Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1943 — Page 6

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WRITING in the New York World-Telegram, Dan Daniel, veteran baseball expert said the man in the street wants to know how big league ball players like Vernon Stephens and George McQuinn of the Browns, recently rejected by the army, are capable of withstanding the physical rigors of the long pennant season, and yet are

tagged “unfit for service.”

Daniel pointed out that army doctors do not base their standards . » They want to determine if the prospective trainee will be able to march from 15 to 25 miles with a heavy pack. . . . Neither Stephens, with a separation in the right knee, nor McQuinn, with a chronic misery in the back, could accomplish this,

on a two-hour ball game. .

In the opinion of the doctors.

Quoting Daniel, in part, “It is to be regretted that in the matter of physical standards there is no uniformity all over the nation. This lack of a definite policy places those rejects in an unenviable situation. “In St. Louis, Stephens, at the age of 22, is tagged 4-F with a In Long Beach, Cal, Charlie Ruffing, near 38, with a few

bad knee.

toes missing from his right foot, is drafted.

evitably start talk.

“The players, of course, are out in the clear. The percentage of major leaguers who have appealed draft board rulings is insignificant.

favors. ‘They never ask for any

Browns Ahead in ‘4-F League’

“WITH THE rejection of Stephens and McQuinn last week, and Frank Hayes, catcher, yesterday, the St. Louis Browns take the major league leadership in the little legion of the 4-Fs. others in Pitcher Johnny Niggeling and Outfielder Milton Byrnes. “The Detroit Tigers come second in the big league roundup of rejects, with three pitchers—Virgil Trucks, Harold Newhouser and

Stubby Overmire,

“It's difficult to believe that a hurler who can fog it in the way Newhouser does, the author of 14 strikeouts against the Yankees, is

not physically eligible for service. with Hal's ticker.

Rejects Include Other Cardiac Cases

“TWO OTHER cardiac cases are Ray Sanders, first baseman of the Cardinals, and Russ Christopher, pitcher for the Athletics. George Sternweiss of the Yankees and Buster Adams of the Phillies, are

stomach ulcer cases.

“Whitey Kurowski of the Cardinals has a crooked arm and Hal Peck of the Cubs lacks a couple of toes which he blasted off in a

rat hunt last fall.

“Brooklyn's Leo Durocher wears a punctured eardrum, the Dodgers’ Augie Galan bristles with elbow and knee troubles which got him a discharge from an army camp, and Johnny Rucker of the Giants has a dislocated vertebra.

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“OTHER 4-Fs in the major leagues are Whitey Wietelmann, Braves’ infielder; Pat Seerey, 20-year-old outfielder with Cleveland; Orval Grove, White Sox pitcher, and Eric Tipton, Cincinnati outDoubtless there are others in the majors, but the 4-Fs are very much averse to publicity, and their complete roster is not

fielder.

available.”

Howling Dan Returns to Baseball

DAN HOWLEY, the Mowling Dan of baseball, one of the game's most colorful characters down through the years, has returned to active service in the game after an absence of several years. ,.. He has been engaged by the Boston Red Sux to assist Herb Pennock. in geouting duties and with the supervision of the club's minor league

farms.

Howley caught for the Indianapolis club when it won its second pennant in 1908. . . . Among his teammates were Ownie Bush, Charlie Carr, Rube Marquard, Billy Hopke, Paddy Livingston, Jack Hayden,

Bull Durham and Cy Coulter,

SPORTS... \ By Eddie Ash

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It's Going to Be Tough on A. L. Hurlers Next Tuesday

By OSCAR FRALEY

United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 7.—Patrolling the sports beat: Pity the poor American league pitcher who starts serving them up to the National league huskies in that All-Star shindig at Connie Mack's Philadelphia ball orchard next Tuesday. If he's a righthander, he'll be facing a bunch of guys with a combined batting averIf he's a southpaw, things will be almost as bad, with

ape of 207. switches lowering the team clubbing percentage to a still-rugged 292 . Mort Cooper of St. Louis, with a 9-5 hill record, is expected to open festivities for the senior circuit. Brother Walker probably will be back of the plate, because of the Injury to the Dodgers’ Mickey Owen in the holiday twin bill with the Cubs. . . . A right-handed American league pitcher probably will be looking at this lineup, according to National league officials: 1-b, Frank McCormick, Reds, .329; 2-b, Lonnie Frey, Reds, .318; ss, Slats Marion, Cards, .281; 3-b, Stan Hack, Cubs, 320; outfield, Stan Musial, Cards, 324; Harry Walker, Cards, .283, and Mel Ott, Giants, 251. ( . A southpaw's version probably would have Billy Herman, 'Dodgers, 2-b, 324; Whitey Kurowski, Cards, 3-b, .208, and Outfielders Vince DiMaggio, Pirates, .248, and Dixie Walker, Decdgers, .272, and Augie Galan, Dodgers, .296.

L040 ANNOUNCEMENT that Ace Adams of the Giants has been named the National league batting practice pitcher—ineligible

for the game—accentuates the fact that he’s still the same gteady, reliable workman. Ace

get a modern record by pitching in 66 games last season and now fs en route to a new mark with 34 appearances and the season only half over. . ..

2 ” ” EARLY TENNIS tournaments have been dominated by that pigeon-toed little good neighbor from Ecuador, Pancho Segura, leading the net experts to predict that he'll be the next national amateur king. Pancho, of the two-handed grip, will be in top form for the Sept. 1-6 festivities at Forest Hills while the three men who rank ahead of him— Ted Schroeder, Frankie Parker and Gardner Mulloy—are in service and play only occasionally. , . 2 ” 2

DAN FERRIS, the distinguished gecretary of the national A. A. U,, reveals that plans are being made td bring Arne Andersson, the newest Swedish track marvel, to the United States for the indoor campaign this winter, “If he continues to perform well we will issue an invitation shortly,” Ferris paid. Anderson has done fairly to date, Sonsigshie that

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2 2 2 JOHNNY LONGDEN, a solemnfaced little Canadian, is a pretty fair judge of horse flesh. He's the man who has been aboard Count Fleet in each of the Hertz Hurricane’'s victories. So it's pretty straight dope when he rates Chop Chop as the second best 3-year-old now that Blue Swords is on the shelf. . . . " gd &8 #8 REMEMBER how you felt the first time someone called you “pop”? An announcement arrived today that the Eastern Veterans’ Tennis tournament—for “boys” from 50 to 80—would be held at the East Orange, N. J, Tennis club July 31-Aug. 8. The invitation saying “we hope you will be able to play,” and a look at our receding hair line, reminds us that tempus really does

Tribe

Meets Saints In Twilight

Bill Tonight

« THE INDIANAPOLIS THMES

opes To Make

Up Losses

WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1048

At Home

Released from the pressure of defending first place, the Indianapolis Indians hope to do something about regaining a winning stride on the old home grounds. |

livering for the Victory field fans now that they will be at home for a 13-day stand it's conceivable that the ground lost on the recent road trip wiil be made up. But don't jump at conclusions. | Three of the western clubs which | start a parade through Indianapolis) tonight are anything but pushovers. | The St. Paul Saints, now at the 500 mark, are first on deck and the series is to open with a twilight-| night double-header, first game at 6:45 p. m. The first tilt is to be over the seven-inning route by agreement, the second over the regulation distance.

Four Games in Series

The St. Paul series calls for four games, extending through Friday. Incidentally, this is NOT ladies’ night at the Tribe park. The ladies’ night in this series falls on Friday. The Indians are trailing the league-leading Milwaukee Brewers by two games and it's going to require some tall hustling to bump the Suds City gang out of first place. The Brewers carry a wicked wallop and their mound staff has rounded into form. But you never can tell in the American association. Last year the Kansas City Blues won the pennant. This season they are in last place. For one thing, now that the Redskins are in their own orchard, they | will receive unlimited batting practice. And it's a safe guess that the infielders, including pitchers, will receive some extra fielding practice. | Out on the recent road trip the Tribe infield was caught taking a siesta a couple of times and opposing base runners cashed in by taking two bases on infield outs,

Time to Perk Up

Be that as it may, it's time to become alert, and the Victory field customers hope the Tribesters are geared to get going again against Salty Parker's Saints this evening. Following are the St. Paul and

Indianapolis batting figures, exclusive of pitchers: SAINTS INDIANS .333—Blaemire .333—Schlueter .323—Schultz .328—Pike 300—Vitter 321—English 287—Powell 296—Moore 277—Hunt 274—Blackburn 2685—Baron 273—Hofferth 261—Rebel 271—Morgan 2680-=Andrews .230—Haslin 240—Parker 201—=Vaughn 240—Drews JA93—Fairly 202—Chapman .161—McNair JA79—Blanchard

Bush Wins Argument,

Then ‘Frees’ Brewers

CHICAGO, July 7 (U. P.).—Owen J. Bush, president and manager of the Indianapolis club of the American association, late yesterday released the Milwaukee Brewers from their obligation to play a postponed game with the Indians at Indianapolis on July 19. Bush freed President Bill Veeck of Milwaukee frcm the game after the league's board of directors had overruled a decision by President George M. Trautman. Trautman held in favor -of Milwaukee in the date controversy, but the directors reconsidered the ruling and decided in Indianapolis’ favor. It was then Bush arose and waived the date, “I was sure I was correct in principle,” Bush said, “and merely wanted that affirmed. I have no desire, however, to hold Milwaukee to the game over its other schedule commitments.” The date controversy arose when the league originally left July 19 and 20 open for the playing of service teams. If service teams were not scheduled on the former date, then it was permissible to hold the team in the city where it was playing on July 18 for a play-off of a postponed game. Milwaukee scheduled an exhib-

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Baseball

Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

L Pet Milwaukee 25 809 INDIANAPOLIS 25 583 Columbus 31 523 Minneapolis 32 508 iy Eo 32 500 Toledo. ..cciiiiiiiiiiiii § 34 A853 Louisville 38 A413 Kansas City 38 317 w L Pet. St. Louis . 24 843 Brookigm. .....icoi00iiiii 44 32 SF Pittsburgh (coolant 38 32 529 Cincinnati sive 38 35 485 Philadelphia 33 37 A Boston .....iiii0000 35 A430 CRICARD ......oostiiiiisiis 41 423 New York 43 394 L Pet. New York ...ccoooiiiiiiis 29 567 Washington . 34 521 Detroit ...... 32 513 Chicago ..... 32 508 Boston ...... ka! 500 Cleveland 35 485 St. Louis ...coooiiiiiiiiig 33 470 Philadelphia ............. 1 A488 RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First Game; 7 Innings: Afraement) Columbus ............. 0—0 2 0 Toledo ...icoiuiiusiis, 100 010 x— 2 8 4 Beakiman and Heath; Kimberlin an Hayworth, 4 1% tun (Secon am nnings) Columbus ...... 0 000 4 14, } Toledo ......... 02 0— 3 11

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

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Chicago 220 000 400— 9 10 1 000 002— 4 13 2 and MeCullough; Melton, Weband Bragan.

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Boston at Chicago, postponed.

GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Paul at INDIANAPOLIS (two, twilight

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Select Ace Adams

Adams of the New York Giants will serve as batting practice pitcher for the National league in the All-Star

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Members of the Allison

Capehart Has To Settle With

Capehart-Packard’'s softball team will have two aims in mind tonight when it clashes with the Allison Red Rings in the feature tilt of the three-game card in the Bush-Feezle Industrial league at Softball

stadium.

First, the manufacturing company 10 will be out to hang on to

the first-place position where they Metal Auto Parts upset the Red Rings, 3-0, and dropped them into a tie for second. And, second, Capehart wants to avenge a 6-5 defeat handed them by the Rings June 2—the only loss charged against them in the league this season. All but one of the tilts played by Capehart so far have been fairly close ones and the boys have had a

Softball Schedule Tonight Softball Stadium BUSH-FEEZLE INDUSTRIAL LEAGUE

Allison Red Rings vs. CapehartPackard Mfg. Co.

Motor Armory vs. R. C. A.

Kingan Knights vs. Metal Auto Parts.

hard time keeping that loss column! in the standings down to one. The] only time they really broke loose on a scoring spree was June 16 when | they swamped the Kingan Knights, 11-3. Three of the team’s victories avel been by but one run and one of these was a 2-1 win in 11 innings| over Metal Auto. The Red Rings| haven't had things rosy, either. They, too, have won three tilts by a single run and went on a scoring jaunt only once in plastering R. C. A, 16-5. But they haven't fared well in their last two times out, dropping both decisions and getting but one run in both of them. The remainder of the card will bring together the Kingan Knights, tied for second place with the Red Rings, and the Metal Auto squad, while the doormat of the league, Motor Armory, faces R. C. A. Metal Auto clipped the Kingan outfit, 4-3, in their first and only meeting this year while R. C. A.

Move Home Tilts To Montgomery

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, July 7 (U. P.) —President Joe Engel of the Chattanooga Lookouts announced

today that the Southern association club would play its remaining home games at Montgomery, Ala. The team will open a long home stand there July 25. “Our club has been putting up a good fight in the team race,” Engel said, “but we have been having the worst crowds in this city’s history.” Engel pointed out that the Lookouts had finished the first half of the season on July 4 only a halfgame out of first place and said: “In double-headers on July 4 and 5, we drew 1600 on Sunday and only 1200 the next day. Montgomery made us a nice offer and we accepted. The financial situation here was impossible.” The club will remain the property of the Washington Senators with Engel retaining the presidency.

hung a 7-1 defeat on the yictord< |

Shoot for Top Tonight

Red Rings, who will be fighting to get back on the top of the heap in the Bush-Feetle Industrial Softball loop tonight at Softball stadium, are: (back row, left to right) Ken Tuttle, Gene Hooper, Leander Baker, George Davis, Jack Taylor, Jim Renfro, Ralph Peck and Bob Ebersole; (front row, left to right) Bill Layton, Gerald Shafer and Fred Corum. Two members of the team are not in the picture. They are Adam Walsh, pitcher, and Del Barns.

an Old Score

Allison Team

found themselves last week after

Burnham Sees

A New Hope

LAFAYETTE, Ind. July 8 (U. P). —Elmer Burnham, Purdue utfiversity football coach, saw new hope today for a successful autumn cams=paign although his 1942 team has been riddled by service calls. Burnham's aspirations were

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starved armory ten in their initial serap.

16-Game Schedule

‘For Playground Teams

Tomorrow's 16-game schedule for playground softball teams, with all contests slated to start at 11 a. m,, follows: Greer at Kansas and Meridian, Rhodius at Keystone, Riley at Garfield, Willard at Ringgold, Brookside at George Washington, Highland at Morris Square, Ellenberger at Oak Hill, Christian at Brightwood, Arnolda at Lentz

School No. 75 at Coleman, Indianola |

at Hawthorne, School No. 16 at School No. 41, Udell and Rader at Golden Hill, 46th and Arsenal at School No. 43, 61st and Broadway at School No, 66, School No. 32 at Fall Creek.

Stewart-Warner Still Undefeated

Stewart-Warner's softball team maintained its perfect record in the | Bush-Feezle Factory league at Softball stadium last night by soundly trouncing the second-place P. R. Mallory ten, 12-0. The victory gave the league-leaders seven victories against no defeats.

and International vancing to a three-way tie for second place with the Mallory ten by turning back their respective op- | ponents. The Harvester squad whipped Kingan, 6-2, in eight innings while the Tiremen shut out Eli Lilly, 3-0. It was the Lilly team’s seventh consecutive league defeat,

Two Tilts Scheduled At Speedway Stadium

Tonight's schedule in the Girls’ Major league at Speedway stadium includes Electronic Laboratories vs. R. C. A. Radio girls and the Royal Crown Cola Girls vs. Curtiss-Wright Girls. The first game will start at 8 pm. Helen Neihouse pitched the Cola (Continued on Page Seven)

Bob Steuber Joins

Chicago Bears

CHICAGO, July 7 (U. P).—The Chicago Bears today announced the acquisition of Bob Steuber, University of Missouri halfback. Steuber, an elusive ball carrier and an accurate passer, will play with the College All-Stars against the Washington Redskins Aug. 25, after which he will join the Bears. Terms of his contract were not announced.

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pinned on football material among who started courses at the univer-

the provision that the sport would not interfere with their military program. The navy and marine football material hails chiefly from Illinois and Missouri universities, and Burnham plans to call them for his newlyauthorized four-week summer term drill on July 15. Formal football practice for the fall campaign was scheduled to open on the week-end of Aug. 28, three weeks before the first 1943 game with Great Lakes naval training station at Great Lakes, Ill. Potential new Purdue stars from Illinois included Alex Agase, allAmerica guard; John Genis, cap-tain-elect and tackle; Mike Kasap, tackle, and Tony Butkovitch, full|back, all letter men. Other former Illini performers | were Jack Butt and Marvin Clatt, |reserve tackles ,and Frank Bauman rand Joe Busceni, ends on last year’s | freshman team.

Expect 12,000 At Rare Track

CAMDEN, N. J, July 7 (U. P.) — Approximately 12,000 persons were expected at Garden State Park tos | day for the opening of a 50-day racing program. Feature of the eight-race initial |program was the six-furlong Camden handicap, a $5000 dash for nine horses. General Manager Walter H. Donovan anticipated a successful season. Hundreds of horse-drawn [vehicles have been made available {within a two-mile radius of the plant to carry fans to and from bus and trolley lines. More than 800 horses are already quartered at the track and additional steeds are expected from Maryland, New York and New England. Valdina Alpha was the pre-race favorite for the sixth and feature race. Cassis, holder of the 1:101-5 track record for six furlongs, is also highly regarded. Other nominees are Omission, Clyde Tolson, Mettle« some, Bull Reigh, Pompion, Cape Cod and Unchallenged.

Mel Ott Leads War Bond League

NEW YORK, July 7 (U. P)~— Manager Mel Ott of the New York Giants led the Baseball War Bond league today with a total of $115,000 | as the sum raised in the drive spon= | sored by the New York sportswriters | grew to $2,025,000. The drive began on June 15, with every hit or pitching victory costing a particular player's sponsor a bond of a certain denomination. The most popular player is Outfielder Dixie Walker whose Brooklyn ads herents have purchased 349 war bonds in his name.

2000 Soldiers in

Summer Olympics

CAMP PICKETT, Va, July 7 (U. P.).—More than 2000 soldiers-ath-letes today were scheduled to par ticipate in the two-day summer olympics of the medical replacement training center beginning Saturday night. Some 10,000 persons are expected to witness what army officials believe will be one of the largest mili« tary sports meets ever staged.

Three Given Names

As far as records show, the only player in the American association to boast three given names is James William Earle Browne of Louisville.

There Are More Spectacular

Pitchers Than Gumbert, but

None Deserves Fame More

By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 7—There are more spectacular pitchers in the major leagues than Harry Gumbert, but none is more deserving of baseball fame than the St. Louis Cardinal righthander who, after eight

Gumbert, nicknamed “Gunboat”

the quietest workmen in the game.

for since he came to the New York Giants in 1935 for his first crack at big league ball, he's hovered in the b a ¢ k ground— Hs 3 tolerant, calm and uncomplain i n g but always reliable. Few observers have recognized his true worth. As an outstanding indication, t h e © Giants traded Gumbert and Paul : Dean to St. Louis a hy for Bill McGee. Harry Gumbert Gumbert is the sole survivor of that deal and the Cardinals have good reason today for exultation over that two-year-old trade that brought Handsome Harry to Sports men's park. Gumbert turned in one of the season’s best-pitched games yesterday as he led the Cardinals to a 4-0 triumph over the difficult Phila delphia Phillies, a decision that was doubly important because, combined with the Dodger defeat by the Cubs, it boosted the Red Birds ‘nto a four-game lead in the senior circuit. Not a single Phillie got further than first base as Gumbert doled out three hits, fanned two and walked two for his first shutout of the year, his fourth straight and sixth victory of the campaign. The Cards sewed up the game before a man was out in the first inning, tearing into Jake Kraus for three runs. Harry Walker's single sent home one and Danny Litwhilers one-bagger booted over the other pair. Stan Musial's triple scored the final run in the seventh.

Dodgers Trounced, 9-4

Chicago trounced the Dodgers, 0-4, in a twilight game at Ebbets field, the defeat dropping Brooklyn within four games of the idle thirdplace Pirates. Every man in the Chicago lineup clubbed out a safety off three Brooklyn moundsmen, the Bruins belting Rube Melton for three runs in the first, Les Webber for a pair in the second and Ed Head for four in the seventh. Claude Passeau gave up 13 hits for his seventh victory. Al Javery won his own game as he pitched the Braves to a 1-0 win over the Reds. Clyde Kluttz doubled and scored on Javery’s jolt to center in the second for the pitcher's eighth win. He allowed six hits. The Yankees forged three games in front in the American league by tripping the Browns, 5-4, in a night game. Doubles by Tuck Stainback and Marius Russo, a walk, Bud Metheny's single and Nick Etten’s long double drove in four runs in the fifth to clinch the win, first for Russo this season, The southpaw was forced out in the sixth with an injured finger, Chet Laabs drove in all the St. Louis runs, hitting his 10th homer with one on the first, singling home {he third in the sixth and knocking over the fourth with a long fly in the eighth.

Tigers Nip Senators

Rae Scarborough issued two bases on balls to force in the deciding run as Detroit nipped Washington, 4-3, in 16 innings. Bob Johnson's two= run homer tied the score in the fourth. He doubled and scored on Gene Moore's single to send Washington in front in the 16th, but, with the bases loaded for Detroit in their half, Gerry Priddy let a grounder go through and the score was tied. Scarborough loaded the bases by Walking Pinky Higgins and ended the game by passing Ned Harris, Al Smith, veteran Cleveland southpaw, turned in his seventh victory by pitching the Indians to a four-hit, 2<0 triumph over the A's in a night game. Smith dueled scorelessly with Orie Arnizen until the eighth, when the Indians inched over two runs, Ken Keltner doubling home the first talley and Hank Edwards singling home the other. Arntzen allowed nine hits, three going to Edwards. Boston at Chicago was postponed.

George Metkovich Will Join Boston

SAN FRANCISCO, July 7 (U. P.) —George Metkovich, 23-year old, hard<hitting right-fielder of the San Francisco Seals, will leave immediately after today’s double= header with Hollywood to join the Boston Red Sox. Metkovich, often compared in appearance and playing ability to Ted Williams, great Red Sox outfielder now in the navy, cost the Boston club a reported $25,000

and Outfielder' Wilson (Dee) Miles, who will join the Seals later this week. A left-handed batter and thrower, Metkovich, obtained from the Boston Braves for $5000 early in the spring, has been the main reason for the Seals’ grasp on second place in the Pacific Coast league.

BASEBALL

Victory Field—W. 16th at Harding

INDPLS. vs. ST. PAUL TONIGHT—TWO GAMES

First Game—6:45 P. M. For STORY FIRLD—RI.

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Four-Minute Mile Will Be Run—Hagg

LOS ANGELES, July 7—(U. P.).

coliseum oval today limbering up after a cross-country train trip, but he took time off to predict the eventual running of a “four-min« ute mile.” The Swedish distance ace, who tangles with Gil Dodds in the two-mile feature event of the car nival of champions at the coli« seum Saturday, declared: “A mile will be run in less than four minutes and a Swede will do it” Arne Anderson, his fellow countryman who last week set a new world’s mile mark, may be the man who turns the trick, Hagg said. He plans to go after the fourminute mile himself at San Frane cisco next week. He now holds every record from 1500 meters to 5000 meters except the mile. As for his efforts here, Hagg said he would be satisfied with nine-minute time in the twomile, far off his best. The record for the coliseum, however, is 9:1.8 and he expects to exceed that. Hagg said he would leave for Sweden in August as he intended to be back in time for the national championship races September 11.

Thom Winner

Coach Billy Thom, I. U. wrestling coach, won a ‘rubber’ match over Rene LaBelle, the clever French Canadian junior heavyweight, the main event tussle of the weekl mat bill staged last night at Sports Arena by the Hercules Athletic club. The crowd of approximately 2300 wrestling followers saw the Bloome ington athlete capture the first and third falls while his rival had to be content with winning the second session. LaBelle took his fall with a flying step-over toe hold, one of Thom's own pet weapons, in seven minutes, while the I. U. ace won the first in 20 minutes with a grapevine hold and the final in 13 minutes with a body slam and press. Karl (Big Boy) Davis, Columbus, O.,, heavyweight, made it two straight victories here in as many weeks by topping John Granovich, of New York City, to win the semifinal in 18 minutes. The victor applied a series of headlocks to gain the edge. Babe Kasaboski, Toronto junior heavy, and Gil LaCross, of Mont« real, traveled to a stalemate when the two Canadians tussled 30 minutes without a fall.

Irish Mentor Joins All-Stars

CHICAGO, July 7 (U, P).—~The coaching staff of the College All Stars who will play the World Professional Champion Washington Redskins at Evanston, Ill, on Aug. 25 was completed today with the addition of Frank Leahy of Notre Dame. Harry Stuhldreher of Wisconsin heads the all-star staff. Its other members are Babe Horrell of U, ©,

and Lt, Lakes. Leahy was on the all-star staff last season but was forced to with draw from active work with the squad after the first week's practice because of illness.

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Dodgers to Stage Tryouts July 12

NEW YORK, July 7 (U. P.).—The Brooklyn Dodgers will stage tryouts for young prospects at Ebbets field for six days beginning July 12. Players 16 to 24 years are invited to participate in the trials. No fee is required but out-of-towners must finance their own trips. Expenses of those signed to contracts will be refunded.

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