Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1943 — Page 8

Possible Winner

Paul Sparks is rated a possible’ winner in the I D. G. A. golf

classic.

Sparks is one of the district’s leading golfers and Fairway bugs

are not overlooking the possibility that he may come down the stretch

‘a winner.

SPORTS. ..

By Eddie Ash

THE PROTEST filed by the Indianapolis club over the Milwaukee club’s 5-to-3 victory in the game of Monday, June 7, at Milwaukee, was allowed late Saturday by President George M. Trautman of the American associa-

tion. President Trautman ordered the

contest replayed from the dis-

puted play. ... One victory was ordered stricken from the Mil- . waukee standirig and one defeat from the Indianapolis standing, and the game ordered to be replayed on Indianapolis’ next visit to Milwaukee, resuming immediately following the disputed play with the

score Indianapolis 2,7 Milwaukee

0....The

Indians will return to Milwaukee on July 27,

28, 29. The disputed incident arose in

the fourth

inning, when with two men out, Ed Morgan of Indianapolis walked and Willard Pike slashed a fair hit ball down the left field line. , , , The Milwaukee outfielder, in attempting to field the ball, booted it under a gate in foul territory. Pike made a home run on the ball, but upon George Trautman

appeal by Brewer Manager Charlie

a ground rule double, the umpires ordered- the runners back to third . They did not later score.

and second bases. . .

Grimm, who claimed it to be

Under a Milwaukee ground rule, a fair hit ball, down either foul, line which passes out of sight of the plate umpire, becomes an

automatic double.

President Trautman ruled, however, that this ceased to be a batted ball as soon as the fielder touched it and deflected the course of the ball, and became a fielded ball, and that the hit should have

:been ruled a home run.

Umpires in last Monday’s game were Steengrafe and Muriay. . Reid and Tauscher pitched for the Indians and Caldwell for

the Brewers.

Game Postponed Here Adds to Feud

AS THE Indians and Brewers were already involved in a feud over playing off a postponed game in Indianapolis on July 19, the fact that Indianapolis won its protest on last Monday's game - is certain to stir up additional animosity between the clubs.

Bill Veeck, Milwaukee president,

declared his club will not play

in Indianapolis on July 19, an open date in the A. A. schedule, . He has the St. Louis Cardinals booked for an exhibition with the Brewers in Milwaukee on that date. On Milwaukee's trip to Indianapolis in May, three tilts were postponed. . . . On their next trip to Victory field the dates are July 18, 17, 18-18. , ,. On their last trip here the dates are Aug. 10, 11, 12,

Veeck ‘Signed to Play on July 19

BOTH Indians and Brewers have open dates July 19 and 20. . +.» The Indians are scheduled for an exhibition at Camp Atterbury on July 20 and the Brewers are booked to play at Camp Grant on

July 20. President:Manager Bush of the

Indians has refused to release

Milwaukee from the July 19 postponed date and if league rules are enforced, and if the Brewers fail to show up, it will mean forfeiture _ of the game to the Indians and a $1000 fine ‘awarded the Indian-

apolis club:

Brewer Prexy Veeck caught himself in the switches. . .

. Last

day the Brewers were in Indianapolis in May, Veeck signed with Al ‘Schlensker, Tribe secretary, to play one of the three postponed games

on the now disputed date of July 19.

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» will go to league president for

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a decision but Ownie Bush threatens to go over the chief’s head and appeal to the A. A. board of directors if Trautman rules in Mil-

waukee’ s favor.

In that case Indianapolis would be a good bet to win the “verdict.” . ‘Milwaukee's Veeck now has three feuds going, with Indianapolis,

Kansas City and St. Paul. . .

. And it’s a safe guess that Minneapolis,

Louisville and Columbus would side with Indianapolis, along with

‘the Blues and Saints.

Indians, Brewers Feud Down Through Years IT'S AN old American association custom for Indianapolis and

Milwaukee to be involved in a feud. .

. « The feuding between them

started in the old days, during the late Jack Hendricks’ regime as Tribe manager, and was rekindled during Wade Killefer’s years as

Tribe pilot.

“* This time Milwaukee became the aggressor, with Veeck as presi-

dent :and Charlie Grimm as manager. .

. + In a Tribe-Brewer night

game at Milwaukee last season, and with the Indians ahead in the fifth i inning, and two Brewers out in their half, the park lights went

out. ..

said it was a power failure. .

A storm was approaching at the time and the Milwaukee club . However, Gabby Hartnett, the

Indians’ 1942 manager, suspected ‘that a human hand had some“thing to do with the incident. . . . At any rate, the storm arrived ater preventing further play, the score reverted to even innings

and the Indians were gypped out of a victory.

oxey, La Cross Open Mat Card

Walter Roxey of Detroit and Gil s» Cross ‘of Montreal, a pair of

+ heavies, will open the three- |

bout outdoor wrestling card tomory night at Sports Arena. Roxey, s. former Indiana univerwv athlete, has not been here for al months. La Cross is a inadian. They ‘meet for

and popular Rene La Belle of Toronto against the aggressive Ali Pasha, bearded Hindu from India. The pair meets for two falls out of three in what promises to result in plenty of action. They are junior heavies.

Heavyweights are in the one-fall|

semi-windup which brings together Dorv: Roche of Decatur, Ill, and

- {John Grandovich, powerful New

.| came back in 1940 to win again with

Dick McCreary won the district title in 1937 with a 221 card and is back today attempting to cop honors for 1943. McCreary is a powerful driver and golf addicts know he will be hard to beat.

By DICK

golfing fraternity were on hand in| quest of the district title. Wagoner | stated the I. D. G. A. was expecting! the tournament to be one of the most successful in history. Three Ex-champions Entered

Three former champions and the present titleholder are entered and, of course, must be considered as definite threats in carrying off the honors. Dale Morey, Martinsville, 1942 titlist is back again, defending his crown. .The other former champions entered are William Reed Jr., who won in 1935 with a 228 and

221, Dick McCreary, the 1937 champion, and Clark Espie, who copped the toga in 1939. This quartet of champions and ex-champions have been playing brilliantly throughout this year and appear to be the men to beat for the title. Several “Hot-Shots” in Field

Fairway gossip tags Charles Harter, Phil Talbott, Bloomington; Dr. G. P. Silvers, Paul Sparks, Harry Reid Jr. Highland Golf and] Country club champion; Ray Roberson, Ray Jones, Babe Anderson and Dick Taylor as the boys who will give the former champions and defending titleholder the most competition. A family affair aspect was taken on in the tourney when a father and two sons were to tee off at 9:50 this morning. John Hanafee, the father, and sons Jack and Bill were entered in a foursome with Frank Fox, all hailing from Pleasant Run. Other foursomes that golf fans were predicting would be interesting to follow were those of Dale Morey, Phil Talbott of Bloomington, Dick Taylor of Lafayette and Cliff Wagoner, and Tom Owens, Dr. G. P. Silver, Max Blackburn and Ed Steers, all of Speedway.

Morey Paired With ‘Toughies’ In the first mentioned quartet is

the defending champion and two of

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Approximately 200 Golfers Crowd Hillcrest Fai airways In Quest of Championship

WYATT

Dr. T. V. Petranoff eyed the ball closely and then fired the first shot down the fairway to open the 18th annual 54-hole medal play golf championship tournament, sponsored by Indianapolis District Golf association, at Hillcrest this morning. As Petranoff’s shot blazed down the aisle. of the fairway; Cliff Wagoner was announcing that approximately 200 members of the

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INDIANAPOLIS DISTRICT. GOLF ASSOCIATION PAST CHAMPIONS

1926—J. EDGAR ZIMMER .224 1927—J. EDGAR ZIMMER 225 1928—J. EDGAR ZIMMER 225 1929—J. EDGAR ZIMMER 228 1930—GEORGE LANCE... .218 1931—GEORGE LANCE... .227 1932—WM. HEINLEIN 1933—MAX BUELL 1934—DAVID MITCHELL. .228 1935—WM. REED JR 1936—MAX BUELL 1937—R. McCREARY 1938—FRED GRONAUER. .221 1939—J. C. ESPIE JR. 1940—WM. REED JR 1941—-HENRY KOWAL .... 1942—DALE MOREY

the ranking favorites. Morey, the present titleholder, will be afforded plenty of opposition in Taylor and Talbott and if Wagoner is connecting, the association secretary will also give the crown bearer some-

{thing to look at.

McMillin Saves Gas

Bo McMillin, Indiana university gridiron mentor, has been saving gas for the past several days to be able to make the trip to Indianapolis so he could take part in the I. D. G. A. golf derby. A lot Isas been said of Bo’s football ability but little dope has been released concerning his golfing. So fans will have to wait and see McMillin in action before they can make any. predictions as to where he will be when the title is handed out. . After today’s round at Hillcrest, the tournament site will be shifted to Highland, where the second 18 holes will be played. On Wednesday the championship will be decided at Speedway when the final 18-hole round will be run off. In event of a deadlock for first place arrangements will be made for a play-off at the Speedway course.

“Babe” Anderson, on of Speedway’s best, is a dark horse entrant. Anderson has been shooting in the low 70’s all year.

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Ex-Champ

Clark Espie was the surprise winner in 1939's tournament with a score of 224. Few of the links experts gave him a chance that year, but you can wager. they are giving him one this time.

La Hole

Dick Wit

Today is the day the firing in the 18th annual Indianapolis District Golf . association golf championship ' gets underway at Hillcrest with

nearly 200 golf addicts teeing off.

The tournament, of the 54- hole medal play variety, did not have as large a starting field this morning as last year. However, a decline in the number of entries was anticipated. Dale Morey of Martinsville,

as we have told you many times these last few weeks, is defending champion as a result of his onestroke victory with a score of 221 last year and he figures to be close to top of the heap when the firing ceases at the Speedway course Wednesday.

Winter Rules to Govern

Clifford Wagoner, I. D. G. A. secretary, announced this morning that winter golf rules would govern play in the tournament. Wagoner explained that due to the fact that the courses are soft, and in some instances uncut here and there and because of the manpower shortage, the board believed it only fair to the clubs to protect their courses. - Therefore, it was decided that winter rules would prevail, meaning it would be permissable to tee up balls on the fairway with the club head. Contestants in the classic were advised and requested to bring their own caddies, if possbile.

Service Men to Be Guests

Service men are expected to enter in numbers in the 13th amateur golf championship of Indianapolis. All service men have been invited by the I. P. L. A. to compete free of charge. While the champion must be a resident of Indianapolis, the championship committee are providing a suitable trophy for the service champion. Prominent among the early entrants from service men are Pvt.Jack Good and Pvt. Harry Benjamin from Ft. Benjamin Harrison and Pvt. Bob Phillips from Stout. field. Pvt. Jack Good, star of “Khaki Kapers” is a crack golfer as well as a well-known stage and screen star. Pvt. Good hails from Columbus, O., and is golf champion for 20th Century-Fox and R. K. O. in Hollywood, was Ohio open champion in 1936, was Franklin county (Ohio) open champion and was captain of the Spalding team which engaged in inter-club play in Columbus. Pvt. Bob Phillips, a local golfer,

Baseball Standings and Results

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

Pet. INDIANAPOLIS Minneapolis Columbus Toledo Milwaukee St. Paul .... Kansas City . Louisville

33% 526 .528

St. Louis Brooklyn Cincinnati Pittsburgh Philadeiphin | . Boston ....

Chicago

Washington Detro|

GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (All Games at Night)

INDIANAPOLIS at Minneapolis. Louisville at St. Paul, Toledo at Milwaukee. Columbus’ at Kansas City.

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Sinciunati at St. Louis. Boston at Brosklya (twilight). Only games sche

AMERICAN LEAGUE

New York at Washington. Only game scheduled.

= : RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

656 | Milwaukee

«| Colunibus

+ | Louisville 605 | St. Paul

Agr t) 300 000 0— 3 1 aatre ee ~ 006 225 =i 15 3 Cox, Hanning, Raney, Jones and Keller; Berry and Pruett.

(Second Game; 7 Inni Toledo

(First Game)

Columbus Kansas City 000 210 1 ae Barrett and Heath; Queen and

(Second Game; 7 Innings; Agreement) 200 220 0— 68 9 1 A | Messerly

Kansas City Roe ad Garagiola; and Cronin.

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002 060 Tincup,

(First Game) mw 600 101— 8 9 3

. 000 0% Brown and Campbell; Smith, Hewitt and Castino, Blaemir

(Second Game; 17 Invings;

LI Beiknap,

Agreement) MLOI00— 2 8 g 301 000 x— 4 6 a Aten and Millies; Herring and er

NATIONAL LEAGUE

(First Game)

105 010 021—10 20 20! 001 210— 6 2

Mueller; Passeu,

Cincinnati Shusate

Bithorn. ny. Bn Cnllough, Hernandez.

(Second Game)

oa Ber Malloy rh M axed 3 ’ uelle - lips; Lee and McCullough. = °° Tod

Philadelphia 000 000 020— 2 7 1 810 011 00x— 6 16 ¢ Johnson, Podgajny, Eysich and Lvings. Wa

ton; Hubbell and Lomba (Second ere Philadelphia 000 010 014— 6 10 1 New York 210 000 000— 3 8 Kraus, Kimball and Padden, Livin, ton; | o Feldman, Sayles, Adams, “Trinkle® and | St Mancuso.

Bore Prim and Mec- |,

a

(8 Game; Pittsburgh St. Louis Klinger and Lopes; Odea, W. Cooper.

(First Game)

000 200— 4 7 2 000 010— 3 9 Wyatt,

(Second Game)

-12 Innings; Darkness) 101 000 200 W0— 4 9 1 003 001 000 000— 4°16 © Kirst, Lanier and

002 Andrews and Poland; Webber

and Owen.

yn 000 000 Tobin, Jeficoat, Stout and Masi; Highe, Newsom and Bragan.

AMERICAN LEAGUE (First Game) New 000 030 000— 3 4 Phlladeiphia 001 000 22x— 5 13 0 Borowy, Russo, Murphy and Sears; Christopher, Fagan and Swift, Wagner, (Second Game) 000 000— 2 7, Philadelphia 200 000 61x— 35 0 Zuber and Hemsley: Wolff and Wagner.

(First Game)

300 Dietrich, Wade and fresh; Bridges and Richards. tSezmd Game) i.e troit 000 50 Smith, Maltzberger and Turner; Trucks and Parsons,

(First Ga Game)

033 005 320-16 18 1 100 001 030— 5 9 Mertz, H and Early, Guilliani; Lucier, Karl, Ryba, Chase and Partee. (Second Game)

NO asuush: Scarborough and Early;

Hughson and Conroy. (First Game)

1 Muncrief and Ferrell; Milnar, S Kennedy and Desautels.

(Second Game; 10 Innings) “100. 000 1-2

2lant Run for a two-round count of

1/when they supplement their Negro

has always been well up among the leaders in the championships, having placed among the first 10 several times. Pvt. Harry Benjamin is wellknown around the South Grove club. Playing all rounds. of the 13th championship on Sundays, namely June 20, June 27 and July 4, the amateur committee has provided a splendid opportunity for service men and war workers to compete in this championship. Tee time for the first round, which will be played at the Pleasant Run golf course June 20, will be between 8:00 a. m. and 2:00 P. M. All service men who intend .to enter and all other entrants are urged to file their entries by Monday June 14 at any golf club in this area. After that they may enter with Mr, George Peterson, chairman, 1 W. 28 st. Ta. 2583.

Meridian Hills Wins In an inter-club match at Hillcrest yesterday, Meridian Hills defeated the host club, 10 to 8. Low gross honors went to Clark Espie, a favorite for the title in the dis-

trict meet starting today, who shot a 74. M. B. Johnston and Mrs. Fritz Morris carried off top honors in a two-ball mixed foursome tourna-| ment when they carded an 88, The, tourney rounded out a double-: header attraction at Hillcrest yes-' terday. The runners-up were Bob Potter ‘and Mrs, Al Weeir with a! 92. In the net ranks Frosty Peters and Mrs, Fitzgerald were the leaders with a 68 and three ather combinations tied at 69. They were C. O. Mogg and Mrs. Tom O’Hara, H. Witte and Mrs. Roy Briggs, and Tom O'Hara and Mrs. E. Faust,

Indian Lake Loses

Indian Lake Country club suffered a 32%-9% trimming at the hands of Willow Brook’s golfers yesterday in an interclub match held on the losers’ course. William Wiley of the victors was the leading scorer of the day with a 75, and George Stark, visiting pro, bested Fred Keesling, host pro, 77 to 81, in the feature contest. Indian Lake will seek revenge in a return engagemeat at Willow Brook, July 11.

Sarah Shank’s 16-man golf team retained its lead in the Gen. Tyndal cup tournament yesterday when it posted a score of 1384 at Pleas-

2813, the first 18 having been played at Riverside recently. Pleasant Run ranked second at the end of 36 holes after adding 1352 yesterday for a total of 2889. Riverside is in third with 2890, Coffin in fourth with 2922 and South 2| Grove trails with 2935. The third round of the tourney will be held at Coffin July 18.

‘King Tut' to Perform Here

In addition to Reece (“Goose”) Tatum, their funny first-baseman and outfielder, the Cincinnati Clowns will introduce another outstanding comedian to Indjanapolis fans in the person of “King Tut”

American league game with the Birmingham Black Barons at Vice tory field Tuesday night with some of the funniest stunts ever seen on a baseball diamond: Like Tatum, “King Tut"—his real name is Richard Tut—is an outstanding player, an infielder, but the Clowns utilize his talents main. ly as a buffoon. He cuts up in

1| unique costumes and" with vasious

moment the -

Charles Harter is one of the favorites entered in the 18th annual Indianapolis District Golf association tournament that gets under way |

today at Hillcrest. Harter has been turning in fine cards all year wath

according to many may win the title,

District Golf Tournament Off to Fast Start

Indians Pour Base Hits All Over Place to Cop Nightcap After Millers Win Opener

MINNEAPOLIS, June 14.—The

Indians and Millers pounded away,

and hard, in yesterday's double-header at Nicollet park and the dee

cision was a draw.

The Millers got to John Hutching for 10 blows fn the first game

and won ‘it, 5 to 2, as Lefty Bill hits, one a homer by Fred Vaughn. In the seven-inning second game

the Redskins poured base hits all|-

over the premises and won by the lopsided score of 17 to 7. They garnered 20 blows, including doubles by Hofferth, Pike and Vaughn and home runs by Pike and Vaughn. Glen Fletcher opened on the Tribe mound in the nightcap and received credit for the victory, although he was relieved by Walter Tauscher in the fifth. Minneapolis used a parade of hurleps. The home $eam got 11 hits, including three by Bob Dill, a single, double and home run. Dill also belted a homer in the first game. Claude Horton was the losing pitcher in the second contest. . ¢ Two More With Millers

The Indians are booked here for two more games, one tonight, one tomorrow night. They are leading the league by 3!2 games$ over runnerup Minneapolis. Columbus, Toledo and Milwaukee are bunched, four games behind pacesetting Indianapolis. The likely Tribe pitcher for tonight is George Diehl, with’ Otie Clark slated for Minneapolis. Woodie Rich of the Indians also is reported ready for duty. In the first game yesterday the

| Indians scored one run in the third

inning and one in the ninth. The

' second inning run was on Vaughn's

homer. The Millers scored two | runs in the second stanza on Dill's homer with one on and then sewed up the game with a three-run rally in the seventh. After Hulchings got two men out in that seventh, he weakened and four Miller singles, two of the infield brand, and a miscue by Vaughn, accounted for the three markers. Two Innings, 12 Runs

In the nightcap the Tribesters hammered out five runs in the first inning and seven in the second, then two in the fifth, one in the sixth and two in the seventh. The Millers tallied four runs in the fourth and thrée in the sixth. The Indianapolis three-hit boys in the nightcap were Blackburn, English and Pike. The two Tribe runs in the fifth were homers by Pike and Vaughn. Pike's blow cleared the right field fence and Vaughn's long poke soared over the left field barrier.

Can He Do It?

Lefebvre held the Tribesters to five

Hal Davis to Enter ‘A. A. U.

EVANSTON, Ill, June 14 (U. P.), —Hal Davis, brilliant University of California sprinter, headed east

coming National A. A. U. track meet and he carried a red-hot grudge with him.

Davis made a successful defense of his 100 and 220-yard dash championships in the 22d annual National collegiate track and field meet here Saturday and by the double trie umph proved himself in tiptop

pearance at New York. “Hurrying Hal,” for the past two years the peer of the collegiate world's sprinters, has a deep-seated peeve against the A. A. U. because its stiff-shirted fathers refused to recognize a 9.4 second record claim he submitted for the century. “They threw out my record claim at their annual convention in Chi=cago last December,” Hal said, “because they claimed I used illegal starting blocks. That's the bunk. Their protest against my

the ground when using them. Don’t let anybody tell you that gave me an advantage. Anyway they threw the record claim out, although I thought I was entitled to it.” The 9.4 would have put Davis in the record books alongside such notables as Frank Wyckoff, Jesse® Owens, Clyde Jeffrey, George Simpe son and Ralph Metcalfe. He'd still like to gain membership in the list and the A. A. U. meet is his last chance. ‘“That’s my final competitive ape pearance,” he said bluntly, “after that I'm through running. With the war going on there's no ine

2000 Attend Riviera Opening

About 2000 persons attended the official opening of the Riviera cl

ning. Members of the Boosters group served as a reception coms mittee. During the afternoon a beautiful water ballet was arranged by Bud Sawin, the Hoosier Swimmaster,

i | Members of the All-America swim

Phil Talbot of Bloomington has often been a bridesmaid in the district golf classic, but never a winner. Many of his followers feel sure he will come in on top. this year .

ALOT: 90 Fed

FAIRBANKS

team gave diving and swimming exhibitions. Miss Betty Bemis, one of the team members who is now a WAVE and on duty at Dayton, 0, was guest of honor at a reunion dinner’ of the Rivieria women’s

clup dining room. Sawin, coach of* the team, was also a guest. The afternoon program’ included a musical program by Bob Baker's orchestra. Members and guests

evening. day's program.

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