Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 March 1943 — Page 21

we FRANK WiDsIm {THE CAPS hope to do a little : In this case, the “Bell” happens | A Bel, 17-year-old wizard of the nets who takes care of the. J * goal-tending for second-place Balto i tie de can Hockey league. ;

Jeagte Hay aul it would please Yim u0cead to-make 3: ve

No. 10 against the fast-charging Caps. Besides, it would . == SR £7 i - : ba In the form of a little advance birthday gresest 10r the + TONIGHT WILL be the spcoidlast time Indianapolis . ; > { BuBialo goalie. Gordon will be 18 years old 8 aturd: hockey fans will be able to see the Caps in action. They rs Lm mn. Loree ety A wilt pet Hutahay here: Sunday night to windup the catcher who was optioned out last season, have decided {THE YOUTHFUL ace of the Bisonsairendy has white- Tegular season. ! : ! washed the Caps twice this season. And that’s something, “Indianapolis once more will have the services of vet- "| for the Indianapolis club ranks second in the number of eran Hal Jackson in his defensive role tomight. ‘Hal has goals scored by teams in-the league. They have clicked jpeen ag fu fox: She Snfured Jipsy cas of the Ne,

8 8 = : a : ALL PROCEEDS ‘from tonight's s game will go to the Red Cross war fund. No expense will be deducted and tickets will be sold at regular prices. edie 3 A "special program by the Red Cross and a crack platoon will be presented between intermissions at the game. ‘The 729th military police battalion will hold a march drill, on the ice and execute the ‘manual of arms ig A color guard also will appear. = Fifteen convalescents from Billings Central hospital, veterans from Guadalcanal, Africa and Australia, will : review the drill. ‘The hospitalization service men will be attended by two army nurses. iy ;

, and Glenn Turner, 20-year-old catcher who was

to Jacksonville, Fla, in the Sally league in 1942, have

up, or will be shortly, and Al js not counting on them to check in for spring workouts. # + FErie air, ex-big league veteran, will replace Skelley in the ghortfield and Fred Vaughn, a former Tribester who remained. out of organized ball in 1241 and “42, will replace McDowell at the keysone, eccurcing to plans ak. hi time. Turner did not figure in the Indians’ 1043 plans because

TE th and the fact he-is single. « + « McDowell is married but

& a ir ben ait tho Tatits OF aoe SI

born about four months ago. . . . Evidently these players were reclassified from 3-A to 1-A recently. : | 2 8 ® PE uw, these players actually are accepted by selective service, they will be carried on the: Tribe's inactive list, . . . In the event : accepts them, they will be placed on the club’s military . . And if they fail to pass their “physicals,” they will to the active list.

TANS’ player roster now stands at 18, including seven catchers, five ‘infielders and four outfielders, a better ai... « «82d the SUASaSEmens git) is in the

there in a pinch. t-Manager ‘Ownie Bush and Secretary. Schlensker journeyed to Indiana university yesterday and inspected the spring fraining facilities, ee . They reported everything okay. Cincinnati [Reds will open the Bloomington camp next week and the Hoosier Indians will report in late March. 3 = 2 = 8 8 bod CHET ‘MORGAN, Louisville's veteran outfielder and one of the best defensive center fielders in the American association, has notified Bruce Dudley, president of the Colonels, that he will not play this year. .'. . Morgan has decided to work his farm. Four other Colonels are undecided about leaving defense jobs for baseball. . . . But the Louisville management has a lot of material fined up. . . . The Boston Red Sox take care of, the Colonels.

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i Big League Reporting Dates in Indiana

DATES ‘on which big league players are to report for spring. ‘training in Indiana, sites of camps and hotels: Cleveland Indians—March 15, Purdue university, West Lafayette; Fowler hotel, Lafayette. Cincinnati Reds—March 15, Indiana university, Bloomington; Graham hotel. Detroit Tigers—March 15, Evansville; McCurdy hotel. Pittsburgh Pirates—March 18, Muncie; Roberts hotel. zChicago White Sox—March 18, West Baden; French Lick Springs hofel. Chicago Cubs-~-March 3); “French Lick; French Lick Springs

hotel.

Fausett Named Little Rock Pilot

BUCK FAUSETT, former Indianapolis third basen, 1934 through 1937, is to skipper the Little Rock Travellers of the Southern association. this year. . , . It will be his first managerial attempt. i Fausett played with Minneapolis from 1938 through 1041. , . . He led the Travellers in hitting last year with an average of 334 in 138 games. , . . The fast-stepping Buck also pilfered 19 bases.

: 8 8 = ® 8 8 BILL BARNACLE, outfielder-infielder of the Minneapolis club, became. a member of the naval air corps last:week.’ . . Joe Gonzales, former American’ association pitcher with Milwaukee and Minneapolis,; was commissioned an ensign in the navy recently. . « . Gonzales has two brothers in the service, one ih the army, the other in the gous} guard; arid‘a third expects a eal} within s few Weeks. :

Bars Maul Pittsburgh, 41

"The

were upset in the sectionals, Indi-

j regionals,

By ond PRESS A three-goal attack in the second sent the Hershey B'arsioff to a 431 triumph gver Pitsburgh’d Hornets in the American Hockey League last night, boosting the B'ars’ lead

10 13 points over second place Buf-|,,

fal Washington Lions rallied with

eos aves the Brovidhnes Fis [Ei

3-1 win over the Providence Reds. Prost, Hergert and Depew scored |; for Hershey in the second .before

talliéd “for Pittsburgh. |

| Frost then added the final Bar .goal in the third.

with a first period goal against Washington, Lorrain tying. it up in the third ‘and Herb Foster's goal

3 in “Top Ten’ Are Favored In Semi-Finals Pive prep quintets that Suished| the regular season among Indiana's tony Sovortan i tho poieTiony tournaments today. Sectional © and regional upsets]:

eliminated the other five teams in the United Press rating poll—South

lumbus, Indianapolis Tech and East Chicago Roosevelt. Fi. Wayne Central and Rochester, leaders in the ranking for many weeks, held favored positions as potential 1943 state champs with Central booked to capture the Muncie semi-final playoff this week-end and Rochester holding odds in the Hammond tourney. Jasper, sixth place team in the state, is picked to emerge over Martinsville ‘and the BedfordEvansville Central winner in the Vincennes tourney. Meet Favored Opponents Richmond and Lebanon, consistently ranked in the lower bracket of the “top ten” must knock off the favored Ft. Wayne and Rochester quintets, however, ' before

the. coliseum March 20. Lebanon meets Rochester in the first game, and Richmond is slated to face Central if it can eliminate Marion in the afternoon. Marion and Martinsville, quintets that paced the entire state during the early weeks of the regular season only to slump from the top-ten membership, remained in the running, each with “fair” chances to upset its favored opponent. Both Marion and Martinsville; as well as Lebanon, are former state - champions. : : Stops ‘Hot Streaks’

Three of five topheavy favorites

anapolis Tech losing to Howe, Columbus falling before Shelbyville and East Chicago Roosevelt dropping to Hammond Clark. In the South Bend Central tumbled to Elkhart and Muncie Burris was defeated by New Castle. The “sweet sixteen” survivors represent every one: of Indiana's eight major conferences except the northern loop’s eastern division. Ft. . Wayne . Central, Lebanon, Greenfield and Monroe are nonconference quintets. : The perennial speculation arose this week on what the 1943 playoff ——.|would bring if the old 16-team tourney still existed. When the semi-final round was added in 1936, it robbed. smaller schools of the chance to shoot through to the title}. on the .crest of a sudden “hot streak.” .

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Bend Central, Muncie Burris, Co=|

advancing to the final playoffs at| §

- for 201 successtul tries, second greatest to Hershey's 228. trol Red Wings.

Up and Then Over

[Bantam Title

By DAN N/eGUIRE United Press Stafl! Correspondent

OARLAND, Cal. March 11.~Little Mznuel Ortiz, El Centro, Cal truck gardener, held undisputed

teran. Lou d audi-

nical knockout over, Salica of Brooklyn ut torium last night. Salica’s manager, Willie Ketchum, threw in the towel after one minute of the 11th round. Salica had fallen io one knee and at the time

| |fight he was trying to back away.

Elroy Robinson of Wheaton, IIL, formerly was a record-breaker

on the cinder path. He hasn't lost any of his agility, for as trainee at Camp Callan, Cal, he's shown taking a hurdle i in arduous ob

stacle course.’

Franklin Coach Forovens End . Of Baseball for Conference

FRANKLIN, Ind, March 11 (U. P.) ~The probability that inter-

collegiate baseball programs would be dropped by most Indiana college conference baseball teams was foreseen today by Coach Roy BE. Thiotson of Franklin college.

Tillotson announced that Franklin college athletic officials had defi-

nitely determined to drop the school’s baseball program “for the dura-

“129 Get Awards |At DePauw u

Times Special GREENCASTLE, “March AL; Twenty-nine basketball and swim E€ ming awards at DePauw university "| were announced today by Lloyd Mesersmith, director of athletics. Sixteen basketball awards, includ-

|his tough opponent.

Al Ritson sent Providence off fast]

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Man O' War Is Retired.

LEXINGTON, Ky, March 11 (U. P)~Man O'War, American racing’s most famous horse, was retired from stud today at Samuel D. Riddle’s Faraway farm. .. Defeated only once in 21 starts as a two and three-year-old, Big Red has been standing stud since 1821. Among his outstanding

Clyde Van Deusen, . Kentucky Derby winners; ‘Crusader, American Flag, Bateau and Mars. His get won $8,007,967 in purses for an all-time American’ record for an American sire,

29, still is in good health, Riddle

announced, but is being retired

because of his advanced age.

Final Practice Slated:

For Oilers Tonight

progeny were War Admiral and

Man O'War, 26 years old March

' DePauw, Tillotson said, probably would contihue in intercollegiate baseball competition, but that other small conference schools probably | would hot. Tillotson pointed out that Frank. lin had lost three players by graduation, five to the armed forces and had only two regulars on which to depend — Capt. Don Duncan : of South Bend and Paul Hendrix of West Baden. Efforts to recruit oth-

‘14-game schedule.

I. U. Opens Practice For 43 Campaign

Times Special

~Faced with an uncertain schedule

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 1L|

ing seven major letters and 13 swimming awards, 10 of which are major letters, were listed, Major letters for basketball went todDean Dooley, Dayton, O.; Wallace Btcheson, Bainbridge, Ind.: Richard Fillbrandt, St. Joseph, Mich.; Dan Guinnup, Seymour, Ind.; Richard Hawkins, Bedford, Ind.; Don Jones, Greencastle, Ind,

711, and Jack Isenbarger, “Mune, | Ind. Freshmen numeral were re-

It wus Ortiz’ second victory over Salica and ended any claim against the title. Oriiz won the crown at

‘tHollywood in a 12-iound fight last

summer, but only tl.e National Boxing association rectgnized it. The

tinued to Salica because the Hollywood figlit was not 15 rounds. . Scheduled for 15

Neither was: last night’s, but it had been scheduled for 15 under

. |a new law intended 0 revive cham-~

pionship fighting #1 California. . Ortiz had won the fight all the way. Officials said Ortiz had won eight of the first 10 rounds and the other. two were even. The only knockdovm came in the 11th, when Salica, game but groggy, fell to his knee afier three hard rights to the body. Ortiz carried the fight to Salica in a flerce body attack, forcing the Brooklyn veteran int» clinches and thus taking the edge off his counter punching.

Had Guard Down

“Apparently having no respect for |Salica’s reputed punch; Ortiz time after tine “advanced with guard down in an’ attempt to knock out

Salica’s: head back and smashed him inte’ the ropes, but the game former champion alwiys came back. -In the 10th, Salici realized ‘he had fost the fight on points and came out fighting. Ortiz drove him back with lefts and rights to the head before Salica could cover up. An estimated 8000 persons paid $20,000 to see: the Shamplesiip bout.

claim to the world bantamweight| {3 title today with an 11th-tound tech-| |

Referee Billy Burke stopped thei?

New York Boxing commission cone’

He drove|

Faces Shinn

Purdue Relays

Two relay teams from Butler univ: versity will be entered in the first:

| Purdue relays at Lafayette March |

“belter, will meet Pfc. Richie Shinn of Fi. Harrison in one of two. eight-round bouts on the armory boxing card tomorrow night. Leo (Reid) Bruce, Indianapolis heavyweight, will battle Bob Garner, Louisville, in the other eightrounder, ;

27, Frank (Pop) Hedden, ants bles director. aunounged. yester« The teams composed of Capt, * Dick Clark, senior; Paul Wagner, sophomore; Ralph Plummer and + Walker Kemper, freshmen, will be :’ entered in the two-mile and middle. distance relays. Returning lettermen are Clark, = Wagner and Plummer. Plummer" received his letter in cross-country

j | this season.

Urban Simonton, sophomore, and alternating E Positions, Hedden sald. -

Hoosier Siem: With Pirates

PITTSBURGH, March 11 (U. PJ). --The Pittsburgh Pirates announced today the signing of two pitchers, Hank Gornicki and Bill Brandt, but revealed that Outfielder Cully Rickard will play for Uncle Sam this year. fon Rickard, who is married, will re= port for induction into the army today at his home in Olive Branch, Miss. ‘He was’ classified 3-A originally,: “But ‘at the last :minute I was selected,” he wrote, - . Gornicki, a 28-year-old: righthander from Argura, N. C., topped the Pirate hurling last season with a 2.57 earned run average. He won fire games and lost six. .. Brandt, another righthander from Guilford, Ind, toiled for Toronto, in the International league most of last yecar where he won 15 and dropped. 11. He was recalled by the Buccos late in September, winning

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