Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 March 1943 — Page 14
By Eddie Ash
MIKE NAYMICK, who pitched a spell for the In-
dianapolis Indians in 1941, is back with the Cleveland
Indians in training camp at Purdue university. . . » Indianapolis fans will recall this giant of a young man and his dreadnaught “dogs.” While on the Hoosier roster he looked the part of a comer except for the fact he was wild. , . . He was a hard and willing worker, too, but no amount of practice or actual game pitching improved his control and the Hoosiers returned him to the Cleveland club. #9 + . Cleveland sent him here on option. . Naymick’s feet set a record for size at the Indianapolis park and other Tribesters ribbed him about ‘his super colossal. “tootsies.” # » - Mike took everything in stride. . . a big good- -natured ball player. Although he is 25 years old and single, and eager to get into military action, the Cleveland News said Naymick was rejected by his draft board and classified 4-F.... The reason? ... There are two. . . . He stands 6 feet 7 inches—one inch too many for the army. s .. And he wears size 17 shoes. . . » Shoes don’t come that huge $n the armed forces. . . . And shoeless soldiers are taboo.
He Must Depend on Old Shoes
© NOW NAYMICK faces a problem in civilian life and is gazing Sadly at ration coupon 17. «+ . No store has his size in stock. . . . He told Ed McAuley of the Cleveland News, “It looks like I'll have to go barefoot. I had three pairs of my size 17's made ‘last summer, and the factory notified me I couldn’t get any more. I can’t get baseball shoes even now. I'll have to get by on last year’s.”
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Mike's younger brother is in the army and his father is employed
in a war plant. . . + And one of his two sisters is readying to join the WAVES. : 2 8 =» Ee wn JOE HOOVER, once an Indianapolis rookie infielder; is in Evansville trying out at shortstop with the Detroit ‘Tigers. . . . He starred in the Pacific ot league last year and stands a good chance of making the major grade.
Hockey Caps Rated “Team lo Beat’
: | HERBIE LEWIS red hot hockey gang of Indianapolis is gen- . erally rated over first-place Hershey. as “the team to beat” in the American Hockey league playoffs—the Calder Cup series. © ‘The Garrison finish staged by the Caps in the regular race has installed them favorites to wade through to triumph in the postseason games. . . . They open action tonight against the fourth-place Pittsburgh Hornets at the Coliseum rink. , . . It's a scheduled best-of-three joust. . 2 = = * =.» : FIFTH-PLACE Providence and sixth-place Cleveland opened the playoffs in Cleveland last night, also a best-in-three series. . . . Also opening tonight is the best-in-seven series between first-place Hershey and second-place Buffalo, at Hershey. Several all-time records were smashed during the league’s regular season and the ice addicts believe the stepped-up action will continue in the playoffs.
Red Wings Remember Last Year!
DETROIT AND TORONTO of the National Hockey league have ‘met in six Stanley Cup playoff series and Toronto has won four of the series. . . . Last year’s defeat at Toronto’s hands was bitter medigine for the Red Wings. . . . Detroit won the first three games and ‘was ahead with only seven minutes to play in the fourth game ‘When the Maple Leafs rallied and then made it four straight. - Columbus had a similar bitter experience in baseball several years ago in the little world series, playing Newark. . . . The Ameriean association Red Birds won the first three games, played at New‘ark, after which the clubs traveled to Columbus to complete the
series. . , . The Birds felt they had the series in the bag. ... But
‘the Bears refused to surrender and won the next four games and the title, as well as the larger part of the swag.
Cleveland Wins First Contest With Reds, 3-0
+ By UNITED PRESS
‘The Cleveland Barons opened the American Hockey” league playoffs with a 3-0 shutout triumph over the Providence Reds in a rough game before 4780 fang at Cleveland last night. Tony Leswick paced the Barons with two goals in a brother vs. brother battle. Leswick, on assists by Locking
land Cunningham, sent the Barons
off with a goal at 57 seconds. Cune ningham made it 2-0 at 4:08 with a tally on assists by Locking and Teswick. Then the two teams battled through a scoreless’ second period before Leswick finished up the night's scoring after 31 seconds of the third period, MacKenzie getting credit for an assist. Game Is Rough Although the game was rough throughout, only one penalty was called—on MacKenzie in the opening period. The Barons and the Reds resume their best of three series at Providence tomorrow night. Tonight’s playoffs find Buffalo at Hershey to open a best-of-seven series and Pittsburgh at Indianapolis to start a best-of-three series.
Cowley Shy 1 Point Of Hockey Record
By UNITED PRESS Bill Cowley today was one point shy of the National league scoring record, but again tied Chicago's Doug Bentley for the league lead as Boston’s Bruins walloped the New York Rangers, 11-5, before 8885 fans at Boston Garden .last night in the Bruins’ final regular game of the season. The Rangers complete their schedule tomorrow night against the Canadiens at Montreal. . Cowley, with two goals and an assist, boosted his total to 72 points for the full season, one less than the 1930-31 record established by Boston’s Cooney Wiland. Bentley has one more game to play. The teams played even in the first, Herb Cain scoring for Boston and Grant Warwick for the Rangers. The Bruins pulled away in the second on goals by Cowley, Cain, Gallinger and Aubuchon as Kirkpatrick tallied for New York. Both|p; clubs scored three times in the third.
Ft. Wayne Fathers Already Are Making Plans To Give Central's Netters a Big Celebration
PT. WAYNE, March 17 (U. P.).—~ By UNITED PRESS
Pt. Wayne city fathers—perhaps %oounting chickens before they are hatched”—today planned a celebration for high school basketball fans in event Central's cagers capture the state title at' Indianapolis Saturday. . Fred H. Croninger, school principal, said -that while not planning “too much”—for fear it might bring bad: luck to Central's warriors—we will meet with School Superintenent Merle J. Abbett on a Possible
“City officials said the celebration ~if held—would have to be quieter an South Side’s in 1938 when they captured the state title. That year nearly $1000 property ‘damage ted when youthful fans took r the city. “On important item in this year’s planning—not forgetting the “if"— Ss keeping celebrants -off city. jreets as not to impede ‘war-time c. Another is minimizing propdamage by keeping fans well control. anwhile, the prized basketball rought back from the semi-finals Muncie after Central's win over rion, will be auctioned at a war
Statistics based on semi-final tournament figures indicated today that the 10,000 Hoosiers who will witness the 33d annual state basketball playoff Saturday will view some highly ‘accurate shooting, especially by Lebanon’s Tigers. Of 126 youths ‘who broke into the lineups at four playoffs last week, 83 hit the hoop for .300 per cent or better, Of the 33, 13 are players from the surviving four teams who will pit their shooting eyes this week at the Coliseum here. Five of Lebanon’s high scoring quintet gained ‘places among the top 33 cagers to pace all contenders. These five were Herb Helms, Ralph Houser, Pete Mount, Kelly Gilliam and Bob Agan. Another Lebanon player, Bob Truitt, led the entire list of 126 players in free throws, hitting three for ‘three. for 1.000 per cent.
Three’ Stonecutters. High
Bedford's ‘John Brennan, Charles Beretta Bill Drebohl placed high, while Pt. ‘Wayne claimed its four places with Charles’ Stanski, | resul
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By UNITED PRESS : Unlike the 1942 state final basketball tourney, all four surviving contenders were rated a chance today to capture the 1943 crown at the coliseum here Saturday. Speculation arose over the comparative playing styles of under-dog Batesville and favorite Ft. Wayne Central which granted the Batesville Bulldogs a “long shot” chance of spilling Central's Tigers. In last year’s championship playoff, only two teams were conceded a chance to emerge victorious— Washington and Muncie Burris. Crawfordsville and Frankfort were not ‘rated as possible titlists. True to form, Washington and Burris clashed in the deciding match, with Washington winning.’ Extreme Fast Break The struggle between Coach Murray Mendenhall’s high-scoring F%. Wayne outfit and Coach Harold
JAnson’s defense-minded Batesville
quintet will pit an extreme fast break ' against a slow, possessiongame defense. Fans agreed that the ts could be catastrophic for mt. Wayne. Se mbering how other “freeze” thrown over-eager fast-breaking machines out of gear, observers conceded Batesville's dark horses an “outside” chance of edg~
Result of the clash ‘appeared to hinge on one question: “Who will control rebounds?” Batesville’s lads
‘ling out the: Tigers.
|were paced through stiff drills in
Tepounding NY. Coach Anson, who that “You can't play a
Lebanon and Bedford. Un-
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|Loeal Sextet Goes Through |Vigorous Practice Session
As 16 Members See Action
By FRANK WIDNER
The thud of the puck against the boards around the ice rink in the coliseum yesterday appeared to have a new force behind it as our Caps went through a vigorous practice session for tonight's opening playoff encounter with the Pittsburgh Hornets. Herbie Lewis and his group of offensive dynamite will meet the Hornets in a two-out-of-three series in section B of the playoffs in their
‘Inine wins include double victories
term “toss-up” than the second aft- | Indians: April 10 and 11, at Indi‘ernoon game slated for Saturday
defense of the Calder cup which the Ca last year.
Dapper Herbie, attired in a dark]
blue suit pressed fo razor-like keenness, paced up and down the board walk inside the rail as the Caps sailed around the ice. All 16 members of the Indianapolis sextet saw action that left them dripping with perspiration, The front line of Connie Brown, Adam Brown and Joe Fisher and the defensive duo of Moose Sherritt and Hal Jackson opposed Jud McAtee, George Patterson, Bill Jennings, Bill Quackenbush and Sandy
In a ‘Hot Streak’
Freddie Weaver, Bill Cunningham and Bill Thomson substituted for the Brown, Brown, Fisher combination while Hec Kilrea and Joe Brown took over the duties of Quackenbush and Ross in the other group. Herbie appeared to be bubbling with eagerness and had smiles for everyone. And why shouldn't hey with the Caps going into the playoffs with a hot streak of nine victories in the last 10 starts. That's something to make any coach look good considering the fact that those
over the pennant-winning Hershey Bars and second place - Buffalo which beat the Caps out of that runner-up spot by a single point. The Caps are all keyed up for this playoff series and without any degree of cockiness believe that they can pull through on top. Any hockey fan should agree that if they keep playing the kind of ice game they have exhibited in the past few weeks, there shouldn’t be a whole lot of doubt of it. : First Big Hurdle
Some of them figure this opening
series with Pittsburgh will be their|
biggest hurdle although if they, go through to the final round it probably will mean a session with Hershey or it could be Buffalo providing Gordon (Tinkle) Bell keeps up his amazing goal-tending for the Bisons in their series with the B’ars. While the Caps were practicing, the railbirds gathered around the boards to watch the workouts. And in that midst of hockey fans stood the Pittsburgh Hornets who had just arrived in town earlier in the morning. Pittsburgh.brought 18 men on the trip—its entire roster. They took to the ice for a workout of their own after the Caps were through. Game Time—8:30
Herbie was due downtown for a luncheon at the Indianapolis Athletic club at noon, so Hec Kilrea took over the Caps in his absence. They concluded with a short, snappy workout to warm up Goalie Fats Perras, who has been kicking ‘em out plenty in the last month. Tonight’s game will get under way at 8:30 p. m. and then the Caps will move to Pittsburgh for the second encounter Monday night. If.a third game is necessary, they will be back here next Wednesday for the tilt, giving the Indianapolis club the adyaniage of two games on its home e. The Caps will leave town tomorrow to get in three days of practice at Hershey, Pa., before moving into the Pittsburgh arena; where an ice show is in progress.
BOWLIN
Lost night’s leading bowlers were: Jeff Atherton, West Side Classic 693 Leo Moran, Dezelan Recreation ....... 685 Jim Hyde, West Side Classic ........., 678 Johnny Kiesel, Lady of Lourdes essases 658 Lou Mitchell, Handicap 650 Cecil Batson, Pennsylvania Recreation. 648 Wally Laughlin, Commercial Tony Brisnik, West Side Classie .. Todd Wilbur, Speedway Gerry Eaton, Allison Mixed k Riggin, West Side Classic .... Harold Yount, John Hancock Insurance ne oh Haselw wood, West Side Classic..
Eagles Wilbert Bick wine, West Side Classic.. LADIES Tillie Pesut, Marott Shoe 61! S. Weathers, Blue JRitlbon Tce Crean 601 . 59
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Floyd Perras, above, goalie for the Indianapolis Caps, shows how he intends to poke out that big glove tc keep shots by the Pitisburgh Hornets from getting by him in the first game of the
playoffs at the ‘coliseum tonight. Frances Johnson, below, will teem
with Mike Goodman, linesman for the Caps’ home gemes, in an
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For Muncie, Ind.
Jones Defeats
Farmer Jones, Montgomery coun= ¢|ty, Arkansas, hill-billy grappler, topped Ali Pasha, the Hindu rough-
a house artist, in the main event of a2 the weekly mat bill staged at the
armory last night by the Hercules
. 8 Athletic club as the S. R. O, sign
was hung out.
jammed the premises to see an untimely display of temper by the loser rob him of a chance to win
ET after the Arkansas mat traveler had
Gene. Brazil, Gert Coombs, Blue Ribbon Iee Cream. . 510 L. Bankhan, Blue Ribbon Ice Cream.. 506 Ruth Raney, Klee & Coleman ,
Reds to Play Indians Here:
Gabriel Paul, secretary of the Cincinnati Reds baseball club which is now holding spring training at Indiana university, today an-
nounced a 14-game spring exhibition schedule: April 3 and 4, Chicago White Sox at Louisville; April 6, Chicago Cubs
‘anapolis; April 12, at Ft. Harrison; April 13, ‘at Richmond; April 14, at
taken the opening fall in 30 minutes with a “mule kick.” Pasha put Jones out of commission after 5 minutes of the second canto, but
Harry Burris had awarded him the fall. He struck. Jones and promptly was disqualified by Burris to. end
| the match.
Roland Kirschmeyer, Oklahoma heavyweight, beat Ronnie Etchison, Kansas City, Mo., with a body scis-
the semi-windup bout. In one of the fastest tussles seen
in 30 minutes. The crowd tion at the finish.
Dorais Reported - ‘Resting Easy’
DETROIT, ‘March 17 «(U. P)—
Hindu Matman |
A crowd of 2300 wrestling patrons| suddenly went berserk after referee}
sors and press in 16 minutes t6 win|
Chappelle, Newark, N. J., went to a| gave both matmen sri oe
exhibition of fancy skating during the intermission.
AT JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Chsrles (Cabey) Lewis, 128, New York, technically knocked out Jose ‘Rozo, 123, Bogota, CoJowbis (8). PHILADELPHIA — Frankie Carto, 12735, Philadelphia, knocked out Jirimy McAllister, 129, Baltimore (3)
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Pep-Angott Bout Poisons
Largest Gate
By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, March 17.—Despite
boxing writers have flung over Friday night’ss Pep-Angott- bout at
1 Madison Square garden, the fight
1943—more than $80,000. This indicates that eastern figh fans are: (1) Curious to investi=gate this strange scrap for themselves, (2) playing the role of suckers, or (3) confident in the in-
- | tegrity of Sammy Angott and Willie
Pep, neither of whom ever has done anything in the ring to indicate lack of integrity. ' Skeptics cannot be blamed for
{their original suspicions of this en-
counter. It had some unusual angles. The suspicious recalled a strange combination of events that occurred last Nov. 13.
That Retirement Story
On that afternoon, Angott of Washington, Pa., retired as undisputed lightweight champion of the
~|world. His retirement came shortly
Ross’ Condition
NEW YORK, March 17 (U. P.).— Marine Corp. Barney Ross was reported “improving” from another attack of malaria at St. Albans naval hospital today as officials postponed. indefinitely his scheduled defense plant speaking tour.
Third naval district public relations officers said the former hoxing champion would be under treatment at the hospital for an indefinite period. Ross contracted malaria while fighting on Guadalcanal. He suffered a recurrence Monday and collapsed shortly before he was slated to address a Red Cross rally. His temperature fell from 104 degrees to 100 yesterday and he was allowed to sit up and read. He was allowed two visitors, his wife, Cathy, and his brother, Ben, who flew here from Chicago.
Pirates to Leave
PITTSBURGH, March 17 (U. P.). —The main corps of the Pittsburgh Pirates baseball team—streamlined to war dimensions by loss of many players to defense work or armed services — will leave "tonight for Muncie, Ind., to open the spring training season tomorrow. There will be 22 in the group leaving here — including officials, coaches, players and newspapermen who will cover the camp activities. They will be joined in camp tomorrow by most of the score of other players who are journeying to Muncie directly from their homes. Two who will not report® until later are Vinee DiMaggio, outfielder, and Alfred Jarlett, newly acquired hurler. DiMaggio has been given permission to remain at home until about March 28 when his wife, recently operated upon, is expected to be discharged from the hospital. Jarlett has been pitching in Balboa, C. Z., and will not reach camp
before Beau Jack of Georgia and Allie Stolz of Newark, N. J., stepped into Madison Square garden’s ring to battle for a chance at Angott’s crown. There were stories printed in New York newspapers stating that LAngott had retired rather than let gangsters: force him into a “business” title fight with a third challenger. Angott and his manager, Charley
plained that the Pennsylvanian had retired because of bad hands which refused to respond to trgatment:
Stolz on the night of then went on to wi York state by; knocking out Tippy Larkin on Dec. 18. The National Boxing associa= tion refused to recognize Beau Jack because it claimed New York had not carried out. its elimination tournament as originally planned.
Pep Enters Picture Later young Pep of Hartford,
markable victory strings in boxing history, wrested the featherweight crown frcm Chalky Wright on Nov. 20. Wright had been recognized in New York state but not by the N.
Jackie Wilson as champ. As Pep later extended his winning string to. 62 straight victories, one of his vic< tims was lightweight Allie Stolz.
Suddenly Angoft announced that He was matched for: 15 rounds with
over the featherweight limit of 126 pounds. However, the Beau Jack camp immediately became alarmed and yelled that Pep was planning. to" = claim = Angott’s lightweight title | (even though Angott had given it up when he retired). = The Beau Jackers insisted that Pep was trying for a coup, otherwise why Be round title distance and the & -
Iment that Angott must come under
the lightweight limit of 135 pounds? Cut to 10 Rounds
Such a hurly-burly resulted that N. B. A. lambasted the bout through the press, laying down such a barrage of criticism that the New York
pare the bout down to 10 rounds. This would prevent any possible’ - lightweight title claims if Pep won. The New York commission forced promoter Mike Jacobs’ and the fighters to accept 10 rounds. Both Pep and Angott still claim they don’t know what the shouting was about: because they're battling for a chance at Beau Jack and 2a
for several days.
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Jones, denied these reports and ex- .
Conn., riding one of the most re-
B. A, which then had Pittsburgh
he was coming out of retirement. :
Pep, whose title would not be at stake because both would be scaling
commission virtually was forced to :
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