Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 April 1942 — Page 6

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Don’t Give Up On

SPORTS...

Eddie Ash

TO PROVE that you can't get a good Bum down, the people of Brooklyn are already standing in line for their world series tickets, according to the May issue of Esquire magazine and an article called “What's Wrong

With Brooklyn?”

While looking for his answer to that question, the author found someone who doesn’t think there's anything wrong with Brooklyn, and at the same time discoversd the season for the Brooklyvnites’ frenzy over the Dodgers. There's a Society for the Prevention of Disparaging Remarks About Brooklyn headed by Sidney H. Ascher which explains their love of

the Beloved Bums this way: have inferiority feelings on

“Brooklyn people account of not

having the Empire State building and the other

items New York has.

They call the Dodgers

‘Bums’ because to be a bum is every child's ideal. This is simply the effect of infantilism.”

When questioned what the waiting-in-liners will do if Brooklyn doesn’t win the pennant this vear, the Society of People Who Love Brooklyn

Leo Durocher, Bums’ Pilot

replied: “They'll start again and wait until next vear.” Larry French, Brooklyn Dodgers’ southpaw, is no clubhouse lawver, which Is what the boys call the trouble-maker element around

a ball club. . . . He's an income tax expert, however. .

. . His spring

hobby is helping teammates figure how they stand with Uncle Sam’s

cash department.

An interesting point about batting you won't find in any technical book is one of Bill Nicholson's success secrets of swat. . . . The Chicago Cubs’ home run artist keeps talking to himself as the pitcher winds up, the idea being that it saves him from tightening up too

much in the act of swinging.

Fish Story as Related to

Baseball

VINCE DIMAGGIO. one of the greatest throwing outfielders in baseball today, in the opinion of many critics, developed the muscles of his good right arm hauling fish out of San Francisco bay in boy-

hood

Pappy DiMaggio was a professional fisherman and Vince, eldest

son, was his main assistant. . . .

When they were biting, this job

often meant 72 hours at a stretch, with only slight pauses for nourish-

laggue outfielders, Vincent of

their dad in his fishing trade.

» = »

the Yankees and Dominic of the Boston Red Sox. .

Joe of the New York . . And all helped

Pirates,

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CONTRARY to general opinion, Ival Goodman's right shoulder was not injured in the big league all-star game of 1939. . , . It was the left shoulder that was injured.

The Cincinnati outfielder's

right shoulder was injured in 1935,

and since that time it has taken him time to get his throwing arm in shape in the spring. . . . However, it wasn't shoulder trouble that caused him to stay out of the game last year. ... It was a hernia, for which he was operated on in mid-season. . . . Goodman can throw almost as well lefthanded as he can righthanded. . . . However, his control is not as good lefthanded.

Maybe Babe Ruth Knew Something!

ODDS AND ENDS in the big leagues: The Pittsburgh Pirates, running second in the National league's new race, finished in the

first division six of the past seven years. .

. . Pauli Erickson, the Chi-

cago Cubs’ 200-pound pitcher, couldn't make his high school team in

Zion. Iil. .

. . You never can tell.

.. . We made old Manual’s nine.

The Pittsburgh team has finished in the first division in 33 of

the 44 pennant races in this century. , Pirates to win the 1942 National league championship. . .

. Babe Ruth picked the . Maybe

the Babe knows something. . . . This department picked the St. Louis

Cardinals. , , . Still does!

This department picked Milwaukee second in the American asso-

ciation gallop. . .. And the Brewers have vet to lose one! . ..

still figure they'll finish second.

Baseball

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GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION No games scheduled.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washington. Detroit at Chicago. St. Louis at Cleveland.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Brooklyn at Boston. New York at Philadelphia. Thicage at Pittsburgh. Cincinnati at St. Louis.

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New Infielder Due Soon to

Rebuild Club

Tribe Loses Series Finale, 9 to 4

Don't give up on the Indians, fans, and don't sell ‘em short! There's a little guy named Ownie Bush who's doing the bulk of the worrying about the Redskins in this town and he intends to do something abeut the situation. He happens to be the president of the Tribesters and he's a tough loser. And the seven errors charged against his team yesterday set him off. And today he landed anothsr pitcher, in Ray Poat, on option from the Cleveland Americans. That's the first step after several prior steps in rebuilding the Indianapolis ball club. “And within a week or ten days, maybe earlier, we'll have that infield problem solved,” said the 1 peppery Tribe prexy. Poat, the new pitcher, is to report to the Indians in Columbus tomorrow. He is a 24-year-old righthander and last year won 17 games against only six defeats for Cedar Rapids. He stands 6 feet 2 inches and weighs more than 190 pounds.

Low Earned-Run Average

Cedar Rapids finished second in the Three-I league's regular race and then won the playoff. Poat's earned-run average in regular season games was 290, a fancy figure in the baseball pitching trade. After an open date today, the Indians are to launch a long road trek in Columbus tomorrow and young Poat is to join them there. Nothing much to report on yesterday’s doing at the ball park. It was all sad news from the home standpoint. Except for the fact that Steve Rachunok, the Tribe's starting pitcher, deserved to win.

Skelley Boots Three

Manager Gabby Hartnett shuffled his lineup and the switch worked in reverse. He benched Packey Rogers and used Bill Skelley at shortstop. Skelley made three errors. Wayne Blackburn was installed at second instead of in left field and made two errors. However, the Toledo Mud Hens had all the luck (Alibi Ash) and strolled off with all the honors. It was a ten-inning game and Toledo won, 9 to 4, by collecting five runs in the tenth. That tenth was agonizing to the 479 paid customers. The Indians looked like cornfield amateurs on the infield —E. A.

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arcum, n 1%; innings, n: losing pitcher . Umpires—Feters, Parker and Johnson, Time—2:03.

Bus Wilbert

Bus Wilbert Among the outstanding favorites

in the big dirt track auto racing program at Franklin, Ind, next

1%2| sunday afternoon is Bus Wilbert,

REWOVEN LIKE NEW

the Indianapolis speed king. Wilbert has informed officials of ihe Mid West Auto Racing associa< tion, the’ sponsoring organization, that he is entering the competition in hopes of capturing: first place as a tribute to the late Harold Shaw of this city who died shortly after a crackup last fall on the Franklin track. Shaw had taught Bus the art of dirt-track racing. Twenty-five drivers already have entered the races, the pilots coming from Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois, Missouri, Michigan and California. There will be four events of 10 laps each and a 25-lap feature on the half<mile oval at $

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THE INDIANAPOLIS “TIMES

Indians; Bush Buys New Pit

Manual Track

Team Beaten

The Washington Continentals handed Manual its second straight defeat, 80 to 55, at Delavan Smith field yesterday. Summary:

100-Yard Dash — Trotter, Washington: Son, Manua'; Dunn, Washington, Time, 110.6.

Mile Run—Tie for first between John and Mike Mascar!, Manual; G. Stoyanovich, Manual. Time, 4:45.6. 440-Yard Run-—King, Washington; Scholl, Manual: Crouch, Manual. Time, :54.1. High Hurdlés—Petranoff, Washington; Nye, Washington; Morical, Manual. Time, 9.1

880-Yard Rua—Mike Mascari, Manual; Harris, Washington; Russel, Washington. Time, 2:08. 220-Yard Dash—Trotter, Washington; Dunn, Washington; Jacobs, Washington. Time, :23.7. Low Hurdles—R. Jones, Washington; Morical. Manual; Nye, Washington. Time,

HarDis-

Washington; Manual.

Shot Put—'ohuson, vey, Washington; Hafer, tance, 41 feet 53% inches.

High Jump—Wegner, Manual; R. Jones, Washington; Sanders, Manual. Height, feet inches.

Pole Vault—Tie for first between Scotten, Washington, and Sanders, Manual; Lohman, Manual. Height, 11 feet.

Broad Jump—Bisesi. Manual; Berry, Washington; Dunn, Washington. Distance, 19 feet 1!'2 inches.

Mile Relay—Manual (Crouch, Scholl, Morical, J. Mascari) Washington; Washington. Time, 3:43.6.

Half-Mile Relay—Washington (Dunn, Jacobs, Jones, Trotter): tie for second be{Roen Manual and Washington, Time, In the other half of the dual meet the Washington freshmen rolled over the rhinie Redskins, 75 to 60.

Taking 11 of 13 firsts, the Howe trackmen trounced Central of Law-| rence and Broad Ripple, 110 to 35] and 20, respectfvely, in a triangular meet at Howe yesterday afternoon. It was the fourth victory in as many starts for the Hornet thinlies. Pete Negley of the second-place

ond in the shot put. Negley broke two records in winning the 220-yard

The Howe half mile relay team smashed its own record for the third time this year, running the distance in 1:36. Alan Crapo led the Hornets with victories in the 440-yard dash and the broad jump and ran on the winning Howe mile relay squad. Bob Banks, who usually runs the half mile for Howe, turned to the mile to register a victory in 4:517. Art Graham, star hurdler for the Hornets, did not see action due to a knee injury, but Joe Wyand won both hurdle events for the Brown and Gold. Miller was high point man for Broad Ripple, placing third in the 440 anad fourth in 220-yard dash.

Ball State Nine Wins No. 2

MUNCIE, April 22 (U. P.).—Ball State Teachers college defeated Franklin, 14-2, yesterday for the second consecutive Indiana conference victory. Laverne Hartley and Gene Schull, on the mound for Ball State, allowed only three singles, while every Ball State man, with one exception, collected at least one safety. Hartley himself hits in five attempts, one a triple with two men on.

Mrs. Kahn Leads Women Golfers

Mrs. Marjorie Kahn won first place yesterday in the Riverside women’s golf association golf tournament. Mrs, Jean Masur finished second. Both played in the Class A division. Mrs. Dorothy Daly won the Class

Hervey took Class C honors. SAVE on your PAINTS Ideal House + 39 2 ‘PAINT a L

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Union Title Wins Real Estate Bowling Crown

Fonnie Snyder (left above) will receive the Indianapolis Real Estate league's championship bowling trophy tonight at the league's annual dinner at the Hoosier Athletic club. Snyder's Union Title quintet yesterday won the league playoff from the Schmid and Smith team at the Fox-Hunt alleys. Pictured above (left to right) is the Union Title team of Snyder, Willis N.. Coval, team sponsor; Harry M. Stilte, Frank P. Huse and Urban K. Wilde.

Hollywood May Be A Second Koverly Kayos Omar Khayyam for Derby

By CHARLES MOREY | |

United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 22-—A dusky freighter that slowly pitched its way westward across the war-tossed Atlantic ocean last summer carried as part of its cargo a young Irish thoroughbred whose name soon may be flashing across the sports pages of America. The youngster, who was taken from his home in the green pastures of Eire and borne to the shores of Yankeeland, is a hand-

° Derby Doings By UNITED PRESS Air Currént—Won his second race at the Jamaica meeting as he wore down K Dorko to take a mile and a sixteenth affair in 1:45 3/5. K Dorko—Displayed unexpected gameness to barely miss winning at Jamaica. Sun Again—Closed well to finish second back of the speedy sprinter Harvard Square at Keeneland. Dogpatch—Was fourth at Keeneland. Salto—Finished a good second in his first start of the year at Jamaica. Fair Call—Disappointed for the second straight time in finishing unplaced at Jamaica. American Wolf—Failed badly to be unplaced at Jamaica. Sir War—Ran a mile and one-sixteenth in 1:45 3/5 to defeat a fair field at Keeneland. More Than Few—Was second back of Sir War. Jean Ferrante—Finished unplaced at Keeneland. Bleu D'Or—Was unplaced at Jamaica.

Denton’s Homer

Wins for Tech

A circuit clout by Francis Denton with the bases empty broke up an extra inning ball game and gave Technical its second straight victory as they conquered the Cathedral nine 7 to 6 on the East side diamond yesterday afterndon. Tech jumped off to an early lead

| There in his first race | country he displayed a brilliant | late - burst of speed and .downed

some son of Fairford, named Hollywood, who has reared his dark grown head in recent weeks as a definite threat for the 68th running of the $75,000 Kentucky Derby on May 2. In all the 67 previous runnings of the Derby only one fureignbred colt has crashed the charmed circle. That was back in 1917

{ when Omar Khayyaih was sent | over from England to drive home

ahead of 14 home breds. Has Raced Three Times But it's not impossible that Hollywood may be the second. He has raced only three times in his brief career and has yet to be defeated. It hasn't mattered to him where they asked him to run: He won in his only race before leaving the “Emerald Isle” and since then he has triumphed at Fair Grounds in New Orleans and at Keeneland in Kentucky. When Hollywood arrived in America he was turned over to Emerson F. Woodward who operates the Valdina farm. Woodward has been searching a long time for a Derby horse an he promptly sent the Irish colt out to graze and gave him a chance to get his shore legs. Late last fall he was “taken up” an shipped to New Orleans. in - this

such a handy sprinter as Grey Dream at six furlongs. After that impressive debut Woodward again rested his colt and - waited for spring. Juicy Odds Drop Hollywood's next race came at Keeneland two weeks ago. He had just been quoted at 100-1 in the opening line of the Derby future book. But those juicy odds dropped abruptly to 20-1 when he kicked mud at his three rivals to win easily going a mile and one-six-teenth. One thing the Irish colt seems to have that a lot of other Derby eligibles are lacking is a liking for distance. And remember the Derby route of a mile and onequarter was never meant for speedsters who run out of gas past the six-furlong mark. Hollywood now is at Chuichill Downs. He may start once more vefore the bugle blows on May 2. His class is uvknown—but don’t hold that against him-—so was Omar Khayyam's, .

by loading the bases. Lafe MeCall's timely single scored two runs. The Greeénclads scored two more in the second stanza while the Irish were tallying one run, but Cathedral | broke loose with a three run splurge in the third to knot the count and added another marker in the fifth. Two runs in the sixth put the Green and White diamondmen ahead momentarily, hit the Irish managed to push across a score in the seventh to deadlock the contest again before Denton’s winning smash in the eighth.

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Tomorrow Tech plays Broad Ripple on the Tech field.

Expensive Jaunt NEW YORK, April 22-It cost the Giants $7500 to travel 2000 superfluous miles with Cleveland on

Read Jack Dempsey's Close-Up

the spring tour. All games were postponed by inclement weather,

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Giant Eckert

George (K. 0.) Koverly kayoed |Ray (The Giant) Eckert in one | minute 15 seconds of the second round last night at the Armory in a “mixed” bout. Koverly who has wrestled here

before donned the boxing gloves last night. Eckert used wrestler's tactics and failed as Koverly pressed the fight all the way. The bout was scheduled for four rounds.

Roche Uses ‘Flying Tackle

In the main wrestling event Dorv Roche, 224, Decatur, Ill., flip-flopped Bad Boy Brown, 225, Chicago, in 17 minutes with a flying tackle, then used a leg split after 10 minutes for the victory. Dave Reynolds, 187, Boise, Idaho, defeated Prince Alaki, 189, Persia, in 21 minutes with a back leg split. Joe Wolf, 189, Toledo, and Carlos Freeman, 193, Indianapolis, wrestled to a draw in the opener.

Huskies Refuse Regatta Date

SEATTLE, Wash., April 22 (U. P.).—The University of Washington, defending champion, announced today it will refuse to compete. in the transplanted Poughkeepsie Regatta this year unless the present tentative date for the classic is changed. The Huckies declined to accept either May 30 or June 6 dates for the Regatta, and said they would forfeit their title if the race is held earlier ‘than June 15. It was explained that the early dates would keép the oarsmen out of school most of the spring term. The spring quarter at Washington ends June 13.

Charley Grimm

May Have a Rabbit's Foot

His Brewers Have Won 6 Straight

By UNITED PRESS Fans of the American associge tion’s seven other clubs hoped today that Manager Charlie Grimm of Milwaukee soon will lose his rabe bit's foot or whatever it is that has

kept the Brewers undefeated thig year. Grimm's charges, who led the league with six victories, pulled their second straight extra-inning cone test out of the fire yesterday, after Minneapolis appeared to have the game on ice. First Baseman Grey Clarke was the hero. The Brewers went into the last of the ninth trailing 6-3— and tied the score on Clarke's single. But Minneapolis came back in the tenth and pounded Pitcher Ray Campbell for three more runs, Again the Brewers scored three runs to tie and then Clarke broke up the ball game by tripling home the wine ning run from first base. The Kansas City Blues, who dropped their first two games of the season, slapped St. Paul, 10-1, to extend their current winning streak to five games and remain tied with Louisville tor second place. Charlie Wensloff held the Saints to five hits. Pitcher Nelson Potter of Louisville slammed a home run in the fifth inning and held the defending champion, Columbus, to six hits, to lead the Colonels to a 4-8 victory. No games were scheduled today,

Butler Nine Loses to I. U.

BLOOMINGTON, April 22 (U, P)), —Right-hander Johnny Logan, Ine {diana university's ace moundsman, {yesterday turned back Butler's nine with six scattered hits to point the Hoosiers to their sixth straight none conference victory, 7-1. Logan, big athlete from Richmond who also starred for I. U. in baskete ball, also contributed tne only home run of the game in the sixth ine ning. Sophomore Harold Miller pitched for Butler as the Bulldogs met their first defeat in four starts. Score; 8

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Indiana Miller and Hunckler; Logan and

Wellman.

Babe Ruth Returns To Movie Lot

HOLLYWOOD, April 22 (U. P), —Babe Ruth was pack at work on a movie lot today, playing a. scene in a Chicago rathskeller instead of hitting home runs. Fully recovering from an attack of pneumonia, the home run king sat and watched a huge lamb roast turning on a spit, while cameras recorded ' the scene in a German beer cellar where Lou Gehrig met his wife for the first time. Ruth's illness, considered serious enough for. him to be placed in a pneumonia jacket, interrupted his movie portrayal of himself for two weeks. The picture, “Pride of the Yankees,” is based on Gehrig's life,

I. A.B. A. Meeting

The Indianapolis Amateur Basee ball association will meet tonight at 7:30 o'clock at City Hall to drafg schedules and draw for park dia monds. City amateur leagues will open Saturday and Sunday. Ase sociation President Clyde Hoffa ree quests that all mandgers and come mittees be represented.

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