Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 August 1942 — Page 21

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i” . How Boston Red Sox Have Lost 21 of Last 36 Games

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Once a year the rooters for Boston's Amers : ican League club breaks ‘down completely and mumble to themselves, § “What's wrong with the Sox?” Today they are at it again, for the}

Sox—a pennant contender a month ago—are now practically also-rans

in the pennant race, 13 games off the pace set by the New York Yankees. :

The Red Sox were in the enviable. position in July. The Yankees

9 ® M’Phail Rakes Brooklyn Club NEW YORK, Aug. 13 (U. P).— President Larry MacPhail of the Brooklyn Dodgers stood behind his pitching staff today in the National

“duster” controversy, stat‘ing - that - his club would return

league's

-“bean-balls” two for one.”

-. MacPhail called a meeting of the press and players after yesterday's game,

Despite Brooklyn's: six players—Hugh Casey,

playing real headssup ball, ‘added. ‘MacPhail

any other squad.

' “And if other pitchers continue to throw at our players,” he said, “we'll give ’em back, two for one, and I

‘don’t care what it costs.”

4 " National league president ‘Ford © _Frick ruled recently that managers be fined $200 automatically when their pitchers are reported to have

‘purposely hurled bean-balls.

Ruffin Starts His Comeback at 21

} . NEW YORK, Aug. 18 (U. B)— Rough Bobby Ruffin, who started tossing leather for money when other boys his age were entering high school, attempts a comeback at the ripe old age of 21 when he faces Béb Montgomery of Philadelphia at Madison Square Garden

tonight,

Ruffin, a professional

rived.

Te Aart NE ‘Leading Golfers In N.Y. Open

. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Aug. 13 (U. ( P.).—The country’s leading. money : - winners: tee off today in the first of four 18-hole- rounds of the second \ annual “Times-Union” $5000 open

AE golf tournament.

Jimmy: Deniaret and Ben Hogan ; tuned up over the 6811-yard course ‘ yesterday by -firing 66s to tie the -course record for: the Oak Hill . Country club. Sam Snead, now in : the navy, won the inaugural 72-hole

event last year with 277.

Craig Wood, national and Cana- . dian open champion, scored a practice LL ‘as. Gene . Kunes furned in

Caft id DePauw ‘Appointments

GREENCASTLE, Aug. 13 (U. P.). , —Harold Hickman, former basket- : ball and football coach at Lorain, yand Melvin C. | Brewer, assigant. football coach at|’ - Wabash, have been appointed’ in- : structors in physical education at * DePauw’ university, Dean Edward

* 0, ‘high school,

Ru Bartlett. said yesterday.

1 Straight. Heats

SHELBYVILLE, Aug. 13 (U. P.). : —Tryme from the stables of I. V. Hauk in Morristown won his sixth » Indiana Trotting and Pacing Horse * association’ 2-year-old pace 'yester-

day in straight heats here.

. New Position

eight-game lead, the club is not playing as well as it should, MacPhail said. Only ; Peewee Reese, Mickey Owen, Joe Medwick, Curt Davis and Pete Reiser — are

sald that although Brooklyn had been accused of - throwing “bean balls,” the Dodgers had been hit by more disasters than

: fighter since he was 15, was knocked out of the lightweight challenger’s circle last February by Allie Stplz of Newark, N. J." Since then, he has ‘won seven bouts in a steady climb back toward the "top. Now the ‘Philadelphia bobcat will offer a test to deterthine whether he has ar-

Victory for Ruffin would permit him to renew his clamor for a ‘match with Stolz just as the number one challenger apparently has another chance to shoot for the < title now ‘held by Sammy ng

| nings.

IA, Aug. 13 (U. P.)— Charles McDaniels, Alexandria high ! school football coach, has resigned - to Sccopt a position as football and

tling coach in a Muncie junior "school, school officals - said day.

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when they came to Boston to play the red-hot Red Sox, who then trailed by only three games. a chance in a million. But what happenied? Let Manager Joe cro. nin tell it: ‘ Unbelievable

two out of three:and the Yanks" left town four games in.front. Even so,

But somehow or other we haven't been right since. In 36 games sinc then we've lost 21 times and—oh, well, it’s just unbelievable.” Cronin never alibied when he was

come manager. He- will tell you that the failure of the Sox is due to inexperience of some of his

“One of my catchers can hit and can’t catch and the other can catch and can’t hit,” Cronin moaned. “The biggest pitching headache is Dick Newsome and Yank Terry. Terry won 26 games out on the ceast, but can’t click here. Newsome has lost his 41 effectiveriess. I wish I knew why. Well, maybe they'll all recover at once and we'll go on a spree. We better or else.”

Sox Bow to Yanks

The Red Sox bowed to the Yankees, 8-4, yesterday as Charley Keller belted his 18th homer with the bases full to give Hank Borowy his 11th win. Borowy allowed 13 hits but was aided by a Yankee attack that included homers by Buddy Hassett, Joe Gordon and Charley Keller. Dom DiMaggio hit his 12th for the Red Sox. Detroit made it three in a row by winning both ends of a doubleheader over the slumping Indians, 4-2 and 2-0. The Tigers pounded Al Smith out of the box in tHe fiftH] with a three-run attack after Rudy York had hit his 17th homer in the fourth inning of the opener. Hal Newhouser held the Indians to five hits in the second game and was never in trouble except in ‘the eighth when two hits and a walk filled the bases. The Indians’ double kayo ran their losses to six in a row. Elden Auker pitched shutout ball for eight innings but needed helb from Fritz Ostermueller and George Caster to bring St. Louis a 6-3 triumph © the White Sox. Chicago got only seven hits buf rallied for three runs in the ninth.

+s Melton Loses Canirql .. Dolph Camilli * walked with the bases full in the ninth to force home the run that gave Brooklyn a 1-0 triumph over the Phils, Larry French won his 12th victory against only one defeat’ scoring over Rube Melton. Each pitcher allowed only four hits but Brooklyn bunched two of theirs in the ninth. Arky Vaughan singled and’ Pete Reiser beat out a bunt. Joe 'Medwick then sacrificed and a intentional pass to Dixie Walker filled the bases. Melton failed to recover. his control «and walked Camilli. The Cardinals clubbed the Cubs, 9-4 and 8-3, to trim Brooklyn's lead to eight games. Johnny Beazley and Murray Dickson kept 11 hits well spaced as the Cards clouted Bill Lee and Hiram Bithorn for 11 blows in the first game, bunching their hits for two three-run inHarry Gumbert tossed an eight-hitter in the second game as the Red Birds belted out 13 hits including a -first-inning- homer by Enos Slaughter.

Braves Drop Giants

Boston dropped the Giants into fourth ‘place behind the Reds by winning twice, 1-0. and 8-2. Al Javery hurled his‘ fourth shutout and ninth victory with a seven-hit masterpiece in the opener, the Giants getting no more than one hit in any inning. e has now permitted the opposition only one run in the last 29 innings. Boston pummeled four pitchers for: 18 hits in the night cap. Johnny Vander Meer won his fourth in a row and 13th of the

‘| season as he pitched the Reds to

a" three-hit, 3-0 shutout over ‘the Pirates last night. The victory boosted the Reds’ third-place margin over the Giants to half a game, Frank McCormick was dropped to seventh place as Manager Bill McKechnie shook up his batting order. He came through

)| with four hits, his double in the

second scoring the game's first run. Rip Sewell went the distance for Pittsburgh and gave up:12 hits:

Mrs. Laycock Leads Guest Day Golfers

Mrs. Robert Laycock, Mrs. George Enos and Mrs. e Lentz finished in that order yestgrday in the guest day golf tournament at Meridian Hills Country club. Mrs. Laycock, Pleasant Run, won with a low gross score of 87. Mrs. Enos, Indianapolis. Country club,

shot a 92. Mrs. Lacey Shuler, Highland, led the net division ' with

by Mrs. William Hoffman's 91 in the gross division and Mrs. Roscoe

, hsinclair's 110-3278 in the net. class. |

had been belted all over the West|& and were hanging on the ropes}

It was | jie

“All I remember is that we lost

that wasn’t too much to overcome.|s

playing ‘shortstop or since he’s be-|H

first-year men, pitching trouble and »|lack of top-notch catching.

at bat. Dolf Camilli, Earl Averill,

was second with 88 and Mrs, Lentz}

97-22-75.| Meridian Hills. members weére led|

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A ‘Russell, Baylor univer- | sity end. - Col. Bob Neyland sent his ‘squad through its first contact work yes- ‘| terday, making up several different ‘| combines for a dummy scrimmage, Weak in the wingback department, Coach ‘Neyland: tested Bob Cone, Wisconsin tailback, at the rightjualr postion with = view to ean:

|Little Bell Wins.

PORTLAND, Aug. 13 (U.

“| Little: Bell, owned by A. J. WorBourbon, won the 2:20 pacling event here yesterday with a time of W seenrieg Hat,

even.

hd addition of six more di-star {foothall squad to

" C. Charles Seabright, ‘mber of the 194] eastern Cleveland Rams; Second

When a record entry. for Simmer tournaments turned out last weekend for the “Bowler’s. Jamboree” at the Pennsylvania alleys, Johnny Beam, operator, decided to give the pin. smashers “another shot at a $800 prize list. He will stage another tourney Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

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The event wiill be operated as.

: and a woman may pair up. lo for Fun d make entry call RI-0078 or CH-T06%. Lo ‘Angel’s’ Slap May ¢ department will go to Ee El sept. 6 for a, new gym-| Cost $30,000 t PL Benjamin Harrison.| 108 ANGEL LES, Aug. 13 (U. P).— partment will sponsor ‘a | Promoter Jack Pfefer today charged doub -. oder game at Victory field.| wrestler Maurice Tiliet, the French The Benjamin Harrison team “angel” with acknowledging an inwill soldiers from Ft. Knox,| troduction with a slap that probably Ky. the fire department club|“caused brain’ concussion.” will .¢ “the Gold Médal nine, Piefer has filed suit for $30,000 “Pu obtained ' from: the ‘game damages. He said he went to Tillet's will ven the army to be put to- dressing room to arrange a math warc © * construction of &°gym-|with his man, the “Swedish angel,” nasi + ¢ the fort, which has none.[and was slapped without. provox The ;1 will be used for basketball, cation. box: - 2 “restling and other indoor ; spot 1: " Hot Hassett Py—| © ; Harold PF. Drew, manager! NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Buddy of f 4 ort team and assistant post|Hassett already has driven in more que aaster, “said that -tickets|runs and hit more homers than pro ‘will go on sale: the latter Johnny Sturm, New York Yankee

par next week.

Jack Sunderland (right), seeded second in the city tennis fouruaiment, scored a 7-5, 6-2 triumph over Andy Bicket (left) yesterday at the Highland Golf and Country club, - Sunderland advanced into the semi-finals, Roger Downs is the defending champlon, Bicket was a seeded player.

Ott Considers Alice Marble

Excellent Rookie for Giants

/ By ALICE MARBLE : Times, Special Writer » NEW YORK, Aug. 13.—Mel Ott believes that with a little more hitting practice I may make the grade. The New York Giant manager says my swing has & natural thythm

It’s

Throw a Few I was the mascot, shagged flies in every corner of the outfield, played first base, even took a turn

Curt Davis, Lefty Goniez, Frankie Crosetti and Lefty O’Doul were among my friends. Finally, Mel Ott came out of ,the dugout. I told him of my background, my love of baseball and my assignment for Harry Grayson. “Well, why not work out with us?” he suggested, We sat in the dugout while I changed my shoes. Mel said: “Use my glove.” Dick Bartell offered his cap, and Babe Young suggested we “throw a few.”

and that when I get .my eye on the ball, I'll be a good single hitter. ‘My throwing arm needs strengthening and my base running is furious, but futile. My fielding is—well, “flashy.” Otherwise, I'm an excellent rooktie prospect - for the Polo Grounders, . ° : : according to Mel, = although he Indians Snap if he would have oftéred me al _/ " ; contract. ; I went to the Polo Grounds to Losing Streak do a reportorial job and wound up. taking a Baseball workout. is Now the game is quite famili ; (Continued from Page 20) with scars on my legs and three|single. broken fingers to prove it. Base-| The home Tans finally got . a ball was my first love. chance to root and they certainly When I arrived at the Polo|made a racket in the ninth and 10th Grounds a full hour before prac-{when the Indians staged their tice, I couldn't help thinking about |garrison finish. Francisco and my many ball play-| swell. ing friends on the San Francisco| A dispatch from Columbus, O., Seals. league headquarters, says Gabby Hartnett was fined $10 for his runin with Umpire Collins Fenton| Monday night in the series finale Wright, Minneapolis outfielder, was| fined $10 for his run-in with Umpire|. Jim Boyer at Toledo Tuesday. Incidentally, the Toledo Hens were in -the first division today. They moved ahead of the Millers again last night. Kansas City is back: on. top. one-half game ahead of Columbus. « The Indians are seven games behind Kansas City and four behind fourth-place Toledo. (E. A.).

would have been more convincing to me. At 12, I was a veteran, |dik and scored himself on Hartnett’s the ‘wonderful three years in San| More of the same, please. with: the ‘Minneapolis Millers. “Ab to fourth place by beating them “NOTHING BETTER”

‘Smack If, Alice’ to relieve torture of It went pretty well, so well that Mel Ott asked me if I wanted to do some hitting. I stepped into the batting cage, setting my sights So Many Druggists Testify!

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my teeth—and there it was, a clean single over third. Billy Werber yelled “boy, that’s a hit in any} league.” Then and there, I discontinued my hitting. Why ruin a pleasant memory? ply for ire | HER CHAIR Tennis Title She's as Lively as a 2 Youngster— ] : ; ow her Ba: : NEWPORT, R. I, Aug. 13 (U.P.).| Many sufferers sckache is he Better in —Competitors for the semi-final| Quickly, Sace i ores that s real round of the Newport Casino invi- REL ki are Nyture'y oh way of tak 8 ex acc tation tennis tournament will be| blood. “They Bol! monk poopie ae abou 3 chosen today but more attention pinta a da a of : will be focussed the singles| yoisonous matter of lidney function your blood, it match between Ted Schroeder of ig pei lise nagging i , rheumatic pains, Glendale, Cal, and Seymour | SEfens, Ri op Sad Suet geting vp Greenberg of Chicago. uent or scanty Schroeder and Greenberg, Som

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