Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 August 1942 — Page 14

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THIRTY-FIVE huskies, of whom 15 are seeking the i st season as professional Chicago Bears football play-

‘ers, have been in strenuous military academy, Delafield,

training at the St. John's Wis., for more than two

The Bears, you know, are America’s pro grid champs, and they

‘are to battle the college all-stars under the lights in Soldier's field,

* Chicago, Friday night before approximately 100,000 sports goers. , . « It’s an army-navy emergency relief fund show and it’s a cinch to

“harvest a gold mine of coin.

Last year the Bears swamped the all-stars, 37 to 13... .

éne of

the Bears’ big problems, of course, is to plug the gaps made by the Joss of 10 veterans (nine to the military), and especially to fill the ‘shoes of such key men as McAfee, Standlee, Plasman and Kavanaugh. . In the struggle for McAfee’s position are Adolph Kissell and Frank Maznicki, Boston college, and Bill Geyer, Colgate.

Francis Morris, Boston university, and John Petty,

Purdue, are

battling for Standlee’s fullback place, and Clinton Wager, St. Mary's

(Winona, Minn.) and Connie Berry,

North Carolina State, are the

Wager tried to enlist in the army but was turned down for being too tall. . . . He stretches 6 feet 614 inches, weighs 215 pounds and is

know: to his mates as “Stoop.”

Wager won 14 letters at college, four each for basketball and baseball and three each for track and football,

Musso Starts 10th Season in

Line

; GEORGE MUSSO is the “daddy” of the pro champs’ squad. . “He is in his 10th season in the line at the ripe old age of 31. ,.. The youngest are Arnold Winter, Lane Tech ( (Chicago) tackle, and Stuart Clarkson, Texas A. & I., who are 20. . . . “Moose” is also the heftiest, creaking the beam at 270, his normal weight since he joined

‘the Bears’ club.

| Charles O'Rourke, sensational Boston college pilot, is responding rapidly to much personal attention from the coaches and Sid Luck-

”

man and Young Bussey.

The retirement of Bob Snyder to the Notre Dame coaching

staff made it imperative that a ‘“Chucker” seems to have the goods.

‘Cardinal Hayes memorial high school in New York.

quarterback be developed and . Last year he coached the’

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THE AVERAGE weight of the Bears’ 21 linesmen is about 216 “and of the 14 backs, 190 pounds, and the average age is 24 years, 8

months,

This is the seventh professional grid season for Ray Nolting, Panny Fortmann and Joe Stydahar, and the sixth for George Wilson. . . . Albert Hoptowit, Washington State tackle, is making his second tryout. , . . He was up last year.

Fordiam Opened Grid Drills

Aug. 18

FORDHAM’S RAMS, who will launch their season against Pur ‘due at Lafayette on Sept. 26, opened practice on Aug. 18 with a record-breaking squad of 55 men that included eight first string members of last year’s Sugar bowl championship team. Purdue will

open practice on Sept. 1. _ George Elder, sophomore brother speed merchant, is making a bid:

of Jack. Elder, 1929 Notre Dame for a backfield berth on the

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GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIA TON (All Games At Night) Columbus at INDIANAPOLIS (8:30). Toledo at Louisville. Milwaukee at St. Paul. Kansas City at _Minneapolis.

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6 All-Army Stars

| On Injured List

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Aug. 25 (U. P.).—Daily scrimmages in preparation for the game with the New York Giants, Sept. 12 at the Polo Grounds, have put six of the army all-star football team players on the injured list, Col. -Bob Neyland, coach of the ‘service squad, said today. Pvt. Floyd Spendlove, tackle, was taken from the field to have his left elbow X-rayed; 2d Lieut. Charles Henke, guard, will be out for several days because of a sprained left ankle; 2d Lieut. Mike Gussie, also a guard, will be lost to the team until the end

|Chief Sen]

Seeks Series Lead Tonight

All Box Seats Sold For ‘Family Night’

Two games to go and the Indian-

_|apolis Tribesters will close the books

on their home schedule for the season. They finish on the road and the American association curtain falls on Sept. 7. In the third of the series with the Columbus Red Birds at Victory field tonight Chief Hogsett is to try his southpaw slants against the in-

“ladies’ night,” the farewell of the season for the feminine fans. It also is “amateur baseball night.” Tomorrow will be Tribe Secretary Al Schlensker’s super colossal “family night” with grandstand admission reduced to 25 cents, no more, no less. And there won't be any complimentaries accepted. Schlensker placed- a price of 50 cents on a box seats for tomorrow’s “family night” and all were gobbled up in short order. Therefore, no reserved seats remain for the last game of the home schedule. In the event of a grandstand overflow, fans| will be permitted on the field. The Tribe-Columbus series now stands one-and-one and Hogsett believes he has it in his arm to make it two and one in the Indians’ favor tonight with starting time at 8:30. Four Hits in 11 Innings

The Red Birds won last night, 6 to 1, in 11 innings. It was a mound duel between Ted Wilks, Columbus righthander, and Woodie Rich, Tribe righthander. Wilks, pitched a masterful game and held the Indians to four hits over the 11-inning stretch. Rich was solved for 10 hits in 10 2-3 innings. He was relieved by Bob Logan after two down in the 11th. Nineteen Red Birds were left on base and nine sacrifice hits were chalked up in the tussle, five by the visitors. The league record for men left on base is 18 in a nineinning game. , Until the Red Birds splurged for five runs in the 11th the 6223 fans saw a bundle of tight ball. Rich was effective, though wild, and Wilks had the Redskins subdued. But for an error behind him in the sixth he would have blanked the Tribe, 1 to 0, in nine innings.

Seventeen Walks in Game

Rich issued 12 walks, three of them intentional; Wilks issued four, one intentional, and Logan issued one. That adds up to 17 walks for the extra-inning fracas. The Birds scored in the fifth on Bergamo’s single, Gleeson’s sacrifice and Antonelli’s double. The Indians tied it at one-all in the sixth on Shortstop Young's error, Moore’s sacrifice and Bestudik’s single. The Indians were jolted by a bad break in the fifth. With two away and Skelley on first, Rich smacked a safe drive down the left field line but after it passed over the foul line it struck a chair in the Indians’ bullpen and bounced‘ out to Left Fielder Lukon. He rifled the ball to the infield and prevented Skelley from scoring. Had the bali missed the chair it’ probably would have rolled to the left corner. As it was, Rich’s drive was held to two bases.

Columbus Pilot Banished

The Birds threatened in the seventh, eighth and 10th, the Indians threatened in the eighth in which Manager Eddie Dyer of Columbus was banished for prolonging an argument over a close play at first base. In the Tribe 10th Rich reached base on an error and moved to second on Blackburn’s sacrifice. Evidently McDowell took it upon himself to bunt instead of trying for an outfield hit and he was an easy out as Rich -reached third. Moore bounced to the pitcher for the third out. In the 11th it was a Red Bird feast. Eleven men batted and tive scored on four hits, three walks and two errors. The Columbus boys reaily rubbed it in on the Redskins in that session as they sewed up the contest with runs to spare. (E. A.).

Allen’s Gay Song

"Paces Home First

® MILWAUKEE, Wis., Aug. 26 (U. P.)—John T. Allen’s Gay Song, driven by Bill Shively, - Pomona, Cal.,, swept all three heats in the 2:12 pace race at the Wisconsin state fair park yesterday. Allen, a native of Denver, Colo. collected the largest part of the $1000 purse. Gay Song’s times— considered ;very fast for the type of race—were 2:02%; 2:04; 2:04%. Prince Yakima, owned by Harry Nelson, Selma, Cal, placed second in all three heats.

Daniel Parshall, Urbana, O., and owned by B. C. Mayo, Yarboro, N. C., won the 2:16 trot. January won the first two heats but dropped to fourth in the final heat after a bad start. Seven-Up, owned by E. T. Gerry, New York, placed second in all of the heats. Cgzare-

Greenwich, Conn, won the third heat after placing third in the first two. The purse was $1000.

|A. E.R. Gets Check

NEW YORK, Aug. 26 (U. P)— Army emergency relief officials have

of the week because of a sprained JT . Ralph oy

vaders and it ‘will be another}

Captain January, piloted by}

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vitch, owned by C. W. Phellis,|

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shown above.

Allen Gains Club Finals

Oran (Dutch) Allen advanced to the finals of the Speedway Golf club championship yesterday eliminating George Daugherty, 2 and 1, in a semi-final match. Allen will meet the winner of the Ray Jones-Howard Ely match for the title. Ely was runner-up last year to Paul Sparks, who could not defend his crown this year because of an operation. Meanwhile Hillcrest and Highland country club have begun play for women’s club championships. Results at Hillcrest yesterday were: Mrs. E. D. Lukenbill defeated Mrs. A. D: Peters, 2 and 1; Mrs. L. R. Swanson defeated Mrs. William Hutchison, 3 and 2; Mrs. Dale Lentz defeated Mrs. Ralph Bowstrom, 6 and 5, and Mrs. Fritz Morris defeated Mrs. Maurice Johnston, 3 and 2, in first round matches. In today’s round Mrs. Lukenbill opposes Mrs. Swansol and Mrs. Lentz opposes Mrs. Morris. Finals in the championship and three other flights will be held tomorrow. Today’s first round matches for the women’s title at Highland were Mary Gorham vs. Mrs. Ben Olsen; Mrs. Joseph Brower vs. Mrs. Lacey Shuler; Louellen Trimble vs. Mrs. Paul Whittemore and Mrs. Louis Bola vs. Mrs. L. L. Lykins. Second round matches will be played tomorrow. The finals are scheduled for Friday. N

Wright Ordered To Report

LUMBERTON, N. C., Aug. 26 (U, P.) —Taft Wright, hard-hitting Chicago White Sox outfielder, has been ordered to report to Ft. Bragg, N. C,, Sept. 4, for induction into the army, his draft board here announced today. Wright, third-ranking American league hitter, is one of a group of 100 from his draft board scheduled for induction on that date, according to the board.

Harlem Dynamite

Ray (Sugar) Robinson, the New

won 123 consecutive bouts will fight Tony Motisi of Chicago to- | Hight in » 10-rounder at, Chioge, |

York flashy welterweight who has |b

county juvenile court which will

the list to bulge to 175 by tee time.

winner finishes first three times he gets to keep it. Bill Hanafee won last year and he'll be back this year for his second leg. And Bill will be eligible to play again next year. The tournament 1s an 18-hole medal play affair and the boys will be sent off in foursomes beginning at 8 p. m. Hanafee will drive first off the tee. John Marshall has donated a plague to be awarded the boy who tours the 18 holes with the least number of putts and Judge Wilfred Bradshaw has donated a -golf trophy to the winner. At least 100 prizes will be in war stamps. Merchandise prizes, also, will be awarded the boys. on a low gross and blind par basis. : The judge will present the awards at the club house at 4:30 p. m. Several men have volunteered to help officiate at the tourhament. They are Sheriff Al Feeney; Frank Luzar, city recreation director; Fred Hasselbring, 11th District American Legion commander, and Don Smith, special uvesugator for the juvenile court. - Boys who are not 18 years old by tournament time are eligible to compete and you may enter by telephoning the Marion county juvenile court, RI. 3535. You must be able to prove your age in case of any protest. ! » ® » o 3 Tee Times 8:00—Bill Hanafee, a aph Heinlein, Arnold Koehler, John R. Schor 8:05—Joe Wilson, Bob Standil, Bill Eamon, Robert Hoffenbert 8:10—Robert Morrison, - Kenneth MassinTo Floyd Anderson, Ral Brown Springer, Rob-

8:15—Kenneth Hoy, Bu ert Harendt, Harley Adam ul St Vaughn, VirBaker.

8:20—Pa umph, Charles Patterson, Edward Broden 8:25—Bob Buckley, Bruce Shipman gil Patten, Thomas Connelly, Louis 8:30—Tommy Messer, Jace Demaree, Bob Rochierd Joseph Kellam 8:35—Billy Seals, Robert Breedlove, Paul Dehf, Bob Smith. 8:40—Gene Battreall, Jim Sallee, Dick ges. : Roy

8:4 Tt. Harold Mason. Troha, Herbert Baxter, Gale Barn 8:50—Charles Kersey, John Royce, " John

Richard Montgomery. Bill Donahue, , Cleo Stonehouse, James Cole, Paul. Hynes. 9:10—Stanle, ey Retse, Roy Montgomery, Eddie Klemen, Peter ‘Barbarich. 9:15—Lester Bu Burda, Harry Kimbre,

ain RIphY, 8 Bud Conger, Geno eski, Bob Collins, Bob Gattiker, Thomas Bullock. 9:30—Bruno Floreancia, Jolin Med jeski, Leo Curran, Tin Brockleh 9:40—Dale. Bullock, Donald Satie, Jack Boswell, Bobbio Maitin ly. 9:45—Bob Dillon, Lukins, verick Ajoyd oh t. Alonzo Johnson, Earl Viarstey, HerDes Stix Virgil Patton, Willis Kirk. 10: Langan, Charles Knight, Johnny Kraets. os 35 ~Dead Burns, Keith Peters, Ronoach, Don Robbins. Th oeRichard Stenie Gene Vaughn, Herbert Mears, Earl :156—Walter Boers: Mit Littlejohn, Jack illen Rudolph Dayt 0:20—Jack Dillon, Paul Fishman. Mick7 Oattingts. Jack MacDermott. 10:25—James Marshall, Robert Auckley, Dick Leppert, Joe Regi ch. 10:30—Sandy or Dwight Stafford, Bob Hoyt, Dudley Dunn. 10:35—Joe Sexton, Mickey Cain, Robert Gamhiart Maurice Herring. 0:40—George B Belt, Pai Kernel, Paul

Mutphy, 3 ohn H pS 45—Charles Harp, Chatles Rickert,

Po: Piso Sankey Sagan. Valse Walter Glogozs, Wins Women’s Meet

Bronco

. |At Riverside Links

Edna Metzel won the match-card-against-par golf tournament for women yesterday at Riverside.

tively. The Riverside women’s club will host a guest day tournament next Tuesday and have postponed

| their monthly meeting until Sept. 8.

Cronin ‘On: New Ball

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Ray Jones (left), local sportsman, has donated the large silver trophy (center) for the winner of the Marion county juvenile court golf tournament Friday at South Grove. vestigator for the court, will serve as one of the tourney officials. Just a few of the other prizes are

Don Smith (right), special in-

Hanalee, Defending Champ: Favored to Repéat Friday

A prize for each and every contestant is the word of the Marion

sponsor its annual schoolboy golf

tournament Friday morning at South Grove. Already 132 boys have entered and court officials are expecting

The huge Ray Jones trophy will go to the winner and if that

Evers Improved But Serious

ALBANY, Aug. 26 (U. P)~— Johnny Evers, :59, middle man of “Tinker-to-Evers-to-Chance,” = was waging the greatest battle of his career today—in an Albany hospital where attendants reported his condition “improved but still very serious.” Evers, second baseman with the Chicago Cubs and Boston Braves in the early 1900’s, was taken to the hospital yesterday, suffering from a stroke which parlyzed his right side. He was given a chance for recovery, but it was reported that his right side would remain useless. He was conscious but unable to talk. Shortly after breaking into the lineup of the Cubs, in 1902, he became pivot man of the double-play combination that fans still talk about. He began his career in his native Troy and in 1902, at the age of 19, he was sold to the Chicago Nationals. Evers remained with the Cubs as a player and manager until the ‘close of the 1913 season and he returned once more, in 1921, {to handle the managerial reins from the season’s opening until he drew his release that August. hd Evers was captain of the Boston Braves “wonder team” of 1914 which came from last place on July 4 to clinch the National league pennant and went on to annex the world series title.

Thom Extends Mat Victories

Coach Billy Thom, of Indiana university, extended his local winning streak to four straight matches at the expense of Frankie Talaber, Chicago junior heavyweight, in the top bout on the weekly wrestling bill last night at the open air Sports Arena. Talaber took the initial canto with a body slam in 19 minutes to get out in front of the Bloomington athlete, but Thom won the second with a grapevine hold and the third in 10 minutes with a slam and body press. The semi-final went to a 30-

the Hindu grappler from Calcutta, India, and Dave Reynolds, classy Boise, Idaho, product. Carlos Freeman, Indianapolis lifeguard, took the measure of Buzz Jones, Cheyenne, Wyo. .in the opener, when the local lad clamped on a crab hold |n 13 minutes to win the only fall.

minute draw between Ali Pasha,|

Into Third Place as

NEW YORK, Aug. 26.—It may Six weeks ago, of course, an eig

pitch. Even as it is, the Bostons have cut the Yankees’ pace-setting margin to a reasonable 82 games. They ere getting pitching and hitting worthy of champions and after playing the Yankees right down to the ground in their last four-game set at Fenway park—they took three out of four—have won eight of 17 games from the champions. It would require a modern miracle for the Sox to send the Yankees

.| tumbling from the top with only

30 games remaining but it definitely could happen here.

Chase Holds Indians

The Red Sox made it eight straight yesterday, taking both ends of a double-header from the Cleveland Indians, 4-3 and 5-1. After Lou Boudreau had broken a 2-all tie for Cleveland with a home run in the 11th, the Red Sox broke loose for two runs in the last half of the frame and won the opener. Southpaw Ken Chase held the Indians to four hits in that game for his fourth victory of the year and first since July 24. Jim Tabor’s two-run homer in the fifth tied the score. Tom Ferrick gave the Sox only seven hits. Oscar Judd came through with a seven-hitter in the nightcap, the Indians’ lone run coming as a result of a passed ball in the- first inning. Boston salted away the game in the seventh, scoring three times on hits by Judd, Dom DiMaggio, Tabor and an error by Joe Heving. Judd, who won his eighth, also connected for a iriple and two singles. Joe Gordon’s 15th homer with one on climaxed an uphill battle ‘in which the Yankees overcame the White Sox, 5-3. Johnny Humphries blanked the Yanks for the first six frames but Gordon's single, an error, Gerry Priddy’s triple and another error tied the score in the seventh. Marvin Breuer was rapped for 10 hits before he was relieved by Ernie Bonham in the seventh. Breuer gave up all the Sox’ runs, two on Luke Appling’s homer with one on in the first.

Browns Climb

The Browns climbed into third place in the American league, defeating the Senators, 8-1, in the opener of a twilight double-header. Al Hollingsworth and Dennis Galehouse held Washington to seven hits. The Browns broke into the scoring column in the fourth with three runs on two walks, Frankie Hayes’ double and Hollingsworth’s single. They put the game away in the seventh on three walks, two singles and an error, good for four runs. The Browns made their advantage over the fourth-place Indians a game and a half by edging the Senators, 3-2, in an 1l-inning nightcap. George McQuinn came in with the winning run on Rick Ferrell's fly after the Senators had tied the score at 2-all in the sixth. Walt Masterson went the route for Washington, allowing only six hits. - Mort Cooper went the full distance as the Cardinals clipped the Dodgers for the second time, 2-1 in 14 innings and cut Brooklyn’s National league lead to 5% games. Cooper dueled scorelessly with Whit Wyatt until the 13th wheh Brooklyn went in front with a run but the Cardinals tied it in their half. A scratch single by Terry Moore, his only hit of the night, with the bases loaded and one out, pushed over the winping run that gave

I coaper Taites Brooklyn, 9 to oli In 14-Inning Night Thriller; Boston Playing

St. Louis Browns Beat Senators Twice and Move

Like Champs

Cleveland Loses

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent

be too little and it may be too late

but the Boston Red Sox’ current spurt might make things a bit interest« ing for the New York Yankees in the American league.

ht-game winning streak such. as the

Red Sox boast today and a record of 14 victories out of 15 starts would have raised the tempo of the junior circuit competition to an exciting

Mort Cooper. . . . Beats Bums,

Cooper his 16th win. George Kure owski bunted safely and Martin Marion was safe on another bunt when Dolph Camilli threw late to second. After Cooper went out, Jimmy Brown walked to set the stage for Moore. Johnny Vander Meer clipped Car} Hubbell’s winning streak at eight games and pitched the Reds to a 3-1 victory over the Giants. Vane der Meer, who fanned 11 batters, bringing his total strikeouts to 140 for the season, gained his 15th victory with the aid of two New York errors. Rip Sewell hurled three-hit ball for the Pirates and beat the Braves, 6-0. Tommy Holmes connected for all the hits given up by Sewell, The Bucs hammered four pitchers for 11 hits, including Jimmy Was dell’s four-bagger in the first ine ning. The Phils cut loose five runs in the second and one in the fifth and defeated the Cubs, 6-4. The Phils made 15 hits off three pitchers and Johnny Podgajny and Rube Melton | scattered 12 blows including Bob. Scheffing’s fourth- inning homer with one on. }

Brewers Boost League Lead : By UNITED PRESS : Eddie Hanyzewski limited St. Paul to four hits yesterday and enabled the Milwaukee Brewers to maintain their 1%-game lead over Kansas City and Columbus in the Amere ican association. The Blues defeated Minneapolis and the Red Birds beat Indianapolis. Milwaukee scored early to defeat the Saints, 5. to 3. The Brewers scored four times in the first three frames to overcobme- an early 2 to 1 lead. The Brewers made 12 hits, 1} Kansas City unleashed a four-run barrage in the seventh inning to. beat Minneapolis, 7 to'3. The Mil« lers scored all of their runs in the first inning. The Blues made 10 hits to the Millers’. nine. Louisville remained . in fourth place, four games out of the lead, by defeating Toledo, 3 to 4. The Colonels - scored in the sixth and eighth innings.

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