Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1943 — Page 14
SPORTS...
By Eddie Ash
HANS LOBERT, new Cincinnati coach, himself a former topnotch third sacker, has been devoting gonsiderable time to Bert Haas, the Reds’ hot corner
guardian. . . . Reports from
Bloomington say Haas is
showing the effects of this constant work. ‘Haas also is getting special attention from Bill Miller, the muscle magician, on relaxing as he goes to field a ball. . . . Not much time
to relax on a hot one, particularly
in a night game.
~ Muscle stretching has spread like the chilblains in the northern baseball camps and don’t be too surprised if some of last year’s little guys grow up like Tapsy ere the new season starts.
Two players were injured in
the Cincinnati camp and the. -
‘damages were not attributed to baseball ... Bucky Walters tried to emulate a college hurdler—and at his age—and Frank McCormick's back was knocked out while he was bowling.
Members of the Chicago Cubs
and White Sox forgot to bring
their swim suits to the French Lick camp. . . . Lost Creek came out of hiding and put two playing fields under water. Cincy Reds Are Fairly Well Set
BILL McKECHNIE, Cincy Reds’ skipper, is grateful. ... He decided upon his regular infield lineup before even the training
season opened at Bloomington and
it’s still intact with Frank Mc-
. Cormick at first base, Lonnie Frey at second, Bert Haas at third and Eddie Miller at short. . . . The pitching staf also is set. : Ray Mueller stacks up as the No. 1 catcher, leaving three capable backstops to fient it out for the posts of second and third-string assignments. . + Competing are Dick West, Al Lakeman and Tony
DePhillips.
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THE LEFT FIELD problem always will be with the Cincy boss, apparently. . . . He is set in center with Mike McCormick and in right with Max Marshall. . . . Competing for the left field post are Frank Kelleher, Eric Tipton, Millard Howell, Hank Sauer and rookie
Bob Usher.
Also available for reserve duty in the pasture is the veteran
Estel Crabtree, player-coach, who has had experience in left, center
and right. . .. He bats lefthanded and may see active service against
righthanded pitching. Kelley Speeds Reconstruction
Effort
RECONSTRUCTION of the Minneapolis baseball club, which finished in sixth place last season, continues at such a fast pace
that two or three pitchers may be
the only men in uniform next
summer who were identified with the 1942 effort.
The latest exchange, arranged
by Owner Mike Kelley, brings
Outfielder Ival Goodman and Pitcher Vallie Eaves from the Chicago
Cubs for Infielder Stu Martin. ” ” 2 ONLY HOLDOVERS from last
# 8 8 year on the Minneapolis roster
at the moment are Pitchers Loren Bain, Harry Kelley and Bill Lefebvre: Infielders Frank Trechock and Frank Danneker and Out-
fielders Joe Vosmik and Ab Wright.
Wright has indicated that an injury received in Kansas City late last season, will prevent him from reporting. .. . Major league
clubs are showing so much interest
arranged. ® = =
CROSLEY FIELD, Cincinnati,
in Vosmik that a deal may be
8 8 =
is undergoing its second flood
bath since the first of the year... . The Reds’ ball park is usually No. 1 on the Ohio river’s calling list.
Babe Dahlgren Finally Aine But Now Paul Dean's Missing
By UNITED PRESS
FRENCH LICK, Ind., March 23.— The Chicago White Sox’ specially built baseball diamond remained under water today, but Manager Jimmy used a nearby open field for running and throwing exercises. Weather previously had forced the team indoors for calisthenics.
Sp,
Three Casualties
BLOOMINGTON, Ind, March 23.—The Cincinnati Reds today had three players on the spring casualty list. _ Outfielder Eric Tipton injured an ankle when he stepped on a ball yesterday and Second Baseman Lonnie Frey missed the practice session because of a severe cold. Pitcher Bucky Walters was injured in indoor practice the other day. ;
Play First Tilt
EVANSVILLE, Ind, March 23.— The Detroit Tigers will play their first inter-club game tomorrow and will meet the Chicago White Sox ‘in exhibition games Saturday and Sunday.
Agrees to Terms
MUNCIE, Ind, March 23, — Rookie Outfielder Johnny Wyrostek has agreed to terms and today was on his way to the Spring Siaidisg camp ot ‘the Pittsburgh
te or Frankie Frisch, how- © ever, trimmed another rookie, In-
fielder Jim Cullinane, off the ros-
ter. Cullinane, up fiom Albany Ao he Eaton league, was called by the navy air corps.
~ Novikoff Hold Out -
., March 23.—.
er Clyde ugh were the only known holdouts on the roster of the Chicago Cubs today although a total _ of nine players remained among tke
missing. In Tip-Top Shape : HERSHEY, Pa, March 23.—As soon as the infield Suet enough
gin intensive fielding drills, Manager Bucky Harris said today. The long-delayed arrival of First Baseman Babe Dahlgren erased one of Harris’ chief worries. Dahlgren, overdue since March 15, arrived: in tip-top condition and said he was glad to be with the club.
Where Is He?
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., March 23.—The whereabouts of Pitcher Paul Dean remained a mystery to Manager Luke Sewell of the St. Louis Browns today. Dean signed his 1943 contract a while ago, but has failed to report as scheduled.
Loses Cheerfulness
CAIRO, Ill, March 23.—~Manager Billy Southworth of the St. Louis Cardinals lost some of his cheerfulness today after receiving word that Outfielder Stan Musial remained adamant in his refusal to agree to terms and Pitcher Murry Dickson revealed he expeoted an army call. Dickson is classified 1- A.
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Braves Stock Down WALLINGFORD, Conn. March 23—The baseball stock of the Boston Braves hit a new low on the 1943 National league market today following the loss of Max West to the army, definite retire-| of ment of Billy Myers and the probable retirement of Ernie Lombardi.
Brooklyn Injuries BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Yo March 23.—Reports of a sore arm were laughed off by regular righthander Kirby Higbe of the Brooklyn Dodgers, who termed the alleged ailment as a regular’ “spring tightening up” today. Whit Wyatt, another righthanded mound mainstay, : “his workouts because of an aching knee. Ed Head and Rookie Jake Kraus uncovered a slider, new
| additions to their deliveries.
Outfielder Johnny Cooney was hit on the leg by a hot grounder and was forced out of the infield drill.
Phillies will be-
"Hockey Summary and Standings
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McAtee), 3:04; (8) Indiancise (Patterson), 3:55. Penal-
AMERICAN LEAGUE alo (Series A, Best in Se
Caps Eliminate Hornets From
Ice Playoffs
PITTSBURGH, March 22 (U. P).
| ~Indianapolis eliminated the Pitts-
burgh Hornets from the American league hockey playoffs tonight by scoring two overtime period goals for a 5-3 victory before a crowd of 3800. The triumph, second in a row for the Hoosiers, in the best of three, series “B,” between the third and fourth place teams, sent them into the semi-final series against Cleveland. Sandy Ross, at 3:04 from 25 feet out, and Judd McAtee, at 3:54 on a rebound from just . outside the crease, were the Caps who sent the Hornets to their doom after the clubs. had wound up the regulation time in a 3-3 tie. Bill Thompson gave the Caps a 1-0 lead on a rebound at 18:20 of the first period and Pete ‘Palangio tied it up at 18:54 by a long backhander which found the corner.
Fisher Ties Score
Harry Currie put the Hornets in front, 2-1, at 5:26 of the second period, on a rebound shot from the crease, but Joe Fisher tied it up at 5:51 on a similar © shot. = Fred Weaver put the Hoosiers in front 3-2, at 8:24 of the same period on a hard shot from 12 feet out. Pittsburgh came back at 15:34 to tie up the game when Currie, at the crease, caged Chuck: Shannon's pass from the blue line, and the score remained tied until the overtime. Pittsburgh, forcing the play all the way, made Floyd Perras step lively for 42 saves while Harvey Peno had 29. :
Resume Stanley Series Tonight
By UNITED PRESS The Stanley Cup playoffs of the National Hockkey league resume at Detroit and Boston tonight. Detroit's Red Wings, who registered a 4-2 triumph in the opener of their series a best-of-seven set Sunday, play hosts to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the second contest. The Montreal Canadiens, one down in their series “B” set, invade Boston to play the Bruins a second game after losing a 5-4 decision in
talk over draft problems.
Rival Heavies Top Mat Bill
Rival heavyweights top tonight's wrestling show at the armory, the
Roche of Decatur, Ill, against George (EK. 0.) Koverly of Los Angeles. The pair has met twice .this season and honors are divided, Dorve having taken the first tussle and dropping a close verdict in the second. Tonight’s encounter is expected to be a “repeat” on the other two. They are action-producers, with Koverly in the role of a “villian.” He is rated one of the roughest grapplers in the game. The bout is for two falls out.of three. ‘Maurice Chappelle of Newark opposes Buddy Knox of Toledo, while the opener at 8:30 features the first local appearance of Morris Shapiro, Jewish wrestler from New York. He is a junior heavy and meets Soldier Thomas of Detroit. :
Hold Sports’ Fate JACKSON, Miss., March 23 (U. P.) —A special committee, appointed to investigate the ° legality of abolishing sports for the duration, today held the fate of intercollegiate athletics at Mississippi colleges. Governor Paul B. Johnson said that the committee’s findings
an overtime opening game,
may be ready by next Tueesday.
Henry Substih
tes Craft for
Endurance in Beating Tribuani
PHILADELPHIA, March 23 (U. P.).—Henry Armstrong lacks some of tfle stamina that once made him boxing’s perpetual motion machine but has substituted craft for endurance so successfully that his current come-back may bring him some of the glory he once enjoyed as the ring’s only triple titleholder, the experts agreed today. The rugged Hide, Negro who once held the featherweight, light-
weight and welterweight crowns notched his 16th victory in 18 starts when he outpointed young Al Tribuani in 10 rounds last night. On April 2 he gambles on a return to “big money” against Beau Jack in Madison Square Garden. The only definite similarity to the Armstrong of former days last night was his bobbing and weaving attack from a low crouch. He saved his punches until he had feinted his: less-experienced opponent into an opening and then shot
them home.
Armstrong’s margin«of victory was a wide-one, although: he took pun-
{ishment in the late rounds. Judge
headliner sending Dorve (Iron Man) |:
'Sweet Sixteen’
LONDON, March 23 (U.P.). —American basketball will be introduced in England when the Stars and Stripes athletic committee holds a three-day invitational tournament March 20-April 1 to decide the championship of ETOUSA (European theater of operations, U S. army. Sixteen teams representing American ground, air, naval and marine forces will play 16 games for first, second and third prizes. The teams will play under the 1943 high school. basketball rules in the United States.
Plan Softball Round-Clock
A meeting of managers of all girls’ softball teams in Marion county has been called for tonight as plans were completed today to operate a schedule of league play for softball teams at. Speedway stadium this summer on a 24-hour basis. John Devney, business manager of the stadium, said that tonight's meeting ould be. held at 7:30 o'clock in ‘Yhe Smith-Hassler Co. for team managers of both defense plant and independent teams. Night leagues will begin operating in May, Deveney said, six ‘nights a week from 7 p. m. until midnight. Daylight leagues will operate seven days a week and midnight leagues will play from midnight until dawn, with Sunday night left open for exhibition games. Independent leagues are planned for Monday and Saturday nights, defense plant leagues for Tuesday and Thursday nights and girls® majop leagues for Wednesday night. Indianapolis Power & Light Co leagtie will play on. Friday nights. Devney said ‘that in ‘order to accomodate defense workers who are employed at night, the park will be furnished free to all teams that enter the daylight leagues.
Stephens in 1-A LONG BEACH, Cal, March 23 (U. P.).~Vernon Stephens, St. Louis = Browns shortstop, awaited his army induction notice.! Stephens, who recently became a father of a 7-pound son, announced he had heen classified 1-A and
the Browns.
Suggests Bout P) —~President Abe National Boxing -
clear up the featherweight champlonship muddle.
Match Montgomery PHILAD
The Cleveland Indians are in full swing with their spring training program at Lafayette, Ind., and these pictures show them at work on the Purdue university campus. In the upper left picture, Coach and Catcher George Susce is batting to Hank Edwards, Mike Naymick and Jack Salveson (left to right). The top right photo shows the Tribe's new coach, Del Baker. Jim Bagby, left, and Ken Keltner (left below) swap stories and in the right lower picture, Hank Edwards (left) and Mike Naymick
0DT Orders
‘Local’ Derby LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 23 (U. P.) ~The first almost purely “local” Kentucky Derby — America’s most famous horse race—was ordered today because of war Saye) neces-
sity. Under train and bus restrictions made by the office. of defense trans-
| portation, the bulk of the huge
“derby crowd” of other years will remain at home, forced. to- content themselves with ‘second-hand accounts of .the race. If the “derby crowd” wants to see the race, they must take the chance of being side-tracked far from Louisville, and if they arrive at all,-they must do so before April 26 and leave afier May 3. At the request of ODT, railroads have agreed to make no reservations prior to April 26 for travel to Louisville on April 26, 27, 29, 30, or May 1, or for travel out of Louisville on May 1, 2 or 3. This year, Louisville sports fans probably will get their biggest “break” in history of the derby.
Churchill Downs officials reported] -
there were plenty of tickets for them—none have been mailed out of town.
Big Names Out Of Golf Meet
PINEHURST, N. C,, March 23 (U. P.) —Wartime conditions had eliminated several big names from the 41st annual North-South open golf tournament but there was little letdown in competition as a field of 27 teed off today in the first round of the three-day program. Military service or war work kept Ben Hogan of Hershey, Pa. last year's winner, Lawson Little and other big-name linksmen too busy
‘| to play and a new age requirement
restricting civilian. entries to play~ ers 38 years old or over eliminated many other ‘prospective participants. Yet among the field of 13 middle- 4 aged or uniform-garbed pros and 145 amateurs were Gene Sarazen, Bobby
Cruickshank, Joe Kirkwood and |p
today | would not go east this spring with PATERSON, N. J., March 23 (U.
Abe Greene of the|
Willie Pep of Hartford, Conn. tof &
‘Johnny Farrell to provide enough : talent to make the tournament interesting,
We'll Have Our Golf This Year oe
reation today when George Davies, new city golf supervisor, an-
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Four Newcomers Placed on
N. L. AllStar Hockey Team
NEW YORK, March 23 (U. P.)—Goalie Frank Brimsek of Boston and Defenseman Earl Siebert of Chicago were: the only repeaters on
the 11th -annual all-star National
Hockey league team chosen today
oy the six managers for Jim Hendy, editor of the Official National Hockey Guide and publicity director of the New York Rangers. The newcomers selected to round out the team were. Jack Seward,
Detroit, defense; Bill Cowley, Boston, center; Joe Benoit, Montreal, right wing, "and Doug Bentley, Chicago, left wing. Brimsek, who has been on either the first or second all-star team since his freshman year in 1938-39, again led the voting with a total of 16 points, four more than received by Johnny Mowers of the Detroit: Red Wings. Under the Hendy system a player receiving a first team vote is given three points, two points for a second team ballot and one point for a third line vote.
Cowley Gets 15
Cowley, the Bruins’ play-making ace, received 15 out of the possible 18 points, for the center position. Seibert and Stewart received a total of 14 points while both Benoit and: Bentley, the league’s leading scorer, received. 13. Chosen along with Mowers for
the second team were Jack Crawford and Flash Hollett, both of Boston for defense; the injured Syl Apps of Toronto as center and Lorne Carr of Toronto and Les Patrick of New York at the wings. The managers selected Gays Stewart, Toronto’s left wing, as the outstanding rookie of the year and chose Sid Howe of Detroit for the utility position. The complete all-star roster:
FIRST TEAM
Team Pts. Pos. F. Brimsek, Boston.... 16 G. E. Seibert, Chicago..... 14: D. J. Stewart, Detroit..... 14 D. W. Cowley, Boston..... 15. C. J. Benoit, Montreal.... 13 R. W. D. Bentley, Chicago.... 13 L. W.
SECOND TEAM
Team Pts. Pos. J. Mowers, Detroit..... 12 J. Crawford, Boston.... 12 W. Holleti, Boston..... 13 S. Apps, Toronto....... 9 L. Carr, Toronto....... 12 L. Patrick, New York... 8 Third line: W. Taylor, Toronto, center, 4; B. Hextall, New York, right wing, 8; S. Abel, Detroit, left wing, 6. Honorable mention: Goal, W. Broda, Toronto; defense, W. Pratt, Toronto; J. Portland, Montreal; center: E. Lach, Monireal; P. Wat« son, New York; S. Howe, Detroit; right wing: F. Boll, Boston; left wing: D. Schriner, Toronto; R. Hamill, Chicago; M. Bentley, Chicago; H. Blake, Montreal and G. Stewart, Toronto.
Bowling Scores
Last night's leading bowlers wete:
632 Harold Anderson, N. S. NGS 631 Ray Davidson, Ravenswood Merchants 620 Ed Menges, Evan Geor, ATO b Heuslein
Pete Gallagher George lager
sesetisrnetsanene sssessvess
Four Left in Net Tourney
NEW YORK, March 23 (U. P).—= Washington and Jefferson, Toledo, St. John’s: and Fordham—four semi-finalists in the national invie tation basketball tournament took time out today to allow Eastern N, C. A. A. regional competition to bee gin in Madison Square Garden. Dartmouth plays DePaul and New York university plays George- . . town in the opéning session of the L N. C. A. A. tournament tomorrow night and the winners play for the Eastern title the following night. On Saturday, Washington and Jefferson and Toledo, victors over Creighton and .Manhatteh, respece tively, mest in the first semi-final of the national tournament while St. Johns and Fordham collide in the other, St. John's, second-seeded and the current favorite to win the title and meet the winner of the East-West N. C. A. A. final for the champion- - ship, shaded seventh-ranked Rice, 51-49, and Fordham edged third seeded Western Kentucky, 60-58, in the second round of invitation toure nament ‘play last night before a crowd of 18,135.
Baseball Is Out At Terre Haute
TERRE HAUTE, March ‘23 (0, P.).—Baseball was sacrificed at Ine diang State Teachers college today because of wartime transportation difficulties. Coach Art Strum said the local office of defense transportation had
¢|denied. gasoline for hig 1943 team
and he subsequently canceled the school’s" eight-game schedule. Home and road games dropped with St. Joseph’s, DePau A Butler and Ball State Teachers cole lege. Strum’s team had been in training nearly two weeks. . °
Novikoff Still Out LONG BEACH, Cal. March 23 (U. PJ).~Lou Novikoff, Chicago) Cub outfielder, said today he*woul continue to hold out for $10,000, and returned a second unsigned SoHtrac to the club.
First Game—Second "Round
PLAY-OFF SERIES Calder Cup Champisnships
HOG
Indianapolis capitals vs.
Cleveland Barons ing Tomorrow Night—8:30
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