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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1942
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Tribe Starts Road Trip; Returns Home May 12 For Night Tilt
SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
THE PURDUE athletic news service bureau sends word that the Boilermaker football boys are doing all right in spring training and that Head Coach Elmer Burnham's policy of “football for all” has met with an enthusiastic reception by the grid candidates, The long spring session has been devoted to installing the new type of short punt offensive with which the Boilermakers will blosforth this fall, . Coach Burnham has tentatively divided his players into two groups. In order to be prepared for a double schedule, a varsity card of ten major eames that opens against Fordham's Sugar Bowl champions at Purdue on Sept. 26. and a “B” schedule, the Boilermaker mentor has literally split his squad down the middle for the final
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week of spring drills In making the division, Burnham emphasized the fact that the present alignment of candidates is anything but definite, and that
frequent shifts between groups will be made this fall as candidates
develop Expected to form the nucleus of the varsity squad that will face this fall's strenuous intercollegiate card, Burnham has named an A" group of 42 players, while the “B” contingent includes another group of approximately 45 players,
Four From Indianapolis In ‘A’ Group
DESPITE THE FACT that players who put in more than half f the time on the gridiron for the Boilermakers last fall have been lost by graduation or to the armed services, Burnham's “"A™ group lettermen, and is expected to be reinforced this fall by four other major lettermen who were not available for tice. including Tony Berto, Walter Cook. aand Bob Chester, and LaVern King, end didates from Indianapolis in Purdue’s “A” group of gridders 1d Herbert Seidel], centers: Raymond Stoltiing, . Wilhlam Shimer, South-
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Blackburn and Bestudik Pace Indians
AFTER SEVEN GAMES Wayne Blackburn, the outfielder-in-fielder. is leading the Indianapolis Indians at bat in percentage with the huge mark of 444 . _ . He also topped the team in its Florida exhibition games. . . . Joe Bestudik is the leader in the “slugging” runs batted Both players batted over the 300 mark for the Indians last Blackburn was the 1941 team leader and Bestudik was « « Team figures for the 1942 games:
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AB H 2 3 HR RBI PCY. Blackburn cocciieniiiniene 0 12 1 0 0 2 REL Bestudik ...coieniiiiennna 8 9 3 2 1 9 2301 SKelley .i.ccititiniincecinn 0 Y 0 2 0 4 350 McCarthy co.cocennencaened 20 8 1 1 0 i 269 Powell citeetitisetiiens 2 8 ] 9 0 4 203 Galateer ...ccieecciccecees 8 1 0 e e 0 250 NODI® (iiciitiitaianicecee NB 6 2 1 0 3 214 Hartnett c..cciciieciinianl 10 2 0 0 0 2 200 ROQEIS coieercnctaccnccnan 3 0 0 0 1 Rb. PASE Jiiiidiiiitiretaen 13 1 1 0 0 2 oT Hult cian 13 1 0 1 0 2 on : #® & gS oS 8 ‘ IN SLIGHTLY more than 18 months—from Oct. 1940 to April
1042—the minor baseball leagues contributed 725 players to the armed forces and 311 to defense work, a total of 1036, it is revealed by National association headquarters Although Class D leagues outhumbered all others and it was believed they were facing the biggest drain, it develops that circuits in Class B were the hardest hit . . . The B's gave up 290; D's, 267; Cs 200; AA's, 134; A-1's, 95 and 1-A 41
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Amateurs Open| Baseball Card | Saturday
Dale Miller Named I. A. B. A. Secretary
The Indianapolis amateur baseball season will begin Saturday and Dale Miller, former Indianapolis | | Indiang’ secretary, will act as secretary for the amateur baseball as- | sociation. | Scheduled for play Saturday fis the Manufacturers league: Falls City vs. Kingan at Rhodius No, 1} E. C. Atkins vs. Stewart-Warner at |Garfield, and U. 8. Tires vs. P. R. Mallory at Riverside No. 2. | Four players were reinstated as, [amateurs last night at the eity hall] meeting. They are Jim Tobin, Bd Marcum, Bd Dersch and Chester Francis. i Marcum With Mallory's Marcum and Dersch went South [this spring with the locel Indians. Marcum will hurl for the P, R. Mal- | lory nine. Dersch may pitch for U. S. Rubber, Tobin who played [last year with the Indianapolis fireI men in the Indiana-Ohio league will play with Mallory's while Francis, outfielder last year with Ovwens- | boro in the Kitty league, will play! for Stewart-Warner, As I. A B.A. secretary Miller sue-!| ceeds W. L. Jensen who has re-! : ‘ signed to take a new position in| for the first time this year. another city. | |
Tine se in ans Bed Streaks Thump Tech
| loop. i Soldier Tilt Postponed | The Quartermasters’ Detachment | last night became the sixth team (to enter the Sunday Municipal (league. The Ft. Harrison nine will (be composed of soldiers permanently stationed at the fort and is spon-
[Sores by Capt. Harold F. Drew.
turers league is the only Saturday, Times Special
TERRE HAUTE, April 23 -—Wiley of Terre Haute easily won its third (dual track and field meet of the] \ / 'season here yesterday defeating Lonnie Heightchew who directed [Tech of Indianapolis, 74 to 43. the Falls City Hi-Brus in the city| Kenneth Kinney series last vear will manage the Ft. B | Harrison team.
| Red Streak hurdler, set a new Terre Haute and ) | Wabash valley record when he was) | Sundays game between the clocked in :238 for the 200-yard| Quartermasters’ Detachment and | low hurdles. > Falls City has been postponed be- | Wiley won six firsts and Tech, cause neither team has had enough five, but the Red Streaks piled up practice. They will start their cam- points by winning both relay races. paigns May 3 and play the post- Summary: poned tilt later as part of a double: |
' | 100-Yard Dash-—-Won by Volk (T):| header. | Blackwell {W), second; Kendall (W), third. | | Time, 10.7. Army-Navy Twilight Games | Mile Run wan by Corridan Ny Knip-| e (W), secon Trapp (TY, third. Time, | | Big Six schedule for Sunday is|'{iivard Dash—Won by Criss (wii! Eagles vs. Boulevard Tap Room at Smith HAL second; Sellmer (T), third. vers 9 of of [ime, . Pang No. 2; Armour vs. Sacks Shot Put Wan BN Benjamin AE Bur. ¥, ‘ts | i ris (TH), second: eine (W), third. 18[Auto Parts at Rhodius No. 2 and fuhce. ds Teer 1 inch. |Schwitzer-Cummins vs. Moose ‘at! 120-Yard High Hurdles—Won by Kin- | Riverside No. 5 ns AR Th , Second; Ethington | S . tW), third. Time, 5.2 { Munici . Broad Jump--Won by Bover (TT): Miller| cipal league schedule for (T), second: Smith (W), third. Distance, {Sunday is: Gold Medal Beers vs. 18 feet 2 Inches. “ ‘ 0 { | -Yar un ‘on by Queller (WW), [Leonard Cleaners at Rhodius No. Cook wh second; Warrenburg (T), third. y Allison vs, ir i ime, 2:03.7, | | : Empire Life at "WSN pah—won be ver (1: Brookside No. 1: and Ft. Harrison Blackwell (Wy 4 Seeond; McCormack (T),
> > > third. Time, 234, \ vs. Falls City Beer (to be played| Pole Vault—Won by Burris (T): Brown
May 3). {Wh second: Blodgett (W), third. Height, : cet nenes, The Capital City schedule for | W00-Yard Low Hurdles Won by Kinney { yo ) . EAAN ngton (W), second: endrick {Sunday: St. Roch's vs. Usher Fu- | 7) ‘third. Time. ‘238.
{Betters city and neral Home at Riverside No. 4 and| Wabash valley records.)
| High Jump—Won by Pedlow (T): Moore Southport Merchants vs. Keystone! (w) and Hilton (W) tied for second and
os’ S J third. Height, 5 feet 11 inches. Boys Town at Garfield No. 3. Mile Relay Won by | Wiley {Queller, TS #Bfth YY. A B A: loop is the Cook, Smith, Criss): Wiley, second: Tech, third. Time, 3:42.77
Army-Navy Twilight league that| 8so-vara Relav Won by Wiley (Black- > 3 > > well, Jackson, Kendall, Kinney): Tech, | will begin play next month, second: Wiley, third. Time, 1:37.4.
Baseball at a Glance
RESULTS YESTERDAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Milwaukee ............ To AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Liowisvitte ......coo0000 5 2 J14| No games scheduled. ansas NN gr 5 2 Ju J PAY Jrgua 3. . § 45 AMERICAN LEAGUE Re ii icity 3 4 Jd Bostonm .... 0000 404 100 013—13 17 2? Minneapolis .......... 2 5 J286 | Washington . ...... 002 002 000— 4 9 2 PAM oo oiicioiines ° 8 L000 Judd and Peacock; Wynn, Carrasquel, Masterson, McCullough and Evans. AMERICAN LEAGUE St. Louly ........... 000 001 100—2 § 1 Ww. Pet. | Cleveland .. ...... 200 0ix— 3 9 0 NeW FORE ....cioco0ins 2 50 Muncrief and Swift; Kennedy and DeBatten... o.cooiaiiin. 2 130 | sautels. Cleveland ............. 3 623 BOREL i iairennaind 3 Sob petroit ooo 100 000 00— 1 R&R 0 St.Louis ....cocooiiii 8 5 300 | Chica, visaasetases JOL QOL. OfX~— 8 8 0 Chicago ...... 3 Nd Bridges, Newhouser and Tebbets: DietFaihington . 6 333! rich, Ross and Tresh. Philadelphia 3 R44 Philadelphia Cetanian 4 x Me-3 4d ! : § New York . tingens v8 2 Xo RE NATIONAL LEAGUE Beckman, Fowler and Hayes; Chandler Ww. L. Pet. | and Dickey. Bruel giana 3 3 pr MEER ciiciiiiains s 68% y + ne RABBIS uacciescisnn 5 3 633 NATIONAL LEAGUE NEW YOrk «<..iiaiiiine 1 3 300 (Twelve Innings) SBR... iililoai 4 5 444 | Brooklyn ....... 0ni—t 6 2 DIMBOARE ov iceetecen 3 5 333 Boston... ...... ono 0 000— 0 1 neinnRatE. << iii. 2 3 988 Wyatt, Casey and Sullivan: Tobin and Philadelphia ......... 3 8 250 | Lombardi. Ginoinnali Sesiiiaus Ss oe 30} 1 a : ME y St, LOUIS ....ouiii:ss 2 30x— GA S TODAY Riddle, I. Moore and Hemsley, Lamanno; AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Gumbert and Mancuso. INDIANAPOLIS at Columbus, > Louisville at Toledo. Ne ak Civeieies 000 201 000— 3 6 1 Milwaukee at St. Paul. BEC SABKRE : 000 0 1 Kansas City at Minneapolis. Koslo and Danning: Hughes and Warren. r= Chicage ............. 000 010 000— 1 Y 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Pittsburgh _ ..... 202 300 x— 9 10 0
3 Erickson, E:ves, Fleming, Kush and MeCullougl , Heriander: Hamlin ind Phelps.
The Hitters
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Philadelphia at New York. Boston at Washi
ton, Chicago at Detroit. Cleveland at St. Louis,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn at Boston New York at Philadelphia. G AB PCT, Cincinnati at Pittsburgh. Gordon, New York .. 8 30 4&4 14 .46Y St. Louis at Chicago. Campbell, she .... 9 33 4 14 400 Dickey, New York TW 4 10 400 DiMaggio, Boston . 8 3% 11 13 .3%2 Estalella, Wash. ..... 9 32 TT 12 3) NATIONAL LEAGUE \ J G AB R H PCT, | Musial, St. Louis .... 8 33 R 13 .394| Slaughter, St. Louis . 7 2 6 10 385) Moore, St. Louis .... 3 6 1v 50 Sanders, St. Louis... 8 30 4 11 367] Fernandez, Boston 9 40 4 14 330]
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OLD GOLF
Doctor Scores Ace
Dr. Edward Goll made a hole-in-' one yesterday when he sank his No. 8 iron tee shot on the 16th hole at Speedway. Witnesses were T. V. Petranoff, M. M. Dugan and L. A. Martin, all doctors.
Indianapolis Senior In Purdue's Outfield
Three newcomers ard a veteran have been doing the bulk of the outfield work for Purdue's baseball team. Left to right they are . Paul Friend, West Lafayette; Carl Hipp, Johnstown, Pa.; William Carson, Cincinnati, and Bob Kersey, Washington of Indianapolis. Friend and Hipp are sophomores. Carson is a veteran senior. Kersey, senior and football star, is trying his hand at the diamond sport. The Boilermakers will appear here next Tuesday against Butler.
If Requested Regains His Flamingo Form—It's Roses
By CHARLES MOREY
United Press
into co-favoritism at 4 to 1 with
68th running of the $75,000 Kentucky Derby on May 2.
The race, of course, was the § mile and one-eighth route at Hialeah park last February. Requested, who had received nothing but bad notices from the turf critics, ran so brilliantly in the Flamingo that overnight he became the champ of the winter three-year-olds and was hailed as the horse to beat in the derby. One of Courage The story of the Flamingo is of courage. Placed in 15th post position in the 16-horse field and forced to break from outside the starting gate, Requested was away s0 badly he seemed left, and was far back as the field jammed together in the run to the first turn. With iron-nerved Eddie Arcaro sitting “still” on him, Requested trailed for the first three quarters of a mile. Then with the drive on, and the early leaders tiring, the Whitaker colt started his rush to the lead. Arcaro weaved him through the pack and when the bulky field straightened away for the run to the wire, Requested was in front and he steadily widened out to win galloping by lengths. Will Run Saturday Requested then was given a vacation which lasted seven weeks. He was kept in Florida for a month and then was shipped north to Maryland. He made his first start since the Flamingo in the Chesapeake states last Saturday and showed his rustiness by struggling home in third position behind Colchis and Alsab. The Whitaker hopeful will get his final prep for the derby in the $25,000 Wood Memorial Saturday. There again, he will meet Colchis and also Apache, the major hope of the East for the Blue Grass classic. Unless he fails completely in the Wood he will be shipped on a Kentucky-bound train the next day. The case for Requested can be put briefly. Speed and courage. He has both. He is a son of Questionnaire and the Derby route of a mile and one-quarter should not trouble him. If he can regain his Flamingo form he may get the Derby roses on May 2.
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Silent Hoosiers
Edward Patton will hurl for the Silent Hoosiers against the Tech nine at Tech. Leslie Massey will be behind the plate. Meanwhile the deaf school's track team will host Crispus Attucks Saturday afternoon.
LAST 8 NIGHTS
ROLLE DERBY
Indianapolis vs. New York
FAIRGROUNDS COLISEUM Res. —TA. 4555 party at
Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 23.—One winning game doesn't make a great pitcher. One winning knockout doesn’t establish 3 champion fighter, But one great race by Texas Ben Whitaker's Requested has built him
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Team Loses
Winning eight first places and scoring grand slams in the low hurdles and the half-mile run, Wabash college yesterday defeated Indiana
New Pitcher
Joins Squad
In Columbus
It's the Home Opener For the Red Birds
Times Special COLUMBUS, O., April 23.--The Columbus Red Birds, the defending
:| champions of the American associ=
ation, were to lift the lid today on their home season out at Red Bird stadium, Furnishing the visiting attraction were the Indianapolis Indians, piloted by jovial Gabby Hartnett, who has many admirers in Colume pus and in this section of Ohio. Eddie Dyer made his home debut as the Red Birds' skipper. Colum bus fans were to see..many new faces on both teams along with several holdovers from the 1941 season when the Birds finished first and the Redskins sixth. Woodie Rich, righthander, was slated to toss 'em off the mound for the Indians today. Earl Reid also Is ready. Manager Harnett exe pected to do the Tribe catching.
Brecheen for Birds Harry Brecheen, southpaw, and
8 Tommy Heath were nominated as
the Red Birds’ battery, Today's contest was scheduled to get under
A (way at 3 p. m. (2 p. m. Indianapolis
time). The Columbus management reported a heavy advance sale of
tickets and hoped to fill the park at the opener. Some observers pre= dicted the crowd would reach 12,000, The Red Birds were welcomed home last night by a reception committee and a throng of fans, The players were carted in fire trucks around the downtown dis= trict. The Indians made the trip here by train, arriving last night. President Owen J. Bush and Vice President Frank E. McKinney of the Indians planned to attend the Bird opener, coming hy auto today.
Records Are Even In a series at Indianapolis the
| Central, 832: to 47's, in a dual track | and field meet at University Heights,
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Hoban IC), M. Davis
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M. Davis (W), Byerrun
| #3 +" Mue > tied for second and | H third, Time, :55.6. Draws Four orses 120-Yard High Hurdles—B. Davis (W), JonLision (IC), McConnell (W). Time, LEXINGTON, Ky, April 28 (U.| 220-Yard Low Hurdles—Niebur (W). B
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and Bau 3 Jw tied for second
Time, : est Kentucky Derby preps—the $10,- | ,380-Y&d RUb—Rich (W), Mos (W),
000 Blue Grass Stakes—drew only| Mile Run--Forbes (W), Rich (W), Ad- | “ams (IC). Time, 4:52.8. | four starters for its 18th running at| Ac No-mile Run. Forbes (W). Miller (IC), 130 . Adams (IC). Time, 11:06.4. | Keeneland park today but 12,000 Pole Vault-—-McConnell (W), Hiatt (IC), ‘curious hardboots thronged the pic- Noel (IC). Height, 10 feet 10 inches. | Broad Jump—Dowd (W), Moffat (W),
ture-book track to see for them(selves which of the four will carry | [their hopes and their dollars in the
Owens (IC). Distance, 19 feet 2's inches,
High Jump-—-Johnston (IC) and Hiatt (IC) tied for first and second. Niebur (W),
| Dowd (W) and Champlin (IC) tied for {big show on May 2. | third, Height, 5 feet 7 inches. Shot Put--Crowe (IC), Coldwell (W)
The small field was composed of | gjoomingdale (IC). {the Greentree duo of Devil Diver inches.
Distance, 43 feet 23%
. ’ Javelin—Meier (IC) and Byerrum (W) and Shut Out, Col. E. R. Bradley's tied for first and second, Catlin (IC). Dis- | Bless Me and H. P. Headley's Equi- | tance, 130 feet 9'2 inches. Inox Discus—Crowe (IC), Dowd (W), Moe : (W), Distance, 124 feet '¢ inch.
| Birds won two out of three from the
ot . | Tribesters but lost ground in Louis=
| ville by dropping three out of four, |The Tribe split a four-game series with “the Toledo Mud Hens at Ine dianapolis. Birds and Indians are even in the standing at three won and: four lost. Ray Poat, young pitcher obtained from Cleveland on option, was due to join the Redskins here today. With today’s game, the Indians are launching a long road trip and will be on the go in enemy parks until May 12, when they return home to open the night ball sea=son, playing Louisville. Yesterday was an open date in the American association and all teams were idle.
Gabby Swatter CHICAGO, April 23.—Bill Nichol son, Cub outfielder, talks to hime self at the plate, says it keeps him
from tightening up.
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