Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 September 1942 — Page 14

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By Eddie Ash

AFTER watching that Purdue-Fordham grid strugfle at Lafayette Saturday this department is convinced he Boilermakers have something this season and are stined to make trouble for opponents until the curtain Coach Elmer Burnham's football warriors lost to Fordham in a ller but they surprised the highly-touted Rams and the experts unveiling a rugged line that checked the visitors’ ground game forced them to take to the air for victory. Two prodigious long passes, both thrown by Steve Filipowicz, ned the trick for the Rams. . . . The first was down the middle Frank Malinowski, the receiver, outran the Purdue defenders got behind them to receive the ball hear the goal line and he pred standing up. ... . This touchdown occurred on the second lay of the second quarter when the Rams had the ball on Purdue’s -yard line. . The Boilermakers lashed back in the same period and knotted

* the score. . . . Keriny Smock, Indianapolis bulwark in the backfield,

plunged and plunged through the amazed Rams from his own 38 0 midfield on his own 49. . . . Then John Andretich rifled a long 3 to "Fred Smerk, end, who snared the leather in the clear on Fordham 15 and raced the remaining 15 yards to the goal and

Victory Play Good for 80 Yards

FORDHAM SCORED its winning touchdown in the third quarter on a spectacular pass by Filipowicz and a running catch by . With ball on his own 20, Filipowicz took plenty of time looking for a receiver as his mates protected him and then ‘whistled a long one that was chased by two Boilermakers. . . . But Hearn slipped in between them and speared the ball on the Purdue ji and raced for touchdown under full steam. . . . The play was

ood for 30 yards.

Rams were kept busy fighting at their best to defend their lead.

. {owe « The Purdue boys had the better of the ktatistics and probably { would have tied it up with better luck. .. . It was a great game

world series opens Wednesday in St. Louis.

St. Louis’ Stretch Drive Takes Pennant to Sportsman’s Park;

World Series Opens Wednesday

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Sept. 28.—The major leagues closed the books on one of their spectacular, seasons today as the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees took time out for two days before squaring off in the world series on Wednesday.

I for an opener and drew an estimated 20,000 fans. | “P° Formation Doesn’t Help Notre Dame

NOTRE DAME was held to a draw in its grid opener at Wisgonsin, a surprise to the experts but no surprise to Coach Frank * Leahy. . . . Prior to the game he said his Irish were overrated and the Badgers underrated. . . . The 7-to-7 score indicated as much. The alert Badgers recovered four of five Notre Dame fumbles ‘and intercepted two of Angelo Bertelli’'s passes to check Irish scoring threats. . . . Bertelli had a bad day. . . . The Badgers broke up several of his tosses, and he only had five completions out of 14 | ‘tries for 66 yards. ... The “T” formation may not be the system

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| ELROY HIRSCH, sophomore back, scored for Wisconsin on a | 85-yard run off the left flank of the Notre Dame line, , . . Then the Irish marched 57 yards to tie the score. They tallied a touchdown on six plays starting with a pass good )r 26 yards, Bertelli to Bob Livingston, sophomore halfback. . . . Jim , sophomore fullback, and Livingstone then took turns lugging leather and the former scored on a plunge from the 3-yard . . . « The statistics were all in Notre Dame's favbr —. except

: / enbrand Lives Up to Advance Billings BILLY HILLENBRAND lived up to advance notices and put ‘a show for the Indiana fans at Bloomington as Bo McMillin’s

ers trounced Butler, 53 fo ®@ . . . The Hoosiers scored & al) of touchdowns in each of the four periods on the outmanned

~ Hillenbrand ran the first Butler punt back 60 yards for a touchand passed to Bob Cowan, sophomore back, for another, Playing little more than half game, Hillenbrand, who calls the saw to it that his mates shared in the bulk of the scoring. The Hoosiers bettered their stadium mark of 38 points scored Centre college in 1936,

NATIONAL LEAGUE (Final Standing)

{5ecvnd Game) Chicag - 108 000 000— 1 7 20 001 00x— 4 11 Passeau and Schefting, 0’Dea.

Brooklyn ....c..... 010 111 000— 4 9 Philadelphia ....... 001 002 000— 8 10 » Macon, Webber

ton,

(First game; Pittsburgh

12 innings) «+ 000 023 110 001— 8 28 Cincinnati

——_| Hallett, Dietz, Lanning, Phelps; Derringer, Beggs and Lamanno., (Second Game) Pittsburgh .... . 015 0p 010— 7 I Cincinnati ..... 100 021 000— 4 Brandt, Dietz, Gornicki and Lo der Meer, Riddle, Shoun and

LITTLE WORLD SERIES (Best in Seven) S————— : AMERICAN LEAGUE New York .......... 202 000 Boston, Sesh usso, y Y; bad and Peacock.

Detroit ........ ~Beidees. Trout, ou Bagby and Desau

"elon 6 11 GAMES TODAY

LITTLE WORLD SERIES at Syracuse (night).

RESULTS YESTERDAY NATIONAL LEAGUE celed.

(First Game —— eves. 000 100 1002 8 4 Only games scheduled.

000 040 41x— 9 11 2 Olsen, Mooty ad te and W. Cooper.

LITTLE WORLD SERIES Columbus at

000 000 000— 0 6 100 204 10x— 8 11 “Prucks and Parsons; atels,

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Beazley and

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and Owen; Hug] 82 Podgarny. Pearson and Livings-

006 100 000 000— 7 12 1 Gornicki and

teman.

Boston at New York, bot - celed, R games can

1 Turner and Rosar,

St. Louis at Chicago, both games can-

Syracuse, postponed,

Football Results

STATE COLLEGES 53; Butler, 0. ks bu (H Wisconsin, 7 (tie).

rdue North Carolina, 6; Wake gi tern Illinois, 0.’ North Carolina Navy Poly, a; Evansville, 7. 0.

ho ; Content’ Ni Normal, 0. : i ; Illinois Normal, 0. .

fh 81 Youn Li ’ sy 8. Nevada, 18: Californ ntucky .

Pre Filent,

. OTHER COLLEGES ‘Waliace, ods Ameri oan RO sional; 0 y "Green (0.), 39; Miami Naval

3%; ‘Hiram m,

PROFESSIONAL’ Chicago Bears, 44; Green

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0. and Lee, 7. 0

13;

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Mel Ott . .. his club finished third.

‘The Best Team

Won,’ Durocher

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 28 (U. P.). —“We did our best, but the best

team won.” With that brief comment, Manager Leo Durocher and his runnerup y Brooklyn Dodgers split up, some of the players heading home and some entraining for St. Louis fo watch the victorious St. Louis Cardinals meet the New York Yankees in the world series starting Wednesday. The Dodgers were quiet and a little despondent after beating the Philadelphia Phils, 4-3, for their eighth straight victory yesterday. “It’s pretty tough to lose the pen2 nant,’ said team captain Dolph Camilli, “particularly after winning 104 games.” A crowd of 400 Flatbush faithful followed the Dodgers to Shibe park for the game. When the Cards, needing one victory to win the flag, were trailing the Cubs at St. Louis, the fans were full of chatter. When 5| SE: Louis went in front, 4-I, the 5! scoreboard news quieted the Brooklynites. Posting of the St. Louis victory resulted. in loud groans. The Dodgers voted to split second money of their world series pool into 44 shares. Full portions go to Durocher, coaches Charley Dressen, Red Corriden and Fred Fitzsimmons, club trainer Bill O’Brien, road secretary John McDonald, club-house attendants Dan Comerford and Johnny Griffin, and 23 players. Half shares were voted to Don Padgett . and Cookie Lavagetto— both now in servicd—Buck Newsom, Alex Kampouris, Babe Dahlgren, Cliff Dapper, Schoolboy Rowe, groundkeeper Matty Schwab, batboy Jack Bodner, assistant bat-boy Joe Cavanagh and clerk Babe Hamberger. Quarter shares went to Bob McLaughlin and Johnny Bertsch of the ticket department.

Sn %| Yankees Favored

2 t8 1 For Series

World series prices, as announced

‘| by betting commissioner James J.

and Jefferson, 81; Bethany (8t. Louis), 26; Southeast

ers, 28.

Carroll today, were: 9 to 20 against the New York Yankees winning the series: 9 to 5 against the St. Louis Cardinals winning. In other words, the Yankees are approximately 2 to 1 series favorites. - On the first game, the price ‘was

{1 to 10 against the Yankees:

with ‘Ernie Bonham on the moun winning with Mort Cooper pitching.

Blindfolded

Although the diamond campaign began thf year under the ominous shadow of war’ With military needs cutting into player personnel, the

; played ST. LOUIS, Sept. 28 (U. P; oy 50 Jak. will be oppused by southpaw

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dramatic triumph of the Cardinals over the Dodgers in the National league and the Yankees’ second consecutive victory in the American league, gave promise of the most colorful series in years. The Cards’ great stretch drive— 43 victories in the final 51 games— ended a climb from second place, 10% games behind Brooklyn on Aug. 4, to the championship at Sportsman’s park yesterday. The Cards won a double-header from the Chicago Cubs, 9-2 and 4-1, and clinched the flag via Ernie White's five-hitter in the opener. The twin win left the Cardinals’ final margin over the Dodgers, who beat the Phils, 4-3, at two games, while the Cubs duplicated last year’s windup by finishing in sixth place.

Warneke Started

Veteran Lon Warneke started against his former teammates for the Cubs but was knocked from the box bya four-run Cardinal barrage in the fifth that overcame a onerun handicap and put the Red Birds in front to stay. St. Louis added four more in the seventh to sew it up. Brooklyn's triumph' over the Phils gave them a season total of 104 victories, the largest number. of wins registered by a second-place aggregation since the Cubs finished runner-up to the Pirates in 1909 with the same total. Dixie Walker's third hit, a single, drove in what proved to be the winning run in the sixth as the Phils wound up the season again in last place. The Pittsburgh Pirates won two from the Reds, 8-7 (12 innings) and 7-4, to finish in fifth place while Cincinnati wound up fourth. The Pirates slammed out 23 hits against the Reds’ 12 in a wild-and-woolly opener, then got five runs in the third inning of the nightcap to win easily as the Reds made five errors.

Hughson Wins No. 2

The Boston-New York doubleheader was cancelled, the Giants winding up in third place in Mel Ott’s first year as manager. The Braves finished seventh, the spot they occupied last year.. In the American league, the Indians defeated the Tigers, 8-0, at Cleveland to clinch fourth place by two games over the Detroiters. Jim Bagby held the Tigers to six hits to win his 17th. Tex Hughson won his 22d victory as the Red Sox shaded the Yankees, 7-6, in the only other game played. Hughson scattered 11 hits and stifled a ninth-inning rally by the .champions just short of a tie. Three Yankee pitchers gave up 13 hits to the Red Sox, who finished second, nine games off the pace. The double-header between the

third-place St. Louis Browns and4

sixth-place Chicago White Sox was cancelled. Washington, which fin-

ished seventh, and Philadelphia,|-

which finished last, were unscheduled.” ;

Lambert and Roe Pitch Tonight

SYRACUSE, N. Y., Sept. 28 (U. P.) —Clayton Lambert takes the

mound for the second time tonight | OFY:

when the little world series between the Syracuse Chiefs of the International league and Columbus Red Birds of the American association resumes. Lambert, who beat Columbus in the opener of the best-of-seven series for the only Syracuse victory recorded in the three games

Roe.

'|Mrs. Lou Bola and Henry Simons,

| Italian matman from Boston and

* Ernie White, St. Louis phichier, won the game that clinched the National league flag Yesterday. 4 at St. Louis. White is shown above crossing the plate with the third of nine runs. The score was 9 to 2. The boisterous lockerroom celebration yelling,

Ted Williams Leads Hitters

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (U. P.).— Ted Williams, lanky Boston Red Sox slugger, won the major league

batting title with an average of .356, topping his nearest rival by 25 percentage points, unofficial final averages disclosed today. . Williams, winner of the same crown last year when he compiled a mark of .406, was followed by teammate Johnny Pesky, rookie shortstop, who registered .331. Catcher Ernie Lombardi of the Boston Braves won the National league crown with 331. Enos Slaughter of the champion St. Louis Cardinals was runner-up with .318.

Pesky Gets Most Hits

Williams garnered most of the remaining batting laurels by topping the home run department for the second straight year with 36, one less than he hit in 1941; the runs batted in division with 137, and runs scored with 141. Pesky got the most hits, 205, two more than Stan Spence of Washington. Manager Mel Ott of the New York Giants worl the National league homer title with 30 and scored most runs, with 118. His firstbaseman, Johnny Mize, garnered the runs batted in title with 110 as Slaughter pounded out the most hits with 188. Williams finished in a tie for fourth in this department with 186 hits, the same number collected by Joe DiMaggio. The final leaders are: NATIONAL LEAGUE

G AB R H Ernie Lombardi, Bes. 105.308 31 102 . Enos Slaughter, St. L. 152 591 100 188 . Stan Musial, St. L... 140 467 87 147 . Harold Reiser, Blyn. 125 480 90 149 . Joha Mize, New York 142 541 97 165 .

AMERICAN LEAGUE

G AB R H Ted Williams, Boston 150 522 141 186 .356 John Pesky, Boston.. 147 620 105 205 Stan Spence, Wash. . 149 620 94 203 . Joe. Gordon, N. . 147 539 88 173 . George Case, Nas . 125 515 100 164 .

HOME RUNS

williams, R. S... « 86|Mize, Giants...... Ott, Giants 30|Camilli, Dedgers.. Laabs, Browns... 27|Keller, Yankees.. 26

Dorothy Ellis Has Big Day

Meridian Hills Country club paid special tribute to Miss Dorothy Ellis, club member, yesterday. Eighty golfers reported to the course to help celebrate “Dorothy Ellis Day” with a two-ball mixed foursome tournament for the Indianapolis school teacher who had won the city and state women’s amateur golf titles this year and had reached the semi-final round of the women’s Western tournament. She teamed with Richard MecCreary yesterday and the couple toured the 18-hole course in 76, the winning score. John David and Mrs. Walter Brant were second with an 81. Other low scorers were Mr. and Mrs. George Enos, 81; Muriel Adams and I. W. Sturgeon, 87, and

817. . Wayne Paulsen and Mrs. Speers McCollum won low net honors with a 70. They had a 21 handicap.

3-Bout Mat Bill Set for Tomorrow The paiting 'of Angelo Cistoldi,

Babe Zaharias of Pueblo, Colo, bil! for tomorrow night at the arm-

The two heavies will meet for one fall, the same as the semi-windup match between Billy Thom of Bloomington and Tuffy Cleete ‘of Akron. They are - junior heavyweights. Featuring the show are Danno O'Mahoney of Ireland and Dorve Roche of Decatur, Ill. They grip for two falls out of three. O'Mahoney formerly ruled as heavyweight king.

A daylight contest scheduled fo yesterday was postponed.

Beat Shreveport

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 28° (U. P.). — The Nashville Volunteers, champions of the southern association; evened ‘the Dixie series yesteday at one game cach by detent ||

and 6 to 5 against the Cardinals) ing

Hillcrest Champ Wilkinson scored a 3 and 2 vicy over Clark Espie yesterday in a scheduled 36-hole match to win the Hillcrest Golf club golf champlonship.

The Cardinals went on and won the second game of yesterday's double-header, 4 to 1, and held a

Billy Southworth to their shoulders.

Same Issue—a Tired National League Club to Play Against Fresh American League Team

NEW YORK, Sept. 28 (U. P.).—The burning stretch drive of the St. Louis Cardinals has converted the 1942 world series into the same old issue today—a tired National league club against a fresh American league team. The race in the National league couldn't have been closer, for the speed merchants of St. Louis had to go into the final day to win. But

“now bring on the Yankees.”

completes the three-bout grappling)

the New York Yankees followed their usual pattern of taking the American league tftle with comparative ease. They have coasted with the pennant safely tucked away since Sept. 14.

For the first time in years the teams experts picked to win in April came through, but back in August the Cardinal chances looked as thin as the roast beef in war-time sandwiches. They had to come from 10%2 games off the pace on Aug. 4 to win out the hard way over the Brooklyn Dodgers. , It wasn't a case of the Dodgers cracking. They won 104 games which is good SHaugh 4 to win the title 99 times out . of a 100. It was just a case of the Cardinals § putting on the | greatest stretch drive in didmond § history. The two days rest they get before meeting the Yankees at St. Louis Wednes-

day may cool the McCarthy

i| Cardinals off, but National leaguers

believe they have the best chance to win since the Cincinnati Reds gave the senior circuit its last world title back in 1940. \ They have speed, fielding, superlative pitching and timely hitting. They proved in the heat of the pennant race that pressure doesn’t pother them. But pressure never has bothered the Yankees, either. They may not be the best glub that Manager Joe McCarthy has turned out among his seven pennant winners and six world championship clubs, but they will do. They will go into the series

ALTERATION SPECIALIST:

®| Bonham against Max Lanier in the | against Ernie White in the third. %| Atley Donald for fourth-game duty,

£ | while the Cardinals probably will gl call on Cooper again. If not, rookie

Louis tonight.

{Re favorites, with the odds on them as low as 2 to 5. Neither McCarthy nor Manager Billy Southworth of the Cardinals would name their opening game pitchers. But it would cause no surprise if they were Charlie (Red) Ruffing and Morton Cooper, the

Cardinals’ ace right-hander. The St. Louis hopes rest ! on Cooper. He was their v= game pitcher and the last three of the 22 games he won were by shutouts. That is clutch pitching at its peak. Ruffing’s record is not as imposing as Cooper’s, but the Yankee veteran is rated the greatest spot pitcher in the game. It likely will be Ernie (Tiny)

second game and Spurgeon Chandler’

The Yankees probably will call on

Johnny Beazley might get the nod. The Yankees will leave for St. Because they are familiar with Sportsman’s park, they will not work out in St. Louis before Wednesday's opener. The second game will Me played at -St. Louis Thursday, with the third, fourth and fifth games at Yankee stadium Oct. 3, 4 and 5. If sixth and seventh games are necessary, they will be played at St. Louis Qct. 7 and 9.

Brother’s Number

CHAMPAIGN, Sept. 28.—Joe Astroth, sophomore fullback, wears the playing number of his brother,

The Cardinals hoist Manages

Simmons and Deer to Box

Johnny Denson, Indianapolis heavyweight fighter, will face an acid test next Friday night at the armory when the local belter meets Al Globe of San Francisco in the 10-round main event of a five-bous

fistic bill to be staged by the Here cules A. C. ; Globe figured in a ring tragedy during February of this year and retired from the ring for ‘three months as a result. The Californian was mixing in a scheduled 10e rounder against Johnny Marquess at the San Francisco auditorium and had put the latter on the canvas for two nine counts before

the ninth session, Marquess was carried unconscious to his ‘dressing room where he died a few minutes later. The San Franciscan has won three straight battlés in C since ree turning to ring activity and clie maxed this string with a 10-round decision over Altus Allen, highly regarded Negro belter, at Marigold gardens. , Also listed among Globe's victims are Bob Ray, Rex Thomas, Al Reiss, Joe Lubin and Pete Ate kins. He also has met Buddy Scott (twice, Bob, Sikes and many others. Matchmaker Lloyd Carter also thas signed Robert Simmons and Arnold Deer, Indianapolis welter« weights, for a six-round return clash on the card. Simmons. edged out a close six-round. over Deer on a recent card at’ Sports arena, ;

Stretching Series

DETROIT, Sept. 28.—Del Bakes

speedy young Cardinals may stretch out the world’ series so that it will be necessary for the Yankees to re« turn to St. Louis.

They’re Off Guard

EAST LANSING, Sept. 28.—Exe plaining his blocking, Walter Pawle owski, 148-pound Michigan State halfback, says: “I steal up on those big: guys and hit ’em when they

Lavere, at Illinois,

aren't looking.”

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finally landing a finishing punch in

of the Tigers suspects that the

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