Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 April 1942 — Page 26

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After working the count to three-and-two, George Wyatt, Columbus center fielder and lead-off man in

the Red Rirds’ batting order, drills a single to left

to set his team in motion for a two-run rally in

the first inning of the opening game of the American association's 41st season here vesterday. Johnny

Pasek is catching, George Johnson is umpiring.

SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

THE Indianapolis Indians aren't that punk and the Columbus Red Birds aren't that good. . . . But the Birds were the hetter team yesterday in the local American association opener and the Redskins had to stand around and take it like a tobacco store wooden Indian. The fact that the contest became one-sided in the early Innings Anyway, the thirsty fans . » » That adds up were trying to forget the score by

sent the concession business soaring. . . . put on a splurge and consumed 300 cases of beer. to 12000 bo « ++ H the fans drenching their tonsils with suds, they turned in a fancy job. drinks that gurgled down

pace with the beer sales it

We didn't learn the amount of soft the hatch of the customers but if it kept set some sort cf a record. After the Red Birds had the game in the bag many fans worked up a carnival spirit and took the sad situation in stride by simply

1 i it off But some customers couldn't take it and when the score mounted

nd “party-ing” through to the game's end.

laughing to 13-2 in the sixth they hit out for hcme and an early dinner. | The huge throng assembled early and the S. R. O. sign was flashed shortly after 2 p. m. The Times’ pre-game guess on the attendance was 12,000 and the official total was 12.242 with 11713 paid. . . . Soldiers, sailors and others accounted for 527 A Mr. John Rovster of 2310 W. Washington st. won himself a season pass because he bought what amounts to the “last seat” in the the last cone in the last row in the northwest corner, adjacent to 16th st

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grandstand, was involved but Al Schiensker, Tribe secretary, decided to become big-hearted and he took it upon himself to reward the partv that purchased that “last” pew that probably was never occupied before. . . . Our congratulations, Mr. Rovster!

Aces Shoot for Double Century WATCHING EVERY MOVE of the Red Birds were Sports Editots Lew Bryrer, Columbus Citizen; Bob Hcoey. Ohio State Journal, and Russ Needham, Columbus Dispatch. . . . They werkad out with the Birds at Lake Worth, Fla And so their Lake Worth Wildcats downed the Cocoa Kids with room to spare Columbus opens its home season next Thursday and the Indianapolis Indians (Cocoa Kids) will furnish the visiting attraction Columbus is “het up” over its 1942 team but the current Red Bird squad does not measure up to the Columbus pennant winners and little world’s series champions of 1941 Al Ranister, Red Bird president, picked up a juicy check here vesterday for his team’s “end” of the gate and he hopes to return the favor when the Redskins play in his tc=n.

A. A. Sluggers Now Prance in Majors RUNS MAY CLATTER across American association plates as fast and frisky as last year, but whoeverll be driving them home won't be the same sluggers in a lot of cases . Seldem in baseball annals has a league's run-making power been so unanimously absorbed between fall and spring as happened to the Trautman circuit’s power department since last September. About one-eighth of the 53713 runs scored by the eight A. A clubs last vear were propelled plateward by a select group of four sluggers, all of whom are on major league rosters this spring. Bert Haas, Columbus (third sacker), is with the Cincinnati Reds this vear. . . . He topped the A A. in runs batted in with 131 last season. . . . Ray Sanders, Columbus (first base), runner-up to Haas with 120, is 2 swinger for the St. Louis Cardinals now. Otto Denning and Babe Barna, 1941 Minneapolis catcher and outfielder, respectively, tied for third place with 105. . .. Otto is with Cleveland this vear and Barna is on the New York Giants’ roster. 8 2 2 = 2 2 iF THE Dodgers, Cardinals and Reds are geing to fight it out for the National league pennant this year, as many experts predict, each of the three contending clubs has a mound ace who'll be simultaneously shooting for the double-century mark in his lifetime major league reccrd. Car! Hubbell and Fred Fitzsimmons are the parsnt circuit's pair of 200-win pitchers, the “King” holding 238 and Fitz teeing off with 214 under his belt. . . . Larry French's Florida form made Larry loom as the chief bolster of Brooklyn's Wvatt-Higbe combination for 1942, If so. and Larry meets the test, his 18th win of 1942 will be No, 200 for him in his long and distinguished National league career started as a Pirate in 1929, moving to Chicago in 1935 with world series service in "33 and ‘38. Paul Derringer needs 20 and Lonnie Warneke 23. but for both these rangy “righties” the problem is to break into enough ball games

in '42.

Silent Hoosiers Park school’s diamond squad will: play its second game of the season, tomorrow, hosting the Silent Hoo- | sier nine. i AY

RUINING YOUR TIRES

IMPROPER WHEEL ALIGNMENT AND POOR BRAKES REDUCE TIRE LIFE

Ohio Keglers Place in ABC

COLUMBUS, 0, April 17 (U. P) —Two classy Cleveland teams moved

into the select group of leaders in the American Bowling Congress tournament today. The Waldorf Red Band Beers took fourth place in the five-man event last night, with a 3091 series. They had one game of 1109, highest of this tournament. The Eddie Linsz Recreation team, rolling on the same shift. went into fifth place with 3066. Two new leaders were posted in | the singles event. Philip Young of | Akron, who shared the A. B. C. | doubles title with the late Chick [Aston in 1926, took seventh place {with 718 on games of 253, 252 and (213. Earl Lewis of Newark, O., took | tenth place with 713 on games of 1202, 278 and 233. | Standings: i

FIVE-MAN Budweiser, Chicago .......... Budweiser, St. Louis Schlitz, Milwaukee : Walderf, Cleveland Linsz Recreation i DOUBLES Beier, Milwaukee .....

|E. Nowicki-G . Paul-O. Ericson, Philadelphia | W. Seile-J. Spannich, Rock Island, IIL | SINGLES Nelson Barton, St. Louis Raymond Hultquist, Chicage {Robert Tritschler, Norwood, O William Forslund, New York ....... June McMahon, edi, N. ¥ | Russ Geronde, Milwaukee { ALL-EVENTS {Stanley Meskal, Saginaw, Mich. i Walter Frey, Cleveland |G. Baier, Milwaukee Roy Simmons, Des Moines, George Young, New York i

Wib Retains No. 1 Tennis Seeding

Capt. Wilbur Schumacher of the {Butler tennis team retained his {No. 1 spot for the Bulldogs’ secfond meet of the season against

| Evansville college today on the Fair-|

| view courts. Joe Kettery will remain in the {No. 2 slot, with Frank Parkhurst, ‘alternate last week, moving up to {occupy the third position. Tom |Neilan and Stanley Trusty round ‘out the singles squad in the No. 4 {and 5 spot, respectively. Kettery and Schumacher will team to form the No. 1 doubles combination and John Shirley and Joe Galvin make up the second cou- | ple.

Soldier in Finals | BOSTON, April 17 (U. P.).—Corp. | Bill Jachman of Camp Polk, La, {and Appleton, Wis., and Ursal (The }@me per) Snapp, University of Idaho | freshman, led a parade of survivors linto the semi-final and final rounds {of the national amateur boxing championships today.

Amateur Show

Buster Miles, 125 pounder, will be paired on the amateur boxing show tonight at South Side Tumers hall, 308 E. Prospect st. Entire proceeds of the show will be donated to the Red Cross war relief fund.

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‘V'For Vanquished; Tribe Loses Opener

starting pitcher (No. 17), objects

strenuously to Umpire George Johnson's decisions on balls and strikes in the first stanza. He gets nowhere. This is Johnson's 28th season at calling ’em and he’s the dean of the league's staff. No luck, Hildie.

“V" for Vanquished.

noon in the 1942 American association lid-lifter at Victory field. The Columbus Red Birds, who furnished the visiting attraction, also furnished the bulk of the fire- | works and they won by the two-| alarm blaze of 13 to 2. And all this before a rollicking

record in attendance. was 12,242, the paid 11,715. It was the Indians’ first defeat in a home opener in eleven years, the home boys having won eight games and tied two in 10 previous consecutive local park inaugurals.

Charge it up to the law of averThe Indians were “due” to lose one and they got thumped right from the outset. The Redskins were jittery and they were outbatted,| outpitched, outfielded and just gen-| erally swept off their feet by the high-flying Flock from the Be

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Geared to Turn Tables

Disappointed, yes, downhearted,! no. That was the Tribesters’ re-! action after the game and they! geared themselves to turn the tables! today in the second of the series. | It was “ladies’ day” at the In-| dians’ orchard this afternoon and Woodie Rich was slated to propel the horsehide off the mound for the Redskins. He is a righthander and new to the local wigwam. Also ready was Earl Reid, also a righthanded flinger making his debut in a Tribe uniform. Johnny Pasek was to be on the receiving end of the battery in game No. 2. Manager Gabby Hartnett offered no alibis for yesterday's debacle and ‘dismissed the one-sided setback as “just one of those things” in baseball. The Red Birds were in a hitting mood and they made the most of it by collecting 15 blows as compared to five for the Indians. Some observers decided the Redskins were over-keyed. In other words. they were so set upon making good for Hartnett, for the new ownership and for the huge crowd of {loyal supporters that they picked up a case of ‘nerves.” Too tense, as it were, and the ball became a hot potato.

Fiftecn Hits, 13 Runs

Take a look at the box score. Columbus: 13 runs, 15 hits, no errors. Indianapolis: two runs, five hits, three errors. And the blazing sun made no difference to the Red Birds. They

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That's the way the “V” for Vie tory worked in reverse for the In-| Marshall dianapolis Indians vesterday after- | Bergamo.

crowd of more than 12,000 that set | Roger: Ee: a new Indianapolis opening-day | Hildebrand, p 0 The total | Tauscher, Bh a at | Fletcher, Pp

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Huge Crowd Watches Tribe

Lose First Opener in 10 Years

By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editer

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Columbus .. 203 205 100-13 INDIANAPOLIS . 000 101 000— 2 Runs batted in—Triplett 3 Klein 3 Marshall 2, Antonelli 2, Angle 2, Bestudik 2 Two-bage hit—Powell. lein, Triplett, Angle. Three-base hit—McCarthy. Home run—Bestudik. Stolen bhases—Myatt 2. Sacrifice—Young. Double plays—Crouch to Young to Angle: Fletcher to Rogers to McCarthy. Left on bases—Indianapolis 5, Columbus 7. Base on balls—Off Hildebrand 3. Tauscher 1. Fletcher i. Crouch 3. by Crouch, off Hildebrand. 4 in 3 innings: off . 10 in 4; of Fletcher, 1 in 2.

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Johnson and Peters. Time—2:10

Blackburn, second sacker, and Jake Powell, right fielder, lost balls in the sun. That's baseball, however, you are losing, you look awful; when you are winning, you look great. Oral Hildebrand, the Tribe's

starting pitcher yesterday, was off | ana Billy Taylor followed up 32

in his control and he was submerged in hot water in the first inning as the Birds jumped off to a

{two-run lead on two hits and two

walks. In the third stanza the visitors chalked three runs on a walk, two hits and an error. Hildebrand was pulled after the third and Walter Tauscher took over the mound toil. But to no avail. He was bumped for two runs in the fourth, five in the fifth and one in the seventh. Young Glen Fletcher pitched the eighth ninth and had easy sailing, allowing no runs and one hit. Bestudik Belts Homer Despite the overwhelming defeat, the Indians had something to crow about. Joe Bestudik belted a home run out of the park, Johnny MecCarthy walloped a triple to center that bounced off the wall and Jake Powell punched out a double. The other Tribe hits were by Stanley Rogers, shortstop, two singles. Bestudik’'s homer cleared the right field wall at the 350-foot mark. The opener was played under a perfect weather setting, like a day in June, temperature 80. and bright

and balmy. If there has been a Park Nine Wins

better brand of weather on baseball opening day in Indianapolis, this writer can’t name the year: One-two-one. Come on Indians, get going on the next call.

SOFTBALL

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Indiana Central college trackmen will open their season at 1:30 p. m./} tomorrow on the University Heights}

Here's one for the book. run and he walloped it over the Bestudik, third sacker, completing

An Indianapolis player belted a home

wall out of the park. That's Joe the circuit of the bases after his

blow cleared the right field wall. Jake Powell gives Joe the glad hand.

Detroit Drops 3d to Toronto

DETROIT, April 17 (U. PH— Rated as the riskiest of long shots at this time last week, the Toronto Maple Leafs headed for home and the final game of their Stanley cup series with the Detroit Red Wings today, heavily favored to win the title, The Leafs. who lost the first three games of this best-of-seven series, continued one of the greatest comebacks in National Hecckey {league history, blanking the Red Wings, 3-0, and evening the series at three-all before a crowd of 13,153. Toronto completely outplayed Detroit, registering their third straight win, and as the strain of the red{hot series began to show in the | {Red Wings’ play, the Leafs moved into position for Saturday's finale! with the odds in their favor.

Leafs Outshot Wings

Only in a few instances last night did the Red Wings look like the club that won the first three games. Toronto stole the show and Goalie Turk Broda turned in one of his | [finest net-minding jobs with 23] saves to 15 for Goalie Johnny |

® Derby Doings BY UNITED PRESS Apache—Belair stud's Derby hopeful, who ran a mile and one-sixteenth in 1:442-5 to win at Jamaica. First Fiddle—Tired to finish two lengths back of Apache. Fair Call—Failed badly in his first start this year and wound up 15 lengths behind Apache. K Dorko—J. H. Miles’ son of Balko, who skipped home by two lengths in a six-furlong dash at Jamaica. Alohort — Drove into third place behind K Dorko. Don Devito—Put on a strong finish to wind up second in Havre De Grace sprint.

Win Triangular Howe golfers turned in a victory over Central of Lawrence and Southport in a triangular match at Indian Lake yesterday afternoon. The Hornets scored 19% points to 10'2 for the Cardinals and six for the Bears. Hanafee of Howe scored a 72 for low honors. Miller of Lawrence and Koehler of Howe

each got an 87, while Stumph and Esmond, both of Southport, made the rounds with 92 apiece.

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The 1942 baseball season locally was opened officially when Gov, Henry F. Schricker tossed out the first ball. |

Sugar’ Risks Rep Tonight

DETROIT, April 17 (U, P.).—Ray (Sugar) Robinson, fast - moving Harlem Negro, risks one of the most impressive records in modern boxing annals tonight when he faces Harvey Dubs of Detroit in a 10round welterweight bout in Olympia, stadium.

A miniature of heavyweight champion Joe Louis, the browne skinned Robinson will lay on the line a string cf 20 consecutive proe fesisonal victories, in which he has matched Louis’ brilliant ring career bout for bout, and a record of 118 successive amateur and professional triumpis. Dubs, 18, lanky, black-haired Canadian, sports a record of 38 vice 'tories in 44 bouts, including 21 | knockouts, and rates as a 10-to-1 ‘underdog in his match with Robe !inson. I Despite the fact that Robinson is the heavy favorite, Promoter Mike | Jacobs considers Dubs’ record of | sufficient merit to warrant an early | shot at Freddie Cochrane's welters {weight crown. He has announced that the winner of tonight's fight | will be first in line for a title match I with Cochrane.

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Mowers of Detroit. The Leafs out- | 'shot the Wings, 50-37. | The Wings rallied briefly in the! ‘third period, but Toronto put home| Bob Goldham broke away at 13:32 and scored on Sweeney Schriner’s long pass

'seconds later by flipping home |Schriner’s short pass in front of the | Detroit net. An indication of just how weary

|the Wings were was evident in that!

| Referee Bill Chadwick did not call |}ii

ia single penalty. The usually fast(ly spend 15 or 20 minutes in the skating, hard-checking Wings usualpenalty box each game.

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ville, and Gordon Adams, a junior, | will carry the brunt of the Grey- { hounds’ assignments, Joaquin Mon- |

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|Indiana A. A. U. cross-country meets last fall, is off the Indiana! | Central roster, having been called! to military service.

Park school opened its baseball season yesterday committing nine! errors forcing Pitcher Frank Rabb! to scatter three hits for a 5-t0-3 vic- | tory over Ben Davis at Park. The winners bunched all of their hits| in the first and third innings for

the Allison En s interested in playing the; meeting tonight E. Washington st.

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