Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 April 1943 — Page 10

SPORTS. .

By Eddie Ash

OF the 21 games that would have been possible in the American Hockey league’s five play-offs, only 15 were

played. . .'. Four series were decided in the minimum of games. .. . Only one series, the scheduled four-out-of-seven affair between ‘Buffalo and Hershey, that lasted 8ix games, required extra time. The attendance at the 15 games was slightly above 100,000, in-

dicating a lively fan interest, or perhaps the “loose” money around nowadays had something to do with putting big crowds into the rinks.

‘Cleveland, an independent club,

is reported listening for an invi-

tation to join the National Hockey league, the ice game’s major

. Baron President A. Sutphin is said to be open minded on

the subject. . . . Hockey experts definitely agree that Cleveland is

gipe for the move.

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TOLEDO is counting on Phil Weintraub for first base but some

Negotiating must be done before he reports. .

. « The veteran says

~ he wants to be sold or traded to a major league club.

The Mud Hens probably would

be willing to send Phil back to

the big show, if any good propositions were made. . . . However, the Toledo management says no feelers for his services have been re-

geived from the majors.

Fournier Is an Ex-Daffy Dodger

ANNOUNCEMENT that Jacques Fournier had become manager of the Toledo Mud Hens reminds Bob Considine of the New York

Ress boys.

Mirror that the old first sacker was one of the principal cogs, or ~ elogs, in that Rube Goldberg machihe that was the Brooklyn Daffi-

Considine relates that one day x brand new pitcher was working for Brooklyn and Rogers Hornsby came up to bat. ... It was the

kid’s first meeting with the most + . . He looked around helplessly, so whispered: |

powerful hitter in the league. Jacques walked over to him and

“Keep the ball inside on this fellow.” -

The kid cranked up and delivered a nice inside pitch and Horns-

by hit a screaming line-drive home

left field stands. The kid was sore. ...

run that put a new part in the

"third baseman’s hair and was still going up when it exploded in the

He confronted Jacques after the inning

and demanded to know why Jacques had recommended an inside pitch. . . . “Why not?” Jacques said, “you think I want to get kilt?”

‘Mueller Caught 164 Games Last Year

RAY MUELLER, the Cincinnati Reds’ new catcher, set what is believed to be a modern record when he caught 164 games for Sacramento of the Pacific Coast league last season, and appeared in another as a pinch hitter. . . . He was selected the most valuable player

in the league.

Bucky Walters has pitched 108 complete games in the past four years, an average of 27 per season. . . . Twenty-five per cent of the runs scored off Walters last year were unearned, a condition that surely will be remedied this year with Eddie Miller and Linus Frey

around second base.

Johnny Vander Meer won 18 games last year, three more than his spectacular 1938 season, when he pitched two consecutive no-hit

games,

Connie Brown, Joe Fisher Join

Wings for Stanley Cup Series

Connie Brown

Joe Fisher

BOSTON, April 7 (U.P.).—Connie Brown and Joe Fisher, two members of the Indianapolis Capitals hockey team who with Adam Brown formed one of the speediest forward lines in the American league the last 17 games of the regular season, will be in the uniform of the Detroit Red Wings tonight when the Stanley cup playoffs resume in Boston, The addition of these two forwards places the Wings at full strength

for their third clash with the Bruins in the best-of-seven series. Detroit won the first two games and will be out to duplicate a Boston feat of two years ago. when the Bruins knocked off the Wings in four straight to win the coveted trophy— hockey’s equivalent to the world series. Injuries have hurt the Bruins. Goalie Frank Brimsek is nursing an injured chest, York Boyd a damaged knee and Murph Chamberlin a bad shoulder. Forward Sid. Abel is almost certain to bring the Wings individual glory if not the cup. Abel needs only one point to tie the playoff record total of 14 chalked up by Bill Cowley of Boston two years ago. Connie Brown and Fisher will be the fifth members of the Indian- . apolis Caps to go up into the camp of the Wings in the last few months. Les Douglas was first, followed by Adam Brown and Hal Jackson. It was the excellent teamwork of Connie and Adam Brown and Fisher in the Caps’ forward line that brought the Indianapolis club out of a mid-season slump into. third place in the American league. Connie, working from center ice, accounted for 36 points in the last 17 games of the régular season.

l. U. Completes Grid Practice

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. April 7 ~ (U. P). — Indiana university's spring football practice was com- _ pleted officially today, but Coach Alvin (Bo) McMillin warned His boys that “it is your responsibility to remain in fine condition whether you are bound for the armed services or for another semester of academic work.”

Bivins. Wins

Easy Scrap

LOS ANGELES, April 7 (U. P).

weight champion, won an easy decision last night over Watson Jones, strictly a hometown product. Bivins, Cleveland Negro with a deadly jab and short, vicious rights,

| next meets Pat” Valentino at San

Francisco on April 26. Dusky Jones, wild-haired and wild swinging, was making his first step into big time boxing after banging through all available local

pretty rough. In Trouble Twice

. Clean-punching Bivins found|=By himself in trouble twice—in the fifth and sixth founds when Jones connected with wild right hand punches that had him slightly rub-ber-legged. Jones, outweighed 6% pounds and handicapped by Bivins’ long reach

‘| had his moments in those two

rounds but fought practically onehanded through the final four rounds and gesticulated that his left mitt was useless. Bivins started out fast with his snaky jabs and short rights, slowed slightly during the middlé of the fight but warmed up in' the later stages and finally wound up cracking Jcenes to the canvas for a six count just as the bell ended the 10th and final round.

First Major Effert

ANN ARBOR.—When Michigan's baseball team meets the Detroit

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Edge Tome’ | Team, 5-3; Meet Today

By EDDIE ASH

Big league baseball, cold weather style, was served up at Victory field yesterday by the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians, and the teams were bookéd to meet again today at 2:30 p. m. The Pirates edged the “Lome” nine, 5 to 3, and the National leaguers are now two up on their American league rivals. In a game at Muncie last Saturday the Bucs won, 4 to 3, in 10 innings. Play yesterday was a bit ragged at times as the weather was too much on the frigid side in the windswept park for the pastimers to be at their best. However, there was some sharp fielding at times and the 600 fans who braved the cold saw enough fancy action to sort of warm ’em up for games to come. Harder in Form The Indians got off to a one-run lead in the second stanza on singles by Otto Denning and Henry Edwards and an error by Pirate Shortstop Frank Gustine. Mel Harder, dean of the Indians, held the Pirates to one -hit in three innings and struck out two. The veteran really had it. Chubby Dean relieved Harder in the fourth and the Pirates got down to business. Maurice Van Robays walked after one out, Elbie Fletcher skied out, Bob Elliott walloped a triple to right center, scoring Van Robays. Vincent DiMaggio walked and Eliott scored on Pete Coscarart’s infield single that Denning knocked down. In the “home” half of the fourth wards singled and after one down Ray Mack tripled to left, Edwards scoring. Dean popped out and then Oris Hockett unloaded a

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triple to center, Mack scoring.

Two-Run Double That made it 3 to 2 in Clevelahd’s favor but Chubby Dean failed to hold the lead. Fletcher opened the Pittsburgh sixth by ramming a single to right, Elliott walked ‘and Dimaggio belted a double off the left field wall, Fletcher and Elliott scoring. The Pirates registered a ‘fifth marker in the ninth. Al Smith walked Gustine after the Buc shortstop got a life when Catcher Buddy Rosar dropped a wind-blown foul. Jim Russell advanced Gustine to second on a sacrifice and then Gustine reached third after the catch on Van Robays’ long fly to right. Gustine scored on a passed ball, The Indians. failed to score after the fourth inning. Truett Sewell worked the first five stanzas for the Pirates and Lloyd Dietz finished.

‘Squeezes’ into Double Play An “unusual” play occurred in the sixth stanza. The Pirates had runners on third and first with one out when Sewell bunted trying to work the “squeeze.” Eddie Turchin, filling in for Ken Keltner at third,

i {rushed in fast, flipped the ball to

Russ Peters at second, forcing Coscarart, and Peters got the sphere to first ahead of Sewell, completing a double play to retire the side. Other fielding features were furnished by DiMaggio and Fletcher. The former took 8 hit away from Denning in the fifth: by- a running, shoestring catch and Fletcher ruined a hit for Roy Cullenbine in the first by making a diving stop. Manager Lou Boudreau of the Clevelanders was struck on the right arm by a Dietz pitch in the ninth but remained in the game. It was about over, anyhow. PITTSBURGH

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Iowa Grid Coach Will Join Army

IOWA CITY, Iowa, April 7 (U. P.)—Jim Harris, acting coach of the University of Iowa football

army in the immediate future. . Harris succeeded Eddie Anderson

army medical corps. He said he would teke his physical examination at Des Moines Thursday.

In Mat Meet

NEW YORK, April 7 (U. P)—

Southern conference and national ¥Y. M. C. A. champion, will represent the New Orleans Athletic club in the heavyweight division of the

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Others May Follow Rams

CHICAGO, April 7 (U. P.).—With the Cleveland Rams a war-time casualty the National Football league’s future was clouded today

‘by the possibility other clubs might

drop out long before the 1943 schedule is inaugurated next September. Cleveland “petitioned to suspend “for the duration” yesterday and league officials countered by giving the Rams permission to drop out for the coming season. The Cleveland club must notify the league by March 1, 1944, ot its future intentions. An extension of the suspension .order can be obtained upon request. The withdrawal of the Rams immediately multiplied the problems facing the pro circuit. President Elmer Layden had a schedule drawn up and was to submit it for approval today. However, the playing card must now be revised completely and he doubted if the new chart could be ready for study at the present meeting.

In Player Draft

Despite dropping out of the league, Cleveland will go through with its participation in the player draft tomorrow, but its title to the 20 college seniors it selects will be shortlived. The players the Rams select in the drdft, coupled with 90 on the reesrve list and 28 on the active list immediately will be put up for “grabs” by the remaining ine clubs.

Layden announced the following

method would be used for distribution of the accumulated Cleveland talent: The names of all players on the active, reserve and drafted list will be placed in a hat. Then from another hat the clubs will select numbers from one to nine to determine the order in which the Ram gridders will be drawn. ¢( Players known to be in the armed services will be scratched from the Cleveland lists before selections are made.

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Reds Lose, 7-2

FRENCH LICK, Ind. April 7.— Dominic Dallessandro drummed out a home run in the eighth inning with two men on to lead the Bruins to'a 7-2 triumph over the Cincinnati. Reds yesterday. ‘Max Marshall homered for the Reds off Jake Mooty.

Four New Faces

HERSHEY, Pa., April 7—The Philadelphia Phillies will have at least four new faces in their lineup

Manager Bucky Harris said today, and negotiations for additional talent were still under way. “Although one of the other club officials has cooled a bit,” Harris said, “we still expect to swing a few deals as the result of three-cornered bargaining.”

Braves Break Camp

WALLINGFORD, Conn., April 7. =The Boston Braves today were scheduled to break camp here this week-end © and President Bob Quinn said that the “business” of Catcher Ernie Lombardi’s final status would be cleared up before then. - Lombardi, who led National league batters last season, announced recently that he was dissatisfied with his 1943 salary offer and wished to be traded.

0: Giants Win, 23-0

LAKEWOOD, N. J., April 7.—The New York Giants play the Ellis island coast guard team in an exhibition game today. The Giants crushed Ft. Hancock, 23-0, in five innings yesterday. Infielder Dick Bartell, one of the lead-

i» ing candidates for third base, went to New York for additional treat25 iments of a sore arm.

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White Sox Meet Cubs in Game For Benefit of the Red Cross

FRENCH LICK, Ind, April 7.—The Chicago While Sox play their in an exhibition game for the benefit of the Red Cross today and will send Orval Grove to the hill as their starting

Grove was shelved by a trick knee last season but two operations ‘during the winter are reported to have cured the ailment.

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Three Home Runs CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo., April 7~The St. Louis Browns, although hit hard by the service draft, may put up a good show in the American league this year.? The Browns gave concrete evidence of hitting power yesterday in a practice game which saw the

Zachs swamp the Hofmanns, 11-3. Chet Laabs hit a three-run homer and Vernon Stephens and Rick Ferrell each belted a four-bagger.

Share Mound Duty

ASBURY PARK, N. J., April 7. —Atley Donald, Tommy Byrne and Johnny Murphy will share mound duty when the New York Yankees play the Newark Bears in an exhibition game today. _ Weather postponed yesterday’s game with the Bears and Manager Joe McCarthy gave the squad a day off. Bud Metheny, rookie outfielder scheduled’ for the right field job, has asked his Norfolk, Va., draft board for permission to take his preliminary physical examination at New York, April 14.

Gold Medal

By Mullin

Sports

LaBelle Wins Speedy Bout

A fast junior heavyweight tussle Bon two of the speediest matmen in the division featured the weekly wrestling bill staged at the armory last night by the Hercules Athletic club, and Rene LaBelle of Toronto, . French-Canadian, edged out Maurice Chappelle of Newark, N. J., after a three-fall clash that kept a near-capacity crowd of 2800 fans on their toes from start to finish. It was a clean battle, as the pair relied on straight wrestling science. LaBelle took the first and third falls to win, while his clever foe had to be content with capturing the second session after 19 minutes with a short-arm scissors. The Toronto athlete. won the opening fall in 20 minutes with a dropkick and press and the final in eight minutes with a cradle hold. Sergt. Vic Holbrook, on furlough from Ft. MacArthur in California, and Roland Kirschmeyer of Tulsa, Okla., battled to a 30-minute draw in the semi-final. Coach Billy Thom of Bloomington, Ind., downed Sailor Thomas of Detroit, a substitute for Stanley Buresh, in 18 minutes of the opening encounter with a legbreaker.

Reid Draws Hurling Job Against Reds

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., April 7. The Indianapolis Indians today were to get a taste of regular game action for the first time this spring when they were booked to meet the Cincinnati Reds in an exhibition on Indiana university's Jordan field. ; Manager Ownie Bush nominated Earl Reid, righthander, to open on the Tribe mound and Manager Bill McKechnie of the Reds indicated Johnny Vander Meer would be his starter and Joe Beggs his finisher. Reid was slated to toil five innings and Walter Tauscher was assigned to tinish on the Tribe mound. Al Bronkhurst, who had been picked by Bush to start for the Indians, came up with a sore shoulder and asked to be excused. With Outfielder Gil English playing on the infield the Indians’ skipper is short of outfielders and he planned to use Catcher Stewart Hofferth in the right garden.

Rookie on First

English, a former third sacker, was assigned to the shortfield and

‘| Warren Baker, a rookie, was named

to play first base. Eric McNair, regular shortstop, is hampered by an injured wrist and unable to throw across the diamond. The Tribe batting order, as announced by Bush, although sub ect to change, was like this: Wayne Blackburn, If; Joe Moore, cf; Fred Vaughn, 2b; Gilbert English, ss; Mickey Haslin, 3b; Stewart Hofferth, rf; Warren Baker, 1b; Norman Schlueter, ¢; Earl Reid, p. The first five places probably will hold up all through the Indians’ exhibition schedule and into the American association's regular season. Pilot Bush rates Blackburn the best leadoff man in the league and Joe Moore is efficient In the second spot because of his bunting ability and speed.

Two Power Hitters

Vaughn and English are power hitters and Haslin batted .300 in the Pacific Coast league in 1041. An injury kept him out of regular service last year, The Nos. 6 and 7 spots are tentative, but it’s a dead cinch that when Schlueter is catching he'll bat eighth. Infielder Carl Fairly reported late yesterday. He wasn't sure of playing today although he said he got

er Willard Pike. The’ Hoosier Indians will go to Indianapolis tomorrow for a twos day stand against the Cleveland Indians at Victory field, and on Saturday and Sunday they invade Lafayette to meet the Chicago’ White Sox. With the Cincinnati Reds out of town yesterday, the. Bushmen had the camp to themselves and staged a long workout, Dating and fielding, on Jordan e was their lon drill to date. Sesh Sundog

Tigers Whip Wabash, 9-2

P.).—A four-run outburst in the first inning, due mainly to Wabash | misplays, proved more than enough| for the DePauw university baseball team yesterday as the Tigers defeated Wabash, 9-2.

that first inning, but combined them with three-Wabash errors and two bases on balls to produce four runs. Russ Schussler, DePauw pitcher, never was in trouble, giving up only six hits.

Negley Again

A well-rounded Howe high school track team defeated Lawrence Central, 70-39, yesterday, but individual honors went to Pete Negley of Central. Negley won the 100-yard dash, 220-yard dash, high jump and shot put.

GREENCASTLE, Ind., April 7 (U.

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