Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 September 1942 — Page 8

tough io save the St. Paul fracchise es The Ene 1, ers announced some time ago that they are. pulling out :

and are selling their players piecemeal. Zz Bb Paul-is & charter member of the association has suppor teams ‘Gontinuounly since 1902... Before. twa snlier ‘of the old Western league. . . . The Saints won eight ampionships; the last 2 1038 when Foster Ganzel piloted ge As evidence ‘that’ st: ‘Paul is a good “baseball town, ‘Gord Gil“nore of the St. Paul Pioneer Press points out that in. 1938 the cub “drew at home 252,000 during the regular season and -enough more An the. post-season ‘playoffs. to make the total 281 000, slighty. ‘above at

the city’s population: at. that time.

“With St. Paul and Minneapolis Husain into one iBewopolian: ‘area and suburban cities bringing the total population. to’ more than. 3 three-quarters of a million, the St. Paul franchise offers. opportunities ¥

‘unique in’ the midwest.

,..The. proximity of the two cities allows Holiday double-hedders to Be pit between the two. parks and Testis in, Intense Intet-clty ;

hn ‘Dream Race’.

Of Turf Today sa W

Guemon Bines. Get Cool Reception.

‘DESPITE & ‘pennant ‘winner Kansas city" turned out only 3658 fans for the first game of the American association playoff with Co=' Jumbus at Ruppert stadium Wednesday night. . . . And it was Kansas City’s first chance to ‘welcome its pennant winners home.

o's +» The Blues clinched the league last. Sunday.

This is the sixth playoff appearance for both the Red Birds and’

the Blues. . . . The Birds have won

"offs andthe Blues have lost four of theirs. . - This is only Toledo's second time in the ‘playoft.’, were eliminated in the first round in 1937. ... This is Milwaukee's fourth playoff appearance. . « «+ The Brewers won: in 1936, lost in 1987

and 1038,

Last Place Manager Is Honored. -

USUALLY, the pilot of a pennant-winning team is elected as e manager of thé mythical all-star team in each-miner league, but there's an exception this year in the Bi-State circuit, . . . Elmer Yoter, a star third sacker for the Indianapolis Indians ‘a number of

. years ago, who was skipper of the

_ Bi-State this season, was picked ‘by the scribes and managers of the

i league to lead the all-star squad. ’

‘Danville occupied the cellar practically. all ‘season, but; the voters recognized the fact that Yoter did a good job with: the material at his disposal, and he won the distinction in a close race.

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_ THE Shelby (N. C.) Daily Star now has a -girl: spobis editor. e + « She is Catherine Bailey, who took over the Post 3 when the papers sports editor was called by the army. ’

War Outlook Not as Bod As That of Service Teams

By RED GRANGE . Times Special’ ‘Writer I NEW YORK, Sept. 12—Fortunately, the war outlook is not as bleak ‘as the reported football prospestus at the military and naval academies. The bigger battle has relegated the gridiron game to pigmy. stature i Ie wil BVA TRS “we have had nothing but bad breaks,” said Earl Blaik, coach of] (Army, “but we're not ssuawking. It’s a product of the times.

: tn the army and navy curricula.’

“No fewer than 17 men have quit the squad, because the new air corps training is so intensive. they can’t play football and fly. Bob Whitlaw and Lou Seith, both of whom started the Navy game last year, had to give up football for air train-

“wim Kelleher, our best end, broke an arm and won't be ready until mid-season. “So now we have -a line which,

from end to end, doesn’t have a man who has played a varsity

ne ‘Hank Mazur will carry the backfield load. But he flies, too, and all we can work with those fellows 4s six hours a week. We'll play plebes if we can find any. But those fellows are only 17 ‘or 18 years old and that's pretty young for our ‘schedule, It's the toughest ever. < «Bob MecLeod played for me at Dartmouth abt 18, so maybe we'll ‘find someone, “We've got ‘a great, big squad of exactly 35 men. That's the. tipoff.” gt Like a Worry-Wart Comm. John Whelchel of the naval academy says his: troubles e Red Blak look like & worry-

ugg Army's football team 5 up in the air,” he says wrily. “Well,|

that’s something. I wish I had ‘some |

‘players to put up in the air.” Comm. Whelchel is positive

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i Cr ne reports, tam Tear’

we ran up eight or 10 touchdowns

“We had a double graduation be“eause of our accelerated

program. | . “Thirty-three boys who made the|

#rip for the Army game last season ‘are with the fleet. Six are left, and

Capt. Alan Cameron was &| | ed play first-year men, but wel:

avers ani

“So Kelleher broke. his arm? :

.double-header. First tilt will gef un~

flag on the road in Milwaukee

four of their five previous play-

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last-place - Danville ‘club. in the

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and Frank Merritt of the plebes must fill. In addition to Lt. Col. Swede Larsen, Navy lost such trusty old salts as Bill Busik;, Gene :Flathmann, Howie Clark, Bob Zoeller and Pete Donahue, © Cameron will hammer from fullback, and from the yearlings will come assistance in the form of Hillis Hume, Wayne Nelson; Red Sullivan, Gordon Studer and George Cogswell. i Dick Fedon, Art Knox and Fred Schnurr are returning veterans in the line. There will be plenty of firing from both sides—all the way along the route. : : NEXT: The East.

Clowns to Meet

Brown Bombers

The championship of the Negro major league will be: decided tomorrow afternoon at Victory field when: the: Ethiopian Clowns. meet the Chicago Brown Bombers: in a

derway-at 1:30 p. m. One triumph will give the Clowns the title in the new league whichis completing its first season. They have been defeated three. times this year: by the Bombers.

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Nevertheless, “on the mound—be a a

‘that we're. game. of today, :

emai, ‘chase.

regardless or oh san in the vey day no a me and 1 he

Macon or anyone else.

: po ove on our. r club cru inking about ¢ ean worth has ‘emp

not to | y mer:

Pn ki ‘Southworth shout this anit and ‘ne

I've got my boys: concentrating on

Naturally I hope we win the pennant, at Te thrust

We tackle each gute.”

pitching Max Lanier. Ep eis on £2 dgers start £1

BULLETIN = PAWTUCKET, R. IL, Sept. 12 (U. P.)~Alsab was scratched today a few hours before he’ was to have met the mighty Whirlaway in the $25,000 Narragansett Handicapc

PAWTUCKET, R. 1, Sept. 12 @. P.)—A crowd of nearly 50,000 is expected to jam Narrangansets ‘park today for the “aream” race. of the

“lturf—a meeting between mighty | Whirlaway and doughtly little -Al-

sab, in the ninth - renewal. of .the

. $25,000 Narragansett handicap. .

The two horses rated. at even money but the cards were stacked heavily against Alsab, the ‘bargain basement ironhorse, who, in addi-

_| tion to Whirlaway, faces seven other

topnotch: 8-year-olds and ‘handicab| score aces in this mile. and three-six-|

‘teenths run for the amy. and. navy

relief funds. /The service funds’ will ‘probably net more than $75,000 from this duel which has stirred more interest than! any race since Seabiscuit and War|

| Admiral battled it out at Pimlico in| crouch

1938.

Ran 16 Races

has been to the barrier 16 times this

has stripped him of much. of the acclaim he earned last year as the top 2-year-old. Moreover, he has} had a 1000-mile traintrip from Chie

cago where he lost to Marriage in :

the Washington park handicap on

has been at the track for a week, leading a life befitting the greatest|” money winner of all tinie. . He has raced only enough to keep in shape {since eclipsing Seahiscuit’s earning). mark in the $50,000 Massachusetts | Handicap in mid-July. :

“Beat ‘Any Horse” eh

“When Alsab is right, ‘he. said, “he.can beat any horse in the world and I mean Whirlaway, too.” The Narrangansett Special is.a notorious. wrecker of par however, and one of the other seven horses may steal the show. Whirly fell before War Relic in the 1941 renewal and Seabiscuit, Discovery!

‘| and Challedon were tavorites beaten

in other years. - Biggest threat is the Valdina farm entry of Valdina Orphan and ‘Rounders, a pair of able 3-year-olds who will carry 114 and 112-'pounds, respectively, to 130 for Whirlaway| and 122 for Alsab. The Irish-bred|: Rounders surprised’ Whirly in the Arlington Handicap after finishing second to him in the Massaphuisetts.].

Corydon, Moon round out the field.

High School Football

Je erson Marion, n Catania). si; j Lovausport, 0. 9

mingten, 20; hemiaia . West La ayette, 25: Peru, 0... . as South Bend), 42; Catholic John Adams (South

omaae | (East Chicago), 13; Central Hamm High, 19;

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Froebel x Emerson Gary), 2: Cs ho

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| Heavyweight Bout = | Crossed C Off Books i

Alsab, a colt who 1s stil growing, Ale season and: the lengthy campaign| Lose!

Spiral Pass, a filly, and Boysy,| .

Tragic Ending’ and - Red|

Horace. Mann ;

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‘Cathedral High schotls oz: football team was back in Indianapolis| | today resting up from its “baptism of. fire” at Evansville 1ast night. where| NEW YORK, Sept. 12 {U. P)— Memorial handed them a 32-13 Stak. In ‘the initial contest, of the Although you may not have paid

season.

“Although the. final score pointed - ‘Evansville team’ the Irish squad, practi

bes

cause a lot of trouble ‘around the

‘| notice that’ it * has the ‘ability to local etidirons’ this season.

Coach Milt Plepul’s eleven. roared |.

back ‘in the second quarter.ef ithe game at Evansville to send. the tilt into a 13-13 ‘tie at halftime. Memérial ‘enjoyed: a 13-0-lead at. the end of “the first ‘quarter but Pat]. Grady ‘raced across the goal ‘twice inthe second: period ‘to ‘knot: the score. © 0 ‘One. of Pullback - Grady's ‘toch down dashes came on an intercepted pass. He snatched a ' Memorial serial cn: the. Irish: five abd. galloped’ 98, yards-dowsi {lie field. 15

uv Blackwell was. ‘another outstanding performer in the Irish backfield while Frank Endress and Joe Schenk, Memorial backs, stood out: for the Evansville Squad. : * Summary:

Evansville a. Gainer 13). +b B, Metalli

Evanstille Leas Cathedral i Touchdowns— ( Evansville) Bride. to from (Cathedsal)

"To i 3 i fe eae dral) Grad py I nt). Subssity Dipple, BR

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Indoor Wrestling Season Scheduled

“The indoor wrestling ‘season’ wi open J here Tuesday night with All Pasha, rugged Hindu matman from. Cale tta, India, clinching’ with Fr ‘Talaber, speedy Chicago performer, in the semi-windup of the three-bout card at the Armory. Main -attraction on the evening’s| mat. card will. feature. Danno O'Mahoney: of Ireland, former heavyweight champ; wio will meet George (K.-.0) Koverly of California. Ralph Garibaldi, Italian matman

y | league for the. fifth straight week | with a mark of 350. He is followed *|by his teammate, ‘Johnny Pesky, with 336.

gained the National league pitchig lead with 12 gp be nt y

third with 17 ph Bot Sap ‘losses. Johnny Beazley of the Cards ‘took over second place with 19 ignite

Borowy of the New York.

gly in ‘the direction’ of the new. from end to end, served

much attention to:them, there ‘were ottier games in the big leagues yes- | térday

om] mbardi Tops| N. 13 Batsmen

NEW YORK, Sept.- 1. Pm Ernie ‘Lombardi of the ‘Boston Braves went on a hitting spree over the past week and wrested the Na-| tional league batting lead from Reale ‘Reiser of the Brooklyn Dodg- , official ‘tabulations of games| played through Thursday - disclosed today. Lombardi had an. n average of 358 while - Reiser, ‘who had - led the senior circuit - for 13 consecutive

weeks, ‘dropped ‘to a ..322. ‘Enos| : | Siaughter of the 8. Louis Card-

inals. dropped: to. third. place ;With

. Williams Hits 350

Ted williams of the Boston’ Red | Sox: continued to lead the American

‘Howie Krist of the ‘Cardinals

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In’ ‘the yifdor circuit, Hisk regained the lead, with 14 vietories against three ‘defeats. Hel: was followed by Atley teammate,” ‘with a record of vise and’ two. Ernie : © jumped from fifth place to third with 18 triumphs and five defeats. .. ‘Leaders in -other departments: Doubles (N) Medwick, Beookiyn, 36;: (A): Clift, St. Louis, 39. ~ Triples (N) Slaughter, St. Louis, 17; (A) Dimaggio, New York, and Heath, Cleveland, 13. ' “Home runs (N) Ott; New York,

from St. Louis, a also is scheduled on the: bill. .

a; (Ax Williams, Boston, 31,

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y besides the - Cardinals- | Dodgers: clash. ~ Hira, Bitharn' walked Hank Leiber

1to force Johnny Mize in with the | winning - Tun: that gave the New | York Giants a 4-3 decision over the | Chicago Cubs, Paul Gillespie drove {in two of the Chicago. runs, ‘one with a homer in the: second, and the other with a single that scored Lou Novikoff.” Len Merullo batted in the other run. The Giants outhit the ‘Cubs, 12-7, and received 10 bases on balls but Mize was: the only one who scored on a free pass. Ace Adams worked in his 57th game of the season: to) | establish a new National league | record for relief pitching in a single | season. ‘Hugh Mulcahy, . former Phils pitcher now in the army held the former mark. :

Defeat Phils:

Cincinnati racked up thee runs in the 11th to break a 5-5 tie and defeat the Phils, 8-5. Ray Lamanno

{opened the final inning with a;

homer ‘into the left; field bleachers. Ival Goodman then doubled to. score, two: more. “The Pittsburgh-Boston’ double‘header was postponed. In the American League, Ed’Smith shaded Atley Donald in a brilliant mound duel to give the White Sox a 1-0 triumph over the Yanks. Smith ed seven hits and Donald was nicked “fr ‘six. Each ‘hurler ‘was| stingy’ ‘with walks, Smith ‘ passing] out two and Donald only one, but it; cost him the game: George Dickey walked’ to.open the eighth, advanced on a ‘sact and scored on. Don ‘| Kolloway’s single.

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The ‘Boston Red Sox repped the Cleveland Indians, 15-2, making. 17 o| hits off three pitchers. . The Red Sox|: were aided by nine walks and five errors. Ken Chase recorded his fifth victory with a nine-hitter. A five-run attack, featured by two homers in the fifth, eave the St. Louis Browns enough to beat the | Washington Senators, 10-4. The Browns, kayoed Sid Hudson in the fifth with five consecutive hits, foiir of them for extra bases, including lhomers by Chet Laabs and Walt *lJudnich. Fred Ostérmueller allowed

: the Senators nine hits.

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7 The Philadelphia Athletics: outhit

went the route for the. A's for his fifth win. aor x F

ES c. Atkins and L. 8. Ayres will apen ‘the 1042 outdoor basketball| was | season ab Speedway stadium tomor-

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first game of the local sectional at

11: 021100:000 800-+.1 “3.8 Ears

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In Grid Circles

~ | division and ‘possibly championshi .|of the Big Ten, downed Hunting-

10-7, -defeated the Tigers, 5-4./ Russ] | Christopher gave up 10 hits butig-

Piterser Named"

Col. Bob Neyland’s rugged

50,000 at the ‘Polo Grounds Military steel helmets for headgears. in the.

Hammond igh

2 By UNITED PRESS ‘ Hammond high today appeared the ‘early-season threat in the always ‘tough Calumet area high school football circles—on: the basis Lof its 19-0.conquest of Horace Mann of Gary last night. . Hammond defeated Horace Mann, the first game for the Gary team under Coach Leon Dailey, in the

{the games marked season openings for most outfits. Northern Indiana games included an unexpected victory by Washing= ton. of East Chicago over Central of South Bend, 13-7, and ‘Hobart's 20-13. conquest of Gary Froebel. Emerson of Gary, accounting for the ‘Steel City’s only win of the evening, bested an out-of-state club, Proviso of ‘Maywood, Ill, ‘20-0. Mishawaka’s Maroons set the stage for ‘later inter-city rivalry by de=|;

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19 I eg he Debut for Yoit In’ the central section of the state, |

scoreless in the surprise attraction. Marion, apparently headed ‘for first ly p

ton’s Vikings of the central loop, 19-0, Kokomo defeated Wabash, 6-0 and Jefferson of Lafayette swamped Logansport, 81-0. It ‘was the debut] performance for Jeff under Coach Marion Crawley. < Linton, after walloping the Plain. fleld Boys’ School last week, continued to win by. downing. ‘QGertss meyer of Terre Haute, 7-6. ‘Bloomington’s Panthers turned away Bloomfield, 20-0. a Columbus doubled. the score on| Rushville, 14-17.

\U. P. Sports Editors

NEW YORK, Sept. 12 (U. P)

announced today by Earl J. ‘Johnson, general: news manager.

the general news desk:

headline attraction on the opening!” | week’s schoolboy grid card. Except - {for -a ‘couple of scattered teams,

feating John Adsing of South Bend, int

|Highly Touted Army Team Meets N Y. Giants Today.

By OSCAR FRALEY .. United Press Stall Correspondent pl ( a YORK, Sept. 12.—~Gridiron commandos unter orders: ® il Edstern all-army football team planned a-vic-tory. drive againtt, the New. York Giants before san: expected efowd of

today. orders made victory essential to the soldiers, who laid aside

interest of army emergency relief. Sparked by line-smashing. Norm

made them slight favorites to defeat the’ eastern champions of the National Professional league. "The soldiers were touted as the potentially greatest team in gridiron history. Press clippings failed to help several all-Americas make the grade as candidates—priyates, corporals, sergeants, lieutenants and even a captain—were brought together from every ‘branch of the service in camps all over the nation. They came and they were discarded and the 55 men remaining are the ’ pick of the Army,

if Uses Single Wing

‘Neyland uses the balanced line and single wing attack he. ‘made famous: at Tennessee with a squad that threatens to- out-professional’ | the pros. The Giants have 13 returning veterans, but the Army. has 23 men with play-for-play experience ‘who hope to throttle the Giants’ “T” formation attack. The ranking officer of the soldi squad, Capt. Johnny Pingel, former Michigan State all-America halfplayed with. the Detroit

of a Shandon, pir ‘Seven Veterans “Eight of the Army . had Tro experience Glanis, h ‘have only seven Neteran starters. The pros hold a: weight | advantage with backs averaging 199 against the Army's 191 and the line scaling an average 218 against ‘the soldiers’ 204. The. game, receipts of which will be shared by the New York Herald Tribune’s fresh-air fund, will be played under collegiate rules with but two exceptions. The goal posts will be on the goal line as in pro ball and ball carriers who slip to

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* Petersen, a hative of Miles, Towa, | 566s. has seen 13 years of service with| -

“ two: important bureaus ent in|bs