Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 March 1943 — Page 20
SPORTS. ..
By Eddie Ash
BY SIGNING Eric McNair, veteran big league short- , the Indianapolis Indians last ‘night increased their h me playing roster to 20 and the management still king around for additional timber, particularly a wer-hitting first sacker. ; President-Manager Owen J. Bush also is dickering for additional talent and perhaps another catcher, ... At any rate, the ers are fairly well off compared with other American associaclubs and a sizable working squad is : ed for spring training that begins in 5 March at Indiana university. cNair, who will be 33 in April, was d Up as a free agent. . . . He was turned by the Philadelphia Athletics after the American league season and thé fact was a ten-year man in the majors made 1 a free agent. .. . He is a family man classified 3-A in selective service. figures to bolster the Indians in hitting he will displace Bill Skelley in the shortand Skelley is short of power. . . . Bill ; committed too many errors at that po- ‘Erle McNalr season. McNair resides at Me- , Miss., and is the father of three children. . . . He bats rightded and stands 5 feet 9 inches. . . . In the majors he saw servith the Athletics, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox, Detroit | the Athletics & second time. . . . And in 1941, with Buffalo, he d 357, a good sign that he probably will do all right against can association pitching. Eric also is capable of playing third base, a position he held down n he was with the White Sox.
sh Says McNair Will ‘Make’ Team
CCORDING to Al Schlensker, Tribe secretary, the Hoosier In2s beat the Cleveland Indians to McNair’s services. . . . “Indianmade me a better offer,” McNair told Schiensker. . . . It also reported that the Athletics had invited the veteran shortstop turn to Philadelphia. At the time McNair was released by the Athletics, the big league owners did not realize that selective service had only scratched s surface of baseball manpower. demand in the majors and top minors. cNair will ‘make’ our club,” Manager Bush predicted today, the most important spot on the infield is plugged with a seasoned
JOHNNY RIDDLE'S Birmingham Barons of the Southern asson have signed Bep Lady, Indianapolis catcher-outfielder, who starred in local sandlot ball for 10 years. . , . Birmingham is in Cincinnati Red chain. Lady batted 400 in the Municipal league for the Gold Medal which won the city amateur title for the second straight time : year.
) Seeds’ Hire and Fire Experience
BOB SEEDS, veteran outfielder with Indianapolis last season, ‘the unusual experience of being hired and fired as manager of jub without ever reaching the city it represented. £Bob had been signed by Oklahoma City of the Texas league to it the club this year, but the circuit suspended before he had an nity to visit the city, and now he’s a free agen among the
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s 8 = ; #2 8 = WARREN GILES, the Cincinnati club’s general manager, beafter searching the rosters of the various National league that the Reds have just as good if not a better chance to the pennant than any other club in the circuit. . . . The Reds not been hard hit by enlistments and selective service in the ati of their regulars. ® ® = 8 8 = : THE St. Paul Saints open ‘the season at home this year for the st. time since 1935. . . . First 1943 morning game scheduled in the gerican association this year 1s at Milwaukee, Saturday, May 8, experiment to accommodate war plant workers. . . . St. Paul the visiting attraction. : . 8 8 s = a ARTIME boxing: Patsy Perroni, at 31, is training for a comein the heavyweight division. . . . He's working as 'a war plant
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League Hinges on Outcome Of Tilt; Fisher May Be Back
between the
that happens it’s & cinch there will be no punches pulled.
game with the Horne »
ican Hockey league. Indianapolis plays it final ”
this season at Pittsburgh Saturday night. Tonight will be “army-navy’| -i night, with approximately 3000 soldiers in addition to a number of representatives of the WAACs and WAVES invited. The junior chamber of - commerce 1s sponsoring the event. Dick Miller, manager of the coliseum, said yesterday that several calls had come into his office from fans who were under the impression| that the ddors tonight would be open only to servicemen.
Open to Public
Mr. Miller explained that the game is open to the general public as usual and that the men in uniform would be there in addition to the regular fans. ) Several feature events are on tap for tonight's game, including the swearing in of a new class of WAACSs, under Lieut. Gertrude V. Pratt, local recruiting officer, and the staging of a “broomball” game between the “wolst skaters that could be found” at the R. C. A, Lukas-Harold, P. R. Mallory and Curtiss-Wright plants. In this laugh-provoking game players use brooms for hockey sticks and a football serves as the puck. An exhibition of figure skating is also scheduled to round out the program. As for the regular game tonight, it shows promise of being just what the: Indianapolis hockey fan wants
‘Moose Sherritt
Hornets Draw
With Buffalo
are at the present time tied for
third place in the league with 54 By UNITED PRESS points each. Both are four points| The Pittsburgh Hornets moved
ahead of fourth-place Providence into a third place tie with Indianapand five points in back of second-|olis in the American Hockey league Place Bufialo. last night as they played a 3-3 deadStill Remember Shammon lock with the second place Buffalo
With both teams fighting for third | Bisons. There was no overtime bespot, a hard-checking game looms|cause Buffalo had to caich a train. in the books. In addition, the In-| . The last place Washington Lions dianapolis boys still remember the nosed out the Cleveland Barons, attack on Moose Sherritt made by|s to 4. Chuck Shannon of the Homnets| Goals by Hemmerling and Kelly during their last meeting here. At|sent pittsburgh ahead as Hunt talthat time, Shannon struck Sherritt|jjeq for Buffalo in the first. Richard over the head with his stick, inflict-|,n4 Summerhill then scored for the
Third Place in America .
Pioworks utay brealk ub agai tamight on ihe loa ab the/Golisum) polis Capitals and the Pittsburgh Hornets and iif}
The occasion 1s the second-last meeting between the two hockey clubs and the stake is probable undisputed third place in the Amer-
of hie Obl siver a} Yak time of Yeas, and that, viel
[Navy Ranks
|—Three of South Bend's leading
March 4. Img 1a duet aroun the cottir. Sols spring baseball traintng and the Cincinnati Red: end Gabriel Pau, who is always reminding you of them. ; Paul tells you preparations are complete for the Redlegs’ visit in Bloomington, “even to the ordiring of fleeie-lined oot suits.” It seems that Bucky Walters and the boys are 0 be equipped with those two-piece ‘contraptions used by track ancl fleld athletes ancl
| basketball players. They must wear them over their uniforms follow.
ing Indoor workouts, wien Wey veatiss uutdonts agsis oi the way v3 Sresiing rooms in Indiana stadium, Obviously, Bill McKechnie hasn't; 100 much faith in the mid-March - climate in the Monroe county hills; where at that time of year it can't miss being colder than it is in Cincinnati. The Rhinelanders would pmsl Segal Bi believed it possible to conditioa a baseball club in rowboats. But Crosley field u is a tributary d eliminate batting
programs te north, with all their innoveHol; aie is only one for the Reds. a muscle mugician and exponent flow Is to super ise the Recs’ conditioning. His
averages. : The Reds wil ohale vitamin. pls. Soa what they @id t. Louis Cardinals. The training period is cut from eight to five weeks, ex games from 32 to 14. ne igh There will be no wives and no automobiles. The players will WH the three-quarters of a mile separating the hoel and the ; quarters. = i No longer will a player bounce into the diiiliig room and say “Bring me a thick steak, etc., etc. ete.” Meals must be Jordered, Say In advance:
WITH so MANY food t shortages prevalent, avd ralionifg ot only commodities in effect, this system eliminating as much waste as possible, has been adopted by many hospitals. Warren Giles, general manager of the Reds, got the idea during a hospital stay, passed . it on to thé hotel management.
Northern training in wartime will keep the pliyers closer together: ah
They'll all be in one place. There'll be no joy riding. SE Results will be carefully watched, for, when conditions return to normal, and the clubs-return to southern bases, it is possible that some of the experiments will be continued. If a shorter and more cons centrated training period, in which frills ere eliminated, is the thing, then you can look, for the same following victory in the war. Y There may even bé a rush for muscle magicians. Anyway; the spring tiiining party is over ntl ths war is Wom.
Coaches Get
_ Pistons’
SOUTH BEND, March 4 (U. P).|
high school coaches received navall commissions yesterday and were] ordered to active duty within 60 days. “John Wooden, head basketball ‘leoach at South Bend Central, Bernard Witueki, head football coach at South Bend Washington, and| Harry. Koss, head football coach at South Bend Riley were given commissions and ordered fo report to the naval school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N. C. : Wooden, one of the all-time cage greats. at Purdue university, received a commission @s lieutenant| (J. g) and was ordered to report April 22, Win 88 Gamés
Under his guidance, Central cage teams have won 88 and lost 14 games since he took over in 1936. In addition they have won 21 and lost four tournament games. His teams have won three Eastern division titles, three sectionals and two regionals.
The third and decisive game in the Naismith Memotial Cup series to determine the National Professional Basketball league champion, will be staged Tuesday night at Ft. Wayne between the
Center May amend 5
Bay Meadows
SAN MATEO, Cal, March 4 ww. P.)—Reaching a tentative agrees ment in a labor dispute that caused cancellation of last Friday's pros . |gram, the California Jock club to= day planned to resume racing ; Bay Meadows Friday. a William PF. Kyne, track senaral ; manager, tol. the two unions in=. volved that unless they reach®td an agreement he would ask the racing commimssion to cancel the racing permit for the duration. Bay Mead= ows was the only Pacific coast track granted a racing permit. ‘this season, | Under the tentative agreement, members of the pari-mutuel clerks’ guild will joia the A, F. L. builde . jing trades union. Guild members had gone to court earlier to pre-. vent being = “coerced” into the union, Failure of sufficient clerks
day caused cancellation of races an hour before post time.
DeSautels Injured DUDLEY, Mass. March 4 (U. P.), |—Gene DeSautels, Cleveland Ine dians’ catcher, was recovering at his home here today with an injured
to show up at the track last Frie
eveland Without 1st Seeker rosky, Fleming Won't Return
EVELAND, March 4 (U. P).— y Cleveland Indians were left hout a prospective first baseman ‘after Les Fleming, hard-hit-
orway, Towa, Trosky, the first | n who quit baseball in 1941 of migraine headaches, said informed club officials here would not play professionhis season and would not con-
Fleming wlio hit the Indians last’ year and American league first basefielding, said he had quit duration and would stick to]
as pipefitter at the Penn-
Hat Trosky
acasons for several years Dick Wilkey Wins a ew Casting Trophy
at Tomlinson hall last night.
1c Edwards and Jack Moore tied
‘A «combined score of 105 in the % and % ounce accuracy events won the McCarthy trophy for Dick | Wilkey in a tournament sponsored by the Indianapolis Casting club
ing a vicious gash in the head of the Cap’s defenseman.
The Caps now are in the midst of a red-hot ‘fivesgame winning streak and Herbie Lewis hopes that Joe Fisher, who has been! playing such an outstanding ice game in recent weeks; will. be back tonight to help the Indianapolis cause. Joe was loaned to Detroit for the Red Wings game with Boston Tuesday night.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Pittsburgh . Providence ... evela! Washington ...
ewan et BRISZRT J
RESULTS LAST NIGHT Pitisburgh, 3; Buffalo, 3 (tie). Washington, 5 5; Cleveand, 4. GAMES TONIGHT
Pittsburgh at INDIANAPOLIS (8:30). Buffalo at Providence,
Greco, Shans
Signed Again
NEW YORK, March 4 (U. P.).— Pvt. Johnny Greco of the Canadian army and Cleo Shans, rugged Los Angeles Negro lightweight, were signed today for a return 10-round bout at Madison Squar . Garden March 26.
Greco pounded out a destiion over Shans Friday night and was understood at that time to have clinched a title shot at Champion Beau Jack. But Promoter Mike Jacobs explained that the boxing commission
‘|would not permit Créco to go the
15-round title distance because he is only 19 years old. “lI have been asked to have Greco fight for the Canadian army’s athletic - equipment fund,” Jacobs said, “I picked Shans because the public was so pleased with the great fight he gave Creco.” ‘Greco will receive only expenses, the rest of his purse going to the
donate $5000 or 10 per cent of the gross gate if it exceeds that figure.
Former Baseball Player Is Dead
‘William Carl Whaley, 'a former baseball player with the St. Louis Browns, died yesterday at Methodist
hospital after a year's illness. He was 47.
sional baseball with the
the sport, he became a special delivery postman here. *
Canadian army fund. Jacobs will
Funeral services will be ‘held at 13 p. m. tomotrow in Shirley Broth-
Bisons in the second as Besséne tallied for Pittsburgh. The final session was scoreless. Gracie matched Giroux’s goal: for Cleveland in the first and ‘Washington then stepped far in front on four second period goals, two by Jamieson and the others by Gauthier and McManus, as Cunningham scored for Cleveland. The Barons made it tight in the closing session
Witucki also reports April 22 and received a commission as lieutenant (J. 8). Since he took the helm of
and three Eastern division championships, Koss will be the first to report. He goes into service as an ensign on March 18. A former Butler star, he has been in charge of Riley's
when Ferens and Burlington hit the net but the drive fell short.
Bowman gymnasium. Cancellation of the state meet, March 20, leaves the Tigers without the Central Collegiate conference swimming championships at Lansing, Mich., this week-end. Coach Hal Hickman said that the DePauw team had been invited to participate in the meet held at Michigan State this week-end, in which Wayne university, Michigan State and Bowling Green university will compete. Hickman’'s tankers closed their dual meet season with a threematch Chicago trip this past weekend on which they broke fine records, five of them the final night of the journey when they downed Loyola university, 52-23.
: ‘Beat Navy Pier
On consecutive nights before defeating Loyola, the Tigers had beaten Navy Pier, one of the strongest teams in the Chicago area, 38-37, and defeated "lllinois Institute of DePauw records set on the Chicago trip included new marks by Glen Steiner of Chicago of :19.5 in the 40-yard free style, :25 in the
100-yard free style. Tad Rieger of River Forest, IIL, lowered the DePauw mark for the 100-yard backstroke from 1:10.8 to 1:099 on one night, and broke his
{in 1:09.3 the following Chuck Oldfield, River Forest, Ill, lowered the DePauw record for the «| 200-yard free style in the Navy Pier
lowing night Gene Schobinger, Chicago, Il, improved his own 220Jar] Sree style revoid from 21305 to 2:30.3.
He resided at 228 E. 10th st. Ah |e ey outfielder, he also’ played profes- |
Coast league. When he retired from | on;
50-yard free style, and .56.5 in the
own record by swimming the event ‘evening.
meet from 2:20 to 2:15. On the fol-|
football since 1940.
DePauw U. Paddlers Complete| Undefeated Swimming Season
GREENCASTLE, March 4.—DePauw university’s varsity swimmers today found they had completed an undefeated eight-match dual meet season with the cancellation of the Ball State clash here tonight in
scheduled for Purdue university further conquests, unless they enter
McGee ‘Farmed’ For the Duration
NEW YORK, March 4 (U. P)— Bill (Fiddler) McGee, right hand pitcher of the New York Gian
today. Secretary Eddie Brannick announced ' that McGee had been placed on. the voluntarily retired list because he plans to Temain on his Hardin, Il, farm.
3-C, Brannick explained, but if he
other "occupation he automatically will be reclassified in 1-A.
children. in 1941 for Pitcher Harry Gumbert and cash, McGee didn’t live up to
against 13 losses. ) 5
Culver Teams to Play 3 Contests
Washington's ' gridiron destinies in| $1936, his teams have won one state title, one Northern Indiang crown}
was “farmed out” for the duration|
, As a farmer he is ‘classified in leaves the farm for baseball or any!
McGee is married but has no Obtained from the St. Louis Cards|
expectations. In two seasons with| the Giants he won only .eight|
Ft. Wayne Zoliner Pistons and the Sheboygan Redskins. Each has won one game. John Pelkington, above, 6-foot-6 center for the
elbow and body bruises sustained yesterday when his automobile and another car were in collision in*
Pistons, is axpected fo see plenty of action.
Webster uring a snowstorm.
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