Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 May 1943 — Page 14

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One-half mile by vodeonintist by boat.

SPEEDWAY OLF COURSE

The golfers

who chase the little white ball around the fairways at the Speedway golf course were thinking about bringing out their swimming suits as flood waters completely submerged their playground.

SPORTS...

By E

ddie Ash

SOMETHING brand new in baseball battles this spring—a pitcher, a catcher and an infielder tossed into a three-way tussle to see who's tops. . .. The contestants —Charles (Red) Barrett, Boston Braves’ new mound ace, Ray Mueller, Cincinnati backstop, and Ed Stanky, second

sacker of the Chicago Cubs.

Bill Brandt, director of the National league Service bureau, points out that these pastimers last year were named “most valuable” in Class AA baseball and that this year, having Been promoted to the majors, they will furnish an interesting “battle of the three Double-

A leagues against each other.”

Barrett of the Braves was a Syracuse Chief last year, the first member of the Chieftains ever named to the International league

top honor In nine years of Syracuse history. . . .

Red was the only

20-game winner of the Shaughnessy loop, topped it in complete

games and innings pitched. .

. He is a former Indianapolis pitcher.

Mueller caught 164 games “for Sacramento (about two years work

for the average catcher), batted in as “most va'rab'e”

the Helms

102 runs. . Besides his prize

of the Pacific Coast league he also was named Athletic Foundation player-of-the-year and garnered a

gold watch from the home fans as Sacramento's most popular player. The infielder in there struggling for the American association,

Ed Stanky,

was Milwaukee's powerhouse at the plate and the key-

stone, batting champion of the Trautman circuit, led the A. A. in

runs scored and in two-baggers. ... carry Ed on to greater glory with the Cubs. . . .

Muetler, both of whom have had tanky is strictly an up-and-comer.

Logan on Victory Field Flood

Momentum of last year may Unlike Barrett and previous major league service,

Alert

TOM LOGAN, Victory field superintendent of grounds, today was

humming the oid refrain, “River

Stay Away From My Door”.

« . . Rampaging White river was licking at the river road just below

the ball park entrance.

That area has had high water scares before since the new park was built but the river swell never hurdied the road although it was

mighty close on two occasions. . . .

This time the flood threat looms

greater and Logan is keeping a close watch.

, IN THE first sackers’ league:

= = = Phil Weintraub, Toledo: Earl

Browne. Louisville, and Eddie Morgan, Indianapolis, are former Co-

Ilumbus initial bag guardians. . ..

And Jack Sturdy, current Colum-

bus first baseman, played the position with the Red Birds in 1940. . . This is Sturdy’s second hitch with Columbus after spending a couple of seasons in the Pacific Coast league.

Hockey Player Bolsters Miller

Attack

BOB DILL, the American Hockey league player, is doing ail

right as a ball player. . . . Playing

in the outfield for the Millers,

he poked out three hits, drew twe walks and scored two runs in the

first game at Columbus Sunday.

. And in the second game he

doubled and walked in four trips in ‘addition to scoring a run and

driving in another. .

. He swings lefthanded.

THE LAST no-hit game of nine innings or more in the American

association was he by Americo Paul Sept. 7, 1935. .

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AMERICAN LEAGUE All games postponed.

Major Leaders

FIVE LEADING BATTERS

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¢/ until late in the third round, when

s/ the fourth round opened,

s intervened.

Only a short wip by boat to the 19th hole.

The above shows the flood waters that have cov-

ered the 18th hole and surrounding fairways at the Speedway golf course. Golfers were contemplating a driving contest from the tree limbs. This is the second time flood waters have taken over the

West side links this season.

at the World Champion Cardinals,

Brewers Play

Here Tonight

Charlie Grimm, the jumping jack in the coaching box and a banjo player of note, leads his Milwaukee Brewers into Victory field tonight— “weather permitting”—for the first of a four-game series with the Indianapolis Tribesters. Grimm assembled an array of sluggers for his 1943 team and prior to the start of the campaign boldly predicted a pennant for Milwaukee.

Al Schiensker, Tribe secretary, announced this morning the scheduled game between the Indians and Milwaukee for tonight had been called off due to wet

grounds.

He is banking on base hits, including plenty of long ones, to swing the tide to the Brewers over the long haul. The Brewers were goose-egged by the Colonels in Louisville last night although they collected six hits to four by the home team. In other games this season the Suds City gang cleaned up in the hitting department but the Milwaukee pitching bogged down and the club has won eight and lost seven. Made Saints ‘Suffer’ St. Paul felt the fury of the Brewers’ power at its peak. In a game at St. Paul, Milwaukee won, 24 to 3, and in a game at Milwaukee the Brewers won, 20 to 0. But a team must have good pitching as well as good hitting to go places in the American asosciation and the Indians think they are balanced well enough to take good care of the Brewers the next four nights providing the high water stays out of the ball park. Only one game was played in the A. A yesterday and the Indians still are in the top spot a half-game ghead of Columbus. When the Tribe's finale with the Kansas City Blues was rained out last night it marked the eighth postponement for the Bushmen, five on the road,

Buckeye Fighter |. Knocks Out Brown

CHICAGO, May 18 (U. P). — Buddy Walker, Columbus, O., heavyweight, ended Clarence Brown's string of four straight knockout victories last night by scoring a tech-

fighter in the fourth round of a Referee Tommy Gilmore awarded the fight to Walker when Brown appeared unable to continue after one The fighters had battled evenly

Walker staggered Brown with a roundhouse right at the bell. As Walker

floored the Chicago boy for a count of nine with another right. Brown stumbled to his feet, but Gilmore

Izaak Walton to Meet Wednesday

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Durocher’s Doddering Dandies Put Skids Under the Cards: Ray Starr ‘Slowballs’ Giants

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, May 18.—The big noise from St. Louis was just a whisper in Brookiyn today as the Bums looked down their ancient noses

now reposing in third place in the

National league, and prepared to do battle for the second straight day in defense of their three-and-a-half game lead. Durocher’s doddering dandies played like nine frisky kids yesterday

in putting the skids under the Cardinals by a 1-0 count that dropped them a half-game below the secondplace Boston Braves. Rube Melton scattered five hits among the Red Birds in winning his first game as a Dodger and extended his heroics to the plate by driving in the game's only run. Howie Pollet, Cardinal southpaw, faced a long line of right-handed hitters tailored specially for the occasion by Durocher and gave up seven hits in losing his first game. The Cincinnati Reds came out best in the percentage point scramble down around the bottom of the first division by giving the New York Giants the 3-1 treatment.

Phillies in Fifth

When the statisticians had cleared their figures away, the Reds had moved from sixth to fourth, Philadelphia’s Phillies were two points away in fifth place—after spending the previous day in seventh—and the Pittsburgh Pirates were in sixth place, two points south of Philadelphia. Ray Starr, Cincinnati right-hand-er, kept pulling the string on the Giants with a maddening slow ball, which they bounced around for eight ineffectual hits. Starr, moreover, singled two runs home in the second with the bags loaded and was followed to the plate by Lonnie Frey, who punched home the Reds’ final marker. Harry Feldman, Ace Adams and Bobby Coombs gave up a total of nine hits, which might have been a trifie more respectable if the Giants hadn't let 13 runners die on base.

Allow 12 Blows The Philadelphia Phillies spotted the Chicago Cubs three runs in the first inning and then came back in the last half of the same inning with a five-run outburst that sent Claude Passeau and Eddie Hanygewski fleeing. Les Fleming, Dick Barrett and Ray Prim also appeared for Chicago and allowed a total of 12 hits in company with their predeCessors. Johnny Podgajny gave up eight hits over the full nine innings for the Phillies and Danny Litwhiler, Philadelphia outfielder, hit his fourth homer of the season in the second inning. Pittsburgh and Boston were idle in the National league. All scheduled games in the American league were postponed.

YESTERDAY'S STAR—Rube Meln, Brooklyn pitcher, who gave the an important edge in their series with the Cardinals with a superb five-hit performance.

Fairmount Signs Stroup as Coach

KITCHEL, Ind, May 18 (U. P). —Keith Stroup, coach of the Kitchel basketball team, has accepted a position as athletic director and basketball and track coach at Fairmount high school near Marion, it was announced today.

Gable’s Leader Killed in Action SAN JOSE, Cal, May 18 (U. P). —Maj. Keith C. Birlem, 27, former “little all-America” football star who commanded the flight squad-

Capt. Clark Gable has been killed

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Roaring water has taken the place of roaring racers at the home of the 500-mile race. The above scene shows the parking lot back of the grandstand in the southwest area of the famous racing oval, The race pilots were thinking about a motor boat race as replacement for the annual Memorial day classic. With the rubber shortage a motor boat race would be in order.

St. Louis ‘Noise’ Just a Whisper in Brooklyn

Gary Thinlies

Complete List Of Champions

GARY, Ind, May 18 (U. P.. The list of sectional high school track champions was complete to day with the addition of Gary Roosevelt, which won the Gary sectional yesterday in a meet run off under miserable weather conditions. Officials had postponed the contest from Saturday because of inclement weather, but fared no better yesterday. Mud was ankle deep and a cold wind swept the field. The result was the most wideopen meet in Gary history, with qualifications for state competition so evenly divided that no entrant from Gary appeared to have any chance of winning the state crown. Roosevelt scored 27 points, and qualified four men and a half-mile relay team. Second-place Gary Emerson tallied 25 points and qualified three men and a mile relay team. Other finishers, their points and men qualified: Valparaiso, 23 3/5 points and three men; Hobart, 20 and three; Gary Horace Mann 10 4/5 and one; Gary Froebel 10 and one; Chesterton, 84/5 and one; Gary Wirt 5 and one; Gary Lew Wallace 34/5 and two men.

Bud Maxwell, McCredy Sign

Sgt. Jimmy McCredy, stationed at the Butler air corps training school, and Buddy Maxwell, Indianapolis lightweight, have been signed to battle in a six-round supporting bout on the professional boxing card to be staged at the armory Friday night by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter’s Hercules Athletic club. A third battle between heavyweight Johnny Denson, of Indianapolis, and Bob Garner, of Louisville, Ky. will top the program. The tilt is billed for 10 rounds. Denson has the edge on past performances, having pounded out a recent 10round decision after the pair had drawn in an earlier eight-round mill, Other bouts already signed will pit Sgt. Bill Jennings, Ft. Knox, Ky., against Casey Green, local welterweight, and Al Sheridan, Indianapolis, and Gene Simmons, another local light-heavyweight, with both clashes slated for six rounds. A fourround opening scrap is to be added to fill a bill calling for five events and 32 rounds of battling.

Installing Mutuel Machines May Draw Larger Crowds To Gunder’s Race, Says Joe

By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, May 18.—It is perhaps regrettable that Gunder Hagg, the sensational Swedish runner who is on his way to this ¢ountry to demonstrate the manner in which he picks ‘em up and lays 'em down,

is not a four-legged speedster.

Possibly, it might be of help, too, if he were related to Blenheim, Man O'War or Sir Gallahad III. Further, it might not be a handicap

if he were a product of the bluegrass country and had come up under the expert breeding care of a ; William Woodard, a John Hertz or W an Ed Bradley. You see there doesn't seem to be a great deal of interest in the human racers in war times. This was pretty strongly indicated X by the sparse recent intercolJoe Williams legiate track and field meet. There couldn't have been more than 3000 of the addicts present. Meanwhile, the fourfooted breed at Belmont drew some 28,000 despite transportation problems. It is quite possible the betting angle had something to do with the size of these two crowds. They do not have mfutue! machines at track and field events, plainly a tragic omission in these times when there is much loose money around and such a frenzy to get rid of it. As a harassed baseball executive commented the other day: “I could pack Yankee stadium with Prof. Einstein if they'd let me install mutuels.” We suppose it's against the law and is shockingly unethical and all that sort of tish tosh but it begins to appear that if the American invasion of Brother Hagg is to be a smashing success it will be necessary to run him at tracks equipped with mutuels.

Knew About Count

The more serious followers of the turf ardently debate blood lines and such and we are assured research into this subject is nothing short of fascinating. . . . It must be because the breeder-owner will talk to you about his various experiences in the field by the hour. The two-footed runner does not get to enjoy any of these distinctions or benefits. Practically everybody knows, for instance, that Count Fleet's daddy was a Derby winner. The way the story has

been detailed since it just seemed natural that Count Fleet would

Friddle to Coach Hoosier All-Stars in Cage Classic

According to announcement made here today by Lloyd Carter, local sports promoter, Burl Friddle, basketball coach at Toledo university and former mentor of two state high school championship teams, has accepted the invitation to coach the Indiana high school All-Stars in

their fifth annual tilt with the Kentucky All-Stars.

The game will be

played here on Friday night, June 11.

Ed Friddle, veteran coach at Western Kentucky State Teachers college, located at Bowling Green, Ky. has been made and accepted the Blue Grass state assignment. Friddle’s two Indiana high school champions were Washington and South Side of Ft. Wayne. Both coaches had college teams in the Madison Square Garden national invitational tournament this spring with Burl Frildle’s team reaching the finals, As in the past the All-Star teams will be drafted from June high school graduates, and it may be their last fling at the popular indoor sport since many will enter the armed force training camps shortly after school is over. In previous years the game has been held in late August. A preliminary survey of sports writers of the state recommended a total of 28 Indiana high school graduates of the June classes as of worthy consideration in the selection of the state's “Big 10”

John McPherson, Greenfield; Dick Moorman, Batesville; Bob Evans, Tech of Indianapolis; Dave Laflin, Lebanon; Bob Armstrong, Bob VanRyn and Charles Stanski, Central of Ft. Wayne; Gene Lewis, Greenfield; Leroy Pasco, Evansville; Sam Denny, Martinsville; Steve Mihalic, Gary; Harold Elliott, Plainfield; George Parker, Lapel; Dick Miller, Madison; Larry Reed, Clinton; Ralph Houser, Lebanon; Charles Fritsch, Batesville; Pete Negely, Central of Lawrence; Dave Ferris, Greenfield; John Brennan, Bedford; Virgil Risner, Warsaw; Dick Kink, Rochester; Bob Agan, Lebanon; Joe Pfeiffer, Marion; Ralph Holmes, Richmond, and Paul Hqffman, Jasper. It will be from the above list that the state's leading scribes will seluzt the official Indiana squad of 10, 11th and 12th positions to serve as alternates. Although they will be permitted to vote for more than one

to| player from the same school, only . | the highest from such in the general

poll, will gain a position—10 dif-

ferent schools will have ohne man on|

come along and repeat his daddy's success. But no one seems to feel that way about the two-footed runners. You never read of a Joie Ray breed or a Paavo Nurmi breed, yet they were the Sir Gallahads and Blenheims of their time. Maybe it would be difficult if it were the practice to bet on two-footed runners. Then it would be possible to total up their all time earnings and focus attention on their commercial potentialities. It certainly has not injured the reputation of Seabiscuit and Whirlaway to be identified with enormous winnings. On the contrary, it was or will make them much more desirable from the breeders’ point of view. Admittedly, there is nothing new in our suggestion that brother Hagg be permitted to serve as a betting medium. The only thing new about it is the suggestion that the “Swift Swede” and his competitors run at one of the established tracks where the betting apparatus already exists, and the addicts know their way around.

3 Bouts Are On Mat Card

“Wild Bill' Longson, heavyweight champion, appears in defense of his title in the armory wrestling ring tonight where he takes on Albert Mills, aggressive Montreal grappler. It is an all-heavyweight show of three bouts and is viewed as the best all-star program staged here in a long time. An added feature is the semiwindup appearance of “Jumping” Joe Savoldi, the former Notre Dame grid star, who is to clash with George (Powerhouse) Pavich. The opener is between Bad Boy Brown of Joplin, Mo., and Dorve Roche of Decatur, Ill. Both Mills and Longson are of the “villain” type and the fans are promised plenty of “give and take” action from the two huskies. Mills trounced Rudy Strongberg here last week, Longson, who is from Salt Lake City, is here for the first time in several months. Foliowing the policy established a week ago, tonight's opener between Brown and Roche will begin at 8:30, foJowed by the main event and then the semi-windup between Pavich and Savoldi.

Giants fo Use Rookie at First

NEW YORK, May 18 (U. P.).— Napoleon Reyes, young Cuban infielder for the Jersey City Giants of the International league, was scheduled to start at first base for the New York Giants today in place of Joe Orengo. Reyes was recalled from the New York farm club as a replacement for Orengo, whose performance this year, particularly at the plate, has been disappointing.

McCrackenls

Commissioned For Navy Duty

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 18

Lieut., (jg) Branch McCracken, head basketball coach at Indiana university, has been ordered to report for duty July 1 at the Naval Pre-Flight Training school at Chapel Hill, N. C. McCracken, who has coached Indiana cage squads since 1938, received his commission yesterday. McCracken, who was an alle time star at Indiana, returned as head basketball coach in 1938 after eight years as hardwood tutor at Ball State Teachers’ col lege, and his teams have never finished lower than second in the Big Ten basketball race. In 1940 his team won the National Cole legiate Athletic association chame pionship. Indiana teams under McCracken have compiled the best won and lost record of any Big Ten squad,

Vern Stephens Fractures Knee

ST. LOUIS, May 18 (U.P.) ~The St. Louis Browns faced the probe lem today of flelding an adequate replacement for Vern Stephens, sharp-hitting young shortstop, who will be out of action for at least six weeks because of a fractured Knee ‘cap. X-rays disclosed yesterday that Stephens had injured his knce sliding into second base in a game with the New York Yankees. Mark Christman, purchased from the Toe ledo club of the American associa« tion last winter, was expected to ges the starting call from Manager Luke Sewell.

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