Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1943 — Page 14

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By Eddie Ash

THE Minneapolis Millers lost Angelo Giuliani in the ball draft to Washington and Bob Linton is in the avy, but the catching staff has been restored to a state

high efficiency for the 1943 American association pen-

nt race. Four receivers are listed on the roster including Russell Rolandof Pt. Worth, said by Rogers Hornsby to be the outstanding young atcher of the Texas league, and Wesley Westrum, ‘another kid, who elped Little Rock win the Southern association pennant. ¢ Another stranger to American association fans is Mike Blazo, foot, 190 pounder, who caught and .managed for Fargo-Moorhead of the Northern league last year. . . . William DeCarlo of Ft. Worth _epmpletes the quartet. k Renaldson has been moving around in the minors for three or four years, “catching and playing outfield. . . . Last year for the first time he was given the catching job and told to do it. . . . He followed instructions and was coming so fast at the finish that he led his club hitting in the Texas league playoff. if Rolandson’s understudy was DeCarlo, 6 feet and 185 pounds. “es +» DeCarlo was a sensation of the small minors in 1941 after bat‘$ing .315 for Amarillo. . . . He caught 135 games, collected 25 doubles, one triple and 14 home runs. . . . He led the league in putouts, 777, assists, 119.

foledo Builds Lefthanded Attack

THE Toledo Mud Hens are shaping up with the bulk of their hitting power Jefthanded. . . . It may be that five of the Hen regulars will be southpaw swingers. . Harry Kimberlin probably will be their opening day pitcher.’. . He is a righthander. . . . Indianapolis ‘opens at Toledo on April 2, ina night game. . . . The Indianapolis home ‘opener, May 5, and against Toledo, also will be at night. Al Schlensker, secretary, predicts the Indians’ home opener will be watched by a crowd. of more than 12,000 . . . maybe 14,000 if the weather is right, . .. Victory field can’t seat 14,000, so optimist ffiohlensker evidently will ready his plans to take care of an overflow. fost 2 = =» ® = = * ADOLPH HARRIS, the former Baylor university outfielder, re-. rted at St. Paul's Richmond, Ind., camp last Monday, worked out el and was homeward bound ‘Wednesday, back to his defense dob in North Carolina. . A “football knee” collapsed and the Saints Jost another ball player. ~ Frank Drews, St. Paul second sacker, was the victim of a transportation mixup and was late reporting. ... The ticket agent in

Buffalo tried to ship him to Richmond, Va. Millers Open Emergency Baseball School

THE Minneapolis Millers have decided upon an emergency move

tn an effort to pick up some stray

ball players. . . . In training at

Terre Haute, the Miller management has established an informal ‘baseball school at Memorial stadium and has issued a blanket invitation to all the lads in the vicinity to come out and try for the team. * ‘On the other hand, Kansas City is well stocked with talent and fans there expect the Blues to be in the A. A. pennant hunt from

‘the start. . and 23 have accepted terms. . . .

. Manager Johnny Neun has 25 players on his roster The league’s defending champions

have good pitching and a tight defense.

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THE Toledo Mud Hens are trying out two 17-year-olds. . . .

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are Carl Norris, a righthanded pitcher, and Floyd Rightenburg, a

~ first baseman. . Detroit last summer. .

. They starred in American Legion junior ball in . Rejected by the army at Camp Croft, S.

©., Outfielder Ken Wood has reported to the Hens at their Athens,

0. training camp.

] Horsemen Say Count Fleet May Be Another Man O’War

By CHARLES MOREY Yor Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 12—Ever since that autumn day in 1920 whén Man O’'War was retired to stud, horsemen have wondered if there ever ld be another horse with the speed and power of Big Red. For a while War Admiral, a son of the Riddle giant, looked like he might be

the one.

But he was too small and failed when the pressure was on. | wepn

Once again this spring the turf is hearing the wonderful tale of a

“wonder colt.” His name is Count Fleet. He's a -high-headed, wildpunning son of Reigh Count and e's owned by Mrs. John Hertz of Chicago. He's the shortest winterjock favorite, at 6-to-5, in the hisof the Kentucky Derby and his t workouts have been so fast

p of the flag and run his : into the ground. Whether has the brilliant spark of greatness that set Man O'War apart only time ; tell. ‘Right up to the tremens that he first stepped into a starting gate at ont Park last June, nobody und the Hertz stable thought the punt was going to amount to much. 3 a yearling, he was offered for for $4500 with no takers. In early juvenile workouts he was wild and unruly that: Trainer ’ Cameron despaired of ever g him into an efficient runing machine.

The Count Showed Em

The Count soon showed them that Ris wildness was only eagerness — ‘eagerness to run faster than any #-year-old ever had run before him. was second in his first start, n his next and went through summer imprpving with every and never finishing worse than

the Pimlico futurity he thorflattened Occupation, winng by four lengths, and closed out ; by ’ home a 30h victor in the Walden stakes. e Hertz Flier wintered at Oakin Hot Springs, Ark. and id a 5-to-2 favorite for the He came north to Belmont trials

weeks ago and his fast

win or lose, will board y-bound train to run for the 75 the roses on May 1. ‘is little doubt that he will the mile and one-quarter of Derby. There is no doubt about peed. He will have Johnny

{round semi-windup match

H.S. Trackmen . Eye Sectionals

Indiana high school frack fans—

and coaches—turned their attention today to opposition their favorite,

squads will meet in sectional tournaments on May 14 and 15.

15 sectional sites and the counties

will perform at the state meet at Indianapolis Tech on May 22. Admittedly it is early in the season to be making positive statements, but all indications are that Hoosier high school track squads are going to find the two-year rule of North Side of Ft. Wayne very hard to overthrow.

meet since way back in the days when people had cuffs on their

pants.

Side, although Pete Negley of Lawrence Central has been putting on|' some one-man shows. Sectionals will be held at Bloomington, East Chicago Roosevelt, Elkhart, Pt. Wayne North Side, Gary, Indianapolis Tech, Indianapolis Washington, Kokomo, Lafayette, Mishawaka, Muncie Burris, New Albany, Rushville, Terre Haute Garfleld and Vincennes.

Tillie Kagel Rolls

Six Honor Counts

Tillie Kagel stole the show during the mixed doubles bowling tournament at Pritchett’s yesterday. She blasted the pins for six 600 and better series, bowling with a different’ partner each time, but ‘still wasn’t on the prize list. Her best was a sizzling 664. Her* scores were 642, 625, 621 and an even 600.

Offers Galento 8-Round Match ‘MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 12 (U. P.).—Morrie ZenofT, president of the Victory Sports club, today telegraphed Tony Galento, New Jersey | heavyweight, an offer to fight John-

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LAFAYETTE, Ind, April 12—The Indianapolis Indians yesterday broke into the “win column” in their fourth exhibition game of spring when they humbled the Chicago

the series here with’ the major leaguers. The Sox won Saturday's game, 4 to 2. ° Fred Vaughn, Tribe second sacker,

yesterday to live up to his reputation as a power hitter, He delivered his three-bagger in the fifth inning with Wayne Blackburn and Joe Moore on base, and his solo homer in the seventh over the left center fence, traveled about 365 feet, He bats righthanded. Blackburn collected three of the Hoosiers’ 11 blows and Willard Pike, new outfielder who only reported to the Indians Saturday, also garnered three hits, one going for two bases. He swings lefthanded. The veteran Joe Moore got two safeties for Indianapolis.

Sox Get 10 Hits

Joe Kuhel and Don Kolloway were two-hit pastimers for the White Sox, who collected 10 hits as a team.

The final inning uprising was checked by Walter Tauscher, player coach, who relieved Earl Reid with three runs in, none out and two on. A Tribe double play halted Chicago and the game-ending out was on a long fly. Indianapolis scored two markers

lin the fourth, two in the fifth, one

in the seventh and one in the eighth. The eighth-inning run was the winner, Prank Staucet beat out an infield hit. © Norman Schlueter sacrificed and Blackburn singled, scoring Staucet. Staucet, the youngster from Indiana’s St; Joseph's college, played shortstop in place of the veteran Eric McNair, who has an injured wrist. Indianapolis held a lead of 6 to 2 before the Sox staged their ninth-inning splurge.

Tribe Starts Semi-Pro

Tribe: Manager Bush used four pitchers, Dale Davis, Lafayette semipro; Paul Calvert, loaned to Indianapolis by Cleveland for the one game, and Reid and Tauscher of the team’s regular staff. The Sox got their runs of Davis and Reid. Indianapolis completed two double plays to one by Jimmy Dyke’s American leaguers. Both teams committed three misplays but the game was played in the fast time of 1:40. The paid attendance was 1810. Indianapolis players returned to Indianapolis after the game and were to depart for Bloomington this morning to-resume training at the Indiana university camp. They meet the Indiana U. nine on Jordan field tomorrow.

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10 Mat Champs Are Installed

~NEW YORK, April. 12 (U. P.).— There were 10 new individual national A. A. U. wrestling champions today as the West Side ¥. M. C. A.

case» - The individual champions were Frank Preston of Cornell college, Ta., 115 pounds; Paul McDaniel, unattached, Stillwater, Okla., 121: Charles Ridenour of Penn State, 128; Merle Jennings, Michigan State, 135; Bill Maxwell, Michigan State, 145; Red Roberts, 23d st. Y, New York, 155; Dr. M. A. Northrup, San Francisco Athletic club, 165; ‘Dale Thomas, Cornell college, 175;

191, and Reinhold Metzger of the

with 19 points, while Cornell col-

®ilege. and Michigan State tied for |

runner-up, honors. with 13.

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White Sox, 8 to 5, in the second of}

slammed out a triple and home run|

The Sox scored two markers in| -|the third and three in the ninth.

installed team laurels on its trophy|

Henry Wittenberg, West Side Y,| West Side ¥, the heavyweight| |

crown, { Host club this year, the West Side Y won the title Saturday night

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Calls Plank Greatest; Counted Out Batters; Hitters Kept Waiting

Eddie Plank threw a wicked ball,

By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor EDDIE COLLINS, who played behind him for seven seasons, calls Edward 8. Plank the greatest of all pitchers. “Not the fastest,” says the equally famous second baseman. “Not the trickiest, and not the possessor of the most stuff, but just the greatest.” Raised on a farm near Gettysburg, Pa., where he died following a stroke, Feb. 24, 1926, Eddie Plank had never played baseball when Frank Foreman, an old pitcher coaching Gettysburg college, asked him to try out for the varsity. Plank was nearly 26 when he

came into the American league

with Connie Mack and the Philadelphia Athletics in 1901. In 10 different seasons he won from 19 to 26 engagements, in 16 years

finished under .500 only once. He

won 320 games in 17 years, lost 190 for a percentage of .627.

The Gettysburg Guide was in -five world series, and although he

pitched brilliantly, had little luck. He lost five while winning two, yielding no more than 11 runs in all. He gave up more than two runs only once — when Christy Mathewson and the Giants shut out the Athletics, 3-0, in 1911,

Contract at 44

PLANK JUMPED to the PFederal league, wound up with the Browns. He quit in August, 1917, disgusted with his - support following two-hit, 1-0 loss to. Walter Johnson, ed to the Yankees, he refused to report, and was so effective in the Bethlehem Steel league in 1918 that Miller Huggins offered him a fat contract at the age of 44. No left-handed pitcher matches Plank’s record in length of service .and general effectiveness. Southpaws aren’t supposed to last as long as right-handers, yet no pitcher retained his effectiveness at Plank’s .age, retrogressed so little over a long span of. years. The fact that he broke in so late undoubtedly accounts for this. Plank stood 5 feet 11% inches, weighed 175 pounds. He had sharp features, a jutting jaw and

there were lines in his tanned

face. He suffered from a nasal condition, experienced difficulty in breathing. He always complained of a sore elbow, and the sorer he said it was the ‘better he pitched. Eddie threw with a three-quar-ter motion and had a sidearm crossfire when he took a step to-

| ward first base. He was just a

little different and a master at holding men on or picking them off base. He threw a mean ball and didn’t hesitate to tuck it under a good batter's chin. It took a long while to complete’ games pitched by Plank, for he believed in letting the better hitters wait. Ch

Once he got into the seventh inning, he counted batters out, “Nine to get,” he would say, loud enough for his infielders to hear, Then “Eight to get, etc.”

Drove ’Em to Distraction

BUT LET Eddie Collins tell you about Plank. He knew him best. “To some he would pitch without fussing,” explains the vice president and general manager of the Red Sox. “To others he would throw a ball only after the umpire warned him against delay. “Plank’s favorite situation was ‘two men on and .a slugger up. The better the hitter the better Eddie liked it. For, if the man had a reputation to uphold, the fans would urge him on, and he would be aching to hit, “Plank would fuss and fuddle with the ball, with his shoes, and then try to.talk with the umpire. “His motion was enough to give the batter nervous indigestion.

He'd dish up something the batter

couldn’t reach with two bats, would follow that with an equally wild pitch—inside. Probably the next would be a twister the batter could reach, but could not straighten out. A couple of fouls, and he would wink knowingly at me. “Then he would attempt to pick oft the baserunners, which he frequently did. “Then, suddenly, Plank would turn his attention to the fretting batter again, who would, in all probability fop up in disgust.” Plank said it was never so easy to fool a ball player as when he was irying to fool someone else. Certainly, the batters didn’t fool Eddie Plank,

NEXT: Willie Keeler.

Jones All Set To Meet Thom

Farmer Jones, always willing © accept matches against any style of opponent, will encounter the toughest competition he has met in Indianapolis' when Le opposes Billy Thom in the armory Wiestling ring tomorrow night. Thom is recognized as one of the best skilled pro grapplers in the business, is a former light heavyweight champ and is head mat mentor at Indiana university. He has

been performing as a junior heavy | Mesner, 2b ! Marshall

for the past two seasons.

Jones, a “hill billy” type from |};

Arkansas and a bearded matman,

has annexed all of his armory en-|Muell gagements. He drew a crowd of|gegss

3000 here several weeks ago. Joe Feroni of Boston ahd Babe Kasaboski of Montreal, junior Lkeavies, open the card. All Pasha,

a junior heavy from India, meets|

Al Massey, a heavyweight from Atlanta, in the semi-windup.

the score was tied, 2-2.

DiMaggio Hit a Single | I .To Left, 2 Mates Scored

HOLLYWOOD, April 12 *(U.P)—Tt was & world series setting

1 was. the, nisith inning. The bases were loaded with two out. d series. 15 was just » game between the Service

.| were elated over the paid attendance

TIReds Make It Two in a Row

Over Cleveland

The Cincinnati Reds are making themselves look good at the expense of the Cleveland Indians in the allOhio spring series. The National leaguers made it two straight over the American leaguers by slamming out 11 hits good for five runs against six hits and two runs at Victory field yesterday. In the nine-game series opener Saturday the Redlegs edged out a 4-to-3 victory. The teams were to resume operations this afternoon at Ft. Benjamin Harrison for the entertainment of

meet in Richmond, Ind., in the fourth game on Hoosier soil, after which they move into Ohio to perform in Springfield, Dayton, Middletown and Cincinnati. Johnny» Vander Meer was the winning pitcher yesterday and he turned a neat job. The famous southpaw did not allow a hit until after two down in the fifth when Ray Mack sliced one between short and third. And he goose-egged the Clevelanders in the run department for six innings.

Homer Follows Error

In the seventh, after two down, Bert Haas threw the ball away at first on what should have been the third out. Then Mack caught one just right and hit it out of the park for a two-run homer. The drive cleared the left field wall a the 350 marker. It was the first time this spring that any of Bill McKechnie’s pitchers had worked more than six innings. Vandy struck out five and issued only one walk. Joe Beggs pitched the eighth and ninth for the Reds, allowing two singles but no runs. Mel Harder worked five rounds and Al Smith four for Cleveland. The Reds wasted no time on the veteran Harder. In the second stanza Frank McCormick ‘doubled and scored on Haas’ single, In the third Vander’ Meer beat out a bunt, and’ stopped al second on Steve Mesner’s single. Mike McCormick sacrificed and Vander Meer scored on Max Marshall's infield out.

Eric The Red Connects

In the fourth Eddie Miller singled and Eric (The Red) Tipton hit a two-run homer. It was a prodigious drive that soared over the left field wall near the scoreboard, traveling about 370 feet. The Reds tallied a good-measure run in the ninth on singles by Tipton and Mueller, Beggs’ sacrifice, an intentional pass to Mesner and Otto Denning’s muff ‘of a double play throw.

Vander Meer fielded his position in agile fashion and had six assists. He also received great support by Tipton in left field. Eric made a diving catch on Mack’s drive in the second to cut off a hit,.and in the ninth with two Clevelanders on base and only one out, he made a running catch on Pinch Hitter Chubby Dean’s drive in left center. Sharp fielding by Cleveland's manager, Lou Boudreau, Third Baseman Ken Keltner and Second Baseman Mack also featured. The defeated team had 20 assists. It was cold-weather baseball but the fans turned out nevertheless and at big league prices. Both clubs

of 4408, and 460 servicemen's tickets boosted the crowd total to 4868. Saturday’s paid attendance was 835.

The Vanishing Indian

Oris Hockett, Cleveland’s vanishing outfielder who jumped the club Saturday, still was unreported yesterday — unpeported to the extent that he wasn’t in Indianapolis. Hockett slipped away from the team’s Claypool hotel quarters early Saturday and went to his Dayton, O., home “on a business mission,” he told the management. - The guess is that Hockett is exerting pressure to obtain higher figures on his contract. He threatened to quit the feam in midseason last year and the threat got him more money. Maybe it's a repeat performance. At any rate, Hockett’s desertion, following by two weeks a similar move by Fabian Gaffke, left Cleveland with only two outfielders, Hank Edwards and Roy Cullenbine, Cleveland officials immediately reopened negotiations with Outfielder Jeff Heath, the holdout, and are attempting to acquire another outfielder by purchase or trade. Heath accepted terms by phone last night.

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Joan Fogle, 14, left, individual point leader in the national A. A. U. women's swimming championship which ended in Chicago yesterday, congratulates her 16-year-old sister, June, after

the latter had won the 220-yard breastroke, her first national title.

Both are members of the Indianapolis Riviera club team which

placed second in the meet.

point leader of the meet, was the Riviera club of Indianapolis, which finished second with 31 points while the Women’s Swimming association of New York was third was 22. Miss Fogle, who won the individual medley and 440-yard free style events, finished second in the 220yard free style and third in the backstroke, accounted for 15 of Riviera’s points in addition to helping her medley relay team take third place. Brenda Helser, Stanford university freshman, brought Multnomah its first victory of the final competitive session, leading Miss Fogle by nearly 20 feet in the 220-yard free style.

Club Races Away

In the closing contest, and with the team title all but clinched, the Multnomah 300-vard medley relay team raced far ahead of all competition to win that event. Suzanne Zimmerman, individual 100-yard free style and backstroke champion, led off for the Portland medley outfit and built up a five yard lead on the backstroke ‘portion of the race. Nancy Merki, dethroned 440-yard champion, held the margin on the 100-yard breaststroke section and then Miss Helser swam away from all competition in the anchor free style leg, winning by 30 feet from the second place Women’s Swimming association unit, . Other championships decided during the final session saw Ann Ross of the St. George Dragon club of Brooklyn add the three-meter diving championship to the onemeter crown she had taken Friday. Joan Scores Upset

Alyce Miller of Evanston, Ill, won the 100-yard breaststroke, a new event, 1:20.6, getting an eyelash decision over Lorraine her of New York. At the finish of the meet the championship Multnomah team had accounted for five of the 11 fitles, winning every event in which it had an entrant save the 440-yard free style when Miss Merki was upset by Joan Fogle.

College Nines Go On Scoring Spree ||

A slim Hoosier college haseball card over the week-end Ieatured high scoring erratic fielding.

field Saturday, 21-1. made 22 hits and were alded by nine bases on balls and 10 Maroon errors.

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Joan Fogle Leads Individual

Scorers in Swimming Meet

CHICAGO, April 12<(U. P.).—~The Multnomah Athletic club of Portland, Ore., holds the national A. A. U. women’s swimming championship today for the first time in its history. The four-girl team from the Northwest won two of four title events in the final program of the three-day meet and rolled its point total up to 43. In second place, thanks largely to little Joan Fogle, the individual

Soldier Signed For Mitt Card

Sergt. Bill Jennings. 2 newcomer to local boxing c , : has . been signed to tangle with Robert Simmons, of Indianapolis, in the top six round preliminary on the five bout professional boxing bill to be staged at the armory next Friday night, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the

today. Jennings is stationed at Ft. Knox, Ky. Simmons hammered out a six round’ decision over Bill Parsons, of Danville, Ill, the last time the local welterweight was in action here. Lightweights will vie in the main event when Pfc. Richie Shinn, Ft. Harrison soldier-boxer, meets Gene Spencer, rugged Chicago -183~ pounder; over. the 10-round route. ’ Shinn met the Windy City mauler here recently and took a shade verdict after eight rounds of bruising milling. The American-born Korean slugger had woh three previous battles by knockouts before his clash with Spencer. The Ohi« cagoan decisioned Jimmy Joyce last week in a scrap at Milwaukee. The semi-windup will pit lighf-

this city, meets Jack Hill, of Blooth~ ington, Ill, in an eight rounder. Hill,

straight ring triumphs, beat ‘Gene Simmons, another local light<heavy, on the last Armory card.

Cooper Recovers

ST. LOUIS, April 12 (U.P.) St. Louis Cardinal pitching was jms proved today with the recovery froma back ailment of Righthander Mort Cooper. He combined with Ernie" White and Rookie Syl Donnelly yess: terday to hurl a 5-2 wiumph; i over the Browns. :

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