lously - easy and has caught line! drives in every conceivable position

Charged. With Error

screaming at him and took a nasty nop just before it arrived. He was lucky to knock it down, and if any other second baseman had been on the job the ball probably would

brought off the fielding gem of the day. Pete Reiser laid into one that was labeled “base hit.” Gordon

Owen of the Sagioe goes into a Brooklyn dance just to show Yoh Yanks there s, lof of fire left in the. Bums Mickey had Joe Gordon, Yankee second baseman,’ as he came into home plate in the second game of the World Series yesterday. Johnny Sturm is coming to bat as Umpire Babe Pinelli calls the play.

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Wednesday, when the first Dodger rooter took his place at the bleachers’ ticket office, was developing in strength just across the street from 0 this supply depot. There was fight0 ing alung the entire front, a comOl munique reported. 1|. The Yankee invaders, repulsed in O|yesterday’s attempt to make it two O|straight, will be wiped out comOl pletely by Monday night; according

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Red Birds Seek Fourth Victory

COLUMBUS, O., Oct. 3 (U. P.). —~—Delayed one day by rain, the Columbus Red Birds hope to close out the Little World Series tonight with their fourth victory over the Montreal Royals in six: starts. Last night's contest was washed out. Sam Nahém, bespectacled righthander, for Columbus, and either Kemp Wicker or Ed Head for Montreal were expected to be the opposing starting pitchers.

Leading Drivers In Franklin Race

FRANKLIN, Ind, Oct. 3.—Leading drivers of the Mid West Racing

Olto an informed observer who had [way: - Olalready had 12 straight. There is

no rationing here. These reports are based on eye-

witness observations of a political |

commissar who has been exhorting the troops with great quantities of a mess sergeant’s dream known as 3 Chwogher Flip (It's Good for Your Pp.) ! Made up Special “We made it up special,” the mess sergeant said, shaking up a MacPhail Punch." “It’s lemon juice, gin and cream o’ the mint and we bunt it down the bar to you.” The MacPhail. Punch was designed to give stamina. It is composed of raspberry cordial and frapped rice pudding, with grated parmesan cheese shaken over. the top. 50 it seems. Je! Lamere, a chorus girl who is en the troops at this fort for the:duration, was asked how she found their morale. “Their morale ‘is strictly okay,” she said firmly. “You couldnt ever complain about a Dodger fan. If one of them gets fresh we got a bouncer.” Watch for Spies

Farther back of:the front lines, in the Brooklyn Heights sector, the greatest concentration was at the headquasters of flerce Jack Pierce, Brooklyn grandsténd general who BE ere He has maintained a prominent position. at Ebbets Field all season, inflating balloons in vast quantities to show his pleasure. “The balloon buster of Ebbets Field has blown up an extra tomorrow's opener in home territory. The guard at fierce Jack's keeping a sharp lookout for fifth columnists who might have penetrated the bridgehead on the East River. Each stranger was required , which is: “The ; If you ‘could fay it as well-as a Scotchman might be expected to say “It’s a braw bricht, bracht, brucht nicht,” or

Association will compete in the dirt track auto race program here next Sunday -afternoon. Carl Searborough, the Pontiac, Mich., pilot who won the 1941 Ohio

dianapolis who has won seven feature races on Hoosier tracks this year and Mike Salay, South Bend star, are among those entered. George Lynch, Detroit; Bill Cantell, Louisville, Art Lyons, Crawfordsville and Roy Hamilton, Indianapolis, are other favorites. Twenty-five cars are already enfered and the field is expected to reach the 30 mark by Sunday. There will be 75 laps of racing.

BASKETBALL

Real Silk Is’ basketball team, winners of :1ast year's state A. a Us Rein pionsiup will oractice at 7 el in "Compete. again. this yen = Real will compe is I e ne. tional A. A. U. rnameht, A Team coach, as last year, is Sm \ Poulos.

Central Christian Church 1s’ team will practice at 7:30 onday at the

p. church mnasium. Other church girls’ 8 desiring to play in the Bre Roe © are Feauested to

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However it goes, with the proper|a accent and vim, everything was well. Otherwise you were questioned rather severely by the intelligence officers. All along the coast the feeling was that the Yanks will need their bigSet Zune 10 snaleh viciery. Iu Wis

Brea tank commander put it this

“We stopped their best men yesterday, Now let them do their woist.

it should be more important than any other game—the vital first game, for instance —is difficult to say. This may be an exception. If the Bums run true to form it will be. They delight in giving the hot foot to custom and convention. Anyway, the figures show that if you win No. 2 you are on your way to heavy honors and heavy sugar. But as of today the Yankees, who can make a shambles of any precedent, certainly haven't shown they are a vastly superior team. They are no better than even in games won, exactly even in runs scored. On. the basis of the two days’ play it is reasonable to predict that this is going to be a long, tough series. Mr.’ Whit Wyatt, aided by glittering support and a timely base knock by, of all persons, Mr. Dolf Camilli, saw to it yesterday that it wouldn't be four straight. Mr. Wyatt, as you probably know, is an ancient pitching derelict whom Mr. Larry MacPhail, the old clothes man of baseball, picked up off a minor league scrap heap, his sympathies being touched, perhaps. Co-operated With Gods The Bums co-operated more closely with thelr darling gods, yesterday. Notably in the sixth inning when they won the game. admirably competent Gordon gave them an opening and the Bums quickly capitalized on it. He made a wild throw to first on Walker's grounder and the hitter was safe. Herman followed with a single to|aren left. That . marked the. end. of Chandler. In came Murphy, -the Yankees’ reliable reliefer; he got Reiser on strikes but Camilli, atoning for his three strike-outs in the opener, produced a safety to right which untied the 2-2 knot. That was the ball game. The Yankees haven't been playing their game. They aren't getting those long hits and. they aren't

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getting those big innings. Thetr. longest hit yesterday was 8 baser by Henrich. the ¥ scheme of things that’s: an infield out. The: way they Eoing the Dims can match ‘ern a probably beat ‘em.

‘Yanks Are Casual

We aren’t sure but we wouldn't I surprised if the Yankees aren’ treating the Bums a little too casually. What they may be overlooking the. Bums are in the crusade. This is the

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gods; they love the Bums, ! That was a typical win Bums yesterday. Who gives their winning chance? Only" best second baseman in baseball, Gordon, .a fellow who can his ears and throw you out. that kind of play? It a simple, easy ordinary Gordon pulls Sturm off the won't do that again in games. But he did it yesterday it hurt.. In There Fighting

The Bums have one thing thal even the Gods didn’t give ‘em. That’s fight. They came from bes hind to beat the Yankees overcoming a two run deficit; b were two behind in the first game and while they didn’t make it at ns end they were in there swinging all the way. Of course, as we say, the’ Yankees aren't playing their game. When they gang up on a pitcher they murder him. Getting knocked yesterday may be just what needed; the defeat, the first suffered in a World Series - since 1936, undoubtedly | their pride. You know how Joe Louis he gets hit. The next minute: are carrying the other ‘guy out the ring. EN

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