Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 May 1943 — Page 15
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Open 4-Tilt Home Stand With 5-3 Win
By PAUL SCHEFFELS
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, May 4 —The Brooklyn Dodgers, building up an early season lead for the longsummer drive, were two and a half games in front of the pack today. The Bums opened a four-game home stand against the Philadel-
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phia Phillies yesterday with a 5-3 | triumph, an important victory because every win now againsg the | weaker Hastern teams is insurance]
against forthcoming series with the strong Western clubs. The Cincinnati Reds downed |
fttsburgh, 7-5, in the only other | gine in the majors. The St. Louis Cardinals dropped a 5-3 decision to a Great Lakes navy team made up of ex-major leaguers in an exhibition game, while in the Amerfean league Boston-New York and Chicago-Cleveland were postponed.
Highe Wins First
Ving Kirby Higbe took the hill} for the Dodgers and gave up seven | hits for his first victory of the| season. Al Gerheauser lasted ouly | four innings in the face of the] Brooklyn bombardment which pro-| duced 12 hits off the Phils’ hurler) and his luckless successor, School- | boy Rowe. | Dolph Camilli gave first evidence | of a return to his old-time batting
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Dodgers Lead N. League Pack by 2v: Games
Tr yi mers
HAWAII SENDS
The man who holds world's record for the pole vault is an interested spectator at a track meet at Berkeley, Cal. He's Lt. Cor. nelius Warmerdam, accompanied by his wife and their baby.
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form by rapping out a double and |
at the plate along with Alex! Kampouris, who hit a double and ® triple
Brooklyn, trailing 2-1 after two | innings, scored a brace of runs in the third and another pair in the fourth, while Philadelphia was producing only one more score in| the ninth frame.
Poetry Not Enough
The _ Pittsburgh Pirates sent Butcher and Baker out as their battery but found that poetry was not enough against the Cincinnati Reds, who triumphed in a “swing shift” game, 7-5. : The game was started at 11:30 2 m. out of deference to war workers and drew a crowd of 958 paying fans. Johnny Vander Meer, beset with a wild streak, got credit for his} third win in four starts, although | he was replaced by Elmer Riddle dn the seventh Inning. Cincinnati hammered the 1942] “rabbit” ball to the tune of 17 hits|
five to run his season total to 21 | hits in 45 times at bat, or an aver-| age of 467. The Pirates got 11] hits in losing. | __ Vern Olson, Johnny Schmitz and | Tom Ferrick combined to hold the St. Louis Cardinals to three hits as the Great Lakes sailors pounded George Munger for 78 and their 5-2 victory.
YESTERDAYS HERO-—Alex| Kampouris, Dodgers’ second baseman, who pounded out a triple and 8 double for a pair of runs.
two singles to lead the Dodgers © /
with Lonnie Frey getting four for|
Spectators
orld Series’ for Service Teams Stirs Interest in Joe
By JOE WILLIAMS
Times Special Writer NEW YORK, May 4—They had a boxing show out in Louisville the night before the Derby that could be a mirror of things to come. A team from a naval air base met a team from an army training center in a public auditorium and all the monies, above traveling expenses,
went into a service fund.
The take wasn't big because the Derby town has lost the touch
when it comes to beak busting. Indeed, this was the first boxing show of any sort since last June, and the first Derby eve-show that didn’t feature professionals. But that's not the point. It's the idea that interests us. We were told this was the first time since the infamy of December Tth that two service teams of boxers had met in a public pressentation. The arly team traveled all the way from Carlsbad, N. M., the navy unit came from Memphis. This would seem to suggest there is no official objection to the practice. Therefore, if such teams can go to Louisville to settle their spirited differences, it seems reasonable to suppose they can go elsewhere, including New York. There has been talk for some
Joe Williams
defense of the coveted diadem.
Beau Jack Opens Training For 1st Defense of Crown
By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent GREENWOOD LAKE, N. Y,, May ghe Ramapo hills this morning, Lightweight Champion Beau Jack— wearer of the current “big-money crown”—began training for his first |
4 —As dawn routed darkness from
The 22-year-old Negro with the Indian profile jogged six miles through the rose-tinted mists beside the slumbering lake. It was his
first roadwork at Joe Murchio’s
Cloudland camp—the training resor
many title battles.
was the world’s big-money fighter, and the heavyweight division was the field in which prominent leath- | -tossers could reap a golden haret. But war's coil to service has reshuffled the boxing deck and left the lightweights as aces in the gamble for ring riches. The 135pound division now has the most attractive talent left in competition —foilowed by the featherweight and welterweight classes, in that order. *{ Accordingly, it was pugilism’s new *golden boy'—Beau Jack, the former bootblack of Augusta, Ga—
Henry Armstrong make the weight), Slugger White, Willie Joyce, Juan Zurita, etc.
opponents—Pvt. Sammy Angott, (who still can
dangerous Greco,
As the “golden boy” jogs through
who followed Joe Louis’ tracks over the Ramapo trail this morning, as he began training for his first defense against Bob Montgomery,
Madison Square Garden, May 2L Starts Training Today The young Negro and his entour-
but not until today did he start training. During the past week, he intensified his efforts to build up energy. He ate well, assorbed ||
enough exercise to keep from getting heavy. He scaled 140 pounds yesterday.
energy since his last bout—with Veteran Henry Armstrong on April
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NEW YORK, May 4 (U. P).— Frankie Crosetti, veteran New York Yankee infielder, reported to the team today after arriving from his home in San Francisco.
Crosetti, a defense worker at Stockton, Cal, during the winter will riot be able to play until May 21, expiration date for the sushe incurred when he od Umpire Bil Ar in
¢ | the dynamic young Negro seemed | i to run out of gas in the later going. | where Sgt. Joe Louis groomed for phey were 10-rounders, but on May 21 he must step 15 heats against Wheén Louis conditioned here, he Brown-Skinned Montgomery, a rug|ged, durable opponent who special|izes in body punching—Jack’'s ana- | thema. . Because of recent competition, Montgomery will be sharp for this first title chance. Should Beau Jack beat the Philadelphian, he'll find his future progress challenged by other Johnny
tbe morning mists, we wonder where the trail will lead him.
time of a comprehensive service boxing tournament arranged on an elimination basis with the finalists meeting in one of the larger metropolitan cities. What, if any, progress has been made in this direction is not known. But, that this could be fashioned into one of the major sports shows of the year and at the same time generously enrich service funds, is too obvious for comment,
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IN THE MATTER of baseball, the sharpest rivalry in the service is between the Great Lakes team, which is headed by Lt. Mickey Cochrane, and the Norfolk training station, which is headed . . . come to think of it, we don't recall. Anyway these two teams can't wait to get at each other's: throats, in a manner of speaking; and the series between them is sure to be a corker. In this connection it has been informally suggested that the two teams play a regular series, what would amount to the navy world series, the profits, of course, to go to service relief. To make this worthwhile part of the series would have to be played on the road. Informal discussions placed the first game at Great Dakes, the second at Norfolk and the third either at
Yankee stadium or the Polo grounds. Naturally, this is a program
which would have to be cleared and just what the official re-
. action would be is a guess at the
moment. Generally speaking, though, the navy has a go-ahead attitude toward sports, as witness its decision to permit navy men, assigned to colleges for specialized training, to compete on varsity teams, as opposed to the army's firm ban on such activ ities. = » 2 IT IS to be hoped the proposed navy world series can be blown up into a reality for more
reasons than one. The reason which would appeal to the discriminating baseball fan primarily is the fact that most of the good ball players, quite a number anyway, are .currently assigned to these teams. We met up with Lt. Cochrane in a Louisville hctel the Sunday before the Derby. His team had just played the local American association entry, surprisingly called the Colonels. They had beaten the Colonels, too, with Seaman Johnny Mize (this will break Mel Ott's heart) tying the game and later driving the winning run across. As we talked, Big John was buying himself a cigar and looked both terrifying and ludrieious in his gob outfit. It was that little white cup cake uat that evoked the guffaw. “He weighs 230 now.” smiled Cochrane maliciously, “but we'll have him down to 210 within a month. He hasn't yet found out what training really means.” = = » COCHRANE REPEATED his now familiar theory that ball players don't train properly. “They don’t get in enough leg work running. If I ever manage
another ball club I won't lose a second in correcting that.” Cochrane says he has a good ball club. . , . “We probably could finish in the first division of either of the big leagues and we figure to get better, but Norfolk . . . that’s the team. I really think they could win the pennant in either of the big leagues.” Well, you can readily guess that if a navy world series can be arranged, with part of it on tour,
10 Northern H. S. Teams Race Today
SOUTH BEND, Ind,
Indiana conference compete
at East Chicago.
Winners of the first three places events and teams placing first and second in mile and half-mile relays will qualify for the
in individual
final competition.
The 12 schools in the western division held qualifying trials at Bast Chicago last Saturday, with Hammond High and Gary Emerson
placing the most finalists.
Conference officials said the meet was split into two divisions for qualifications to eliminate as much wartime travel by the squads as
possible,
Teams competing today include Defending Champion Ft. Wayne North Side, Michigan City, Goshen, Elkhart, Nappanee, Mishawaka, and the four South Bend public high schools—Central, Riley, Adams and
Washington.
FIGHT RESULTS
By UNITED PRESS HOLYOKE, 1835's, Philadelphia, Vasquez, 1373, loni, 162, Springfield, Mass, Andy Gordon, 185, New York (6).
outpointed
NEW YORK-—Georgie Kochin, 169, U. 8 | coast guard, drew with Ted Lowry, 175, Pete Manchio,
136,| annual tournament of Kips Bay Boys' club, New York.
New Bedford, Mass, (8); 1337, New York, drew with Ray Puig, Tampa, Fla, (8),
May 4 (0, P).—Track and field athletes
from the 10 high schools in the eastern division of the Northern at South Bend today for spots in the N. I. C. meet to be held Saturday
Mass, — Boh Montgomery, Henry New York (8); Jerry Madecisioned
Little Philip Koch is en route
Knocked Bowlegged
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to the floor after being tagged
| by Richard Schumann as the latter takes 65-pound honors at the
They Played the Game . .. No. 25 — |
Sam Crawford, Tripling King, |
Hardest Hitting Barber Who
Ever Came Fra
By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor IT TOOK Samuel E. Crawford exactly four months to crash the majors and he remained for 19 years. Sam Crawford was the hardest hitting barber—that was his trade —who ever came out of Wahoo, Neb. Wahoo Sam batted .360 in the Pacific Coast league when he was considered washed up. He could hit as long as he could stand on his pins, played ball 23 years. Crawford broke into the big show with Cincinnati in 1899, switched to Detroit four years later, and it was as the senior member of the Tigers' renowned left-hand batting outfield—Crawford, Tyrus Raymond Cobb and Bobby Veach—that he achieved his greatest fame, = ” ”
Didn’t Speak to Cobb
CRAWFORD SWUNG in: the cleanup slot behind Ty Cobb and his screeching shillalah contributed no little to the fiery Georgian'’s amazing totals of runs scored. Although Crawford was one of the best liked players of the game, there were years when he and Cobb did not speak, but that did not lessen their effectiveness. Dr. John Leonard Lavan, then teamed with Del Pratt of the Browns, recalls Crawford hitting into four double plays behind Cobb one afternoon in Detroit. “That didn’t improve their relationship,” laughs Dr. Lavan, the old shortstop. “Was Cobb steaming! You know how he liked to run.” Crawford didn’t hit into many double kiliings, however, and he wasn't a Schnozzola Lombardi on his feet. He swiped 37 bases behind Cobb in 1911, 41 in 1912. And it is to be regretted that early records did got include runs batted in, for if they had, they would have shown Crawford was champion in that respect. When he first came around, Crawford was a big, rosy-cheeked' kid with sizable hands and feet. At his peak he stood an even 6 feet and weighed 190 pounds. He had unlimited strength, came from a family celebrated for physical power. Crawford was a pull, line drive hitter of tremendous power. He leaned back slightly as his bat sailed into the ball. His swing was perfect. Ed Barrow, president of the Yankees, who managed Crawford his first two years in Detroit,
compares the nudging Nebraskan’'s batting style with that of Lou Gehrig. Although Crawford manufactured 16 of them for the Reds in 1901, home runs weren't fashionable in those days, so Wahoo Sam specialized in triples. In 2505 big league games, Crawford compiled a record for threebase hits that still stands—312. Crawford started as a lefthanded pitcher, but it was his batting on a wagon trip through Nebraska that first attracted attention in the spring of 1898. He pitched one game for Grand Rapids of the Western league against the Chicago White Sox in 1899. Crawford was a manager's ball player, impervious to injury, steady, competent. :
= = ” Erected Wire Fence IN YEARS when .300 hitters were rare, Crawford batted .308 or better for 11 seasons. Although he hit .378 in 1911, he seldom led his team in batting, for Detroit had, from 1905 on, Cobb, who not only set the pace for his
club, but for both major wheels.
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Wahoo Sam Crawford
screen placed above the right field wall at League Park, Cleveland. Crawford hit the ball over the screen. It is too bad that Wahoo Sam | Crawford didn't get a shot at the lively ball that came in with Babe Ruth. NEXT-Three-Fingered Brown. |
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JUDGE RHOADS TO SPEAK Judge Mark W, Rhoads of the
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Ehlers to Report For Army Duty
LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 4 (U.P). | —Ed Ehlers, athlete at Purdue university, has |
stellar
been ordered to report for duty on May 15, he said today.
The former South Bend Central star is third baseman on the Pur- | due baseball team and last Satur- |
day batted in two runs and scored another win over St. Joseph's college. His team meets Wabash at Crawfordsville today. Ehlers also was a high-scoring | guard on Piggy Lambert's basketball squad last season.
in the Boilermakers’ 4-2
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Paced by June Hollis who col-
lected a 540 series and aided by a handicap of 120 pins a game, the business office team of the Indiana Bell nosed out company’s men’s circuit last night at Pritchett's alleys, 2696 to 2586. Bill Storey led the men’s scoring | with 578.
Telephone Co. ladies’ league the champions of the
Juanita Cox was elected to head
the Blue Ribbon Ice Cream ladies’ league for next season last night at the league's annual meeting. Dorothy Ruschaupt was elected vice president, Margaret Skelton, secretary, Julia Morgan, treasurer, and Mary Mindach, sergeant-at-arms.
Last night's leading bowlers were:
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Clipper Smith Gets Commission Today
VILLANOVA, Pa., May 4 (U. P). Smith, head | football coach at Villanova college; - for the past six years, was scheduled | to receive his commission today as!
—Maurice (Clipper)
a captain in the marine corps.
Smith, 45, is expected to be as-| signed to physical education training. His football career began at |Notre Dame in 1917 under Knute Rockne and subsequently covered coaching posts at Columbia college, Portland, Ore.; Santa Clara, Gon-
zaga and Villanova,
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Johnny Mize leading the assault yo..vily loaded troop convoy ‘from against his former teammates with!
three hits. | Hawaii last month. The Bluejackets’ collection of for-| Crowding the decks were 2800 mer major and minor league stars soldiers, silently watching the out= blasted George Munger for 12 hits, line of America loom out of the fog. while three Great Lakes pitchers| Ninety per cent of these men handcuffed the Cardinals by ration- | never had seen the land they'd ing out only one hit each. | pledged their lives to aefend. They Johnny Schmitz and Vern Olsen, were Japanese-Americans. former Chicago Cub southpaws, and| The story of the convoy trip Tom Ferrick, formerly with Cleve- across 2500 miles of water, and of land, pitched for the sailors, with secret train embarkations to their Schmitz getting credit for the vic- training camp at Ft. Shelby, Miss, tory. was described by ‘a young officer Two of the three St. Louls hits who accompanied the Japanese-
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