Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1942 — Page 12

DALE MILLER, the Indianapolis Indians’ former ‘secretary who now is Lieut. Harrison D. Miller stationed . at Camp Campbell, Ky., sent holiday greetings to this id ‘department and attached a note: weather like Mayfield, remember? The towns around here are not like good, old Bowling Green.”

“Same old Kentucky

Lieut. Miller, who also served in world war I, is referring to the

_ Indians’ spring training camps at Mayfield

and Bowling Green.

+» « . The year the Tribe was at Mayfield it was an unusual wet spring and the ball players did most of their exercising in the ¥, M. C. A. gym playing basketball. . . . The camp at Bowling Green was dif- - ferent, so different . . . that Secretary Miller had to keep close books

on the athletes.

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O’Brien, Fleetwood, etc. ...

partment, to the boys at the front,

sports desk “hot seat.”

Corp. Harry Morrison Jr.,

» LUTHER (DUMMY), TAYLOR,

ever to make the grade in the big member of the New York Giants. _ eight years. .

at, Jacksonville, , .

! HAS THAT dream of copy girls on The Times come true? es. Ensign Robert L. Fleetwood, the dive bomber, wants to know. "| ««. He would, and how!...A former Times sports department . sparkplug, Ensign Fleetwood is taking Florida in stride. . . . war I The Times used girls to run copy but just at present City | Editor Heinke is employing the femmes as desk help... .. Heil | probably get around to girl “copy boys” in the near future . . . After 4 Botitying Epsign Fleetwood in due time. ;

In world '

GREETINGS of the holiday season from The Times sports de-

to the boys now readying to do

. | their bit, to the femmes in service, to the home guard and a prayer that Christmas 1943 will be celebrated in decisive peace after an all-out United Nations sweeping victory: Eddie Ash, sports editor, dean of “old military prep.” Frank Widner, assistant dean, newest incumbent of The Times’

- Lieut. J. E. O'Brien, Randolph field, Texas. Ensign Robert L. Fleetwood, Jacksonville, Fla. Chanute field, Rantoul, Ill, Pvt. William C. Eggert, Ft. Benj. Harrison, Ind.

Dummy Taylor ‘Told’ Umps Off

the only deaf and dumb pitcher leagues, achieved his fame as a . He pitched for the Giants

. » Taylor won 21 games 1904, his best season. Now 68, Taylor is house father at the Illinois School for the Deaf . While pitching . for John McGraw’s firebrand

Giants, Taylor participated in “arguments” with the umpires.

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baseball scouting will be a thing of rolls around. /

‘game bowling championship tourney

“take it.”

- by rail, bus or private auto. .

‘ tion for cage fans to. use gasoline there and back.

an idea he holds to that opinion.

ing about their 1943 baseball. . training site, they have already Jost

or other of the shipbuilding plants.

FRENCH LICK SPRINGS, Dec. Taggart’s French

a - lay-over center Sor Hatelets from ‘Chicago and St. Lo The question-of the day was: will the hotel grounds become the colorful spring training center for a'midwestern major league baseball club, and if so, which one? Or will the army take it over for the WAACS, WAVES or an army hospital?

Seek Training Site

Both the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox are seeking a midwestern training center at request of Joseph B. Eastman, de- . fense transportation director. Jimmy | wilson, manager of the Cubs, and Jiln Gallagher, business manager, recently visited the hotel, shopping for a ball park. Taggart conferred by long distance phone with Vice “President Harry Grabiner of the White Sox, but no decision was reached. ~ Since the Cubs are eager to nave another club train at the same site, it appeared possible that a deal could be ‘worked out to encamp both Chicago teams, bitter rivals, at - Phench Lick, thereby providing some; spirited spring practice games. : Convert Golf Course

Taggart’s office reported that diads could be provided for the Jubs by converting the lower golf intc a baseball field or by several large tracts of land

as a major league ent, it would) provide a

YOU GOTTA gime them gredit for trying.... Ten Maroons have lost 24 consecutive basketball games. . the hoys receive the benefit of the exercise and are proving they can

and if shipyard labor is frozen they will have increased difficulty in putting together a club. . . . All of the Seals who remained in San Francisco this winter, or who live in that area, are working in one

has been reached regarding the fate of the famo deals With the army and baseball clubs are still Varied destinies have been reported for the widely known Hoosier spa,

‘which has been the gala gathering spot for Kentucky derby crowds and

. He razzed the umps by holding his nose and spinning his fingers close to the side of his head. . . . It was his “screwy” sign.

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PIE TRAYNOR, Pittsburgh's former great third sacker, is job hunting although employed at Pirate scout. .

. Traynor believes the past before the next season

Bowling Match Champ Was ‘Red Hot’ CONNIE SCHWOEGLER of Madison, Wis., who won, the match

in Chicago, averaged 215.35 pins

for 102 games. ... He was 12 pins per game better than Frank Benkovic of Milwaukee, who finished second. .

. Connie was on fire.

Chicago's Big . Well,

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A SPORTS EVENT of any type is a small matter as compared with winning the war and helping the war effort by reducing travel . Staging the annual Indiana high

school basketball tournament next spring would only be a tempta-

and rubber going from here to

Sometime ago Commissioner A. L. Trester said the new season’s tournaments probably would have to take a back seat. . . . We hage

THE San Francisco Seals of the Pacific Coast league are wonder= . The navy took over their spring

five players to the armed forces

Will French Lick Go to. Army Or a Big League Ball Club?

25 (U.P.).—Officials of Thomas T.

Lick Springs hotel said today titat no definite decision

Indiana resort, but g fire.

players than by interned Japaliese nationals. Earlier this year French Lick was mentioned as a possible prison for Japs captured in this country. seve umf eiue— Butts Fears

Nifty Passes

PASADENA, Dec. 25.—Wally Butts says that with the Georgia team appearing in the Rose Bowl, Jan. 1, he'd rather face a power= ful rushing attack than a nifty passing game. Butis says that if Bob Waterfield of U. C. L. A. starts hitting receivers anything can - happen. He stresses that there is no ironciad defense for an air attack and that touchdowns come quickly with one. He points out that Georgia scored three touchdowns against Alabama in 10 minutes whe, ceiverd suddenly n to’ grab Prank Sinkwich’s passes in the final period.

Mexican Netters Play at Armory

' Chihuahus® State Teachers col-

t lege, current and four-time na-

original Harlem trotters in the feature game of a

double-header basketball card at] ..

| Wright and Allison

game will start at 9:15 p. m. he e Chihuahus quintet has lost

but one in 136 games in competition

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Service, S86 underway Sha PI. - The fea-|

Meet Buffalo At Coliseum Here Tonight

The Indianapolis Caps found

they can do plenty of damage in the race for the ' leadership of the western division of the American Hockey league.

present time sitting on the top of the league and the Caps have a date

Tonight, the Bisons will be the guests of the local club at 8:30 o'clock -on the Coliseum jce. The Hornets will be here the same time and place on Sunday. night.

dianapolis will journey to Cleveland

. [fora tilt with the last place Barons.

Leo Richard, recalled from the Washington team by Herbie Lewis to: strengthen the Caps, arrived in town yesterday and went through a spirited workout with the Caps on the local ice.

Behling to Report

At the same time, Lewis announced that Dick Behling will report for induction in the army tomorrow and will not be able to make the Cleveland trip. Behling will be able to play tonight and Sunday night and expects to make his final appearance here New Year's eve when Providence comes to town. Moose Sherritt, who was recalled from New Haven will join the Caps tomorrow at’ Cleveland to take Behling’s place. The Caps have been hard at work in an effort to get back their scoring eye after making a sluggish showing last day against Hershey here. ler came close to being shut for the first time this year but a goal by.Les Douglas saved them. Lewis hopes to get the boys keyed up to the point they were on Dec. 13 here when they blasted Pittsburgh, 7-2. Have 20 Points

Indianapolis at the present time has 20 points on nine wins and nine losses coupled with two ties. Pittsburgh and Buffalo have 24 points but the two teams have played more games than the Caps so far this year, each having been on the ice 22 times.

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best they could do was to edge out a 4-3 overtime contest Dec. 3. They lost the other two games by 5-3 and 3-1 margins. Pittsburgh - has: yet to beat Indianapolis. : The Caps dumped them, 3-1, Oct. 31 and then roared back on a scoring spree Dec. 13 to knock them off, 7-2. ;

Sailor Olson

Sailor Olson, a well-known matman of experience out of Kansas City, will engage Billy Thom, head grappling coach at Indiana university, in one of the features on the mat bill Tuesday night at the armory. Olson boasts an impressive record. - Most of his action has been in western rings. The pair will

. |meet for two falls out-of three,

Armory patrons are looking forward to an unusual amount of action and “heat” when the popular Rene La Belle swings into action against Ali Pasha in the other feature. Ali, a bearded Hindu from Calcutta, is of the aggressive type and specializes in the “cobra” hol.

‘| La Beile, a Frenchman from Que-

bec, has won the favor of local fans in his two appearances here. It is for two falls out of three.

Report Dorais May Coach Lions

DETROIT, Dec. 25 (U. P.).—~ Charles E. (Gus) Dorais, Universitv of Detroit football coach, yesterday | refused comment on a published report that he had been offered the job of coaching the Detroit Lions of the National Football league.

sidering a second offer from Fred L. Mandel, Chicago merchant and owner of the last-place club, that he succeed John (Bul Karcis as Lions’ coach at a salary of $7,500 a year if thure is no league play during the war. ¢ Dorais’ salary, these ‘reports said, would be boosted to $12,500 when

after the war. Mandel tried to hire Dorais as coach after the 1940 season, but the veteran U. of D. coach, teammate of the late Knute Rockne at Notre Dame, turned down the job. It was reporfed the present offer may include partial ownership of the club’s franchise. )

They'll Stay Out Of Mouse Traps

fn Mexican, Central and South| "3 ~ Bouley .. ane

themselves in a spot today where]

Buffalo and Pittsburgh are at the] :

with both teams over the week-end. #

In between the two games, In-| 4

The Caps have played Buffalo] three times so far this year and the|.

|when they fell before

Dorais was reported to be con-|

Detroit §

the league resumes competition] §

The Galloping foes for the past t rugged Illinois Normal five. Coach Good's Greyhounds will seek their ‘31st consecutive victory and domination of the Indiana College conference when they battle Manchester's Spartans Jan. 9 in an attempt to break a frst-place tie with the Spartan quintet. Besides conquering Peru Naval Base, a non-conference foe, dndiana Central holds victories this season over Huntington, Central Normal and Hanover, all league rivals, while’ Manchester defeated Taylor, Valparaiso and Huntington. This ties the Central squad with the Spartans at ,three triumphs each, although Butler and Earlham also hold 1,000 per cent places with one win each. ; Coach Good’s squad is built around hus George Crowe, 6-foot-3 Negro center, and versatile Bill Howe, 6-foot-3 forward. Geod has nothing but highest praise for Crowe, who is playing his last seafor the Greyhounds. “Crowe handles the ball with unconcerned ease and he can shoot from any spot on the floor. He's

Tailback

Georgia Tech 's versatile varsity | will take the field in the Dallas

-} Cotton Bowl game Jan, 1 with a :

sharp eye on Jackie Field, above.

's | This 190-pound Texas tailback led the Southwest conference in scor- | te: { ing and was second to his fullback Sesmmate, Hoy Messy, In re 2.

No Hoosier Five Has a Better Record Than Indiana Central

An a state that is nis with the-nation’s top-notch basketball competition, no quintet holds a more impressive record than Harry C. Good’s Indiana Central Greyhounds, an Indianapolis secondary college| p _ that boasts 30 straight triumphs. yhounds have reigned: triumphant over scheduled years, suffering their last defeat Dec. 16, 1940,

| Most of them came to see the

glad of it. In a short time they

have an outlet. Despite the ex- - cellent physical fitness programs

[ beconde star baseball, football or

Goalies Need Lots of Protection

the best basketball player that I have ever seen,” he said. Other Greyhound starters include Don Saylor, 5-foot-11 sophomore guard; Don Bunge, 6-foot-1 senior guard and freshman ‘Bob Windhorst, 6-foot-2 forward. Harry Good thinks a lot of .his latest addition, but missing are Ray Bloomingdale and Ray Nicoson, high scorers of last year’s quintet. “I would have matched my team last year against any other team in the nation,” Good said. The propcsed benefit encounter with city-rival Butler university, also drew a challenge from Coach Good today: “We are willing to play Butler at any time and at any place.” It is reported that Coach Pop Hedden: of Butler favors the contest, but negotiations are in the hand of the Butler faculty athletic committee, which opposed a similar contest last year.

By FRED FITZSIMMONS A Big League Bowler, Too WHEN I opened my alleys in

Brooklyn, kids stampeded the place mostly out of curiosity.

fellow who had pitched for the Dodgers: I let them clo about everything but carry the pins away and I am

were coming to. bowl, not to*see me. As in other cities and sections, Brooklyn has grade, junior High and high school leagues. - Twinkle Waits, the child star who : has given . exhibitions throughout the country, well illustrates that a bowler may start ‘young and quickly become an expert. .

8 8% : : ' BOWLING is a great condi‘tioner of youngsters. They must

now in operation, - schools can’t possibly give all of them all the exercise and sports they need and want. Neither can all youngsters

basketball players. Bowling is a game in which they can excel aad gain a feeling of setomplishine ss a6 Shey herter

Sending Any of

lence is embarrassing. We like to around to sending any ourself:

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Joe Likes to Get Christmas Cards But Never Gets Around

Them Himself '

By JOE WILLIAMS »Tinies Special Writer | NEW YORK, Dec. 25.—There are times when our indomitable indo-

get Xmas cards but we never get

We always find it warming and fascinating to go through’ the cards,

| | at this time of year, gay, cheerful, friendly cards, all done up in bright

Kerr Pleased With His Tear

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 25 TU. P.) —Forty-four of the -natica’s senior football stars obser el Christmas far from their hon: firesides today and hurried prepa: a - tions for the annual Shrine Ea tWest benefit game New Year's da . At the University of Santa Cla a, Coach Andy Kerr of the East ¢x-

it | Co. wishing us the

i specif ytng the i [very best of what.

| | the dot comes one i! from One. Eye i | Connolly, who is {as meticulous in

| ties as Emily Post.

colors and glistening effects , . MacArthur, Prime Minister Churchill, Nicholas Murray Butler, Albert Einstein, Ernest Hemingway, Bill Terry. Of course, we never get cards from any of these parties, but we imagine there are persons who do and we can appreciate how pleased they must be and what a glow it must give them on the one occasion of the year that is most dedicated to the brotherhqgod of man. Because, you see, we really do get cards. There are cards from Pvt. Jimmy

| | 0:Gatty and Packey O'Gatty and we

wonder if they are any kin. There J Sah} fiom the Eiyria 16s &F Coal very best, but not | :

And right on’

the socigl ameni-

Frank Erickson, | \8 1 who is scarcely illiams Butch LaGuar- Joe W dia’s favorite bookmaker, exudes the Yuletide spirit, but neglects to pre-

sent a morning line on when thep,,. ° every one,” said Tiny Tim.

war will end. Note 'of Chagrin

Solly Seemarn’s greetings; Mr. Seeman became Joe Louis’ trainer just in time to have a shocked secretary

: {|of war jettison the Louis-Conn {| fight, which turned up a joker in

the deck, even as yet unidentified. Our favorite dramatist of the epidermis, Gypsy .Rose Lee, writes bravely she is sending 500 duffle

: i | bags to merchant marines insead of : |spending her dough on colored

A goalie has to have plenty of protection in the fast and rough game of hockey as Floyd Perras, gal keeper for the Caps, will tell you. As you can see, it's some job to dress for a game as Floyd is doing here.

cards with gilt streamers. Leave it to the Gypper to get down to the “1 bare essentials.

And Casket-Pan Fred Allen forwards a ‘white plush jewel box, the contents of which is one solitary coffee bean. Another humorist, H. JI. Phillips, weighs in wih a basic ration card, which asks, among other things: “Do you require meat or do you depend on. lunch room steak sandwiches?” Mr. Phillips has been known to do better. Like the time he wrote: “Mrs. Joe DiMaggio is suing for divorce. We are {shocked to learn anybody would take the defeat of the Yankees that hard.” And it’s always spleasing to hear from our old handball playing partner, Gus Van. Has any team ever sung “My Melancholy Baby” better than Van and Scheitk? Or half as

pressed himself as well satis x! with the transfer of his squa

Bronco campus. The East has r at;

1937, when Ken Sandbach of Princ: ton kicked a field goal for a 3

the regular season, thought fle! “bright lights” of Berkeley may ha e

showing. Perfect Spot

“This is a perfect spot for or

purposes,” he said when his 22 pla; - ers first trotted on the Sania

crowd of curious well-wishers.

Stanford and buckled down to the r annual task of overcoming the odcs which annually favor the Kerrme: . Paul Governali of Columbia, de -

passer” he’s ever seen, has g the spotlight in the East's workou 3 this far. Kerr placed Governali = tailback in a backfield which in cluded Les Horvath of Ohio Stat at right half, George Ceithaml © | Michigan “at quarter and Stev Filopowicz of Fordham at fullback

In A-1 Condition

The entire squad is in A-1 condi tion with the exception of Ma Kielbasa, -Duquesne halfback, . whe has a pulled muscle. - Governali’s standout performance: in east sessions have been matchec at Palo Alto by 130ob Kennedy o Wasliington State who has surprisec his own coach, Babe Hollingberry with his accurate pitching. Kenned; will opera post with Bob Steuber of Missour at left half, Willie Zapalac of Texas A. & M. at quarterback and éither Frank Porto of California or Ton: Roblin of Oregon at right half, ——————————————————

tournament to be held at Pritch-

Sunday. Squads will bowl tomorFW ah and 3:30 p. 30. and Sunday at 1, 3:30, 6 and 8:30 p. m.

moiANAPoLS oaprais - BUFFALO" BISONS TONIGHT—8:30

age galued by rushing.

Prides: ude-70e 8e-31.10-82.00. Tax | Reenvaiions: TA. WSS. mt.

quarters from Berkeley to tic!

victory. Kerr, Colgate coach durir g |!

had somehing to do Wi the po» |

Clara turf without the usual large | The West gathered, as usual, :¢ °

scribed by Kerr as the “best Salles * 2

100 Entered Approximately teams have been entered in the South-West

well, for that matter? . Apparently Jim Braddock and {Jae Gould must do everything as a ipair. Even their Xmas card is

won a Shrine game since Jan. 1,| gum

There is no note of chagrin in|

. cards from the White House, from Gen,

jointly signed. They're both lieu tenants now, you know, Jim Farley's card discreetly makes no mention of the recent guberna= torial election; nor does Joe Mc= Carthy attempt to ® explain what happen to Joe Gordon in the series, and for the first time Lou Little takes pen in hand without insisting Paul Governali is the best passer of all time, not excluding Nick the Greek, who was mostiy a house dice man, §t that.

Tommy Lyman reports, thus ree minding us he was O. O. McIntyre’s favorite torch singer. ‘Al Weill, the Weskit, so-called becausé of the nue’ tritional turn in values of his vests, Well, it seems to be funny on Broadway. Chick Evans, the Bobby Jones of his day, a fine competitor who won or lost the big champions ships with a song in his heart.

The Brooklyn Spirit

A card from Garry Schumacher, the writer, who comes closer to syme bolizing the Brooklyn spirit than anybody we know. Mr. Schumacher seems to have fallen under the spiritual spell of Brother Rickey, +» “A merry Xmas to us all. God

. “Oh, the Dickens,” as the good brother would say. From San Diego Tommy Silence sends greetings and" an icy P. §, which ‘reads: “What does Ted Wile liams have to do to win the mos¥ valuable player award?” It was Mr,

Silence who first tipped us off to

Williams, then a busher. A nice note from old Roger Brese nahan regretting we missed connece tions in Toledo a fortnight ago and wondering how Broadway looks in the dimout. How many old-timers remember . when Bresnahan, sa catcher, led off for the Giants? Earle Ferris, whose worst seller, “How to Have Fun With Your Clothes On,” is now a collector's item in the service camp.

Do Not Forget

“While we are enjoying Christe mas at home, let us not forget our loved and dear ones in the four core ners of the world, and share with them the spirit that makes us proud and glad of our heritage, trusting that 1943, or the not too distant future, will see them home again with us . . . happy for the privilege of having served” . . . sincerely, “in Shangri-La” (no signature possible.) This was written on Oet. 16. A lot of things happened to this gentle man’ in the meantime. He went

away on a long trip and didn’t exe pect to be back for the holidays. As it turned out, he came near not coming back at all. The note’s

from Cap’n Eddie Rickenbacker, of whom you may have heard. .

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