Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 August 1942 — Page 8
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J IN a special mideAugist~ football letter from Joe
Pétitz, the Notre Dame sports publicist, a sizeup on the Irish grid outlook this fall is given by Head Coach Frank Leahy, . . . Frank is cautious and takes no chances’ on
climbing out on a limb. “If we can get past Wisconsin in
the opener, we may have anbther .
representafive season. We'll consider it an excellent year if we can win si® or seven out of our 11 games.”
«This is Coach Leahy’s estimate
of Notre Dame's chances during
the 1l-game schedule that opens against: Harry Stuhldreher’s
Badgers at Madison Sept. 26. .
. Leahy is full of optimism, however,
Bob Dove, Angelo. Bertelli and Wally Ziemba
Sous the prospects of such mainstays as Owen (Dippy) Evans,
having outstanding success. He is on record with an opinion that this 8 year’s team will stack up favorably with last 1 year’s undefeated unit which was tied only by
i Army. . .. “But
says.
that 11-game schedule . . .” he
“It is possibly the stiffest ever tackled
by any college team anywhere, and we just cams hape to win more than six or seven games.” \ If Wisconsin's . dangerous Big Nine darkhorses should take Notre Dame’s measure in the
Leahy tingent may be
opener, Leahy fears, that his sophomore con-
set back several weeks. «. A
great offensive unit in 1941, the Badgers should be just as potent with the .ball, and much improved defensively. . _. Leahy has staked his reputation and Notre Dame’s success on & change-back from the -traditional Notre Dame shift to the T-formation which was used in the early days by the late Knute . . Rockne, and Rockne’s coach, Jesse Harper. Bertelli, probably the greatest sophomore passer in the history of the game, will be at quarterback as a junior, feeding the ball
to other backs and tossing forward and lateral passes.
Evans will
be back at left half, having been at fullback last season, where he fed the Irish in rushing and scoring. Dove, all-America end in 1941, will be at left guard, along with Harry Wright, right guard, who played quarterback in ’41. , .. Their presence in the line should al downfield blocking sped to the attack.
Veteran Players Are in Majority
JERRY COWHIG, fullback, is
the only sophomore likely to
break into the starting lineup despite outside claims of a great
ex-trosh unit. . . .
If he doesn’t make the grade, it will be because
of Jim Mello or Corwin Clatt, also sophs. . . . At the conclusion of spring practice, veterans appeared to have all other positions
nailed down. “We only hope our sophomores
the experts claim they'll be,” is Leahy’s slant on the matter.
will be one-half as effective as A
have yet to see a great sophomore team. The reason we have a
lot of sophs on our squad is that
we have very few juniors and
seniors available. The mere presence of sophomores does not necessarily mean a great sophomore team.”
Seniors Slated in Forward Wall "JACK BERRY and Capt. George Murphy appear to have the
‘end jobs cinched. .. . Lou Rymkus Larry Sullivan at right tackle, have
at left tackle and Bob Neff or the inside track.-.. . Dove and
Wright at guards. and Wally Ziemba at center complete an all-
senior line.
Bertelli, a junior; Evans, a senior; Cowhig or Mello, sophomores,
and Right Halfback Bill Earley or
Creighton Miller will probably
form the backfield. , . . Earley is a senior and Miller is a junior.
LEADING SOPHOMORE candidates, besides the fullbacks, ine - clude John Creevey, 205-pound quarterback; Bob Livingstone, diminutive left half: Herb Coleman, center; Jack. Zilly, Bill Huber and
Paul Limont, ends, a1id John Adams, Much of the shock troop work
left tackle. - will fall upon these men-—and
it’s a cinch that Coach Leahy won't be able to guide his squad
~ through ' 11 games .on consecutive players.
weeks with 60-minute football
: Baseball at a Glance
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
a ees % 6 5499 71 y sn 71° 64 526 seer BY 515 60 507 0
. GB Columbus -—
3 415 2
51 56
Philadelphia . i’ "NATIONAL LEAGPE w
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GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo at : in araple (3 p. m.).
Muay ty tat st. Pi Columbus at Louisville niga.
AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston at Philadelphia (two). Fall Here “ Iv o . ts at Detroit. ; : NATIONAL NAL LEAGUE
{ at Boston (two). Philadelphia ston
RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN SASSOCIATION (First lime 1 1 junings; agretmen t)
ya 1 401 91 BF woot 3 1 y Bowman
a Christman, S58 cs...
1 actif ces—Skelley 2 y to McDow
5 s—OffCox 3, Struck a Bann 3, Reid 3, Sanford
. McCarthy Se seégeesnsses 512
Shank Reduces
NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Welter-|
00 ‘Beggs and ' Lamanno,
cago Starr, Shoun, cCullough,
Lakeman; Lee and Only gameg scheduled.
Tribe Box Score
Keller,
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i a Two run scored. Parrott "iatted tor 8 pin ord in 10th.
INDIANAPOLIS
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He thetf, ©. sssessss BAN, Pssssssses Reid, DP soseesccnnss 2
Totals «..oe.e Seeds batted for Schlueter in (Eleven mamgn
HOOMOOH HOOT HOOMOONMWNNON ONOCOROR OPO),
seventh,
Toledo Tle spoils
Runs batted in—McOarthy 2, Stevens, Seeds 2, McDowell, Christman, Keller 2 Two-base hits—Moore, Syynes McCa:
is Hanning 3 ‘Reid 2,
S. gt er—Reid
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3, Logan PF Hiteoion
1|to be accepted set at 100 by tourney officials,
pite * |pires—pazker, Murrey and Showalter.
.| field, army air base here. 321
ii Bond Buyers Bid (For Baseballs
. Monday night's ball game at Victory field between ‘Indianapolis and Columbus will be sponsored by the Indianapolis Traffic club for the benefit of 100 deserving children at Christmas time. Shown with . Manager Gabby Hartnett above in the Tribe’s dugout are E. P. Costello, vice president of Acme-Evans: Co. and president of the Indianapolis Traffic club (left), and M. J. Steffanni, divisional manager of Interstate Motor Freight system and director of the Indianapolis Traffic club.
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Harlem Flash Stops Shank
NEW YORK, Aug. 22 (U. P.)— Ray (Sugar) Robinson, Harlem’s unbeaten welterweight. contender, floored Cowboy Ruben Shank of Denver, Colo., four times with such explosiveness last night that he won ‘on a technical knockout in the second round of; their 10- round bout. Referee - Billy Cavanaugh stopped the bout at 2:25 of the second session, extending Robinson’s all-time winning record to 2123 straight victories as an amateur and
professional Robinson
1 This action
ruined Shank’s Madison : Square Garden debut and taggedchim with his first kayo in 34 professional fights. The 10,437 fans in the Garden were confident-that Cavanagh ceuld have counted up to 50—instead: of stopping the bout — when young Shank, conqueror of the former welterweight champions, Henry Armestrong and Fritzie, Zivic, hit the deck for the fourth time. Shank, an awkwardly, courageous youth, had gone. down three: times for counts of nine in the same second round, before he was hammered into the ropes with a: straight right that almost tore his head off. During the first half-minute of the second round Shank had been battering rapid . Ray around the 1ring. Suddenly, Robinson exploded a left hook on his chin and -Shank went down for nine. When he rose a left and right put him down again. Up again once more, he was floored by a whistling left hook.
Suveges Enters {Baer Golf Meet
FT. WAYNE, Aug. 22 (U. P)~ Entries were still coming in today
oH enctian. | TOF the Baer field benefit golf tourbass hit—MeI| teur best-ball affair to be held at
nament, an 18-hole amateur-ama-
the Orchard Ridge Country: club
98 here tomorrow.
The entry list stood at 65: teams last night, with the limit of ‘those
The Sournament will split a $1000] Secon prize melon, all in war bonds’ and stamps, with top money set. at $200, ~All ‘proceeds of ‘the tourney will go to the athletic fund of Baer ‘Most prominent of the later entries was that ‘of John Suveges of
288 Richmond, recently crowned state|
Junior. Champion.
Southworth May Have Erred In Sticking With Southpaws
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. 22.—Manager Billy Southworth annually does an inspiring job by keeping his Cardinals hustling, never-say-die runnerThis year is no exception. But post-season analysis may. reveal that he made costly errors in handling his pitchers. © Last season Ernie White and Howie Pollet won 22 games bgtween them. White won 17 and Pollet, brought up late in the year, clicked for
five important decisions. But the two young southpaws failed to find the range this season, both posting the same miserable mark of four wins against five losses. Southworth apparently has been
{in error in sticking to the two hurl-
ers too long as part of his regular rotation of starters. He’s apparently quit on them now, however, and both seem through for the duration. Southworth has settled on a regular group of starters headed by Mort Cooper and includnig Johnny Beazley, Max Lanier, Harry Gumbert, Murry Dickson and Howie Krist. : Beazley helped better one. of the league’s best pitching records as ithe Cards trounced the Pirates,
1 10-2, yesterday .to trim the idle ‘Dodgers’ lead to 6% games. 'It was
Beazley’s 15th victory and he allowed the Pirates only six hits. Johnny Hopp’s double, driving in two runs, topped a four-run St. Louis attack in the fifth that put the game on'ice and clinched their seventh straight victory and 12th in the 14 starts.
A fifth-inning splurge that netted five runs gave the Cubs a 6-3 decision over Cincinnati in the ‘only other National league game scheduled. The Cubs blasted three hurlers for 10 hits, taking six from Ray Starr before routing him in the fifth. The Yankees opened a homestand at the stadium by belting the Senators for 21 hits and a 17-7 triumph. The New Yorkers smashed Early Wynn, the starting pitcher, for seven hit: in the opening frame. Bill Trotter, the next man,” was plastered for 12 safeties in the five innings he worked. Ray Scarborough relieved in the seventh and allowed only two blows the rest of the Way.
McCoskey Beats Auker
Marius Russo made his: first start since May 20 and allowed seven hits in seven innings. - Scoring all their runs in the fourth, the Tigers downed the Browns, 4-1. Eldon Auker was thé victim of a fourth-frame barrage
“|led by Barney McCosky. Barney
belted an jnside-the-park four-bag-ger with one on and Rudy York followed with his 20th circuit clout. Hal White went ‘the route for the Tigers and allowed eight hits for
. this ninth win.
.Mel Harder held the. White Sox to five hits. as ‘the Indians. beat Thornton Lee, 3-2, last night. With the bases filled in the fifth, Lee hit Oris "Hockett with a pitch. and forced ‘Ray ‘Mack in with the winning run. ; _ Scoring. three runs in the first and’ -second innings, the Red Sox defeated the As, 1-5, to remain 10% games behind the Yankees. The Sox clinched the." decision - -when, with two out and three on in the second ‘Tony. Lupien cleared ' the sacks with a single. on the hit-and-Tun play.. :
Pasha Suche mh Local - Triumph
Dave: Reynolds, the young Towan
950 Swimmers At Shakamak
JASONVILLE, Aug. 22 (U. P).— At least 250 of the finest aquatic stars in the country opened competition today in the eighth annual National = junior and Shakamak open A. A. U. championships. The featured events were expected to be the National Senior and Junior A. A. U. platform diving championships. In the absence of
Helen Crlenkozick, San Franeise, defending champion, = Margaret Reinhold, Lakeland, Fla., was favored to capture the women’s platform diving event. In the women’s swimming competition, top-ranking competitors included Betty Bemis, Patty Aspinall and Joan Fogle of the Indianapolis Riviera club; Patricia McWhorter, Plainfield, N. J.; Betsy Blake, Cleveland, and: Edna Mann, Birmingham, Ala. Outstanding men entered in the swimming events included Floyd Stauffer and Bill Taylor, Ohio State university; A. O. Laberteaux, Ernest Vogel and Richard Acker, Indiana university; Jimmy Counsilman, Columbus, O.; Stephan. Grinn Jr., Chicago, and Bob White, Chicago. The meet-.closes tomorrow night.
'Zup' Defends War Football CHICAGO, Aug. 22 (U. P). — Bob Zuppke, who contributed much to the development of the modern football, today defended wartime servicemen’s football ‘competition against Comm. Gene Tunney’s sharp criticism. Zuppke, coaching "a college. allstar team for a game with the Chicago Bears .in Soldiers field next week, acctised Tunney of “throwing sand in the peoples eyes.” : yA “Tunney was ‘a fighter and a good one. He made his million dollars, studied , Shakespeare; and acquired an Oxford accent. And now he says football is no good.: I don’t remember his ever playing fullback or making a block: or: a tackle for a ball carrier. . That's co-operation and football teaches. it,” “2p said last night. ! Zuppke, answering ‘the charges made by Tunney. in Washington last Wednesday that the public clamor for army and navy athletic “extravaganzas” ‘was ‘nonsense, continued: “Football is as tough as anything Tunney’s physical ' education men ever thought up. Suppose I give knives to this. gang of all-star linemen and turn thém loose. ‘ Do you think ‘they couldn’: take - care. of themselves? . . . - “Tunney. ought to: read what Gen. Douglas MacAsthur said about football,”
- BASEBALL Glenns Valley will h - row BIER Hi . Th
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Major Lepders._
| NATIONAL: LEAGUE
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| who is touted for his speed in the oe
| morrow .afternoon,
“riding.”
5 AHorror’ 10th Inning Almost
Costs Game Twih Bill With Hens ‘Tomorrow * Afternoon
ning streak- of ‘three games the
{Indians are looking forward to af:
big_ week-end.
pulled within three games of fourth in the léague’s post-season playoff. : ui A Their current opponent, Toledo,
1is the fourtn-place club at this
writing and three tilts remain in the series, one this afternoon at 3 o'clock and a double-header tostarting -at 2 o'clock.
for the Redskins today and tomor-
new twirler, in the first game and George Gill in the second.
customers sat in on the pyrotechnics at Victory field last night. It was a ding-dong, see-saw affair in
pulled. McCarthy Breaks It Up
up the struggle in the 11th inning by belting a double to left center that scored Earl Reid with the winning run after two down. It' was the second time this week that McCarthy broke up an extra-inning fracas by smacking a two-bagger. The Tribe's, 11th was like this: Reid, first’ up, singled and Wayne Blackburn popped out trying to sacrifice. Reid pulled up at second on Rabbit McDowell's single, and Phil Weintraub, in left field, made a one-hand shoestring catch on Joe Moore’s low liner. This brought up McCarthy and the-winning hit. The “horror” inning for the Indians and the fans was the home half ‘of the 10th and what happened. had the cfowd puzzled. It was in this stanza that the Redskins got a triple and three intentional bases on balls without scoring. McCarthy led it off by walloping a triple to center that Outfielder Byrnes barely got his glove on. Manager Fred Haney of the Mud Hens then ordered intentional walks to both Joe Bestudik and Gil English, filling the bases with none out and the score at 6-all. Tribe Gets Signals Mixed Pitcher Bill Cox struck out Bill Skelley for the first out. Gabby Hartnett stepped up to the plate and on the first pitch McCarthy took off for the plate. Coach Walter Tauscher at third ‘had uninfentionally given McCarthy the “squeeze play” signal and Hartnett, unaware of the mix-up, let the pitch: go as it was high and inside. And McCarthy was tagged by Catcher Keller for out No. 2. The Mud Hens then issued an intentional walk to Hartnett, again filling the bases. With two balls and no strikes on Reid, Joe Bestudik, who was on third, lost his bearings and hit it out for home. Reid had been ordered to “take” the third pitch and try for a walk, but Bestudik missed the signal and ran too far off third and was an easy out, Keller to Dillinger, retiring the side. Bestudik said he became rattled and wasn’t sure what he was Lying to accomplish. “Riding” Is Undeserved At any rate, Manager Hartnett, an undeserved Coach Tauscher and Bestudik ‘Were responsible for upsetting the . applecart. The Tribe infield exploded in the sixth and errors by McDowell and Skelly helped Toledo to three runs after two down. The Indians scored one marker
four in the seventh when the Mud) Hens got jittery. That made the score 5 to 4, Indianapolis.: Bob Seeds batted for Normén Schlueter in this canto and his pinch single batted in two runs... In the Toledo eighth Logan was taken out after McDowell put him in the hole with a second error. Lefty Bob was tired and Reid relieved him. The Hens tallied three markers in the eighth and snatched the lead, 6 to 5. But the Indians also scored a run in the eighth. English doubled and advanced to third on Skelley’s sacrifice, and ey was' safe on Dillinger’s error. ‘Then English scored “while Hartnett was stroking into a double
extra stanza. —(L8. A).
Club Tournament | Starts. s Foordey Highland
Having put together a baby win. :
By defeating Toledo last night,|’ “17 to 6, in 11 innings, the Tribesters
place, the last position that counts}:
Chief Hogsett was slated to pitch row it will be John Hutchings, the|:
A crowd of 5700 “ladies’ night”|
which everything in the “book” was| ;
Johnny McCarthy finally’ busted}
the fans “got on”|:
in the first and then ‘splurged for)’
play. That made it 6-all until Mc-|. ‘Carthy made it 7 to 6 in the second |
Pot of Gold
Lefty Paul Bain probably will - hurl for the.J. S. C. team tomorrow night when it battles P. R. Mallory in the second game. of the Pot of Gold softball tournament at Softball stadium. Cur-tiss-Wright and U. S. Tire will play the first game at 7:30 p. m.
Burness Named: Manual Coach
Clarence Burness was named head football coach at Manual high school today in an announcement by ‘E. H. Kemper McComb, school principal. Meanwhile, A.: E. Pitcher ‘was named to succeed Walter Floyd as head grid mentor at Southport. Burness, freshman coach last year, succeeds John Janzaruk, who resigned to remain at work with a local defense plant where he: has been employed during the summer vacation. Pitcher returns to the post he held from 1929 through 1938. Floyd resigned this week to accept an assisting coaching position at Butler university. Burness had six years of coaching in Minnesota and Wisconsin before coming to Manual last year. He played football, basketball and baseball with strong independent teams and at college. -He quarterbacked and coached his high school team one year through an unbeaten season. His assistants will be John Piper and Leslie Maxwell. Pitcher is a graduate of Greenwood -high school and Franklin: college. He coached the first football team at Southport and later served as athletic director, a ‘position he will retain. Jewell Young is the reserve coach and Ray Linson ‘will coach the frosh again.
State men
Meet Closed
The 1942 closed state tennis tourney. will be held at the .Meridian| - Hills Country club, Sept. 1 to 7. according to the tournament committee’s announcem®nt yesterday. Entry blanks are available for five divisions of play; men’s singles and doubles, . women’s - singles : and doubles. and mixed _deubles.. No entries will be accepted after next Saturday. Ken Black and: Paul Dixon, Illinois doubles winners last. year, can not participate tihs year be-
Frank Grove, Terre Haute, however, is expected to defend his singles title.
teacher, will defend her women’s singles title. The tournament will be. directed. by Comm. R. H. G. Mathews, ‘Frederick Ww. Hunt, Frank Dowling, Andrew Bicket and ‘Jack Rogers. Entry blanks may be had’ at all sporting goods stores and tennis clubs and should be mailed to Mrs. Andrew Bicket, (3115 Guilford ave. WA. 4201. -
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“SOFTBALL
Results of last night's game in the softYall derby at Speedway stadium: _: Sinclair Service, 6; LaPinta Wholesale; 2. a Lik Belt Bullets, 2; Indianapolis Power
Lig! re Jewelry, * Rock: Island Re-
Ton: t's schedule is. Labor Tem le vs. |g teri Atta at 8 o'clock and le venian Home vs: Wallace: Grain ‘at 9 o'clock, af | Drawings have been made for. the Soithiwest. Branch ¥, M. C. A. twilight tourma-
cause the’ meet is a closed affair. ||
Catherine Wolf, Elkhart school ||
Gity Swim Mee 0 Next Week-end
At Garfield
High Point Swine To Get Trophy
Twenty-two events: will amiss 3 the program for ‘the annua] city swimming meet at the Garfield park
cording to en announcement today by Frank (Pop) Hedden, city swimming supervisor, and William Hi Merrill, director of life saving for the Indianapolis chapter of the American Red Cross. Five awards will be at stake in each event and the swimmer scor= ing the most points will receive the
| Jack Shaffer memorial trophy for lone year.
No entry fee will be charged but all entries must be turned in to Mr, Merrill at the Red Cross office in the Chamber of Commerce build ing by noon Thursday,
Clubs Enter Entries are expected from all mu-
|nicipal pools, the Riviera club, the * | Broadmoor Country club, the Y.
C. A, the Highland Golf.and Co try club and the Indianapolis Ath» letic club. The list of events, sanctioned by ihe Indians-Rentucky A. A, Us fol» ows: :
25-meter free Style; boys under 100 pounds; 25-meter backstroke, boys un 100 pounds; 25-meter free style, 1s u der Too pounds; 25-meter ba fxd. giv under 100 pounds; 50-meter px boys under 120 pounds: omen backSii0ke, boys under 120 pounds: 50-meter free style, girls under 110 pounds; 50meter backstroke. girls under 110 10 pounds: 50-meter breaststroke, girls 110 pounds; men’s 100 miter free ae men’s 100-meter backstroke; men's 100-meter breaststroke; Thotrok 200-meter free style relay; men's 150-meter = medley relay; diving, five required dives and five optional dives; women’s. 100-meter free style; women’s 100-meter backstroke; women’s 100-meter breaststroke; women’s 200-meter free ‘style relay: women’s 150and 150-meter* indi for girls having never
meter medley rela vidual medley Telay; won a first place
Juniors May Play Hockey
TORONTO, Aug. 22 (U. P).— Youthful players—under the Cae nadian draft age—will fill in the ranks of the National Hockey league so that it can go ahead
“as usual” next season, President Frank Calder said today following a meeting of that circuit: wit the Canadian: Amateur Hockey associaion. The two ice sport bodies agreed that clubs from the larger league can now take players of junior 2 at any time. Previously, National league teams seeking to sign players under 20 years of age had to get formal permission each case before the players could be taken: from their amateur clubs. | According to Canadian rules,--junior hockey player is “one Whe is under 20 years of age on ‘Nov. A ee oe
‘to play.” Under existing Canadian
draft laws, men become eligible for army service on their 20th birthday. Calder ‘described this resolution
‘| of the joint committees as the most
important decision made at the meeting. He emphasized that the joint meetings had been con-
| cerned solely with the problems of
amateur-professional relations.
| Genth Appointed
Columbus Coach:
COLUMBUS, Aug. 22 w. PY George Herman Boots, former Frankfort high school and Purdue basketball star, has resigned as
basketball coach at Columbus, the
school board announced yesterday. The board, on. learning of Boots’ resignation, appointed Noel Genth, a graduate of Indiana Central colal Tin -Genth has Serven as assistam’ %o.Beuis the pas three years,
pe
pool next Saturday and Sunday, sc=
weight Ruben Shank; the: former Colorado beet farmer, who weighs 147 pounds, scaled 177 when he ef 3 ©00 Samp tse years ago.