Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1942 — Page 20
SPORTS...
By Eddie Ash
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WHATEVER the U. 8. army may lack otherwise, it
is strongly fortified with Washington
on third basemen. .. .
reason why Man ger Bucky Harris faces a very definite : start of spring training just around the
News, Shirley Povich sums up the situation Md War II's impact has been felt hardest at the team. . . . Buddy Lewis, who used to do is now Private John Kelly forces at Ft. Knox, Ky. / vis, who was supposed to EN
Wheeler, Ga.
i Travis unsvailsble, Harris be-
gan to vision
Hillis Layne, hard-hitting
inne: rookie, as his 1942 third baseman, but
Uncle Sam grab ~~ then surmised tha 7 E Soakie Bob More, League, but he again. “Twenty-four his marching ord
Layne last week. . . . Harris his third baseman would be up from Greenville in the Sally i reckoning without Uncle Sam Bucky Harris
after Layne was inducted, Morem received . + « As a result the only third baseman on the
Washington roster hy ‘at this time is young Stan Galle, claimed from
Milwaukee in the ’ the job, although th springs of delight at his 288 Ame «+ « Galle, however, may get the Jo
941 baseball draft. . . . He will get first chance al, e Senators’ bosses are turning no mental hand
an Association batting average, by default.
» Who retired asia player three years ago, may ry ob Estalella may be brought in from the outfield
regular season, playoffs and little world series.
As a farm even earlier, 4: Norfolk, Va. . . .
and Brooklyn infielder, is a second
Arlington cantonment, near Washington, D. C.
Bob Feller wag taught to get up early, but the
a. m. ,.. He is stationed at
ie Berger, former Cleveland, Chicago White Sox
lieutenant and is stationed at . « « He played with
the Seattle Pacific Coast League pennant winners last year.
» » | THERE WAS NO HOOEY to the
8 ” ” column Bob Hogey, sports editor
of the Ohio State Journal, filled out Feb. 14, when he registered for selective service under the new order calling men from 20 to 45. ... Bob, however, did a lot of pondering over the question, “color of hair,” and finally answered: “One-third brown, one-third, gray, one-
- third gone.” |
~ Going-Away Party Tossed for Tribe Coach
WALTER TAUSOHER, Indianapolis’ new pitcher-coach, was given a farewell dinner by Mike Kelley, Minneapolis Millers’ presi-
dent, in Minnea . by Kelley éarly. “apolis Indians. At the dinn wintering in radio 'and during promised “to fis right in ancient Nicollet Park.”
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neapelis, Tauscher
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recently. . . . Tauscher was made a free agent i the winter so that he might sign with then.
, atténded by Miller club officials and d ball Pavers
was presented with a portable
g a “ribbing bee” with old Miller mates the veteran at least five games for Indianapolis from Minneapo-
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SIX MEMBERS of the Montreal ball club have joined the armed forces and Clyde Sukeforth, manager, has called upon Brooklyn for ~ réplacements. |. . ‘Royals now in service are shortstop Stan Rejek; George Pfister, catcher; John Douglas, first baseman; Joe Gallagher,
_ Corbitt, Montre I manish ervice. :
outfielder, and | [Jee 8molko and Bill Sample, pec « + « Claude
I's 1941 star SHartp who was pr
oted to Brook-
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"Man With Scythe No Match For Man With a Shotgun’
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 19 (U. P.).~—The nation’s greatest trapshooter turned 60 today—but to Frank Troeh th birthday was. just
5 another figure in a lifetime of figures, most of thi
good.
The best marksman in a gun-minded family, Troeh has run up
| lan average of 9750 out of a possible 1.000 for 32 straight years.
Since
1917 his yearly percentages have not fallen below .970 and in 1028 he
reached as high as 9838 for 6260 | “birds” Two other men—OCharles ' Young of gfield, Ill, and Mark - Arie of Cl aign, Tll.—have been - shooting lo ger, but not s0 accurately. . . “Hell, what’ s 60 to me,” Troeh scoffed toda; scythe is no match for a good man th a shotgun. Me and my brother, Josat re shot .88 this year ng to the International Fiyer Championships at Kansas City on March 2 and offhand, we ’t going there to be beaten. —Hhuh. ‘What difference does |
or 500 Trophies | Troth has| won mere than 500
¢ can’t name a single le that he hasn't held, 3y he has won every-
“The man with the
R. C. Colas Meet Allison U.A.E.W.
‘The city independent basketball tourney will resume play tonight at the ‘Pennsy gym with four games scheduled. : Four teams advanced last night. They were: Libby Lathe, 44; Turtles, 2%. Silver Circle Bar, 32; Decatur All-Stars, a Drikold Junjors, 28; DeGolyer PrintI Ol, 59; Eminence, 29. Tonight's schedule is: Allison U. A. E. W. vs. Royal Crows igs Pharmies vs. Dental College.
= ink Belt vs. Allison Patrol i20—Texaco vs. Indiana Gear.
Sycamore Pivot
Elward wd Quits Purdue Hunts
For Successor
Grid Coach Under Fire; Rejoins Navy
LAFAYETTE, Feb. 19 (U. P).— Purdue University was faced today with the “difficult job” of finding a successor to Allen B. (Mal), Elward, 49, head football coach, who resigned to offer his services to the navy. Elward, whose reappointment four weeks ago, reopened a storm of controversy on the campus, announced his decision last night in a letter to President Edward E. Elliott and the university trustees. “After due and careful] consideration of the matter,” Elward wrote, “I have come to the eonclusion that I can best serve my country in these perilous times in some other position. Therefore, I have already made application to rejoin the navy.”
Elliott Expresses Regret - Elliott expressed “personal re-
said “selection of a successor will be a difficult job.” Elward, a member of the Purdue coaching staff for 15 years, had been offered a new contract retaining him as head football coach until Dec. 31, 1942, after both alumni and students had expressed dissatisfaction with Purdue’s poor 1941 football showing. At the same time he was relieved of the athletic directorship. He had been head coach since 1937. It was the second time that war had brought a voluntary close to Elward’s long |eoaching career. After piloting St. John’s at Danvers, Mass, to the East Catholic prep championship in 1916—his first year as a coach—Elward resigned
| to serve as lieutenant second grade
in the navy for four -years. Elward’s five years as head football coach brought 16 wins, 18 losses and six ties to the Boilermakes. In 1938, Elward had his best year. winning five games, losing one and tying two. In 1940, the poorest record of the five years was rung up with two victories and six losses, but 1941 brought only two wins, five losses and one tie.
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‘ Elward . . . Joins Navy.
Subs No Bar to
"|Pan-Am Games
NEW YORK, Féb. 19 (U. P).~ The United States is continuing preparations to participate in the Pan-American Olympic games at Buenos Aires despite the menace of axis submarines off the Atlantic coast, a United Press survey showed today. Dan Perris, national A. A. U. president, said that “we will continue to prepare for the trip—until state department officials notify us otherwise.” Jeremiah T. Mahoney, chairman of thé games’ national finance committee, wrote the state departmetit requesting formal governmental advice. Token Team, Anyway
Although origindl plans called for a team of 200 athletes it is almost certain that| at least a token team will be sent. State department officials told the United Press that no formal announcement | would be made until a decision was asked, and it was
{pointed out that Mahoney's letter
was a personal one to Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The team definitely would fly south by Clipper. Included would be trackmen, fencers, swimmers, «bicyclists and other athletes. Howszver, if only a token team were sent the participants—expected to number “between 30 and 40”"—would “double up” in various events.
LOCAL .HIGH SCHOOLS Ben Davis, 28; Mooresville, 24.
STATE HIGH SCHOOLS Burris (uncle), 4 Marion, 32.
Cie d pel, ol, 3; hg v's Atigzo, Corviion, 0)
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ayne), 4
oo 31; Masonic Home, 29 Cal en hj 3
get” at Elward’s resignation and|
High School Scores .
Caps a and Barons Win
(U.P.).—The hot Indianapolis Caps went cold here last night and now trail both Cleveland and Hershey, tied for first in the American Hockey League western division, by| three points. ’ The Caps, who had won eight of their last nine games before [facing the Washington Lions, dro ed a 3-to-1 decision as Cleveland beat Hershey decisively at the Bars’ arena, 4 to 0. Thus the Caps now have 12 games left in which to make up| their second-place defieit. They must play thre¢ more games away from home before returning to Indianapolis next Tuesday night id meet the Providence Reds. ™ Herbie Lewis’ boys go te Provi-
dence tonight, meet Springfield Saturday and New Haven Sunday.
Johnson Relieved
Meanwhile, the faltering Hershey elub stays at home Saturday to play Buffalo and must come here Sunday to face the rejuvenated Lions. Ching Johnson, Washington man-
by Owner Mike Uline last night after his team’s victory over the Caps. His post ‘has been filled temporarily by Manager Lee Perrin and Allan Shields, veteran defenseman. No reason was given for the action. The Lions’ goalie, Bert Gardnier, was too much for the Indianapolis ¢lub last night. He had 37 saves and turned back all but one thrust at his bailiwick, a second period goal by Rey (Baby Face) Sawyer, that temporarily gave the Caps a 1-1 deadlock. In the third period, ‘however, George Mantha and Polly Drouin each counted once for the vittory margin. : : The standings:
AMERICAN LEAGUE Western Division
WASHINGTON, D. C. Féb. 19|
ager, was relieved of his post here|.
HAVANA — The Brooklyn Dodgers opened spring training today without the services of 22game pitchers Kirby Higbe and Whitlow Wyatt, rookie pitcher Jack Kraus and veteran outfielder Dixie Walker. Wyatt, Kraus and Walker are holdouts.
CHICAGO Pulse, student magazine at the University of Chicago, asked the university teday to withdraw from Big Ten athletic competition before it is “thrown out” of the conference,
CHICAGO—With all but three players signed, thé Chicago Cubs were en route to their spring training grounds at Catalina Island today. : :
PITTSBURGH—The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced the signing of first baseman Elbie Fletcher and the reduction of the Pirate squad to 36 players with the optioning of pitcher Johnny Gee to Toronto of the International league.
CHICAGO-—-Seventy-one of the nation’s top flight figure skaters began three days of competition for the national championships today with two easterners and one midwesterner favored for the senior title,
BEDFORD—Indiana youths under 21 years were preparing today to upheld state athletic prowess in regional competition of the 21st annual indoor athletic meetings sponsored by the Boys’ Clap of America.
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Only Two Loop i Games Carded |;
Two Indiana College conference
but the outcome of either will nob cause any serious shake-up in the, team standings. Three state schools saw action
ing game from Bluffton, O, 67 to 54; Detroit Tech topped Tri-State, H 35 to 30, and Hanover took a close tilt from Louisville, 51 to 47. Manchester, victor in 11 of 13'4 league games this season, should have an easy time with the An-
son. Valparaiso, who has won but one conference tilt, plays Indiana State tonight at Térre Haute. Evansville College plays a non-conference foe, meeting Western Kentucky at
games are scheduled for tonight, |
last night. Taylor won a free scor-| Ja duck x Brown, In
derson Ravens tonight at Ander- |
ansville and Earlham plays its Afst Soa barnstorming game at he
Fulton, Schoch Bowl High 703
Leading bowiers in last night's league competition were paced by a couple of 703 shooters, Joe Fulton of Falls City and Bud Schoch of Herff-Jones, both in the Indianapolis league. Closely following was Maurice Wellman of the Un-Brak-O Screws, another Indianapolis league quintet. Wellman had a 702. These three were the only ones to get into the T700-plus class. Pug Leppert of the Barbas8l team
in the same loop threw 11 straight|
strikes in his middle game, but he had preceded them with a spare, and ended with a terrific 290 for a threegame series of 670. Other leaders : Fon Re: aa FTAA tis
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Rookie i in No ow; Veteran Passes His Physical Morrie Says He'll Enter in the Spring
Selective service caught up with the Indianapolis baseball club today when’ Stanley ‘Mazgay, young outfielder, entered the. army at his home
in Caldwell, OQ. Tribe Secretary Al Schlensker gaid he received definite word from
the rookie that marching orders were in effect. Mazgay is the first member of the 1942 Indians, to be called to the colors. He joined the club in midseason ‘last year, played in 53 games and batted .284. He came up from the Ohid State league. In his first game with the Indians, Mazgay belted a’ home run but was unable to duplicate the feat the remainder of the season,
‘| However, he was tagged as & pros-
pect and probably would have been farmed out this year for more seasoning. He bats and throws righthanded. Zientara Already In
Bennie Zientara, the Indians’ second sacker for the past two seasons who was sold to the Cincinnati Reds last fall, preceded Mazgay into the armed forces. Meanwhile up in Eau Claire, Wis., Morris Arnovich, Indianapolis’ new outfielder, passed his physical examination for the draft yesterday and said he likely would enter the army in the spring. Arnovich lives at Superior, Wis., and formerly played with New York, Cincinnati and Philadelphia in the National League. He was sold to Indianapolis last Decémber by the Giants. :
I. U. Winter
Teams Busy Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Feb. 19.—Indiana university's five winter sport teams will be active this week-end while I. U. athletic officials host the 21st state high school wrestling tourney. Tomorrow the Hoosier gymnasts go to Chicago while Wisconsin's Saturday, the gymnasts and indoor ‘track teams will compete at Illinois while the wrestling and swimming teams stay home for meets with Michigan
is |and Kentucky, respectively.
The Illinois dual track meet will be Indiana's first of the season al-
7 though Campbell Kane, Fred Wilt
and Earl Mitchell have been running on the eastern boards the last two weeks. Wilt probably will miss the Illinois meet since Coach Billy Hayes has announced Wilt has been invited to New York for the N. Y, A, C. two-mile run, Saturday night.
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