Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1942 — Page 16
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Fans Give
By Eddie Ash
SPRING TRAINING batting averages don’t always
tell the story and let's hope
that's true in the case of
Johnny McCarthy, the Indianapolit Indians’ new first gacker. . . . He's at the bottom of the club averages after ten games in Florida, sharing last place with Allen Hunt,
at (178
Some ball players don't click in the Florida climate, being allergie to this and that, and pin their hopes wholly on the day they move
out for the north.
Some years ago Walter Holke was the Tribe's first sacker and
he failed to hit beans in Florida. game and did everything possible to
. He played in every exhibition get a few base hits. . . . He was
discouraged but not whipped and just kept on trying. Opening day rolled around at old Washington park and who do sou think was the Indians’ batting star as they copped the ld-lifter?
¢ « « It was Walter Holke, . . clutch when the chips were down. . in the big moment. American association
_ Perserverance rewarded him in the
. . He emerged from the slump
teams are gradually filling out their
rosters for opening day and it's been a tough problem for several. The Indians are fairiy well set and the other clubs are scurrying to
get ready
Columbiis, Kansas City,
Louisville, Toledo and Milwaukee hope
for added strength from their parent big league clubs, the Cardinals, Yankees, Red Sox, Browns and Cubs, respectively. There is a scarcity of infielders in the big minors, however, and managers are on the lookout for any loose talent capable of playing
double-A caliber ball, particularly in
the field.
Red Birds Land Husky Righthander
THE COLUMBUS RED BIRDS, Indianapolis’ opponent on open ing day here April 18 believe they have landed a winner in Pitcher
George Munger sent to them by the 8t. Louis Cardinals. .
« « He is
a husky righthander of 24 years and lest year worked for Sacramento, participating in 48 contests, winning 17 ang losing 16 for an
earned run average of 3.07
In the closing weeks of the 1940 season Munger pitched a one-hit
goose-egger against Portland. | out in the eighth. . .
. The lone bingle came with one . In this performance he did not walk a man
but batters reached first base on errors. On another occasion on the west coast, Munger retired 27 bate
ters in a row, after allowing a hit to Oddly enough. Sacramento lost the
the first batter that faced him, game, 2 to 0. . . . The starting
pitcher was batted out of the box in the first inning before he was able to retire a man and before Munger trudged to the scene as a
reliefer
Five Starting Times at Cleveland
CLEVELAND WILL HAVE five ball games this season. . . . The time Saturdays, 2 pm. | . p. m . . . Night games, 9:30. .
Sundays, 3 p. m . It will be necessary tec wait this
different starting times for its schedule: Weekdays, 4 p. m. . . + « Double-headers, 1:30
long to get enough darkness for night action. Indianapolis picked three starting times for games at Victory field and will go through with that time schedule unless unforeseen
conditions call for a change. . . . (including opening day); Sundays night games, 8:30 s . 2 AFTER THREE SEASONS in
Weekdays and Saturdays, 3 p. m.
(all double-headers), 2 p. m3
£ 8 @ which he won 21, 25 and 20
games, Paul Derringer of the Cincinnati Reds dropped down to a
mere dozen victories in 1941
Derringer has pitched eight sea-
sons for the Reds and never has he walked more than 66 batters
in a campaign.
His control was at its best in 183% when he passed only 35 batters
in pitching 301 innings. . . in 228 innings.
. Last year he issued 54 bases on balls
‘Seasoned Veterans Won't Help the Boston Braves’
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent
SANFORD, Fla, April 7.—It's the same old story with the Boston Braves—too many veterans whe've fone over the hill and not enough young blood of the right kind. The Braves have made some efforts toward rebuilding last year's seventh place outfit but they still have too many oldtimers in their ranks.
The Braves’ opening day lineup will have these well-seasoned and over-ripe veterans sprinkled in it— 40-year-old Johnny Cooney at first, 35-year-old Tony Cuccinello at seeond, 89-year-old Paul Waner in right field and 34-year-old Ernie Lombardi behind the bate. At any rate the Braves don't have to worry about Uncle Sam coveting these standbys. The rookie crop has some promfse and at least half a dozen of the newcomers have earned regular jobs, more or less. Best of the rookies appears to be Tommy Holmes, who hit 302 for Newark last season and led the Invrernational league in making hits and scoring runs. He'll start the season in center field, flanked by Max West in left and Waner in right. |
Ross and Demaree Available
When a lefthander goes against the Braves, Manager Casey Stengel is likely to send two righthanders, Chet Ross, trying a comeback after a broken ankle last season, and Frank Demaree to left and right, instead of West and Waner, lefthanded hitters. Another rookie who's made the grade is Nanny Fernandez, who hit 327 for San Francisco last season and led the Pacific coast league in runs batted in. Although he played short last season Fernandez has been shifted to third. Fernandez has shown considerable promise as a hitter but has been erratic afield. Eddie Miller, rated by many as the Braves’ best ballplayer, will hold forth at short again and team up with the aging Cuceinello around second. Cuccinello, who managed Jersey City last year, is expected to play for about Te months, until the weather becomes hot and the diamonds fast. After that young Sibby Sisti, who played third last year, is likely to take over. Young Buddy Gremp will back up Cooney at
first. BE a i Be most formida-
Ernie Lombardi, 20 pounds lighter than last season, may give the Braves’ attack some authority if he can hit back to his best years with the Reds. Clyde Kluttz, who hit 336 for Sacramento last season, looks like the real thing and will force Lom-
bardi hard to hold the No. 1 spot.
Kiluttz is an extra-base hitter and has a strong and true arm, Although the Braves have lost 12 out of their 16 exhibition games this spring their pitching hasn't been to blame. Al Javery, 10-game winner last year, and Rookies John Sain from Nashville, Lou Tost from Hollywood, and Willard Donovan and George Diehl from Evansville have flashed good form. Last year's best flingers, Jim Tobin and Tom Rarley, and the kingpins of 1940, Manuel Salvo and Dick Errickson, have been slow rounding into form, but Errickson's last effort against the Browns was a good one. Rookie southpaws Warren Spahn and Jimmy Wallace have been handicapped by wildness, but Spahn, who won 19 and lost 6 at Evansville last season, may stick. George Washburn, boughtt from {the Yankees on a conditional sale. has been the wildest man in camp. John Hutchings, who won only one game last year, is battling to hold on and Frank Lamanna, another holdover, is doing likewise. , Art Johnson, last year's top Bos-
ton lefty, has been handicapped by [Son
a sore shoulder.
Freeman Gets Wrestling Spot
Carlos Freeman, local Junior |g heavy, has been given another opportunity to demonstrate his wrestling skill at the armory. Freeman, who entered the pro ranks only a few months ago, ana substitute. for Bill Zimovich and| Bia
Main-go contestants are Ray Eckert, 245-pounder from Calls Geortla fornia, Mo, and Am Rascher, 200, | Gavrals of Cedar Lake, Ind. Eckert is of the rough style. Rascher is a favorite with armory patrons. The semi-windup brings together another pair of heavies, Joe Dusek
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Red Wings Are Poison
To Loop Foes
DETROIT, April T (U. P) Ever since about three weeks before the close of the regular season, the Detroit Red Wings have been pol« son to the National hockey league in general and Montreal, Boston and Toronto in particular. Five to two underdogs as they entered the Stanley cup finals
against Toronto Saturday night, the Wings showed they didn't give a hoot about odds and defeated the Maple Leafs, 3 to 2, on their own ice. It was the same story through the last part of the season and the first two rounds of the playoffs. Mana ger Jack Adams doesn't know exactly how to explain it, especially since his team finished a poor fifth in the regular standings. “I guess the boys just didn’t hit their stride until a bit too late,” Adams says. “Still, you can't call it too late altogether if they take the cup from the Leafs"
Bush Was the Spark
Late in the season—too late, it turned out—Adams bought bulky Ed Bush from Providence and turned him into one of his first-string defensemen, Bush's energy seemed to put new life into the Red Wings, and they became almost invincible on their own ice. Olympia fans have not geen the Wings lose a game in 12 starts now, and hope the boys will keep up the good work when Toronto comes here for the third and fourth games in the final series. Another factor in the Wings late-season revival was Adams’ molding of three separate lines— all of which have done their share] in putting Detroit into the finals. | The top line consists of Don Grosso, Sid Abel and Eddie Wares, who won the first playoff game against Montreal almost single-handedly.
Joe Carveth Helps
In the second line are Capt. Sn Howe, Mud Bruneteau and Carl Liscombe. And in the third line are Jerry Brown, Adam Brown and Joe Car-| veth, the 23-year-old flash up from Indianapolis, who scored two goals
playoffs here last Tuesday. Jerry Brown, acquired by the Wings late in the season, also has added his share in the playoff scoring. As they enter the second game of the finals, the Wings don't appear to need too much help, but Just in case, they have called up four players from the Indianapolis] Capitals who will joln the parent club as soon as their own series with the Hershey Bears is finished They are Goalie Joe Turner, Defenseman Doug McCaig and Forwards Gus Giesebrecht and Joe Fisher,
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“The Ted Oke ophy, left, and the coveted Calder cup are enough to make any Indianapolis hockey fan beam let alone these four members of our Caps who brought them to Indianapolis this year for the first time. Left to right, Jack Keating, Mec Kilrea, Herbie Lewis and Les Douglas.
The hockey season here ended
Columbia club.
traveling bag with engraved names on them, but what was more heart warming from the player's point of view was the rousing ovation each received when he was introduced by Manager Herbie Lewis. Decorating the speaker's table were the Ted Oke and Calder Cup trophies which the Caps won for finishing in first place in the west« ern division and winning the American hockey league championship respectively. The fans didn't give the Duke time to finish his introduction of Hee {Kilrea, captain of the Caps and the favorite of the Indianapolis fans. Herbie no sooner had said, “Now I come to a fellow who has played professional hockey for 17 years,” then the fans let go with such an ovation that he said, “no more need be said, come on up Hee."
Turner Praised
The fans also cheered long and loud when the Duke introduced Goalie Joe No! No! Turner with the remark that if credit could be given to one man for the team's record during the past season it would be to Joe. Defenseman Hal Jackson threw the house into an uproar, when after a glowing introduction by the boss, he exclaimed, ‘Herbie, if I had a dollar I'd give it to you for that.” Bob Kirby, the toastmaster, made ithe formal presentation of the bags after the introductions by Lewis. He [presented Herbie with a handsome bag with the comment, “from your tans to you." | Four players of the Hershey B'ars (missed their train yesterday afternoon and were guests at the bane lquet. They were Wally Kilrea, cap=tain of the B'ars and brother of Hee and Ken Kilrea of the Caps, Frank Mario, Jack Riley and Wally Wilson. Wally was asked to make a speech and he told a story about a riding | expedition he and Connie Brown | were out on one day. Connie, he (said, told the man from whom they |were getting the horses that he |didn't want a western saddle with
going “to be in traffic anyway.” Wally, who won a hockey stick in the four drawings which were held, sat a table directly below his younger brother, Ken, who was at the speaker's table. “I got his auto. graph,” he quipped. Herbie paid tribute to the team by saying that “they are the grand[est bunch of kids I've ever had the pleasure to be associated with.” He also said that winning the
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him than winning any Stanley cup.
Special Guests Present Special guests were Lieut. Gov.
James E. Deery, representing Mayor Sullivan, and J. Arthur Friedlund, vice president of the Coliseum Corp. Governor Schricker was forced to leave early for the army
i| day parade.
Arthur ©. Wirtz, president of the
es Coliseum Corp., arrived late.
“I'm mighty proud of Herbie and “They have
¢35 done a grand job."
“We hope to have another winning combination next season,” he
a added. o| Film for Hawaii
NEW YORK, April 7—Ethan Allen, National league movie im-
g13 | pressario, clocked 6497 on his filmometer for the Hawailan expedii tionary force of one reel permatos | nENtLY assigned to the islands.
* Leonard Named Pro
Times Special FRENCH LICK, April 7.—Herman Leonard of French Lick has been named golf professional for the French Lick Springs golf course. He succeeds Mel Smith, who has resigned to accept a position at Nassau, Bahamas. PAYS
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'450' Didn't Give Lewis Time Enough to Introduce 'Hec'
By EARL RICHERT
officially last night with the fans
reversing things and entertaining the players. Four hundred and fifty fans turned out to honor our Caps, the new American hockey league champions, at an appreciation dinner at the
They gave each of the 17 members of the Indianapolis club a
Kovatch Named l. U. End Coach
BLOOMINGTON, April 7 — John Kovatch, stellar Northwestern's Wildcats a few years back, will assume his new duties today at Indiana university as varsity end coach, according to an announcement by Athletic Die rector Z. G. Clevenger.
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tion to the football staff within a period of two weeks. Until his appointment at Indiana he had been athletic director, basketball and track coach at Illinois Wesleyan, Bloomington, Ill A native Hoosier, Kovatch played his first football at Central high school in South Bend. He was graduated from Northwestern in 1088 where he played varsity ball for three years. After playing the 1038 season with the Cleveland Rams, he went as coach to the Saginaw, Mich, high school.
Second Best
Dorothy Walls and Maurice Alexander of Indianapolis will compete in the national roller skating championships at Cone vention hall, Philadelphia, April 15-18. They recently finished second in the state shampigtienips at Anderson,
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Capitals Rousing Ovation At Festive Banquet
An outstanding feature of the appreciation dinner in the eyes of sports followers, was the turnout by the ladies. Around the table, left to right, Mrs. Thomas Umphrey, Mrs. John A. Lindgren, Mrs. John Sarsfield, Miss Mary Louise Drew and Miss Barbara Sarsfield, all veteran Caps fans.
N. Y. Keglers Grab A.B. C. Spotlight
COLUMBUS, O, April 7 (U. P). ~The Brunswick Red Crown squad of New York shook up the standings of the 42nd American Bowling congress more than any other team rolling in the five-week-old tourney. In their two-day appearance as a team and as individuals, the Red Crown keglers captured fourth place in the five-man event, a tie for second in the singles, third in the all-events and fourth in the doubles, A 2007 series Sunday night put the team among the five-man pacesetters. William Forslund, Brooklyn, sixth man on the squad rolled 254, 267 and 210 for T31 yesterday to tie with Robert Tritschler of Norwood, O,, for second in the sinles. George Young, 33-year-old howls ing alley manager who lives on Long Island, amassed 19456 for third in the all-events and paired with Marty Cassio, Rahway, N. J, to tally 1339 for fourth in the doubles. The leaders: FIVE-MAN
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SINGLES Raymond Hultquist, Chicago Robert Tritschier, Norwood, Rintam Forslund, Brooklyn Russ Gersonde, Milwaukee Junie McMahon, Lodi, N. J ALL-EVENTS Walter Fry, Cleveland caps eevee 19 Willard Reinke, Sheboygan, ‘ George Young, New York 1 August Ehlke, Milwauke Oscar Ericson, Philat Philadelphia
Central Players To Be Honored
Central of Lawrence which reached the final game of the Anderson semi-finals in the state high school basketball tournament this year will honor its regional champions with an athletic banquet tomorro wnight at the Riveria club. Luke Walton, WISH radio an-
nouncer, will serve as master of ceremonies for the dinnew at 6:30
o'clock. A dance will be held at
9 o'clock. Speakers will he Erbin McCord, 1904 graduate of Oaklandon; Ray McGnehey, 1913 graduate of Castleton and former coach of Fred Keesling, present Central mentor, and Francis Hartman, 1926 graduate of Lawrence, now the town marshal. Special guests will be Ralph Clevenger, Warren Central coach; Oral Bridgford, Manual coach; Burke Anderson, coach of Decatur Central's 1942 county champs; Rowland Jones, coach of Washington's 1942 city champions; E. E. Lefforge, Lawrence principal; Tom Plummer, township trustee; Lester Craig, assistant Lawrence principal, and Joe Jordan, athletic publicity director. Keesling will present the players with awards.
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Hurls No-Hitter And Loses, 2-1
VILLANOVA, Pa. April 7 (U. P.).—Hank Donohue hurled a nohit game but lost it yesterday. Donohue, Villanova college= pitcher, held the Vermont univer= sity team hitless and retired the first man up in the ninth inning. He injured his arm and Major McDonnell, former Brown Prep hurled, struck out the last two “Vermonters. Vermont's 2-1 victory was gained
on wild throws and fielding errors. Villanova collected six hits.
Cancel 2 Western Golf Tourneys
CHICAGO, April 7 (U. P.).—~The women's western golf association has cancelled two major tournaments on its 1942 schedule because of the war. The western derby, a 72-hole medal play tournament, scheduled Aug. 10 to 13 at Sunset Ridge club, Chicago, and the western junior, scheduled July 13 to 17 at the Town and Country club, St. Paul, were cancelled. The amateur championship, originally scheduled Oct, 26 to 31 at the San Antonio country club, San Antonio, Tex. was transferred to
88 | Chicago and will be played Aug. 10
to 15, at Sunset Ridge. The western open is scheduled June 22 to 27 at the Elmhurst country club, Chicago.
Earl Paul Added To Boxing Card
Earl Paul, one of the most proms ising featherweight boxers to move up from the local amateur ranks in recent years, will make his second start as a professional battler on the five-bout fight card to be staged Friday night at the armory. He will meet Georgie Hahn of Lexington, Ky. in a special four= round preliminary. Paul made his pro debut at the armory recently and edged out a close decision over Billy Reed. The main event, 10 rounds, will pit middleweights Al Sheridan of Indianapolis and Toughy Gib Jones of Cincinnati, O. It will be the “rubber” meeting between the pair, each holding a decision from two previous clashes. Semi-windup action will feature heavyweights when Jethro Jeffers, another local belter, tangles with Young Webb of Memphis, Tenn. Jeffers is expected to scale 188 by ring time. Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A. C, is arranging two other scraps to complete the card.
Depends on Math
WEST POINT, April T7.—Frank Merritt may crash Army's football lineup at tackle next fall if he can keep from flunking. Mathematics has the Fordham transfer on the
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