Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 June 1942 — Page 23

THE Brooklyn Dodgers played the Blues an exhibition game in Kansas City Monday and sportsgoers there are still fuming over the manner in which the National league leaders made a travesty of the contest before more

than 10,000 cash customers. Writing in the Kansas City Star, Clyde E. McBride, veteran sports editor, penned*a sizzling column about the whole thing and we guess he’s still hot under the collar over Dodger Manager Leo Durocher’s attitude. » . . In part, McBride dished it out to the big leaguers in this fashion: “The cause of baseball enjoyed no uplift in any way through the visit of the Brooklyn Dodgers to Kansas City. Undoubtedly the club | Yost friends and long-distance rooters. Possibly ¥ Leo Durocher never had any friends in Kansas ; City, but it can be fairly truthfully spoken that he didn't make any. “All because the Brooklyn management didnt live up to its agreement—mot only failing to bring its complete playing cast to Kansas City, : but making a travesty of the game to the chagrin x and disgust of a vast majority of the more than 10.000 cash customers “The customers wanted to see Pete Reiser in center field, Billy Herman at second base, they wanted a glimpse of Dolph Camilli at first and at least a peep at Whitlow Wyatt, who once served a brief but popular term in a regulation Blue uniform. None of them was in Kansas City. “It had been announced that the full Brooklyn layout would be on hand and the customers bought their tickets in that faith. . « « Kansas City club officials held they were the victims of some degree of cross, akin to the double.

Leo Durocher

Durocher ‘Too Busy’ to Be Courteous

“NOR DID Mr. Durocher himself prove a gracious visitor. Here he was in a city off his regular beat, with no pennant game on tab for the day or night, but in the position of wearing the official toga of major league baseball, representing the majesty of major league baseball in one of the great minor league cities of the nation and vet he was too busy’ to be interviewed, ‘too busy’ to let a photographer have one pose of him, and so lacking in common courtesy as to kang up the telephone receiver in the inguirer’s ear. «Mr. Durocher indeed must have been a very busy man after his noon-day arrival in Kansas City Monday, but with Kansas City men connected with baseball he did himself no good and he did no betier with the baseball paying public at the night game.

Lippy Leo's Act Fails to Go Over

“DUROCHER wasn’t even funny when he ‘put on an act’ umpire-baiting the first time he appeared at the plate in the role of a batter. However, his exaggerated demeanor at this time at least was a personal recognition of his reputation as a baiter of umpires, one of the rowdiest of major league leaders in the modern history of the game. “Of course, the Brooklyn club—or any other major league organtzation—has no ruling force compelling it to play ‘exhibition games in minor league cities, but when a major league club commits itself to such an undertaking and fans to the number of 10,000 and more pay their money In good faith the recipients of that money should tune their actions to the same standard. Otherwise, theyre taking money under false pretenses.”

Dodgers’ Share Close to $6000

ALSO COMMENTING on the “smell” the Dodgers left behind them in Kansas City, Dan Parker, New York Daily Mirror sports editor, put in his oar, as follows: “If the copper in the wires between Kansas City and Brooklyn were melted the other day, it was because of the red hot telegram George Weiss, head of the New York Yankee farm system, sent to L. S. MacPhail, president of the Dodgers. “Weiss says MacPhail promised him he would send the firsttiring Dodger team to Kansas City for an exhibition game with the vankee farm club Monday. Instead, many of the regulars went on to St. Douis. “Despite the deception practiced on the Kansas City crowd, the Dodger management accepted a check for close to $6000 for the engagement.”

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Times Special KANSAS CITY, Mo. June 12.— Instrumental in shaving Kansas City’s league lead over the secondplace Milwaukee Brewers, the Indianapolis Indians also benefited themselves When they snatched yesterday's delayed series opener, 4 to 3, in 11 innings, by forging \ahead of Columbus and taking over | fifth place in the American association standings. And tonight there will be a double go-around With the pacemaking ‘Blues out at Ruppert stadium, first game starting in the twilight, the second under the lights. In the “morning line” it was indicated that Bob Logan and Steve |Rachunok would be tonight's Tribe |starting pitchers and with Ray Volpi and Renaldo Ardizoia due for the Blues. This evening's twin bill will close out the series as the In|dians are booked to open a long series in Milwaukee tomorrow.

Bestudik Breaks It Up

Bustin’ Joe Bestudik busted up the contest here yesterday afternoon by ramming out a single with the bases loaded in the 11th. The game was deadlocked at 2-all from the sixth stanza ‘till the 11th, with ‘both sides scoring in the second lextra round, but happily for the Redskins, they ‘collected two markers in the 11th to only one| by the Blues. } Like you hear in football, the losing side “won the statistics.” The losing Blues got 11 hits to eight for the Indians and had 12 runners stranded to only six by the Redskins.

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Up! Tribe Takes Over Fifth Position

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George Gill, the Tribe's starting pitcher, was effective in the clutch | and lasted it out until the ninth| when Chief Elon Hogsett went to; his rescue. Then in the 11th Walter Tauscher rescued Hogsett.| Johnny Johnson and Frank Shea toiled on the Kansas City mound | land the former was the loser. He| was relieved in the 11th by Shea. |

Blues Draw First Blood

The Blues got off to a one-run lead in the first frame and the In| dians tied it up in the third. I'm) the fourth the Tribesters counted | again and the Blues evened it up| in the sixth. | In the 11th Wayne Blackburn singled, advanced on a passed ball and idled on third as Bob Seeds) and Johhny McCarthy drew free tickets. Bestudik stepped up and singled sharply off Shortstop George | Scharein’s glove, Blackburn and | Seeds scoring. Shea relieved John- | {son and checked the rally. In the Kansas City 11th Hogsett got into a hole and turned the Tribe pitching over to Tauscher with one out and the bases loaded. Ang Tauscher pitched out of the trouble, although one run scored.

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ST. LOUTS, Mo. June 12 (U. P.) —Ray Hayworth, veteran major league catcher, today was named manager of the Rochester Red Wings, St. Louis Cardinal farm

club in the International League, subject to procurement of waivers from other National league teams. Branch Rickey, manager of the Cardinal farm organizations, announced also that Estil Crabtreg veteran outfielder, who was sent three weeks ago to manage the Rochester team, would be returned to the Cardinals. Rickey said that Crabtree had done a good job, but that he had not been able to play every day Jue to illness and to an ankle injury. The team needed a playing manager, he said, and Hayworth will be in a good position te direct the team from behind the bat. The Rochester team is in eighth place.

Amateur Tennis

The Indianapolis Amateur Tennis league's second meeting to discuss plans for the summer program on municipal tennis courts will be held at the city hall board of works room Tuesday night, June 16, at 7:30 p. m. Players and teams not affiliated with the league are invited to attend the meeting, which will be devoted largely to methods of assuring evenly-matched combinations for team play on alternate Suhdays during the summer months.

‘Little’ Lesson in Golf

Little, Mangrum Fire Best Ball 62 in Inverness Golf

TOLEDO, O., June 12 (U. P.).—The dark-horse tandem of Lloyd

brilliant pace as the eighth annual

of the day as 16 selected professionals began shooting for the $7600 in cash and war bonds. Hogan, Demaret Plus 4 Little shot five birdies in the first

land Sam Byrd, 65; Herman Keiser

and Chandler Harper, 68. Picard- | Byrd, plus three.

St. Mary's Coach Reports for Duty

MORAGA, Cal, June 12 (U. P.).— Norman (Red) Strader, head coach of the St. Mary's college football team, reports for duty at Annapolis Monday as a lieutenant in ‘the navy’s physical fitness program. With both Strader and Assistant | Coach Eddie Erdelatz in the service, | the only remaining varsity coach at St. Mary’s is Marty Kordick, who may become head coach. The athletic board will meet soon, perhaps today, to take action. Strader was a star back at St.| Mary's in 1925. He played big league paseball with Cleveland before be- | coming head football coach at Regis | college, Denver. He returned in| 1932 to St. Mary's as assistant to] Slip Madigan and took over when | Madigan resigned in 1940,

Army Foothall Teams to Play For Charity

First Game Carded for Aug. 28 in Los Angeles

WASHINGTON, June 12 (U, PJ). —The army will put two football teams into action—made up of for-

mer college and professional greats —jn six weeks of charity games against the country’s mightiest professional teams, it was learned voday. An army spokesman said they will pegin practice in August with the first game scheduled against the Washington Redskins in the Los Angeles coliseum on Aug. 28.

Army All-Stars

One team will play in the western half of the country and the other in the east. The eastern outfit will open in the New York Polo Grounds against the New York Giants Sept. 12. Games with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Jersey City on Sept. 16 and the Chicago Bears at Fenway park, Boston, on Sept. 20, will follow. The schedules have not been completed. In addition, a game usually played between the Giants and the college all-stars in New York will match the Giants against the army all-stars instead, the spokesman said. Wade, Eastern Coach

Wallace Wade, former coach of the Duke Blue Devils, now an army major, will coach the eastern team if he can be spared from military duties. A third team, separate from the other squads and possibly reinforced by navy and marine players, is tentatively scheduled to participate in the Chicago game usually played between the pro champs and the nation’s college all-stars] Plans for this event still are indefinite, but it has been decided to allow the army players to participate in the game to some degree, the spokesman admitted.

Novikoff Says No

CHICAGO, June 12—Lou Novikoff denies he is a guess hitter. The Cub outfielder says the only time he guessed, the pitch almost tore his head off.

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Cards’ Manager To Get Award

ST. LOUIS, June 12 (U. P)— Manager Billy Southworth, whose St. Louis Cardinals nearly won the National league pennant last year despite a plague of injuries will receive the Sporting News award July 5 for the best managerial performance last season, it was announced today. J. G. Taylor Spink, publisher of the baseball weekly, said the scroll “for doing a top flight job under the worst kind of circumstances” will be presented by Edgar Brands, Sporting News’ editor, when the Cardinals meet thie Chicago Cubs here in a Sunday bill. The ceremony had been planned for last Tuesday before the opener of a three-game series with the Brooklyn Dodgers, but the game was postponed. tion was set for last night's game with the Dodgers, but it was also postponed.

Olson Heads NTCA

LINCOLN, Neb., June 12 (U. P.). Carl Olson of Pittshurgh university was elected president of the National Track Coaches association yesterday at a meeting held in conjunction with the N. C. A. A. track and field meet held here,

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Trojans Are ‘A Cinch’ for Track Title

Expect Stiff Opposition From Ohio State

LINCOLN, Neb. June 12 (U. BP), —Southern California's heavily fa« |vored squad leads the nation’s col{lege track and field stars today inte {the annual National Collegiate Ath. letic association meet. Southern California, with 17 en= trants, was a heavy favorite to win

: [its eighth N. C. A. A. team title.

Coach Clyde Littlefield of the University of Texas summarized the forecasts of most of the coaches when he said the "Trojans were “practically a cinch.” Ohio State Strong Challenger

Ohio State, winner of both the Big Ten indoor and outdoor titles, and Indiana were expected to offer the strongest challenge to the west coast team. Four records for the mile, the 880, the 220 and the eshotput appeared in jeopardy. Leslie MacMitchell, New York [university’s star miler and defend= ling champion, will face Leroy Weed lof Southern California, Harry Haf- | ernick of Texas, Bobby Ginn of Nes | braska and Bd Culp of Xavier uni= versity at New Orleans. Track fans were wondering how MacMitchell would appear after dropping his first race in two sea= sons to Don Burnham of Dart { mouth last week. Kane Passes Up Mile In the 220-vard dash. Hal Davis, | University of California sprinter {who has matched the world's ree= jord of 8.4 seconds in the 100, will |attempt to better the 203 meets | record set by Jess Owen of Ohio | State. Campbell Rane, Indiana middle distance runner, watched Bill Lyda of Oklahoma and. Gene Swazey |of Washington limbering up yes= |terday and announced he would not compete in the mile but would concentrate on defending his 880= yard title. In the shotput, Al Blozis of Georgetown will try to break his own record of 56 feet, one-half inch. Blozis was hurling the discus more than 165 feet in practice yess terday and Bob Fitch of Minnesota threw it more than 160 feet.

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