Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 June 1943 — Page 21
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By COLLIE SMALL United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, June 24—The Brooklyn Dodgers, familiar skeleton in the Cardinal closet, rattled their bones again today and created a new
disturbance in the upper reaches of
the National league.
Durocher’s dandies arrived at a point only one half game away from ~ first place yesterday by sweeping a double-header with the New York Giants, 7-2 and 6-0, while the league-leading Cards were losing to.
Cincinnati, 8-3. The Dodgers won the opener when Giant ‘Pitchers Johnny Wittig, Van Mungo and Harry Feldman walked four successive runs across in the seventh with the score at 2-2 and Dolph Camilli banged a homer in the eighth. Rube Melton authored the victory with a five-hitter. Brooklyn won the nightcap as Curt’ Davis pitched a two-hitter, missing a no-hit game when Dick Bartell singled with two out in the eighth and Johnny Rucker followed with a one-base shot in the ninth. Undermine Cards’. Lead The Cincinnati Reds undermined the St. Louis lead and returned to the first division at the same time by hammering Mort Cooper into his fourth defeat. Gee Walker did most Aof the damage with a brace of singles that gave Joe Beggs the pitching triumph after he had relieved Ray Starr in the fifth. The Chicago Cubs stepped aside and let the Giants fall into the cellar by splitting with the Pittsburgh Pirates. Chicago took the opener, 4-1, but dropped the afterpiece, 7-5, under the impact of Pittsburgh’s 13-hit assault on five Chicago pitchers—Warneke, Barrett, Wyse, Fleming and Burrows. The Boston Braves defeated the Philadelphia Phillies twice, 1-0 and 4-3. Red Barrett pitched the shut-
out and Al Javery won his seventh |M:s
. victory in the finale when Charley Workman singled Mickey Wietelman home with the winning run in the 11th inning, Senators Blow Chance The Washington Senators blew their chance to overhaul the pacemaking New York Yankees in the American league in an exchange of shutouts, Milo Candini boosted his perfect pitching record to seven straight with an 8-0 victory in the opener for Washington, contributing a double and an inside-the-park home run in the process. ‘Ernie Bonham’s sixth pitching triumph was clinched in the third inning of the second game when ‘the Yanks exploded four runs for a 4-t0-0 verdict. Back at shortstop for the first time since the 1942 world series, Frankie Crossetti paced the Yankee attack with a single and a double, For the first time in the history of major league baseball, a game was played under military surveillance in Detroit as the Tigers split with Cleveland, Winnihs ‘the first,
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3 to 1, behind the five-hit twirling of Hal Newhouser, and dropping the second, 9 to 6. Because of recent race riots, 350 state troopers were in the stands. : Luke Appling’s single, scoring Jimmy Grant after the latter had doubled in the fifth inning, proved to be the deciding factor in the 4-t0-3 win posted by the Chicago White Sox over the cellar-dwelling St. Louis Browns. Leon Culberson’s fourth-inning home run lifted the Boston Red Sox into a 1-to-0 decision over the Athletics in a night game halted for an hour and five minutes by a blackout in Philadelphia. Don Black, Philadelphia rookie, lost a neat four-hitter while Oscar Judd was winning his seventh game with a five-hit performance.
Yesterday's I.W. G. A. Scores
CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT
Dorothy Ellis ‘defeated Mrs, Walter Brant, 7 and 6; Carolyn Pickering defeated Mrs. Frank Grovenberry, and 1; Carolyn Varin defeated Mrs. Fritz Morris, 7 and 5; Alice O'Neal defeated Mrs. Rudolph Block, 6 and 4.
CONSOLATION
Mrs. Dale Lentz defeated Mrs. Ralph Duncan, 2 and 1; Mary Gorham defeated Larry Fall, ‘3 up; Mrs. Louis Gropp in Mrs. Arthur Wettle, 2 and 1; Mrs. W. H. Simmons won from Mrs. Frank Snyder by default. . First Flight Mrs. Ben Olsen defeated Joan Hall, 4 and 2; Mrs. V. R. Rupp defeated Mrs. E. O. Marquette, 4 and 3. CONSOLATION Mrs. Joseph Brower defeated Josephine O’Brien, 2 and 1. Mrs. L. Lykings defeated Mrs. Hal pr 3 and 2.
SECOND FLIGHT
Mrs. Lewis Carter defeated Mrs. Louis Randle, 3 ang 2; Mrs. Orland Church defeated Mrs. A. E. Baker, 4 and 3.
CONSOLATION
Mrs. G. R. Redding won by default from Mrs. H. C. Grossman; Mrs, Leo Murray defeated Mrs. Fritz Wulfing, 4 and 3. THIRD FLIGHT
Julia Rowe defeated Mrs. John Toumey, 2 up; Mrs. Howard Miller defeated Mrs. John B. Welch, 1 up in 19 holes.
CONSOLATION
Mrs. David Stone Jr. won by detagit! from Mrs. B. Chauncey; Mrs. E. i defeated Mrs. . Wendell Little, and 2.
BOWLING
Judging from the advance enfry in a pair of bowling tournaments, scheduled at the Pennsylvania Alleys over the weekend, the ten pin Jate is rapidly becoming a year-round spor Mixed doubles or men’s doubles events, operated under the sponsorship of the Indianapolis Bowling Proprietors Assn., are the attractions at the Pennsy alleys. Both tourneys are operated on a handicap pasis and action will start on Saturqay .6.p. m, and on Sunday at 1 p. * rhe events were oy sohoduied at were moved to the downtown. site, where hot weather bowling conditions are more favorable. Entries will be accepted by Mrs. Hallie Strlebeck. tournament secretary, until 6 Saturday night. She may be
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By FRANK WIDNER The dope sheet ran true to form today in the semi-final round of the Indianapolis Women’s Golf association tournament at Highland as the defending champion, Dorothy Ellis, and second-favored Carolyn Varin advanced to the finals. They will meet tomorrow over the 18-hole route to decide the 1943 championship, held by Miss Ellis for the last three years. Miss Ellis elimniated little Carolyn Pickering, 4 and 3, and Miss Varin again overwhelmed her opponent, defeating Alice ONe), 7 and 5.
Fails With Irons
It remained for Miss Pickering, who was an equal with her woods, but poor with her irons, to give the defending champion her toughest battle of the tournament. But she couldn’t stand the pace and after leading, 1 up, at the end of five holes she lost six of the next seven. Miss Ellis, however, was hitting hér stride, negotiating the last three holes of the first nine in 4s and taking a 5 and 3 on Nos. 10 and 11. Miss Pickering got into serious trouble on the 10th hole, taking an 8 when her irons failed to function properly. She managed to win the 12th, but Miss Ellis went 4 up again by the. time they had reached the 13th and then they halved the remaining two holes, Make Long Putts
Both rammed home long putts more than once and were right alongside each other on their wood shots. But the irons spelled the difference. Miss Varin went to work after the fifth hole and was 3 up at the end of nine. She made the turn in 40 while Miss O'Neal had a 44. The match ended on the 13th hole after Miss Varin had won every hole of the second nine played. Miss O’Neal’s putting went against her throughout most of the match. Miss Ellis scored 10 pars over the. 15 holes she played while Miss Varin counted seven pars and one birdie in 13. - The Cards Par Out .. 455 354 434—37
Ellis ...... 455 565 444—42 Pickering . 456 455 555—44
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McGraw Best Lead-off Man, Hardest Hitting 3d Sacker Matchless as a Run-Getter
By HARRY GRAYSON NEA Sports Editor
JOHN J. McGRAW went down in history as Little Napoleon,
the fiery manager of the Giants. Connie Mack considers McGraw the greatest leader since 1900. McGraw’'s ability as a player was lost sight of in his 30 years of almost unbroken success as the iron-fisted strategist of the Polo Grounders. Little Mac, a left-hand batter standing no more than five feet seven and weighing only 155
‘pounds, was the ideal lead-off
man. He was the hardest hitting third baseman of all time with g 15-year major league average of 334. Swift and smart on the bases, he scored more runs in proportion to the number of games played than any other player before or since. McGraw was paid $9000 for a single season’s play more than 30 years ago. Despite his size or lack of it, McGraw in his early days—he signed his first professional contract at 17—fancied himself as a
pitcher.
Cap Anson recognized his genius as a third baseman and at the plate when he was a kid of 18. The Cedar Rapids club with which he was performing met the celebrated Chicago White Stockings in a spring exhibition game in 1891. Anson offered to buy the peppery kid's contract then and there. # » » McGRAW WAS with Baltimore when Ned Hanlon arrived in ’92 to build the immortal Orioles who put inside baseball into the game and turned out more famous figures than any other club on record. McGraw had such artful batters as Wee Willie Keeler, Joe Kelley, Hughie Jennings and Jack Doyle to hit him around as the Baltimore Birds swept to pennants in '94-95-96 and narrowly missed in '97 and 98. He didn’t steal first base, however, and there never was a busier base runner. At a time when .300 hitters were rare, McGraw cracked the circle in eight campaigns. He batted .340 in ’94, 374 in "95, .334 in 98, .390 in ’99, .337 in 1900 and 352 in ‘01. McGraw swiped 40 bases in '93, 77 in '94, 60 in ’95, 42 in '97 and ’98, 73 in 99. There was a difference of only 288 between the number of hits McGraw made in 1080 games— 1306—and the number of runs he scored—1018 - which is proof of the superior base runner. He knew . his way around. * Little Mac wasn’t afraid of the devil, and 200-pound guardians of sacks protected themselves at all times when he came charging their way. 3 £ s - . THE RECORD shows that Mc-Graw-—he’d fight you if you called him Muggsy—was as efficient as a manager as he was as a player. He would fight at the drop of the hat right up until he retired as field marshal. He never got off the umpires. McGraw called every pitch for every club he managed, preferred curve ball pitchers. McGraw was a man about Broadway and a grand mixer with countless friends and admirers, yet he whs a stickler for discipline. He had a reputation as a hard guy, but had a heart as big as a bucket. He staked more old ball players than any other man. When the Florida bubble burst, he gave nearly all of his income for six years to friends who lost heavily in a promotion scheme to which he had lent his name. John McGraw participated in his last game as a player with the Giants, Sept. 12, 1906, Batting for Iron Man Joe McGinnity in. the ninth inning. He drew a base on balls, contributed to a fourrun and winning rally. Little Mac of the old. Orioles was good to the last step.
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Bob Hamilton Paces Field i Field in Indiana Ope pen GARY, Ind. June 24 (U. P).— Bob Hamilton of Evansville, the defending champion, paced the field today in the second round of the 1943 Indiana open golf tournament after shooting a three-under-par 68 for the first 18 holes at Gleason municipal park. The champion topped a field of 66 strokers, one of the smallest ever to compete for the open crown, and held a two-stroke lead over his nearest rival, Bill Heinlein of Noblesville. He put together a sparkling 35 and 33 for his low card. * John Jewett of Gary showed the
way for the amateurs with a par 71, tying for third place with Bill
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72—Wayne Timberman, Indianapolis; Harry Offut, Fort, Wayne; Dale ‘Morey, Martinsville; = Pete’ Jonnsen. Gary, and Noel person, Wawase ke Stefanchik, ® Gary; Bill* Reed, Indianapolis; Harry "Allison, Rochester: Maurice Feeney, Indianapolis, and Harry Gonder, Michigan City. 74—Johnny Phillips, Hammond, Walter Kroll, South 75—Lloyd Crouthers, "South Bend; John Misland, Gary; Clinton Milliken, South Bend; Harold Ridgely, Gary; Herb Walter, South Bend. k Dodds, Gary; Eli Orlich, Gary; Min Smith, South Be: aay, and Stan Wittek, Crown Point. 77—Joe Cauthier, Gary; Wilbur Schmidt, Crown Point; Boka, Hammond, and Bob Zanders, South. B T5-n Easter, Logansport; Bill Allen, Gary; Joe Kaifas, uth , Bend; Frank Bidritz, South Bend; Joe Vandewalle, th d, and Samm Leach, ce mmond.
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Third Intersectional
5 Tilt Postponed
AMES, Iowa (U. P.).—Iowa State's
football opener for Colorado, sched-
uled for Sept. 25, has been postponed, the third intersectional tilt knocked out of the Cyclone schedule. Games with Temple and Michi-
|8an State had been erased earlier.
The Iowa State schedule now lists: Oct. 9, Kansas at ‘Lawrence; 16, Nebraska, home; 30, Oklahoma at Norman; Nov. 6, Missouri, home; 13, Drake at Des Moines; 20, Kansas State, home.
Attend Wedding
WAACs basketball team at Rt. Sheridian, Ill, took a night off last season to attend the wedding of a teammate, the first soldier-WAAC
wedding on the post.
Indians Come Fron Behind &
Twice to Take Double Bill
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sacrifice’ by Bergamo and Scoffic’s
single.’ In the seventh and last stanza,
after one ‘out, the Tribe’s Ed Mor-|
gan belted a single to right for the heme téam’s second hit. of the game. Willard Pike smashed a hot one at Johnny Antonelli, Columbus second sacker, and it had so much on it that the fielders left forearm was injured. But . Antonelli remained in the game. With Morgan on sécond and Pike ‘on first, Stewart: Hofferth crashed. a- single to center, scoring Morgan ‘with the tying run, and Mickey Haslin' hit a ‘double-play ball to Emil Verban at short and he tossed to ‘Antonelli, forcing Hofferth. But Antonelli took too much time ‘in relaying the - ball to first and when he let it go it was wide and low: and :Haslin was safe and Pike dashed in: from third with the winning ‘run. Another lucky break for. our side!
One Error Beats Barrett
Hutchings allowed. six hits, struck out five and issued no walks, He received errorless . support. - Barrett allowed four hits, fanned two and issued no walks. . The one Columbus miscue beat him. Barrett retired 17 Tribesters in’ order. before Hutchings rapped out that sixth-inning single. In the second game the Red Birds looked like they had it in the bag for five innings. They rallied against Diehl in the fourth and scored three runs on five consecutive hits, including two doubles, and had the bases loaded when the side was retired. Southpaw Elwin (Preacher) Roe, on the Columbus mound, held the Indians to two hits and no runs in five innings and rolled up seven strikeouts. He was performing like a sure-fire winner with his 3-to-0 lead.
Here We Go Again!
Then Morgan, who sparked the Indians’ winning rally in the first game, opened against Roe in the sixth and lined a single to right. It touched something off. Hofferth singled to center and Morgan reached third. Pike was erased on an infield out, Morgan scoring and Hofferth taking. second. Haslin drew a walk and Fred Vaughn stepped up and hit a 400foot triple to the left center field wall, scoring Hofferth and Haslin, The count was 3 and 2 on Vaughn when he connected. That was enough for Preacher Roe and Bill Beckman relieved him and halted the rally with the score at 3-all. In the Columbus seventh the
Birds scored a ‘run. and regaled lead, 4 to 3, on Verban's double: 4 Wieczorek’s single. Four Runs In Seventh. Here’s that man Morgan agak In the Tribe seventh after t down ‘he. touched off a four-run. rally. He singled to right, Hofferth walked, Pike doubled, Haslin singled, Vaughn was struck by & pitched ball and Carl Fairly singled. The Indians tallied their eigh marker in the eighth on Wayne Blackburn's walk, Joe Moore's sacs rifice and Hofferth'’s single. The Red Birds threatened in the ninth by getting two men on bases by singles after two down, where= upon Diehl pulled himself togéth and Fairly tossed out Wieczorek the game-ending out. It was a grand finale to a Jorge: evening and the crowd stood and roared its tribute to O Bush's hustling American assoclas : tion pacesetters. ; The Tribesters are playing withs out the services of Gil English, .& consistent hitter and capable fielder, He is ill and will be out of action several days, maybe a full week. .
Ex-Shortridge Star Inducted
Charles F. Freihofer, all-city high school football star of 1941 and 1942 from Shortridge high school, was inducted into the army : June 19. He is awaiting assignment at the reception center at Ft. Benjamin Harrison at present. Freihofer played guard at Shortridge, and last season entered the = University of Michigan, where he took spring training with ‘the freshmen team. He is the son of Walter B. Freihofer, 128 E. 36th
st., a government inspector in the army quartermaster department.
Four Iowa Athletes
Are Casualties
IOWA CITY, Iowa (U. P.).—N Kinnick, former Iowa all-American killed in action as a naval flier, was the fourth Iowa athlete whose name has appeared on the casualty] lists. Two are missing in action—Ray:( Walters, 1936 national collegiate 50-yard sprint swimming champion,’ and Bush Lamb, halfback and win ner of two Big Ten javelin titles, ‘Robert Jones, a former swimmer,
crash in Florida in 1942.
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