Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 June 1943 — Page 16
SPORTS. ..
By E
ddie Ash
. CONNIE MACK, 80 summers young, has found the wartime baseball situation far brighter than he had expected, according to Daniel M. Daniel, veteran baseball expert of the New York World-Telegram who interviewed the famed leader of the Athletics on a recent trip
to Philadelphia.
Daniel said Mack looks better than ever, wears a broad smile owadays, a smile reminiscent of the days when the Athletics ruled
e American league, .
. « During the course of the interesting inter-
view, baseball's “grand old man” said, in part: “This liveliest race in the history of the ‘American league is going to remain lively right
to the finish, and the club to beat York, but Washington. I recently
is not New spilled tnat
news to Joe McCarthy, and durned if I didn’t
almost convince him I was right.
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“About the Yankees I will make this reser‘yation, I still do not know how good their rookie Infielders are. They may come along and develop a much greater importance in the second
half of the season. But right now I
want to say
that I have not seen a standout new infielder in
pur circuit. with the bat.
Not one with conspicuous abilities
Connie Mack
“You see a lot of things this season you never saw before and it has been necessary to revise standards. But, on the basis of what we have in our league, the Senators have the best balance, the most impressive punch. They could come up with enough pitching, too. “I am afraid we have to cross the Browns off the list of contenders. Cleveland is not going to have enough pitching. And that
isn’t the only Handicap Lou Boudreau must overcome.
There is a
certain something lacking on his club.
. Tigers Could Use a ‘Spark’
»
“THE TIGERS have a lot of hurlers. They have a strong hitting outfit. But there, too, I find something vital missing. Exactly what * that sémething is, I cannot tell you. The ‘spark’ just isn’t there. “There is an epidemic of knuckle ball hurling in both majors. With it has come a recession in screw ball pitching. The trend is for the best, a kneckler does not punish-the arm.” “The most exasperating screw ball is being delivered by our own
~ Mexican Flores.
He is the real thing, and despite what the Yanks
did to him recently, don’t expect him to blow up the second or third
time around. He not only has that
tricky pitch, but is fast enough
fo blow one by when the batter least expects it.
Mack Proud of His New Pitchers “NEXT to Flores, the new pitcher with the most stuff is Salve-
i gon, of Cleveland. There's another knuckler.
Pyle of Washington?
Well, Joe McCarthy likes him but he hasn’t shown me anything as yet. Joe has a pretty good rookie in Charlie Wensloff, E “Taking them as a group, I suppose our Athletics have about 8S impressive a lot of new hurlers as you will find anywhere. They may succeed in keeping us looking as good as the standing says we _ are. I will back Flores, Black and Arntzen against any other three
new hurlers anywhere.”
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CONNIE acclaimed the improvement of the Phillies, and said they had helped to perk up the entire baseball situation in
Philadelphia.
“Harris has a hustling club and even if it doesn’t maintain its
pace, it will continue to draw.
“Quit traveling? Not a chance.
pepped me up in my enthusiasm.”
I love it, and. this club has
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GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (All Games At Nigh Columbus at INDIANAPOLIS (8:30). Toledo at Louisville. St. Paul at Milwaukee. ; Minneapolis at Kansas City (two),
NATIONAL LEAGUE Pittsburgh at Chicago (morning). New York at Brooklyn. Philadelphia at Boston. Only games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
Washington at New York. Cleveland at Detroit. Boston at Philadelphia (night). Chicago at St. Louis (might).
RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Toledo
{and Owen
000 103 101— 6 11 1 Louisville 4 0 Kimberlin and Hayworth; Deutsch, Wil. son, Johnson and Campbell.
St. Paul at Milwaukee, postponed, Minneapolis at Kansas City, postponed.
NATIONAL LEAGUE (Eight Innings; Darkness) 001 000
Manzo and Mancuso;
(Seven Innings; Called; Jyeather) St. Louis 002 004 0— 6 Cincinnati Krist and W. Cooper; Riddle, Shoun and Mueller.
Only games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled.
Major Leaders
NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB R Dahlgren, Phila. .... 52 193 18 Herman, Brooklyn .. 58 212 31 Preys Cincinnati .... 52 217 28 McCormick, Cincin’ti 54 212 27 Gustine, Pittsburgh.. 45 158 17 AMERICAN LEAGUE Stephens, St. Louis.. 41 151 22 Hockett, Cleveland .. 45 194 27 Wakefield, Detroit .. 50 "218 25 Higgins, Detroit .... 48 185 24 Cramer, Detroit .... 41 171 21 % HOME RUNS Keller, Yankees . 10|Stephens, Browns.. Ott, Giants | Nicholson, Cubs DiMaggio, Pirates 17| RUNS BATTED IN Herman, ers. 45/|Etten, Yankees ... 34 a DE 3 40|Johnson, Senators. 34 Siebert, Athletics. 36|Stephens, Browns . 34 Elliott, Pirates ... 34
* Bluejackets Win ;2to 1 GREAT LAKES, Ill, June 22 (U. P.).—The Great Lakes Bluejackets. defeated Cleveland yesterday, 2 to 1, before 10,000 sailors at the Great Lakes Naval training station. Thirty-four Russian sailors, who will participate in a tribute to Russia rally at Chicago, watched the game and wondered when to applaud. One who spoke English appeared eonfused when told that the service team was playing Cleveland.
| the winning run in the ninth in-
‘The Bluejackets pushed across
_| Dodgers following a 6-2 victory over
.| sacker, kicked three ground balls
0| the ball game.
Indians Thump
For 4th in Row
By EDDIE ASH Last year the Indianapolis Indians couldn't win for losing; this year they can’t lose for winning. But all breaks of the game are gratefully received, and with the
all right with the Victory field fans. The hustling Redskins are getting some: horseshoes now that they didn't get on their last road trip and they are tuned to capitalize on any mistakes made by opponents. This occurred last night in the first of the series with the Columbus Red Birds, the Indians winning, 7 to 6, on six hits, against 13 hits by the Birds, Furthermore, the visitors had nine runners stranded against only two by the Tribe. Due to the fact the runnerup Milwaukee Brewers were weathered out last night, the Tribesters increased their league lead to 2% games over the Suds City club and to seven games over third-place Columbus,
Shriners Take Over
It will be Shrine Night at Victory field tonight, a benefit for the Shrine’s Hospital for Crippled Children’s Fund. The park “free” list has been suspended for the occasion and everybody entering the park must “lay it on the line.” Pre-game ceremonies are to start
pitch for the Indians. Approxivance and if -the weather is right the Tribe management and Shrine officials predict a crowd of more than 7000. As an added attraction, there will be a speed contest against time, a circling-the-bases event, thé winner
mately 5000 tickets were sold in ad- |:
: Charles H. Chuckovits, star Toledo professional basketball
player, is awaiting assignment at the Ft. Harrison reception center following his induction in the army June 15. Chuckovits holds the national professional record for most field goals scored, most foul shots scored, and most points scored in a year. His record of 464
points in 22 games, run up in 1942,
has never been equalled.
to receive a $25 war bond. Jack Sturdy, first sacker, and Jack MecLain, reserve outfielder, will do the| sprinting for Columbus and Fred Vaughn and Wayne Blackburn will carry the mail for the Indians. Sturdy is to lead off, Vaughn to run second, McLain third and Blackburn fourth. All bases must be touched. Shrine base judges will see to that.
Home Sweet Home
Last night's victory was the sixth in seven starts for the Indians during the current home stand. And it was a struggle, The Red Birds got off to a two-run lead in the opening stanza when ‘they rapped Earl Reid for four consecutive hits. And it remained, 2 to 0, Columbus, through four innings. In the fifth the Redskins rallied, the Birds fell apart in the field and before the visitors could retire the side, the Trihesters had five runs over the plate on four hits, a walk and three Columbus miscues. The first run in the rally scored on an out. Then the Tribesters got the bases loaded and Reid fanned. This brought up ‘Blackburn and he rammed a single to center; good for two runs, and a third scored when the Columbus third sacker muffed the throwin. Thereupon Joe Moore belted a triple to the left field corner, scoring Blackburn with the fifth run. Moore was the standout performer
to his fifth-inning three-bagger, he delivered a double in the seventh which scored Reid and Blackburn, two very important runs. Reid was in a lot of trouble in the (Continued on Page 17)
Cards Keep Ro
By COLLIE SMALL United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, June 22.—A curious chain of events in connection with Cardinal activities in the National league during the past two days gave rise to a general. suspicion today that somebody on the St. Louis club is putting the whammy on opposing second basemen. By the grace of the second mesmerized second baseman in two days, the Cardinals continued to roll along with a two and a half game margin over the Brooklyn
the Cincinnati Reds in a night game halted after seven innings by the weather," Eddie Stanky, Chicago second-
around Sunday to hand St." Louis Last night Woody | Williams, Cincinnati second baseman, contributed three. delinquencies for another Cardinal bargain triumph.
Dodgers Win Williams, replacing the ailing Lonnie Frey, failed to get: three throws away on time, thereby playing the major role in helping the Cards get two runs in .the third inning and four more in the sixth. Howie Krist, giving up five hits over the seven-inning route, got credit for the victory over Elmer Riddle, whose winning streak was snapped at six games. The Brooklyn Dodgers packed five hits into a big seventh inning for six runs that broke a 1-1 deadlock and gave them a 7-1 triumph over the New York Giants in a twilight] game called at the end of eight innings because of darakness. Ken Chase, refugee from the Bos‘ton Red Sox, made his Ndtional league debut with the Giants, retiring in the confusion of the Dodger rally in favor of Van Lingle Mungo.
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Evil Eye on Second Sackers
was scheduled in the American.
Stewart-Warner Ten Clashes With Kingan in Top Game
Stewart-Warner’s softball aggregation will attempt to retain sole possession of first place in the Bush-Feezle Factory league at Softball stadium tonight when they tangle with fifth-place Kingan A. A The S-W’s have copped four victories in a row without defeat this season and appear to be on the way to the pennant. However, P. R. Mallory, now resting in second place with three wins out of four contests played, can be expected to furnish Stewart-Warner with their toughest opposition. In the second encounter tonight, Mallory battles last-place Eli Lilly and is favored to win. Lilly has met defeat in four straight loop tilts and will be battling hard in an effort to register its first victory of the season. In the tiff that will ring down the curtain for thé night, U. S. Tire A. A. will meet the International Harvester club. The Harvesters are in a two-way tie for third place in the loop standings. The standings: :
Mallor, International Harvester . U. 8. Tire
lly At Speedway stadium tonight
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Bobo Newsom, aided by Ducky Medwick’s two singles and a double, won his seventh pitching triumph of the season, giving up nine hits, the same number collected by the Dodgers off Chase and Mungo. There were no other games played in the National league and none
Yesterday’s star —Portly Bobo Newsom, the Carolina traveler, who won his seventh victory in his comeback with the Brooklyn Dodgers by hurling a 7-1 triumph over the New York Giants.
Johnny Gee In Comeback
PITTSBURGH, June 22 (U. P.). —Johnny Gee, giant Pittsburgh Pirate southpaw whose ailing shoulder forced him into retirement several years ago after the Pirates paid a reputed $75,000 for him, was back on the active player list tcday, preparing to accompany the club on its western swing this week. Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw M. Landis reinstated "Gee yesterday.
Defer Action
NEW. YORK, June 22 (U. P.).— The New York state racing commission disclosed today that it had
500 ooo | dropped a 12 to 10 decision to the
Softball Schedule Tonight Softball Stadium
BUSH-FEEZLE FACTORY LEAGUE Stewart-Warner vs. Kingan A. A. P. R. Mallory vs. Eli Lilly U. S. Tire A. A. vs. International Harvester.
Brownsburg will encounter Light Metals, Inc.
BASEBALL
Elwood opened its season with a 14 to 4 victory over Gas City and will be host to the Indianapolis Black Indians- Sunday,
The Winkler. Stoker and Lebanon Eagles desire to schedule a doubleheader for July 4 at Lebanon. Write Myron. P. Wood, P. O. Box No. 3, Lebanon, Ind.
A game is wanted at Rushville
| Sunday. Call Frank Wade, Rush-
ville 2765.
The who
Martinsville Eagles, Mooresville Merchants in their last start want to book road games. Write Lester Neal, Box 92, Martins-
ville, or call 114.
There will be an important meeting of the Indianapolis Amateur
‘ | Baseball association, Wednesday, 8
p. m., at the city hall. Second Vice President O. P. Smith is requested to call Hop Howard, association secretary, at LI-7528.
Toronto Leads By Two Games
By UNITED PRESS The Toronto Maple Leafs held a two-game margin over the secondplace Newark Bears in the International league today. Outhit, 14 to six, the Leafs downed the Bears, 4-2, last night to stave off Newark’s determined drive for the lead. Jim Hooper took pitching honors, Walt Dubiel being charged with the loss.
The Baltimore Orioles stepped out to a four-run lead in the fourth inning over Buffalo and checked successfully numerous Bison threats in the later innings to win, 7-5. Rollie VanSlate and Steve Gromek teamed for an eight-hit pitching performance. A five-run rally in the eighth
"|inning carried the Rochester. Red
Wings to a 8-2 triumph over the Syracuse Chiefs. as Ira Hutchinson effectively scattered nine hits. In the fourth game played, the Montreal Royals walloped the hapless Jersey City Giants, 7-2. A fourrun outburst drove Wells to cover in the first inning and the Royals
“deferred” temporarily the application of Jockey Robert Merritt for a license to ride at Aqueduct.
continued their assault on Lou Polli for three more ‘to clinch the
i game.
ning with three hits off Allie Rey-
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N. Y. Giants’ Meal Ticket 40 Today
By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK; June 22.—Carl Hubbell of the Giants, king of the screwball, is 40 years old today. Although life certainly doesn’t begin at 40 for the long-panted “meal ticket,” everyone in baseball marvels that there is so much life left
in Hubbell’s portside flipper.
They marvel because this gaunt,
angular Oklahoman concentrated |#
for 15 years in the major leagues on an eccentric delivery that was marked “poison”—quick pitching suicide—by the experts. Hubbell, with his baseball pants flirting with his ankles—the longest pair of short pants in the world— is still out there pitching fur the Giants in somewhat similar fashion as when he began hurling for them under John McGraw back in 1928—despite the supposed withering effects of the screwball. “King Carl,” one of the most respected and admired pitchers in National league history, tried out with Detroit before he came to the Giants. Such notables as Ty Cobb and George Moriarty warned him to shun the screwball. But Meek Carl, who lived most of his life in Meeker, Okls., said to himself, “It's the easiest pitch I throw. I don’t reckon it can hurt me much.”
Hall of Fame Certain
So he kept on throwing screwball—with such effectiveness that he is a sure shot. ultimately for baseball’s hall of fame at Cooperstown, N. Y. His pitching achieve-
ments already are legendary, but|
the feat we never can forget occurred on that summer day in 1934 in the all-star game when he struck out in succession Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmy Foxx, Al Simmons and Joe Cronin. He not only struck out that quintet of famous American league sluggers, but he had them missing his screwball by a foot or more. To our mind that was Hubbell’s great day, although he pitched a no-hitter in 1929, was voted the National circuit's most valuable player in 1933 and 1936 after pitching the Giants to pennants in those seasons, and he once registered 46% consecutive scoreless innings. It was partly Hubbell and partly the screwball that made long, lean Carl one of the game’s greatest flingers. The screwball, as delivered by left-handed Hubbell, is a fast-
breaking “in-drop” to left-handed
batsmen and - an “out-drop” to right-handers. It is an extremely difficult pitch for a southpaw to throw to left-handed batsmen. But it was a “natural” for Hubbell because of his flexible though thick left wrist. He developed the pitch by accident while experimenting with side-arm sinkers with Oklahoma City in 1925.
Charley Keller Paces Bond Sales
NEW YORK, June 22 (U. P.).— Charley Keller of the Yankees, Dixie Walké® of the Dodgers and Sid Gordon of the Giants paced players on the three New York teams through the first week of the baseball war bond drive, official figures disclosed today. Keller's four singles, two doubles, two homers and a triple cost Eastern- Airlines, his sponsor, $47,500 in bond pledges in addition to the amount originally pledged when the line bid for the Yankee outfielder. Dixie Walker's two perfect days at bat over the week-end were worth $45,000 in bonds from the Brooklyn club, a social organization, while Gordon commanded an added pledge of $42,500 from International Business Machines. A total of $575,000 was realized from the performances of the players during the first week of the drive,
Basket Deluge
High scoring record for army post basketball games in the season ‘now ending was made at Keesler Field, Miss., when the 397th Tech. Sc. Sq's. champions defeated the 306 quint, 103-41.
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They Played the Game . ... No, 39 Comiskey Revolutionized Style of Play at 1st Base; Improved Other Positions:
Thirty-ninth of a Series
By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor Charles Albert Comiskey is remembered by present day fans as the. builder of the Chicago White Sox. The Old Roman, for 30 years the most prominent owner in baseball, was a tremendous figure in the founding of the game represented by the two major leagues.
buque Rabbits, ‘Comiskey played: far off and back of the bag, helped. the second baseman, cut off many; hits. Fielding a hot grounder that tors’ merly* went as a hit was one thing, however, and getting back to first base ahead of the runner was another. So Comiskey grasped the
first base. Pitchers have been doing this ever since. Comiskey is credited with having improved the play at every position. He was first to make a study of batters and to move infielders and outfielders to meet the different, styles of hitters. Comiskey moved to St. Louis in] 1882 after the Dubuque Rabbits had appeared there the previous summer, was made manager in '84. With the fabulous Chris von Der Ahe owner and Der Poss of Der Browns, Comiskey won four straigh American association four said 1885-86-87-88, beat Cap Anson’s vaunted Chicago White Stockings in what passed for the world series the first two years, on a winner-take-all basis the last trip. After the Browns of '87 lost the world series to the remarkable Detroit Nationals of that year, Von Der Ahe began selling his stars, but
following year. Comiskey jumped to the Chicago club of the Players’ Brotherhood league in ’90, played on the site of the present Comiskey park. When
i | the Players’ wheel broke up, Commy { | returned to Von Der Ahe and St.
Charles Comiskey But Charley Comiskey did even more for baseball as a player. Vetersn who saw them all declare that he was the most skillful fielding first baseman. Originally a pitcher, when the ball had to be thrown underhand at a distance some 15 feet shorter than it is now, Comiskey, while with an independent team in Dubuque as early as 1880, revolutionized the playing of baseball. Even then the strain of his fast ball was beginning to tell on the right arm of the ‘tall Chicago youngster who was Charley Comiskey. The first base job was open, and in it Commy saw unlimited possibilities. Until then the first sacker anchored himself to the bag, was of no importance in a defensive way. He was just someone to throw the ball to. Encouraged by Ted Sullivan, then
Louis for a year.
Comiskey Flash On Bags
The consolidation of the National league and American associatioh in 92 sent him to Cincinnati, where he remained until he became owner of the St. Paul club of the Western league in 95. Comiskey left a lifetime batting averge of no more than .269, but in at least one year—'87—his work at the plate matched his brilliance in the field and on the bases. He batted 368 as the Browns swept to their third straight flag, stole 122 bases. He could move on the hase socks, swiped 77 in ’88, 71 in '89. Comiskey returned to his native Chicago to gain affluence when the American league stuck out its chest
miss being a success with fighters like Byron Bancroft Johnson and Charles Albert Comiskey.
managing and pitching for the Du-
NEXT: John J. McGraw.
Tennis Meet To Start June 27
Every tennis player in Indian-'
apolis was invited today by Harold Geisel, city recreation. director, to compete in a Red Cross benefit tournament on municipal courts starting Sunday, June 27. The event has been granted the official sanction of the United States Lawn Tennis association and Frank S. Dowling will serve as
tournament manager. Competition is planned simultaneously at four sectional centers with the winners meeting in the finals at the Fall Creek courts Sunday, July 4. All players will be required to furnish their own balls and every
cent of the entry fees will be given |
to the Red Cross. Sectional managers appointed by Dowling are Marshall Christopher, Riverside; Harley Anderson, . Fall Creek; Bob Saxon, Ellenberger, and Mrs. Lillian Gilberti, Garfield. Eniry fees for the three divisions of play are men’s singles, $1; junior singles, 50 cents, and women’s singles, 50 cents. Entries will close next Thursday
‘at 4:30 p. m. and all entry blanks
accompanied by the entry fees should be taken to the city recreation department, room 302, city hall, or mailed to Dowling at that dress. Players should be sure to designate the sectional meet in which they desire to compete. All matches will be for two out of three sets. A large turnout of defense workers is expected, with Henry Miller, industrial secretary of the Y. M. C. A, aiding Dowling in lining up players from this group and the
field also will include country club
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representatives, service men sta tioned here and public park players. Sectional winners will be given Red Cross certificates and tne champions crowned in the finals at Fall Creek will receive certificates from Mayor Robert H. Tyne dall.
Toledo Trims Louisville
Nick Gregory accounted for three runs as Toledo defeated Louisville, 6-2. Gregory homered in the fourth with the bases empty, and got another circuit blow in the sixth, with two men aboard. Al Zarilla also got a homer for the winners in the seventh with no one on. St. Paul at Milwaukee was called after three innings, with the Saints leading, 1-0. Minneapolis at Kansas City was postponed.
McDowell Wins Over Gib Jones
—“Wild Bill” McDowell, 165, Pat-
over Pvt. Gib Jones, 171, Cincinnati, following their eight-round feature bout at Meadow Brook bow! here last night before 1900 fans. Willie Beltram, 132%, New York,
ington, in an eight-round semi windup.
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idea that the pitcher could cover
Comiskey had enough to repeat the:
following the turn of the century. The American league couldn’
terson, N. J., today held a decision
outpointed Billy Reed, 130, Wash~ !
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NEWARK, N. J., June 22 (U. PIF