Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 September 1942 — Page 20

Ko $5000 of the league’s player pool. . . . Second-place Milwaukee was

SPORTS. By Eddie Ash

WRITING in Sporting News, Oscar Reichow, for many ears a newspaperman and now business manager of the ollywood club of .the Pacific Coast league, presents his ews on the future of baseball, and fans and others should

nd his article interesting. “The former Chicago baseball writer says, in part: “How much ‘baseball, and-where, will be played in 1943 is a questiom that is disturbing all those actively associated with the national pastime. “Ihere is no doubt that if we are to have action on the fields of the major and minor leagues, measures will have to be taken to as‘sure those courageous enough to furnish much-needed" amusement ‘that they will have sufficient material with which to stage games. “With the players being taken into the service, and those enlisting, there is every reason to believe that talent will be at a ‘premium. Thus, it appears as if all those connected with organized ball, particularly the major leagues, will have to find some means to distribute playing ‘material to the leagues that decide to continue. . “It means, if the majors desire to see baseball in leagues outside of their own, that they may have to reduce their player limit to 20, instead of 25, to allow for a more liberal scattering of men. This would work no more hardship on the teams of the National and American leagues than it did years ago, When the clubs carried less than 20 players. “Managers, of course, would not be able to shift their lineups around as they have been doing these past few years, using all the way. from 14 to 18 men in ai\game, That probably would be a good thing for the manager and players alike.

Fovide for Talent After War “MAJOR LEAGUE CLUBS have to take into consideration the

erate, {this talent is going to be woefully lacking, because it is no gertainty that the men who have gone into the service are going to geturn fit to jump right back into a baseball uniform. “Baseball experienced that situation in the first world war and undoubtedly will encounter it again. Therefore, it would seem wise "to keep as many players as possible playing | in the minors, if they elect to adopt schedules for 1943.

: 8 8 8 # 8 8 : “FAR BE IT from me to tell the majors what to do, but I am inclined to believe that if the class AA, A-1 and A leagues decide to operate in 1943, they are going to require assistance. If baseball is to go on—and this is no time to be selfisn—measures must and should be taken to give everybody a hand, independent clubs as well as chain-store groups. The present outlook is that all clubs are going to be up against "4 for material. Consequently, during this emergency, it seems that many probably would be in favor of eliminating the baseball draft. This would enable the clubs to keep what they have if they decide to do so. “Many laws and rules are suspended in troublous times, and no one could protest too vigorously if the baseball draft were suspended

this year.

; How Minors Would Be Helped

“The majors can assist immensely by reducing their own _ goster to 20 players. If this is done, and each major league club has its full quota of 40 players, there will be 320 players’ contracts to pass around to the Class AA, A-1 and A leagues that decide to operate. “Of course, I am mindful of the fact that when spring rolls around the majors’ list of men may be considerably reduced by By enlistments and selections into the armed forces.” i 8 =» = 8 8s 8 KANSAS CITY, by winning the 1942 association’ pennant, won

awarded $2000. . , . Winner of the playoff will receive $3000 and the runnerup $2000. . . . Then there is the player pool in the first four games of the “little world series” in the offing for the A. A. repre3 sentative.

Riddle’s Team in Southern Playoft

JOHNNY RIDDLE'S Birmingham team finished third in the Southern association and earned a place in the Dixie loop’s playoff ~ ...It was the former Indianapolis catcher’s first venture as.a manager. . . . Little Rock finished first, Nashville second and New Orleans fourth cue Birmingham is a Cincinnati Red farm.

os » 8 # » ® JEWEL ENS, former Indianapolis manager, piloted his Syracuse Chiefs to an International league playoff berth by finishing in a tie for third with Jersey City. . . . Syracuse also is a Cincinnati farm and Leo T. Miller, former . Indianapolis general manager, is serving 4n the same capacity with the Chiefs.

'Old Men and Kids'—That's Baseball's Outlook for ‘43

LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 10 (U. P.).—Baseball in Louisville next year today appeared more uncertain than ever before with announcements by several players and club officials that they would enter the armed serv§ces or war work, Bruce Dudley, president of the Colonels, said he is planning to enter ‘war work. Dudley declined, however, to predict baseball's future—either. In Louisville or elsewhere. ® = = “The league will meet in Decem ber, » Dudley said, “but it will be February hefore we can definitely. gay whether 1943 will mean another

"The Colonels announced recently bh 8 SPIE (FAInIng Somtoms el gonducted in Louisville instead of|: orida. If - baseball is continued, b heads pointed out, Louisvill - face a shortage of players ng it virtually impossible to

Feel Resentment Manager Bill Burwell said he beved many players were giving up game because they felt there gs public resentment to the activ when men are needed for more

“It we do have baseball,” he sald, |

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| Toledo at Milwaukee, “postponed.

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It’s Something To Remember, Billy Concedes Washed-Out Contest Will Be Played Today

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Stal Correspondent NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (U. P).— Despite the possibility ¥¢ poor weather hampering their inspiring stretch drive to cut the pace-setting Brooklyn Dodgers lead of three games, the St. Louis Cardinals still were confident today of returning the National league flag to the west. The opening game of the Red Birds final eastern campaign — against the New York Giants—was postponed yesterday because of weather. Now they have decided to keep an eye on the weather as well as the scoreboard and news of Dodger doings. Fortunately for the Cards, the Giants had an open date and the washed-out contest will be played today. But from this point on in there is a possibility of games being washed out and summarily canceled for the Cards have no more open dates.

Wouldn’t Agres

Even if an open cate developed in the Cards’ schedule they would

game, according to league rules, unless all other clubs consented to the plan. It seems unlikely that the Dodgers would agree. Last occurrence of that kind was in 1934 when the Cards had a game washed out at Ebbets field and the Giants approved a later meeting. The Red Birds won that game and then rocketed on to beat the Giants out of the flag by two games, “Sure, it's something to worry about,” Southworth concedes, “but if you knew these boys as well as I do, you'd know they don’t worry about anything—anything but winning. In addition to the St. Louis New York game, the CincinnatiBoston contest and the doubleheader ‘between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia were postponed in the National league yesterday. The Washington- Chicago double-header in the American ieague was also postponed. Gordon Homers

In the only day game played, Joe Gordon's 18th homer with the bases loaded in the first inning enabled the Yankees to beat the Browns, 8-3. Gordon also hammered out a single, driving in five tallies to help Ernie Bonham register his 19th victory. Bonham held the Browns 19) eight hits while the Yankees: lected 11 off three pitchers. Joe DiMaggio hammered out three singles in five trips and scored two

the league by 10 games. Phil Marchildon’s no-hit relief pitching gained him his 17th victory as the Athletics beat the Indians, 5-4, in 13 innings last night. It was their last meeting of the season, before only 4127 spectators.

‘Baseball Calendar

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RESULTS YESTERDAY

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New York .,......... 403 100 000-8 11 St. Louis 000 100 0203 8 :

Bonham and Dick wionkam and Did id Nigesiing, Torens,

(Thirteen innings)

Philadelphia.... 230 900 010 904 1-4 8 1 Cleveland ..... 000 100 030 000 0—4 7 2

R. Harris, Marchildon and Swift, Wag-

Washington at ~ Chicago, both games poaningt Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at New York, postponed. j Cincinnati at Boston, postponed. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, both games

Only games scheduled.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION PLAYOFF (Semi-Final Round)

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GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston af at Decal.

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NATIONAL L LEAGUE Cincinnati at Beston (two).

not be able to play a postponed]

runs for the Yanks, who now lead

112| withheld its sanction so long. That

Yesterday, President Holcombe Ward of the U. S. Lawn Tennis association said that unless something disastrous occurs, tennis would be carried on for the duration. These five pretties strolling down the courts are five good reasons why it should continue. Left to right, they are Peggy Welsh, Mrs. Patricia Canning Todd, Mrs. Helen Pedersen Rihbany, Bunny Vosters and- Pauline Betz, all familiar figures in women's net competition.

Monday, Oct. 12. announcement was made yesterday.

tered Promoter Mike Jacobs. He ought to. know. It took all the power, pressure and persuasion. he could command to put this one over. Mid-October is risky weather for outdoor promotion and. nobody . knows this better than the admiral of Jacobs’ beach, but. not many, persons can afford to be choosey these days when they are in there pitching for Mr. Big. The promoter has had the fight in mind for months; tentatively he had it scheduled for mid-September but week after week passed and no green light came assuring the presence of the two soldier fighters. 8 » #8

NOW THAT it has come the fighters must have time to train and the promoter time to promote. This explains the late date. It’s risky but not necessarily ruinous. There’'ve been plenty of lovely days in October.

One of these days we hope to hear the real story why the army

there were very definite forces working in opposition to it is something less than a closed secret, nonmilitary forces but forces which appear to have been influential enough to slow things up, anyway. Both fighters will be in there for free as far as their personal purses go. Louis has forgotten they ever paid off anyway. An effort to get Louis a fight for himself by way of easing his income problems was frowned upon. Besides, it was pointed out that while such a fight would ease his current burden. the returns from another fight would create a fresh burden. One of those vicious circles. - Anyway, out of the movement came ‘some relief for the Bomber. He was able to freeze his debts and from now on until we would hold that big victory parade down Broadway. Hope you'll be able to make tt

Better Play Safe and Get a Look at This One, Says Joe

y JOE WILLIAMS BX Special Writer NEW YORK, Sept. 10—As this department indicated some e days ago, the Louis-Conn re-match, if and when, would be an afternoon show and would be held in the Yankee stadium. That's the set-up and ithe date’s

“An afternoon fight’ll be a novelty,” some one remarked ‘when the

fight’s going to be a novelty,” mut-| =

“And pretty soon any kind of a

Gibbons did that against Dempsey at Shelby, if you remember.

8 » 2 WE ARE most critical of the large group of footballers who have been away from their posts for weeks and will be away for weeks more; we just find it hard to understand Why so much reluctance was shown in telling the fighters it vas all right. After all it can’t be much fur to fight for nothing so the officials can’t be doing the fighters any tremendous favor. How much the fight will bring in for service relief has to be a guess at this time. Given good weather it could net between $200,000 and $300,000. The Louis-Conn re-match was sizzling hot when. it exploded in the kitchen fracas over in Pittsburgh. Conn‘ had given the champion an exciting evening—had out sped and out stabbed him for the better part of twelve rounds. Up to that point he was the new champion in practically everybody’s book . . . and remember Tunney didn’t have to go more than 10 to win from Dempsey. Conn was stiffened in the thirteenth. What happened’ depends on who you listen to. Conn had fought a great twelfth round, had won easily, had actually roughed it ‘with the champion. Louis says that's what whipped him. . . . “fought hisself out, that’s what he did” . . . Conn says he lost his head and tried to slug in the thirteenth . . . “What's the use of being Irish if you can’t be dumb,” the. boys quoted him after the fight. 7 » 2

IF YOU can get to this fight you want to do it. You ay. be taking your last look at one of the alltime champions. I! it was this hard to get him out|= to fight it may be impossible to do it again. What's more, even Louis may reach he point where he'd prefer stay in cam soldier. P ou dust They had to ask him about this once before they could ‘make the

announcement he'd fight. And of

course that went for Conn, too. “The toughest of all wars,” the president warned in his radio address. A year from now. . ,.” Yes, you'd better play it safe and get a look. It could ‘easily ‘be the last. one, ;

was matched with Louis at the +f Naturally the match had to be post. | 2iponed. It looked like one of those million dollar babies, too. Meantime, Conn went into the

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Blues Defeat Columbus, 4-1

Kansas City, pennant winners in the American association try today to make it two in a row over Cos|lumbus, third-place winners, in the upper bracket of the playoffs. The Blues and Red Birds started a four-out-of-seven-game series last night to determine who plays the winner of a similar series between Milwaukee and Toledo for the playoff crown. : The Brewers and Mud Hens also were scheduled to start their series last night but the game was postponed and will be played today. Kansas City scored four runs in

Wilks to beat Columbus, ¢-1. Bill Crouch, who relieved Wilks in the seventh, held the Blues in the last innings but his teammates couldn’t score the needed runs. Chuck Wensloff held the Red Birds to seven hits and allowed only one Tom, in the fourth inning. The Blues also made oily seven hits but bunched them to score once in the third, once in the fourth and twice in the sixth,

Cardinal to Open Football Season

Ten returning lettermen are bidding for the starting position on the Southport high school grid team when the Cardinals open their 1942 season against Morton Memorial of Knightstown at 8p. m. tomorrow in the Roosevelt stadium. The veterans are Dick Poppa, Dan James, Lloyd Morgan, George Bridges and Paul Linn, all backfield men, and Vernon Blankenship, Woody Robbins, Stylan Pittman, Ray Hauser and Harold Dailey, linemen. The Cardinals will play eight games this season, all under the lights in the local stadium. There schedule is: Tomorrow, Morton Me|morial; Sept. 18, Tech; Sept. 25, _|Shortridge; Oct. 2, Cathedral; Oct. 9, Manual; Oct. 19, open date; Oct. 21, Washington; Oct. 30, Kirklin, and Nov. 6, Warren Central.

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- Soldiers Win i Second Game

Outsmart Lions, 12-0, Before . Sellout Crowd

"1 DETROIT, Sept. 10 (U. BY —The | [Western All-Army football team to[day pointed toward its next contest - |against National Professional league | talent after creating further havoc | |in the pro ranks by beating the ssc{ond play-for-pay club. ‘| Wallace Wade's western service squad put on a brilliant perform‘ance from start to finish to smash the Detroit Lions, 12-0, last night before a sellout crowd of more than 20,000 in the University of Detroit stadium. The husky soldiers humbled the Lions with a 53-yard aerial thrust in the second period and a 19-yard fleld goal and safety in a thrilling final quarter that ended with the Army again threatening to score.

Score on Pass

Pvt. Kay Eakin, formerly of Arkansas and the New York Giants, unleashed the Army’s offensive by tossing a perfect pass to Lieut. Bill Conatser, Texas A. & M. star, who caught the ball on the 35-yard line and eluded the Lions’ safety man for the game’s only touchdown. After a scoreless third period, John Kimbrough, all-America fullback from Texas A. & M. paced the soldiers to Detroit's 17-yard line. Lieut. Bill Dawson, another Aggie . | representative, booted a perfect field goal. The Army tallied again a few minutes later when Harry Hopp, Lions’ halfback, dropped 'a pass from center in Detroit’s end zone after the Lions had recovered an Army fumble on the five-yard line. The Army outsmarted and out‘fought the Lions all the way, earn-

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ing its second victory over a pro team within four days. They downed the Chicago Cardinals, 16-10, at Denver Sunday night after losing to the Washington Redskins at Los Angeles, Aug. 13.

Realtors Will Hold 1942 Links Tourney

Golfing members of the Indianapolis Real Estate board will hold their fifth tournament of the: season at the Indianapolis Country club tomorrow to decide the board’s 1942 golf championship, The winner will be awarded the president’s cup which may be kept for one year by the realtor with the low gross score. It must be won three times in succession to be re-

Sergt. Louis

FT. RILEY, Kas., Sept. 10 (U. P.)—It will be Sergeant, not Corp. Joe Louis who meets Pvt. Billy Conn for the world’s heavyweight boxing championship on Oct. 12. . He was promoted by his troop commander, First Lieut. Max Radutzky, when he left on a 37-day furlough yesterday. Louis will start training immediately for the Conn fight. He is due back at the cavalry replacement ‘training center on

bout. “He’s been as good a soldier in the army as fighting in the ring,” Radutzky said.

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