Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 December 1942 — Page 18
Baseball's Greatest War-Time
Sl By Eddie Ash
ONE hot stove league rumor says Thomas J. Hickey, the American association’s first pyesident, is to be recalled to direct the circuit for the duration. . . . This depends, of course, on the military status of President George M. Trautman who became a colonel in the army
. Specialist corps last August. . of the service was abolished.
. « Since then, this branch
Trautman was in the army in world war I and from last reports he still is in the new army. . . . However, with the specialist corps abolished, he may be permitted to resign and return to baseball on
a full-time basis. . , . Age is against
him for combat duty. ... Any-
way, his son, in the navy, is taking care of that. In 1935 Tom Hickey was retired as A. A. president on a life-time . pension of $200 monthly. . . . He was 70 years old and decided to
' step aside for a younger man. .
. . Trautman succeeded the veteran
.and carried on in an efficient manner. . . . His tireless efforts put baseball back on the map in Louisville, Milwaukee, Indianapolis and Toledo. . . . Lone fly in the ointment now is St. Paul, where the current owners desire to sell’ or forfeit the franchise. Directors of the league have been working on the St. Paul problem and are expected to disclose progress or failure at the American association meeting in Chicago today. Some club owners favor a May 1 opening next season. , . . April daylight games—save Sunday tilts—don’t draw enough customers to meet the payrolls and gas rationing probably will make additional
inroads on attendance.
That Notre Dame Squad of 1918 IN world war I, Notre Dame and Great Lakes played a 7-7 tie
on Notre Dame’s old Cartier field. ,
. « It was Knute Rockne’s first
-gseason as Irish head grid mentor. . . . The game. was played on Nov. 9, 1918 and two days later the armistice was signed. William K. Mohn, a resident of South Bend, scored the Irish touchdown and added the extra point. . . . Paddy Driscoll scored the Great Lakes touchdown, also kicking the extra point. The Notre Dame squad that day included the late George Gipp, Irish halfback immortal; the late Bernie Kirk, destined to be an allAmerica end at Michigan; Hunk Anderson, co-coach of the Chicago Bears; Dr. Eddie Anderson, Iowa coach; Maurice (Clipper) Smith, Santa Clara coach; Dr. John Mohardt, now a major in the army
medical corps; Norm Barry, Chicago
attorney; Capt. Leonard (Pete)
Bahan; Earl (Curly) Lambeau, coach of the Green Bay Packers; Rollie Stein, Charlie Crowley, Ojay Larson and Mohn.
Hockey Caps Invade Buffalo Tomorrow IDLE FROM league action since Nov. 24, the Indianapolis hockey team is to renew hostilities tomorrow night at Buffalo. . . . The
Bisons are leading the American league's western division with 19 points, five Ahead of Pittsburgh, seven ahead of Herbie Lewis’
Hoosier Caps and eight ahead of Cleveland. . . .
If Cleveland beats
Pittsburgh tonight, the Caps will drop to fourth place.” Before their next home game against Pittsburgh on Sunday, Dec. 13, the Caps play at Buffalo, Cleveland, Providence, New Haven and Washington. . . . Leading the eastern division is Hershey, holding
a six-point lead over Providence.
The western division is putting on the better race. . .. In the eastern division Hershey and Providence are far superior in strength
over Washington and New Haven. ...
Washington is unusually weak
on defense and New Haver on offense.
Close Games Played in Sugar THE SUGAR BOWL once had game. . . . In 1936 Texas Christian short tally and last New Year's day feated Missouri, 2 to 0.
Bowl a 3 to 2 New Year's day grid edged Louisiana State by that in the same bowl Fordham de-
Louisiana State played three Sugar bowl games and lost ‘em, to Texas Christian and twice to Santa Clara. . . . New Orleans promoters have been lucky in their pairings and all attractions
have been close. . . . And this time it will be Tennessee and « « « And that figures to be a hot number.
THE Western Michigan-Notre Dame basketball game at Notre
Dame this Friday night will bring veteran coaches. . . . Herbert W.
together two of the Midwest's Read of Western Michigan is
starting his 22d season there, and Coach George E. Keogan is starting his 20th campaign at Notre Dame. : Coach Read is one of very few mentors ever to serve for. two years as chairman of the rules committee of the National Basketball
Coaches association.
Bivins Is More Formidable -
Than He Was Against Savold
NEW YORK, Dec. 2—By this time you ‘no doubt have heard that, on first inspection, New Yorkers are not at all positive that James Bivins is the heavyweight to keep boxing alive until Sergt. Joe Louis returns. Matchmaker Nat Rogers made the mistake of pairing Jimmy Bivins with another counter fighter at Madison Square Garden with the ‘result that Lee Savold is definitely through as a major attraction and
the freakishly-built Negro’s Broad- ‘ way bow was a magnificent, bust. Although by no stretch of the imagination a great one, Bivins is a more fortunate warrior than he appeared to be here, He undoubtedly was over-anxious in his first effort in the ast and in the Garden, and Savold’s disinclination to take a chance didn’t help him. | Maybe Bivins E one of those blokes who can fight only in his own backyard. He has enjoyed all of his success in Cleveland. He took a decision from Curtis Sheppard in Pittsburgh, but there was
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'no demand for a return perform-
ance. Lem Franklin, who turned out to be a stumblebum, stopped him in Chicago. There have been a number of glovemen like that. Tommy O'Toole, feather, and Young Erne, lightweight, a crack Philadelphia pair of 30 years ago, were striking examples. O'Toole was a whirlwind in the Quaker City, but required excuses following trips out of town. Erne outscored Abe Attel, Packey McFarland and Mike Gibbons, whom he conceded 15 pounds; by
| the home fireside, but, with a match
with Battling Nelson the prize, he was outgalloped by Lew Powell in San Francisco. Bob Pastor, the recently retired heavyweight, was just the opposite. He was a ball of fire out of New York, his home town, where he longed to be entertaining but railed to turn in notable performances in it. There is the New York, jinx, or whatever you care to call it, too.
he couldn’t get himself warm in
the premises together with Frank Klaus.
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Contest With Service Teams
By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent CHICAGO, Dec. 2.— Baseball's greatest war-time innovation, the contest which matched the winner of the major league All-Star game against the outstanding players from service teams, was junked today at the annual major league convention, ? American and National league officials awarded the 1943 All-Star game to Philadelphia on July 7, but declined to consider matching the inter-league winner against a combination selected from the nation’s army camps and naval stations. William Harridge, ‘president of the American league, said there would be “one and only one all-star game in 1943.” “That second all-star contest last season was something special,” he said, “and could not be put on again.” Drew 62,094
The All-Star-Servicemen’s game at Cleveland’s huge municipal stadium drew a crowd of 62,094 fans and receipts approximated $115,000. The American league team defeated the soldier and sailor combination, 5 to 0. The game brought back to the diamond for a brief encore such outstanding stars as Bob Feller, Mickey Harris, Johnny Rigney, Benny McCoy, Cecil Travis and Don Padgett. With the heavy enrollment of major league players in the armed forces in recent months it was believed that the game would be a fixture for the duration, but the game now is “dead” unless the army and navy ask the majors to reconsider their decision. The National and American leagues plan to end their separate sessions today and hold a joint meeting tomorrow. The National league is wrestling with the problem of reorganizing the debt-ridden Philadelphia Phils. Ford Frick, National league president, said “progress was being made” on the case. Election Postponed
“Establishing a satisfactory valuation on the franchise is one of the big problems,” Frick said, “and I believe we’ll be able to arrive at that before we leave here. We've narrowed the possible solution of the problem to three plans now and intend to explore each of those fully.” . It was indicated that final settlement may be delayed until the league meeting at New York in February. So that men thoroughly familiar with the problem would remain in charge of the study, the usual election of the league's board of directors was postponed. Bill Terry, who resigned Monday as director of the New York Giants’ minor league farm system, continued to be mentioned prominently in connection with an executive position with the reorganized Phils. Frick said Terry had not been “officially mentioned” in connection with any of the settlement proposals now under consideration, but admitted “Memphis Bill” had been a key figure in one plan submitted to the league directors.
Two Additional Fighters Signed
Louis (Whitey) Hewitt, promising Indianapolis lightweight, will meet soe O'Neil of Chicago, Ill, in a fourround supporting bout on the Armory’s fistic bill Friday night. The signing of the pair leaves but one bout open on the card and Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A. C. expects to fill the bill this afternoon with a fourround curtain-raiser, Harold (Dutch) Ullmer, Milwaukee heavyweight, and Johnny Denson of Indianapolis, will provide the main event fireworks. Ullmer is expected to give Denson the toughest evening the local mauler ever has experienced in a prize ring, and Johnny has been working hard to get in top shape for the tilt. Other battles on the card will pit semi-windup battlers Robert Simmons, Indianapolis, and Bill Parsons, Danville, IIL, in a eight-round welterweight skirmish, and lightweights Earl Paul, of this city, and Ted (Kid) Lewis of Chicago, Ill, in a special six.
Pistons Beaten
By Studebakers
FT. WAYNE, Ind. Dec. 2 (U. P.). —The lithe Chicago Studebakers, new entry in the National Basketball league, last night defeated the Ft. Wayne Zoliner Pistons, 54-47, in the first league game here of the season. : A nip and tuck game throughout the first half, the Pistons led 28-26 at the end of the second quarter. But, the Studebakers forged ahead in the second half with a scoring spree which the F't. Wayne club was unable to spoke.
To Fix Nose
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—George Stirnweiss, expected to play third base for the New York Yankees next spring, will undergo an operation on his nose to cure a condition which resulted from a football injury. :
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It was only logical that Gabby Hartnett, ex-manager of the Indianapolis Indians, should turn up at the big meeting in Chicago. That's Gabby with the, hat on chatting with, left to right, Charlie Grimm, manger of the Milwaukee Brewers; Johnny Rigney, former Chicago White Sox pitcher, now with the Great Lakes naval team; Manager Bill McKechnie of the Cincinnati Reds and Bill Terry, who just resigned as director of the farm system of the New. York Giants. :
Ground-Gaining Honors May
Go fo Dudley i
n First Year
CHICAGO, Dec. 2 (U. P.).—Bill Dudley, ace ball carrier for the Pittsburgh Steelers in the National Professional Football league, ap-
peared to have a better than even vidual ground gaining championship
chance today of winning the indiof the league in his first pro season.
According to the latest official statistics, Dudley leads Merlyn Condit
of Brooklyn 647 to 603 yards gained
camp of the Great Lakes Bluejackets this week as they went forward with preparations for their battle with the Irish in Soldier Field Saturday. It's the last home game of the season for the Seamen and they are looking forward to it with a slight opportunity for revenge since the South Benders already have bowled over two other navy teams —Iowa’s Pre-Flight Seahawks and whe U. S. Naval academy.
Offense Is Safe
The Bluejackets figure their offense is safe in the capable hands of Minnesota’s Bruce Smith and Bob Sweiger; thus the emphasis on Bertelli’s passing. Lieut. Paul D. (Tony) Hinkle, coach of Great Lakes and former mentor at Butler university, has impressed on the Bluejackets that Notre Dame will present the deadliest attack they have met since the opener at Michigan. Great Lakes’ forward wall will average around 214 pounds per man in Saturday’s clash. Notre Dame will face a line that has held opponents to an average of 80 yards a game by rushing and one that draws a full share of the credit for the great closing rush of the navy team this season.
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team last year ranked No. 2 in all Hoosierdom, has ’em again this season, Gone, of course, are Bud Brown, giant center, and Clay Moody and Lowell Black, regular forwards. But Fisher still has his guards, Harold Salyer, a unanimous all-state tournament choice last March, Gene Lillie. out the starting five. Joe Boyd is at center and Jim Abbott and Bob Wolters are at the forward posts. Abbott is the only varsity member under the two-yard mark. He falls short by an inch. Most of the others stand two or three inches above. Fisher has one of the tallest outfits in the state.
Warsaw Is Good
Expected to fight with Burris for the Central Indiana Conference title is Warsaw, which lost Kenneth Anderson, one of the state's best centers. However, Wendell Walker has five lettermen from the 1941-42 team which won 27 games and lost but two. Warsaw lost to Huntington, the conference champions, and to Ft. Wayne Central in the regional. . The Tigers also defeatd Buriis last year, 30-28. Heralded as the greatest Warsaw athlete since Dave Rankin is Virgil (Sug) Risner, a junior forward. Plymouth, under a new coach, Arthur Thomas, has plenty of tall
better. All are veterans and Plymouth should be a contender. Clyde Lyle and his Rochester Zebras also -have hopes for a C. I. C. trophy as seven veterans are back from last year. And speaking of veterans, Peru has Don Jarrett, John Davis,
plus a few others. Most are six-foot or better, Huntington’s conference champions aren’t expected to cut much of a swath this year. Gone are the
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Wabash Wins
Franklin Trips
Anderson Five
FRANKLIN, Ind. Dec.2 (U.P.).— Franklin swamped Anderson, 60-35, last night in the opening hardwood test of the season for the Grizzlies. con-
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind., Dec. 2 (U. P.).—Wabash college opened ifs basketball season last night, defeating Central Normal of Danville, 44-37. The Little Giants held a 26-10 advantage at halftime.
Knox Beaten
GREENCASTLE, Ind. Dec. 2 (U. P.).—Paced by Wally Etcheson, forward, who scored 16 points before being ejected from the game in the third period, DePauw university turned back Ft. Knox Armoraiders,
and Three veterans finish
boys, six of them standing 6-2 on|gn,
49-37, last night.
Folks of Muncie Are Sure Burris Will Be in the Finals
MUNCIE, Ind. Dec. 2 (U. P.).—The folks out in Muncie’s westside will be extra careful this winter with their tires and gasoline, for they'll
Mr. Trester’s tournament, providing
it is held next March, The Magic City folks are that certain the Owls of Muncie Burris will be among the final four. : Coach Scott Fisher, who has led Burris in the state tournament twice in the last four years, and whose
Everyone was graduated except reserves. A new Alexandria coach, Roland Treesh, faces a large rebuilding task. Nine are gone from last year’s squad. Ed Johnson, who succeeded Hunk Francis at Elwood, has Jim Copeland, leading scorer of last year, plus some handy reserves. While Elwood doesn’t seem to have much on paper, the Panthers may be the surprise team of the conference. All but two lettermen were on hand for Kenny Gunning at Wabash, and although not much is expected from the Apaches, they too may be a surprise to conference experts, who expect either Burris or Warsaw, to win the title.
Beech Grove Meets Whiteland Tonight
Already victorious in three out of four contests this season, Beech Grove’s basketball team will go to Whiteland tonight in the first of two games to be played this week. Coach John Stark's team will be host to Decatur Central Friday
night.
Bowling Scores
rushing although Condit has a better average per try—>5.2 to 4.3 yards. Andy Farkas, Washington, in third place and Jim Riffle, Pittsburgh, fourth place, trail the leaders by over 125 yards. Sammy Baugh of Washington and Cecil Isbell of Green Bay lead the passers by a comfortable margin and are waging a close battle for the individual passing title. Baugh, who has completed his season, leads by a slender margin with 132 completions out of 225 attempts, but Isbell, with one more game to play and 128 completions out of 237 attempts, has a good chance to nose him out.
Hutsen Catches 73
Don Hutson of Green Bay is certain to retain his individual pass receiving title. He has caught 73 tosses and gained 1204 yards. He also has scored 17 touchdowns.
Dante Magnani of Cleveland is in second place with 24 catches for 276 yards. Hutson leads the league in scoring with 132 points. He scored 17 touchdowns and converted 30 times, missing but once. Ray McLean of the Chicago Bears is in second place with 54 points followed by two teammates, Gary Famiglietti, 48 points, and Frank Maznicki, 42. Bill Daddio leads the field goal kickers with five out of 10. Ted Fritsch of Green Bay and Maznicki are tied for runner-up honors with four out of five.
Baugh’s Points Best
Baugh seems certain to win punting honors with an average of
46.6 yards for 37 kicks. Dean McAdams, Brooklyn, is in second place with an average of 40.9 in 45 attempts. Dudley and Farkas lead in punt returns with a total of 259 and 219 yards respectively. Marshall Goldberg of the Chicago Cardinals leads in kickoff returns with 398 yards followed by Dudley with 298. Clyde Turner of the Chicago Bears and Hutson are tied for leading pass interceptor with seven each. The Chicago Bears lead the league in 18 departments of team statistics. Among them are total yards gained, 3652; number of penalties, 88; yards penalized, 786; touchdowns, 50; touchdowns running, 30; total points, 355; opponent points allowed, 77; opponent yards allowed, 1647, and opponents first downs, 93.
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Boston Moves Into 2d Place
By UNITED PRESS The Boston Bruins moved into a second-place tie with the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey league last night by trouncing the Detroit Red Wings, 5-2, before 11,000 fans at Boston. Veteran Buzz Boll starred for the Bruins by scoring twice in the first period, ‘which saw Boston register four goals. Boll's first tally came 42 seconds after the opening whistle and his second goal came at the close of the period after Art Jackson and Bill had also scored for the Bruins. The standings:
Detroit
Robert’s Poor Luck Continues
Bad luck continues to dog the footsteps of Yvon Robert, the French-Canadian wrestler. Last night at the Armory, Robert had Roland Kirschmeyer on the run in the first fall of a scheduled three-fall battle when he received a sprained: ankle and was unable to continue. Ro started a vicious body slam then he fell to the mat in pain. Referee Harry Burris stopped the bout and raised the Oklahoman’s arm as the winner. Dr. Claude E. Hadden, state athletic commission physician, examined Robert in the dressing room and refused to permit him to continue, It was just last week that Robert lost the heavyweight title in his first defense of it. Angelo Cistoldi, Boston Italian, whipped Ralph Garibaldi of St. Louis with a smother and presser in the semi-windup. Cowboy Luttrell, Houston, flopped Babe Zaharias of Pueblo, Colo, in 10 minutes with a body slam and press,
Merl Rife Takes Marion H. S. Job
ALEXANDRIA, Ind, Dec. 2 (U. P.).—Merl Rife, former Alexandria high school coach, said today he has accepted a position as physical education and health instructor at Marion high school. Rife, a former Russiaville coach, will succeed Clem Woltman who resignéd to accept a
post as Red Cross field instructor.
Majors
CLEVELAND, Dec. 2 (U. P).—
| Boxing's most amazing winning
streak—compiled’ by Ray Robinson of New York—stood at 134 straight victories today, 39 of them in proe fessional ranks. Robinson slashed into Izzy Jane nazzo of New York in whirlwind fashion last night to register a technical knockout in the eighth round of a bout that featured an all-star Christmas benefit card at the arena. A capacity crowd of 12,000 watched Robinson take the victory with his usual hard, straight punching that stopped Jannazzo cold.
Referee Stops Fight
In the eighth round, Robinson had the: Brooklyn boy on the floor for the count of nine. Badly bleeding and groggy from solid left and right crosses to the head, Jan nazzo got up and Robinson began again to.lay him out cold, but the referee stepped in and called the fight. By the time, two minutes and 43 seconds of the eighth, Jane nazzo didn’t know what was going on. Jannazzo made several sharp jabs in an atterupt to throw Robinson off balance, but he landed no solid punches and didn’t threaten to take the initiative away from the New York Negro in any round. Robinson spotted Jannazzo. three and a half pounds, weighing 145 to Izzy's 1484.
Forgot to Count
Larry Lane, New York heavys weight, handed Harry Bobo, the Pittsburgh giant, a first-round knockout victory in their scheduled 10-round bout without knowing it. Lane protested the decision—saying he wasn’t knocked out, just down. He forgot to count. Late in the first round, after the two heavies had mixed it up, Bobo landed a right squarely on the jaw, Lane went down. He appeared to be taking a long count for the sake of the breathing spell. When the referee got to nine, he didn't get up. He liad apparently lost count. Wher 10 came he was called out and he loudly protested the decision. Bobo weighed 211, Lane 191,
Regulars Came
To the Rescue
The third and fourth stringers of the army air force basketball team at Allison's are indebted to their squad’s first and second team players today. While the substitutes were playing the Banquet Dairy five at Hawthorne gym last night, the regulars whipped Bridgeport Brass, 29-19, at the Y. M. C. A. The game finished, the regulars went down to Hawthorne fo see how the boys were getting along, What they found was a lopsided halftime score, 18-6, in favor of the dairymen, The first team wéht into action during the second half, and paced by Corp. Wil=son Gilmore who collected 16 points, whipped Banquet, 28-26.
The army air force team at Allison's wants to schedule games with any other team. Call Sergt. Vik at BE-5150, any time between 8 a. m. and 5 p. m, :
Results and Service league at the Y. were: Hlcotronte
Laboratories, 35; Stout Field, 6, and F, Harrison M. D., 31; Dormiteers, 16..
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