Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 June 1942 — Page 21
THURSDAY, JUNE 4 1043
Speaking of Pitchers, Don 't Overlook Claude Passeau
He's Been Beaten, but He Won His Eighth Game Yesterday
By GEORGE KIRKSEY United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW
YORK, June 4—Winning eight games in seven weeks for a
world’s championship club is one thing, and winning ‘em for a sixthplace outfit is a horse of an entirely different color. All praise to Ernie Bonham, the bulky Yankee righthander who yesterday clicked off his eighth straight triumph, but save a few cheers for Claude Passeau, Cubs’ ace righthander whe likewise hung up his
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¥ (2-1, in 14 innings, to the Braves,
jeighth victory. Unlike Bonham,
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Mitt Program Completed for Friday Night
Louis (Whitey) Hewitt, local lightweight, and Pvt. Frank Whitner of Ft. Harrison, have been matched in the four-round opening bout on the Sports Arena fight card to be staged tomorrow night, com-
| Passeau has been beaten, not oncepleting the program.
but three times. But Passeau hasn't pitched a bad game all season. His three losses were to the Reds,
[3-2, and to the Phillies 4-2. Passeau has beaten every club in the loop except the Braves and the Dodgers land he hasn't yet pitched against |Brooklyn. He'll get his first shot ‘at the Dodgers next Sunday.
: Russell Homers i | Passeau turned in a superlative
Passeaun . . . up with Bonham.
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Bowling Notes
Members of all women’s leagues © that bowled at the Central allevs during the past season, will be dinner guests of Johnny Beam tomorrow night at the Seville restaurant. It was previously announced that winning teams oniy would be entertained by Mr. Beam, operator of the Central alieys, but this announcement was in error and all members of the loops are invited to attend. Reservations may be made through Hallie Striebeck at RI-0078.
The “Bowlers’ Jamboree” tourna-| ment gets under wav at 6 o'clock|
|job yesterday, subduing the Giants, l6-2. After Rip Russell hit a homer
Hewitt will be making his second
start as a professional, having graduated recently from Times-Legion Golden Gloves ranks. Whitner is a stablemate of Pvt. Richie Shinn, American-born Korean soldier, who will clash with Phil Smith, Cincin-
‘nati lightweight, in a six-rounder
on the bill. Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A. C. is sending Al Sheridan, local middleweight, against Gene (Baby Face) Luker, also of Cincinnati, in the 10-round main
with the bases loaded in the first (inning off Tom Sunkel, who suf-] fered his first loss, it was no con[test for Passeau. His only real jam, was in the fifth when, with the! bases loaded and two out, he per-| suaded Big Jim to hoist to center fielder Phil Cavaretta. Passeau has) now beaten the Giants, Pirates and
pound Allison defense worker,
event. The six-round semi-windup will pair welterweights Robert Simmons, undefeated Indianapolis belt er, and Benton Cobbins, of Macon, Ga. A special four-round heavyweight
(skirmish will be a feature of the
program. Gene (Tiny) Bland, 235has
Reds each twice and the Phils and been rematched with Robert Don-
the Cards once. Bonham is slipping. He gave the; ‘White Sox eight hits yesterday. jbeating them 4-1. It was the most] | hits any club has made off him this |season. Joe Kuhel spoiled Bontham’s shutout with a homer against la right field girder in the sixth. Joe; |DiMaggios 10th homer with two | {mates on in the third sewed up the! game. The Yanks have now won! {nine of their last 10 games and lead | {the American league by Tl: games. | Although the Dodgers were idle because weather caused postpone-! iment of their night game with Pittsburgh, the Flatbush crew] picked up half a game in the Na-| onal League race and now have a ¢ game margin. a Boston Braves, who can’t lick | the Dodgers but who torment every- | body else, trimmed the Cards, 3 § iin an army-navy twilight relief game before 11.477 at St. Louis. Lou Tost, rookie southpaw, got credit for his sixth victory although he had to have relief from Johnny Sain.| Ernie Lombardi’s single drove in the | winning tally. The Cards filled the] bases in the ninth with only one out! ™ but Enos Slaughter lined to First ; Baseman Max West, who stepped on| the bag for a double play.
Reds Boot Another
tonight at the Pennsylvania alleys, |
with 105 duos signed. With the entry list open through
The Cincinnati Reds booted away! their second straight game last
i nell,
{at Stout stadium. Riverside
218-pound local iceman. Donnell holds a four-round decision over Bland.
Softball Notes
Hal Mahaney, pitching for BE. C. Atkins, hurled a no-hit, no-run game last night as the Sawmakers thumped MarmonHerrington, 12 to 0 in a War Stamp | league game at Speedway stadium. He also struck out 17 batsmen in the seveninning contest. Tonight's Speedway schedule for the Co-operative ieague is: 7—L. 8. Ayres vs. Goldsmith Seco. 8—Electric Steel Casting vs. Ertel Machine. $—Polk Milk Co. vs.
Slovenian Home.
Results at Sortoall stadium Inst night: J. D. Adams, 9; Hoosier Vi r, Shilsdale Nursery, 6 Y& A « 6 Fountain uare Tavern ght’ Manufacturer league iu: thall stadium hwitzer-Cummins vs. Allison V's 8: 15—Tndisnapolis Street Railway
an a . A. : 9 Indiana Gear vs. Curtiss-Wright.
for 0 —8¢ vs.
Rose's Grill plated 12 runs last night held the Lukas-Harold Corp. te 3 for an Em-Roe Independent league victory musement Sorc. 8 9-to-3 decision over Merz i= ring Co. in the other Itague tilt “Tonight: s Industrial league schedule for
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13 Get Baseball Letters at Park
Thirteen members of the Park school baseball team have been awarded varsity monograms, The team won four and lost this year,
six
Letter winners are Vachel An-| Smiley |
derson, Charles Bennett, Chambers, Tom Cunningham, Bob Dedaker, Van Duncan, Tom Fox, Archie Harris, Wally Lee, Mackie Miner, Capt. Carleton Palmer, Frank Rabb, Sandy Taggart and Student Manager Bill Fisher.
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innings, before a crowd of 11,047 at, Cincinnati. Bert Haas, subbing at first for the injured Frank McCor-| mick, dropped a throw from Eddie Joost which would have been the| third out in the fourth, letting in| ‘a run. Livingston's single and Mel-| ton's double accounted for the winning tally in the 10th after two Paul Derringer gave the | Phils only five hits. The St. Louis Browns knocked Sid Hudson out of the box in the second inning, scored six runs and went on to beat the Senators, 9-5, before T7000 at Washington. The Browns made 15 hits off Hudson, | Wilson and Masterson. Jack Knott held the Tigers to six hits and the Athletics beat Detroit, 5-1. Hal White, rookie pitcher, was breezing along in good shape until he hit Jack Wallaesa, A's shortstop, in the head in the fifth. |It apparently unnerved him and lthe A’s shoved over three runs. Wallaesa apparently suffered no ill effects. The Tigers’ defeat enabled ithe idle Indians to move back into {second place.
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Louis Won't Fight Southpaws For They Box Upside Down
By HARRY GRAYSON Times Special Writer
NEW YORK, June 4-—Melio Bettina may never get a crack at Pvt. Joseph Louis Barrow, but if he doesn’t he'll quit the ring with a
rare distinction.
Salica Pounds Out 10-Round Verdict.
VANCOUVER, B. C, June ¢ (U. 2). ~World Bantamweight Cham-
‘| sion Lou Salica, 119, New York, took
1 10-round non-title bout decision ‘ast night from Ken Lindsay, 121, Vancouver, B. C. After attacking Salica throughaut the match, Lindsay went all-out in the last round, but the cham-
Gopher Seeks $4000 Football Contract
AUSTIN, Minn, June 4 (U, P.). —Warren Plunkett, University of Minnesota quarterback, was understood to be negotiating today for a $4000 contract with the Cleveland Rams professional football team which would enable him to train for a naval reserve commission at
. PAGE 21 would leave here Aug. 10 to play with the Rams but 'Dr. George Hauser, Gopher football coach, said the youth told him Tuesday he would play at Minnesota this fall, Plunkett is eligible for another year of Big Ten competition. The Minnesota quarterback was unavailable for comment. Cleveland’ club officials said they had been ne= gotiating with him but denied that a contract had been signed.
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Bettina will be the only man the distinguished private ever refused to fight. The Beacon Light gladly would trade this honor for a whack at
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pion’s experience, and a few wellFriends of Plunkett reported he
vlaced rights, gave him the decision.
the crown, however, for in addition to professing to believe he has a chance, how could he possibly make more money faster? It's entirely the fault of Bettina’s parents, who neglected to turn him around as a child. Bettina is, you see, a lefthander. “And I don’t fight southpaws,”
any heavyweight champion in history — the countering Charley Massera, the elusive Lee Ramage and Patsy Perroni, the awkeward Hans Birkie and the cagey Natie Brown, among them-—sev-eral of them when he easily could have been retarded en route to the heights. This was something in the way of additional evidence that Joe Louis had something extra before he had full opportunity to prove it conclusively.
Lefties Box Upside Down
chject to tackling a southpaw? Because the lad with his right fist and foot extended does everything upside down. Most orthodox fighters experience difficulty getting around southpaws.
Taylor would have no truck with
the Terre Haute Terror.
southpaws.
lead. Louis Could Whip Him
tina because in addition to being able to do that, Smoky Joe has the quickest right hand that ever
der. But Joe Louis is strictly in
among themselves.
Belting . . . all alone. waving at each other. -
says Pvt. Joe Louis, emphatically. | Nook ub, a pair of fighters are do-
So Bob Pastor, Billy Conn, Lee Savold and possibly Tami Mauriello have Louis all to themselves. I can’t say I blame the Brown Bomber. He has a right to be choosy at this stage of the game. He fought more spoilers than
ously.
why they so seldom meet.
of—or away from—the arena.
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Why does an orthodox fighter
in and |
Louis is not the first good fight- | er to duck a southpaw. Buddy |
a left-hander while he was belt- | ing the better bantams and feath- | ers around. Once was enough for | Lew Tendler bothered Benny Leonard the first trip because he | was perhaps the daddy of all Leonard caught up with Tend-
ler by taking his jab and dropping | a left hook across his right-hand |
I suspect Louis would take Bet-
swung from a big fellow’s shoul- :
favor of letting southpaws fight |
Ever see two of them at it? | They look like a couple of blokes |
For, you see, when southpaws | ing things backward simultane- |
In addition to the scarcity of southpaws, this is another reason
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