Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 October 1941 — Page 6

, 7 | ” es LC + . L# n . I 4 f . i > ‘Watch The Pappy Guys’ ire doing ‘the catching for ti ‘they would have been in the midst of a turbulent rally. Also, Mr, Here . Bill : . ~ man’s bat was eloquent in the Bums’ half of the sixth, the inning in which they won the ball game, 2 =» » \ 8 »

i SPORTS. .. : » A 'ORDS should be said about Joe Medwick, Who, as been

| 4 : 3 y: So $F p> RD { y 1 2 Ce By Eddie Ash i, En wou oS Sh SVE te St BE oh TROD Sy SI Ne y 1€ S 2 Lay TTL + A AH a prey ning. . : 188 fences in this series but Mr. Medwick has got | : ho : 2 a Er Sy his: of hits, a total of three, one of which, a double, figured | ‘more. 1 eile ! LE in the Bums’ Wo-run rally in the second game. : . But the item which makes Mr. Medwick stand out like a hump camel's back in ‘this series is the catch he made to rob DiMaggia home run in the opener. : This is the one play the customers are still talking about as the ; out Py rain yesterday, swings into its mad Brooklyn . It’s silly to say it was the greatest catch, ever made in the play offs—who’s to be the judge of that, anyway?—but we don't think it is silly to say it was the most spectacular. It had what theater men call the “lodks.” That's why the customers appreciated it and that’s why they are still jabbering about it. As a matter of cold, brutal fact, it was a catch. that Medwick, or no other competent outfielder should have missed. It was high enough and long enough so that he had plenty of time.. Indeed, we can.still see him leaning over the concrete barrier waiting for the ball to drop into his gloved hand. Even so, ally time ‘an outfielder converts a home run ball into a simple put-out it is a rarity—and when he does it before the gaze of the largest crowd that ever saw a World Series game the performance takes on added dramatic values. {

3 long time, too. He's the key in the Bums infield, a particularly heavy responsibility when your

CONTEST cash prize winners in the Brunswick shortstop 1s young and inclined to be esratic $50,000 Red Crown Open Play Bowling Carnival will have : an opportunity to double’their awards by shooting for a “target score” in their ability classification, sponsors of the coast-to-coast tenpin classic revealed in Chicago _ today. 1 : The carnival, which is open to men, women, boys and girls and gives beginners as much opportunity as stars at the prizes, will be - presented in six 9-day contests during the 1941-1942 bowling season. _ +.. The first contest starts today. ... Subsequent contests start _ Nov. 1, Dec. 6, Jan. 8, Feb. 7 and March 7, each running nine days. To enter the carnival, the bowler—man or woman, boy or girl «rolls open play bowling games (league play not acceptable) until _ the total score of three co tive games falls within a specified

THIS IS SOMETHING that never happens They are always able to take the big in stride. Thi through the mill and developed a y experience. Wyatt had never appeared in a World: either, but he was remarkably calm and composed. This was the key game, the game the Bums had to win were going to keep their hopes alive, yet Wyatt went about

plays the bag by ear, which is an apt description. He has handled 10 assists and four putouts so far withI ave Hon ns trot he Side of the fied ankees back in an almost insolent manner. ‘have : k le of the We ¥ : : y : that the second baseman, even a younger one, shouldn't normally stop. ; sn . His catch of a twisting, loping fly off Rizzuto’s bat in the fourth THE YANKEES HAVE a great young catcher, Buddy Rosar, sit- 3 a factor in turning back the Yankees. ting on the bench, and very likely it will be from this secluded position catch and was going for a hit. In this that he will view the series—not that it isn’t a bad seat. But you have ; if the Rizzuto ball had gotten away

. ability bracket. . . . These cl cations are as follows: “Beginrhers,” whose consecutive three-game total is between 240 and 345; “Rookies,” 360 to 405; “Juniors,” 420 to 465; “Regulars,” . |, 480 to 525; “Experts,” 540 to 585, and “Stars,” 600 and over.

Target scores for these classes are “Beginners,” 105; “Rookies,”

425; “Juniors,” 145; “Regulars,” 165; “Experts,” 185 and “Stars,” 205, After the bowler completes an entry that falls within one of the six ability brackets, he or she may continue to bowl open games until the score of one game matches exactly the target in that class. ©» « o If the bowler hits the target, any contest cash prize won by his or her rr entry be doubled.

Awards Increased 15 Per Cent Over 1940

THE CARNIVAL is ac a contest of entries rather than of individuals, the sponsors explained. . . . For example, a bowler can submit as many entires as he or she pleases for each carnival contest. One entry may stamp the bowler as a “Beginner,” while another may point to the same bowler as a “Junior.” . . . It is possible that each entry will win a prize for that same bowler. : The $50,000 carnival melon will be cut up into 20,346 individual awards, an increase of 15 per cent over the 1940 Carnival. ,.. At the conclusiofi of the six carnival contests next March, six grand prizes of $250, one for each ability class, will be awarded, play in the six carnival contests being taken into consideration,

8 8 = . 8» = FOR EACH of the six 9-day contests there will be six $50 prizes, ene for each ability group; six $40 prizes, six $30 prizes and six $20

In addition, the winners will share 36 mineralite bowling balls,

450 trophies, 60 pairs of bowling shoes, 90 bowling ball bags and 2730 tickets which entitle the holders to open play games on their home alleys. Judges for the carnival will be Miss Alice Marble, California, women’s tennis champion and newly appointed assistant to. Mayor LaGuardia of New York in the Home Defense Program; Harry Stuldreher, football coach at the University of Wisconsin, and member of the famous “Four Horsemen” of Notre Dame, and Bill Stern, na¢lonally known radio sports commentator.

Tough Breaks for Mitchell in 1920 IN THE\1920 World Series Clarence Mitchell of the Brooklyn Dodgers went to bat twice and was responsible for putting out five . ' mates. . .. On his first trip to the dish he hit into an unassisted triple play and on his second another line drive resulted in a double

_ | defeated at the Bowl last night, 14

It was in that Series also that Elmer Smith, Cleveland outfielder,

belted a home run with the bases full. . . . The first grand slam ever to be made in a fall classic. . . » And not duplicated until the 1936

_ ~~ Series when Tony Lazeri performed the feat,

” » » 8 8 = THE DETAILS of the unassisted triple play: Pete Kilduff of

the Dodgers was on second, Otto (Dutch) Miller on first. , . . Mitch-

ell stepped up to hit. ... The ‘hit-and-run sign: was flashed and Mitchell smacked a bullet drive to the right of second. + Wamby Wambsganss, Cleveland keystone sacker, leaped and caughi the ball, touched second, erasing Kilduff, and then ran up _ the line and tagged Miller. Later in the game, with Zach Wheat on third, Mitchell hit another sizzling liner, this time to Third Baseman Larry Gardner, and Wheat was doubled off the bag. |

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Butler's Sophs, Ah, They Were Great, Terrible

Western Is Winner, but Wait Till 1942

By, BOB FLEETWOOD

Good sophomores make good ball clubs, next season. So now the most familiar cry ih sportsdom echoes from Butler Bowl, “Wait till next ear.” : The big Hilltoppers from Western

kle's Bulldogs for their third straight to 6. But the second-year men were

marching already. Freshman Coach Frank (Pop) Heddon says “I got just what they need coming up, next year.” He had just seen his first Bulldog game this season. Sleuthing on next week’s opponents is the usual task. The Hinklemen have not lost the Conference. It can be done. The veterans played good, stubborn football. But the sophomores, ah, they were beautiful. One moment they rolled like tanks on maneuvers. The next. They were back in high school—all sweetness and light.

Ah, Those Sophs

| They fumbled repeatedly, punted aly Yar were outguessed by a uzzling “T” formation repeatedly ut they had their moments.

to whom, at times, seven y was an exercise. He drove off ckle, head down, for repeated first wns. Out in front was little 155pound Joe Rodick whose blocks jarred the press box. An injured Boris Dimancheff aggravated his fractured rib and had to be carried from the green but he showed some muddy heels first. Tom Sleet and Billy Howard wished up some promises of power. In the line Melchoir Perrome and Don Kammer were taken out quite often but they did their share of

tributors were William Wineberg, Andy Williams, Byron Askin, John Rudnicky and Harold Miller. Experience and weight beat them. Western didn’t bring down any loafers. Horace Coleman, Negro right half, twice exploded through the Bulldog line for long touchdown trips. And the only man Butler didn’t substitute for in their backfield was Kenneth Stillwell, Western quarterback, who played there all night long. .

“Better Watch Me, Boys” Mr. Coleman forecast his intentions right after the kickoff by motoring through the line for a first down. Four plays later he stepped over center for 47 yards to glory ground. Every man but the ref him. Capt. Bob. Metzger, a good defensive end and fine punter, converted. Butler, countering with some delicate stepping by Williams, Howard and Elwood Norris, skidded past centerfield. From the 45 Williams rifled a 25-yard pass to Capt. Bob Roberts for a touchdown. The try for point stopped on John Matheson’s chest. Long passes which just nipped the nails almost scored for the Hilltoppers in the early third but the six points came in the last portion when Coleman slipped to the weak side on a reverse and balletted his way along the sidelines for 35 yards

Hinkle retaliated with an allsophomore backfield in the fourth period. ' With Rodick blocking they started to move from their own 25. It was Williams, Sleet and Howard all the way to Western's one. With ‘a minute and a goal to go. Sleet fumbled and Western recovered. It was tragic. The power was there, but not the: experience. Proof of the soph doings lies in the statistics. Butler gained 13 first downs to Michigan's 10. They pushed the pigskin for 227 yards to the Hilltoppers’ 238, adding ninety-

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Wyatt in That First Game?

hit of the series Wednesday when

‘when the big moment came,

he slashed a single off Curt Davis in the first inning of the first game for the Yankees, follows a mighty contingent of Series first basemen— Wallie Pipp, Gehrig and Dahlgren. . Wally Pipp (upper, center), handled the first sack for the Yanks back in 1921, 1922 and 1923. Then came Gehrig (upper, right); snd he did it for seven series. Dahlgren (upper, left), performed in 1937, when Lou was sick. Sturm was an able

- can' League complex due to fail-

his big chance.

performer in the pennant fight—he’s a classy fielder—and now he had

By HARRY FERGUSON United Press Sports Editor NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Things are going to get rougher and tougher, starting today. The Yankees claim Mickey Owen went out of his way to try to spike Phil Rizzuto on a slide into setond base. Inasmuch as: part of Owens’ jobis. to block off runs at the plate, & the Yankees can B= cause him consid-' erable trouble, not : to mention bodily 3 injury, by coming in "with * their spikes high. A Satcher di hard y a couple solid citizens like Mickey Owen DiMaggio and Keller would be an even bet to be hors de combat. 8 8 = Leo the Lip Durocher, who has been thrown out of more ball parks than -Eyed Connelly for arguing with umpires, is;a meek, mild man so far. : He made. only one bellicose ges-

Sox Now 2-Up on Chicago Cubs

CHICAGO, Oct. 4:(U. P).—Thelr 6-4 victory last night provided the

over the Cubs today: as the: two teams squared ‘off for ‘the third game of Chicago's City Series. They play again tonight under the lights at Comiskey Park.” Mah-

many lighting “bugs made up as|ager

Owen May Be Hors de Combat If He Uses Those Spikes Again

ture—in the second game—when he raced down from the ‘first base coaching box, his mouth working

pire Pinelli didn’t wait for The Lip to reach the plate. : oh r

He marched toward h two. or three words and ! retreated. The umpires aren’t.going to take any foolishness with Commissioner K. M. Landis -watching them with a cold eye.

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softest job so far in the World Series is Tommy. Henrich, Yankee right fieldér., He didn’t have a putout or an assist in the first two games. The only time he. got his hands on the ball was when he chased after base hits. > # x =» fin The first two games of ‘the Series have revived the ' argument . of whether there is enough. difference between the umpiring. in the National and American Leagues: to turn the tide of a game. National League umpires crouch low behind the catcher and are more inclined to give the pitchgr the benefit of the doubt when a ball cuts across

White Sox with a two-game edge the

# ” 8 i How the mighty have fallen -department—Pete - Reiser, National League batting jon, has a cool .000 for his series batting aver-

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Kechnie, he knew the Reds’ top man was counting on him for

By HARRY GRAYSON % Times Special Writer NEW YORK, Oct. 4—Leo Durocher knows more baseball than I do, but for the life of me I couldn't see why he did not open. the World Series with Whitlow Wyatt. ’ Curt Davis with his sneaky curve might have been the man. The lanky Californian pitched well enough to win nine of 10 games, but what must have Whit Wyatt thought when Durocher passed him up? Wyatt was the bulwark of the Brooklyn staff all season. Kirby Higbe also bagged 22 games, but the quiet Georgian was the ace. He is 33, had waited\14 years to get in. a World Se Then,

Reiser Leads N. L. Batters .

NEW YORK, Oct. 4 (U, P.).—Unheralded due to the clamor for American League Batting Champion Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox is Brooklyn Dodger Pete Reiser

Manager Durocher chose another. I don’t care what Durocher says, it wasn’t good for the morale of the Beautiful Bums. It was just as well for Larry MacPhail & Co. that the Bums had Wyatt to restore it the following afiernoon.

Connie Mack said something about Wyatt having an Ameri-

1941 season, walked away with the National loop’s hitting laurels, Reiser, outfielder and Dodger big gun in the World Series, kept slugging while his nearest senior circuit rivals slumped and wound up with a Seasonal mark of 343, two dozen points ahead of the pack, final figures released today showed. Reiser’s runner-up was Johnny Cooney of the Boston Braves, whose average of .319 was but one point better than that of third-place Joe Medwick of the Dodgers. St. Louis’ Johnny Mize got the fourth spot with 317. : Williams’ last-ditch battle for the golden 400 (his final average was 406) also overshadowed American loop sluggers. Among the American League's {moundsmen, Lefty Gomez, southpaw twirler for the champion Yanks, had. the highest won and lost percentage. Comeback pitcher of the year, Gomez scored 15 triumphs against five defeats for a mark of 150, To Howard Krist of the Cardinals went the senior circuit's pitching title.’ The Red Birds’ righthander had a perfeet season, winning 10 games without suffering a loss in 37 contests, Leaders in other departments fol-

low: Runs: (A) Williams, Red Sox, 1354 (N) Reiser, Dodgers, 117. 3 Hits: (A) Travis, Senators, 218; (N) Hack, Cubs, 185. ; Runs batted in: (A) DiMaggio, Yankees, 125; (N) Camilli, Dodgers,

120. _ Doubles: (A) Boudredu, Indians 44; (N) Reiser, Dodgers, 40. : ‘Triples: (A) Heath, Indians, 20; (N) Reiser, Dodgers, 17. Home runs: (A) Williams, Red Sex; 37; (N) Camilli, Dodgers, 34.

tolen 33; (N) Murtaugh, Phillies, 18. ‘The 10 leading hitters in each league were: : . . AMERICAN LEAGUE

Williams, Boston. . vis, Wash. ...

ures in four different trials in th junior wheel. : But there was no sign of it as Wyatt, now one of the great pitchers of the game. mowed down the Yankees with his slider. That other argument was pretty silly, too—Koiby Higbe being too fast to pitch against the Yan-

Too swift? Isn't that rich? Since when did any pitcher become too rapid to pitch against any ball club? Walter. Perry Johnson was in the sere and yellow of his illustrious career before he did anything but blow the ball past-hit-

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done pretty well, against the American League champions. . Higbe, on a good day, when he has control, will beat the Yankees or any other outfit: You can't

bat around to meet. Higbe runs into trouble only

Wyatt would have had an even greater. season. had . he ‘not worked in the all-star game when his arm was a little sore at the elbow. He didn’t want to pitch that afternoon, made up his mind to tell Bill McKechnie about it. But when .he saw Deacon Mc-

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NEW YORK, Oct. 4—This is the first time in 40 years that the

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A Dodger Fan

Act That Way?

Because He’s Mad at His Pappa

By MARTIN KANE United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Oct. 4—What makes a Dodger fan act that way? To discover the answer, Lawrence

‘Gould, a consulting psychologist, has given a few off-moments to the problem. He announced his soluw tion today. They have a father complex. When a Dodger fan heaves a pop bottle at the ump he is "heaving it at a symbol i his father, who used to prevent doing as he darn pleased when was a little boy. When a Dodger fan refers to hig idolized team as “our Bums,” Gould said, he is really retur again to his boyhood. “Every little boy wants to be @ bum,” he explained, (not meaning Dodger), “and no grown man eve gets completely over the desir There is a primitive instinct in of us which likes dirt, disorder and violence and, while these likes ard more or less repressed effectively in an adult, they can be released vicariously. Prize fighting is 5 more obvious illustration of this thay baseball.”

. But Why Brooklyn?

That explained fans in gen maybe, but why should Brcond fans be such extreme examples? Mr. Gould, who was a Brook! pastor before he turned to the stu of psychology and human relatio said it was because Brooklyn “fee e an underdog in relation to i snootier neighbor, ttan.” “So the symptoms are more prox nounced,” he said. “The root of th whole thing goes back to the old struggle in human life—the struggl of the underdog to. get his place ie the sun—and, from the viewpoing of the psychoanalyst, the attitude of the child toward his parents, especially his father. : “The son is always the underdog and the father is the topdog. Even though he may love his fathey dearly, he resents being an unders« dog. Discipline is repugnant to the boy’s nature. “So the boy grows up and throws pop bottles at the umpire, This if part of the battle of the genera« tions, which is a little older—at least—than the battle of the sex: It is the conflict between bar instinct and civilized pline.” Basically, Mr. Gould said, Dodger fans are no different from baseball fans in Cleveland or Chicago. They Just act that way because they fee) that Brooklyn is an underdog. “The satisfaction we get out of being a spectator at anything, a ball

plained, “comes iden ourselves with one of the contende

parties. . the Dodger rooter bécomes the team manager, decides what plays should be called, denounces players’ who disobey his shouted orders and otherwise conducts hime self as though he were part of the game, instead of a spectator.” So now you know.

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