Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1942 — Page 14

SPORTS...

By Eddie Ash

"BALL PLAYERS in the majors and big minors may think it’s tough to participate in night games that keep 1 from getting their steaks until around 11:30 p. m. ‘midnight instead of 6 o’clock, but they'll quickly forget their troubles if they will view the lot of a Class D

‘pastimer.

Jimmy Robinson of the Albany (Ga.) Herald gives you an idea the rocky road traveled by the players in the little minors that “are barely able to exist and where the boys play for little more than

marbles.

“This observation is prompted,” says Robinson, “by a recent ftem in the Valdosta Times, which stated that Pitcher Peterson of the Americus club collapsed on the mound in a recent game there ¢ delivering a pitch, He fell flat on his face and was out like a t, apparently because of ‘some digestive struggle.’ * “Story behind this odd bit of news is that Class D ball players must have iron stomachs or steel digestive tracts to be able to stand the gaff. Night baseball is the seat of all their troubles. mazda meetings pay off at the box offices, they mean only bicarbonate

purchases to players.

Although

“Your average Class D player sleeps until 11 a. m. or noon, after an incandescent imbroglio. He waits until 4 or 5 p. m. to eat ‘brunch,’ a combination of breakfast and lunch, usually a heavy meal, including a steak, if the pocketbook can take it—which isn’t often. Thence to "the park for warm-ups and the game itself. ~' “After the game? You guessed it; a couple of hamburgers, a bottle of pop—and bed, to toss and squirm for a couple of hours be- © fore falling off into the arms of Morpheus. Experts say night base- _ ball shortens the player's baseball life three to five years.

_ doubt it.”

! TWO GOOD batting streaks were accomplished in the early months of the 1942 big league campaign. . . . Until someone comes along to surpass his effort, Joe Gordon of the Yankees can boast of the best consecutive-game hitting streak of the year. , . . The bril- . lant second baseman of the champions batted safely in 29 straight games before being stopped by Johnny Niggeling of the Browns. Joe Medwick of the Dodgers hung up the next best mark when he delivered safe blows in 27 games, finally going hitless before a trio of Cincinnati hurlers. Joe DiMaggio’s spree last year, when he hit safely in 56° consecutive contests, is the major league record. . . . Previous to that, Willie

Keeler held the mark of 44 games.

How the Tribesters Are Batting

THE HOMETOWN Indians were held to six hits last night and their averages dropped. .. . Wayne Blackburn got two of the six and

picked up two points.

Louisville pitchers. . , . Tribe averages, exclusive of pitchers:

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Pct. 339 309 293 291 262 253 «250 227 210 206 190 182

ATTENDANCE at Victory fleld for the season to date passed the 100,000 mark last night, soaring to 100,564. . , . That’s second high

in the American association this year. . .

: at 110,000. . . . The 1941 Indians only drew a total of 88,000,

. Milwaukee is out in front

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For 3-Way Tie Begin Series on Road; Return July 16

The Indians were in Toledo today to open a three-game series with the seventh-place Mud Hens and they will camp at Swayne field through Thursday. The Tribesters are making their second invasion of the season to the league’s Ohio sector and are booked in Columbus after completing their Toledo stand,

Louisville will be the third stop on the trip, after which the Redskins will return home on July 16 for another Victory field session. It was a dizzy contest at the Tribe park last night as Louisville won, 8 to 5. Now there is a three-way tie for fourth ‘place in the league race, with the Indians, Millers and Colonels sharing it. The three clubs are at the 50-50 mark in games won and lost; in other words, even with the board. All three are eight games behind league-leading Kansas City and Kansas City is 5% games ahead of second-place Columbus, The fourthplace teams are just a game and a half back of third-place Milwaukee.

Fourteen Indians Stranded

after chance to come from behind last night in the series finale with the Colonels. They were held to six hits but were handed 12 walks and Louisville made two errors. Getting a run, however, was painful for the Redskins and they left 14 runners stranded. It was a night of pitchers on parade. Louisville used four and Indians three. Ray Poat started on the Tribe mound and the Colonels opened up on him pronto, if not at once. :They tallied four runs in the first stanza and Poat was batted out of the box before the side was retired, Walter Tauscher relieving him.

Three-Run Homer

In the initial canto the Colonels splurged for the four runs on three hits, two walks and a costly error by Rabbit McDowell. One of the first inning hits was a three-run homer by Johnny Lazor, Louisville left fielder, whose drive cleared the right center wall at the 385 foot mark. The Colonels increased the score to 8 to 0 before the Indians put three runners around in the eighth. As a matter of fact, the Tribesters were held to three blows in seven innings and a couple of Colonel miscues helped: them score in the eighth, in which they got two hits. The Redskins also scored two markers in the ninth on one hit and four walks.

Pitcher Lucier Injured

- Joe Moore’s line drive through the box in the ninth struck Pitcher Louis Lucier on the left forearm and the pitcher had to leave the game. A fracture was feared by the Louisville trainer and Lucier

The Indians passed up chance

[Feller Opp

Indians Lose Dizzy Contest

Ballanfant.

Ernie Andres Sure Starter

CLEVELAND, July 7 (U. P.)— Memories of the brilliant record America’s fighter-athletes compiled during World War I will be revived tonight when an all-servicemen’s baseball team meets the American league all-stars in a war relief benefit at Municipal stadium. Many names: familiar to sports fans represented the armed forces of the nation in 1918-19. In 1942, with - America again at war, it is the same story. Tonight Lieut. Mickey Cochrane, former manager of the Detroit Tigers and now coach of the servicemen’s team, plans to start Fireballer Bobby Feller when the game gets underway at 8 p. m. Indianapolis time. 60,000 May Attend Joe McCarthy, manager of the New York Yankees and pilot of the American league team that trimmed the National league all-stars, 3-1, in the Polo grounds in New York last night, gave the nod to Jim Bagby. Thus two former teammates will be on the mound for the clubs. Tonight's contest, as well as last night's New York affair, which drew a crowd of 33,694, is for the benefit of army and navy relief. Advance sales so far have gone close to 50,000, indicating that a srowd of 60,000

Lou Boudreau, Cleveland Indians’ manager, smashed the sec: a home run and sparked the American league stars afield to a 3 Polo Grounds. Lou is shown above dashing avay from the plate.

Bovdrear’s Firs:

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pitch of the all-star game last night into the left-field stands for x triumph over the National league's picked squad at New York's e catcher is Walker Cooper of the Cardinals. The umpire is Lee

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Gets ‘Duration’ Grid Position

Succeeds Robert Nipper At Shortridge High

Succeeding Robert L. Nipper as {head football coach at Shortridge high school for the duration is Thomas D. Woods, according to an announcement last night by J. Pan |Hull, principal."

Woods, for eight years freshman grid coach, is a graduate of Shorte ridge; class of 1927. Nipper was recently commissioned

navy.

Woods’ last two teams have heen unbeaten and he has won three une disputed city championships. His record reads 29 victories, seven dee feats and four ties. He played football and basketball at Shortridge and attended Purdue university for one year. He entered N. C. A. G. U. and was graduated in 1931 and taught school and coached basketball at Shelbyville one year before coming to Shorte ridge. He, his wife and 2-year-old daughter, live at 3663 N. Pennsyle vania st.

Wins First Tennis Championship MONTCLAIR, N. J. July 7 (U, P.)—Robert Odman from the Unie

tennis crown today, victor in the final of the Eastern intercollegiate clay court tennis tournament. Odman won the title yesterday

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United Press {ff Correspondent

NEW YORK, July 7.—Lanky

mouhd and fogged a high, fast ¢ mitt of Brother Walker Cooper b reached Brother Walker, because

That dramatic home run—or was psychologically the ball gam although husky Rudy York contri uted another four-bagger, with mate aboard, in the same first ir

ning to give the American leaguej: an ultimate 3-1 victory over tii:

National circuit all-stars last nigl in their 10th mid-season classic,

33,694 Fans Watch

As Joe. for Cleveland and tonight's er counter with the army-navy al}: stars, slender, dark-haired Boudrez was the idol of baseball. Not bg-

cause of that first-inning wallg: | alone, but because his superb pei-

formance afield combined to malt: him definitely the star of all tis stars. on the field, | His

‘achievements

events that were sandwiched during the

McCarthy's victorious American league squad entraine:i

last night caused even more comment amor: the 33,694 fans than the ed |

classic — inclemet | weather that delayed the start moc than a half hour and a 20-minui¢

Mort Cooper reared back on the

=e straight toward the out-stretched ‘hind the plate. But the ball never ou Boudreau lashed out and sent it sailing 260 feet into the upper lg!

field stands of the Polo Grounds. the second pitch of the contest—

"All-Star Remark

NEW YORK, July 7 (U. PJ). —Tall Ted Williams of the Boston Red Sox, current batting leader. of the major leagues, came up with the “allstar” remark of the evening in the dressing room after last night’s game. Ted had garnered but one single in four trips to the plate. But Temperamental Ted whooped in relief when a reporter informed him that Joe Gordon of the Yankees—from whom Williams recently wrested the batting leadership—not only had gone hitless in four tries, but had struck out three times. L “Boy! They certainly were pitching to us—when they can do that to Joe Gordon,” Williams said.

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Diicher— Poms Boyer. _Time—2: 15.

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Losing

, spectator during a game with

O'Neill as the winning pitcher and Poat the loser. O'Neill struck out seven, but issued eight walks and was derricked in the eighth, The Tribe's six hits were singles and Wayne Blackburn grabbed two. A diving catch by Luzor in the first inning halted a Tribe threat and robbed Joe Bestudik of a hit. Ralph Kress also made a great stop on Galatzer’s drive in the eighth and turned it into a double play. This play also wrecked the Indians’ hopes. In the five-game series, two games in Louisville and three here, the Indians won four and are still in a. splendid position to advance in the race if they spring another winning streak out on the road. Skipper Hartnett is up against it for pitchers. He only has six available. Chief Hogsett still is ailing and Steve Rachunok also is on the (E. A)

Weintraub Fined For Striking Fan

COLUMBUS, O.; July 7 (U. P.). —American Association President George M. Trautman today fined First Baseman Phil Weintraub of the St. Paul club $50 for. striking a

the Minneapolis Millers at Nicollet park Saturday. Umpire George Johnson put Weintraub out of the game in the first inning when the incident occurred.

play gets underway. A ‘crowd of 80,000 can be accommodated. |, Cochrane, aside fr o m predicting that ‘his boys “would .give them a battle,” and admitting that Fel- Ma ler would prob- Andres ably start, refused to name a complete starting lineup. He said the only sure starter for the game are Ernie Andres, his third baseman, who has’ never played in the majors, and Don Padgett, former St. Louis Cardinals’ outfielder, now a coxswain in the navy.

Feller Is Natural Choice “TI will admit though,” Cochrane said, “that the game shapes up like a batt.e of the. American league. About 75 per cent of my squad comes from the junior league. “At any rate, the boys are ready and we'll have no excuse if we lose, but I'm confident we won't.” Black Mike’s probable choice of Feller to start and the hero role won by the Indians’ Lou Boudreau at the Polo grounds last night lent an added incentive for Cleveland fans to witness the contest. Although Johnny Rigney, former 'Chicago White Sox right-hander, has been pitching winning ball for the military squad and is apparently in tip-top shape, Feller was a natural choice for starter because of the hero-worship® he enjoys mneng

SPOKANE, Wash., July 7 (U. P.). —Some of the nation’s best amateur golfers tee off at the pine-studded Manito course today in the qualify ing round of the 43d annual Western amateur. tournament, The field included defending

an army corporal stationed here at Pt. Wright, and Charles (Chick) Evans, who won the title in 1920-21-22-23. Other entrants were Corp. Pat Abbott of Los Angeles, Wilford

00—3| Wehrle of Racine, Wis.,, Art Doers

rs—Brown. Runs Ba ted In—Boudse Hit—Henork. Owen. National 6,

ing of Chicago and Bruce McCormick of Los Angeles.

Abbott was gunning for Ward,

Bite of the National amateur tourney at

g5 Omaha, Neb., last year. - The tournament includes two

Clevelanders.

Ward Defends Western Crown

champion Marvin (Bud) Ward, now

who defeated him in the finals of i

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sitting stoically in the caverno : stands and players groping fi: lockers in the dark dressing room:

Ends National Threat

Handsome Boudreau, 24-year-cii shortstop and freshman manag: of the Cleveland Indians, starfi lightning double plays in the fii: and sixth innings that squelchj incipient National league uprisin:: In addition, his spectacular, ok bing catch of Pee Wee Reese's lifis drive in the seventh ended anotli:: threat, with two men on base. Later in the dark but roarii: dressing room of the boistercii; American leaguers, Boudre: shrugged off his fielding achiefa: ments, but admitted that his hoi: run provided “one of the bigge:; thrills I ever had in baseball.” was mighty proud and elated 1) : cause of that blow. He'll remern: ber his third all-star game for| : long time, Boswells.

Rudy York of the Detroit Tige:s who played a grand game at fii: base in addition to winning ¢» classic with his fifst-inning hor: was justifiably jubilant, too, as! climbed into his civvies. He co mented on the four-bagger ti: scored Tommy Henrich “from shin ond in this manner:

i Mickey Owen Homers

“Cooper threw me a high, fi one, too. Maybe he thought Ei: dreau’s homer was a mistake | maybe he didn’t believe it. Aj i way it came over and I wallopedI thought at first it was going fil, but what a kick I got out of it whe n I saw the ball plump into the lojar right stand, well inside the foul line. ” - The National league’s lone tal wv also was a home run, belted out ly none other than Catcher Mic :y Owen of the Dodgers—goat of ie last world series. Alton Ben’ nm of the Tigers served Mickey a 12st one down the center in the eigh'h inning when Mickey, as pinch I iiter, was the first man’ up. Oy bopped it into the right fei stands. Two players who got conside T= able hack-slapping and had shaking: in the victors’ room were Spud Chandler of ‘ne Yankees and Benton of the Tig ,

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tional squad, used 22 players—his entire fit squad. These included Mort Cooper, the loser, allowed four hits in three innings, including the two {fatal homers. In the dressing room, Mort ex-

“Iplained that the delay in starting ‘| the game—after he had warmed up

—cooled him off, and he didn’t

‘Ihave all his “stuff” until the third || inning.

Johnny. Vander Meer of Cincinnati succeeded him and gave

‘lan impressive display of fireball

throwing, allowing but: two hits in three frames. Claude Passeau of

~ |the Cubs allowed one safety in two

innings, and Bucky Walters of the Reds permitted none for his lone session: Largely because of the poor

| weather, the attendance of 33,694 "land the estimated receipts of $95,-

000 were unexpectedly small, as the American league registered its sev-

:lenth victory in 10 all-star classics.

Proceeds go to the bat and ball fund for U. S. service men.

Ortiz to Get $250 For Title Shot

HOLLYWOOD, July 7 (U. P.)—

t| Bantamweight champion Lou Salica

has signed to defend his title against Manuel Ortiz, the No. 1 challenger, Aug. 7 at the Hollywood legion stadium. Proceeds of the fight will be used

‘to stage boxing bouts in west coast

army camps. The unusual agreement gives

-| challenger Ortiz only $250, while

Salica is guaranteed $6500. A gate of $18,000 is expected.

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