Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1942 — Page 6

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Eddie Ash

IN AN interesting “pi

Daniel of the New York World-Telegram rates Bill Dickey, Gabby Hartnett and Mickey Cochrane in that | order over Roger Bresnahan, Ray Schalk, Johnny Kling

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‘and I'll put it in th

i . Bud Donlan, St.

Lo Et Reo. I Re heogh Reini

. Clyde Hoffa, Cit;

and others as the leading the years. | Discussing the major company, Darfls the fact that his crouching po tendons in his legs and thighs incumbents of other pgsitions. | “The catcher must] be a st game of his

ifications

not only as regards chec own, but as rega ds chec

windpad artists down through

which a catcher must bring into the

ition behind the plate stretches the and slows him up earlier than the

says, in “He must be spry, in spite of

ident. He must be able to run the ing on the pitcher, and giving signs ates to the moves of the attacking are throws to first, second and third,

éce’”’ dealing with catchers, Dan’

‘|letic Officer Lieut. Comm. J. Rus-

side:

There are piteliodis, there

calculated to the split second.

worth good be a “" don’t a sw

hitters, he must have a noodle, field general, and he has to be Just imagine a ho

iat shirt and a blouse, a heavy

afternoon, let us say, in St, Louis. like that, then humid New York. The catcher is out there in

“This calculation mist be supported by a grand arm. No catcher his keep has a weak wing. Now, then, he must be one of the

he must have an arm, he must

able to take it. If you

chest protector of a rukberized

material, a big mitt and a heavy wire mask.

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through the game and

that for about! three innings and then think of the catcher

who has %0 work a double-header. ou will note that he is struck times innu-

Watch the backstop closely

merable. There are A there ‘are misdirected pitches.

The Catcher Has to ‘Take It’ t

“AND THEN take n and it looks close, the catcher gets

phatically, the catcher has to take it.

e that when the boys ride into home plate

the works. Distinctly and em-

“Bill Dickey of the New York Yankees, it must be conceded, is

the greatest catcher of in 1941, 'he achieved the unmatched

day. By working in better than 100 games

record of having caught more

than 100. contests for mgre than 13 consecutive seasons. “Ray Schalk had held the old mark of 12 years in & row all alone,

until tied by Dickey in 1940.

“Gabby Hartnett caught more than 100 games in 12 major league

- seasons, with the Chicag¢ Cubs, but they were not in succession 29 with a bad arm.

was out virtually all of

|» #” ” “AMONG THE greatest catchers with Mickey Cochrane, now retired,

# of the past decade, Dickey vies and Hartnett, the Indianapolis

club’s new manager, who perhaps was the hardest hitting backstop in

" the game's history. “Though Hartnett holds the all-time record for durability, with ickey is not far behind, with 1568. Though ith 236 homers, Dickey could overhaul him

1990 major league games, Gabby leads the catchers before he retires.

“yowever, Gabby’s 37 homers in 1930 will stand for some tine as the top home run achievement for ‘a major league catcher for one season. Dickey’s top accomplishment in that department is 29, in

19317. . ; “Everything consider of the decade, and Kling.” | os Ed Levy Is Now Ed Whitner

ED LEVY of 1941 is

, Dickey is

sidelined for weeks. Born Whitner, Ed took

baseball, but has changed pack. . . .

land the Yankees’ first-b and is classed as a ‘power? the Blues were good for 1 Whitner is 25 years o

looked the part of a re is figured to make a gallant effort to

swinger.

2 # #

THE TIRE SHORTAGE put a dent in one baseball training camp luxury . . . that of the players taking their gas buggies to camp. . Only car in the Chicago White Sox camp at Pasadens, Cal, this spring is wheeled by Ted Lyons, the veteran pitcher. poop: or later the boys will have a heart

and permit him to have his|car tp himself, at least for a day.

And Ted is hoping that

followed by Hartnett, Cochrane, Bresnahan, Schalk

d Whitner of 1942. . . . He played first base with Kansas City last year and is trying out for a job with the New York Yankees. , . . The lanky pastimer batted 309 in 52 games in the American association last season, a wrist injury keeping him

his stepfather’s name when he went into

e assignment. . , , He is a righthaider

bases and he batted in 30 runs. and has two dependents—his wife and

his mother—giving him a 3-A draft classification.

our No. 1 choice for the calcher

While playing for the Blues he

. . . His 72 hits in 52 games for

‘2 a =

All Sizes, Weights Make Up

New Sectional

. |Hinkle’s administrative ability. Not

of ceremonies.

"|night, grab a pencil and jot down

Calls Tony Hinkle ORTS...

His Butler Teams Won 221 Games

Middlesworth Probable Successor to Job

(Continued from Page One)

45,000 men receiving basic recruit training. Hinkle will step into this program shortly, digging into the physical hardening program while awaiting approval for his application for a commission. He will be assigned to the athletic department at Great Lakes, working with Ath-

sell Cook, another of Indiana's great athletes.”

Came Here in 1921

Comm. Cook, a former Central Normal college star coached the Great Lakes team during the current basketball season. The Butler basketball laurels, under Hinkle, - include one national championship (1929), five Indiana collegiate conference titles, 1927-28-29-39-40, and two Missouri Valley championships, 1933-34. The teams have held their own against Big Ten rivals each year and have traveled as far as Madison Square Garden and Philadelphia. Hinkle came to Butier in 1921 after a brilliant career as a University of Chicago athlete, starring in basketball, baseball, football and soccer. He was captain of the basketball team during his junior and senior years.

Laud Coaching School

Mr. Hinkle’s popularity extends throughout Indiana and he has been in demand as a speaker at innumerable athletic banquets and meetings. His coaching school each summer has been praised by famous high school coaches who said they learned “more in three days than we could anywhere else in three years.” The effectiveness of the Butler relays, -one of the oustanding track and field events in the country, has been attributed ‘largely to Mr.

only has he completed all the arrangements for the relays but he has served as announcer and master

Antics Amuse Fans

Many Butler baseball, basketball and football fans spent at least part of each game watching Hinkle on the bench. His colorful antics, especially when his team was behind, were sources of interest and amusement to the spectators. He often would lace and unlace his shoes, jump up and down, hold nis head in his hands and groan— sometimes loudly enough to be heard far up in the stands. Mr. Hinkle is a pessimist, but is even tempered for a high-strung individual. He takes his job so seriously that he has been known to jump out of bed in the middle of

a play. A Native Hoosier

During his career at Butler he has turned down several offers of higher-salaried jobs because he likes Butler and Indianapolis. He wore the same felt hat for almost 10 years because he thought it lucky. Mr. Hinkle was born in Deer Creek, Ind., 41 years ago. He is married and has two daughters, Barbara, 10, and Patty, 9, who are his greatest fans. The Hinkle’s own their home at 415 W. 46th st. : Hinkle’s all-time basketball coaching average at Butler follows: Won ‘Lost Pct. 18 19

1926-27 1927-28

85 863

Champions

. So the little boy said ! the big boy: “Toss me that ball, brother,

basket,” And the big boy said: Gladly.”

They run from Charley Pugh, 135 pounds of diving dynamite 5 feet 1932.33 Pete Negley, 178 pounds of co-ordinated 1933.34

et 3 inches high.

6 inches high, to a 1 arms and legs that goes 6 But all sizes and weights go to make up the new sectional champs that will meet Brownsburg a} Tech's

gym at 1:30 p.'m. Saturday the

first game of the regionals. | |

Bowling Scores

Last night's leading bowlers:

Andy Pullman, Sturm Rec. ......L.... 7 Gi Smith, TCIY nena L Dave Killion, Cit Mike Sansone, W Bill Tarrant, West Side Classic .}.... J. Jackson, Sturm Reé¢. M. nes, Sturm Rec. Paul Webb, City

Leo Miles, M !

ki, Pi . Rec. Carl Walraven, Commerci

Tony Burello Ralph Arbaugh, Cit Cea Fercy Van Horn, Steven's Morticians .

t estas . Dells Capital City .|.... ne, I. A. C. Classic .... , Cook’s Goldblume ..:. ers, Herff-Jones ......

A Si

a, City airn, Steven’s Morticians . hett Rec. ....

R. Saurbaiigh, Stevens :

ovan, Cook’s Goldblu ich, Cook’s Goldblume ...

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reese *shones tose

: than half over.

Six of the boys played more or less regularly throughout the sectional games. Here are their specifications: . Age Year 19 8 17 17

Glenn Seymour, Charles Pugh, Fred Kautzman, g.... 1 Jake Luther, . Pete Negley, Ed ne.

+ But the byword of Lawrence, like the sname of the school itself, is Central. When you call them on

9! the “telephone, they answer: “Cen-

tral.” They don’t say: “Lawrence.”

01 They insist their name is not “Law1 rence Central” but “Central of Law-

rence.” So the rest of the boys on the squad are considered equally important. Here's what they'd look

: |like stacked up: 638

Joe McDaniel, another 5 foot 6’er,

634 is 17, weighs 130, and is. -a senior.

Wayne Pugh is 5 feet 8 inches,

633 weighs 145, is 17, and a junior.

Bob Kee also is 5-9, weighs 147, is

aii 16, and a junior.

Hay Saw Action Harold Hay is 17 and a senior.

a2 He's only 6 feet tall and weighs 168.

He saw a lot of action in many of the games. He's another utility man, but it’s nice for a coach to have a man like Hay when & man

609 like Negley gets three personals on 60

himself with the game little more That happened a couple of times last week and Hay went in there to play a fine defen-

3 sive game.

Running down these specifications on the regulars, you can’t miss the

1itwo 6 feet 3 inch names of Negley

and Lane, All the other teams tried to and Negley and Lane, most of the time, couldn’t miss, that is. Note that they're both juniors. Wait till they grow up. Their play the :

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Net Scores

: STATE COLLEGES Youngstown, 52; St. Joseph's,

OTHER COLLEGES Franklin-Marshall, 49; Muhlenberg, 43. Weoster, 50; Muskingum, 46. Hope, 53; Kalamazoo, 43. Calvin, 67; Ferris Institute, 32. Kansas, 45; Kansas State, 26. Westminister, 37: Duquesne, 34. Nebraska Wesleyan, 45; Hastings, 31. Ursnus, ' 53; Bucknell, 46. . Mansfield (Pa.) Teachers, 40; Scranton University, 39. Loras, 43; Luther, 38. Buena Vista, 48; Western Union, Chadron Teachers, 59; Peru Teachers, 39 St. Vincent, 39; St. Francis, 27. si er Maryland, 48; Mt. St. Mary’s,

Seton Hall, 40; LaSalle, 37. Howard Payne, 58; Southwestern (Tex.),

51.

38. (Neb.)

i Central (Okla.), 40; Oklahoma City,

Drury, 54; Tarkio, 42 Texas A. & M., 46; Texas, 42. River Falls (Wis.) Teachers, 49; Stout Institute, 46. Simpson, 66; Iowa Wesleyan, 53. Augustana. 4b; St. Ambrose, 28. South Dakota State, 39; North Dakota University, 30. LaCrosse Teachers, 63; Superior Teach-

ers, 54. Southwestern (Kansas), 60; Fort Hays State, 52. Bethel, 54; Bethany, 47. Rockhurst, 49; Washburn, 31. Wyoming, 40; Colorado, 39. Oregon, 53; Idaho, 39. Doan: 50; Midland, 47. Illinois College, 46; Illinois Wesleyan, 44. flordinegide, 33; South Dakota University, 30. 3 Holy Cross, 54; Providence College, 46.

RADIO REPAIRING

Expert Radio Repairing

Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle, who today joined the U.S. navy at Great Lakes naval training station as basketball coach, has a varied and fiery career. He is shown above (I) as baseball coach; (2) coach‘ing basketball; (3) how to use an iron in golf, and (4) giving bench instructions as football coach to Charles Bohnstadt, who joined the navy last year.

Sprowl, Zimmer Selected on United Press Big Ten Squad

CHICAGO, March 4 (U. P) —Although Illinois led the Big Ten

basketball race flag-fali to finish,

the new champions did not have

a monopoly on individual talent in the league, the annual United Press all-conference team selected by a vote of the coaches disclosed

today.

Topping the balloting which placed representatives from five schools

” # 2

Zimmer , » . among best defense.

Corner Cafe Wins

3d Tourney Tilt

Corner Cafe of Brownsburg advanced into the fourth round of the city independent basketball tour-

ney last night, defeating Indianapolis Flashes, 50 to 22, at the Pennsy gym. . In other games Allison Patrol turned back Eastern Coal, 47 to 42, and R. C. Cola whipped Pure Oil, 41 to 31. Curtiss-Wright defeated the Lawrence Trojans in a class B tilt, 35 to 20. Tonight's schedule is: 7:15—J. D. Adams vs. Allison Patrol. . 8:15—Richardson Rubber vs. Allison Assemblers. 9:15—Falls City vs. Pharmacy college. .

N. U. Has Not One, But 3 Champ Divers

Times Special EVANSTON, March 4.—Swimming coaches agree that developing a diver is one of the most difficult tasks of the profession. A team with a potential diving champion is considered fortunate, indeed. Tom Robinson, in the midst of his 33d season at Northwestern, beams whenever mention is made of his three crack sophomore divers. Wildcat candidates for the diving crown at the Big Ten championships to be held at Michigan, March 13-14, are Howard Jaynes, formerly of Senn high, Chicago, where he won the Illinois state championship; John McDonald of Park Ridge, Ill, a former state titleholder, and Donnie Trumble of Milwaukee, who captured the national prep school low board title in 1940.

Lettermen Register

MILWAUKEE, March 4.—Only one of 16 probable returning Mar-

18-year-old fullback, Hal Eigner.

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quette football - lettermen did not have to register for the draft—the

on the first team, was Andy Phillip, brilliant sophomore guard of the championship Illini combination. Phillip was the unanimous choice of the coaches and in recognition of his outstanding performances throughout the season was awarded the honoary captaincy. Sprowl and Zimmer

Voted first string berths along with Phillip were Johnny Kotz of Wisconsin and Forrest Sprowl of Purdue at the forwards; Milt Kuhl of Iowa at center and Andy Zimmer of Indiana at guard. Size and scoring ability are the

two outstanding features of this all-conference team. The five performers average six-foot-three inches and have scored an aggregate of 753 points in 14 games. Here is a man-by-man sketch of the all-conference performers: Phillip—touted by Coach Doug Mills as one of the greatest prospects in Illinois history before the start of the season, Andy fulfilled every promise by leading his team to its first undisputed Big Ten championship since 1915. Scored 145 points. High Scorer

Kotz—a rugged six-foot-three inch junior forward who employed a deadly-accurate one-handed push shot to score 211 points and set a new conference record. Kuhl—the tallest man in the Big Ten at six-foot-six. His great ability in handling rebounds was responsible in a large measure for the showing of the second place Iowa outfit. Scored 122 points. Sprowl—the, one consistent scorer Purdue had this season. His sharpshooting kept the Boilermakers in the thick of the race for second place until the last stage of the campaign. Is a dangerous shot either from the floor or under the basket. Stands an even six-foot. Scored 176 points. His home is Oblong, Ill.

Best on Defense

Zimmer—one of the. best defensive performers in the conference. Is six-foot-five inches tall and an expert rebound man. Failed to win his numerals as a freshman, but broke into the lineup after five games of his sophomore season and has been a regular since. His home is at Goodland, Ind.

Otto Graham of Northwestern and Ken Menke of Illinois at the fore wards; Jim Mandler of Michigan at center, and Don Blanken of Purdue and Vic Siegal of Iowa at the guards.

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Stars in Service

‘ Boze Berger, former Cleveland and White Sox infielder, is a second lieutenant in the army at the Arlington cantonment near here. ” ” ” Jared Fangboner, former N. Y. U. sprint. star, is at Great Lakes naval

station. ”

2 ” V. Lloyd Sheehan, Brown varsity back and guard, has reported at Ft. Devens, Mass.

” o ” Also in was Norman Standlee, phenomenal Chicago Bear and Stanford fullback, who was drafted after being turned down because of

color-blindness.

on ” » While on football, Buddy Elrod, Mississippi State end, is an aviation cadet. He already holds a private pilot's license.

Nelson Favored in

Florida Open

ST. PETERSBURG, March 4 (U. P.).—Byron Nelson was favored today to displace 1941 champion Sammy | Snead in the first Florida tournament of the winter—the $5000 St. Petersburg open. Nelson is in particularly good form, having finished in the money in 30 consecutive tournaments. The contingent of .traveling pros on hand for the opening of the tournament included, besides Snead and Nelson, Henry @icard, Gene Sarazen, ‘Billy Burke, Tona Fenna, Ralph Guldahl, Craig Wood, Ben Hogan and% Lawson Little. The entry list totals 160,

Chosen for the second team were = |

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Wilson Out 3 Months

NEW YORK, March 4 (U. P.).— X-rays had revealed today that Jackie Wilson, Pittsburgh Negro recognized by the N. B. A. as featherweight champion, broke his left arm in a bout with Terry Young Monday. He will be unable to fight for at least three months.

Name Manual Ace Riflemen

Sergt. Harry E. Smith has announced the names of the 10 cadets on the Manual R. O. T. C. rifle team who. made the 10 highest scores in the fifth corps area rifle match, They are Cadet Private Clarence Craig, Cadet Captain Don Blettner, Cadet First Lieutenant James Smith, Cadet Second Lieutenint

Harold Bretz, Cadet Sergeant Don-|

ald Wiebke, Cadet Staff Sergeant Robert Walker, Cadet Sergeant Earnest Badger, Cadet Private John Ahern, Cadet Corporal James Burger and Cadet Sergeant Robert Gonaer. The team made an aggregate of 6401 points, and averaged 80 points

per rifleman for each position.

Defend Butler Relays Titles

Four formal entries had been ree ceived today for the Butler Relays

by Bulldog track coach Ray Sears, .

in charge of the annual event being held March 14 at the fieldhouse. The four schools entering, three of whom have been defending champions, are the University of Texas, Western Michigan (entering in the college division), Notre Dame and Butler. It will be the first time for the University of Texas. Western Michigan has three boys returning from their one mile relay college division championship squad of last year. Notre Dame will have two defending champions, James Delaney in the shot put, and Keith O'Rourke in the high jump. Ray Alsbury, who was out of the relays last year because of a foot injury, will be back this year for Butler and is expected to get points in the hurdles] Butler also has two men—Dick Clark and Bob Dreessen—returning on its 2-mile defending champion relay team.

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