Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 May 1943 — Page 6

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FRIEND EDDIE—I am sure all the old-old-timers have been getting a big kick out of the series The Times has been running on the basebali players of years ago, and I was particularly interested in the one on Mike Kelly which appeared Tuesday. The story wound up with a brief statement that Mike's last Years were spent on the stage, and I wonder how many of the oldtimers remember his appearance here at the old Empire burlesque house on Wabash st., back in 1893. Mike was an “added attraction” with one of the burlesque shows on the “Western Wheel” which supplied the weekly fare at the Empire. The Empire was in its first full season and Kelly's appearance was heralded by striking “three-sheets” on the billboards.

The song, “Slide, Kelly Slide”

the Hit Parade in those days, and Mike sang the song to climax his Kelly had a rich baritone voice and really surprised the customers with his rendition of the song. He appeared in a baseball uniform, and a handsome figure he made, with a fine mustache so favored by ball players of those days. I well remember that packed houses greeted the King that week, for I was an usher and had my hands full handling the crowds.

act.

Prize Fighters Made Frequent Bows

WE AT the old Empire were used to the appearances of famous prize fighters—old John L. Sullivan, son, Bob Fitzsimmons and all the rest of them—but Kelly was the only ball player I remember to essay a strut behind the footlights

at that time.

Of course, in later years, Rube Marquard and others of the diaThe younger generation, of course, remembers Pepper Martin's appearance here at the Lyric after that season when he stole so many hases in the world series that he

mond stars became Thespians.

wound up by stealing the series.

Fans in Position to Size Up A. A.

INDIANAPOLIS FANS have had a look at Toledo and Columbus and before the month is out they will have seen Kansas City, Mil-

waukee, St. Paul, Minneapolis and

fore, the Victory field grandstand experts will have a fairly broad idea of what wartime baseball in the American association is like.

was topping what passed for

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Indians Win 1st Tilt, 5-4; Take 4th Place

Times Special LOUISVILLE, May 12.—The Indianapolis Indians are one up on their ancient American association rivals, the “Kaintuck” Colonels, as a result of squeezing out a 5-to-4 11-inning victory under the lights at Parkway field last night. The triumph lifted the Tribesters to fourth place, supplanting the Milwaukee Brewers, who were idle yesterday. The series opened here

was played under brutal weather conditions and only about 400 fans turned out. In the second of the series tonight it will be either Bob Logan]

opposing Emmett O'Neill for Louisville. Gil English, Tribe rightfielder, punched out the single in the 11th that scored Carl Fairly with the winning run. Fairly led off the inning with a single, Jim Trexler sacrificed and Fairly moved to third on Wayne Blackburn's infield out. English followed with his third hit of the game.

Trexler Important Cog Trexler was credited with the mound victory although he was

lifted after walking the first man up in the 11th and big John Hutchings took over the Tribe toil and retired the Colonels in order, striking out the last hitter.

Trexler had a great deal to do in

4 fashioning the Tribe victory. He

Louisville. . . . By June there-

Louisville 10. two hurlers, Brown and Woods.

batted in two runs with a single in

the second and delivered an important sacrifice in the 11th.

The Indians collected 14 hits, The Colonels used

Three Indians got into the three-

or Woody Rich on the Tribe mound |

Still Plays the Game

Boh Prichard, a former Indianapolis Indian first sacker, is out of professional league ball this year but he’ll still play the game. Bob is a physical instructor at the Harlingen, Tex. army gunnery school and he is to captain the newly organized H. A. G. S. baseball team. Besides play-

ing first base, the rugged Prichard says he’s going to try his hand at pitching this year, too. Bob is a

southpaw.

Prior to playing for Indianapolis,

Prichard saw service with the Washington Senators and Birmingham Barons. He is fairly fast for a big fellow and likes to run, at least he was no slow poke when he wore an Indianapolis uniform.

They Played the Game . . . No. 28

Fielder Jones’ Wizardy as Strategist Screened His Ability as a Ball Player

By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor FIELDER JONES’ parents must have known something when he was christened. Many believed Fielder was a nickname, but Fielder Allison Jones was the square moniker of the center fielder and manager of the ime mortal Hitless Wonders of 1906. Jones was a handsome fellow,

ending the first World Series game of '06 and giving Nick Altrock a 2-1 victory over ThreeFingered Brown after each had

' yielded no more than four hits.

He danced a little jig and clapped his hands as the ball arched toward them. That might have been counting chickens, etc., but he was always sure of himself. He was pleased. That gne was

and towns throughout the state.

Indianapolis, as usual, is host and the other at Washington's high school athletic field. Fifteen schools, with 242 boys participating, will make up the field at the two local meets. Howe is the defending champion at Washington and the host school’s thinclads will be defending their title at the East side institution. Besides these two carnivals there will be 13 others, including those at Bloomington, East Chicago, Elkhart, Ft. Wayne, Gary, Kokomo, Lafayette, Mishawaka, Muncie, New Albany, Rushville, Terre Haute and Veicennes.

North Side Defends Title

Individuals finishing first or second and members of winning relay teams at these fifteen meets will qualify for the state finals under the supervision of the Indiana High School Athletic association. North Side of Ft. Wayne will defend its state track crown which it has won the past two seasons. Six schools will send 112 athletes into action at the Washington meet. Manual has the greatest number of entries, having listed 26 boys. Washington has 24, Shelbyville, 20, Howe, 25, Franklin, 14, and Southport, 3. The Washington sectional is scheduled to start at 2:20. With R. V. Copple in charge, the Tech - cinder carnival will get underway at 2:30 p. m. Nine schools will be represented by 130 thinlyclads, Shortridge leading the list with 29 and Tech close on its heels with 28. Warren Central will have 24, Broad Ripple, 15, Ben Davis, 10, the Indiana Deaf School, 11, Noblesville, 8, Lawrence Central, 5, and Danville, 1,

Toedierdonr’s Annual Track And Field Carnival to Begin Friday; Two Sectionals Here

Hoosierdom’s 17th annual interscholastic track and fleld derby gets under way this week-end, with sectional meetings being held in 15 cities

Out of these 15 meets will come the field to compete in the 40th Indiana championship clash at Tech fleld here May 22.

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Howe Hornets Win Meet From Washington

Howe high school's thincladg nosed out Washington's artists, 55% to 533 in their final duel meet of the season at the Hore net oval yesterday. At the end of the regular events, Washington led by an 8%-poing margin, but the Hornet relay teams copped both relay races to win. Howe also won seven individual blue ribbons but Washington scored

heavily in the field events’and made a clean sweep of the pole vault,

Sets Track Record

Carter Byfield of Washington set a new track record in the pole vault with the bar at 11 feet 4 inches, The former mark of 11 feet was set by Don Swarat of Crawfordsville last year. Bob Jones of Washington was the leading scorer of the meet with 13 points. He won the high hurdles, tied for first in the high jump, placed second in the low hurdles and third in the shot put. Manual’'s scheduled triangular meet with Broad Ripple and the Silent Hoosiers, was postponed until Monday. Summary:

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hit bracket, English, Stewart Hofferth and Fred Vaughn. One of Hofferth’s blows was a double. Eddie Morgan belted a triple and single. Tribe runs were batted in by Trexler, 2; Joe Moore, Hofferth and English. Fred Vaughn accepted 12 chances at second and Péewee Popowski accepted 15 at second for the Colonels. Third Sacker Barath of the Colonels took a liking to Tribe pitching and treated himself to four blows. Colouels Score in First After two down in the first, Benjamin of Louisville singled, a walk followed end Holliday scored Benjamin with a single. Although the Indians batted around in the second they were held

Howe, Tech Favored

Keeping in mind that most prognosticators wind up behind the eight ball, Howe and Tech should cop team honors at the local meets. Howe's Hornets seems too well balanced for the other schools in the Washington center. However, Washington and Ben Davis may surprise many by coming through with victory. Tech, by virtue of its fine victory in the city meet, appear too strong for the other entrants in the Big Green's sectional, Among the boys entered in the two local meets who have been standouts in 1943 meets throughout the state are George Lewis of Shortridge, in the low hurdles, Don Hafer of Manual, in the shot put, Ralph Toney, Howe, in the 220-yard dash, Bob Aliff of Southport, in the low hurdles and the shot put, Don Pedlow of Technical, in the high jump, and Pete Negley of Lawrence Central, in the high jump. Negley received a spiked foot in the Southport relays and if the injury has healed properly, the big Lawrence athlete will be a heavy favorite to cop any event he may be entered in.

100-Yard Dash—Toney (H), Dunn (W), Jacobs (W). Time, :10.4. Mile Run—Elliott (H), Robbing (W), (W), Kottelhud

The fans also will know something about the relative merits of the eight contenders, and the relative strength of the eastern and western groups. = = » » = = THE Washington Senators are so steamed up this year that they are willing to fight about it. . . . When ball players take their play so seriously in these days that they throw fists it speaks for their spirit.

in. “ Jones was a master at getting the one run so important in those days. The Sox played close to the vest. A base on balls, a sacrifice, a passed ball and a long fly was a rally. Fielder’'s men ran the bases.

standing 5 feet 11 and weighing 180 pounds. He had a heavy shock of well-kept brown hair and sparkling eyes to match. He lit one clear Havana off the butt of another. Jones’ ability as a player was screened somewhat by his brilliance as director of the Chicago They swiped 209 bases in ‘06, White Sox from 1904 through '08, S&F Ri ~ Jones purloining 26 himself. when he retired while still in full § sR eS Bow.

stride. Played Close to Vest

Fielder was a much more formidable left-hand hitier than his Jones was also & champion: Wis pire baiter. He wore a path from

averages indicated. He batted a smacking .230 when the Pale Hose Same, down in fromt in the Amer- his outpost to the plate jawing fan fame Spd RD HY low about decisions. Whenever he ain ib oy er 308: suspected his side had been given Cubs in the world series. He the worst of it, down would go to three runs. Three were left] could do everything with a bat, his glove, and he’d start for the stranded. Hofferth cpened with a| swat for distance, hit to all fields, umpire-in-chief with a deterdouble and Vaughn beat out a bunt| hit-and-run, drag, bunt. mined look on his face. Frefor a hit when Pitcher Brown $ 4 4 quently he was suspended for days. Following one such suspension in the midst of a tight race toward the fag end of the came

slipped while fielding the ball. Fair- Learne d From Orioles paign, Charles A. Comiskey re-

ly was struck by a pitched ball, fillTE he Sa base blow scored| o JONES was an exceptionally ers one- ’ fast and graceful outfielder who b from Bye two mates and Fairly scored on| covered the vast territory between ron Bancroft Johnson, founder Moore's infield out. Tip O'Neill and Pat Dougherty in and president of the league, who Louisville talled two runs in the left and Hahn in right like a cir- was fishing in northern Michigan fourth without the aid of a hit.) cys tent. He had a powerful and “What does he want me to do " These were accounted for by a walk,| accurate right arm. His left- ked O Her Comiskey. “pla the a miscue by Mickey Haslin, an in-| handedness was confined to bat Se on ZeeYs "PAY field out, a hit batsman and a wild; ging. “This hein the first breach be

Warden (W). Time, 4:57. 440-Yard Dash—Hines (H), Marendt (W). Time, :54.8, 120-Yard High Hurdiss—R., Jones (We EF. Jones (W), Watson (H), Time, :17.6 Half-Mile Rul-Banks (H), Stultz (W), Fullen (H). Time, 2:09, d Dash=siitt (H), Toney (H), Yard tow eye Walson om R. Jones (W), Maurice (H). Time, :24.6 High Jump—Tie for first between RK. Jones (W) and E, Jones (W); tie for third between Smith (H), Hillenbrand (W) and Hassel (W). Height, 5 feed 6 inches.

Broad Jump—Webb (H), Allen (W) Hillenbrand (W), Distance, 19 feet 1 inches. " Shot Pui—Roehl (H), Flum (W), RB, Jones (W). Distance, 42 feet 10 inches. Pole Vault—Byfield (W), Hodges (W), EK, Jones (W). Height, 11 feet 4 inches (neg track record). Miles Relay—Howe {Ketterlius, Mauriosy Caldwell, Banks). Tim 46. Jauu, Webb,

3: Halt-Mile Relay—Howe Whallon, Toney). Time, 1:87

Thom Defeats ¢ Rene LaBelle

The main event bout of the weekly mat show staged at the armory last night before approxie mately 2800 grappling fans devele oped into one of the “hottest” tussles seen here in recent months

National League Free-for-All in Making

THE Dodgers and Cardinals, pre-season National league favorites, are running one-two, according to form but they are making no runaway. ... The Cubs, next to last, downed the third-place Reds in both ends of a double-header last Sunday. . . . The Cubs and Reds have each defeated St. Louis three times and Boston tied its four-game series with Brooklyn. Pittsburgh beat Chicago five times but Cincinnati stopped the Pirates four times. . . . Early indications point to an old-fashioned National league free-for-all. . .. Even the Phillies have won seven while losing eight and have turned over last place to the crestfallen

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JOE GORDON of the Yankees is having a miserable spring at the plate. . . . He's made only one hit in his last 19 times at bat. . Mel ott, Babe Barna and Ernie Lombardi of the Giants also

sre having & tough time getting started.

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Jones, whom not a few old-tim-ers considered the greatest of all strategists, got there with the

Two Veterans

Lost to Irish U. B. Swimmers

Skate Crown

DETROIT, May 12 (U. P)— Frarfk Wander, St. Louis, replaced Tony Mirrelli, another St. Louis entry, as the nation’s roller skating speed king today after piling up 110 points in senior men’s competition at the sixth annual rink operators’ tournament at Arena Gardens. Wander won thé two-mile and 840-yard events, came in second to Mirrelli in the five-mile and placed second and third in the 880 and one-mile events to defeat the former champion by 30 points. Russell Brown, Chicago, was third with 50 points. Jeanette Killoren, St. Louis, annexed the senior’s women title with 80 points to 60 for Anita Newquist of Chicago. Thirty points behind in third place was Florence Migac, Cleveland. Other new champions included Vernon Van Zont, Dayton, O., intermediate boys; Louise Moore, Detroit, intermediate girls; Howard Saunders, Cleveland, junior boys; Dorothy Mae Law, Detroit, junior girls; Sam Zaite and Ray Martinez, both Cleveland (tie) juvenile “A” boys; John Gallagher, Cleveland, juvenile 8” boys; Janet Freeze, Cincinnati, juvenile “A” girls; and Joan Gamble, Cincinnati, junior “B” girls.

Mack Names

Son Successor

PHILADELPHIA, May 12 (U, P). —A statement by Connie Mack, venerable manager of the Philadelphia Athletics, that he would name his son, Earle, as his successor, was not interpreted today as an indication that Mack was looking forward to retiring. Roy Mack, another son and vice president of the club, said there was not the “slightest chance” that his father intended to retire. “Father said he would name my brother Earle his successor when he retired,” Roy said, “but that doesn’t mean he is thinking of retiring—father’s been saying that ever since I can remember.”

Killefer Signed

PHILADELPHIA, May 12 (U. P). —Bill Killefer, one-time battery mate of Grover Cleveland Alexander, has been signed as chief scout Philadelphia

Gridiron plans at Cathedral high school next fall have been handed a severe jolt by loss of two veterans backfield men to the navy. They are Joseph Shea, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Shea, 1002

S. West st, and Charles Grothe, - son of Mrs. D. Grothe, 2145 Leland ave. Both of the pigskin performers, who already have reported at the Great Lakes naval training station, were in their junior year at Cathedral.

triple and Corriggio’s single. in the eighth the Indians tied it up at 4-all on Morgan's triple to deep center and Hofferth’s long fly to right, Morgan scoring after the catch.

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Group Meets At City Hall

The Indianapolis Amateur Baseball association will meet at the Bro city hall at 7:30 o'clock tonight.

Harry T. Herschberger's Fall Creek Athletics will play Richard

side No. 6 Sunday at 12:30 p. m. Players are asked to report at 11:30 a. m. The Athletics are willing to accept a game with R. C. A. nine at 3 p. m, following their tiff with the Warren Wentzler is requested to phone

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Southport Merchants desire a practice game at Garfield park to-

Kauffman at Garfield 3171.

park tomorrow at 5 p. m.

The R. ©. A. team of the Big Six loop desires a game for Sunday at 2:30 p. m. Write J. Wentezler, 602 S. Pennsylvania st., Apt. 43.

The practice session planned this afternoon for the Eagles 211 club has been called off. The Eagles will oppose the Allison Red Wings in a Municipal league tiff at Rhodius park Sunday.

The Gold Medal Beers will practice Thursday evening at Rhodius park. The workout is scheduled for 5:30 p. m.

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Jones learned his baseball under Ned Hanlon when the Brooklyn and Baltimore clubs were merged in 1899. Hadlon’s Orioles had revolutionized the game, and, while he had to give way to Jimmy Sheckard, who was flanked by Joe Kelley and Wee Willie Keeler in Flatbush, Jones obtained a grand idea of what baseball was all about. His education was completed under Clark Griffith in Chicago. He was on three successive pennant winners,

least power because he knew how to handle pitchers and figured every batter. » 2 »

Cool in Tight Spots

“He was a fiery competitor and imparted his tremendous enthusiasm to his men,” says Connie Mack. type, but as cool as a lime rickey

in a tight spot. “I recall Jones catching the fly

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NEW YORK, May 12 (U. P)— The convention of the National Association of State Racing Commissioners entered its concluding session today. The opening session yesterday was attended by 22 members represent ing 13 states and was presided over by President Beverly Broun, chairman of the West Virginia State Racing commission. Four committees were appointed to draw up recommendations for the conduct of racing in wartime. Several committees met last night and were {0 make their reports today. The association set aside for consideration an invitation to hold its winter meeting in Mexico City, home of the new $2,000,000 Hippo-

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GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

(All Games at Night) INDIANAPOLIS at Louisville, Columbus at Toledo. Bilwauges at Kansas City. inneapolis at St. Paul.

NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at Boston. cago at New York. Cincinnati at “Philadel elphia Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (twilight). AMERICAN LEAGUE

Philadelphia at Detroit. New Jork at Quicago. Boston at St. Louis Washington at Cleveland (night).

RESULTS YESTERDAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul Minneapolis 000 00 Speer and Andrews; Clarke and Blazo, —-—-——— Columbus at Toledo, postponed.

Milwaukee at Kansas City (pl ia y (play later

NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled.

AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled.

Hagg Leaves Sweden For Trip to U. S.

STOCKHOLM, May 12 (U. P).— Gunder Hagg, Sweden's ace distance runner, was en route to the United States today for a series of long-awaited races with America’s ranking cinder stars. Hagg left Gothenburg late yesterday aboard the S. S. Saturnus, a 15,000-ton tanker which has been guaranteed safe conduct. The vessel is scheduled to arrive at Galveston, Tex., about June 9,

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tween the Old Roman and Ban Johnson. In five years as manager of the Pale Hose, Jones won a world championship, was barely beaten on two other occasions, once when the club ran third, and finished third the other two times. ” ” -

Refused Interest in Club

Refused an interest in the club, Jones retired following the exciting campaign of '08 to look after timber interests in the Pacific northwest. The Federal league brought him back in ’'15, and he managed the Browns for a couple of years, but chucked it in 18. Meanwhile, Charles A. Comiskey underwent a series of experiments in managers until Pants Rowland guided the White Sox to a flag in '17. And the Black Sox scandal would not have given baseball its biggest black eye had Jones remained at the helm of the club he made famous. Fielder Jones would have been hep to blokes like that, and doue something about it.

NEXT: Dan Brouthers,

Capture Meet

First U. B. teams won both divisions of the Marion County Church Athletic association's annual swimming meet at the Y. M.

C. A. pool last night under the de rection of J. Sewell, Ronald Sample, Dick Anderson and Otis Gulley led the Juniors to a 38-t0-2 victory over the Broadway Baptist squad, which was the only other scorer in thdt division. Anderson and Ray Hill then helped the First U. B. seniors amass 46 points to 12 by Broadway Baptist, led by John Alridge.

Ohio Man Gets Y. M. C. A. Post

NEW YORK, May 12 (U. P.).—Harold T. Friermood, physical education director of the Dayton, O,, Y. M. C. A, assumed his new post on the staff of the Y. M. C. A. na» tional council today. Friermood will direct the Y. M. C. A's wartime physical fitness program, embracing health education, swimming and water safety activi

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as Coach Billy Thom, Indiana unie versity wrestling coach, toppled Rene LaBelle, of Toronto, Can., to hand the speedy French-Canadian his first set-back in Indianapolis. The two matmen kept the crowd

‘lin a constant uproar as Thom

bagged the first fall after 38 mine

utes with his own “grapevine” hold, only to have LaBelle square the count by taking the second in 11 minutes with a back drop. Thom was not to be denied, however, and fell on his rival to end the match after the latter had missed an ate tempted dropkick. _ Farmer Jones added another vice tim to his list in the semi-windup by over-powering Morris Shapiro, of New York, in 20 minutes with a “mule kick.” All four prin) cipals are junior heavies. Heavyweights collided in the opening clash when Albert Mills, 242-pound Canadian from Montreal, took the measure of Ronnie Etchie son, of St. Joseph, Mo. after 168 minutes with a back breaker. The card was presented by Mafchm Lloyd Carter's Hercules A

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