Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 July 1943 — Page 8
SPORTS
By E
ddie Ash
BRANCH RICKEY, general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, was due in Indianapolis today to watch the last-day session of the Brooklyn club’s tryout camp at
Victory field. Dodger scouts eager youngsters through th The Brooklyn club is to play
exhibition tilt here next Wednesday. . . has promised to use the majority of the club's regulars against the . The Aug. 4 exhibition is to start in the twilight at
Tribesters. . 6:30, scheduled over the regulation
A regular A. A. game, Indians vs. Minneapolis Millers, will follow
at 8:30. . . , The twin attraction wil sion. . . long home stand against American
the Millers will be the first to invade, the series opening under the
lights Tuesday night.
Illinois Sets Fall Grid Drill Date
ANSWER to Query: Fall football practice at the University of . Illinois has booked 10 grid games for The schedule: Sept. 11, Camp Grant at Illinois; Sept.
Illinois is to begin Aug. 23... this fall. . . . 18, Towa Seahawks at Illinois; Oct.
Wisconsin at Madison; Oct. 16, Pittsburgh at Illinois; Oct. 23, Notre
Dame at Notre Dame; Oct. 30, Mich! Iowa City; at Evanston.
COACH RAY ELIOT of the Illini announced that former and new students not enrolled at Illinois for the summer semester may report for football on Aug. 23 and practice and play, although they will not attend classes until Oct. 13 when the fall semester begins.
Four Celebrate Recovery With Shutouts
FOUR major league pitchers who had been on the hospital list ranging from periods of six days to nearly three months, because of various aches, pains and breaks, made their appearances, July 23, and marked their return by notching shutouts. While Whit Wyatt of the Dodgers, who had been out of action since June 39 with a lame wing, registered a four-hit, 2-t0-0 victory over the Reds, Mel Harder, who suffered a broken ankle on May 8, celebrated his return with a four-hit, 1-to-0 shutout over
the A's. Hank Borowy of the Yankees, pitched his first complete game since 1 to 0, on five hits.
Harry Gumbert, who left the mound on July 17 with a “dead”
arm, turned in six scoreless innings
Giants, 1 to 0, the Cardinal pitcher leaving the hillock in the seventh
hecause of fatigue.
. The Indians are to return home on Tuesday to open a
Nov. 13, Ohio State at Columbus;
have been sending many e paces since Wednesday. the Indianapolis Indians in an . The Dodger management nine-inning route. 1 be for the price of one admis-
association western teams and
2, Purdue at Lafayette; Oct. 9,
igan at Illinois; Nov. 6, Iowa at Nov. 20, Northwestern
bothered with finger blisters, June 6 and halted the Browns,
as the Cardinals trimmed the
Nicholson, Bithorn Boost Cubs As Pennant Threat in N. L.
By PAUL SCHEFFELS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, July 31.—The sudden emergence of the Chicago Cubs as a distinct pennant threat in the National league is not so surprising when the performances of Outfielder Bill Nicholson and Pitcher Hi
Bithorn are considered. Nicholson, with his hitting, and
work, now have sparked the Cubs to 21 victories in their last 30 starts
ard observers were busily drawing a parallel to the rapid rise of Charlie Grimm's 1935 Bruins which won the senior league pennant. That was the year the Cubs won 21 straight and rose from fourth place to a berth in the world series. Grimm's club won 18 of 20 during September and on the 27th clinched | the pennant with their 20th triumph in the opener of a doubleheader. If Nicholson and Bithorn continue their individual excellence, the 1943 Cubs may duplicate that feat. Nicholson, currently hitting .204, got a homer, double and single and drove in five runs as the Cubs beat the drooping Dodgers, 12-3, yesterday.| He now has driven in 71 runs to displace Billy Herman of the Dodgers as the leader in that depart-
ment. Equally Brilliant |
Bithorn has been equally bril- | liant. He effectively spaced 12} ‘Brooklyn hits yesterday for his] fifth straight and 13th win of the| year. Only three other pitchers, | Elmer Riddle, Mort Cooper and Rip Sewell, have won more games, while only Cooper and Sewell have] bettered Bithorn in total innings |
pitched and complete games. Bi-|a single in the third, scoring Angelo,
thorn has fashioned 13 complete] contests and toiled in 160 innings. | The Giants ran up their biggest run total of the year in trouncing the Pirates, 13-7. The eight-placers got seven hits in the second for as| many runs.
pinch single in the 11th to give the
Bithorn, with his masterful mound
Reds whitewashed the Braves, 2-0, in the first game of a double bill. Red Barrett bounced back with a three-hitter in the nightcap to give the Braves a 3-0 triumph. Butch Nieman’s two-run homer in the first was enough for Barrett to win. Jimmy Wasdell punched out a
Phillies a 3-2 triumph over the Cardinals in @ night game.
Ho Hum!
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Held to Five Hits in Losing
Times Special KANSAS CITY, Mo, July 31.— The Indianapolis Indians are not home any more even when opportunity knocks. And their losing streak has been extended to five straight. After dropping three straight to the Brewers at Milwaukee, the Redskins invaded Kansas City and the cellar-dwelling Blues gently, b'\ firmly, hung two more haymakers on the Tribe's chin. The series at Ruppert stadium opened last night with a twilightnight double-header and the Blues won both ends, 2 to 1, in the gloaming, seven innings by agreement, and 1 to 0, after dark under the lights. The Indians continued their collapse and slide in a new way. They received superb pitching by Jim Trexler and Johnny Hutchings, their two aces, but the Tribe hitters swooned and the Blues annexed two close matches despite the fact they don’t do much hitting themselves this year.
Tribe Helpless at Plate
Southpaw Johnny Johnson held the Redskins to two hits in the first tilt and in the second fracas Melvin Queen, righthander, held the Bushmen to three blows as he registered a shutout. Summing it up, the Indians were held to five hits and one run in 16 innings—and by a last-place club. Granted that the Indians are handicapped. by injuries, they still don't figure to be as helpless as last night. The Bushmen tallied one run in the third inning of the first game and that was their total for the two games. The slump is getting under the players’ skin and they have tightened up &t the plate. Kansas City eked out its two victories by scoring one run in the second stanza of the first game and one marker (the winner) in the seventh. They obtained seven hits off. Trexler and it was his fourth defeat of the season, also his third on this trip.
‘Hutch’ Loses 4-Hitter
In the second game the Blues tallied a marker in the first inning and that was all off Hutchings. But it was enough. Big John's fine fourhit pitching was wasted as his mates choked up at bat. The Indians muffed a grand chance to gain ground. Columbus lost a double-header at Minneapolis and Milwaukee was held to an even break by Louisville in a twin bill at Brewerytown. The Indians now are 4!: games behind the league-leading Brewers and one behind second-place Columbus. Minneapolis, in fourth place, eased over the 500 mark last night four games back of the third-place Tribe. The Indians and Blues were idle today. Today's game was advanced to provide a twin bill last night.
Divides With Detroit
m' the American league, the; Yankees nicked the Indians, 5-4, behind the six-hit slinging of Ernie] Bonham. Ernie used only 8| pitches and the game was one of] the fastest of the year, ending in| an hour and a half. Boston divided with Detroit, taking the opener, 4-2, but losing the nightcap, 5-2. Yank Terry's bril-| liant six-hit relief pitching won the opener for the Sox. A four-run | rally with two out in the ninth gave { Detroit the decision in the nightcap. Washington whipped the White. Sox, 4-1, as Early Wynn held Chi-|
| cago to five hits in a night game.
| Wynn helped his own cause by driv- | ing in the first Senators’ run with |
Giuliani, who had tripled.
Dick Siebert’s single with two out|
iin the 11th scored the run that gave the Athletics a 3-2 triumph | over the Browns in a night game. |
Johnny Welaj singled and _stole|
{second with one out. Jojo White
The series will close with a doubleheader tomorrow afternoon, after which the Indians will light out for|, home, sweet home.
Rounders Seeks Arlington Win
CHICAGO, July 31 (U. P)— Rounders, an Irish-bred colt whose claim to racing fame is based on two widely separated major triumphs, sought today to | bolster his turf prestige by winning the $50,000 added Arlington handicap for the second straight year. The property of the Valdina farm, Rounders tops a field of 13 overnight entries named for the mile and a quarter event that features the concluding program of the Arlington park meeting.
DeWolf at Rhodius
All players of the DeWolf News team of the Municipal league report
Riddle racked up his third shut- | walked and, after Bob Swift fouled at Rhodius No. 2 at 1 p. m, Somer
out and 14th win of the year as the]
(out, Siebert connected.
row.
Baseball Dteiings and Results
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
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(First Game; 7 Innings; Agreement)
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Louisville | Milwaukee
=H and Keller; and ASauterd, anning Speer
NATIONAL LEAGUE (First Game)
RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First Game; 7 Innings; Agreement)
001 000 0— 2 8 . 000 040 x— & &
Roe and Heath: Lefebvre and Blase. (Second Game)
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010 000 004— 1 010 010 000— 2 9 2 Gorsica, Oana and Unser; Woods, Brown and Partee. SL. 200 101— 4 & 2 002 021 00x— 5 YT 0 Bagby, Heving and Desautels, Rosar; Bonham and Dickey.
Swift aad Castine; Giuliana.
(Eleven Innings) 000 000 011 00— 2 .. 000 020 000 O1— 3
Newsom, Hollingsworth and Schultz; Wolff, Black and Wagner, § GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Louisville at Milwaukee. Columbus neapolis (night).
at Minnea Suledo at St. Paul (night). Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE Beston at Pittsburgh. Brooklyn at ig Louis. a at Chicago. New York at Cincinnati (night).
AMERICAN LEAGUE
t - A i ht phsdciptia (two) Ce ann St. Louis at Washington (night).
Under Treatment
CHICAGO, July 31 (U. P) ght, brillian
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RAYMOND J. CHAPMAN, the
man to pitch to.
thrown.
16, 1920.
it to first base.
sharp eye. He led the American
peak of his career.
the swiftest men in baseball. won a loving cup for the fastest the bases—14 seconds.
liant, effective worker.
team man.
Extremely popular,
Benny and Fred Allen act, were
league in 10, was sent to Toledo ‘11 and recailed in "12. »
» »
fans to make that possible.
East Ohio Gas Co. As Chapman was being taken
Chapman was spirited fellow off the field. The Beau Brummel of the league, Chappie, a handsome chap, was the classy guy of baseball in his day. he and his pal, Outfielder Jack Graney, were the comedians of the league. They had a regular Jack
Chapman made his professional bow with the Davenport and Springfield clubs of the Three-Eye
A TRAGIC QUIRK of fate was that Chapman had planned to retire from baseball. able Cleveland club was headed for the championship. Chappie had responded to the wishes of the He was to enter business in Cleveland to be with the wife he had married only a year before, and to whom he gave his last conscious thoughts. She was the former Catharine Daly, daughter of M. B. Daly, president of the
They Played the Game
only ball player
ever killed in a major league game, was a difficult
Ray Chapman crouched and crowded the plate. Chappie was an active, shifty right-hand batter. Usually he would pop back when the ball was
“The only way to get a ball over was to pitch it so low that there was a risk of it being called a ball,” explained Carl Mays, the submarine pitcher of the Yankees who fractured Chapman's skull with the fatal pitch at the Polo Grounds, Aug.
Mays said that with Chapman crouched over the plate he threw a high fast ball, “I expected that he would drop as do others when pitchers swing them in close to drive batters away from the plate,” said the shocked pitcher. “Instead he ducked and the ball hit him. I found a rough place on the ball afterward and believe that made it sail far more than I intended.” Mays at first thought.the ball hit the handle of Chapman's bat, for he fielded the ball and tossed
Chapman, spending his 11th season in baseball at the time of his untimely death at 20, had a
league in bases
on balls in 1918 with 84. He was the ideal secondplace hitter, broke major league sacrifice hit records in '17 with 67, led the American league in sacrifices the following two years. Batting ahead of his manager, center fielder and friend, Tris Speaker, he boosted his average to .302 in '17, batted .300 in ’'19 and was hitting .303 when cut down at the
CHAPMAN, A NATIVE of Owensboro, Ky., standing 5 feet 10 and weighing 170 pounds, was one of In '17 in Boston he
time in circling
Chappies was one of the finest shortstops, a brilHe got his hands on balls that other shortstops wouldn't tackle.
He was a
a gay,
A wisecracker, always kidding.
from his bride. by Cleveland in
stop tried to say when he pointed to his finger, returned the gift.
Ray Chapman, Major's Lone Fatality, Was a Difficult Batter to Pitch To
By HARRY GRAYSON
SN
Ray Chapman went after balls that other shortstops would not attempt to get,
house to the hospital, he tried to speak to Percy Smallwood, trainer of the club. Before the game he had given the trainer his diamond ring, a gift
Several times the stricken short“ring.” Smallwood understood
When Chapman regained consciousness in the clubhouse, before being removed to the hospital,
The formid-
all in the game,
vogue. from the club-
he said to John Henry, former Washington catcher and one of his close friends: Mays not to worry.” Courageous Ray Chapman realized that it was
“I'm all right. Tell
With nearly a quarter of a million balls being pitched in the course of a big league season alone, helmets or no, the miracle is that there are not more fatalities, especially with night baseball in
(Last of the Series)
39 Junior Tilts Slated
The Garfield Eagles and the C. Y. O. Reds will clash at Garfield
5:30 p. m. in the first of 35 junior baseball games scheduled next week The remainder of the week's program follows:
MONDAY-—Brookside PAL club vs. Crusaders, 5:45 Bo m., Brookside; Dodgers vs. Papooses, p. m, Brookside: Mele Flower “A” go vs. Gremlins, 5:45 p. Ellenberger; Cubs vs. Panthers, 10 a. mo Elienberger. Rhodius PAL club “A” team
No. 2; Usher Mortuary vs. Hawthorne Tigers, 6:30 p. m., Rhodius No. 1. FUESD, Grove vs. Garfield PAL club ™A” team, 6:30 p. m., Garfield No. 3; Spartans vs. Papooses, 1: ’30 m., Brooksias: Wildcats vs, Mid; 10 a. Ellenberger; Trinit Tvs. U. B. ngers, 3 5 24 Rives side No. 2; Pirates. EY Blue Jays, 6 p. Riverside No. 3; Riverside Hawks ry m., Riverside No. 4; River- . 8; Riverside Sawks vs. p. m., Riverside No. Riverside Orioles VS. Riverside Robins, ¢ p. m,, Riverside 0.
WEDNESDAY-—-U. B. Sulldegs vs. Brookside PAL club *“A" 5:4 B. m.,, Brookside; Eagles vs. Tanks, 1:30 p. m,, Brookside; Tinton All-Stars vs. Indianapolis Crows, 5:45 p .m., Ellenberger; Little F1over “B” team vs. Holy Cross Ramblers, 1 p. m., Ellenberger; Midgets vs. Little Flower Slicnberger; Big Four vs. C. "Tub EN Garfield No. 2. Yank Dodgers vs. Yanks, 210 PF gy ia dCats vs. Cubs, 10 a Elienbe thearl vs. St. Joseph's, é Pp m., R ES No. Riverside Sa dinals U. B. Stars, 6 oe ‘m., Riverside No. Riverside Eagles vs. Panthers, 6 Riverside Ne, 4; Riverside Cubs vs. m., Riverside No. } Trinity, 8 p. m,, ; Jordans vs. Pure Pe Pep, 6:30 p. m,, U. B., 5:45 p. m., Warren Wonders, Holy
se
6 3 Way vs. Holy Riverside No. 6. FRIDAY Eagles vs. Brookside; Falcons vs. \ : , Falthere VS. Cross Midgets, Side Braves vs. Rhodius No. 2; Tio a PA O. Blues, 86: . m., SATURDAY field Eagles, 6:30 Pp. " Garfield PAL clad Ng : . Ls club “B” team, 6:30 p. m., Garfield 0 Rhodius No. 2. The eight-team North Side “B™ 1 already has finished ne schedule with undefeated Redbirds Shalnpions by one-game Zargin over | School 0. 81 with St. Joan of third
Negro Nines Play Tonight
One of the season's outstanding Negro baseball pairings bring together the Cincinnati Clowns and the Kansas City Monarchs at Victory field tonight at 8:20. The two teams, both fighting hard for the championship, will be meeting Pike in an official Negro American league
pera. tilt of importance.
The Clowns will add to the festivities with a full showing of their comedy stunts featuring Goose Tatum and “King Tut.” Either Leo {Preacher) Henry or Willie Ferrell, the latter recently obtained from the Chicago American Giants will take the mound for the Clowns. Jack Matchett or Norris Phillips will hurl. for the Monarchs. Tatum and Fred Wilson, outfielder and manager for the Clowns, along with several of the Monarch
park diamond No. 3 tomorrow at B
Washington A. C., 6:30 p. m., Rhodius
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Run Batted in—King. Three-Base Hit— Scharein. Double Play—Zimmerman (unassisted). Sacrifices—Landrum, Schleuter. Left on Bases—Indianapolis, 8; Kansas City, 5. Base on Balls—Off Queen, 5; Hutchings, 2. Strikeouts— Queen, 5; Hutchings, 7. Wild Pitch—Queen. Umpires—Snyder and Swanson, Time 1:45.
TRIBE AVERAGES
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Ostermueller’s Ankle Is Not Broken
CHICAGO, July 31 (U. P)~A study of X-ray plates showed today that Pitcher Fred Ostermueller of the Brooklyn Dodgers, injured Wednesday in a game against the Chicago Cubs, did not suffer a broken ankle as at first was be-
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Dr. John F. Davis said Ostermueller should be able to rejoin the Dodgers in about 10 days. The Dodgers obtained Ostermueller recently from the St. Louis Browns
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Hagg ‘Fearful’ Of Bill Hulse
CLEVELAND, July 31. (U. P.).— Gunder Hagg, whose long legs have outdistanced the best runners in this country, will toe the mark again tonight at Baldwin-Wallace college and members of his entourage are confident of another new record. Hagg said he “feared” Bill Hulse and expected to lose to the national senior 800-meter champion. “He's exceptionally fast and he will beat me,” Hagg said. But the Swede has yet to predict his own success since coming to America last month. Hagg Is Impressed ' It was Hulse's performance last Saturday at Harvard university that impressed Hagg. The Swedish firefighter set a new American mile record of 4:08.3 in beating Gil Dodds of Boston, with Hulse winding up third. Henry Eidmark, Swedish newspaperman, ' who has seen most of Hagg's great races in his own country, also praised Hulse’'s form. “I think that if Hagg sets a record this time,” Eidmark said, “it will be because of Hulse, He has a great respect for that American boy.”
Thrilling Story Of American Golf To Start Monday
HARRY GRAYSON, NEA sports editor, on Monday's sports page starts a new illustrated series, “Big Shots.” It is the absorbing story of American golf. In 14 articles, Grayson tells the amazing story of Bobby Jones, describes the adventures of Walter Hagen, relates how Francis Ouimet put golf on page one, writes entertainingly of Walter Travers, the illstarred Johnny McDermott, Chick Evans, Gene Sarazen, Jess Sweetser, Johnny Goodman, Denny Shute, Craig Wood, Lawson Little and Byron Nelson. You don’t have to be a golfer to enjoy “Big Shots,” stories of the greats who made golf in America. It starts Monday on The Times
sports page.
Industrial Tennis
Allison will oppose R. C. A. at Fall Creek and Curtiss-Wright will clash with Lukas-Harold at Rivers
side tomorrow at 1:30 p. m. in In-|_~
dustrial Tennis
‘Wright Girls.
Two Twin Bills Are Set for Softball Park
Two double-headers are on tap for local softball fans Sunday and Monday nights under the lights at Softball stadium when four exhibition tilts, including three men’s battles and a girl's game will be played. Sunday night's schedule calls for the Rexall Drugs of Elwood, Ind. and the Kingan Indians in the opener at 7 o'clock, while Allison Patrol and Curtiss-Wright will battle it out in the nightcap. The Kingan club is an all-Negro aggregation, Curtiss-Wright is leading the Bush-Feezle Industrial league with eight wins and one loss.
On Monday night the defending state champions, Zollner Pistons, of Ft. Wayne, Ind., will meet the Patrolmen in the featured game. Opening tilt opponents will be the Pepsi-Cola Girls against the Curtiss-
Ranked No. 3
The Pistons have virtually the same team that was ranked No. 3 in the nation last year when the upstate squad won 62 games and lost 11 to capture regional, superregional and central states championships, and reach the semi-finals in the national championships’ playoffs at Detroit. The Zollners lost to the world champion Tulsa Oilers, 2-0, in the latter tourney,
The invaders expect to start Stan Corgan, former Bendix Brakes hurler who pitched the South Benders to a world’s title in 1941. Leo Luken, who won 29 and lost 2 last season, will be in reserve. Logan Kinnett will hurl for the Patrolmen.
W—————— -_ With a record of nine victories in 10 starts, Billings Hospital copped the championship in the BushFeezle Commercial league at Softball stadium by downing International . Tool & Machine, 6-3, last night. Other league games went to Merz Engineering over International Harvester, 5-2, and Moose shaded Indianapolis Railways, 4-3. With a 6 to 5 win over Fountain Square A, C., Indianapolis Bleaching squared away for its game witn St. Catherine tomorrow. The Bleaching team desires an out-of-town game Aug. 15. Call RI-1181 be-
Tribe Losing Streak At 5 Straight
Amateur Baseball Schedule
Tomorrow
MANUFACTURERS’ LEAGUE
Red Rings vs. Eagles at Ellenbe! Gold Medal vs. DeWolf at Rhodius 2.
Pure Oil (bye).
BIG SIX LEAGUE Southport vs. 40 & 8 at Brookside 1. Armour vs. Edgewood at River. side 1. R.C. A. (bye).
MUNICIPAL LEAGUE Allison vs. Lucas-Harold at Rhodius 1 U. 8 side 4. Kingan's Riverside 5. R. Mallory vs. Stewart-Warner at Riverside 1.
. Rubber vs. Atkins at Rivervs. Curtiss-Wright . yf
Flanner House
Track Meet
Indiana university, coached by RE, C. Hayes, will defend its senior titla in the sivth annual Flanner ad track meet to be held Sat Aug. 7, at 1:30 p. m. at the Crispus Attucks high school field. Elimination trials will get underway at 10 a. m. Two newcomers are expected this year. The naval pre-flight 1 of DePaul university will be on h and possibly a service team from Ft. Knox, Ky., led by Pvt. Delbert Kleis, a former track star at Butler aS Several old stand-bys, inchjhing the University of Illinois, coached by Dr. Harold Osborn, formerly Olympic high jump champion, and the Marion Meteors, headed by Jim Murphy, are expected to be represented. The Indiana Boys school may be unable to defend their junior divi sion championship, but many strong teams will be after their crown. Foremost of these will be the PALS club, sponsored by the local police department. The deadline for entries is Aug. & Entry blanks may be had by calling Paul Phillips at Flanner House yor Mrs. Koster or Harry Painter of the city recreation department. The meet is free to the public,
Barna Released BOSTON, July 31 (U. P.).=Out= fielder Babe Barna, formerly of the New York Giants, has been released outright to the Louisville Colonels in exchange for
tween 9 a. m. and 1 p. m.
i, handed Pitcher Emmett O'Neil, &he Boston Red Sox announced today.
Harum, had a hopeful gleam in his
win trotting’s Kentucky Derby three times. And he has an added incentive this year, for one of the rival colts will be handled by his son, Gibson, and Ben is aching to show the chip it's no greater than the old block. Ben is cautious and makes no extravagant claims, You ask him what Volo Song's chances are and he smiles in that tight-lipped manner so familiar among harness men. He says: “Well, he’s in top form.” Last year Ben was to pilot The Ambassador, an outside choice owned by William H. Strang of Brooklyn. i “We'll win easily,” the plump driver confided to Strang.
Strang Was Surprised
Strang found this hard to believe and was among the most surprised when White brought the colt home in front for an upset triumph and his third Hambletonian victory. The reason is that in more than a half century on the grand circuit—
‘harness racing's major league—Ben has developed an uncanny knack of knowing when his horses are in top condition. This year Strang’s Volo Song— and Ben White—are ranked as the likely favorite. White has tutored the colt ever since he was a yearling, foaled in the blue grass of Kentucky, and is pointing for a win over two half-brothers of the sleek son of Volomite. Rated as the outstanding contenders are Worthy Boy, to be driven by Sep Palin, the veteran who won with Greyhound in 1935, and Phonograph, to be handled by Tom Berry, the 1930 Hambletonian winner. The race will produce the classic's first father-son driving duel, with Ben facing his tall, rangy son on the seat in back of Barbara Babcock.
Sings in Sulky The veteran driver, a native of
brown colt named Volo Song, a velvet beauty he hopes will carry his fourth driving triumph in the Hambletonian classic. Mild-mannered Ben, who ‘has spent more than 50 of his 70 years riding sulkies on harness racing's grand circuit, is the only man ever te
Ben Wants This One and He Thinks Volo Song Will Be It ~«
By OSCAR FRALEY United Press Staff Correspondent
NEW YORK, July 31.—Silver-haired Ben White, the modern
id k to
eye today as he worked over a
Hockey Star Gets 4 Years
DETROIT, July 31 (U. P.).—Jo R. Watkins, attorney for James V. (Jimmy) Orlando—star Detroit hockey player convicted on twe counts of draft evasion—prepared today to appeal the decision. A federal court jury of nine wom en and three mén found Orlando guilty yesterday and he was sentenced to four years in a federal prison and fined $2000. It took two hours and 40 mine utes for the jury to decide that Ore lando was guilty of submitting te his draft board false letters allege ing he was an essential war worker, He was acquitted on a third count charging he failed to inform is board of a change in occupation. Judge Edward J. Moinet sentenced Orlando to four years on each of the first two counts, to be served concurrently, and imposed the fine for the second count.
Local Grappler
Faces ‘Phantom’ ~
Buck Lipscomb, rugged Indiane apolis grappler, has been signed to clash with “The - Phantom,” a masked matman, in semi-windup action on the outdoor wrestling bill next Tuesday night at Sports arena. Lipscomb carries considerabil power and is a skilled ringster, He recently returned from a long stay on the west coast where he established a strong record. “The Phantom” was here last Tuesépy and beat Buddy Knox. The fourth meeting in 12 months between Coach Bily Thom and Rene La Belle tops the show. La Belle, a French-Canadian from Toronto, has annexed one of the three tussles, while Thom captured the other two, Rene is anxious to pull up even in the meeting next Tuesday.
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