Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1942 — Page 9

ion Will Battle SFor Cellar

NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—0n May

18 back in 1901 a group of young West Pointers rolled déwn to Annapolis to play themselves a spot. of baseball with, the Midg shipmen. 1t | was the first baseball game 4 Sitveriplayed between the two serv““ice schools. A tall cadet someon the -frame side : left field in that .game. ‘was destined to touch the stars us saber in later years. ToStara sout as 's y figure. MacArthur,

at days, as now, Macthur was tall and straight as a sirod. He stood 6 feet 1 inch’ “his bare feet. He weighed

oun md 1 b. pounds. He was ‘fast,

A Clutch Hitter YOU. WILL NOTE the coach hed him hitting second, which ‘would suggest he could jay the “ball down, a popular strategem in the dead ball days. In this par- _ ticular game he was at bat three times, didn’t, get a hit, but scored a run and stole a base. Nobody ‘hit one out his way so he had an 4dle day in the field. Army won the game by’ scoring - three runs ‘in the third—and it MacArthur who started the pally and. scored the first run. The

By JACK GUENTHER United Press. Staff Correspondent

The full flowering of what is commonly called complete and utter futility may be noted at 6: 08 p. m. today. At that time, the PHiladelphia Athletics depart for the far reaches of the Golden West to prepare for the rigorous battle they may be expected to wage for undisputed possession of the American League cellar. In previous years it has been the custom of Connie Mack to voice a few innocent optimisms while he hustled the boys aboard their train and kept an eye. cocked on any straggler who might attempt an escape. In other years he had at least the skeleton of a team at hand as he shipped West to bask in the California sun. This season he has the skeleton, all right, but minus the tibia and fibia. Al Brancato, Benny McCoy and Sam Chapman won't be on deck when the limited chugs away. They are all engrossed in various. branches of military service.

Chapman Was Hitter

Chapman was a .323 batter, the power hitter of the club, and perhaps the best of Mr. Mack's recent discoveries. This season he will be replaced by Mike Kreevich, a fugitive from .the White

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| —Baseball’s hunter—Bessie ‘Largent—-ran her hands through her graying hair and

Sandlotters’ Future Looks Very Good

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lowed that American sandlot baseball is in for its biggest year in histroy.

baseball talent for nearly 17 years.

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And Besgie Largent figures she is in the spot to know what she is “With her husband, Roy, Mrs. Largent has been combing the brushland for big league .

Most of these years, Bessie and Roy received their pay from the Chicago White Sox for digging up such piayers as Pitcher Johnny Whitehead and Outfielder Rip Rad-

The Largents can’t stay out of They are now affiliated with the National Semi-Fro Baseball Congress, an organization devoted to the encouragement of youngsters who want to play base-

banner year for the war—chiefly ion-wide plan to register all youthful, hopeful sand-

adopted: to stim-

any boy or man wanting a chance to play baseball will register at any one of the 8000 sporting goods stores The lists will be available for Civilian Defense units,

Trosky Asks A To Be Retired From Baseball

CLEVELAND, Feb. 18 (U. P.).— Alva Bradley, president of the Cleveland Indians, announced today that big Hal Trosky, the Tribe's slugging first baseman, had ree quested that he be placed on the voluntary retirement list. The request was made in.a letter to Bradley in which Trosky said that he had failed to find relief from severe “migrane headaches” which had interfered with his playe ing ability. Bradley said that he would not take this action as yet because the Tribe’s player list was not up to the league limit. He asked Trosky in stead ‘that he wait for another month to if he could find some relief from the headaches. The blond first baseman reported that he was severely handicapped during last season by the head aches. His average fell to .204. In 1940 he hit 205 and in 1939 he slugged out a .335 percentage.

H.S. Grapplers In State Meet

BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 18.—Ape proximately 200 high school wrese tlers, representing more than 15 schools, will compete in the 21st annual Indiana state high school wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday at Indiana University.

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details’ a§ to how he got on are not . available but presently the ‘bases were full and he came home on Hobsan’s fly ball. There Was ‘a return game the

“I know from experience,” said Bessie, “that in the past there have been 10 boys to every one playing baseball who would have liked to

Sox, but Kreevich hit .105 points lower, ‘knocked 25 fewer home runs and batted in 68 less runs. As for the infield, when Mr.

is comparable to others of -the past decade despite wartime economies, was completed here today by Athe letic Director Z. G. Clevenger. Ine

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following spring. This time Army was ‘beaten but one of the features of the game was a peg by. MacAr ur from deep in the out‘robbed the Navy a Thome run. . . . The “Point. | historian | ‘writes: Arthur's perfect peg to the plate held Radenbush’s | tremendous drive to & triple. . . .” E en in those days the young man a thing or several about rs up the enemy, didn't he?

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Caneel Tourney

Of Deaf Schools

“Fhe - Central States basketball tourney for the Schools of the Deaf has been canceled, Jake Caskey, net coach at the Indiana State School for the Deaf, announced today. The Silent Hoosiers have won the tournament five times, piling up 52 victories against 17 defeats in the 16 years the meet has been run. : It was to have been held Feb. 26-28 at Jacksonville, Ill, this year and member schools from Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Missouri and In- ' diana were to have participated. The cancellation was made be‘cause of the long distances schools would have been forced to travel and the suspension was voted “for ~ the duration.”

Eastern Dog Show

BOSTON, Feb. 18.—Thirtieth ‘an-

nual Eastern Dog Club Show willl

be held once again in the MechanJos Building, Boston, Feb. 22- 2B.

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Mack looks at it he must want to scrap the rose colored glasses he has worn 24 hours a day for several years now and replace them with a set of blinkers. McCoy's job probably will go to Crash Davis, an agile fielder, but a .219 hitter, while the Bracanto post is as open as an Arizona prairie, With Dick Siebert, the -club’s heaviest hitter, set at first base and Davis on second, it will be up to Pete Suder and Al Rubeling to handle short and third between them, The rookie infielders don’t appear too bright at the moment and Fred Chapman may be called on for heavy duty relief work.

Don’t Mention Pitching

Frank Hayes, happily, is a firstrate catcher but when you mention catching you must mention pitching and I'd rather not. Youll find better pitchers in any China shop than on the A’s roster. John Knott and Phil Marchildon won 23 games between them last year and are the mainstays. With few ‘exceptions, the others are five-and-dime store bric-a-brae. Generally speaking, the best that can be said of the pitching is:that it is no worse than last year and may prove to be a bit better. After taking this hopeful fact into consideration I'm ready to release the first of my 1942, ‘miss-fire, no-money-back predictions—to wit: Philadelphia is one team which nobody needs scrutinize through a microscope during the various stages of spring training before determining where it~is going this vear. Philadelphia isn’t going any-

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PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 18 (U. P.). -—A jolting left hook thrown by Marty Servo, U. 8. Coast, Guardsman, sent Lew Jenkins, former lightweight champion, reeling down the fistic ladder last night.

Battered from the opening gong until the final bell, Jenkins went through 10 rounds of pummeling that left him a reeling, bloody hull, game to the end but unable to cope with the dynamite in Servo’s left. In handing Jenkins the worst beating of his career, Servo . avenged the defeat of his cous‘in, Lou Ambers, who lost the lightweight title fo the Texah nearly two years ago. - The Coast Guardsman, who hails from Schenectady, N. Y., carried the fight to Jenkins from the beginning. At the opening gong, Servo came out with his left cocked and let it go. The blow caught Jenkins full on the face and kept the former chamipion wary from there on. Jenkins tried to spar with Servo but he kept coming in, landing left after left. At the end of the second round Jenkins’ left eye was bleeding. Referee Benny Leonard examined Jenkins between- rounds and permitted the fight to go on. But the last two rounds were a repetition of preceding rounds. Servo never stopped and when the fight ended, Jenkins was reeling around the ring.

College, H. S. Net Scores

LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS + Central ‘of Lawsence, 4 41; mate: 20,

‘New Augusta, 34 STATE HIGH § SCHOOLS

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reencas 45. _ Clay Yeity: 2%; Farmershurg, 25. Otter Creek, 39; Glenn, 26. Bicknell, 39; Wheatland, 2. Linton, 43; Lyons, 32. Honey Creek 30} Cory, 28. Dugger, 38: Jasonville, Bookyile, 25:2 Semorisl of ‘Evansville, 26. Eaton (0.); Ki y Royerton, 35; Harrtion, 25. Mount Summit, 35; Cowan, 30. Ridgeville, 45; Geneva, 30.

STATE COLLEGES St. Joseph's, 56; Central Normal, 40. DePauw, 56; Franklin, 37 Wabash, 42. Butler, 35. Rose Poly, 59; Anderson, 36.

OTHER COLLEGES California (Pa.) Teachers, 61; (Md.) Teachers, 42. a Prostpury dia (River Forest, IIL), 39; Illinois Tec

h, 37. Carnegie Ween 56; i Shur h, Hillsdale. 43; Kalamazoo a , Denison, 33; Wittenberg, Dhio U : ‘Cineinnat Votard. ue Erskine a Davi 48; The Citadel, 33. Atlantic Christian College, 49; Bion, 44, State, 48; Florida, 31. Ashland, 49. °

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pot, Thomas (St. Paul), 54; River ‘Falls 44; Whitewater

Milwaskeo: Teachers, 34. Iowa, 43; Wartbur be BG ng Wesleyan,

81. Ss: . din inh West: Vir Nobracks’ Wesleyan, 42; Hebron Junior

Colleze, 27. estern Mic higan, 48; Alma, 42.

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, 49. oe pai Ailadeiphia. "Textile, 10. Teyss 46: 87; Baylor, 33. ? Springfield Teachers, 63; Missouri Mines,

Golorado Sines, 44; Montana State, 42. Central ( 25; Westminster, 24. Bake MioPhersan 48. a: 43: Ouachita, 40. Monmouth, 43; Augustana, 36. Lake Forest, 52; Fort ¢ Sheridan, 37%. Doane, 54; Hastings Delaware, 38; eB mors, 37. Kearny (Neb.) Toachore 82: Midland, 45. niveraity of San Francisco, 35; San

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Missodri Valley, 47; Drury, 40, 7

PROFESSIONAL National League Ft. Wayne, 50; Indianapolis Kauiskys, 46.

Shortridge, Tech

Win Frosh Tilts

Shortridge and Tech high school freshman basketball teams scored intra-city victories yesterday, former whipping Manual, 33 to 11, for its 11th triumph of the season, while Tech downed Howe, 24 to 21, at Tech. Bob Klein paced the Shortridge offense at Manual with 12 points. Bob Barrick captured scoring honors

won its 12th of 15 games.

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the state high school swim championships, Saturday, at Purdue.

tryouts yesterday at the Riveria Club pool, includes Frank Ward, Wes Rightor, Roddy Davis, Don Pine, Bill Lawson, Harry Chambers, Sumner Proctor and Major Willis,

41 Commissions EVANSTON, Feb. 18.—A total of 41 Northwestern lettermen graduated in the last two years now hold commissions in the armed services.

Shortridge High School will be represented by eight swimmers in

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‘| knew about how to get on a team. “I have talked with hundreds of boys in all parts of the country and why they weren't playing baseball, the reply was always the same—they’d like to, but there wasn’t a team on

when I asked them

which they could play.”

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MINNEAPOLIS, Feb. 18--Big Ten champion Jack DeField in the pole vault and footballer Bob "Fitch in the shot and discus make Minnesota

diana University has been host to the Hoosier high school matmen since the first tourney was staged in 1922. Bloomington’s Panthér grapplers, coached by Harold Mumby, ex-Ine diana university football and wrestling star, are favored to retain the team crown they captured a year ago. Undefeated this season in dual competition, the Panthers have outstanding entrants in nearly every event. Coach Mumby’s Bloomington wrestlers have won seven team championships and tied for another during the 20-year history | of the mat tourney.

Win Thriller in

The 25th annual city basketball tournament will continue tonight at Pennsy gym, with four teams eliminated in last night's opening play. The Kingan Reliables showed strength in knocking off the Schwitzer-Cummins five last night, 57 to 20, while the Allison Assemblers barely skinned through a 37 to 36 victory over the Golden Bears, a newly organized quintet. The Bears were leading, 36 to 35, in the last six seconds of play, when Ebersole of the Allison team was fouled. He missed the free throw, but Gen: Miller tipped in the rebound as the game ended to give the victory to the Assemblers.

Monarch Steel Upset

In the other games, tiie Richard-{. son Rubber team beat the Castleton Eagles, 62 to 47, and the Eli Lillys upset ‘the Monarch Steel five, 48 to 42. Pirst-round tilts will be played again tomorrow and Friday and Feb. 24 and 25. Tonight's schedule: 6:50—Libby Turret Lathe vs. Turtles. %:40—Silyer Circle Bar vs. Decatur All

Stars 8: 30—Degolyer Printers vs. Drikold Jrs:

9:30—Eminence, Ind. vs. Pure Oil. eee eee

Oregon Star Breaks

Luisetti’s Record

LA GRANDE, Ore, Feb. 18 (U. P.).—Ernie Rostock, Eastern Oregon College star, who achieved his college ambition by beating Hank Luisetti’s scoring record, said today he hopes to “settle down and play some real basketball” in his final game now that the pressure is off. “I was ‘only after Luisetti’s record,” he said. “Now I can settle down and play some basketball.”

BASKETBALL

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