Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 March 1943 — Page 20
He fovey Teno, goalie for the Pittsburgh Hornets, falls to the ice in one of the Capitals’ offensive drives at the coliseum last night when Indianapolis won its first game in the playoff, 5-4. Extreme left is Chuck Shannon, Hornet defense man. Adam Brown of the Caps is to Shannon's left and No. 18 is Joe Fisher of Indianapolis. Captain Pete Bessone of the Hornets (No. 2) and Connie Brown (No. 9) of the Caps watch the play. !
SPORTS
All By E
ddie Ash
RUGGED as lumberjacks! . .. That probably will de-
- 8cribe the Milwaukee Brewers
after their siege of spring
training in their “farthest north” camp at Waukesha, : Wis. . . . People really eat up in that country and the * ball players are sure to work up a whopping appetite. How the boys are going to fare under food rationing is hard to a figure. , . . American association training camps stretch over five - states, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, Missouri and Kentucky. . . . Indianapolis, Minneapolis and St. Paul selected Indiana, Columbus and Toledo chose Ohio, Kansas City will drill at Excelsior Springs, Mo.,
and Louisville is to remain at home.
Incidentally, the Chicago White Sox trained at Excelsior Springs
dn 1901 and won the pennant. . ..
They were in camp there the
- latter part of March and the first part of April. ~ Once they get warmed up to the northern camps, baseball's current players will do all right, the old-timers predict. . . . More
“leg work and less coddling will turn the trick, in the opinion of the
; “way back when” veterans.
The Philadelphia Athletics will be the last club to swing into
training action this year. . . Wilmington, Del, base until March season opens on April 21. . , . The get ready. . .
. The Mackmen won’t report at their
24. . . . The American league players will have to hustle to
. Connie Mack certainly rationed his training program
and cut down on room and hoard expenses.
Bloomington to Fete Baseball Notables
THE Bloomington junior chamber of commerce is “throwing” a baseball dinner at the Indiana university Union bldg. this evening
+ in honor of baseball notables.
; Among honored guests will be Bill McKechnie, manager of the . Cincinnati Reds now in training camp there; Owen J. Bush, presi-dent-manager of the Indianapolis club whose players are to pitch
~ camp in Bloomington on March 27;
Jimmy Wilson, manager of the
: ~ Chicago Cubs; Jewel Ens, Syracuse manager and former Indianapolis manager; Al Schlensker, Indianapolis club secretary, and Hans
_Lobert, Cincinnati coach.
Herman B Wells, Indiana ufiversity president, will be among fhe speakers. , . . Mayor Loba Bruner of Bloomington will present a key to the city to Managers McKechnie and Bush.
* Young Harridge Is Captain at 23
WILL HARRIDGE JR. son of the president of the American league, became one of the youngest captains in the U, S. field
~ artillery recently when he was awarded his double bars at the
Miami Beach, Fla., artillery center. , . . He is only 23 years old. ’ Capt. Harridge is a graduate of Indiana’s Culver military academy
~ and was studying medicine at Northwestern university when he was called into service from the reserves.
. CHRISTY MATHEWSON JR. son of the famous New York Giants pitcher, promoted from captain to major, is in charge of
Chinese pilot training at Luke field,
Ariz,
Red Ruffing, veteran pitcher of the New York Vankees, likes army life and said the worst is “over” once you get to hitting the
: A deck at 5:30 a. m. Enos Slaughter, St. Louis Cardinals outfielder and
_ power hitter, is stationed at the army air base in San Antonio, Tex,
J 3 training to be a flier. 1 That Brooklyn Infield Setup
LEO DUROCHER, Brooklyn manager, Is slated to starc the ~ season at shortstop but indications now are that he will only be a part-time player. . . , Arky Vaughan is available for the position and Billy Herman probably will shift from second to third with Al Glossop handling the keystone and Dolph Camilli at first base.
8 8 8 BRUNO BETZBEL, manager
of Indianapolis’
last pennant
winner (1928), will be back at the helm of the Durham Bulls of the Piedmont league this year. « + 4 This will be Betzel’s 33d season in
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By UNITED PRESS The Ft. Wayne Central Tigers be fighting to live down an falways - - 8 = bridesmaid” reputation jaturday when they enter their gventh final championship tourney search of thely first crown. Central gained the final round in 26, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1936 and 1937, always fell short of the coveted . In 1936 the Tigers lost to pkfort in the championship bat“The following year Central's tes were upset by Huntingin the afternoon. h Murray Mendenhall’ s Tigers compiled the best record of team in the state this year, AINe ‘25 and losing only one, ineight tournament triumphs.
‘was revenged twice, once in the nal playofl. is not a sky-scraping Only two of the starting five 1 6 feet But speed and offset the lack of height. ral can adapt itself to any game, but usually sets the ‘tempo of play itself. HowTok ta Break may
By UNITED PRESS The fact that Batesville, darkest of Indiana’s dark horses, has reached the semi-final playoff is as
much a surprise to the 3038 souls
of the southern Indiana town as it is to the rest of the state. The good citizens of Batesville have been occupied in making hardwood furniture and rooting for the Cincinnati Reds—too busy for basketball. The city dads even objected to building the new gymnasium. But things have changed since Coach Harold Anson's lads started winning tournaments. The high school enrollment at Batesville is only 157. Saturday the town virtually will close down, for almost the entire population will follow the Bulldogs to their state final berth, which pre-tourney dopesters said would be oecupied by Columbus, Indianapolis Tech, Anderson, Shelbyville, Greenfield, Madison or Greensburg. Coach Anson, of Pendleton, learned his basketball under Branch McCracken at Bal State before Mac moved to I. U. His Bulldogs average slightly ‘more. than
5-feet-10 and 156 pounds, He e sould find nine
| troit Red Wings for the Wings’ final game of the season tonight at ‘De-
Here's the argument that delayed last night's game for nearly
five minutes.
Pittsburgh disputed the goal judge's decision in
giving the Caps a goal in the second period after it hit the post
on the Hornet's net.
Moose Sherritt of the Caps is to the right in
back of the screen. Dick Miller, coliseum manager, is in the center:
the final 11 minutes. It was a bruising battle, with 10 penalties—seven on Pittsburgh and three on Indianapolis—cdlled during the tilt which pleased the 3288 cash customers no end. The next game in the two out of three series will be played in the Smokey City Monday night and there is a slight possibility that the local club will be without the services of its ace defenseman, Hal Jackson, for the remainder of the series, Hal has been called up by the De-
troit against the Chicago Black Hawks in one of two National league games that will decide the last qualifier for the Stanley Cup playoffs. Chicago needs a victory over the ‘pennant-winning Wings to take the fourth-place playoff spot.
Plagued by Injuries
Detroit has been plagued by Injuries and in the event its manager sees fit to keep Hal there for the playoffs, the Caps’ defenseman will be unable to play in any of the other American league playoff games. Tonight's game will have no effect on his status. Herbie Lewis opened last night's game with Jud McAtee, Bill Jennings and George Patterson on the front line, Hal Jackson and Moose Sherritt on defense and Floyd Perras in the nets. Coach Larry Aurie nominated Normie Mann, Johnny O'Flaherty and Tony Hemmerling in the forward wall, Chuck Shannon and Capt. Pete Bessone on defense and Goalie Harvey Teno. With only two and one-half minutes of the game elapsed, Sherritt drew the first of the 10 penalties meted out. He was jailed two minutes for charging but the Hornets were ineffective while the Caps played shorthanded.
Opening Line Ineffective
The Caps’ opening line was unable to get the puck past Teno so Lewis substituted Bill Thomson, Bill Cunningham and Freddie Weaver and elected Sandy Ross and Bill Quackenbush to the defensive posts. After a lot of fast skating, Jack Howard checked Thomson into the boards and the Hornets’ defense man took a two-minute rest, evening the count on penalties. That potent front line of Connie and Adam Brown and Joe Fisher made its first appearance on the ice a few minutes later and at 9:26 of the period Indianapolis had a 1-0 lead. With Howard still in the penalty box, Hal Jackson brought the puck up from the Caps defensive zone .into Pittsburgh territory and fired a pass from the blue line. Connie Brown picked it up in front of the net, slipped it to Joe Fisher and the score was 1-0.
Jud McAtee Scores
A little over two minutes later, the McAtee-Patterson-Jennings line scored, once more taking an assist from a defense man, Sandy Ross. Ross fired a pass from center ice to McAtee and the score was 2-0. Bill Jennings also received an assist on the goal. Pete Bessone and Quackenbush drew twin penalties with seven minutes to go in the initial heat after a bit of high sticking in front of the Caps’ net. Coach Aurie kept shuffling his lines, but they proved no match for the Caps’ defensive play as the local team repeatedly broke up scoring plays and Fats Perras continued his fine work of booting shots out of the net. His best effort during the period came when Chuck Corrigan skated solo down the ice and Perras kicked out a hard drive that might have easily meant a score.
penalties when Lorin Mercer was jailed for tripping Adam Brown. The period ended with the Caps still holding a 2-0 lead. Howard paid a return visit to the penalty box several minutes after the second heat opened when he
quick to take advantage of the situation, with Thomson in the third Indianapolis goal at 8:41 on assists from Jackson and Kilrea. Shannon and Teno made violent
Ace Lee turned a deaf ear.
Pile Up 4-Goal Lead and Then : Stave Off Late Hornet Rally; Hal Jackson May Miss Series
* By FRANK WIDNER - It was a case of get em early and hang on at the finish in the opening game of the Calder Cup “B” series at the coliseum last night where our Caps whipped the Pittsburgh Hornets, 5-4. The Indianapolis club, holders of the coveted cup from last year, notched five goals to Pittsburgh’s one in the first 43 minutes of play and then battled desperately as the Hornets rammed home three markers in
Pittsburgh went ahead, 3-2, in|
protests on the goal, but Referee|
“The route to the penalty bos was th again € :
Cauliflower Ear
Muakes Him 4-F
HOLLYWOOD, March 18 (U. P,). — Former light-heavyweight boxing champion Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom was irked today by his 4-F classification because the ear the army doctors didn’t like was Magxie’s pride and joy. From the army’s standpoint, Mazxie’s cauliflowered ear was fine, but his “pretty” ear kept him out of the army. The eardrum is perforated. Rosenbloom, 37, said he would see if “something could be done” to rehabilitate the ear.
tripped Joe Fisher. The Caps were] KAaMM & scntialNoER € 0 oo
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Teno stopped the geal for Piitsburgh when the front line of McAtee, Jennings and Patterson
- came roaring down the ica. McAfee is in the background watching the save as Shannon (No. 3) of
Pittsburgh comet up to land assisiance. George Patterson of the Caps is on his knees with his stick upraised. A late rally by Pittsburgh enabled the Hornets to draw within a goal of the Caps’ five tallies, - but time ran out on the Pittsburger:,
Indianapolis (5).
Goalie + Right Defense ....
Pittsburgh (4).
Jennings Right Wing . O'Flaherty McAtee..3..... Left Wing . ..Hammerling
Spares — (Indianapolis) Quackenbush, Ross, C. Brown, Thomson, Kilrea, A. Brown, Weaver, Cunningham, Ficher; (Pittsburgh) Howard, Allen, Currie, Schulta, Kelly, Mercer, Corrigan, Dewey, alangio. Referee—Lee. Linesman—Goodman.
—Score by Periods
3 1-5 1 3—4 First Period Scoring — 1-Indianapolis, Fisher (C. Brown, Jackson), 9:26; 2-In-dianapolis, McAtee (Ross, Jennings), 11:35. Penalties—Sherritt (charging), Howard (board checking), bush (high sticking), Mercer (tripping). Second Period Scoring—3-Indianapolis, Thomson (Jackson, Kilrea), 8:41; 4-Pitts-burgh, Schultz (Shannon, Kelly), “1133 5-Indianapolis, Patterson (McAtee, Jennings), 13:57. Penalties—Howard (tripping), Jackson and Palangio (roughing). Third Period Scoring—6-Indianapolis, A Brown (Fisher, C. Brown), 3:35; 7-Pitts-burgh, O'Flaherty (Mann, Mercer), 8:58; 8-Pittsburgh, Dewey (Currie, Howard), 18:51; 9-Pittsburgh, Dewey (Currie, Howard), 19:37. Penalties—Shannon (charging), Bessone (board checking), —Saves by Periods— 4 9z 3
Rochester’s Horse LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 18 (U. P.).—Burnt Cork, Eddie (Rochester) Anderson’s Kentucky Derby entry, arrived here last night in “fine shape.” Burnt Cork is regarded by many local sportsmen as a definite Derby threat.
10-21 6—37
Bessone and Quackens |.
Hockey Summary and Standings
AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS (Series A, Best > Seven)
Hershey Buffalo
(Series B, Best in Three)
INDIANAPOLIS Pittsburgh
(Series C, Best in Three) w L
i Pet, Cleveland 1.000
Providence
RES LTS LAST N IGHT Hershey, 1 Buffalo, 0 (two ao men). INDIANAPOLIS, 5; Pittsburgh, Cleveland, he (idle).
Name Armstrong
Most Valuable
CHICAGO, March 18 (U. P).— The Washington, D. C., Bears last
‘|night defeated the Oshkosh, Wis,
All-Stars, 43-31, for championship honors of the fifth annual world professional basketbal. tournament. The Bears won a stake of $1500, while the runnersup, also defending champs from last year, collected $1000. The Ft. Wayne 3pllner Pistons captured third place in the tourney by virtue of their 58-52 defeat of the Dayton, O., Bombers. Curly Armstrong ¢f the Piston club received a trophy for being judged the most valuable all-round player in‘the tourney.
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Hawks Meet
By UNITED PRESS The Chicago Black Hawks meet the Red Wings at Detroit and the New York Rangers battle the Canadiens at Montreal tonight in two National Hockey league games that will decide the last qualifier for the Sianley Cup playoffs. Chicago, seeking its first win .on Lietroit ice in three years, needs a victory to take the fourth playoff spot. Detroit, Boston and Toronto have qualified already. The Black Hawks hold a one-point advantage over the Canadiens, Should the Black Hawks either lose o: tie, Montreal could take the playoff berth with a win over the Flangers. In event of a Montreal win and a Chicago tie, the Cana-
diens would get the berth because they have won more games. Should both teams lose, the Black Flawks would slip in. But in event of a Canadien "tie and a Chicago loss, Montreal would be awarded the berth, again because it won the
most games.
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Doerr May Not Play Baseball
LOS ANGELES, March 18 (U, : P.).—Bobby Doerr, Boston Red Sox second baseman, said today he may give up baseball for war work. “I have a wife and an eights months-old baby to think of" Doerr said. “I'm giving serious consideration to a plane or ship-
‘building job.”
Doerr recently mailed his cone tract back to the Sox manage ment unsigned. It offered him his 1942 salary, although last year was his best. The second baseman was due to train with the Sox at Medford, Mass., next Monday, but said he had no intention of going.
Wasdell On Way
To Muncie Camp
CLEVELAND, March 18 (U. PJ), —Outfielder Jimmy Wasdell of the Pittsburgh Pirates early today boarded a train here carrying the first contingent of eight of his teammates to Muncie, Ind, site of the Pirates’ spring training this year. Wasdell has been $orking in a Cleveland war plant. He alse managed a bowling alley here.