Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1943 — Page 22

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By Ed die A sh

THE FATE of the little world series between the «

can association and International league will be ; we a. meeting of the International elub owners

ew York, Feb. 6. . the time, directors of the eastern Class AA Joop will deside hes to revise their. schedule in order to conform with the open-. closing dates of the American association. International, in December, adopted a 154-game- schedule April 22 and closing Sept. 12. + . « Last week the association adopted & 154-game schedule, opening April 39°and tlosing , 19. It is doubtful whether the International league owners would 10 incur the expenses of keeping their playoff winners idle for ek while wailing for the association to determine its playoff

the International revises its schedule to conform ‘With the same “gnd closing as the association, they could wind’ up ie ‘world series the big world series and major college il games get under way.

thing to Prevent Individual Training a

REGARDLESS of where the league ball clubs train this spring, of the players, nevertheless, will get their early conditioning in o and in the South, as that is where the majority live. Although these sections have been barred to the squads, there to prevent individuals from forming training parties of pir own and getting into shape before reporting to their northern

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8 BB "= . \LIRUT. EARL BROWN, former sports reporter for the Flint lich.) , was killed last week when the plane in which he fying erashed at Tallahassee, Fla. . . . Brown, a bombardier, § Commissioned last. November. + «+ He is the second former sports of the Flint Journal to be killed in service, Dick Klintworth | d two months ago while on duty with the Royal Canadian Bam

y HIGH, former third baseman, manager, coach and scout, yours, enlisted a2 a bostewaln's mate, fut class, in’ the Davy notion battalion at St. Louis. . . . He was an electrician’s mate, in the navy in world war I . . . He scouted for the | “Dodgers last season. . . . High played for the Cardinals e world series of 1930 and 1931. ® 8% ® x @ DETWEILER, young third baseman called up by the ton Braves from their Evansville Three-I league farm, following (1943 segson, was inducted into the army at Quakertown, Pa. Th was the third leading hitter in the Three-I league in 1942, ‘in the neighborhood of .333. . . . He led the circuit in runs- ;

in, with 108, and was named to the league's all-star team.

te Well Up on Minnesota PURDUE basketballers play st Minnesota Seturday and Mon-

have won nineteen to Minnesota's eight. ... . A numa ee lias Agate

's cagers, however, Northwesiern: Winaing culls Sigroutdor

Chicago six out of 32, How you going to match that Jowa rally against Minnesota. t } City Monday? . .. The Hawks scored six points in the final 30 ponds to clinel) the game. he Goplier Suipars have been effective ak the free tuiow line Stason. ».».« Gounting Ton-confersnog yunes they have ‘made 78 out of 95 tries from the foul line, . .. . | the early Big Ten games didn't bring about any upsets, of the scores racked up by the losers served to warn the Shat ayia 129 Happen before the season's clogs, » » » » ® » op the Brooklyn Dodgers gave a big cash sum to Atlant ; Burge, first sacker, and farmed him out to Montreal last «+ « He's in the army now.

The Boston Red Sox are counting on Eddie Lake to take Johnny

place at shortstop next season. .. . He is a former @ardinal red from Sacramento. . . . Martin Marion beat him out of the with the champs. . . . Pesky, Red Sox infleld ace, Is in U. 8 b

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SS) 7 held off » last half ‘attempt to remain in the

0c Larson, forward, who pd “six field goals and two jows for 14 points. One point him was Oliver White, State , who piled up six field goals [ & free throw for 13 points, B. Piesky, Michigan guard, and ppler, Michigan center, were da m the game on four per-

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RICHMOND, Va, Jan. 14 (U. "| P.)~Helen Jicobs, ‘tennis ‘star, pI rhpocs to ‘the officers candi- | training: ‘school ‘of : the Es at Smith college. Jan. 16,

| where she had boom tablag special

water but he didn’t retire from the game. Buffalo’s lone bui hmportant score

We can be thankful to the Hershey Bars for clipping the Pittsburgh Hornets, by the way, for had the Hornets won last night, the Qaps would: have taken a nose dive Back into ‘third places "position they finally climbed out of this week, . Altogether last night, Perras was| credited with 31 saves aad he played ® fine net game. Herbie Lewis took him out of the game in the final mihute and substituted Bill Quackenbush to give the Caps a six-man offensive in an attempt to score but the Bisons were not be denied. There were times in the contest skated rings around the local club. The Caps definitely were not the | same outfit that beat Providence here last Sunday night. | They just couldr’t get that puck by Bell and: there were. ‘times whén they had a hard time bringing the rubber up the ice from their own

in for a good rassing from the crowd, and at times there seemed to be some justification for the crowd's reaction. There were several cases of tripping that weren't entirely on the unintentional side and “both sides had their men the recipient of vicious board checking, Bell, himself, started to swing a few punches at one of the a

The Caps were guilty of faulty passing several times and only once did they take the puck down the

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NEW. YORK, Jan. 14 (U, B) 2

St. Louis and Windsor, Ontario, were. oi under consideration today as res v -

placements for the New Haven Eagles, forced out of the Americant

tes sesiliing rom wartime: Sean) portation problems, New Haven, last-place team in the eastern division, ‘Was ordered by league officials at their winter meeting here yesterday to market its franchise by Monday, Otherwise, its charter will be voided and its players allotted to the Femaning seven towns, “We have decided. that New Ha ven should attempt to transfer its . franchise to another locality,” Pres~ ident Maurice Podoloff said. “The ° club has not been drawing at home since gasoline rationing and the ac tion was forced upon us.” May Abolish 2 Groups

The league has been operating in. = two divisions since 1936, but if no new location is‘found for the - the two groups will be abolished and: the league will operate as one bodys A charter member of the old Canadian-American league—formed in 1927—-New Haven continued when’ - the circuit merged with the old International league in 1934 and has been in the American league’s east~; ern division gince its inception in: 1936. k The Eagles will play one more game, with Washington at the. capital Saturday nigh.

Has Inside Track

St. Louis has the inside track for the open franchise, an official dis-' closed, but chief opposition was the. tion difficulty. “I? another city takes the franchise, it Will simply replace New Haven, take its players and its place Podoloff said, “Should we have to allot the players; in case New Haven doesn’t sell, the low team in the league will

f first ehoice and so on.” : | Pe. Arst Shalce and 80 on clube at!

up with Pr

concerned.

in it for & nan wha. did so much for the sport. The Bam is pw personal appearances at a chain of New York movie theaters, by the way. y For years there have been oldTime associations in every part of the country. All they lacked was something fo do. Dumong plans to give them: this, and baseball will benefit as the result.

tertainingly one ‘who played it superlatively? The National Semi-Pro "congress ' urges the veterans to help organize sandlol leagues, : district tournaments. : Fans as well as Tomer paves are eligible. Dumont, who pioneered national ‘associations of professional leagues, wnpires and scorers, contends his latest

Organize Old-Time Baseball Players Into National Group

By HARRY GRAYSON Times Special Writer

NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Ray Dumont, ‘who is full of them, babs first-rate baseball idea. Dumont’s - National Semi-Pro congress is organizing groups of old-timers into a National association. Veterans always have been neglected by organized baseball Famous names are permitted to be forgotten, in 50 far as baseball is

Babe Ruth is a striking example, Surely thage shauidbe = goes

who hae made names for them territory. 0.

| Train. i in North And Save Miles

NEW YORK, Jan. Last oa in as~

Matchmaker Lloyd Carter Te Ol tained the rugged and aggressiic| Bill Venable of Dallas as the ¢ ponent for, “Lord” Lansdowne | the chief grappling feature on {i

annual to be sta

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the wrestling be for two falls out of three. Coat. | Billy Thom of Bloomington, Ind.

bout. “The fistic feature, listed for eigh! rounds, is between Pyt. Willai¢ Reed ‘of Camp Atterbury and the highly-touted Bob. Arthur ‘of CuJumbus, O. Reed, a former Time: Golden Gloves cham the heavyweight chanpionship of Indiana just prior i: his recent enlistment in the arm) | Arthur, said to be a sugges,

| publicized as a k. ®.

Wyoming to Face

: Phillips Oilers

oi DENVER, Jan. 14 (U, BP) ~Two'c: _. basketball teams~-

the nation’s top Wyoming university and the Phil-| lips: Qilers of A. A. U. fame—wi..

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show Tuesday night at the Armor, |

Foe Is Chosen Jackie Wilson fo Fight 1 st For Lansdown: | Garden Battle Tomorrow

By PAUL SCHEFFELS 4 ; “United Press Sta Correspondent” : ; “NEW YORK, Jan. 14—Qalifornia Jackie Wilson, rated one of the; | sest welterweight fighters in the country, will get his first chance to! how: his wares in Madison Square Garden, the goal of all fighters, When:

/ocord whish includes 32 a "in 53 bouts. Wilson warmed up for this ap-

jocoa Kid in 10 rounds at Balti-

| more, Md, and halting Frankie Sais

also is to see action in & grapplin a

1. two sessions at Born in Spencer, N. C., Wilson iL be 35) Jeli old Aly; Saturday,

‘was during his campaigning on}

8 coast that he was tagged with tie “California”. to him rom Pittsburgh Jackie ‘Wilson, the ii»atherweight.

meet in ‘a special two-game serie: h.

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> Carpenter Fifth | Giant in Service

combination boxing and wrestlin: “e meets Jacob La Motta of New York in a 10-rounder tomorrow night.: Wilson had fought all over the country but for some reason he never

The all-star card, a pe 1: it the Garden. Now that he is in the army and stationed at Mitchel.

the welterweight division that he » began taking on middleweighis and | put-an end to the career of Ceferino Garcia, former middleweight chamLast May 20, Wilsop—~although he is married—enlisted in the army. At Mitchel field, he met George: Nicholson, also a sergeant and top sparring partner for Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis. Nicholson 1s : now Wilson's trainer. He meets a: powerful Motta who recently’ went with Robinson and beat Jimmy Bd-' gar twice. Should Wilson hurdle ‘him, he may meet . Robison, . : rated the class ‘of tHe ¢ ] FE that. Freddie Cochrane, the gham-: pion, as guns inte theiavy; | :

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