Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 March 1942 — Page 11
SPORTS. By Eddie Ash
THE largest number of 3-year-olds named for the Kentucky Derby in a dozen years has been nominated for the 68th running of the classic for a purse of $75,000 on May 2, President Matt J, Winn of Churchill Downs announced through the United Press.
The list released to the United Press by Col. Winn contained the °
names of 150 of the finest young gallopers in America. . . , It was topped by Alsab, the 1941 juvenile champion, and included almost every promising oungster who came up to the races a year ago. “I believe that the derby will be wide open,” Col. Winn told the United Press. “As I see it, there is no outstanding candidate, but there are more than a score of ‘name’ 3-year-olds from which the winner may come.” Horsemen generally shared Col. Winn'’s opinion. . . . Alsab went into winter quarters with a great reputation and the position of early, derby favorite. . , . But he has finished in the money only once in four Florida starts and most of his better rivals haven't yet been in action. Not since 1930, when various interests named the same number of eligibles, have so many colts, fillies and geldings been nominated for the 1%mile spin. Matt J. Winn Warren Wright stable sent in the names of its two aces, Some Chance and Sun Again, and also nominated Col. Teddy, Early Smart, Mar-Kell, Paratheen, Wishbone and Yukon. The list included such horses as Ben Whitaker's Requested, winner of the $25,000 Flamingo stakes; E. R. Bradley's Bless Me, Greentree stable’s Devil Diver and Shut Out, Belair stud’s Apache, Milky Way farm's Dogpatch, Mrs. R. McElvain’s Bright Willie, Walter P. Chrysler's Ramillies, A. G. Vanderbilt's Spare Man and William Ziegler's Wait A Bit. : , Only two really prominent horses were not named. . . . They were Woolford farm’s Contradiction, winner of the Pimlico futurity, and Manhasset stable’s Amphitheatre, a good campaigner during the Saratoga meeting.
It’s Richest Derby on Record
THE INCREASE in nominations will make the 1942 race the richest derby ever run. . .. Already the purse has been boosted to $78,750 and if a normal field of 10 horses go to the post it will be * increased to $83,750. ; vail The horses named include 114 colts, 30 geldings and six fillies. ... Although only one filly ever has won the derby—Regret in 1915 —Calumet farm entered Mar-Kell, Lavann stable entered Chuckle, ©. S. Howard entered Chiquita Mia, J. K. Houssels named Emolument, D. V. McClure named Gold Princess and 8. H. Devore nominated Winter Wind. - Louis B. Mayer of Hollywood, Cal., was the largest nominator of foreign-breds. . . . His Overland Trail and Dollar Limit were bred in the United States, but King’s Abbey, Domingo, Family Tree and Jury Box were brought in from England and Australia. . . , Only one imported colt has won the derby—Omar Khayyam, in 1917.
Plenty of Talent for the Dopesters OTHER HORSES named and eligible for the May 2 event when
Conc, Boot and Spur, Recap Enter,
official entry time rolls around were: Blad de, assak’s Boy, inger, Maechic, H Crown, Cooch . Bridge ling, Fairy Manah, Star Beacon, Grandic, Foxhound, Soldier w. Troemontier. Bu ’ Curr: Buster, Top Top Fransit, Tomochichi rot Y orige, Diavoloman, Sweeps Duty, Fairaris, Uthorn Hills, T dge. B lack, Raider, Son Rr, Fair usin, Unity, Adanae, Man's Ma an 0] ia, Bo R éstion, 8 Devise Rounders, Val ie ding Alpha. V Bn ans Hoa Rh og Equalize, Anytime,
Ahamo, DXierarey, Blandisher, oe Macchi. Hat own, § War, Full Charge, Judson, Patriot, Transformer, Last Bubble, American ry, ir America Fore, Song 'O’War, Alohort, Aletern, Collntetbalance, atu, Buckskin, 5 Cabrillo th Regards, Air ent, : oon ain th Spoon Bread, Layaw nox. Anticlimax, Letaty, Party , K. Do gh Bold Salto, Sea Tack, Lum’s Price Voniutod Jean BE Bans Bodne %Blenson, Fist eritout, sl, ’Gallant dis, “Bipaai 1 of he Reformatory: Takes { a More Than Few, First Fi le, § Kumar, Bleu D'Or inw e earmon , Dream Prince, Radia , Cloak, Fra Pronk , n ot General Je: p 00 vols nmy, 7 Don Devito, yaoi this, en Dinner, Hardwrack, This
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Coached by C. L. Cummings (Won, 15; Lost, 9) 37—Columbus
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Sli-Av., 28.9, Opponents points, 180—Ave., 28.6.
Total Joints, 504—Av., 24.7.
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Hundreds of Good Seats Still Available
To Wrestle Here
ton college, Indianapolis ( Capitols
Boston Mat Coach
Vic Holbrook, mat coach at Boswill appear in the wrestling ring at the armory next
Tuesday night, meeting Jack Hill of Springfield, Mo., in a supporting tussle. They are heavies and both 'will be here for the first time. A third meeting between Ali
Pasha and The Great Memphisto is the headline offering. Ali, a bearded Hindu, has never been de-
Pittsburgh “Hornets N. . AY8:30 P.M.
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ONE ORDERS Mephisto dict in the second engagement.
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Caps Can Cinch Title Tonight
Times Special CLEVELAND, March 14. — The scene and situation behind tonight's American league hockey war is this: If the Indianapolis Capitals beat Cleveland tonight on Cleveland ice,
place and earn the right to meet
first-place playoffs (best three out of five games). If the Caps lose tonight, they must beat Pittsburgh tomorrow night at Indianapolis and hope Cleveland is defeated by Buffalo at Buffalo. A tie game tonight between the Caps and Barons woéuld give Indianapolis 72 points, Cleveland 71 points, leaving the league championship to be decided tomorrow night.
What if Caps and Barons Tie?
In case the western division ends in a two-way tie Indianapolis would win the title because it has lost fewer games. The Caps are in first place now with 71 points. Cleveland is second with 70 and Hershey third with 38. Only the first three clubs in each division battle in the playoffs. Springfield, New Haven and Washington will finish in that order in the eastern division. Cleveland has recalled two of its farm players to bolster its injury riddled squad for tonight and approximately 85 Indianapolis fans will go by train to see the game.
$300,000 Offered Pvt. Joe Louis if—
NEW YORK, March 14 (U. P.). —A $300,000 guarantee will be offered Pvt. Joe Louis Barrow to defend his heavyweight title against that “ugly duckling” of the heavyweight division, southpaw Melio ‘Bettina, this summer if: (1) Bettina, who has registered 28 straight heavyweight victorfes, adds another win to his string when he encounters Gus Dorazio at Philadelphia March 30, and, (2) Bettina licks Lee Savold of Des Moines, Iowa, at Philadelphia April 27, .
Cottey-Taylor Serap Planned
been signed by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A. C. to appear in the headline bout of a pro mitt bill next Friday night at the armory. Cottey beat Jackie Taylor in a 10-round battle at Dayton, O., last December to gain the judges ‘deci~ sion and the junior welter crown. Carter hopes to bring Taylor here for a return scrap as the feature
" |of Friday night's show.
Weatherford Gets
3-Round Decision
John Weatherford scored a threeround decision over Jack Gordon last night in the feature bout of an amateur boxing program at Faette community center, Other results of the program sponsored by the Flanner house and Marion county WPA recreation department were: Sammy Washington, 126 pounds, technical knockout second round over James O'Neil; Raymond Tunstill, 100 pounds, decisioned Melvin Carpenter; Joe Dodson, 100 pounds, decisioned Paul Terry; Milburn Moody, 112 pounds, decisioned William Carpenter; Robert Wilkins, 126 pounds, decisioned Ernest Johnson; Maurice Bailey, 1356 pounds, decisioned Robert Mosley; Edward Cushenberry, 135 pounds, decisioned Donald Carpenter, and Robert Campbell, 140 pounds, fought a draw with ‘Warren Ward.
Buchanan Honored Jack Buchanan. junior guard. with Howe’
the eastern division winner in the| &
Bud Cottey, local lightweight has|
the Caps automatically cinch first| &
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The 10th annual Butler indoor relays will be held tonight at 7 o'clock in the Butler field house. Twenty schools and approximately 225 collegiate athletes will participate for $1000 worth of tro-
phies.
A few ‘of the participants pictured above will be Ne.
I, Bill Carter, Pitt dash man who
equaled the world's indoor 60-yard mark here last year; No. 2, Jay E. Gibson, a Notre Dame entrant in the dash; No. 3, Ray Alsbury, Butler's stellar dash man and hurdler; No. 4, Ray Sears, relays director and Butler track coach; No. 5, Bob Cobb, a Drake university junior high hurdler.
Dodgers Buy Billy Sullivan y Vv BY UNITED PRESS MIAMI—The Brooklyn Dodgers play the New York Giants today with Hal Schumacher, Hugh East and Dave Koslo pitching for the Giants. ; Brooklyn bought Catcher Billy Sullivan from the Detroit Tigers for a reported $15,000 yesterday. He is expected to assume the second-string job under regular
Mickey Owen, with Rookie Cliff Dapper taking up the slack.
ST. PETERSBURG—The New York Yankees, winners of five of seven spring exhibition baseball games. meet the St. Louis Cardinals today. Only the Cards and Washington have beaten the Yankees.
LOS ANGELES—Manager Jim-' my Dykes planned to send in three pitchers and a prayer for flawless fielding today as the Chicago White Sox attempt to break into the victory column against the Hollywood Stars.
ST. PETERSBURG — The St. Louis Cardinals, pepped up by their vitamin pills and four straight “road victories,” return to their waterfront park here today to engage the New York Yankees in the second citrus series of the spring training season with the world champs.
DELAND—Harlond Clift and Walt Judnich, two of the St. Louis Browns’ long-range hitters, cut deeply into the supply of baseballs, slamming the ball out of the park at the rate of two or three times each, every day.
CLEARWATER—Casualties hit the Cleveland Indian training camp today. Rookie Catcher Otto Denning was sent to the sidelines after x-ray pictures revealed a fractured finger on his throwing hand.
ANAHEIM—Rookie Elme Valo eased Connie Mack's concern over holdout Bob Johnson’s absence tdday after he turned in a four-for-five batting splurge yesterday.
MIAMI BEACH—Manager Hans Lobert divided his Philadelphia Phils into two squads today as Prexy Nugent pondered over appropriate punishment for Pitcher Frank Melton. The right-hander cost the club $300 as result of a fine levied on him by a peace justice on a disorderly conduct charge.
SANFORD—The Wash- |.) ington Senators drop in here to-
day to. meet Casey Stengols Bos- _ straight
Butler fieldhouse, Eliminations in the 60-yard dash, high hurdles, low hurdles and shot put were to be held this afternoon at 2:30. The. pole vault competition will
relay manager, lead the procession of 225 athletes and officials in a colorful parade around the track. . A dark-horse selection that may cop its first university team championship popped up last night during an officials’ meeting. Heretofore, all the talk was of Ohio State's individual point-getters breaking Michigan’s nine-year-old reign as university team champion. Now the dark-horse team is Nebraska. Ray Sears, relay director and Butler coach, believes that Nebraska must be rated because of its balanced strength. Butler will be defending its college team championship. Six 1941 relay individual champions will return for repeat performances. They are Keith O'Rourke, Notre Dame high jumper; Bill Carter, Pittsburgh dashman who equaled the dash mark at :06.2 last year; Bob Wright, Ohio State junior who tied the world’s record for the 60-yard high hurdles last year; Don Olsen, ’41 low hurdle winner; James Delaney, Notre Dame shot putter, and Harold Hunt, Nebraska pole vaulter. Wright and Hunt both are likely to equal or break Butler relay indoor records in their specialties. The 20 competing schools tonight are. University division — Drake, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Northwestern, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Purdue, Texas, Nebraska and Pitts-
College division—Butler, DePauw, Earlham, Indiana State, Pittsburg, Kas., teachers, Miami, Prairie View, Rose Poly and Western* Michigan.
Steaming Sleeves
AVALON, March 14. — Chicago Cubs have four special jackets, two for lefthanders and'two for right handers, with an electric heating device in the sleeve of the pitching arms, to help condition hurlers.
BASKETBALL
Tomorrow's Pennsy schndule a Hornets A & 1: 2 p. .—~Unionville vs. Thompsons]
rd Grocery vs. Ine
begin at 7 p. m. Officially the relay| will not begin until 8 p. m.,, when|} Miss - Barbara Fuller, relay queen,|¥ and Jack Calland, senior student| @
gym basketball |
4 Schools Withdraw From Meet, Leaving Field
The field of the 10th annual Butler indoor relays was cut to 20 schools today when it was announced that Marquette and Kansas State in the university class and Alabama State and Wayne university of Detroit in the college division had withdrawn. The late cancellations cut the original field of 24 schools that will seek championship titles tonight beginning at 7 o'clock in the
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By UNITED PRESS
ANN ARBOR-Michigan still is favored to hang onto its western conference swimming championship, but Ohio State proved in the qualifying heats it will be after the Wolverines all the way in tonight's final events.
DENVER—A field of 48 teams opens competition for the 23d national A. A. U. basketball championship tomorrow with the Hollywood 20th Centuries favored to retain the title.
CORAL GABLES-—A four-horse collision in the Indian river handicap at Tropical park yesterday necessitated the destruction of the first prominent horse of the year—Tower stables Royal Man—and slightly injured Jockey Eddie Arcaro.
SAN FRANCISCO—A runway, 20 feet too short, hampered Cornelius Warmerdam last night in his attempt to break his own world’s pole vault record of 15 feet 7% inches.
CHYCAGO—Purdue’s wrestling team with entrants qualified in seven of eight weight divisions, was favored to win the Big Ten championship tonight.
BELLEAIR — Glenna Collett Vare of Merion, Pa, won the |§ Belleair women’s golf championship yesterday, defeating Mrs. Thomas P. Gallatin, Tampa, Fla., 7 and 6.
C. Y. O. Teams All Win By 2 Points
Sacred Heart scored a 27 to 25 triumph’ last night over St. Phillip’s in a C. Y. O. senior basketball tournament game at the Sacred Heart gym. Other results were: Holy Name. 25; Little Flower. 23; Crusaders. 19; Holy Rosary, 17. Tonight's schedule is;
EE i, Open TH 10:30 P.M.
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Relay Records
60 Yards—:06.1, Jesse Owens (Ohio State), 1935; Bill Carter (Pittsburgh), 1041. 60-Yard High Hurdles—:07.3, Bob Wright (Ohio State), 1941 (twice). 60-Yard Low Hurdles—:06.7, Heye Lambertus (Nebraska), 1934. High Jump—6 feet 93; inches, Mel Walker (Ohio State), 1937. Pole Vault—14 feet, Milt Padway (Wisconsin), 1939. *Broad Jump-—-24 feet 11 inches, Jesse Owens (Ohio State), 1936. Shotput—51 feet 2'% inches, Watson (Michigan), 1938. UNIVERSITY RELAYS One’ Mile—3:19.5, Michigan, 1941. Two Miles—7:44.4, Ohio State, 1987. Four Miles—17:86.8, Indiana, 1088. Medley—10:10.3, Indiana, 1940. COLLEGE RELAYS One Mile—3:25.9, Toledo, 1939. Two Miles—7:51.5, Michigan Normal, 1940. Sprint Medley — 8:45.7, Michigan, 1941. Distance Medley—10: 25.5, Michigan Normal, 1941. *Not on program this year,
One-Mile Mark May Be Broken
NEW YORK, March 14 (U, P.).— Leslie MacMitchell and Gilbert
Dodds, the Boston theological student who cracked the N. Y. U, star’s 19-race victory streak, match strides in the K. of C. indoor meet tonight and their return race has track fans talking once again of a world record mile, Dodds, bespectacled Nebraskan running for the Boston A. A, scored the major upset of the indoor track season two weeks ago when he defeated MacMitchell in the national A. A. U. championships in 4:08.17.
Bill
Western
Net Coaches Favor Conventional Ball
Indiana collegiate conference coaches went on record last night
of basketball rather than the molded ‘type. Meeting at the Hotel Antlers, the coaches discussed basketball officiating and formulated plans for next year’s schedules, Carl Burt, Manchester college athletic director, was in charge of the meeting. Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle, Butler's athletic director, on leave of absence to coach Great Lakes basketball, represented Butler at the meeting.
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BLOOMINGTON, March 14.— Fifteen Indiana basketball players have won All-Big Ten positions since 1926.
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16 Schools Play Today In Four Semi-Finals
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By UNITED PRESS Sixteen survivors of Indiana's slashing four-week basketball elim inations go to the posts today in semi-final tournaments at four centers. Afternoon-round winners of the 1:30: and 2:30 games try for the “64-dollar question” in the all-dee cisive tilts at 8 p. m. The card: AT ANDERSON: Madison vs. Crawfordsville, Aurora vs. Lawrence Central. AT HAMMOND: Logansport vs, South Bend Central, Horace Mann of Gary vs. Frankfort. AT MUNCIE: Huntington vs,
| |Tipton, Muncie Burris vs. Wolf« lake.
AT VINCENNES: Washington vs, Evansville Central, Bedford vs. Terre Haute Wiley. Salient facts on the “Sweet Sixteen” survivors: MADISON: Won 27, lost one, Sole loss was to Jeffersonville early in season. Boasts best defensive record in tourneys. CRAWFORDSVILLE: Won 15, lost nine. Has fast break that has taken offensive honors during toure neys with 52-point-per-game avere age. Horsemen Lost One AURORA: Won 22, lost four, Most competition this year of. low caliber. LAWRENCE CENTRAL: Won 22, lost five. Red hot dark horse that spilled Anderson. Lots of height. LOGANSPORT: Won 18, lost 10, Notedly good tourney team, SOUTH BEND CENTRAL: Won 25, lost three. Swept northern loop eastern crown without defeat. HORACE MANN: Won 26, lost one. Sole loss to Evansville Central by two points. FRANKFORT: Won 21, lost seven. Short team, but chief threat to Mann. Defeated favored Lafayette five in regional. HUNTINGTON: Won 17, lost six. All six-footers. Strong threat. TIPTON: Won 24, lost five. Lost twice to Burris, possible night-game opponents. WOLFLAKE: Won 21, lost one. Known as upstart of year in historymaking upset over Ft. Wayne Central last week. MUNCIE BURRIS: Won 20, lost 5. Skyscraping boys. WASHINGTON: Won 26, lost one. Lone loss to Evansville Central. EVANSVILLE CENTRAL: Won 23, lost two. BEDFORD: Won 22, lost five. Plays deliberate, set game. TERRE HAUTE WILEY: Won 24, lost four,
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