Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1942 — Page 6

Caps Bid For Playoff Title A Against

SPORTS.

By Eddie Ash

LOOK who's back in the American association! . , , Your old pal Rabbit Warstler, the shortstop who used to scintillate for the Indianapolis Indians. . . . But this time the Rabbit will do his stuff for the Minneapolis Millers. « . « He played in the Pacific Coast league last year after doing a stretch in the majors. ~ Warstler is 37 years old and the head of a large family, which sets him off as a “good catch” in the sport that will have to depend,

more or less, on oldsters this year. . .. The Rabbit was a sparkplug on the Indianapolis 1928 pennant winners and the Boston Red Sox

purchased him shortly after midseason in 1930. . . ..

He was the first rookie to report by plane to a big league club. , . . In St. Louis at the time, the Red Sox placed a hurry-up order for Warstler, who was at home with the Indians. ; “Send him by plane if hell agree to fly,” the order stated. . . . The Rabbit readily agreed and within a few hours the Tookie was dressed in a big league uniform. Never much of a batsman, Harold Warstler was HERE a swift in the field, possessed a good arm and had Rabbit Warstler He also had some speed on the paths, , , . He was good insurance to have around for anybody’s infield and these qualities kept him in the majors 11 years . .. with the Red Sox, Athletics, Braves and Cubs. . . . He spent the 1941 season with Los Angeles. The Rabbit figured in one huge winter deal. . . , On Dec. 12, 1933, he was traded by the Red Sox with Pitcher Bob Kline and $125,000 for Pitchers Bob Grove and Rube Walberg and Second Baseman Max Bishop.

St. Paul Beats Millers to Weintraub

ST. PAUL is crowing at the expense of its natural rival, the Minneapolis Millers. , , . While the Millers were dickering with Los Angeles to regain the services of Phil Weintraub, the hard-hitting first sacker, the Saints slipped in and obtained the slugger. How the Apostles manipulated the deal is their secret. , . . They gave in return an ordinary player in Fern Bell, odtfielder. , . . Weintraub is the strongest addition the Saints have made to their club this winter . , . and the Millers had spent the off-season trying to land the veteran. The Minneapolis Star-Journal said it this way: “St. Paul took cognizance of all the nice things Manager Tom Sheehan said about the Millers’ first baseman and picked him off.”

” s ” ” ” i” MINNEAPOLIS sports writers .finally got around to digging up ‘the reason for the surprise sale of Pitcher Chief Hogsett to the Indianapolis Indians. , . , The Chief was asked to work for the Millers this season at less pay than he received for his 1941 performance. , . . This led him to “talk retirement.” The upshot was that President Mike Kelley refused to budge on is terms and sold the veteran’s contract to Indianapolis. , . . Hogsett won 58 games and lost 28 in three years on the Minneapolis staff. Naturally, age is working against the big southpaw but he put in a pretty fair season in 1941, winning 18 against nine defeats. . . . ~ It only took five minutes’ telephone conversation for Indianapolis to come to terms with Hogsett.

It Happened on Ice—Hail the Champ Caps!

IN WINNING the American Hockey league western division championship the Indianapolis Caps also made it unanimous in the over-all by posting a better record than Springfield, winner in the eastern division. . . . In other words, the Caps were absolutely and positively first in the 10-club league at the end of regular season play.

Manager Herbie Lewis really turned on the master mind this

season and kept the local icers in the running from the start. . . . In addition to other achievements, he clinched the title the hard way ...on the road . , . and in the defending champs’ home rink, at Cleveland. Lewis called for speed and more speed and his Caps responded. » . » As a matter of fact, they acted like college boys at the conclusion of play and swarmed around Joe Turner, goslie, and hugged him until he was breathless. . , . Joe made 12 saves in the first period and several were sensational. , , . He disheartened the Barons.

3 » 8 ” » # # Z INDIANAPOLIS sports goers proved their loyalty to the new hockey champs by turning out here in a big way last night at the Pittsburgh game, although its outcome had no bearing on the race. « . . The Caps were already “in” and the Hornets were “out” until next year. That's the kind of support that tickles the professional athlete and encourages him to play until it hurts. . 8 8 8 ® sz 8 SATURDAY UPCOMING brings the state high school basketball finals to Indianapolis . . . the four surviving teams after three weeks’ competition, , , . Sidelined during the three weeks’ action were 765 quintets, Last year's champ—Washington—still is in there winging. . . . The editor’s horn: We picked Washington (Feb. 21). . , . But that doesn’t mean Frankfort, Crawfordsville and Burris of Muncie are awed about the situation. . .. A grand finale is in the books, and may the best team emerge undefeated Saturday night.

Tigers Can't Pull the Wool Over Clark Griffith's Eyes

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent

ORLANDO, Fla, March 16 (U. P.).—All those reports about the Washington Senators going to trade Pitcher Dutch Leonard and Pirst Baseman Jim Vernon io the Detroit Tigers for Pitcher Buck Newsom

and First Baseman Rudy York were much ado about nothing.

It now develops that Detroit wanted very much to make the deal

but Washington wanted no part of it.

“The Tigers were very generous to want to take the best two ball players we have,” Manager Bucky Harris said. “I couldn’t part with Vernon and Leonard, and especially not for Newsom and York. We had Newsom the better part of two seasons and don’t want any part of him. As for York, what do we ' want with him? We have the best fielding and best throwing first baseman in the league and he has a chance to become a real gaqod hitter. Vernon hit .209 and drove in 93 runs last season as a rookie and I expect him to do much better . this season.” ‘The Tigers, having failed to pull the wool over Clark Griffith's eyes, still are trying to get rid of New-

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By WILLIAM C. EGGERT

Eddie Shore will bring his Springfield Indians here tomorrow night in the first game of the ice hockey championship playoffs of the American league. Indianapolis beat Pittsbugh, 10 to 3, last night at the co before 7136 fans in the season’s finale. Springfield beat Providence, 8 to 7, in an overtime.

the Caps clinched the western division title last Saturday night, winning 4 to 2 against Cleveland at Cleveland. . Cleveland lost to Buffalo last night and dropped to third place with 70 points while Hershey beat New Haven and jumped into the second spot.

Best 3 Out of 5 .

Springfield and the Caps will play the best three out of five-game starting here tomorrow night. They meet again here Thursday night and in Springfield Saturday night. If fourth game is necessary it will be played at Springfield. A fifth game, if necessary, will be played. ~The winner of this first place playoff then waits until second and third place teams in each division play each other. Second and third place playoff winners will meet each other in a semi-final round and that winner will play Indianapolis or Springfield for the Calder cup championship.

Incidentally, the Caps are the hottest club in the league at the present ‘time, They have won 18 of their last 26 games and haven't been beaten at home since Jan. 8. Evidently they know the password.

Caps Set 2 Records

They set two new league records last night. The 34 games won for the season is one better than Philadelphia’s 1938-39 mark. The 75point total is six better than the Philly record. The Caps failed to break the goals scored record ‘of 204. It took 10 minutes for the Caps to get started last night; after that —bingo. There wasn’t any severe body checking by defensemen, it Herbie Lewis oc the last game of the season and both clubs relaxed a little. Coach Herbie Lewis even relaxed his strategy, playing some boys longer that they may get points for club bonuses.

Doug McCaig opened with a goal from far out in the first period at 10:26 with Connie Brown and Ken Kilrea getting assists. Joe Fisher and Connie outsped the Hornets’ defense at 18:55 and Connie fired the biscuit around Goalie Moe Roberts, a Cleveland sub-goalie replacing the injured Harvey Teno.

Score 5 Goals

The Caps scored five times in the second period and Pitt tallied twice. Brown, Jack Keating, Ken Kilrea, Fisher and Les Douglas all scored. Fisher got his unassisted at 6:30. Roberts never had a chance this period as Cap wings were on him constantly.

Lloyd Roubell at 16:09 faked Turner out of position for one Pitt goal and Vic Grigg followed 83 secords later with another Hornet score.

Fisher flipped a quick pass to Ken Kilrea at 5:12 of the final stanza and Ken slammed it home. Gus Giesebrecht ‘scored on a rebound off Roberts’ leg at 10:00 and Hal Jackson slammed another rebound off Roberts for the Caps final goal at 17:37. Cecil Dillon got some consolation from the game when he and Roubell caught Cap defensemen in center ice. Dillon and Roubell criss-crossed the puck on Joe No! No! Turner and before he could say “boo” the puck was resting in the net.

_Altogether 12 Capital players figured in the team scoring.

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Ei Pro-Am Tourneys Off for Duration

The southern division of the Indiana professional golf association meeting at Highland last night decided to abandon pro-amateur tournaments for the duration, Amateur golfers always have used such pro-am tourneys as a Sepping. stone to popularity as a golfer. The tournaments always provided the

| That Capital triumph last night] '|was the aftermath of a climax, for

indoor relays.

Notre Dame Wins Its First Butler Relay Championship

Notre Dame is the third university in 10 years to win the Butler

The Irish dethroned Michigan university Saturday night at the But-

ler fieldhouse after the Wolverines ships. Indiana won the first meet in Notre Dame was not favored to honey’s trackmen were considered a definite threat to Michigan and Ohio State. The university championship was not decided until the final event, the one-mile relay race, was completed.

Final Event Decided Title

Notre Dame went into the final event with 23% points. Ohio State had 21. Since relay races give 10 points to the winner and 6, 4 and 2 to the following finishers, Ohio could have won the championship. However, George Schiewe, Notre Dame anchor man, held his lead as anchor man and the Irish added 10 points to their total.

Three Butler relay records were broken. Harold Hunt of Nebraska, a 1941 winner, returned this year and vaulted 14 feet 1% inches, one and one-quarter inches better than Milt Padway’s mark of 1939. Prairie View college of Texas set new times in the college sprint medley and one-mile relay races.

Irish Score 3314

The Irish compiled 33% points to win. Ohio State, recent winner of

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second with 27. Indiana was third with 21 and Nebraska was fourth with 18%. Michigan scored only 17% points for a poor fifth place.|M Other university division scores were Illinois, 17; Pittsburgh, 15, and Northwestern and Purdue, one point apiece. Butler lost its college team cham- | ( pionship to Miami university of|s Ohio. Miami finished strong in the relay races for 29 points. Western Michigan was second with 22. Other college division team scores were Prairie View, 20; Butler, 12; Earlham, 4, and Kansas state teachers’, 3. .

Notre Dame placed men in four of the six track events; won the university one-mile. relay; placed second in the university medley; finished third in the university fourmile relay. James Delaney and Keith O'Rourke took individual places for the Irish. Delaney won the shot put with a toss of 49 feet 11% inches. O’Rourke high jumped

3 Bouts Carded For Mitt Show

Bud Cottey, Indiana lis, Jackie Taylor, Oa? 0, win | tangle in a ten-round non-title clash in the featured bout of a fiveevent pro boxing card next Friday night at the armory, Al Sheridan, local -160-pounder, | will box Toughy Gib Jones, Cincinnati, O,, in the semi-windup. Tiny Bland, 235-pound Allison defense worker, and Robert Donnell, 215 pounds and 6 feet 4 inches tall, are matched also. Donnell was outstanding in Times-Legion Golden Gloves competition and will be making his first start in the professional field. ‘Two other scraps are being

had won the last eight champion1933. win although Coach William P. Ma-

6 feet 3% inches for first. He tried once for 6 feet 6 inches but failed.

Wright, Double Winner

Bob Wright, Ohio states stellarhurdler, was the only double winner. He won the 60-yard high and low hurdle events, missing world records in both races by one-tenth of a second. He also won the out-

the second time.. Prairie View college received the spectators “Oscar” for its spectacular record-breaking performances in the college sprint medley and one-mile relay races. The Negro quintet was entered only in these two events and broke both relay records, running 3:42.5 in the sprint and 3:25.4 in the one-mile,

Butler missed an opportunity to tie for second in college points when Robert Dressen, middle distance runner, accidentally dropped the baton during the college two-mile relay race. Butler finished ahead of Miami but was disqualified for losing the baton on the second lag. Summary: Rane)

University Two-Mile Relay—Won second, = LL i a MS hots: c rd, Nebraska. Timer 7:45.1, a; tourt

tO id Zan Hurdles -Won by Nght econ e! nois; third “Slicksh Biusshures: four, Thomas chigan., :07. Ae, by Delaney of Notre Dame (49 feet 11% inches): second, Schleich, Nebraska {48 feet 12 i third, ‘Wibbels, Nebraska (48 feet Ve inches); fourth, Simmons, Ohio State (46 feet 11% inch es).

Sleze Two-Mile Relay—Won by Miami apop, Evans, Delaney, Alston); second, Wes ieTn Michigan: third, Earlham. Times, (Butler finished first but as dis800 Bia for dropping the baton. High Jump—Won by O'Rourke ot Notre Dame (6 feet 3% inches); second Hoeflinger, Ohio State (6 feet 2 inches); tied for third and fourth, Johnson, Indi iana; Murphy, Notre Dame, and Smith, Northwestern (6 feet).

60-Yard Dash-—Won by Carter of Pittsrgh; second, Stickel, Tpittaburgh: third, zit wer, Nebraska fourth, Hammond, Ohio

me, :6.2. Bl re Medley Mitchell, by ing} aha (Kendall, Price, Mit Kane); sec ond, Notre Dame; third, O hio State; fourth, Michigan, Time, 1017.3, College Sprint Medley 3 Rely -— Won by Prairie: View (Mason, EREls h Baldwin, Smith); second, Western ichigan; third, Miami; fourth, Butler. Tim mes 2.5. (New relays record, old mark 3:45.7 set by Western Michigan in 1941.) College Distance Medley Relay—Won by Miami (Blayney, Steen, Alapoti, Alston); second, Butler; third, Western Michigan: fourth, Kansas State Teachers of PittsRas oe 10:41. Yai h Hurdles—Won by Wright of Ohio Staten second, Saunders, Miami: third, (Dillon, Notre Dame, fourth, Kron,

College One. Mile Relay—Won by Prairie Yiew ( lish, Smith, Mason re). second, Western Michi igan; third, Butler; fourth, - Miami. Time, 3:25.4. (New relays record, old mark of 3:25.9 set by Toledo in 1030.) University Four-Mile lading." Beh bs I i(Sieb, Gladd erg Notre vel 48

Hone ot Nebraska 8) 1 for second an Pittsburgh; Rhod 3 feet 8 inches): Sei ula, Mich an; Stevens Nebraska, an Wietoff of Notre Dame (13 feet 4 inches). se

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Cage Tournament

St, Catherine’s defeated Cathedral, 32 to 23, last night to win the senior C. Y. O. basketball tournament at Sacred Heart gym. Sacred Heart beat the Crusaders,

arranged.

30 to 22, in a consolation game.

Semi-Final Results

AT ANDERSON

Crawfordsville, 30; Madison, 29. Central ‘of Lawrence, 38; Aurora, 36. : Crawfordsville, 42; Central . of Lawrence, 38 (final). AT MUNCIE Tipton, 45; Huntington, 38. Burres of Muncie, 49; Wolflake, 21. Burris of Muncie, 42; Tipton, 30 (final). ] AT HAMMOND Central of South Bend, 24; Logansport, 22 (overtime).

‘| Haute, 26.

Frankfort, 28; Central of South Bend, 24 (final).

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Washington, 22; Central Evansville, 20. Bedford, 37; Wiley of Terre

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standing performance trophy for 2

The 8000 Seckatons at the 10th annual Butler indoor relays last Saturday night saw Harold Hunt (left) of Nebraska win the pole vault, then set a new Butler record of 14 feet 14 inches; at right is ‘Bob Wright, Ohio State hurdler who won both hurdle races and was awarded the outstanding performance trophy for the second

time; and below is Miss Barbara Fuller, relay queen, presenting William

ship ‘trophy.

Townsend, Young

Named All-Stars

Johnny Townsend and Jewell Young will play on an all-star professional basketball team against :| Oshkosh Wednesday night at Osh\|kosh. Both players are members of the .|local Kautsky club and were selected by newspapermen and radio announcers ‘to the all-star team. It will be the National professional basketball league's first all-star post-season game. Ray Dietrick, Goodyear, and. Frank - Summach, Sheboygan, will coach the all-stars. Nther: all-star players will be Chuck Chuckovitz, Benny Stephens, Bob. McDermott, Ralph Vaughn, Ed Danckei’, Herman -Schaefer, George Glamack and George Hogan.

P. Mahoney, Notre Dame track coach, with the university champion-

Grepeiruit

‘NEW YORK, March 16 (U. P.) —Standings of the major league teams in the grapefruit league after 15 days’ play: Ma jor Pet. 1.000 857 700

Washington Cardinals . Athletics .. Yankees .. Dodgers ... Browns ....

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White Sox . Tigers ....

SOFTBALL

Fountain Square A, C. girl and boy softball clubs will hoil & practice March 290°at 2.p. 1a. at Willard park. State and city teams desiring games are asked to write, Hyatt Johnson, 725 Shelby st.

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Three Records Broken at t Butler Indoor Relays.

|Athenians Are

High Scorers

BY UNITED PRESS Statistics compiled from semie final basketball tourneys showed today that the Crawfordsville Athenians retained their reputation as the highest-scoring survivor, and will bring the best offensive mae chine of the “big four” to the Butler fieldhouse Saturday. Crawfordsville has averaged 47.87 points per game in the three tours neys, while the Washington Hatche

ets took over the title of best defensive outfit, holding opponents

contest. Defensive Honors

claimed by the Madison Cubs with a 20-point average, but the Cubs fell before Crawfordsville in the first game last Saturday. Despite its 45-32 victory over Horace Mann, Frankfort advanced to the final playoff with the nare rowest winning margin of the surviving four teams, having averaged only 6.57 points over six opponents. Kenny Cage of Tipton and Bud Brown of Muncie copped individual semi-final scoring honors, each with 30 points in two games. Fol lowing were: Negley, Lawrence, 25; Luther, Lawrence, 23, and Riffey, Washington, 22.

Bettina Will Box Dorazio March 31

PHILADELPHIA, March 16 (U, P.).—~Former light heavyweight Melio Bettina of Beacon, N. Y, will meet Gus Dorazio, Philadel« phia heavyweight, in a 10-round

bout at the arena on March 31. Bettina is expected to be a heavy favorite when he enters the ring against Dorazio. The Beacon Boxer hasn't lost a ‘bout since he bee gan campaigning against heavye

weights,

lo an average of 23.42 points per

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