Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 May 1943 — Page 7
Corvidan of Wiley, Hawk of North Side to Renew Rivalry
In Mile Classic
By DICK WYATT
When the 40th annual Indiana high school track and field show gets under way Saturday at Tech's athletic field, a goodly number of state
records stand a chance going by the Several outstanding cinder stars
geason and sectional records behind them. Probably five of the brightest Howe's fine dash man, Jack Corridan, Terre Haute Wiley's sensational miler; {Bob Aliff, Southport’s
lights are Ralph Toney,
Michigan Wins Big Ten Golf Championship |
CHICAGO. May 19 (U. P.).—The University of Michigan continued its bold on the Big Ten golf cham-
pionship today after winning the]
22d annual conference meet with a “team total of 1289 strokes. Individual honors went te Ben »#8mith of Michigan and Jim Teale ‘of Minnesota who both shot a 311]
over the 72-hole route for the first |
title tie in conference golfing his-| tory. Teale came from far back in the field to pick up six strokes on 8mith in the final round ‘yesterday. | In the morning 18 holes Smith | held a solid edge after carding a 74 | but faltered to shoot an 81 in the! afternoon, while Teale was hitting &n even stride with a 76 and a 75. Academic duties will prevent their! " “playing off the tie. Only three strokes separated | Michigan from second-place North- | western which carded 1292. Ohio State wag third with 1294, followed | by Minnesota, 1302; Illinois, 1311; Wisconsin, 1334, and Chicago, 1446. | It was Michigan's seventh conference golf title. Dick Peterson of Ohio State fin{shed behind Smith and Teale with| ‘314, followed by Northwestern's John Stoltz and Jim Stewart, who carded 317 and 319, respectively. Defending Champion Jim McCarthy | of Illinois finished ninth with 323. _ The champion Michigan team included Smith, Bob Fife, 321; Phil | Marecellus. Rockford, Ili. 325, and | Bill Ludolph, Aurora Ill, 332.
Jimmy Bivins
To Risk Title
CLEVELAND, May 19 (U. P).— Jimmy Bivins will risk his N. B. A. light heavyweight title against Lloyd Marshall in a 15-round bout at Cleveland stadium June 8. The fight between the two Cleveland Negroes became a “natural” aftgqr Marshall trounced Anton Chyistoforidis, who was barely beaten by Bivins in the final bout of an elimination tournament to determine the “duration” champion. Although the terms of the match were not disclosed, it was reported that Bivins would receive "35 and Marshall 25 per cent of the gate. Most recently, Bivins has been - campaigning on the west coast where he won two 10-round decisions over two fairly talented heavyweights, Pat Valentino and Watson Jones. Prior to beating Christo, Marshall} scored a T. K. O. over Egzzard| --Charles of Cincinnati. That was Lloyd’s first fight since his return from San Francisco, where he had been boxing for the last eight Years.
Try Again Today
The baseball game between But-|
ler and Purdue, scheduled yesterday at Lafayette was postponed because of inclement weather. The game will be played at Lafayette today.
Park On Road
The Park school baseball club will Rit the road to Culver for a diafhond engagement with the Culver Military academy Saturday.
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one-man track team; Bernard Skurka, Hammond Clark's sensational broadjumper, and Ashley Hawk, North Side, ace miler.
Shurka Leads Broad-Jumpers
Benard Skurka leaped 24 feet 3 | inches in the Hammond sectional, | to qualify for the state finals. In | 1943 Scott of Froebel (Gary) came down to the state meet to establish | the present state record of 23 feet! 3 and three-quarter inches. Skurka's| ; mark in the Hammond meet bet ters that mark more than one foot | and it is almost a sure bet that | Scott's ten-year-old record will be broken in the state derby.
Corridan, Hawk Clash
The mile run record of 4:26.3, set | by Deckard of Blcomington in| 1934 will be in danger when Terre Haute Wiley's Jack Corridan digs | his spikes in the Tech cinders, The | | Red Streak flash coasted to victory | in the Terre Haute sectional last week-end in 4:38.1. However, Cor- | | ridan is capable of doing the mile in| | faster time. In the city meet in| | the western Indiana city, Corridan | fanned the mile in 4:297, to es-| tablish a new all-time city record. | Hawk and Corridan clashed in {the mile at the state finals of a
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The Howe Haim, Ralph Toner, won the 100.yard and 220-yard dashes in the Washington sectional track and field meet last Friday. Toney, in winning the 100-yard dash, established a
ranks as a favorite to cop state
| year ago, with Hawk winning. However, Corridan is favored to turn
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than Hawks this season. Toney Dash Favorite
Ralph Toney, Howe's sensational dash man, is a favorite to win the 100 and 220 dashes. Toney's :10.1
Catchers,
Billy Southworth Is Happy
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK. May 19.—Manager Billy Southworth of the St. Louis
mark in the 100 and his 229 in Cardinals was a happy man today—happy though his club was berthed
the 220 at the Washington meet third. three games off the pace—for stamps him as an outstanding con- rarity, 2 plethora of catchers. tender for state titie honors. Those two marks are better than any 874 T turned in in the state sectionals. H~ “ou can’t figure the race Toney will have plenty of com- > ine league yet," he. sdid, petition In the 220. Charles Stroup | “For tae simple reasons that most of Anderson, who finished second to | (of the ciubs are just swinging into
[form now. Spring training was record breaking M. Gonzales of ’ Froebel (Gary) last year is back, anything but that and these first
. few weeks are more of a conditionand will push Toney to the limit. 3
[in spell than that re-season Stroup ran the 220 in the sectionals | Ea P
riod. in 231 as did Russell Miller of | “What really is bothering me is Lafayette Jefferson. Others
who what to do with my two catchers. stand an even chance of winning Ken O'Dea is hitting like the hamthe 220 crown are Jack Graham mers of hades and Walker Cooper of Petersburg, William Miller of has started to find the range with Broad Ripple and Ralph Stafford of |2 vengeance. But what can I do.
West Terre Haute. I can’t use em both and I can’t) leave eith : Alf Hurdle Star er one on the bench, par-
ticularly O'Dea.” Bob Aliff, Southport’s cinder star,
) 18 in 48 Trips qualified for both hurdle events. In the Washington sectional, Aliff skimmed the high sticks in :235 to ring up a new meet rece? and done the low hurdles in :"~ ~ The “one-man cyclone” from south of the city won his third sectional title in the shot put, heaving the iron ball 49 feet 4 inches. The shot put heave was the best made in the state, thereby establishing Aliff as the favorite to win the state title.
Packwood Defends Title
Herb Packwood, defending low hurdle champion of Salem, . and Whalen King of Princeton turned! in creditable showings in the sectionals and will furnish Aliff plenty of competition.
Pedlow Pole Vault Favorite
Don Pedlow of Tech ranks as a heavy favorite to win the state high jump crown. His leap of 6 feet 13%
O'Dea would normally take a back
seat to Cooper but ‘he has comblanking the Pirates, 4-0 as Johnny
plicated Southworth’s problem by leading both leagues in batting. In 13 games, the former Giant and Cub backstop has hammered out 18 hits in 48 trips for a batting mark of 391.
Cooper is hitting only .217 but his performance yesterday as the Cards beat the Dodgers, 7-1, is indicative of how fast he’s beginning to move. He collected a double and two singles in five trips to drive in two
runs while scoring another.
White Musial
Stan Musial and Ernie shared honors with Cooper.
In Khald
inches broke a 26-year-old Tech sectional record and that performance stamps him as a dangerous threat to the present state high school high jump record of 6 feet 4% inches, made by Williams of Muncie Central in 1935. Henry Cox of Danville and Carter Byfield of Indianapolis Wushington are two of the state's top ranking pole vaulters and, although they are not expected to best the 13 feet 6'xinch record hung up by Moore of Logansport in the 1942 derby, they will probably engage in a close batcle for state vaulting honors. Cox} vaulted 11 feet 6 inches in the Tech meet and Byfield cleared the bar at
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Thompson Wins; Crowd Jeers
LOS ANGELES, May 19 (U. P)). —Turkey Thompson, 202-pound Los Angeles Negro, last night won a unanimous but unpopular 10round decision over Clayton Worlds, 195, of Chicago. The verdict was greeted by jeers and boos from the spectators. Referee Abe Roth and two judges concurred in the decision. Thompson floored Worlds in the third for an eight count and the only knockdown of the fight. Despite World's height advantage, Thompson forced the bat The Chicago scrapper, jolted by his knockdown, kept out of range or resort-
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Southworth sat in the lobby of his hotel last night, mopped his brow -poohed any talk about Brooklyn running away with the race.
hammered out a triple and brace of singles, drove in two runs and scored two more as White unwrapped a three-hit pitching job for his third straight victory. The misery hit White in the shoulder in the seventh, however, and Harry Brecheen pitched hitless ball the rest of the way.
Wallop Whit Wyatt The Cards walloped Whit Wyatt for seven hits and five runs and sent him to the showers in ihe fifth. Johnny Allen allowed no hits {until the ninth when Les Webber
|gave up four safeties and two more
Card runs. The incredible Boston Braves chalked up their fifth in a row by
McCarthy and Charley Workman produced a pair of two-run homers in the fourth inning. Al Javery won his third mound victory by handing out only five hits. Rip Sewell lost but gave up only five hits in seven innings. Wally Hebert pitched hitless ball in the eighth. Manager Mel Ott's wild heave hoisted one Cincinnati run across the plate and Frank McCormick's single sent home the other in the
10th as the Reds tripped the Giants, |
3-1. Flmer Riddle spaced out five Giant hits over 72; innings and Joe Beggs finished up without a safety. Ace Adams, the Giants’ star relief hurler, lost his first game in 14 relief chores after replacing Bill Sayles in the eighth,
Phillies Shade Cubs
The Phillies, doing almost as many tricks at thé turnstiles as they have on the field, shaded the Cubs, 5-4, before the largest night game crowd in Philadelphia history, 20,820. The win, third straight for the Phillies, hoisted them into a fourth-place tie with the Reds. A three-run burst in the fifth with two out eclipsed a 3-2 Chicago advantage and sent the Phillies ahead to stay. Ron Northey fired the opening shot with a home run. Danny Litwhiler doubled and scored on a single by Jim Wasdell. Babe Dahlgren’s double drove Wasdell across. Veteran Si Johnson scattered 11 hits effectively enough to earn his third victory. The entire American schedule was postponed.
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YESTERDAY'S STAR — Babe Dahlgren, who dcubled home the winning run as the Phillies nicked the Cubs, 5-4.
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Calling Up in Advance to See Phillies Play
By JOE WILLIAMS Times Special Writer NEW YORK, May 19.—The city of brotherly love has a new affection today. It is the Phillies. Most of the other allurements of historic Philadelphia have been brushed aside in the mad rush of the citizenry . ib to pay homage to a National league entry that is able to win a ball game. There hasn't been anything like it since Betsy Ross took down her scissors and needles and fashioned the first flag. Well, this isn’t altogether accurate because back in 1815 there was a group of Phillies which actually won the N. L. flag. They didn't Joe Williams have the saliva test and there was no Landis around at the time, so the incident did not come in for close examination. People just nodded their heads knowingly and charitably turned to other matters of interest,
Hard as it is to believe, the addicts are really calling up days in advance and reserving seats to see the Phillies perform. These are not sadists or persons who feed on low comedy either; they are said to be persons who understand and appreciate the finer nuances of the sport.
There are authenticated records to show that the Phillies already this season have attracted a total of more than 50,000 paid for two ball games. This is not only unbelieveable but the club secretaries who made the tabulations still refuse to believe it,
As you know there has been a new deal in the operations of the Phillies, There is a new owner in the person of chubby Bill Cox, a New York businessman of miscellaneous
activities. Also, there is a new manager in the person of Bucky Harris. There is a tendency to credit the current resurgence of the Phillies to the presence of these two gents, along with the inevitable influence that is associated with a new broom, though a study of the box scores fails to reveal any spectacular performances by either Mr. Cox or Mr. Harris, to say nothing of the aforementioned new broom. Of course almost any change made in the Phillies had to be an improvement over the old operators whose admitted interest in team development was subordinate to immediate dollars in pocket. The club president had himself down for a‘fat salary and the specific objective was to keep the salary coming in. This explains why the Phillies never kept a ball player who was of value to another club nwner with an open checkbook. It would be on the dreamy side to assume Mr. Cox is utterly unselfish and indifferent to the soothing music of the turnstiles but his program does seem to call for building up rather than tearing down. It is certainly clear he is no stand-patter. No club owner has bounced around more trying to complete deals since the wartime season started. It seems safe to believe the Phillies will get better before they get worse. This doesn’t mean they are going to win any pennants or even take charge of a firstdivision berth because, me iocre as the rest of the league is, they still look very much like the Phillies in action. What's happening
is it doesn't take a real good club to win games in baseball this year. Most of the big guys are in uniform. Mediocrity goes further than it normally would. It isn't that the Phillies have come up so much as that their opposition has come back to them somewhat. All of this, of course, makes no never mind with the good citizens of Philadelphia these days. They are living in another world. For years all they had to celebrate in baseball was the annual birthday of the venerable Cornelius McGillicuddy, otherwise Connie Mack. It got so that was about the only time Philadelphia was ever mentioned by selfrespecting persons. Now things are different, and even the Philadelphia scrapple seems to have taken on a more succulent taste. We are told, incidentally, the scrapple crop is richer and more abundant than ever and couriers tell of thousands of the good citizens browsing ‘n the golden scrapple flelds and chatting happily of the Phillies." . . “Pretty soon they'll be yelling: ‘Break up the Phillies,” is the popular jest and it is accompanied by overtones of high mirth. Graybeards sit on the front porch these balmy evenings and tell the youngsters about the year Pat Moran and his Phillies won the pennant. “That’s right, they actually won the pennant,” the graybeards will repeat slowly and pointedly as unbelieving ears twitch. “So you think there's a chance ., .,?” the eager young will ask. “Of course,” the graybeards nod, “but you must remember there is no Pat Moran on this team of yours and there is no Grover Cleveland Alexander, but there is always a chance just the same.”
Hill Replaces ;
Johnny Denson
Jack Hill, Bloomington, Ill. puncher who has won 20 straight] professional © battles and three| straight in this city, will replace Johnny Denson, Indianapolis hea | vyweight, on Friday night's box- | | ing card to be staged at the Arm-| ory, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules A. C. has announced. |. Denson suffered a torn cartilage|i: in the thumb of his right hand) yesterday afternoon during a sparring session with Gene Sim-|’ mons at the Leeper A. C. Examined by Dr. Claude E. Hadden, state athletic commision physician, the tall Indianapolis belter was for- |. bidden to use the hand for two|: weeks by Hadden, who will submit|® a full report to Commissioner Sam | ; Murbarger. i Carter also announced that Arn- i old Deer will return to the local i fistic scene when the popular Indianapolis middleweight takes on Chuck DeRee, another local belter making his first pro start here. They will meet in the opening fourrounder.
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NEW YORK, May 19. ranking American track stars now | in the services will be invited to| Gunder Swedish skyrocket, in a nation-wide series of meets announced today by national A. A. U. officials. . Meets already have been planned Ning on deck and Angeles, Francisco, Boston, Cleveland and | have, in addition to Rice, such exSecretary Daniel
Actual dates have not yet been determined, Ferris said, but the tour was scheduled to start one week after the national A. A. U.| ! | championships at New York's Tri- | borough stadium, June 19 and 20. | Hagg, who startled the sports world : | last summer by breaking nine world i | distance marks, will make his first American start in the nationals.
Fly From Cuba
Ferris said Hagg would be flown to the Unitéd States from Havana, Cuba, where he is expected to arrive on the Swedish tanker Satur-
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Arrange Nation-Wide Track Meets for Sweden's Hagg
By OSCAR FRALEY Staff Correspondent
such outstanding runners as Leslie MacMitchell of N. Y. U, former — Top-| indoor mile king now in the navy, {and Frank Dixon, another N. Y. U, |ace now a private at Camp Lee, Va. “MacMitchell has expressed a desire to run against Hagg and I wouldn't be surprised to see him do it,” Ferris said. “Leslie has been on sea duty but he keeps in shape runtraining when In the longer distances we
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{cellent performers as Oliver Hunter of Notre Dame who would like to compete against this great Swedish star.”
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U. S. HELICOPTERS ADOPTED BY CANADA
WASHINGTON, May 19 (U. P). —The Canadian wartime information board disclosed today that six helicopters have been ordered from the United States for possible antisubmarine work. The Royal Canadian air force also may use helicopters to rescue aire men forced down in areas inace cessible to any other conveyance.
Diamonds, Watches and Jewelry
'Hooey,' Says Leo the Lip
NEW YORK, May 19 (U.P). —The general opinion that the new balata ball is as lively as the 1942 model is just “so much hooey,” Manager Leo Durocher of the Brooklyn Dodgers said today. “Sure, it may be a little bit livelier than that stone we tried to hit the first two weeks of the season, but not much,” Durocher said. “And it's certainly not as peppery as the 1942 ball. As far as comparing it with the 1939 ball, why, that’s ridiculous.”
Apostoli Made
West Side Coach
Gets Commission
Cloyd (Curly) Julian, the Washington high school track and field team which won the sectional cinder carnival held at the] west side school last Friday, was granted a commission by the United States navy yesterday. Julian, a graduate of DePauw university, will report at Chapel. Hill, N. C, July 1, with the rank of lieutenant junior grade. He has coached at Washington for years. Julian is the third Hoosier ath|1etic mentor to receive a naval commission this week. Branch Cracken, Indiana university's basketball coach, and William B. Feldhaus, of Indiana university, received
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“In addition to the six cities for which meets are planned there possibly will be others, depending upon how long Hagg is able to remain in the United States.” Flying Hagg to New York, Ferris said, would give the Swede almost lan additional week of training. {Originally he had been slated to leave the boat five days later at | Galveston, Tex. “This way he probably will be able to run on both days, competing first {in the 1500-meter race and then in the 5000-meters,” Ferris explained.
May Face MacMitchell
Gil Dodds, Boston theological student who wears the 1500-meter crown, and Greg Rice, the 5000meter champion, will be his chief competition. “Service athletes who are qualified |to compete in this class will be in-
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