Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 May 1943 — Page 23

THURSDAY, MAY 13,

Ott Calls on Veterans to Boost Giants Plan Softball Opening

Count Fleet Trains for Two Stakes

NEW YORK, May 13 (U. P).— Count Fleet started training today for racing's next two turf features ~the Withers and Belmont stakes —in hopes of becoming the second horse in history to win the “Big Four” title. The feat of winning the Ken-

tucky Derby, the Preakness stake 1943 appearance today and on their

and the forthcoming Belmont clas-| sics, was acomplished only once! before—in 1919 by Sir Barton. The Count will make his next] start in the $15000-added Withers] stakes at Belmont May 22 and then follow up with the Belmont stakes on June 5.

Victory in these events also will}

make him the sixth horse to turn in a twin-triumph in the Belmont classics. The others are Sir Barton, Gallant Fox, Omaha, War Admiral and Whirlaway.

Slide Rule Wins By Six Lengths.

NEW YORK, May 13 (U. P).—W. E. Boeing's Slide Rule, the favorite, romped to a six-length victory in

the Swift stakes, sixth and feature | 2\\N

race at Belmont Park yesterday. Slide Rule, who earned $5675 by virtue of his triumph, came from the third slot in the stretch to whip Bousset, while Bankrupt finished third, a length ahead of Jack S Lu. A crowd of 9719 watched Unchallenged, with Georgie Woolf up, set the early pace until Slide Rule, piloted by Conn McCreary, made his successful challenge in the stretch. The winner paid $8.10, $3.90,” $2.90; Bousset, $4.30, 3.20, and Bankrupt, $9.10. Slide Rule was timed 1:24 4-5 for the distance of seven-eighths of & mile.

$2000 Quota Set

For Junior Nines

Plans for providing equipment for Indianapolis junior baseball teams were announced today by officials of Junior Baseball, Inc. A quota of $2000 has been set for the progam. Part of the money will be contributed by the Indianapolis Indians and the remainder will be raised by selling memberhips to aduits. Contributions may be addressed to Junior Baseball, Inc, in care of the city recreation department or to the Y. M. C. A. Membership certificates may be obtained from reprepresentatives of C. Y. O, police PAL clubs and team sponsors.

4584 Pheasants Are Released

Harrell F. Mosbaugh, director of the Indiana division of fish and game, announced today that 4584 pheasant were released in areas where concentrated hunting had depleted the stock last fall. Mostly male birds, these pheasants had been held at the Jasper-Pulaski and Wells county game farms during the winter as breeding stock. A majority of the pheasants were liberated in the northern part of the state where conditions are most favorable for these birds.

Blues Get Shelley

KANSAS CITY, Mo, May 13.—

the New York Giants’ hopes for moving out of the National league

| Weak hitting and even weaker | pitching have sunk the Giants into

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Carl Hubbell, Lombardi Form Battery Today

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, May 13.—A pair of veteran performers—Pitcher Carl Hubbell and Catcher Ernie Lombardi—make their first full-time

| performance hinge a large part of ' cellar.

last place and Manager Mel Ott decided the most effective cure for both ailments would be to send Hubbell to the hill and Lombardi behind the plate for their first ai nine-inning chore of the year. Hubbell doesn’t figure to carry too big a portion of the Giants’ burden but he checked in with 11 triumphs last : Season and his : role as anchor . man is particuJoe Rubel larly important to the morale of a staff which currently has a penchant for walking batters. It’s strictly an all-or-nothing shot on the part of Ott because the 225-pound Lombardi in the role of pinch-hitter has harvested a batting average of .000 for his efforts. His arm, too, is untested, but if he can adjust his batting eye, a few bad throws with runners on base would be overlooked. If he and Hubbell can combine against the Chicago Cubs for a victory, the decision might lift the Giants out of their doldrums. Competition in the National league yesterday was confined to hotel lobbies as the weatherman wiped out Chicago at New York, St. Louis at Boston, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn and Cincinnati at Philadelphia.

Sex Pull Surprise .

Chicago's White Sox pulled the Surprise of the day in the American league, pulled down the highfiying New York Yankees, 2-1, in 10 innings, and the perfect record of Speedballer Ernie Bonham who had hoped to rack-up his fourth straight victory. Rookie Snuffy Stirnweiss staged the best fake of the year by darting toward second to hold Thurman Tucker on the bag at the éxact moment Joe Kuhel slipped the gamewinning single through the hole left vacant by the Yankee shortstop. Johnny Humphries gave up only six hits to the Yankees while Bo allowed nine, New Harris cut loose with a storybook single in the 15th with two out and two on to push the Detroit Tigers home in front of the Philadelphia Athletics, 3-2.

Wolff Goes Route

Roger Wolff went the entire distance for the A's and built up his own letdown by issuing his first walk, a pass to Paul Richards in the 15th. Don Ross came through with a pinch-single, Wolff balked

both runners along and Harris hoisted a Texas league single over second for the ball game,

Wolff allowed 13 hits as Virgil

Trucks replaced Tommy Bridges in the ninth to gain credit for the De-

troit decision, his fourth. St. Louis handed the Boston Red

Sox a three-run handicap in the

first inning and then surged from

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Allison Patrol Service and Softball stadium officials are pictured above as plans for the local softball season were completed recently, with opening night at the English ave. and LaSalle st. ball yard scheduled for next Sunday, May 16. The Allison patrol aggregation, which captured the city and county titles last year and was runnerup to Ft. Wayne Zollner Pistons for state championship honors, will be featured in all Sunday ex-

hibitions at the East side park this. summer. Shown signing contracts for both organizations are Robert D. Fink (left), president of Softball Stadium, Inc.; Wayne O. Ross, business manager, Allison Patrol Service, and R. C. Anderson, treasurer, Softball stadium.

Opponent for the Patrol team opening night has not been selected. Another game will be added to offer a bargain attraction for the 1943 lid-lifter.

Nine Sandlot Games on Tap

Sunday in I. A.

B. A. Leagues

Hoping for a break in the weather, 18 Indianapolis amateur baseball teayns readied themselves today for a nine-game program Sunday on

local diamonds.

Four games will be played in the Manufacturers’ league, and three

each in the Municipal and Big Six

loops.

Two games in the Manufacturers’ league have drawn the attention

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BOWLING

A mixed doubles league will be formed at the Pennsylvania alleys tomorrow night at 8 o'clock. For information call CH-T7061.

Amy McDaniel was re-elected president of the Ernest Johnson Coal Co. Women's league at its meeting at the Fox-Hunt alleys last night. Other officers chosen for the 1943-1944 season were Nell Schmidt,

of sandiot fans. P. R. Mallory and Allison’s, both with ‘unblemished records, clash at Rhodius No. 1 while Stewart Warner (1-0) and E. C Atkins (1-1) meet at Ellenberger. Allison won its initial contest of the 1943 season and Sunday's game will be the first for the Mallory nine. The complete schedule of games for Sunday follows: MANUFACTURERS'. league —P. R. Mallory vs. Allison (Rhodius No. 1): Curtiss-Wright vs. Lukas-Harold (Riverside No. 4); Kingan’s vs. U. 8. Rubber (Riverside No. 5), and Stewart Warner vs. E. C. Atkins (Ellenberger). MUNICIPAL league—Pure Oil vs. Ft. Harrison (Riverside No. 1); Allison Red Wings vs. Bagles (Rhodius

No. 2). and DeWolf News vs. Gold ™M

Medal Beer (Riverside No. 3). BIG SIX league—Edgewood Merchants vs. Armour (Garfield No. 3), and Southport Merchants vs. 40 & 8 (Riverside No. 4). R. C. A. drew a bye for Sunday.

At a meeting of the Indianapolis

{ace held the Ball State nine to

Miller Pitches Bulldog Team To 4-1 Victory

The Butler university Bull Dogs handed the Ball State diamond aggregation a 4-to-1 spanking yesterday afternoon at the Fairview field. Harold Miller, winner of two pre-

vious games, hung up his third win of the year. The Butler mound

four hits. Miller, who faces army induction on May 22, whiffed 15 Cardinals. Butler opened the game scoring in the second frame when Bob Rehl smashed out a circuit blow. The other three markers came in the eighth inning on two-base blows by Joe Guennel and Don Murray, a triple by Claren Neuenschwander and a one-base knock by Jim Mitchell. Score: Ball State

Butler 0 000 Waddell and ore} Miller and Hunckler,

Boilermakers

DAMAGED SHIPS | SAVED FOR NAVY

Captain’ Wallin Directs Salvage Projects; Wears DSC.

By WILLIAM F. TYREE United Press Staff Correspondent AN ADVANCED SOUTH PACIFIC NAVAL BASE, April 14 (Delayed).— | Many American warships and cargo, vessels that were sunk in 17 months of naval warfare in the Pacific are, being salvaged and reclaimed, it' was disclosed today. | These are in addition to the Pacific fleet units already recovered at Pearl Harbor.

Capt. Homer N. Wallin, of Wash- ||

burn, N. D., maintenance officer, South Pacific force, and his assistant, Capt. Ray T. Cowdrey, of Oregon, Wis, have directed the! operations. Wears DSC

“Everything we've tackled has been saved,’ Capt. Wallin said. He wears the distinguished service medal for his salvage work at Pearl Harbor. “And you must remember,” he added, “that whatever can be done in the way of salvage is pure velvet, or, in other words, one more ship to |

Swamp St. Joe

COLLEGEVILLE, Ind, May 13 (U. P.).—Scoring bursts in the first and second innings carried Purdue university to a 14-7 win over the St. Joseph's college baseball team here yesterday. Purdue scored four runs in the first inning when St. Joseph's left fielder Paul Reichart missed connection on a shoestring catch and the hit went for a home run with the bases full The Boilermakers] added four more runs in the second frame. St. Joseph's made 11 hits, but never seriously threatened Purdue. Third Baseman Gil Hedges hit a homer and triple for St. Joe, while Jack Irmscher and Pitcher Jack) Kennedy poled homers for Purdue.

Score: Purdue 442 002 011-14 15 4&4 St. Joseph's 108 001 002— 7 11 6 Timm, Misselhorn, Kennedy and ClaseJoss, Hesse; Sandrick, Kubjuda and Bernha

Big Green Edges Anderson, 2:1

“Woody” Litz came home on Charles Maas’ bunt in the ninth inning to give Tech high school's diamond team a 2 to 1 victory of the Anderson high school Indians at the East side field yesterday. The game was a North Central conference contest. |

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LaMotta Hangs K. O.

On Tony Ferrara CINCINNATI, May 13.—Jake La-|

Motta, New York middleweight title contender, made quick work of his

Amateur Baseball association last|scheduled 10-round bout with Tony

night, it was decided to spend the! time of next Wednesday's regular,

meeting on a complete discussion sixth heat. of which teams will compete in the | Ferrara was flattened four times Amateur day program at Victory, in the sixth before the referee called a halt

field July 25.

Manpower Problems Subject Of Two-Day Big Ten Meeting

By TOMMY DEVINE United Press Staff Correspondent May 13.—Big Ten athletic directors and faculty representatives attempt anew to meet puzzling war-time manpower

vice president; Francis Snyder, sec-|* yo problems for intercollegiate sports when they open a two-day session

EVANSTON, Il,

Ferrara of Brooklyn here last night, | winning by technical k. o. in the

{could have gone through.”

carry on the war effort.” Their job is essentially to keep the ships of the fleet in operation, sometimes under constant threat ‘of attack.

Cargo Ship Reclaimed

“Our biggest success,” Wallin said, “was with the navy cargo ship Alchiba. She was at Guadalcanal when she was struck by a torpedo

forward. Her cargo of rations,|| ammunition and gasoline caught pes

{fire and burned fiercely for a full day and then smouldered another two days. “Her captain, James S. Freeman, | who won the navy cross, beached! the Alchiba in the sand. There | were Jap submarines lurking about {at that time. One of them hit the Alchiba a second time, Crew mem-| bers saw the sub break surface after the attack. Three days later we made up a, salvage schedule, but were consider | ably surprised when the navy de-| partment that morning announced the loss of the Alchiba. The boys on the ship were disturbed because of the worry to their families.

Was Big Dividend

“But, with the help of a salvage tug, we got her afloat in 12 days and towed her to protected waters for further salvage. She later was taken to another advanced port where new bulkheads were built, machinery mounted and fuel and power restored. She was a 100 per cent dividend.” Wallin told ofea liberty ship which ‘had a torpedo hole through her so large “that a motor torpedo boat He said she now is serving as a floating storehouse at a base. Wallin said several salvage jobs have been done on warships dam|aged in the battles off Savo islands. One, the light cruiser Boise, was reclaimed after severe damage to her superstructure and a large shell hit nine feet below her waterline.

FRANKLIN SLAYER FACES LIFE TERM

FRANKLIN, Ind; May 13 (U.P). —William B. Dickinson, 43-year-old Franklin poolroom employee convicted of the second-degree murder of his estranged wife, will be taken to Michigan City State Prison immediately after he is sentenced Thursday morning, Sheriff Russell Cochran said today. Conviction of that crime carries a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment, and Johnson Circuit Court Judge Grant Rogers announced yesterday that he will im-

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Hubert Shelley. outfielder, up from Knoxville in the Southern association, is a new member of the)

pose sentence at 9 a. m. Thursday. Dickinson was found guilty by g Johnson circuit jury of fatally

tomorrow. The Big Ten, the nation’s most powerful collegiate circuit, optimistically thought many of its pressing talent problems had been solved

Kansas City Blues. He was ob-| tained in a trade for Kansas City] Outfielder Garrett McBryde. Shel-| ley, a righthanded hitter, batted .303| last year.

Closes Season

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. —Illindis is! scheduled to close its Big Ten baseball season against Purdue on the! Illinois field tomorrow and Satur-| day.

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|the Senators to six hits for his [second victory and piloted the Tribe

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| Washington s opening pitcher, Early Wynn, allowed six hits and three runs in three innings. Ray Scar‘borough and Milt Haefper finished ‘the Senators’ mound duties as the

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A five-man spring league, which will roll at the Speedway alleys on Friday nights, will be organized at a meeting tomorrow night,

The enlisted men's team from Billings General hospital defeated the officer's quintet, 2572 to 2560, in a match at the Uptown alleys last night. Capt. Gay Thrun was the high scorer with 608. Pvt. George Hampton, led the winners with 542.

Last night's leading bowlers wets! Pete Gallagher, Spring LADIES Betty Legge, Women's Summer

Park to Clash With Culver M. A.

The Park School baseball team will play host to the Culver Military academy nine tomorrow in the main attraction of the annual Park School Field day. The local nine has played only two tilts thus far this year, winning both. Smiley Chambers, winner of two games, will be on the mound for Park School and either Dave Palmer or Hank Bennett will catch. - The game is scheduled B get underway at 2 p. m.

. Ortiz, Robleto Sign

LONG BEACH, Cal, May 13—

15-round bantamweight championship bout on the night of May 26.

can, last night signed to defend his 118-pound crown against Joe Robleto, Pasadena, Cal, fiyweight. | Challenger Robleto agreed to make the bantam limit of 118 pounds. Ortiz has been world’s

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last February by action which opened the way for varsity competition by freshmen and servicemen enrolled at member schools. Developments since have indicated those two fountains/can’'t be tapped very heavily, however. While there's no danger of a collapse of the conference's big-time athletic program, particularly in football, officials are agreed that it will be far more difficult to field teams in 1943 than was the case last season. The heavy inroads of military calls on collegians have been 899 felt more sharply in the last three months than at any time since the United Statés entered world war II. Unmistakeable proof Of this was furnished by the meager squads out for spring football practice and the constant changes in the rosters of track, tennis and baseball teams,

Admit Situation Difficult

Although admitting the situation is a difficult one, Maj. John Griffith, commissioner of the Big Ten, says the conference is committed positively for continuance of its program. “There are no ‘ifs’ or other qualifying conditions,” he said. “We're going ahead. I'm confident thet the size of our football squads will be larger than back when the sport was started at our schools. They surmounted obstacles and we'll do it now.” In an effort to determine the number of army and navy trainees likely to be stationed at each school next fall, Grifith has made a sur vey, but admits no clear-cut answer to the availability of these men for intercollegiate competition is possible yet. “We know the navy wants the men 3 Diaces. dn he various schools to

compete in athletics if possible,” he said. “There have been conflicting statements about the army's stand on the matter. We feel sincerely and deeply that sports participation helps condition a man for combat duty and hope to get that point across to the authorities in charg.”