Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1942 — Page 28
SPORTS. . ;
By Eddie Ach
THE Kansas City Blues usually come up with an ace in the shortfield and according to the diamond dust blowing up from their spring training camp at Lake Wales, Fla., this year's team is well fortified in that important situation on the inner-works, - Ernie Mehl, Kansas City Star staff writer, who has trailed his beloved Blues spring, summer and fall down through the years, is extremely high on Manager Johnny Neun's 1942 shortstop plugger. » . In part, Mehl gives you the dope like this: “Where once roamed Eddie Miller, Phil Rizzuto and Bill Hitchcock there will be George Albert Scharein this season. And the new shortstop of the Blues folLt Jows a classy trio. ' “The task, say those who have watched him in previous years, is ‘not too great for him. - He is not a long distance hitter, but has the ’ yeputation of being a steady contributor to the run collection box by ' dropping in a timely blow. “Despite the experience of having served almost three years with the lowly Phils, he is regarded as one of the most promising members in the outer flanks of the New York Yankee organization. “Manager Neun had Scharein under his wing at Newark the latter part of 1039 and all of '40 and '41. As Neun puts it, Scharein was shortstop on a championship team and it’s not likely any team could "nail up a pennant without the presence of a capable shortstop, - “Scharein is a product of Decatur, Ill, where he was signed to a ~ professional contract by Charlie Dressen, former major league manager. Dressen watched Scharein play in semi-pro ranks in 1933, and ; in 1934 the youngster was assigned to the little minors. . , . He was a second baseman then but switched to shortstop after advancing to
Nashville.
He Impressed the Yankee Ivory Hunters “IT WAS as a shortstop Scharein was purchased by the Phils, os « The Yankee scouts took notice of the player's ability to cover ‘ground and hit in the clutch, and Newark, Yankee farm, bought him outright In 1039, , , , Scharein is @ feet tall and the Yankees like ‘em that way. ' “Last winter the Blues obtained Boyd, Perry from Detroit for part payment for Bill Hitchcock, and Manager Neun, given his choice by the Yankee farm directors, chose Scharein in preference. ; “The Blues’ newcomer is a steady performer in the fleld and is likely to have a soothing effect on any youngsters on the infield. ... He is 27 years old and married. . . . His older brother, Arthur, last
year managed the Springfield Three-I league club.” Incidentally, the Blues bumped off the Yankees yesterday, 4-3,
in an exhibition at Lake Wales. , . . Evidently Johnny Neun has something worth crowing about to send to the American association
post next month, s 8 8 o * # IT'S A FAR CRY from Sarasota-by-the-sea -in Florida to the jungles in the Panama Canal Zone. . . . Mickey Harris, erstwhile "southpaw of the Boston Red Sox, is the man in the jungles while his Red Sox mates bask under Florida's soft sun and romp on the baseball green while performing spring training sprouts. Harris helps man an anti-aircraft gun position on a hog-backed ‘Panama hill, waiting to get in the first pitch at any enemy plane that ventures toward the canal—ready to pitch lead skyward,
Indians Vanish Before Cap Goal Rush INDIANAPOLIS’ ice hockey Caps were the winged foot boys last night and made the Springfield boys look the part of vanishing Indians. . . . The home icers really were up-and-at-'em from the ‘first face-off and the customers spent a gay evening applauding the hard-riding Caps and poking fun at Eddie Shore and his eastern Manager Herbie Lewis put his Caps through a refresher course Wednesday and it paid big dividehds. . . . They simply took the play away from the Indians and cashed in with a godl rush. The strength of the league was In the West this year and now Springfield is the lone eastern team remaining in the play-offs. . . » Hershey and Cleveland (both west) last night eliminated New Haven
and Washington (both east), respectively.
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Rockets Beat Rhode Island State, 82 to 71
Toledo university’s champions of the
America—were labeled today as the team to beat in the fifth national
after smashing four tourney records to gain the semi-finals. The aptly-named Rockets, ignoring a jinx which saw three previous
State's highly-regarded team off the boards, 82-71, as 17,860 fans roared approval at Madison Square
‘| Garden last night.
In the opening game,’ Western Kentucky State scored the third straight upset of the tournament by eliminating City College of New York, 49-46. The Kentucky conference’ champions thus earned the right to face Creighton university in Monday night's semi-finals. Toledo will play West Virginia university.
Gerber Scores 37
Center Bob Gerber of Toledo, second highest scorer in the nation this season, accounted for two marks and aided his teammates to two others in the victory over Rhode Island. He scored 37 points on 17 field goals and three fouls. This eclipsed the record of 12 field goals and the 31-point total mark, both established by Bill Lloyd of St. John’s in 1939. Toledo's 82 points erased the 71-point record St. John’s set in the same year and its total of 36 field goals was five more than Seton Hall's 1941 standard. Rhode Island, New England conference champion, had counted on its ace, Stutz Modzelewski, major college scoring king, to outscore Gerber, but Modzelewski was held to 16 points by the Missouri Valley conference co-champions. Bill Rutledge led the New England five with 26 points.
Kentucky Rally
Western Kentucky, in defeating the ‘New York metropolitan champions, was only meeting the pace set in the two opening games Tuesday, when the favored L. I. U. and West Texas State quintets were jolted by West. Virginia and Creighton. The Kentuckians had fallen behind with only four minutes to play, but came on to win handily.
baskets and Howard Downing con victory.
points, half of which he scored in the opening 10 minutes of the final half.
Detroit Wins Final League Game
By UNITED PRESS The Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit. Red Wings wound up the regular national hockey league schedule with victories last night. Montreal defeated Torento, 7-3. Charley Sands scored his 100th goal for Montreal, Detroit fought off a three-goal rally in the final period to defeat Chicago’s Black Hawks, 6 to 4, before 6670. Final standings:
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_ Fraak Cady (gh!) of Wasbinon, . Cae plenty hurt Robert Ramsey of Huntington, W. Va. explodes a 10 ark ms The ‘Golden Gloves semi-finals, Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. Ramsey won this heavyweight bout, but was knocked out later by Jimmy Carollo.
At Last—Dynamite Robinson And Rubio Meet Tonight
By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, March 20.—Rugged Norman Rubio of Albany N. Y., hopes to snap the ring’s longest winning streak tonight at Madison Square Garden when he at last meets brown-skinned Ray Robinson, brilliant Harlem welterweight who twice evaded Rubio last summer. Robinson, who now has an amateur and professional winning string of 117 consecutive victories, cancelled the two warm-weather matches with Rubio. He claimed a stomach ailment for one and a had hand for bullet punches will either put Senor
the other. And Rubio is Selig %0 9-15ubio io sleep or xip him to ibe night’s chance only because anothe geo Pp or rip
man is sick. Marty Servo, the Semming sailor] Young Robinson shares this gen-
from Schenectady, N. Y.—the only eral confidence in his own prowess.
Locals Score One With Shore ‘in Jail’
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“our boys have plenty left for tomorrow and Tuesday at Springfield,” he whispered.
Caps Off With a Flash Irritated beyond words at Tues-
they get some reinforcements. They grabbed the disc on the opening face-off and kept their
them the break they had been waiting for.
alty box for two minutes for inter-
most of it.
Douglas . . . turned hat trick -
The red light went on, indicating that the Indians had scored. A howl of protest went up from both the Capitols and their fans and Referee Ag Smith ruled “no score.”
Then the Springfielders howled. 1 With Ross back in the lineup, the day's disappointing playoff opener, |Caps turned around and drove down which they lost 4 to 2, our Caps|into Indian territory. Les Douglas Pjechb. went after the Indians in about|took a pass from Jack Keating and |Shore, the same spirit that the men on|crowded it past Robertson for his Bataan will go after the Japs when [second score.
They Went After the Indians Last N ioht, : Belittling Them, 10 to 3, to Even Series
Les Douglas Tums’ ing
‘Hat Trick’ for Victors
got a clean poke at the goat for an other score. Doug McCaig then erashed nig Freddie Hunt, knocking him “out cold. Hunt was carried ‘from the floor, not seriously hurt, and Mec< Caig was sent back to the penalty box for his third term of the evening. After McCaig came back into the game, Thurrier scored for Spring field at 11:3¢ and then when Dick Behling went to the box for two
| minutes for holding, Kelly scored
again for the visitors at 13:44. The Caps were good for one more goal, Doug McAtee scoring in the closing ORds at 19:19,
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until Eddie Shore (Mr. Hockey him- (around, and our boys started shov-|$ self), the Indians’ manager, gave|ing right back. 1
over the puck and both fell, batting Mr. Hockey was sent to the pen- | heir neads against the sideboards. Mr. Hockey cried foul. The fans fering with Connie Brown, and Our |; 004 And Referee Smith ordered boys lost no time in making the, face 0
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Forward Ray Blevins paced West-| 3} 0 ern Kentucky with a total of 22|'8F
opponenut ever to give Robinson a|The dancing dynamiter who has close fight—was scheduled for a |belted out 22 of 28 professional op-
Rubio never has taken even a knockdown count in 44 pro scraps. Regardless of the winner, the
substituted. Despite Rubio's elation over the
from betting men who have made
trasting styles. Rubio,
a 4-1 underdog in the wagering. The “smart money” boys of 48th a Oe eh hone has century barefist brawlers. He is a knockout of his career. They figure persistent pounder who delights in : milling ‘at close quarters. Mean
a spraddle-legged stance like that seen in old prints of early-19th-
manship at long range. He is one of those extremely rare leather tossers, who while moving at top Ek Ispeed, can lash out and knock a man stiff. He doesn’t have to be set to punch.
10-Event Schedule
LAKELAND — Johnny Vander Meer, the Cincinnati comeback hero of last season, today appeared fit and ready to improve on his 16-victory record for 1041,
LOUISVILLE — St. Xavier of Louisville, ranner-up in last year’s meet, led vight teams into secondround battles today at the Ken-
are working out daily. The schedule is:
ville; April 17, Southport and Greenfield; April 25, Southport relays;
Warren Central; May 12, Bloomington;
tournament.
CHICAGO—Jay Berwanger, allAmerica halfback at the University of Chicago in 1934 and 35, today was sworn in by the naval air force as lieutenant junior grade —on his 28th birthday.
PINEHURST—Seeking the annual North and South women’s golf title for the sixth time, Mrs. Estelle Lawson Page of Chapel Hill meets Louise Suggs of Lithia
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return brawl with Robinson in to- (ponents, say, “six rounds should be|p ony © oioeq” the rubber neatly|job considering the: few times the night's 12-rounder, but he became about par for Rubio's course.” This through & crowd of Indians aly puck came his way, for the first|AN ill while training, and Rubio was|Will be a new par, indeed, because ;,.™ of -oalie Robertson for|score by the visitors. score one at 11:59. ) From then on the Caps’ didn’t|again for the Caps only » seconds r— Robinson opportunity, the Albany fans—probably about 15,000—will be need a man in the penalty box to|later.. | =Second, Place rn
Spaniard evokes only sympathy : _ |score. treated -to the ultimate in oon the Indians plenty of opportunities utes in the box for interference, but Hershey yes
swarthy, square-shouldered Norman swarthy “club fighter,” uh, by getting themselves put in the|the Indians couldn’t capitalize on it. : doghouse for a total of 13 minutes during the game as compared to os Haven six minutes spent there by opponents.) Buse .| Bill Jennings made score Bub lat Eddie Shore, he got into a fist that Robinson’s blinding speed binson ‘ _|two when he caught Robertson o; a i le Robin x, slenjes 28 grate. guard and got a clean drive at the|wing.
centrating on fast, deadly marks-|SPringfield goal at 16:39.
(In fact, they later gave
retaliated for that one by scoring
. Doug McCaig then got two minw Haven toast)
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McCaig, Kelly Square Off
McCaig came back on the ice and| Hershey wins series almost before you could yell “boo”|in semi-finals.
(Best Two
Cleveland (west) There was some doubt in the Washington (east)
fight with Pete Kelly, Indian right
Two minutes later (18:56) Joe|minds of the Cap fans as to who|ington, I.
the Indians, with one man out of the Caps’ lineup, were making their | 13:2, on period ended with the score . A 10-event track schedule has|DrSH threatening scoring bid just
when the went off en the ) been arranged for Howe high school|g,.e: a A sigh ir went | scoring of the evening. Jack Keat-|top honors last night in the weekly
ing picked up the disc when it re-|skish fourney at Tomlinson hall.
With Ross Carr had an actual score of 176,
April 31, Broad Ripple and Lawrence; {and Pete Kelly, Indian right wing, | (5:08), Douglas made his third goal } May 1, oity|fired one which hit the Caps’ goal|of the evening, entitling him to a|en’s handicap with a 175 and Mrs. tucky state high school basketball meet: May 5, at Washington: May 8, at post and ricocheted back onto the|$10 hat from the Hat Trick club.|J. E. Adams posted an actual score
May 16. sectional meet. ice.
Do aD fame. st bounded irom the goal drive still in the t; irom the on a box, the Indiens came right iL by Hal Jackson and shoved it in at|{ Vernon led haniicap entrants with
ning of the a° 4:13. Not quite a minute later|217.2. — a Vetloa 3 Mrs. Jack Moore, won the wom-
so he sent him right back to the|in penalty box for five minutes and
The third period saw the freest| Ralph Orr and
The next minute (6340), Keating of 131.
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