Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 August 1942 — Page 16
_ THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES __ TUESDAY, AUG. 18; 148 |
IN the opinion of Jack Cuddy, United Press staff correspondent, Judge K. M. Landis, the baseball commissioner, had better get his pitching arm in shape, for he’ll probably have to “throw the book” at the players
in this year’s world series.
Expert Cuddy sizes up the “autumn classic” in this fashion: “Although: baseball's fall extravaganza still is about six weeks away there's little doubt that the New York Yankees and Brooklyn Dodgers will represent their respective leagues, both having traveled far ahead
of the field.
“Today the two clubs, at odds ever since Mickey Owen's missed third strike last October, are heaping fuel on one of the game's
fastest-growing feuds. “Both teams still consider last
standoff because Owen's lapse apparently changed the complexion . An especially bitter taste has been left with Prexy Larry MacPhail of the Dodgers, who wanted to win last October but now is consumed by a dogged desire to humble the American league champions when they meet again. “Remember what tension rippled through the last series when Pitcher Whit Wyatt of the Dodgers and Outfielder Joe DiMaggio exchanged torrid phrases over an- alleged ‘bean-ball’ bulleted across
of the entire series. . .
by the Brooklyn tosser? ... Bear in
the comparatively mild-mannered veteran Wyatt and the definitely even-tempered DiMaggio. . . . Then you have a hint of what's in
the offing.
There’s a Clash In Double-Headers
“IT'S ONLY natural, of course,
ball's radical, and Ed Barrow, the Yankees’ conservative; Manager Leo Durocher, the ‘lip’, and Joe McCarthy, the tight-jawed pilot, should clash. . . . But now their ‘natural’ feuds have been fanned to a raging intensity by a clash in current dates. “The Yankees have scheduled a program with the Washington
Senators at the Bronx ball yard on
and navy relief, preparing to go all out to make the American league ". contribution a noteworthy gesture.
. Dodgers and Giants are playing a . Brooklyn on the same date. oo
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«THE AMERICAN LEAGUE has lagged far behind the National league in swelling the charity coffers of the services since the Dodgers and Giants alone in two games have poured almast $150,000
into the two funds.
“The Yankees had hoped their twin bill with Washington would wipe away some of this unfortunate deficit and, almost to a man, the club feels that the Dodgers-Giants games should be switched to another date in order not to efiect attendance in the Bronx.
That ‘Bean-Ball’ Animosity Again
#THE DODGERS already have
‘popular clubs in their own loop, being accused of using ‘dusters’
and ‘bean-balls.’ ) “So flagrant did the Violations
Braves brawl that Wyatt and Boston pitcher Many Salvo were both fined and League Prexy Ford Frick issued a manifestation calling for an automatic fine of $200 against the manager of a pitcher accused of purposely throwing a ‘bean-ball.’ «Such incidents have only brought further dislike of the Dodgers from the Yankees so they're readying for a torrid bout with
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«THERE MAY NOT BE much umpire-baiting or ‘bean-balling’
this fall, since the presence of Judge Landis and his ready baseball influence on most belligerents.
« « . Nevertheless, the placid Yankees are not so placid now and
law _books have a considerable
are ready to fight fire with fire.
«Manager McCarthy, always reluctant to discuss things of this nature; indicated, though, that his team would not rely on umpires or $200 fines to protect them; if and when anyone gets rough.
Baseball at a Glance
year’s series an unsatisfactory”
mind that the incident involved
that men like MacPhail, base-
Aug. 23 for the benefit of army
. . . But, unfortunately, the double header at Ebbets field,
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become one of the most un-
become in a recent Dodgers-
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Columbus 69 Kansas City .... Toledo 66 Milwaukee Louisville Minneapolis INDIANAPOLIS .. St. Paul 50
q § 3 Chicago Washington Philadelphia .....
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Brooklyn St. Louis New York .. Cincinnati Pittsburgh .. Chicago
Boston ....... Philadelphia RESULTS YESTERDAY
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Kansas City at Indianapolis only game scheduled. See box score.
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NATIONAL LEAGUE
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Cincinnati t. Louis. ............ Starr and Lakeman; Cooper.
Only games scheduled.
GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
(All Games At Night) Louisville at INDIANAPOLIS (two, 6:00
Toledo at Columbus (two). Minneapolis at St. Paul (two). Milwaukee at Kansas City.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
New York at Boston. Philadelphia at Washington (night). St. Louis at Chicago (night). Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston at New York. Brooklyn at Philadelphia (night). Pittsburgh at Cincinnati (night). Chicago at St. Louis (might).
Major Leaders
AMERICAN LEAGUE GAB R H Pet.
Williams, Boston .... 112 389 100 137 Gordon, New York ... 108 398 65 136 .342 Wright, Chicago 77 269 40 89 . Spence; Washington... 109 456 69 150 . Pesky, Boston 109 454 2 145 .
NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB
Reiser, Brooklyn . Lombardi, Boston ... Medwick, Brooklyn. .. Slaughter, St. Louis.. 113 446 Musial, St. Louis ... 102 336
HOME RUNS
‘Williams, Red Sox 25|0tt, Giants Laabs, Browns... 21|Mize, Giants Camilli, Dodgers.. 20|Keller, Yankees...
Park Softball
Champs Crowned
Interest in championship athletic events for playground teams, under the direction of the city recreation department, will shift to baseball today following the crowning of junior and senior softball titlists yesterday. Riley park won the senor softball crown by defeating the defending champions from 61st and Broadway, 13 to 2, and the 49th and Arsenal team scored a 12-to-7 victory over Ringgold in the final game of the junior tournament. Teams from Garfield park and
64 106 .
will clash for the senior baseball
diamond No. 1 today at 5 p. m. and the junior title will be decided Fri-
Indians
Stage Their
board diving championship.
Riviera club of Indianapolis whose team of local girls won the women’s National Senior swimming team championship last week-end at Neenah, Wis., will seek more honors ‘his week-end at the Shakamak state swim at Shakamak state park. of Ann Hardin will compete. Miss Hardin will defend her long-distance swimming title at Clementon Lake, N. J. had won the national title are J. H. Makin, club manager; Charles (Bud) Sawin, coach; Mary Ann Walts, free-style; Miss Hardin, long distance free-style champion; Joan Fogle, medley champion; June Fogle, breast-stroke and free-style; Patty Aspinall, 200-meter breaststroke champion, and Berry Bemis, 400 and 800-meter free-style champion and high scorer of the women’s meet. Ann Ross, St. George Dragon club of Brooklyn, N. Y., executes a back ‘dive at the meet. Miss Ross (above) won the three-meter spring-
All the girls with the exception
Pictured above after they
finals.
Ft. Wayne soon. The winner in a best two-out-of-three game series of the final championship series will become eligible for the national regional tournament at Cleveland this month. Victory there means participation in the national finals at Detroit.
Kinnett Fans 12
While Logan (Long Arm) Kinnett was scattering three hits and fanning an even dozen batters last night for Allison, his teammates, Jewell Young and Ken Gunning, connected for four-base clouts to clinch the game. core: Allison ........ 1020100— 4 8 0 0 3 3
Kinnett and Young; Bennett, Covelski and Wolfe.
In the preliminary contest last
.|night Stewart-Warner girls de-
feated R. C. A. girls, 9 to 0, and will oppose the Robert Allison Boosters at Speedway tonight at 7 o'clock for the Southern Indiana championship. Tonight's winner will par-
Wayne. The Boosters are defending champions. Also scheduled tonight at Speedway is the beginning of another Softball Derby with 28 teams entered. Tonight's schedule will bring together Wayne Park Garage and Omar Baking Co. at 8 p. m. and Mitchell-cott Machine Co. and St. Patrick’s at 9 p. m. Allison Petrol is defending champion ,
Lobos in Navy ROTC
ALBUQUERQUE, Aug. 18.—Ninety per cent of this fall's New Mexico squad will sport naval ROTC uniforms when not in football suits.
[BASEBALL
TONIGHT Double-Header
First Game, 6 P. M,
2 day at 2 p. m., with Garfield and
ticipate in the state finals next] 9 week-end at Ft.
Allison Patrol Qualifies for State Softball Championship
Allison Patrol won its 48th game in 57 starts last night and advanced to the championship round of the state A. S. A. softball tournament. The Patrolmen whipped Deckard Storage of Terre Haute, 4 to 0, last night at Speedway stadium in the final game of the local semiIt was a southern division tournament and Allison earned the right to meet the northern division winner of Ft. Wayne probably at
Hoosier Queens of Swimming
3 Veterans Tie
For Golf Lead
CHICAGO, Aug. 18
the opening round of match
of the Chicago national am: golf championships on the K.:
wood club course. Frank Stranahan, runnerup; Wilford Wehrle, Ra Wis., and Don Armstrong, Au Ill, tied for the qualifying n with two-under-par T1’s. Grouped a stroke behind the ers in a three-way tie for ft
place were John Holmstrom, !
versity of Illinois; Steve Ko
(U. E Three veterans who tied for ms: 2 ist honors lead the field toda
Toledo, 33
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Pennsylvania state amateur <i
from Pittsburgh and Mike Ben cutto, Racine, with 72's. Defending Champion Ray Bi! of Poughkeepsie, N. Y., trail
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a tie for ‘fifth place with 1:
Frank Dolven, unattached. shot even par 73's. Sixty-four players compete i holes of match play today.
hole final match will be playec
day. .
Roche to Wrest! Koverly Tonigl
Dorve Roche and George (%.
Koverly, a pair of rugged ani :
pressive heavies, clash in ma action to feature tonight's o1 wrestling program at Sports : Roche, who dropped a clos dict to Koverly last winter, is iaus to square matters and it fident that he can turn the tr: tonight's meeting which is fc: falls out of three, or 90 miGeorge is from Glendale, Cal. Dorve is out of Decatur, Ill. Meeting for one fall, or 60 utes will be Jules La Rance of : treal and Billy Thom of E! ington. They are junior I: and both are former light |. weight champs. Opening act 8:30 o'clock is between Ray of California, , Mo., Etchinsen of St. Joseph, Mo. for one fall, or 30 minutes, |
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Called ia Army
Blues Score 8 to 2 Ttiumph Through Sieve Infield to Go Half Game Behind Leader
Bill Burwell’s Galloping Louisville Colonels Open 4-Game Series Tonight With Double-Header
Al Schiensker, the Indianapolis Indians’ secretary, set Aug. 26 as ‘Amateur Night” at Victory field but the ball club crossed him up. The edskins staged an “amateur night” on their »wn last night and the bulk £ the 4862 fans on hand wondered why they had to pay to get in the park. Amateur baseball is served up free on the city park diamonds.
In the third inning, when nine tribe infield resembled a sieve. The 3lues got five runs in that stanza nd that was all for the Redskins. ‘rom then on in they played like hey had surrendered and didn't vant any more of it. The_Blues teed off on Bob Logan n the second canto and kept it up n the third. But Logan wasn’t as ad as the Blues made him look. The Tribe infield fell apart and the ) City boys got some cheap 1its because the Indians’ inner delense played dumb baseball. The final score was 8 to 2, Kansas Jity, and the Blues departed for home just one-half game behind the Columbus Red Birds, the American association leaders.
Series Is Divided
The series was split, two games apiece, but the Indians waited until the last game to make themselves look foolish hefore a large Monday “ladies’ night” crowd. The one error in the box score’ against the home boys doesn’t tell the story. They were gosh awful when the Blues splurged in the third. With Joe Bestudik caught in the throes of a batting slump he doesn’t seem to know what it's all about around third base. As a matter of fact, he isn’t a class AA third sacker as he is inclined to become
‘rattled when the opposing team
rallies. Best thing for Joe is to try the outfield next year. He'll never make the big league grade at third on his 1942 record. Last night's game closed the Indians’ books on the 1942 competition with thé league’s western clubs. Over the season the Indians beat Kansas City 12 games to 10; swamped St. Paul, 15 games to 7; won seven from Milwaukee and lost
15; and won 10 from Minneapolis|
and lost 12. That adds up to 44 won
‘and 44 lost in the season’s sparring {with the members of the western | sector.
Double-Header Tonight
In competition with the eastern clubs the Indians have won 18 and lost 23. Like this: Against Columbus, won 6 and lost 7; against Toledo, won 5 and lost 9; against Louisville, won 7 and .lost 7. Bill Burwell’s galloping Louisville Colonels open a four-game series at the Tribe park tonight and it is to start off with a twilight-night double-header, first game at 6:00, second at 8:30. John Hutchings, the huge righthand pitcher obtained from the Boston Braves, is tc make his Indianapolis debut on the Tribe mound in the first game this evening, in the twilight. Trainer Jim Pierce was unable
'|to locate a baseball shirt in In-
dianapolis large enough to sur-
!|lround Big John’s torso and.it was
necessary to call Cincinnati to ob-
‘|tain a blouse for the baseball ele- | phant.
Huber Gets in Game
Otto Huber, up from Evansville, played second base for the Indians
‘lin the last three innings last night.
He had two “at bats” and bounced to third base both times. He had
"Ino chances in the field but looked
like a “swiftie” in pre-game fielding practice. He’s probably another “good field, no hit” pastimer, judging from his stance at the plate. In the first inning last night Al Gettel, Kansas City hurler, had a wild streak and walked two and hit one, filling the bases with none out. The Indians managed to score two
Kansas City Blues went to bat, the
runs on no hits. Both markers were batted in on long fly balls. ‘Right away the Blues belted a double, triple ‘and single in the second stanza and tied the score. Then the Indians immediately fell into a crestfallen attitude and blew up in the third. Gettel found himself after the first and also found the Indians easy to subdue. rate, the home athletes failed to score after the first.
Twelve Tribesters Stranded
They had scoring opportunities but the hit in the clutch wasn’t there and 12 Redskins were left stranded on base in the nine innings. Of the nine Tribe hits, Johnny McCarthy collected three. ‘Mike Garbark, catcher, had a field night for the Blues. He smacked a single, double and triple and batted in four runs. After the disastrous third frame, Lefty Bob Logan retired to the showers and Steve Rachunok, Al Falzone and George Gill toiled on the Tribe mound in the later innings. Here’s hoping the Indians “go professional” tonight and put the Colonels in their place. (E. A.).
Pot-of-Gold Meet Begins Tonight
The annual Pot-of-Gold invitational softball tournament will start at Softball stadium tonight with a field of 10 teams entered in a round robin meet. Each team entered
must be defeated twice to be forced out of play. The lineup of clubs which will see action in quest of the prizes offered for the winners and runners-up of the tourney includes U. S. Tires, Pepsi-Cola Boosters, Indiana Gear, J. 8S. C's, J. D. Adams, CurtissWright, Kingan A. A., Bradley Barbeque, Y and B Painters and P. R. Mallory. The schedule for tonight's opening games will be: At 8 p. m, U. S. Tires vs. J. D. Adams. At 9 p. m,, Curtiss-Wright vs. Indiana Gear. An award to the player adjudged the most valuable to his team also will be made. Play will continue each night until one of the ten starters has been crowned champion.
Zollner Pistons Excel Excels
FT. WAYNE, Aug. 18 (U. P.).— With Leo Luken and Len Murray teaming up to turn in a no-hit, norun game, the Zollner Pistons of Ft. Wayne, generally favored to succeed Bendix Brakes as state softball champion, moved along in the northern semi-finals of the state tourney last night with a 6 to 0 win over the Elkhart Excels. In the other game last night, the Zoliner Reserves, Ft. Wayne sectio.xal champs, bowed to OsborneMidwest of Marion by g 3 to 1 score. The Pistons will play the East Chicago Superchargers tonight, and Marion will take on the Warsaw Power Kings in battles for spots in
At any| |
Billy Talbert of Cincinnati, national ranking tennis player and seeded second in the current Longwood Bowl tennis tournae ‘nent at Chestnut Hill, Mass., has been ordered to report tomorrow for army induction. He fought to within one point of a first-round victory yesterday then defaulted to Bob Smidl to permit Smidl to continue competition. Talbert played here two years ago in the Western amateur.
Inter-City Tennis Meet: Tomorrow
The Indianapolis Junior Davis and Junior Wightman cup teams will play a team matches with Louisville tomorrow at 2 p. m. at
the Woodstock Country club. Jack Rogers, Woodstock tennis pro, has announced the Davis cuppers as George Buschmann, Harold Morgan, Jack Sunderland, Bob Wood, Bill Boyer and Bill Mayer, Included in the Wightman team are Ann Atkins, Florence Wolff, Emily Flickinger, Louanna McCreary, Mile dred Milliken, Bunny ‘Pantzer and Mary Gallagher. Six singles and three doubles
played.
All-Army Squad Numbers 61
P.).—The all-star army football team, working. out here for its game against the New York pro Giants in the Polo Grounds on Sept. 12, nume bered 61 players today.
sen, University of Arizona and Giants’ fullback from Pittsburgh, and Ft. Bragg, N. C. joined the squad yesterday as First Lieut, Dwight Sloan, Detroit Lions’ back
Williams, Utah, departed.
Bowling Notes
The Alpha league that will roll Thursday nights at Fountain Square will meet Thursday evening at 6 p. m. at the recreation hall.
Men’s and ladies’ leagues will be formed tonight at the Sport Bowl, Interested persons are urged to ate
the final game Wednesday night.
tend.
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AHHH S ertting on Draught!
BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS
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matches in each division will be’
NEW HAVEN, Conn, Aug. 18 (U, ,
Second Lieut. Walter (Hoss) Niel.
from Van Buren, Ark. and Camp