Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 April 1942 — Page 14

PAGE 14 =

103d Baseba l l SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

THIS is the time of the year when the baseball experts swell up and tell the fans how the league races are going to wind up in September, no less. The theory is that the baseball fans will forget April selections when fall rolls around, because by that time the experts will be predicting football winners. But it’s useless for an expert to alibi in advance. . . . The job must be done and the thing to do is to leap out on the limb hope for the best, and then look the other way six months hence if somebody digs up an old clipping. The major circuits answer the official 1942 starting bell tomecrrow the American association on Thursday. . . . It is the association's 41st season and St. Paul leads in pennants with eight. . . | Columbus is next with seven; Louisville, six; Minneapolis, six; Kansas City, five; Indianapoiis, four; Milwaukee, three, and Toledo, ene. : Indianapolis pennant years were 1902, 1908, 1917 and 1828. . . . In the war vear of 1918 the association folded in July, mainly because “work or fight” edict from Washington. . . . But as this writer the league was also running out of ball players and at-

of the recalls, tendance was down While there is a scarcity of players this new war year, especially infielders, all clubs have complete rosters at this writing and all

Year Pl

—————

Opening Tilts Tomorrow May Draw 200,000

Yankees Seek Their 13th Pennant

By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 13.—Against a backdrop of a nation girding itself for total war on far-flung battlefields, baseball starts its 103d season tomorrow. It has survived other wars and plans to see this one through to a finish, too. Even with the nation in the midst of the greatest war effort in history, the public still has a soft spot in its heart for the national pastime. Some 200,000 will turn out to see the two major leagues get away on their five-and-a-half-month campaigns, unless weather interferes, and there are indiecations that the turnstiles will elick merrily all season. But the war will bring many changes in baseball. Already the tank battles on the sandy lands of Egypt. the bitter defense of Corregidor and air bombardments on

member cities report that fan interest is at high pitch. . . . Maintaining the morale is part of the war effort and baseball intends ta 20 ahead. but without asking any special privileges for players who are eligible to serve in the armed forces,

Indians Picked Third in New Race

THE INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS finished sixth last year and thev looked the part in 1941 spring training. . , . This spring the Redskins stack up as first-division caliber and that's where this department is placing them, third. . . . Columbus is picked to repeat as pennant winner and with Milwaukee second and Kansas City fourth, completing the first division In the big leagues we are stringing with the St. Louis Cardinals in the National and the New York VYankees in the American. . This department's selections for the three leagues:

ASSOCIATION NATIONAL

AMERICAN New York Chicage Boston Cleveland St. Louis Detroit

St. Louis Cincinnati Brookivn Pittsburgh New York Chicago

Columbus Milwaukee Indianapolis Kansas City Louisville Minneapolis Toledo Boston Washington St. Paul Philadelphia Philadelphia In the American asscciation Columbus, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Louisville figure to land additional strength as the weeks go by ... from their parent big league clubs, Cardinals, Cubs, Yankees and Red Sox, respectively.

Hit Road After Two Home Series

THE 1942 inaugural series in Indianapolis will ccnsist of three games against that gang of Red Birds, the league's defending champions Thursday, Friday and Saturday, all games at 3 p. m. The Toledo Mud Hens will follow the Birds to Victory field, meeting the Indians in a double-header next Sunday and in single games next Monday and Tuesday. . . . The Sabbath bargain attraction is to start at 2 p. nw. Wednesday, April 22, will be an open date for the Redskins. , Their first road trip foliows, to Columbus and Toledo, after which the Tribesters will hit the western trail, opening in Minneapolis on April 30. The western trip calls for four series, at Minneapolis, St. Paul, Milwaukee and Kansas City, in that order

® 8 = “ 4 THE LOUISVILLE COLONELS are to make their first appears ance at Victory field on Tuesday, May 12, in the local night-game opener , . . and it's a safe guess it will be played before a nearcapacity crowd. First western team booked in Indianapolis this year will be Minneapolis on May 16 . . . to be followed by St. Paul, Milwaukee and Kansas City Louisville fans will have to wait until May 31 to see the Indians in their home town this year. . . , As a matter of fact, the Colonels are to play two series in Indianapolis before the Indians play one in Louisville, In addition to playing a four-game series here in mid-May, the Colonels also are booked in here for a double-header on Memorial day, May 20.

| America’s favorite sport.

the continent are vitally affecting Next Oetober baseball will still be played but some of us may not recognize it. The two major leagues have eontributed 76 men—the American 48 and the National 28—to the armed services and many more will go. Who and when are matters thatil play a tremendous part in deciding the pennant races.

Night Ball Expanded

At the request of President Roosevelt the majors have expanded their night baseball program so that the greatest numbers of fans can attend games. The National league will play 84 night games and | the American league 77—a total of 161, more than twice as many as last season. Twilight games probably will be played in industrial cities like Detroit, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

The opening major league games and probable pitchers:

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Brooklyn (Wyatt) at New York (Hubbell). Boston (Tobin) Philadelphia (Podgajny). Pittsburgh (Butcher) at Cincinnati (Walters). Chicago (Passeau) Louis (Cooper).

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York (Ruffing) Washington (Hudson). Philadelphia (Marchildon) at Boston (Newsome). Cleveland (Bagby) at Detrbit (Benton). St. Louis (Muncrief) at Chicago (Righey). .

at St

The world champion New York Yankees seek their thirteenth pennant, opening in Washington before a distinguished gathering which will include President Roosevelt, if he can spare the time, With five pennants in six years to their credit, the Yankees are one of the shortest-priced betting favorites in history at 2-5. Only

lonce before was any club quoted 'that short and it was the Yanks

in 1939 after they had won three straight flags. ‘ Despite the Yanks’ short price, Joe MeCarthy isn’t sitting on top of the world. He has only half an infield and starts the season with

Sally Green Stows Away 3d Women's Table Tennis Title

DETROIT, April 13 (U. P)—A New York mechanic and Indian. among the champion Dodgers (re- Nelson at the halfway mark. The apolis coed today stowed away their third consecutive individual na. member those beautiful Bums com- | clender ing down the stretch last Sum- winner of the year, shot a 67 on cefeated Charles Burns of Detroit 21-12, 22-20, ang mer?), the Cardinals and the Reds. (ne top title, and Sally Green downed Mrs. Mae Clouthser The Cardinals have been estab) nejson's par 72 and then made a

tional table tennis titles. Louis Pagliaro 21-17 for the mens’ of Arlington, Mass, 22-20, 21-18, 21-13 for her third womens’ title, Miss Green moved into the final) “4-8 bracket with triumphs over Tiny| Moss of Baldwin of Des Moines, and Pagii- 3 aro downed John Somael of New| York and Izzy Ellis of Cleveland. | TE | Mildred Shahian of Boston and

M nneapolis, and Helen, i

first and third base up unsettled. Ed Levy was bought from Kansas City vesterday to play first but he is still on trial. Dog-Eat-Dog Race The National league promises another thrilling dog-eat-dog races

lished a slight betting favorite at

|13-10, a shade under the Dodgers)

‘at 7-5. The Reds are 5-1 but must be rated a contender because of their tremendous pitching array. Brooklyn will battle the Giants in the National leagues big game

lof the day at the Polo Grounds be-

Mis. Clouthier defeated Miss Green| (fore an expected 50000. The two

and Leah Thall, 23-21 22-20, for the women’s; doubles title, and Miss Thall! teamed with Bill Holzrichter, Chicago, to defeat Mrs. Clouthier and |§ Les Lowty, Somerville, Mass, 20-22,{ 19-21, 21-14, 21-13, 22-20, in the mixed doubles Ed Pinner and Cy Sussman both of New York, teamed to down Pagliaro and Jim Jacobson, New York, 21-7, 21-19, 19-21, 21-13, in the men’s doubles final. | Melvin Nichols, 14-year-old St. Louis, Mo, high school student, de-| feated Daniel Cory, Chicago, 11-21} 14-21, 21-11, 21-12, 21-19, for the boys’ title, and Mariin Tucker, Chicago. won the veterans singles crown from Bill Gunn, New York.' 21-11, 21-17, 12-21, 21-16.

Columbus,

Sally Green

Peterson Appoints Golf Committees

Q—Who were the 1941 intercol-) Committees have been appointed legiate tennis doubles champions? | for the Indianapolis amateur golf A—C. BE. Olewine and Charles| championship which probably will Mattman of Southern California, |be Played earlier than last year. George Peterson, president of the Indianapolis public links associaEVERY DAY tion, announced yesterday that PIPE SMOKERS SAY~ Walter Chapman had been named | chairman of the tournament comj iN mittee with Brooks Secrest, J. N. @ R A | = A | McDaniel, Paul Patterson, and : { Tower Belt serving as assistants. PRIVA 1] 2 Kenneth Hoy was appointed pubI | ¢ T § ro] 3 (licity chairman and will serve as ichairman of the public relations viv ‘committee. SOFTBALL ° hi pa EE

21-10, ET { Dodger 3 os I Dolf Camilli and Second Baseman | Billy Herman, Who have been nurse

cripples, First Baseman

[ing back ailments, will be in the

opening day lineup as will Arky, Vaughan, bought from Pittsburgh.

Vaughan, who'll play third, adds considerable authority to the Dodger batting order. The Cards will base their bid on speed, youth and pitching. They have the league's fastest club, its youngest and bow only to the Reds in pitching strength. Many New Faces Three new managers make their debut—popular Mel Ott as boss of the New York Giants, 60-year-old Hans Lobert as pilot of the Phil lies and 24-year-old Lou Bourdreau, youngest manager in major league history, as leader of the Cleveland Indians. Luke Sewell, who was appointed manager of the St. Louis Browns last June 5, will begin his first full year at the helm. Many new faces will be seen in the major league lineups. A total of 78 rookies still remain on major league rosters. In the American league the two i Sox. Red and White, appear to have {the best chance of heading off the | Yankees in an upset. The Red Sox {with 400 hitter Ted Williams, may ‘surprise if their pitching measures up to expectations. Long on power for four years, the Red Sox how

ans To

i lightning fast”

C See

War

inde co fo

Thro

ugh T

® 2 8

A Fi

[Joe Medwick Thinks ‘Bums’

Are ‘in’ Again

nish

‘Don’t Forget We Have Vaughan’

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 13.—Joe Mede wick admittedly is not the consist ent batting craftsman he once was and the same tremendous power that marked his swing so well with the St. Louis Cardinals has waned somewhat but he said today that if he starts fast he might hit as high as 3356 for Brooklyn this season. Manager Leo Durocher of the Dodgers has not named his starting outfield for tomorrow's opener against the New York Giants but it is difficult to envision a starting lineup without Medwick. Joe will become a 10-year man

Baseball's 103d season opens t8morrow and 200,000 fans are expected to watch the major leagues start their dog-eat-dog race for the pennants. Ernie Bonham (left) of the New York Yankees may get the starting assignment for the world champions. Bucky Wal. ters (right) will hurl for the Cincinnati Reds at home against Pittsburgh,

Hogan, Nelson In Playoff

AUGUSTA, Ga. April 13 (U, P.). —Byron Nelson and Ben Hogan, whose golf rivalry started 15 years ago when they were caddies at the Glen Garden Country club at Ft. Worth, meet today in an 18-hole play-off for the Masters golf tournament title. In 1927, when they were 15, Nelson defeated Hogan for the caddy championship at the Glen Garden elub. Nelson's first prize was a midiron and Hogan got a mashie. Today the prize will be $1500, Nelson and Hogan, probably the finest golfers in the world today, came home in a dead heat Sunday, afternoon with scores of 280, fore= ing the play-off. i Hogan finished his round first, a two under par 70, and a glance at! the scoreboard showed that Loyd! Byron had three holes to go and| needed only par on each for a 279 and the title. He did all right at the short 16th, getting on the green with his iron and getting down in two putts. But his mistake came on the next hole.

Misused Iron

The 17th is a 400-yard par four | with sand traps in front of the|

| {

yards down the middle but his ap-| proach was short and the ball] landed in a trap. He blasted out and two-putted for a bogey five, That left him needing a birdie on the 18th to win or a par four to tie. Off the tee, his booming drive veered in a slice into the woods and the gallery of 7000 groaned. But he made a great recovery, lofting the bail straight toward the green where it landed 12 feet from the pin. His putt missed by inches and he had to be content with a par. Nelson said his approach shot into the trap on the 17th ccst him the victory. “I was shooting at the pin, of course, and should have used a seven iron,” Nelson said. “But I thought the eight iron would get me there. As it was it lacked just a yard of clearing the trap.” Hogan closed a gap of eight| strokes which separated him and)

Texan, leading money

third round Saturday to {70 yesterday against Nelson’s 73. | Third-place money of $600 went |to Paul Runyan, former P. G. A. ' title<holder, with a total of 283, and Sam Byrd, former baseball player, carried off $500 for finishing fourth with 285. Byrd said officials ruined his

chance to win by “packing and||

i rolling the greens to make them before the final

round started.

Indian Grappler On Mat Card

Chief Little Wolf, the mdian grappler who is rated among the first five best heavies in the game, opposes Jack Hill of Springfield, Mo, in a semi-windup tussie listed | for one fall, ar 45 minutes in the armory wrestling ring tomorrow night. N Matching the pair completes the three-bout program. Another encounter over the same route sends Vic Holbrook, Boston College mat mentor, against George (K. 0.) Koverly of California. Dave Reynolds, the Idaho per. former who almost upset Ali Pasha here two weeks ago, is in a return against the undefeated Hindu. It tops the card and the two will meet for two falls out of three, or 90 minutes,

Simonizing

ch rome. polished Only

A.B. C. Alleys

20, of Milwaukee, rolled a 1377 total |

{698 and his team’s 2089. He made

Red Wings Lose fo Leafs; Fans Clamor for Referee

DETROIT, April 13 (U. P.) —The Toronto Maple Leafs still held out

faint hopes of winning the Stanle Detroit, 4 to 3, in a wild game that in Olympia stadium eclamorin

y hockey cup today after beating ended with most of the 13,604 fans!

for Referee Mel Harwood's hide.

Boston Cheers

Ted Williams

BOSTON, April 13 (U, P) Ted Williams was heartened today by

The victory—Toronto's first in four starts in the final playoff series, Bostan fandom’'s approval of the —ended in a furor as Manager Jack Adains and several Detroit players

Keglers Scorch

COLUMBUS, O, April 13 (U. P.). ~The world series of tenpins—the American Bowling congress tourna-ment-=had new leaders in the doubles, singles and all-events today after a week-end that produced some of the most spectacular bowling of its 42-year history. The new doubles leaders, Ed-

ward Nowicki, 29, and George Baier, |

yesterday. That would have won| all but three of the past 41 tournaments and the odds were heavily! in favor of it making them the 1942 champions. Baier rolled games of 224, 235 and | 236. Nowicki had 245, 231 and 2086. |

green. Nelson's drive was about 280/ It Was just one of those rare cases hox and began slugging at Harwood.

of two men bowling consistently good for three games. Nelson Burton, who anchored the Budweiser team of St. Louis as it went into second place with 3111 Saturday night, came back Sunday to take over the singles leadership, with 7468. He built up his score as he went, starting off with 235 and following up with 246 and 265. He didn't have an open frame.

11 Straight Strikes

Stanley “Tod” Moskal of Saginaw, Mich, went into the all-events lead with a 1973 aggragate. His team score was 598, his singles 663 and his doubles 711. Henry Wollenberg of Davenport, Towa, rolled the highest game of the tournament—207-—last night and boosted the City Hall Smoke House team into seventh place in the fiveman event. Wollenberg's total was

11 straight strikes in his big game and missed the headpin on the 12th. Angelo Zanoni and John Seebeck, Clifton, N. J, held the doubles leadership briefly} rolling 1365 just before Nowicki and Baier bowled. Roy Simmons, Des Moines, Iowa, took ninth place in the singles with Til, and went inte fourth place in the all-events on the strength of his 629 in the fivesman and 612 in the doubles.

L308 mi. 1842

Standings: FIVE-MAN ser, St. Louis Schlitz, Milwaukee .... ............ . $31 io! kersfield, Cal. 3001 Garber Buick, Saginaw. Mich. ...... 3000 DOUBLES 5 noni-J. Seebeck. Clifton, N. J. . . _Rosniek-H, Hedrhs, Los Angeles. le-J. Spannich, Rock Island, SINGLES Rea at wist, Chica 383 Bert Tritschter, Nor o ia . a NY, a uss Gersonde, Milwaukee .... 9” ALL-EVENTE . Cleveland I Reinke, Sh an, vo 19838 Foliagy Relnke, 8 Motes. Towa Ju George Young, New York ...... vee 19 WICHITA, Kas. April 13 (U. P). —Righthander Hank Gornicki, a

Jagneisee. Chicago wel A Bowling Associa , Ba owicki-G. Baier, Milwaukee w a <0. Erieson ladelphia . t. Louis ry \ iiliam Forsiund ew York eis 8 hiey Moshal, Saginaw, Mich. ..... 3 * ® Gornicki Fined former St. Louis Cardinals’ pitcher,

was fined, suspended and sent home|’

by Manager Frisch of the Pittse burgh Pirates yesterday for breaking training rules. Gornicki won 12 games for Rochester in the Ine ternational League last year.

BASEBALL

OPENING DAYNEXT THURSDAY

TICKETS NOW ON SALE L. Strauss & Co. LI 1661 Bush-Feezle—RI. 44853 SLO8Tax

ist 8 Rows Grandstand, $1.00 8. :

mobbed Harwood for a decision called with slightly more than a minute to play in the game. The trouble started when an angry fan threw a hot water bottle onto the ice. Eddie Wares, Red Wing lineman, picked up the

bottie and handed it jestingly to!

Harwood. The referee promptly

slapped a 10-minute misconduct penalty on Wares and refused to answer Adams’ demand to explain the severity of the penalty. Harwood then ordered Linesman Sam Babcock to start play and, because Detroit had too many men on the ice, sent Don Grosso, the Wings’ top playoff scorer, to the box for two minutes. Grosso protested and Harwood added a $25 fine. He also ordered a $50 fine against Wares, who continued to protest his penalty. The clamor subsided to enable the game to end, but with the closing buzzer Grosso jumped from the

order reclassifying him in 3-A in the draft. Williams, center of the second world war’s biggest draft furore involving a prominent athlete, had virtually the unanimous support of local fans yesterday in his first appearance here since he was shifted from class 1-A because he supports his mother. The 23-year-old outfielder, who has announced he will play ‘one more season” before enlisting in the army, said he was “delighted with the reception,” that it exceeded his expectations.” A crowd of 8186 fans and 600 soldiers and sailors didn’t miss a single chance to cheer him. On each of his four trips to the plate, there were applause and cheers. The Red Sox dropped a 7-5 decision to the Boston Braves.

Avenges Defeat

PITTSBURGH, April 13 (U. P). -~Katherine Winthrop of Boston,

Adams rushed across the ice to join| in, and dozens of fans also tried | to get into action. Police finally broke it up and escorted Harwood and President Frank Calder of 3he| National league from the stadium.| Calder announced today he had suspended Adams indefinitely and raised fines against Grosso and | Wares to $100 each. Adams could not be reached immediately for) comment, but was understood to be “discussing” the situation with, other club officials.

The Wright brothers followed an American Tradition by pioneering in the air, and American industry has sustained this tradi tion by establishing the greatest mass production of planes she

world bas ever seem.

* BUY DEFENSE BONDS

BREWED BY THE GRO. WIZDEMANN BREWING CO. INC. NEWPORT, KY.

avenging a defeat suffered last year, defeated Hope Knowles of Avon, Conn, 1-6, 6-0, 6-2, in the finals of the women's invitational indoor tennis tournament at the Pittsburgh golf club.

Change Date

BOSTON, April 13 (U. P.).=The annual Boston A. A. marathon will be run next Sunday instead of Monday so defense workers can see the race, it was announced today.

in the National league next August and his lifetime average is .332. In | 1040, his first year with the Dodgers, | he hit 301—disappointing for Med- | wick—but last year a late summer burst tacked 17 points onto that mark. He can, without too much trouble, add 17 more this year to bring his standing up to .335.

Can Feel Change

, “I may not have all the power I once had,” Medwick said, “but I'll tell you something—the change to Brooklyn and Ebbets field had lots to do with that. Believe it or not, I've found out that I could not lift a ball as high at Ebbets field as 1 did at Sportsman's park. ; “St. Louis always had that dead, humid air. Why several fly balls I've hit to left field here would have cleared the barrier at St. Louis. So—I've tried to hit .more on a line and naturally that cuts down your distance.” That may sound like fancy alibie ing but boiling down to plain facts, it isn’t so. Pitchers can lose their effectiveness between seasons and veteran fielders lose a step but a good’ hitter can keep going as long as he is in top health and has two good legs. There's no denying Medwick's good health and his well-known muscular might extends to his legs. “You can forget that beaning two years ago,” he said, referring to his being hit on the head by Pitcher Bob Bowman. “I'm positive I'm the same hitter I was before—psychologically speaking. Given the chance, I think I can drive in 100 runs this year.”

Want's to Play Yankees

Joe has driven in 1047 runs in his career, 88 last year when he missed 21 games. Medwick thinks Brooklyn will win again this year and just prays— like the rest of the club—for another crack at the New York Yankees. “We were a darn good hitting club last year,” he said, “and don’t forget that this time we have Arky Vaughan. Anybody and everybody knows he's a good ballplayer and he can hit. “Yes, I know I'm 30 years old now but somehow playing with Brooklyn well, it's different. Look at the crowds we have at Ebbets field and the writers covering the club—why, it's ‘real big time. Remember the party we had after the pennant was clinched last year and and that parade in Brooklyn-—whew!

The George Wiedemann Brewing Company has maintained its early American Tradition by quantity production and constantly increasing facilities. Thus it has met the growing demand for Wiedemann’s Fine Beer, at the same time preserving its Traditional Flavor and Quality for "Relaxation Hours” in these serious times. Ask for Wiedemann's by name vein Sotjes, gauss} dranght on tap or in half gallon jugs.

SPECIAL BREW

Wien gman Reith ur st, Browiy

BEER Raw... Bit

WN nt

Ahoort Lintuchy

Bua

BEER