Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 March 1943 — Page 25
‘SPORTS.
By Eddie Ash
AA ball, has been completed
action. The In
with St. Paul.
_ AN APPETIZING spring exhibition program at Indianapolis’ Victory field, featuring major league and Class
and local sports goers are
“to be offered 10 opportunities to assemble at the open air emporium and watch the players cut loose in regular
EE polis Indians are to play six games on the home field prior to the opening of the American association season. . . . Two . will be against the Cleveland Indians, two with Minneapolis and two « « « In other exhibition contests here Cleveland is to play the Pittsburgh Pirates twice and the Cincinnati Reds twice.
i ~The 1943 Victory field spring exhibition schedule: , "April 6 and 7, Pittsburgh vs. Cleveland; April 8 and 9, Indian‘apolis vs. Cleveland; April 10 and 11, Cincinnati vs. Cleveland; April" 24 and 25, Minneapolis vs. Indianapolis; April 26 and 27, St. Paul
vs. Indianapolis.
The Indianapolis Indians’ other exhibition games call for: them
to meet Cincinnati in Bloomington Hox at Lafayette April 10 and 11,
April 7 and the Chicago White
{Heavy Run on Opening Day Ducats
TANAPOLIS batterymen are to report at the Indiana uni-
rity training camp March 27 and the infielders and outfielders
on April 1. , , , The Hoosiers open the A. A. season on the road this - year, April 29, at Toledo, in-a night game.
. +The home opener also will be played at night, and against “Toledo, < « » Incidentally, the advance sale of seats for the home
d-lifter, April* 5, continues brisk. ports a heavy run on box seats. .
. + « Secretary Al Schlensker re-
. Sports goers demand the best
#in the house nowadays. . . , He predicts an early sellout of the choice
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: ACCORDING to refiorts from New York, clinical information: ‘concerning Big John Mize, the Giants’ giant first baseman, hint he’ll & probably be. thumbed out by the army, like Leo (The Ear) Durocher,
tthe Dodgers’ manager,
. Home Run Hitter Mize passed his preliminary army physical 3 but has yet to undergo the official induction examination at Jefferson tBarracks, Mo. : . . There is:a broad hint that the baseball slugger
{night be a hemophiliac, or a bleeder.
Seven 0. S. U. Ball Players Enter Service
: “IF TIMES were normal, Coach =university - baseball -
Fritz Mackey of the Ohio State
am would have nine returning veterans to
‘serve as a'firm foundation for his 1943 diamond hopes. .. . As it is,
“he has only two.
Outfielders Dick Burgett and Jack Buckler, Pitcher Art Maley and Infielders Don Wolz, Max Gecowets, Tom Johnson and Capt. “Carl Patterson have entered the armed services.
Four regulars and three other
lettermen on the Illinois State
‘Normal college basketball team, all members of the enlisted reserve corps of the army, have received orders to report for active duty.
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THE BASEBALL optimism of Bill McKechnie, manager of the Cincinnati Reds, is probably prompted by the fact that the Redshave been virtually untouched by the military draft. ... With the
‘exception of Ray Lamanno, catcher,
all of the 1942 Reds are return-
ing, along with Eddie Miller, secured from the Boston Braves in a ‘deal to bolster the shortstop spot. .... As long as the draft doesn't call up fathers with families: you'll have to count Cincinnati as a pennant contender. . . . Twenty-four of the 31 Redlegs are papas.
Meet Friday Night
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Willie Per »
Kid With 62 Straight Wins
By HARRY GRAYSON Times Special Writer
NEW YORK, March 16. —Sammy Angott returns to the wars following a strange chain of circumstances, and Mike Jacobs has boosted the top tariff to $11.50 for his 10-round match with Willie Pep at Madison
J(®Bquare Garden Friday night.
That gives you a rough idea of how good the beak busting business is at the moment—Promoter Jacobs having the audacity to
tax the addicts $11.50 for ringside pews for a joust between Angott, who hasn't marched front and center in six months, and Pep. “Demand,” replies Monopolist Jacobs, never a man to mince words, ‘when queried about the hoist. “Pep brings down several thousand war workers from Hartford and New England.” The house is scaled for $100,000 at ‘Irom $2.50 to $11.50, and the livelier ' tune being played on the castinets that: are Petunia Grower Jacobs’ store teeth is ‘a certain indication nat: the joint will. be sold cut.
© Gives Jack a ‘Chance
in ' The show Is the first to be staged for the benefit of the newly formed ing ‘Service Athletic fund, the urpose of which is to raise money to help furnish ring paraphernalia ~ . forthe armed forces. The" fund gets + per cent ‘of the net. . “After resting for two months; Ange announced his - retirement Ngvember just in time to give Beau Jack a grand opportunity to the props from beneath the two foremost contenders, Allie Stolz py Larkin, and win recogni- ¥ New! ‘York as the lightweight LN 10s Yory Conlusing Angott took a job in a war plant] and taught. boxing to army officers at Washington and ‘Jefferson colwhich is situated in little
know the bloke. The busted hands]: are beating a speedier tattoo than ever, and he’s doing 135 pounds for Pep like breaking sticks. Pep will
‘come in at about 130.
So, here is Angott, a fellow who won a clear claim to the lightweight title the hard way, battling the best featherweight in a long while for the right to fight Jack for what was his in the first place. Jacobs could pair Angott and Jack and Pep and Jackie Calura, another of the N. B. A. children, but that would make sense only in that it would straighten out the lightweight and feather muddles. Logic is exercised in boxing only when it has to do with receipts. What Jacobs is seeking is attractive matches. He'll get around to the winner of this one and the survivor of Jack’s approaching encounter with Henry Armstrong in the: open air in June. I like Pep in this one. How are you going to bet against a kid who has won 62 fights in a row? ‘They will argue that Broadway, the longest street in. the world, has an end, but that doesn’t mean that the 22-year-old Willie Pep won’t go around the 28-year-old Sammy An-
-|gott, who has been on the sidelines, {3ke » hioop.around a barrel, :
~ GRADE 2 TIRES
5.00x19— 842 | 5.50x16—10.40
{balked on terms.
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Tim Trexler
{Won 19 Tilis During 1942
By EDDIE ASH
swept out of Victory field today and Indians fans will be tickled to learn that the Indians’ management has purchased a seasoned - southpaw pitcher in Jim Trexler from the Little Rock club of the Southern association. volved was not disclosed. Other new and interesting announcements by Al Schiensker, Tribe secretary:
players under contract. No holdouts reported and none expected. Increased their spring’ exhibition schedule to nine games by booking two with the St. Paul Saints, to be played at Victory field, April 26 and 27. Arranged - home-and-home series with the Great Lakes naval train-
played at Victory field, May 29, the second at Great Lakes, Aug. 2. The fact that 15 players have signed at this’ early date is ample proof that the Tribe officials are giving the boys a break on salaries.
Won 19 Games
The purchase of Trexler comes as a lift to the Tribe 1943 prospects. Last year he won 19 games for Little Rock and he was only charged with seven setbacks. He was recommended to President-Manager Ownie Bush by Johnny Riddle, manager of the Birmingham club; also by Paul Florence, Birmingham club president. Riddle and Florence saw plenty
|of Trexler in their league last season
and tried to get their own clutches on him. They recommended: him to the Cincinnati Reds, Birmingham parent club, but it is said the Reds decided Little Rock’s asking price was too high. From that it is deduced that the Indians put out a large sum of cash for the lefthanded hurles. Trexler is 32 years old, married and the father of two children. He stands 5 feet 10 inches and weighs 1565 pounds. The hurler keeps in trim during the off season by serving as a policeman in Richmond, Va.
Eight Pitchers Available
The purchase of Trexler increases the Tribe mound corps to eight, - five righthanders and three lefties. Members of the team who have already accepted terms: Pitchers—Bob Logan, Chief Hogsett, John Hutchings, Earl Reid, Al Bronkhurst, Walter Tauscher. Catchers—Stewart Hofferth and Norman Schlueter. Infielders—Fred Vaughn, Mickey Haslin, Eric McNair, Frank Staucet. Outfielders — Gil English, Joe Moore, Wayne Blackburn. The unsigned players are Pitchers Glen Fletcher and Trexler, Infielder Carl Fairly and Outfielder Willard Pike. Trexler is yet to be contacted following his purchase, but Secretary Schlensker believes the player will be only too glad to move up to Class AA ball.
Manager Bush Elated
Fletcher, Fairly and Pike have not They are a bit uncertain about their draft status or defense job connections and asked for more time to consider their future. The Indians’ roster of 19 fortifies the club in all departments except at first base. 2 “We shape up all right for this second year of wartime baseball,” said Manager Bush, “and I believe the fans will agree with us. That hole at first base will be plugged We don’t want just ‘any’ first sacker. We want a player
‘| whose bat carries potent power.”
Jones, Pasha In 24 Meeting
A second meeting between Farmer Jones and Ali Pasha, this time for two falls out of three and no time limit, features tonight's wrestling cprd at the armory. The’ popular Jones irom Montgomery County, Ark. will be seeking his fifth victory in an appearance that marks his first inain event in Indianapolis.
fo Jones in last week’s semi-windup and insisted upon a return. The Hindu from . -Calcutta, India, also asked that the meeting be a .no-time-limit affair, The rough and tricky Ali figures he will have more
hold. Opening the show at 8: 30 will pe Maurice Chappelle of Newark and Rene LaBelle of; Toronto, after which Ronald Etchison of Kansas City will engage Poland Kirchmeyer of Tulsa. Both are one-fall bouts,
At Air Station
GREAT LAKES, 1ll.—Bruce Smith of Faribault, Minn., star left hhlfback ‘on: the Great Lakes football squad last fall, has received ‘orders to report to a Pacific coast naval air station for flight instruction.
A flash flood of baseball news|
Amount of cash in-|
“The Indians have 15. out of 19]
ing station team on two American| . {association off days, the first to be
Ali dropped a referee’s decision :
time to use his punishing “cobra” |
Bucky Walters
Bucky Walters
Turns Ankle
During Drill at Indiana U.
By UNITED PRESS
BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 16 (U. P.).—Manager Bill McKechnie’s squad of Cincinnati Reds available for advance spring bralning drills
was reduced to 31 today.
The first casualties were veteran Pitcher Bucky Walters and rookie Infielder Jcanny Conway. Walters’ spikes caught in the hard clay of the Indiana university fieldhouse floor after he jumped over a track
hurdle yesterday and he turned his ankle. Conway was bedded with a cold and heavy fever,
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 16 (U. - P.)—Capitulation of First Baseman Rudy York today completed the roster of the Detroit Tigers for 1943. York reported fo camp yesterday and signed his contract a short time later as Manager Steve
- O'Neill laid down a rigid set of
training rules which barred poker playing. “Violation of the poker rule,” O'Neill warned, “will result in a $500 fine that sticks.”
Barna for Mize
LAKEWOOD, N. J., March 16 (U. P.).—Pending clarification of the future status of regular First Baseman Johnny Mize, Manager Mel Ott of the New York Giants said today he planned to experiment with Outfielder Babe Barna at that position. Barna, former West Virginia football star, played the initial sack in the Giants” first full workout yesterday. Carl Hubbell, Bill Lohrman and Van Lingle Mungo pitched in batting practice. Seven more players have yet te report, the current Giants’ squad numbering 24 players. :
Kurowski Slams “Em
CAIRO, Ill, March 16 (U.P.).— Manager Billy Southworth today put his St. Louis Cardinals through their second workout. Owner Sam Breadon revealed that 26 players had signed while six still remain outside the fold. Twenty men are now on hand. 2 The world champions’ initial workout was a light drill. with pitchers throwing for only five minutes each yesterday. Third Baseman Whitey Kurowski featured the workout with his slugging. Weather Stops Browns - CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., March 16 (U.P.).~Manager Luke Sewell said today that “uncertaintly of everything here” made a hard-and-fast training program for his St. Louis Browns impossible. Inclement weather hampered the opening workout yesterday and the squad went through calis-. thenics in the Southeast Missouri Teachers field ‘house. - Outfielder Glenn McQuillen, recently classified 1-A, took part in the workout because he said he had hopes of playing for a couple of moriths before going into the army,
Rookie Hurlers Work
COLLEGE PARK, Md, March 16]
(U.P.).—The first squad of Washington Senators, including five
promising rookie pitchers, continued} working out on the University of |
Maryland campus today.
“All five ‘mound newcomers were}
from double A leagues and will battle it out for regular berths on
Manager Ossie Bluege’s pitching} staff along with veterans Early| Wynn, ‘Dutch Leonard and Alex| |
Carrasquel.
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Eight Bums Out
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y., March 16 (U. P.).—The Brooklyn Dodgers’ official holdouts numbered eight today as Pitcher Max Macon, latest to accept terms, brought the total of players in the fold to 24.
Pitchers Buck Newsom and Rube Melton, Catchers Mickey Owen and Billy Sullivan and Outfielders Frenchy' Bordagaray, Hal Peck, Lloyd Waner and Dixie Walker made. up the roster of unsigned players. Pitcher Whit Wyait Joined the (Continued on. Page 14)
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3 Fi. Wayne
Netters on
| Tourney Five,
By! UNITED PRESS “Three Ft. Wayne Central cage stars were named today on the United Press all-tourngy team, and John Brennen of Bedford .and Pete
| Mount of Lebanon rated joint hon-
ors for the ‘star of stars” choice. The trio of Ft. Wayn2 high school netters gaining first team mention by virtue of their roles in the semi-
Shopoff, forward; Charley Stanski, guard, and Murray Mendenhall Jr, son of the coach, guard. ! The selections - follow: FIRST TEAM Paul isi ig lasper. ayne.
om R id BE Richmend: John Brennan, ford. Pete Mount, Lebanon. Murray Memicaball, Ft. Wayne. Joe Pfeiffer, Mari Charley Stanski, Ft Wayne.
SECOND TEAM
gordon Sauer, Marion. 'b Beck, Batesville. oo am Denny, eye lle. Dick =n , Rochester. Dick P Richmond. John Sikora, Gary Walidce.
Viv Simmons, Bedford.
Charles Fritsch, Batesville. Pete Mourt, the gangling, blond Lebanon center, paced his team to an upset triumph over Rochester by scoring'20 points on eight fielders and four free throws. The contest was highlighted by Mount’s personal scoring duel with Rochester's great center, Dick King. 6 feet 4 inchss tall, Who also scored 20 points. Against Gery Wallace in the deciding night contest, Mount almost duplicated his afternoon performance by tallying 19 points on eight field goals and three free throws. ’ “Stop Brennan!” Brennan, meanwhile, was judged highly accountable for ‘Bedfogd’s success in the heated Vincennes playoff. The rangy center pushed through an Evansville Central defense which was designed by Coach Mark Wakefield especially to “stop Brennan!” Ee racked up 16 peints in seven fielders and two free tosses. In the all-important night tilt with Jasper’'s favorites, Brenran surpassed his afternoon mark by clicking on eight and four, for 20
Brennan and Mount a close race for individual honors, tallying .16 points against Martinsville and 12 against Bedford for 28.
On Actve Duty ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Latest| Michigan athletes to be called to active army duty as members of the enlisted reserve are Cliff Wise and ®
football and baseball players. Wise, from Jackson, is married and has a small daughter. Boor is from
Dearborn,
final tourneys- Saturday were Tom
points. Paul Huffman of Jasper ran
Don Boor, both juniors and both
Harry Danning, bag in hand, kisses wife and 2-month-old baby, Vicki Ann, good-by in preview of what he expects to be doing soon. Veteran catcher, who works in Hollywood movie studio, is going to training camp, but not to that of New York Giants. He was re- . classified 1-A.
7 Honored at Indiana Central
Seven Indiana Central college basketbhal: men will receive the “C” award for varsity play during the season recently completed, it was annqunced on the campus yesterday following faculty action on recommendations made by Coach Harry C. Good. They include three seniors: George Crowe of Franklin, Bill Howe of Hartsville and Don Saylor
Noel of Lagrange and Ralph ‘Owen of French Lick, juniors; Don Bunge of © Waterloo, a sophomore, and Robert Windhorst of Franklin township, a freshman. Freshmen who will receive num-
lerals include Paul Brenneman of
| Wakarusa, Leroy Compton of | Franklin township, Fred Dugle of | Westport, Russell Lyons and Ed
| Pellett of Brook, Robert McBride of :
| Washington, Bud Martin of Galveston and Bill Saler of Greensburg.
Still Calls ’Em, PORTLAND, . Ore. (U. P) ~—FEmil Piluso, who has been officiating at basketball - games for 21 seasons, still iis using the. same. battered,
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tape-wound whistle with ‘which he | started. :
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Dates Are For American
Hockey Series’
NEW HAVEN, Conn, March (U. P.).—Ametican Hockey officials yesterday announced dates for their first round playoffs, with
il second round dates to be deter=
mined later. In#the four of seven game’ series’ A, Buffalo and Hershey play a Hershey, March 17 and 20; at Buf falo, March 21 and 24; at Hershey, March 21; at. Buffalo, March 28, and.
| at Hershey March 31.
Providence and Cleveland meet in the best of three series .C. at Cleveland. March 16 and at Providence March 18 and 21. Series B, between Pittsburgh and Indian apolis, requires two out of three, and lists games at Indianapolis March 17, Pittsburgh March 22 and
8| Indianapolis March 24.
BUFFALO, N. Y,, March 16 (U. P.).—Fourteen players today . were assured full shares of all earnings of the Buffalo Bisons in the Amer-
Jican Hockey league playoff games.
The shares carry an assured minimum value of $3500 and a maxXimum of $8500. Half shares went to three players’ now in the armed services. Two other players will receive half shares and another a three-quarter pore tion, Scotty . Alexander, trainer, was voted the difference between a full share and his salary.
NEW YORK, March 16 (U. P.).— Bill Chadwick of Jamaica, N, Y., 27-year-old, one-eyed National Hockey league referee, reports for induction into the army -here tomorrow morning, Chadwick made what may be his last official appearance for the duration at Detroit Sunday night, He said his service summons may prevent him from officiating in. the National league’s playoffs. “Loss of that playoff berth will cost me about a thousand,” Chadwick said, “but if the army can use me, that’s where I want to be. ” He has been married three years
Sheep Graze
In Rose Bowl
PASADENA, ‘Cal., March 16 (U. P.).—A flock of sheep today was grazing in the famed Rose Bowl. City Park Superintendent William H. Nicholas said the 23 sheep need ‘the feed and will keep the turf in good condition until football starts in the fall,
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