Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1942 — Page 21

Golf-Hockey Hal Chase, Baseball Immortal

Of Another Era, Fights for Life in West Coast Hospital

Former Member of New York Highlanders and Cincinnati Reds Was National Batting Champ

OAKLAND, Cal, July 30 (U. P.).—Hal Chase, 5, one of the greatest first basemen in baseball history, fought for his life today in Highland hospital where he lay critically ill

Attendants reported early today eh Tas Mrlarkons : He was picked up by police yesterday in response to a woman’s call that a “ragged and tattered man” was on’ her lawn. He hore Title ree

semblance to the baseball star who was hailed as the perfect stylist in Downs B ic ke } y ] Survive Tests

major league infields during the Roger Downs rallied after losing’

in National Mas?

Haefner Silences Big Bats With 6 Scattered Hits for 7-1 Triumph; We Win Series

Lefty Bob Logan to Start Game Tonigh Our JGouniry Cousins,’ the Brewers

. Times Special

MINNEAPOLIS, July 30.—For the ‘“umpteenth” time apolis Indians have let the .500 ‘mark slip avy again in i association baseball race. rior to last night they had pocketed five straight ball nes, but a little fellow, Mickey Haefner, handcuffed them last night with six hits as his Miller mates made the most of eight blows off Georst Steve Rachunoko to win, 7 to 1. Haefner, whose slants ' come across from the port side, didn’t allow more than one hit in any one inning as he quieted the booming bats of Joe Bestudik, Johnny McCarthy and Wayne Blackburn.

We Win Series

t ‘Against :

era that produced Ty Cobb, Tris Speaker and Honus Wagner. Police believed. he had been drinking but at headquarters, an

SOUTHAMPTON, N. examination disclosed that he was

But the Tribe left Nicollet park with the series two games to one,

(U. P.).—The urbeater

Ted Schroeder. of Glerdale, Cal,

seripusly ill. The nature of his illness was not determined.

the first set, 2-6, to A. R. Knotts yesterday and won out’ 6-1, 6-3, to

and open tonight at Milwaukee with Lefty Bob Logan due to start on the mound. The Brewers haven't been friendly with the Tribe in the

Ladislav Hecht, former dr zech Davis Cupper, and Sidney B| V/ood Jr. of Southampton, get a criti‘al test to-

advance into the semi-finals of the public parks tennis tournament ag Fall Creek courts. :

Under Physician’s Care At the hospital, attendants said

Miss Joan Fogle, 14 years old, will compete in the women’s national outdoor swimming meet Aug. 14-16 at Neenah, Wis, as a member of the Riviera club, team champions from last year. Joan is national 300-yard individual medley relay champion over a long course and is being coached at present by

Angott F ights No. 1 Welter

NEW YORK, July 30 (U, P.).— Sammy Angott, lightweight champion from Washington, Pa., meets Ray Robinson, No. 1 welterweight contender, at Madison Square Garden tomorrow night in an over-the-weight, non-title match that may bring Angott the most important victory of his career. Robinson never has been beaten, boasting a record of 32 consecutive victories as a professional and a mark of 121 straight, counting his amateur bouts. His amazing streak has made him a slight favorite to whip Angott. He finished training yesterday and Angott quits today. Angott took two years to become a -world titleholder and won the 135-pound crown when he outpointed Texas’ Lew Jenkins: He lost a chance at the welterweight championship when he dropped a hairline decision to Fritzie Zivic of Pittsburgh two years ago. The winner, was to get a bout with Champion Henry Armstrong. ‘Zivic got the match as a result of his decision over Angott and won from Armstrong who was fading fast.

the Indianapolis Speedrome tonight.

All-Army Team To Use Yale Field

NEW YORK, July 30 (U. P.).— The all-army football team, directed by Col. Bob Neyland, will train at New. Haven, Conn., on Yale's extensive playing field, it was announced today. Yale's football team has concluded its first spring session and the army men will have the athletic plant for the entire month of August. The service squad will make its New York debut against the New York Giants 6f the National football league Sept. 12 in the HeraldTribune's fresh air fund charity game, The army team will play eight games against top-ranking

teams of the National league.

Baseball at a Glance

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION w Pet. Kansas City ... S47 Milwaukee 57 538 Columbus 524 Minneapolis ....... 55 Sid INDIANAPOLIS ... 495 Toledo 52 A911 Louisville St." Paul

NATIONAL LEAGUE rd,

490 402

Brooklyn St. Louis ...,. Cincinnati ...c000. New York ...q0000¢ Chicago .....e00000 Pittsburgh ... Bost mn “on Philadelphia

AMLRICAN LEAGUE

sees

New York Boston .. Cleveland Detroit .. St. Louis Chicago Washington Philadelphia

RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS + 300 000 000— 1 6 Minneapo 200 03x— 8 Gill, Rachunok and I Haetner . and Giuliani.

Louisville estan «ieee 100 002 030 6 10 © u

St. Pa 010 000 000— 1 8 2 Sayles and Walters; Lanahan, Smith, Belknap and Pasek, Andrews.

(First Game) (1 inning) agreement) Columba . Va 0-2 3 1 Kansas City wo. 002 010 x= 3 11 © Burkhart, Barret, Roe hi Heath; Get-

tel and Sea ™. Second Game) 202 000 10-5 5 2 11 002 0x— 9 14 1 rkhare and Blaemire; Queen,

31 43 46 52 49 55 60

Columbus Kansas Cit, Munger, Karpel and Sea

(First Game)* : (1 innings; agreement)

Toledo Milwaukee 00 410 11x10 15 3 Hanning, Cox, Sanford and Spindel; Vandenberg, Hanyzewski and George.

AMERICAN LEAGUE + (First Game) (11 Innings New hp "Murphy pont Haynes and Turner, G. ‘Dickey, x

. | Cleveland

* | Philadelphai

(11 Innings) 002 002 110 00— 6 10 2 004 001 010 01— 7 9 Chase, Ryba, Terry and Conroy, Peacock; Dean, Kennedy, Ferrick, Embree and Hegan, Desautels, Denning.

121 011 104—11 20 1 110 201 410—10 18 © Masterson, Trotter, Zuber, Hudson and Early, Evans; Auker, Ferens, Sundra, Hollingswonth, Muncrief, Galehouse and Ferrell.

Yastintion

300 000 032— 7 9 2 Detroit 012 80x—12 13 5 Christopher, Shirley J avage and Wagner; Trucks and Tebbetts.

NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game) Pittsburgh 000 000 012+ 3 10 2 Boston . 000 000 000= 0 5 2 Sewell and Phelps, Lopez; Javery, Don-

_|ovan and Klutt

acond Game) Pittsburgh 000 302 000— 5 8 2 Boston 020 100 21x— 6 10 1 Heintzelman, Klinger and Lopez; Tobin and Masi. (First Game) Chicago 200 000 200-4 7 0 New Yor 010 000 010— 2 10 1 Bithorn and McCullough; Mungo, Feldman and Mancuso, Danning. (Second Same) 1 000 000— 1 9 ork 1 000 11x— 3. 9 Flemms and Scheffing; Lohrman and Danning.

(7 Innings; och Tog 0003s St. Loui 00 2— 3 9 Brookly ne wm 0—4 6 0 M. oper, White and w Cooper; Wyatt and Owen.

Cincinnati at Philadelphia, night game,

| postponed.

GAMES TODAY - AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (All Games at Night) INDIANAPOLIS at Milwaukee. Toledo at Minneapolis. Columbus at St. Paul. Only games scheduled. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Detroit (2). Boston at Cleveland. Washington at St. Louis. Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE" Chicago at Brook! . Pittsburgh ab Pan. Hwinght) Only games scheduled.

FIGHT RESULTS By UNITED PRESS NEW YORK—Sal Bartels,

127, New

York, .outpointed Jimmy Gilligan, J ]

Bambore, N. XY, a Jerry or outpoin New York (8).

, Cal.—Ji ison, by Satin, Satins, Jt

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150-Lap Program Will Close Speedrome Track Tonight

With the enforcement of the ODT order banning all typbs of automobile and motorcycle racing due to start at midnight, pilots of the little “thunderbugs” which ‘have been running in the Consolidated Speedways circuit every week are ready to stage their farewell card at

Then after tonight's 150-lap program is concluded the management

of the East Side track plans to close its doors until such “time as the government sees fit to relax its war orders. Tonight's program features only two. races, but both are the longest that have been scheduled at the Speedrome this year. Following the time trials at 7 p. m. the field will be divided with the fastest half

of the qualifiers staging the final 5

class A championship event over a 100-lap route at 9:15 p. m. The remainder will make up the starters for the 50-lap class B race. No elimination contests are planned. The final 100-lap headliner is expected to settle the duel netween Huston Bundy of Dayton, O., and “Lucky” Purnell of Birmingham, Ala., for the annual driver's championship. Both have won class A events totaling 175 laps to date and a triumph for either would clinch the 1942 crown. Announcement of tonight's $1000 purse already has served to attract 32 drivers for tonight's card and Manager Elmer Hunt expects additional entries today. Local favorites who will be on hand include; . in addition to Purnell and Bundy, Bus Wilbert, Swede Carpenter, Bob Breading, Bob Wilson, Johnny Carpenter, Tommy Gray and LeRoy Warriner.

Norton on All-Star Coaching Staff

CHICAGO, July 30 (U. P.).— Homer Hill Norton, head football coach and athletic director at Texas A. & M. college has accepted a position on the coaching staff - of the college all-star team which will meet the Chicago Bears in Soldiers field Aug. 28, it was announced today. . This is the second straight year

‘that Norton has represented the

South on the all-star coaching staff. Three coaches representing other sections of the country also will be appointed.

Beer city this year.

losing.

tive: night.

McCarthy's long fly.

wall. Minneapolis won the ball game

Walker's double off the short right field wall. The Millers plated two more runs in the fourth on three hits, one a double by Joe Vosmik, and a stolen base.

Dissatisfied Millers

But that wasn’t enough for the Millers. They had only a one-game lead on the Tribe and an Indianapolis triumph would have deadlocked the two clubs in fourth place. Gabby Hartnett’s boys threatened to score in the seventh after Bestudik had walked and Gil English had singled to center. But Heafner made Bill Skelley popsup, Schlueter hit an easy fly to Wright and Manager Hartnett went down swinging as a pinch hitter for Gill Minneapolis scored three more in the eighth off Racliunok. Martin walked and Jaeger was passed intentionally. Anderson beat out a slow bunt loading the bases. Rachunok walked Guiliani, forcing in a run and McDowell booted Haefner’'s grounder, letting two more runs across.

Tribe Box Score

INDIANAPOLIS

AB R Blackburn, rf ....... 3 McDowell, 2b «..ce0. 4 Seeds, cf McCarthy tb .. Bestudik, 3b .... English, If ...... Skelley, $8 ...eceeaes Schlueter, CG nures

Rachunok, p .. Starcet ....c000n woes

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Totals Hartnett batted for Gill in seventh. Staucet batted for Rachunok in ninth.

MINNEAPOLIS

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Walker, cf . Barnacle, 3b . Martin, 2b .. Wright, rf ... Vosmik, If . Jaeger, 1b ... Anderson, ss Giuliani, c¢ Haefner, p ...

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Totals

Indianapolis Minneapolis

100 000 000—1 011 200 03x—17 Runs batted in—Giuliana 2, Walker, Jaeger, Anderson, McCarthy. Two-base hits—-Walker, Vosmik, Seeds, Schlueter, Home run—Jaeger. Stolen base—Anderson. Sacrifice—Wright. Left on bases— Minneapolis, 3; Indianapolis, 8. Base on balls—Off Haefner, 3; Rachunok, 4. Strikeouts—By Haefner, 4; .Gill, 4; Rachunok, 1. Hits—Off Gill, 7 in 6 innings; Rachunok, 1 in 2. Losing pitcher—Gill. Umpires —Boyer and Johnson. Time—1:36.

TRIBE BATTING

AB Bestudik . 384 Blackburn McCarthy .. Skelley .... Seeds .... Moore ... English .. McDowell Hartnett . Schlueter Staucet .

Swift Appointment

ANDERSON, July 30 (U. P.)— Appointment of Clifford Swift, 38, Cannelton high school athletic director for five years, as an assistant football, basketball and baseball coach at Anderson high school, was announced today by Archie Chadd, athletic director. Swift is

a former Butler football star.

Marks Receives Commission

Times Special TERRE HAUTE, July 30. — An-

ete and football coach joined the

: ranks of the nation’s armed forces

today when Walter E. “Wally”

| Marks, former University of Chii cago ace and since 1927 coach at : Indiana State teachers college, re-

- 150, Bobby Lakin, “104%, 2

ceived a commission as first lieuten-

ant in the army air forces.

Marks will report Aug. 9 to the 57th fighter group at Boston, Mass. He will receive a leave of absence from the college. Marks joined the Indiana State coaching staff in 1927, the year

that he climaxed a brilliant all-

sports career at Chicago with his greatest football season under the tutelage of Amos Alonzo Stagg. He

has been coaching here ever since, i eavepuion ¢ of 1931-32 ¥hen at In

The last time there the Indians couldn’t win for

Indianapolis scored in the first inning again for the third consecuBlackburn fenagled Haefner for a walk, went to third on Bob Seeds’ double and scored on

Young Norm Jaeger, new Miller | first baseman in the recent deal that sent Pitcher Van Lingle Mun-|Hil go back to the Giants, leveled the] Wood beat Seymour | Greenberg, score .in the second with a home run off Gill over the right field

in the third. Haefner was safe on Bestudik’s error and he scored on

.| Milwaukee outsluggec:

day in the Meadow (ltih’s roundrobin tennis tournament; : Each has won thre: straight matches. Wood is th: only unbeaten member of ground two and Schroeder and Hecht | a ‘'e tied for the lead in group one. i Wood plays Billy Teliirt of Cincinnati, Schroeder meets Alejo Russell of Buenos Aires anc Hecht engages Charles Mattman: of Forest 1s.

national clay court chaiipion from Chicago, 9-7, 6-4, and :pllowed with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Vi:tor Seikas of Philadelphia yesterday. Schroeder beat Mattmann, 5-7, 6+, 6-2, and Hecht defeated Frank Br wdon, New York, 7-5, 3-6, 6-4. Talbert scored the cay’s upset,

beating Francisco Seguti, Ecuador.

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Upsets Mark Tennis Meet

KALAMAZOO, Mich., July 30 (U. P.).—Top-ranked Bob and Tom Falkenburg of Hollywcoi, Cal, survived today after an ¢utbreak of upsets sent four seeded players to the sidelines in the anni al Western junior and boys open tennis tournament. . Benny Migdow,. Chic: go, seeded sixth in the junior civisi eliminated by Ted No ton, Tex., 8-6, 6-2, and | San Diego, Cal, oust: seeded Howe Atwater, 7-9, 7-6, 6-3. In the boys’ - divisio a,

Wilett, ILL,

Diehl Mateer, Ardmore, Pa., seeded fourth, 6-4, 6-2, and '@d Adams, Columbus, Ga., defeated Glenn Bassett, Santa Monica, C Bob Falkenburg eliminated William Friel, Portsmoutl:, 1J., 6-4, 8-6, and his brother, Toran, #aipped Bob Stuckert, Milwaukee, 3., 6-3, 6-4,

Blues Win T o

wo; Lead League

By UNITED PRLS Kansas City led the American association today by iirtue of a double victory over Colimbus while

Milwaukee was splittitigl a twin bill with Toledo last night. | The Blues won the | first game fyom the Red Birds 3 io 2 behind the three hit pitching 0 Al Gettel. Five runs in the first ining of the second game paved the [vay for the 9 to 5 win which gave thie > Blues undisputed possession of 13st place by one game and drop the Red Birds to third place-<iwo games and three percentage 0a nts behind the leaders. The Milwaukee Breve! 5, tied with Kansas City for the leat ie 1éad before last night’s games. list the first game to Toledo 3 to 2. The Mud Hens scored all of their -uns in the last inning. In the sec ond game, se Hens to win 10 to 7. Louisville hit three St. Paul pitchers for 10 hits to wini6 to 1. The Saints made eight safe! ts but could only score once. : .

LOGANSPORT, July |. —Yesterday’s featured 1:.ce on the Cass county fair harness program was won by Golden Cioss, a bay colt driven by Art Baldwin. Golden Cross won the trot for | -year-olds.

Major Le

Reiser, Srookiyn u've Lombardi, Boston ....

Medwick, Brooklyn . Musial, St. Louis .... Slaughter, St. Louis. .

Williams, Boston .... Gordon, New York ...

al | 34 2 .331 dgers.. 15 kees. . 13 izers

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FINAL MIDGET RUDES

TONIGHT

"100 Laps Midwest (lass A Championshiy : 50 Laps Class B Cha; 1piouship

$1,000 PUF HSE

Free Dancing On ths Track After the Rac:

INDIANAP( LIS

Howard |. Stoddard of Lansing, Illich, upset

Hockey moguls are planning for the coming season but one player who will not let the grass grow under his feet is Harold (Mush) March, Chicago Blackhawk player. March also is adept with the golf stick and ball as well as the hockey stick and puck. He recently fired a 69 in the Chicago Tam O’Shanter Open.

Colby Hanover Is Derby Favorite

GOSHEN, N.Y. July 30.—Victory in the National stake dress rehear$40,000 Hambletonian, has nearly clinched Colby Hanover’s claim as favorite in the sulky

sal to the

derby to be raced here Aug. 12.

The winter book choice won his

Chase sometimes talked irrationally but gave his name and address and said he formerly was a major league baseball player.

Police investigators said he re-

helper in an Alameda shipyard but did not report for work. He had been under a physician's care for swollen feet, legs and arms. Chase had been staying for the past few weeks with Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Ogden, Alameda, Cal., friends who said they had known him for several years. Mrs. Ogden said he had been living previously at Williams, Cal., but had been unable to work because of illness.

Began Career on Coast

She said the report that Chase was “ragged and tattered” was untrue, unless he had been in an accident, because he was dressed respectably in a workingman’s outfit when he left her home. Chase began his baseball career on the West Coast where he played with the University of Santa Clara and entered professional baseball with Los Angeles in the Pacific coast league. In the major leagues, he played with the New York Highlanders (now the Yankees), Cincinnati and other teams. With New York in

first start of 1942 at Old Orchard,|1906, he tied the major league put-

Me., but not before he finished seventh in the first heat and had to break his record to win the last two. Owned by C. W. Phellis of New York and I. W. Gleason of Williamsport, Pa., Colby Hanover is a

brown son of Mr. McElwyn.

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out record of 22, set a few months earlier by Tom Jones of the St. Louis Browns. The record still stands. Chase won the National league batting championship in 1916 when he hit .339 for Cincinnati.

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Andrew Bicket and Jack Sunders

land, two other seeded players, also advanced. Yesterday's results and today’s schedule arc:

MEN’S SINGLES Roger Downs defeated A. R. Knott 2h 1 3 Andrew Bigket Sefoated Earl - -» 6-4, 3-6, 6-2; Jack Sunderl defeated Ralph Bradford, 6-0, 6-1. land

BOYS’ SINGLES onp Ingersoll defeated Tom Gable,

J 6-4 E 2 ob Bastian defeated Bob Post, -5; 2,

6-3, i

6-7-5; Bernard Netter defeated Bastian, . oyEersoll defeated Bill King,

MEN’S DOUBLES

O’Connell-Bicket - defeated Froelich-Ere ber, 6-0, 6-1; Crabb-Pfeiffer defeated Downing-Hamilton, 6-4, 6-3; Shirley-Ans. treasian defeated Manis-Clark, 7-5. 2- 2 ee Minnick. Riathelingin defeated Flicke r-Rogers, ; Brafford-Mo defeated Reynold-Lawson, 6- 2, 6-4. Tels

JUNIOR DOUBLES

Sunderland-Mayer defeated Boyer-Ha e 6-1, 6-4; Morgan-Dunn fied Boyer-Hisyeld Lewis, 6- 0, 6-1.

JUNIOR SINGLES

Bill Mayer Jr. defeated Ed Dunn, 6-0, 5.2; Jack Sunderland defeated Harold Morgan, 7-5, 6-4; 1 Boyer defeated Eye eritt Tackett, 6-4, Bi.

WOMEN’S SINGLES Ann Atkins defeated Louanna McCreary,

6-0, 6-2; Marianne Gallagher defeated Mrs. E. J. Gilberty, 6-4, 1-6, 6-3.

MIXED DOUBLES

Binford-Buschmann defeated Gilliame Folzenlogel, 6-0, 6-1; Longsdorf- Pfeiffer defeated Higgins-Higgins, 6-1, 7-5.

TODAY'S SCHEDULE

fra underland vs. Boyer .(junior semfie na 3—Hurt-Sunderland vs. McCreary-Linne, 4—Mayer vs. Buschmann (junior semie finals). 5:30—Mayer-Sunderland Dunn; Longsdorf-Pfeiffer vs. O’'Donnelle Galvin; Brafford-Moffett vs. Robinson= Knotts; Shirley-Antreasian vs. Linne-Oteyy * Downs-Christopher Vs. Minnick-Feathers

ingill. Crull-Otey

Vs. Morgane

6:30—Gallagher-Knotts vs. QO conneil-mickes vs, winner Brafford 5:3 matc,

T—Clegg-Tackett vs. Flickinger-Downg,

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