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been invited to try out with the jinaianapolis Indians and is en route to report to Manager Ownie Bush. ‘The player has not been tendered ° contract. The Tribe skipper wants to watch : ‘the player in action before signing “him up. The Indians’ first base job fs ‘open and unless the post is filled “shortly it will be taken over by Gil ‘English, the team’s infielder-out- ; the outfield all of last season but prior to that he had Iong experience at third ‘base and some at the initial sack. “The Tribesters continued their indoor practice yesterday in the ‘Indiana rsity fieldhouse and it was a long workout. The players ‘used several methods for their: ex‘ercising and were sweating ‘freely
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the outdoors field yesterday while the Indians were going through\the Andoor paces. Bush announced two additions to the Tribe's exhibition schedule, bringing the regular game program to 14. The added games are to be with Louisville at Louisville, April 17 and 18. When the remainder of the squad reaches Bloomington late this week the training pace will be stepped up. indoors and on Jordan field. This will be necessary to ready players for five exhibition games on consecutive days beginning April 7. On that date the Indians are to play Cincinnati here; on April 8 and 9 they will meet Cleveland at Indianapolis, and on April 10 and 11 they are booked to play the Chicago White Sox in Lafayette,
Vaughn Is Looking Good
Fred Vaughn looks like the real article at second base. He's essaying a comeback after being out of league ball two. seasons. However, he remained in shape by playing semipro ball in California and Bush is impressed by his actions. Vaughn always could ‘hit and he will be a ‘valuable asset to the team if his fielding holds up. Pitcher Earl Reid, who was recently reclassified 1-A in the draft, “believes he will get in about twe months of basebal] before his selective service board calls him up.
Who Runs NBA, Promoter Asks
DETROIT, March 30 (U. P).— Promoter Nick Londes today assailed alleged. attempts by Matchmakers Mike Jacobs of New York and Larry Atkins of Cleveland to block a boxing match here Friday between Anton Christoforidis and Jimmy Reeves, Atkins said at Cleveland Saturday that Christoforidis had been barred from fighting by the Cleveland Boxing commission and that under National Boxing commission rule she could not go through with - the Detroit hout. “What I want to know is, who is running the N. B. A.?” Londes said. “It is Larry Atkins or is it Abe Green, who is listed as its president?” Sounds Mysterious He said Atkins’ alleged attempt cancel the bout sounded “especially mysterious to ‘me when I know that his partner in boxing is none other than Mike Jacobs.” “I know frfom first-hand talks with Mr, Jacobs,” he said, “that he is against any promoter who will not ‘cut him in’ on boxing promo-
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By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor A RAYMOND COBB and John Honus “Wagner, greatest of the bail players, | were opposite in all respects except ability. Ty Cobb was fiery, Honus Wagner phlegmatic. Cobb was everlastingly in trouble—with players,
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umpires and fans. Wagner was the most inoffensive
athlete who ever played the game. Cobb took the stand that the baselines belonged to him, spiked opponents “in self defense.” While no pantywaist, Wagner permitted himself to be put out’'rather than run the risk of injuring a player attempting to tag him. Cobb was a boulavardier, Wagner retiring. Cobb wound up a millionaire, Wagner ‘broke. The Flying Dutchman came along too soon. He was the best ball player alive when the Pittsburgh club paid him $350 a month in 1900, and, while he was the highest-salaried performer of his time, the most ‘he ever got was $10,000 a year. # ow s
* WAGNER WAS the greatest all-round: player of them all. He did everything but catch. His selection ‘as the all-time all-star shortstop goes un-
challenged.
Wagner was the most feared right-hand batter who ever stepped to the plate, yet he was a better fielder than a hitter, and ran the bases best of Like Rogers Hornsby, the only right-hand hitter who approached him, Wagner stood as far back and away from the plate as he possibly could and remain in the batter’s box. He gripped the bat like Cobb, hands inches apart, and ready to be shifted with the pitch. “Just pitch the ball and pray,” John McGraw once told a young pitcher who wanted to know how to pitch to Wagner. With Wagner at bat, and runners in position to score, it was practically impossible for a pitcher to waste one. Old Honus did very well for a so-called bad ball hitter. While he wasn’t a sprinter, Wagner got there
_ Honus Wagner was. for 21 years an active "player in the National League, the first thete ‘with Louisville and the rest of the time with Pittsburgh. The greatest shortstop of all time, . Wagner was equally at-home anywhere. He ‘did everything but catch. He led league in i ‘batting eight times, batted .300 or better in & 17 seasons, left a lifetime average of .329. He had a fielding mark of .941 for the 17 seasons Ne played shortstop, which was -splendid ; dering the wide range he covered. The Pirates won three straight pennants with , beginning in 1901, won again in 09,
with his awkward stride, and his 190: pounds coming into base was something with which to be reckoned. He made base-running appear as simple as he did batting and shortstopping. Only Cobb, Max Carey and Eddie Collins surpassed his 720 stolen bases. But, unlike Cobb and other hyper-aggressive base-runners, Wagner refused to resori to bonebreaking and carving to ‘get there first. Lightly= built Charley Dooin of the Phillies blocked Wagner, who was on top of the plate before the ball reached thé catcher. The Dutchman could have knocked Dooin up into the stand, but attempted to slide around him, missed the plate and was tagged. out. “Charley,” said ‘Wagner, brushing himself off, “somebody is going to break your leg, blocking the plate. like that. I wouldn’t do it, but there are plenty of players who would.” A short time later, Roger Bresnahan broke Dooin’s leg. Wagner's legs were so bowed you could roll a barrel between them, but not a baseball. His hands hung like bunches of bananas at the end of tremendously long arms. The ball seemed to follow his glove, and he threw like a shot from a rifle. He made seemingly impossible plays. Slipping and falling on wet fields, far back of third, he threw out runners at first while sitting and lying on the turf. Wagner refused $1000 a week to go in vaudeville with Cobb and Napoleon Lajoie. “I'm no actor.” He declined to front for a men’s furnishings store. w » ® S JOHN GRUBER, late official scorer in Pittsburgh, was offered $10 for a picture of Wagner that could be put in cigaret packages. Gruber wrote Wagner, received this reply: “Dear John: I don’t want my picture in cigarets, but I don’t want you to
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ber framed the check. Honus Wagner's character matches the baseball ability that made him a pillar in the Hall of Fame. NEXT: Babe Ruth.
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* Trainge Jim Pierce of the Indianapolis Indians works on’ n Pitcher Ear Reid for a two-fold purpose in the Tribe's spring training camp | at Bloomington. Reid is A-l as a pitcher and I-A in the draft. He expects to win a few games for Indianapolis before his selective service board calls, probably in June. At any rate, Trainer Pierce promises to have him ready for both Ounis: band Une Sum I}
Mills to Face Ex-Champion
The first Indianapolis appearance of Albert (His Lordship) Mills of Montreal, features an all-heavy-weight wrestling card of three bouts tonight at the armory. Meeting Mills in a tussle listed for two falls out of three will be Bobby Managoff of Chicago, a former heavyweight champ. Managoff never has been defeatead here. Due to the fact that Lou (The Great) Plummer has been recalled for active duty in the U. 8. navy, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter has rearranged his two supporting matches. Dorve (Iron Man) Roche of Decatur, Ill, will oppose Al Massey of Memphis in the semi-windup, while Carlos Rodrigues of New Orleans is to meet Ralph Garibaldi of St. Louis in the 8:30 opener.
against Roche.
Breaks 2 Records
ANN ARBOR, Mich., (U. P).—In his first two months of varsity competition, Harry Holiday, University of Michigan backstroker from Butler, Pa., broke two of Adolph Kiefer’s world records. He lowered the 100-yard backstroke to 57 seconds
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of German measles. Manager Joe Cronin discovered
disease, and Cronin now fears the rest of the squad might be affected.
COLLEGE PARK, Md. March 30.—The big bat of Infielder Mickey Vernon continued to set . the slugging pace at the camp of the Washington Senators today. Vernon, who has been starring at the plate during recent scrub games, blasted a home run off
hits for the regulars,
: Schemer Still En Route
LAKEWOOD, N. J., March 30.—
| Three players—Joe Orengo, Jerry i| Tiemann and Napoleon Reyes—were ‘linvolved in a battle for the reg-
ular first base. job in the New
{York Giants’ training camp today,
but the hottest prospect, Mike Schemer, was still en route. Reyes, the latest arrival, hit only
241 with Jersey City last year, but
the winter under the eyes of Coach Adolf Luque, who reported his batting eye improved. Schemer has all the physical qualifications plus a .334 batting average built up last season with Jacksonville.
Peck Looks Good
BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y, March $6.—Outficlder Hal Peck, 25-year-old rookie from Milwaukee, is one of the best prospects in the Brooklyn camp foday, but appeared unlikely to win a regular berth. Peck batted .338 last season and then lost iwo toes on his left foot in a shooting accident. He is aiming for a right field job—a post already being fought for by Dixie Walker, Paul Waner and Luis Olmo.
Batters Are Good CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. March
Louis Browns today was expected to order more extensive pitching workouts since batters have been fattening their averages at the expense of the moundsmen. Steven Sundra’s triple, singles by Chet Laabs, George McQuinn and
double in the seven inning yesterday gave the Zacks a 6-3 victory over the Hofmanns.
Cooper Recovers
CAIRO, 1il, March 30.—The apparently complete recovery eof |Pitcher Mort Cooper from a back injury today put a new zing into the St. Louis Cardinals. Manager Billy Southworth put his squad through a double workout yesterday on the heels’ of Sunday’s 12-inning, 1-1 tie practice game.
Cancel Exhibition
shortage of pitchers in the Detroit Tigers’ training camp has cut one game ofl the exhibition schedule and threatened today to pare off two more.
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Red Sox Face New Obstacle—| Eddie Lake Breaks Out With Measles and Epidemic Looms
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: MEDFORD, Mass, March 30.—The spring training grind of the Boston Red Sox faced an unexpected obstacle today—a possible epidemis
at the close of yesterday's workout
&| that Eddie Lake, rookie shortstop, had contracted the measles. Previously, Pitcher Yank Terry had been put to bed with symptoms of the
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| Gets Deferment
Draft deferment today has been granted Les McCrabb, former pitcher for the Philadelphia Athletics, after
cancelled the game scheduled April 9 between the Tigers and Louisville the American association and he is trying to eliminate at least two others.
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On Comeback Trail
« MUNCIE, Ind, March 30.—Big Max Butcher, Pittsburgh Pirates’ veteran right-hander, appeared today to be on the comeback trail that may bring him a vecord better than the five victories against eight defeats compiled in 1942. Butcher was in perfect condition for his first workout yesterday and said he had drilled at home while conducting contract negotiations.
Bucky Walters 0. K. BLOOMINGTON, Ind., March 30. veteran righthander who has been sidelined with an ankle injury, was expected to resume workouts with the Cincinnati Reds today. Manager Bill McKechnie sent his squad through a fielding and rune drill, eliminating batting practice, for the third straight day yesterday.
Three Holdouts Left
FRENCH LICK, Ind., March 30. The Chicage Cubs list of hold-
Novikoff, Clyde McCullough and Eddie Stanky—today. Outfielder Bill Nicholson was the latest fo come to terms, agreeing to his 1943 contract after a conference with General Manager James T. Gallagher.
Heath Still Missing LAFAYETTE, Ind, March 30.— Manager Lou Boudreau scheduled extensive batting drills for his squad of ‘Cleveland Indians for the second successive day today.
Jeff Heath, holdout outfielder, was still among the missing at
2 camp.
Solters Clouts ’Em
FRENCH LICK, Ind.,, March 30. «~The long-distance clouting of Julius (Mose) Solters today had ‘considerably enhanced his chances of winming a regular’s berth with - the Chicago White Sox. Solters, attempting a comeback
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