Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1943 — Page 14

backing ax airy Sark cat 1 your place: Gime soe Bess Moumiain sor ows Silane :

) much of happiness nsto pleasant memories. ese new places we are going to watch the ball s go through their spring training paces can |

take on this fine, soft quality.

fo us they can be little more than kindly with a sympathetic appreciation for the

ADDY lot of a refugee. There

, we fear when we will be a stuffy bore to our’ e will find our self talking so much about you. -

companions.

will come ‘times, Toe Willla:

. About the days when the Miami Biltmore pool was new and a brant young blond venus in a white one-piecer would dive from the i board and split the blue green waters with the breathless beauty

: is flashing knife, leaving scarcely a ripple.

SPORTS

By E

ddic Ash

THE spring training roster of the Cincinnati Reds

18 in circulation and this year’s issue carries the military it status of the players as well as their domestic

us. . . . Thirty-one players are listed. . . . Twenty-

t are classified 8-A, one 1-A and two 4-F. Ed Lukon, outfielder, who starred as a power hitter with the

bus Red Birds last year, is‘the lone 1-A member. . The 4-F men are Infielder Woody

ma ied but ‘is not a father. . .

. He is

lliams and Outfielder Myron McCormick and ry Sauer, Infielders Steve Mesner and John

embers of the 1943 Reds who formerly saw ; service with the Indianapolis Indians are ers Ray Star, Elmer Riddle and Johnny Vander Meer; Catchers Dick West and Al Lake-

man; Infielders Steve Mesner and’

on Phil-

lips, land Outfielder Myron McCormick.

n 1941 Ray Starr won 20 games for In-

dianapolis and worked 273 innings. . in 15 losers. . . .

‘won 15 and lost 13 for the Reds.

: 1942 record was better than the figures indicate. . earned-run average was 2.66 and he worked 277 innings. . 37 on April 23 and he’s in the two- children bracket,

will

Ray S « . He was ¥ Star

He finished out that season with Cincinnati and three games against two defeats... .

Last year the veteran . His . Starr

Aussie Pitching Has Jones’ Approval

i oe JONES, former Columbus Red Bird outfielder who played his last organized baseball for the duration in 1941, is with

Uncle Sam’s army somewhere in Australia. . ,.0f the Ohio State Journal, Jones, always a timely hitter, said,

Hooe

. + In a letter to Bob

“We are in the middle of our baseball season over here

ssignment left nd te by Les Fleming's decision to remain on job and Hal Trotsky's decision to remain on the voluntary

list as a farmer.

gible for the post on the basis of previous experience, however

t may be, are Catchers Otto Denning and Buddy Rosar, Out-

fielder Roy Cullenbine, Utility Infielder Russ Peters and Pitcher

But the Cleveland management

stilt is searching for an experi-

AY : nced |first sacker. ... The American league Indians assemble at g university next Monday to start spring training.

PARKING LOTS at Churchill Downs will not be opened to

on Kentucky Derby day. . .

. That means fake a streetcar

rin Louisville or walk to the course.

ty crowd of over 3000 patrons jammed the armory night to view the weekly wrest-

By LEO H. PETERSEN . United Press Sports Editor

fold with the opening of spring training only four days away. ~The Brooklyn Dodgers announced that Newt Kimball, who won two

.{games while losing none last seavery |

son and who does not figure strongly in Manager Leo Durcoher’s pitching plans for the coming sea-

{son, finally had agreed to terms.

A club by club survey by the | United Press revealed that many players who were key men last year still remain to be signed. Some may be delaying the return of their contracts in order to miss the wintry, blasts of the = northern training’ camps which open Monday, while others are seeking more money.

holdouts remaining. Many others, however, returned their first con-

in the National league snd three in

'|the American. They sre pitchers|the {Frank (Rube) Melton of Brooklyn |and Bob Mallay of Cincinnati and

| Outfielders Gerald Walker of Cin(sina, Harry Walker of the St.

Cardinals, Jeff Heath

The doctors said she

| tracts unsigned and have been © offered new terms. ; Of the known holdouts, four are

splitting those blue green waters.

# #8

ie aie

a ae at wa ot aap "ment and had dinner with hit and Gene Tunney who had just been : matched to fight Jack Dempsey and Tunney knew we were a Dempsey 7 man. He stood in front of the mirror after dinner and demonstrated ng exactly how he intended to box and beat the old man mauler and we HARI just sat there and smiled knowingly, It was so easy to beat Dempsey conone in front of a mirror, we mused. As it turned out . . . but why go

into that?

And remember, dear Florida, the time when Al Capone ‘took over .

“a mansion on the bay down there

and tried to go social? That was

_ the year Jack Sharkey and Young Stribling fought, the same year Tex Rickard belatedly submitted to an operation and didn’t come out of it. Dempsey was brought in to front for the dead promoter and he

was teeming with Hollywood ideas and he managed to get himself - ‘shot by- a. couple of prowlers who. supposedly wanted to kidnap nim

because that’s how the boys and girls were getting their names in the newspapers out of Hollywood and Dempsey Shgught it would be good -

: publicity,

F t. Wayne FE Being Boomed For Net Title

With most early favorites blocked out of the picture, Ft. Wayne Central today captured growing odds as the probable 1943 Indiana high school basketball champion, The Tigers’ season record of 17

| victories and only one defeat—the

best in the state—plus ability to maintain their edge in tourney play

favorites. However, Jasper’s Wildcats held the hopes of the south and Richmond also appeared a serious threat. Two “breaks” in tournament pairings also aid Ft. Wayne's bid for the crown. . Murray. Mendenhall’s aggressive Tigers face little Monroe,

.| the team with a gymnasium, in the

first game Saturday. Once through the semi-finals, the Tigers will face the Indianapolis winner—comparatively the easiest competition of the four finalists—in the first game of the state finals. Batesville, Madison, Greenfield and Clinton are the possibilities to come out of Indianapolis. x Only One Bepeat The Tigers’ only defeat of the ‘season was to city-rival South Side. But Central whipped the Archers, 25-24, in an overtime battle during the sectional afternoon round. Ft. Wayne's season victims included Muncie Central, New Castle, Evansville Central, Hammond, Elkhart and Marion. Central’s path to the semi-final tourney is strewn with the following: victims: Elmhurst, North Side, South Side, Huntertown, Auburn and Warsaw, Richmond appears fo be the toughest hurdle for Central before the final game of the state tourney. Coach Elder Eberhart’s strong Richmond cagers are favored to whip Marion in the afternoon and bump

night. Long Row to Hoe

“Jasper had a long row to hoe at the Vincennes tourney. Martinsville is the first opponent on the docket for Coach Cabby O'Neill's powerful offense, around the scoring drives of Paul Hoffman. Once past Martinsville, Jasper will face the Bedford-Evans-ville Central winner, which probably will be Bedford. If Tom Brennan of the Stonecutters does not experience trouble with his weak ankles, Bedford might have one of its “on” nights. This will mean trouble in large quantities for Jasper. Rochester rates slight favorite at Hammond, with Lebanon, Gary Wallace and Peru all strong confenders.

Smith Signs CLEVELAND, March 10 (U. P). —Veteran Southpaw Al Smith has returned his signed contract for 1943, the Cleveland Indians an‘nounced today.

Seven Known Holdouts Remain With the Opening of Spring Training 4 Days Away

NEW YORK, March 10.—Base- | ball’s first 1943 ' holdout came to terms today, but his capitulation § left many players still outside the §

to replace Terry Moore, who is in

Kimball’s signing left seven known

* Gerald Walker aii

gerped are the Philadelphia. Phillies, Dodgers and the New York Yankees. Only five of the 23 contracts sent out by the Phillies have: returned signed. holdout when Alban Glossop

accounted for the boom of the new].

against the "Tigers this Saturday |

nia Ring's '‘Death Valley Scotty’ To Retire to Blue Grass State

By JACK. United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, March 10—In a year or so the fight game will lose

dancer prior to. his return.

‘Far From Guadalcanal :

Corp. Barney Ross, marine hava of Guadalcanal, enjoys wellearned fun in Hollywood night club, where his bride, Mrs. Cathey | Ross, at right, beside the former three-way ring champion, was |

tised rattlesnake meat to eat. For some shuddery reason this attracted

our curiosity and we stopped.

We disremember the fellow’s name but he said he had once worked

on the copy desk on the old Globe and that when tre war was over he 3

had settled down In the Woods and at Airs bed shuot the snakes for

{Horsemen Get

Invitation to

[Chicago Races

By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Stiff Correspondent

CHICAGO, March 10—The nation’s horsemen were invited today to come to Chicago for the summer. There is no chamber of commerce

: “yacationland” ballyhoo back of the

proposition. The offer is based on

racing program ever offered. Five

tracks in the metropolitan area will stage 157 consecutive days of racing between May 1 and Oct. 30. The most attraciive lure dangled before the turfmen is the combined Arlington ‘and Washington Park meeting that will run for 67 straight days, starting Jun: 21 and ending Sept. 6. Arlington Park, « $2,500,000 plant that ranks high among the nation’s finest tracks, bec:ime a war-time casualty yesterday when transportation difficulties resulted in the transfer of its 36-day program fo Washington Park, which originally was scheduled to run 31 days.

Electric Railway Service

emulating the vitamin capsule

Warren Giles announced today. Giles said that thousands

vigor the Cards had in winning

The Reds batted for a team

the spring, Giles pointed out.

Red & Vitamin Diet eds fo Go on Yitamin DietCINCINNATI, March 10 (U. P).~The Cincinnati Reds, Cardinals of last season, will go on a similar diet when they begin training at Bloomington, Ind., Monday, General Manager ordered which he hoped would impart to the Reds the vim and Giles dlso announced that a mechanical pitching machine, . purchased last year at an approximate cost of $1400, would not “be used in spring training this season.

dropped to 231 in 1942 after using the mechanical hurler in

training diet of the St. Louis

of vitamin capsules had been

the pennant.

average of 247 in 1841 and then

one of its most colorful characters:

Sammy Angott.

with ‘a Negro in preparation for Friday's tilt with Jimmy Bivins. But Jones wasn’t paying -much attention to the gymnasium activities. He was dreaming of blue pastures (down in Kentucky.

They lost| Sk

of{was itaded to Brokivn With Lloyd 5 ck: 8) Cleveland, Wally Moses of the Chi. [Wan or : Da cago White Sox and Bob Johnson z

Jones puffed reflectively on a cigar

The world-champion St. Louis} Cardinals are in the best shape in the National league. Twenty-one of their players have signed and of the others no trouble is anticipated with the exception of Walker, slated

the army. Cincinnati has signed ‘16 while

‘ six others have accepted terms; the|. Braves sent out 22 contracts and|ones with}: no trouble expected ‘on the others, the Pittsburgh Pirates have ve signed 18 of 33 and the New York Giants|

have received 13 signed ones

have 15 in the fold. The Chicago] Cubs do not reveal contract data until spring training begins. ‘In the American league, most of

the 28 contracts sent out’ by ‘thei op

Red Sox have been

returned signed; | the Athletics have signed 23 out of| ‘26; The Indians “22 out of 30; De-|4; troit, 27, with Rudy York believed | i a

ley Scotty” of the ring and manager of former* lightweight champion

Jones, a florid-faced, brown-haired chap of medium build, sat in | Stillman’s gymnasium watching heavyweight Tami Mauritlla sparring

| cellent blood, one 3-year-old mare,

CUDDY

Charley Jones, the “Death Val-

and said, “Yes, I'm quitting the boxing business. The Blue Grass has got me. I'm going in for race horses.’ Angott will be my last fighter. : Sammy will retire in a year or so, and by that time my partner, Mike Hogan, and I will have a good stable of horses built up. We've already got four brood mares of ex-

two 2-year-old colts and four

| Three in Training . “Three. of our thoroughbreds are now in training. They'll start racing for our Hogan-Jones stable in April, under our~yellow-green silks.

breeding and racing. - Were quartering our: horses at the Hermitage

Partners in Cafe _ Jones and Mike Hogan,

‘a suburban electric

‘Mike Hogan and I are going in for}

Washington Parl is located at | Homewood, Ill, and is serviced by railroad line that is not subject to as stringent

the steam railroad on which Arlington Park depended for carrying its fans. Stake races will be run/each Wedensday, Thursady and Saturday at the combined meeting. ' The value of many of these was increased with the switch. The biggest boost was to the Stars and Stripes handicap whose purse was raised from $10,000 to $30,000. Other outstanding stakes ‘ate the Arlington ‘classic and the American. derby with purses of $50,000 added, two handicaps with $30,000 added

| leach and a pair of futurities carry-

ing $20,000 added money each. : Overnight Feature Races

A um purse of $1500 will be offered. ‘Daily overnight feature races will range in velue from $1800 to $2500. A spokesman for Arlington-Wash-ington parks said the continuous racing at one track would solve many transportation problems for owners, “They can -move their strings of horses into’ Washington park in June and stay all summer without even using a van,” he pointed out. “With our having a purse minimum of $1500 it will mean that an owner will receive about double what he does for winning an ordinary race al many other tracks. That means with any’/kind of a record he can ley away a lot of hay at our meeting.”

Leafs Tie Bruins, 2

By UNITED PRESS

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surged from behind lwice to earn a 5-5 tie with the Bruins before keep within ‘five points of second place in the National Hockey

| with two goals in the final ‘| between the two clubii for the rsg-|

ular season. He scored a goal in the second period anc notched the tying marker at 16:3) of the final

_ | session. : Boston held a 3-1 lead in ‘the

first period on goals by Jack Craw-

garnered first goal in the second period and

the longest and most centralized |g

war-time transportation rulings as]

Toronto's fighting Maple Leafs]

ford, Art Jackson anc Dit Clapper| against Gaye Stewart’s tally for| | Toronto. Schriner |

nt he could sell thie hides &nd one day SaitEi them ag Tool and to Bis faste 1h Wes Ta

of i it” much

ore piquant, or so he claimed, and so he made a deal | Bg campany and weal nto business, ¢ . +

“And would we :

of % way out especially with the lady siending

and demanding testily to know why we had stopped place, so we gulped nervously and said, “Oh, sure,” and

was the first. and last time we ste rotlosnake meat and we find |

SPeN'; Wo Sisay Shout Shucken any pais, sist.

2 =» BB

a ALso IN OUR A cmintsverions about you, dear Florida, we'll po around to those Babe Ruth contracts the signing of which was always an event over on the west coast. You must never forget the Babe loved Tx you, too, though you might be pardoned in suspecting his motives. He never failed to get what he asked but he'd always wait’ until Jake Ruppert got down there and baked himself into a mellow, generous. . mood under the sun before he put on the pressure. It was a ritual that took on a historic note and the pen with which the papers were signed

became a ¢ollector’s item and was briskly sought after.

oS Zr

Then there was the night when Frank Ford's night club was stuck up and Phil Perkins, the British golfer, recently arrived, was plugged in the hip, but—well, you see how it’s going to be at Asbury and Lakewood and Bear Mountain? We're sure going to miss ybu, honey chile.

|-Armed Player

Hockey to Help

"Red Cross Fund In Game Here

The Red Cross and a crack platoon from Ft. Harrison will present

ja program during intermissions at

the hockey game at 8:30 p. m. tomorrow in the Coliseum. All proceeds from the game Bes tween the Indianapolis Capitols and the Buffalo Bisons will go to’ the Re@xCross war fund. No: expenses” will be deducted and tickets will" be | sold at regular prices. The platoon of about 50 men from: the 729th military police battalion,”

Pt. Harrison, will hold a march drill’

on. the ice and will go through the manual of arms. A color guard also’: will appear, Instead of the usual reviewing

; officers, 15 convalescents from Bill=

ings General hospital, who are veterans from Guadalcanal, Africa and Australia, will review the drill. The

4 | hospitalized service men will be at-

With his purchase by Toronto, Piste Gray, first one-armed player te crash organized baseball, also : becomes first to. make AA circuit. A product of the Pennsylvania coal country, Outfielder Gray led the Canadian-American league in b:tting last season with an aver-. age of .381.

Distance Tilts Out for Irish

SOUTH BEND, March 10 (U. P.). —Frank Leahy, Notre. Dame foot-

ball coach, said today that the Irish would play a “war-modified” gridiron - schedule in- ]943,” substituting games with major Midwestern tearas for customary far-flung in‘tersactional contests. Ha .sald that the game : with Souihern California scheduled for Nov. 20 had been cancelled by inutual agreement and a contest with the Towa Seahawks substituted. He also revealed that a game with the Great Lakes naval training station woud be played at Chicago Nov. 27. Leahy said several major Midwestern teams had entered bids to

fill the date left open by the pre-{.

viously announced cancellation of the Sept. 25 game with Stanford university. “We dare very sorry that we have had to cancel games with teams with which we have maintained such fine relations for many years,” he said, “but in the interest of the war effort it Was necessary to call off the games with the teams on the West coast.” . “Negotiations are under way to cancel the Georgia Tech game, too,” Leahy added, “but Coach Bill Alexander of Tech asked for more time for consideration before effecting ‘the cancsilation.” :

tended by two army nurses, Exhibit Is Arranged

The intermission program has been arranged Royer K. Brown. Roger Bean will be master of cere-. monies. Both men are active in the Junior Chamber of Commerce. An exhibit, including blood plasma and a transfusion kit from the blood donor center, packages of food such as are sent by the Red Cross to prisoners of war, surgical dressings and knitted garments, will suggest the Red Cross services to the armed forces. i / Continued maintenance of these services is dependent upon the war fund. The goal of the Indianapolis, chapter is $715,000. Red Cross representatives in uniform: from the various voluunteer corps of the chapter will be introduced.

Golfers Over 50 Meet on Links

SEBRING, Fla., March 10 (U. P.).—Medalist W. H. Linkroum of Hackensack, N. J, shared the favorite’s role today with defending champion Raleigh W. Lee of Columb 80 golfess—all over 50 years of age—begin match play in the Na~' tional Amateur Senior golfers tournament at the Kenilworth v Lodge Country. club. . Linkroum captured medal hons: ors in the qualilying round yes-..: terday with a 79 while Lee, threes time winner of the event, carded.’

,.0., as a field of over .

an 81. Play will. continue through id

Saturday.

154 Games Set ; NEW YORK, March 10 (U. P.) — The International league, one of the few minor baseball circuits with a full program for 1943, opens & 154~ game campaign on April 22, the official schedule disclosed today.

BALL WITH TE NA JL i SLR