Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 July 1943 — Page 8
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The match ended on the next hole, Morey winning, 9 to 8.
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THIS IS a story of what clean army life, good chow, and expert instruction can do to make America’s fighting
men the greatest in the world.
Michael Perez in the Ft. Logan, Colo., “News-Views.”
I'he soldier author's article, in
aQ veer Lavy Py «++ It was written by Pvt. under the lights tonight.
part, follows: “All records for like they are ready to be taken.
Suds (ity Gang on the Run as
SPORTS... Tribe Dunks Them Twice to
Climb Back Into First Place
By EDDIE ASH
The Indians are out in front again and by two games. iout a double jolt of Redskin poison to the Milwaukee Brewers in last night's double-header at Victory field, the Tribsters hope to keep the Suds City gang on the run by plastering them with a third tanning
Ousted from the American association's top spot, the Brewers look
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SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1943 | . . . The Procedure Is Reversed . .
it was Morey's caddy, Red Martell, right, who took the golf balls out
of the bag for Morey as they started play in the tourney. Yesterday, however, Morey replaced the ball while the happy caddy affectionately kissed Morey's putter, a potent weapon in the hands of the
23-year-old sharpshooter.
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Newsom Will Join St. Louis Tomorrow
ST. LOUIS, July 17 (U. P). President Don Barnes of the St. Louis Browns revealed today that Buck Newsom, veteran major league right-hander, has agreed to report to the club tomorrow in time to pitch against the Cleveland Indians. Newsom, winner of nine games against four defeats, was traded to
Morey Loses 15 Pounds In Tourney
By FRANK WIDNER
When slender, bronze-faced Dale Morey of Martinsville and Lis State university won the 1943 sta amateur golf tournament at Broads moor yestefday by overwhelming Indianapolis’ Dick McCreary, 9 and [8 he became the third golfer in { tournament history to win by such {an impressive margin.
the Browns by the Brooklyn Dodg-| 1Wice before, finalists have gone
covers 14 states, were ers after a rift with Manager Leo down to defeat by that heavy
Donald A. Alexander,
fitness in the fourth district which when Pte.
physical In other words, the burly Brewers
smashed in mid-June at Ft. Logan, a score. Back in 1920, Robert Res-
of Berkeley, Cal, hung up a new a
record surpasses the old mark of 94 per cent.
The quiet, 21-year-old former the
besides the physical fitness mark
complete fatigue uniform, he completed the 360-yard run in 42 sec-
onds. He chinned himself 23 times 100 per cent. These are all new post
Faster and Stronger in Eight Weeks
When told that some of the greatest athletes in the country have tried and failed to better the physical fithess record, Alexander
said, ‘I guess I was just lucky, and i my department at Logan. us
tests.” ” » TO SET the new western reco in 7 seconds, did 65 sit-ups, 23 4 seconds, the 360 in 42 seconds, and The records were timed with
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Also coming in for praise from Alexander is the army chow,
He gained 15 pounds.”
Marquette Stars Move to Notre Dame MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY'S loss was Notre Dame's gain when a collection of the Hilltop's best varsity athletes was transferred to the South Bend school under the marine corps V-12 student training
program Football aces who have left Ma Ends Jack Hildebrandt and Ray Kuf
ter Bob Curley, Halfbacks Wayne (Rusty)
and Fullbaek Carl Schuette Basketball transfers were Forw Guards John Farrell and Bob Gless topper’s high scorer last winter.
ate marine reserves were sent to Notre Dame,
Sr mn amas s——
Baseball Calendar
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION We 5
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INDIANAPOLIS Milwavkee wali Columbus 1¢ledo Minneapolis St. Paul Louisville Kansas City
NATIONAL LEAGUE Won Lost Pet. x 26 6 35 33 38
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St. Lovnis Brooklyn Pittsburgh Cincinnati Philadelphia Reston Chicago New York
AMERICAN LEAGUE Won 14
Lost 30 393
New York S20
Detroit Washington Chicago St. Louis Boston Cleveland Philadelphia
RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
St. Paul Columbus Weiland Heath,
200 and Andrews; Dockins an
00) 003 b0— 4 3 3 204 120 21x13 20 and Rolandson; Cox and
Minneapolis Toledo . Scheetz, Clarke Hayworth, Keller Kansas City 190 000 020 3 Logisville Bevins and
. 081 000 Smith; Johnson and Doyle.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
St. Louis 000 220 wi0— 5 15 1 Pittsburgh ,.. 300 201 10x— 9 13 Krist, Munger, Lanier, Dickson and W. Cooper; Sewell and Lopes.
LOANS
FAIRBANKS
University of California, but never went he thought he wasn't good enough, set three new Ft. Logan records,
rerformance it's Lt. Robert Theall and the physical training For eight weeks now they have been giving guys plenty of helpful exercise and advice. faster and stronger, but I didn't know how much until I took the
had an agility mark of 14 direction change run in 12's
S Munerief and Ferrell.
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(appear to be crestfallen. { Be that may, the Bushmen | are determined to continue rolling. land tonight George Jeffcoat will be | lsent against the visitors to give [them a dose of slow curves. It is ithe first Saturday night game to be | tried here this season and is to start at 8:30. Tomorrow the teams will clash in| an afternoon double-header starting at 2 p. m., ending the five-game | series and ending the Tribe's cur- | rent home stand. |
An Overflow Crowd
An overflow ladies’ night crowd of | 13,171 saw the Indians at their best | last night and it was a large eve: | ning on the home diamond. The Bushmen captured the first game,
verage of 98 per cent. The new . it
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and set an endurance index of records.
f anyone deserves the credit for I knew I was getting
® the Redskins came from behind both times, The first tilt, scheduled for seven | (innings, went to eight stanzas and] most of the excitement was packed into that eighth frame. Neither side scored in seven innings as Jim Trexler for the Tribe and Bill, Fleming for the Brewers waged a snappy mound duel. | In the first of the eighth the {Brewers tallied two markers on two | singles and a double and the fans| {thought the jig was up for the ‘home team. { But the Indians refused to surrender. Wayne Blackburn, first up lin the Tribe half, doubled and Joe Moore scored him on a single. On Gil English's sacrifice bunt, Catcher | Helf's throw to second hit Moore land both runners were safe,
Morgan Hits Double
Ed Morgan's double to right scored Moore and put English on third. Willard Pike was given an intentional walk, filling the bases, and on Stewart Hofferth's roller to third English was tossed out at the plate, leaving the bases still jammed. This brought up Fred Vaughn and
= rd Alexander made the 60-yard chins, 3 standing broad jumps
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rquette for Notre Dame include fel, Tackle Harry Dobraska, CenJohnston and Clair Voss,
ards Al Skat and Bob Pierce, on, and Center Kuffel, the HillAll of Marquette’s undergradu-
a reste ttn I
3 to 2, and the second, 9 to 4. And pee 12-hit attack with three hits, in-
pleted two double plays apiece.
~~ |he poked a single between short and
100 000 100— 2 5 0 scoring Morgan with the win- | "096 000 0at— § 10 3| third, scoring g Highe, Allen, Fitzsimmons and Bragan; Ding run. Vhikelts AH NIC It was Southpaw Trexler's 13th
| victory of the season and his 11th | straight. He has lost only one game. i : ight hits, 010 001 011— 4 The Indians collected eig
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Only games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
| Becker,
Boston Washington Judd and Partee; Early, Padden.
Philadelphia New York Flores, Wensloff, Russo and Dickey.
Dio 00 60— 1 3 © including three doubles: the Brew-| Candini, Mertz and qp got nine hits, one a double. Both | — sides pulled two double plays. The | : 308 000 Mr § 13 i! Indians muffed a chance in the Arntzen, Besse and Wagner; third when they loaded the bases |
after one out and failed to score. |
Cleveland O11 000 100— 3 11 © y ses loaded | St. Lohis “Nee 00 Gox— A 4 | The Brewers had the ba s 1 Smith, Navmick, Kennedy and Rosar; in the seventh with two down be-
| fore Pike camped under Fleming's long fly to retire the side.
Two Fielding Gems AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Milwaukee at INDIANAPOLIS (night! Trexler helped himself out of 8:30). {that seventh-inning threat by toss-
PO eee Labhs, (might). {ing a runner out at third. It ruined Kansas City at Louisville. the inning for Milwaukee. The NATIONAL LEAGUE ‘game's fielding gem was a oneRew a hig (we). | handed running catch by Brewer Brooklyn at Boston. > | Outfielder Martin on Morgan's long Ohieage at Cinbihihati, |drive to right center in the second | stanza. Blackburn also made a swell catch on Johnson's drive in the = | seventh. Beton Br ; ATOR Tight). In the second game the Brewam ers scored one marker in the first
| (Ye | inning, one in the second and then vr Game Schedu le p) | batted Johnny Hutchings out of the
{box in the sixth for two more runs. A seven-game 1943 II sched-' ul bi ; a Se u football sc Sa The Indians got to Southpaw rts Py ra ado was an. | Charlie Gassaway for two markers | nounced today by the University en on hve hits, two of f Georgia B s, R i} : t Oo gia Bulldogs, Rose Bowl “4, "in the sixth the Tribesters . put the crowd in a frenzy by stag- | ’ ing a wild rally good for six runs. F 0X S Team Wins | Gassaway was batted out and the | A two-under-par 71 enabled Indians continued the harsh treatFrank Fox's foursome to win the ment on Charlie Sproull, who re{weekly pro-amateur golf tourney lieved. (at Pleasant Run course yesterday.! And in the eighth the Tribesters Other members of the winning scored a good measure run, boost
i Only games scheduled.
GAMES TODAY
AMERICAN LEAGUE
| Detroit at Chicage (two). | Cleveland at St. Louis (two).
tional Harvester, ‘Feezle Commercial league play at
Tribe Batting
TRIBE AVERAGES G AB 1 5% 182 279 243 270 276 282 152 224 207 58
375 335 319 313 .203 283 277 237 232 .203
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Schlueter (iiiviie Pike : Moore English Hofferth . Morgan Blackburn Haslin i“ Fairly ociciieii Vaughn MeNair
bles and Blackburn one. Moore collected three hits and batted in two runs and English batted in three, Grey Clarke paced the Milwau-
cluding a rousing home run over the left field wall near the scoreboard. He hit it in the fourth with none on and it really was a wallop. Martin and Norman hit doubles for
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the Brewers, Al Bronkhurst, who relieved, Hutchings in the sixth, received credit for the victory although he stepped aside for a pinch hitter and Lefty Bob Logan went in and subdued the visitors the remainder of the way. Both Bronkhurst and Logan pitched fine relief ball. Sproull was the losing pitcher. The Brewers were loose in the field and made three errors. The In-
Sewell's Best Pitch Is His Soft and Slow 'Butter-Ball’
The Yankees taking four straight fro Comiskey park proved too much for this fan who is gently led | away from there after bouncing onto the field to protest a decision.
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By PAUL SCHEFFELS
United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, July
17—The Pittsburgh
Pirates, dubbed the “acs
dians went through both tilts with- cordion” club because of their classic collapses, have been painfully bar-
The paid attendance was 7937. women and others, 5234,
: : | jout a boot. The rivals again com- ren of success stories tor several years. But Truett Banks Sewell, fancy [name and all, is helping write a new kind of saga for his club, Rip, whose dipper pitch has br
ought him 13 victories and ranking
as the best hurler in the majors today, spends his spare time in directing
Tribe Box Scores
(First Game) MILWAUKEE | AB R E . 4 0 0 el 1} 0 0 0| 0
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Milwaukee . 000 000 02 2 Indianapolis . 000 000 03 2 Runs batted in-—Norbert 2, Moore, Morgan, Vaughn. Two-base hits—Hofferth, Clarke, Blackburn, Morgan. Sacrifice — Englisli. Double plavs—Fairiy to Vaughn to Morgan, Clarke to Johnson to Becker (2), English to Vaughn to Morgan. Left on bases—Milwaukee 8 Indianapolis 9. Base on balls—Off Fleming 4 ‘Trexler 3. Struck out—By Trexler 4 Fleming 1. Umpires—Gordon, Wiethe and Murray. Time 1:46.
Double Bill Slated at Speedway Stadium
Royal Crown Cola girls will meet R. C. A. Radio girls in the first
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at Speedway stadium tomorrow night. Midway Gardens men's team from Muncie, undefeated in eight games, will tackle the Marilyn Fur squad in the second tilt. The first game gets under way at 7:30 p. m.
Billings Wins
Billings hospital rapped Interna-6-3, in Bush-
Softball stadium last night. Other league tilts were International Tool & Machine 6, Indianapolis Rail-
| team included Gilbert Winkinson, | ing their total to nine on 15 vo
op aud. Chiacles Nieman. for the game, English got two dou:
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(Second Game) MILWAUKEE
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Totals isn 39 9 3 2 14 Pike batted for Bronkhurst in 6th Milwaukee 100 102 000-~ 4 INDIANAPOLIS 000 026 O1x— 9 Runs batted in Norbert, Clarke, Hutchings, Blackburn, Becker 2, Vaughn, Moore 2, English 3 Morgan. Two-base hits— Martin, English 2, Norman, Blackburn. Home run—Clarke. Stolen base—Martin, Double plays Clarke to Johnson to Becker, Vaughn to Fairly to Morgan, Johnson to Becker, Fairly to Vaughn to Morgan. Left on bases— Milwaukee 8 Indianapolis 9. ——Base on balls—off Gassaway 2, Hutehings 1, Sproull 1. Struck out-—by Gassaway 4, Bronkhurst 1, Sproull 4 Logan 1. Hits—off Hutchings, 8 in 5 innings (and to 3 men in 6th); Gassaway, 9 in 5 innings (and to 2 men in 6th): Bronkhurst, 1 in 1 inning; Sproull, 8 in 3 innings; n, 3 in 3 innings. Hit by pitcher— Norbert, by Hutchings. Winning pitcher — Bronkhurst. Losing pitcher — Sproull. Umpires—Wiethe, Murray and Gordon Time—2:01.
* Carolyn Varin Wins Carolyn Varin won the ladies’ spring handicap golf tournament at Highland yesterday for the sece ond time, defeating Mary Gorham in the final round, 3 and 2.
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calisthenics for the Pirates while |perfecting the softest piteh in the game, Sewell's repertoire includes all the unorthodox stuff-—screwballs, sinkers and knuclers-——but his best offer-
F|ing is his “butter-ball,” a soft, slow
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|either, beating the toughest club in ‘the loop—the league-leading CardiSewell, in ad« {dition to keeping 15 hits spaced well enough to win, checked in with
0 three safeties of his own,
Boston spoilea the Dodgers’ chances of picking up a full game lon the Cardinals by defeating | Brooklyn, 3-2, behind the five<hit hurling off Nate Andrews. Johnny | McCarthy slammed a triple in the ninth inning off veteran Freddie | Fitzsimmons to send in Butch Nie{man with the winning run, In the American league, the lead{ing New York Yankees edged out the Athletics, 6-5, as Frankie Cros setti's third hit, an eighth-inning single, provided the winning edge. Marius Russo, who relieved Charlie Wensloff in the seventh when the A's slammed over four runs, was credited with the victory. Oscar Judd set back the Washe« ington Senators with five hits as the Boston Red Sox handed Milo Candini his second setback of the season, 4-1, in a night game before 10,100 fans at Griffith stadium. Three straight walks plus a pair of singles and an infield out gave the Browns four runs off Al Smith in the first inning and an eventual {4-3 decision over the Indians in a night game.
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Pitch Against Cleveland
“Buck will report here tomorrow morning,” Barnes said, “and will, in all probability, pitch against Cleveland that afternoon.” Newsom charged that he had been given a “raw deal” when traded to St. Louis and repeatedly stated he “would definitely not report,” the latest occasion being after a tele phone conversation with Barnes yesterday morning from New York. The bulky hurler had his greatest season with Detroit in 1940, when he won 21 and lost five to lead the Tigers to the flag. He was Brooklyn's top pitcher this season,
Amateur Baseball
Tomorrow's schedule for games in the three leagues of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball association to be played at city parks is: MANUFACTURERS LEAGUE P. R. Mallory vs. U. 8. Tires and Rhodius 1. Kingan vs. Allison at Riverside 1. Stewart-Warner vs, Harold at Riverside 3. Atkins vs. Curtiss-Wright at Garfield 3. MUNICIPAL LEAGUE Red Rings vs. Pure Oil at Brookside. DeWolf News vs. Eagles at Riverside 2. BIG SIX R.C. A. vs. 40 & 8 at Riverside 5. Edgewood vs. Riverside 4. Armour (bye),
Joe Wolf Faces Whitey Walberg
Joe Wolf, a rugged and aggressive matman out of Cleveland, will oppose Whitey Walberg of Minneapolis in the semi-windup on the outdoor mat bill next Tuesday night at Sports Arena. ° Walberg was popular with local fans two seasons ago and hung up an impressive winning streak. He has been on the West Coast. The headliner features Ali Pasha, bearded Hindu from India, who takes on Gil La Cross of Montreal. Gil has shown here several times and has displayed skill and speed inside the ropes. Ali is a “cobra” hold exponent.
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Vern Stephens Back In Batting Lead
NEW YORK, July 17 (U. P).— Vern Stephens, shortstop for the St. Louis Browns, regained the major league batting lead this week, displacing Guy Curtright of the Chicago White Sox, last week's leader, official averages showed today.
BASEBALL
Vietery Field—W. 16th at Harding
INDPLS. vs. MILWAUKEE TONIGHT—8:30 P. M.
SUNDAY—2 GAMES
Ist Game 2 P. M,
{ener walloped Baxter Sparks, 9 ahd |8, and in 1928, George Lance smoth - (ered William Diddle the same way, { Morey, who has lost 15 pounds since last Saturday and who claims he's going to do nothing from now on for a while but “eat and sleep.” appeared headed for a new recgud before the boys turned the 27th hole. He had McCreary 10 holes down on the 24th but for a moment his magic putter deserted him. With both shooting for birdies on fo 26th, Dale's putt lipped the dup while McCreary canned a 10-foQier. On the 26th, Morey's irons went sour for one of the few times in the entire tournament and he drove well past the green. His chip shot back was poor, carrying 35 feet past the pin. Give McCreary Life
These two holes gave McCreary new life but not once did it ratg) the cool 23-year-old Morey. BH birdied the 27th for a one under par on that round and a four under {par for the 27 holes. This made 'him nine up with the same number ‘of holes to go and when the pair halved the 28th with par 4s, the je was all over.
Anyway you look at it, McCreary (was no match for Morey, at least I not from the way he played golf | yesterday. Dick was hot and cold tin his play and his shots were too | erratic, Especially did his iron play | look bad in spots. He dubbed seve eral chip shots and had 53 putts over the 28-hole route. Morey, © the other hand, took but 46 holly al the little cup.
Secos, Allison
Clash 3d Time
A third clash between the Cume mins Secos ten of Columbus, Ind., and the Allison Patrolmen, city and county champions, will high light the double-header to be played under the lights at softe ball stadium tomorrow night. The opening encounter will pit the heavy hitting Eli Lilly Negro All-Stars, against the U. 8. Tire A. A, a club which plastered he first defeat of the season on Curd tiss-Wright, current leaders of the Bush-Feezle Manufacturers loop, in a league tilt Thursday night,
Playground League’
The second-round schedule for the playground twilight softball league Tuesday a 6 p. m. follows: Golden Hill at Spring and Walnut, Ellenberger at Brookside, Keystone at Garfield, Riley at Kansas and Meridian, Hawthorne at Coleman, and Lentz at Eagle,
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