Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1943 — Page 20

‘DETROIT, Aug. 5.—Somehow it is not easy to picture Walter Hagen in the role of a big businessman. We were acquainted with this startling fact the

moment we stepped into his suite at the local athletic’

club. He was having a phone conversation.

“Our No. 2 plant has the equipment,” he was saying. “We

: have the forgings ‘and the milling machines and everything else. * We guarantee to meet your production schedule.”

This didn’t sound like the Hagen of old and of course it Not at that particular moment anyway. “Like everybody else out here,” he explained, “I'm in the manufacturing business, You know I always had an interest in a golf’ factory here. We made balls and clubs and bags. Now we are making things for the war.” ;

Identified Hagen as Brash, Cocky THERE WERE SEVERAL others in the room. It was no surprise to learn that while Hagen was being very business like over

the phone there had been an interruption and that interruption

had cut into a golf recital.

This had to do with Hagen’s winning the 1919 open champion-

ship at Brae Burn, Boston. [There had been a play off- and in

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the play off he had beaten Mike Brady, Much has been written about Hagen’s tying and winning. Hagen was 25 at the time. He tied the older Brady by dropping @ 12 footer on the home green. In this connection there developed an incident which idéntified Hagen as a brash, cocky, conceited fellow.

“THE STORY HAS BEEN printed a thousand times. I mean

a about how I looked over the crowd and called for Brady to come

~ falled for him and what I had in mind. »’

and see me make the putt. To an extent that is true: I did call for Mike. But nobody has taken the trouble to interpret why I The phone rang again and Hagen, the serious businessman, answered. It was from the war production board. . . . "Yes, I'll be there at 9 o'clock in the morning.”

Hagen smiled: “And that means 9 o'clock.” This was in tacit

tv reference to the many times he had been. late appearing at the

. must be somewhere in the crowd

first tee for important golf matches. Knew He Was Going to Sink It

“BUT TO GET BACK to that putt.” I jist” knew 1 was going to sink it and I knew, too, that Mike, who had already finished, d the green. But to sink the putt meant I only tied. What I.had in mind mostly was to win the play off. So I figured if I called for Mike I would plant gome disturbing thoughts:n his mind: He would be saying to himself that night: ‘Who is nls fresh punk,’ if not that he would develop ‘resentment and anger.” The phone rang again. It was Freddie Corcoran, the PGA tournament manager talking. Corcoran was calling about the Ryder Cup matches which are to be played over the lovely Plum Hollow golf course here this week-end. ; “Oh, I can’t bother talking to you about golf,” chuckled Hagen.

* %I only answer calls that have to do with, million dollar orders.

2 “WELL, THE NEXT DAY we had the play off, and as everybody in the room knows I managed to win. There was an incident in connection that I‘d also like to clear up. It's been written up a thousand times, too. We come to the 17th tee and I'm leading two

up. I sky my tee shot and it comes down hard and the ball buries

ftself in some soft sand . . . buries itself so far it can scarcely be seen. “You know you have only five minutes to look for a lost ball. If you fail to find your ball it costs you two strokes, So if I don’t find this ball I'm all even and maybe I'm beaten. I'm making no

“ progress fast in finding it and Mike comes over.

Finding Ball Costs Him Title “WELL, TO MAKE.a long story short Mike finds the ball for me and in finding it he very likely costs himself the championship.” Hagen made the long story too short. When Brady found the

~~ ball Hagen insisted on it being thoroughly identified. At that time

the penalty for playing a ball other than his own was disqualification. ” 8

"© AND HOW COULD it be identified? The referee had to reach

down in the soft sand which almost completely covered the ball and take a look at it. “Yes, that’s my ball,” Hagen agreed, after a lengthy examination. So when he put the ball back the soft sand had healed the open wound in the soil and the ball was practically teed up for a fine ' ghot to the green. The phone rang again. - “Oh, are you darling.” LY was the same old Hagen after all.

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Still throttled by a run famine, all their luck has been bad, and u

is on tap tonight at 8:30. George Diehl is slated to hurl*for the skins and Ewald Pyle for the visitors. Pyle is a southpaw and that gives the Indians another heagache. They don't like the lefties. But there's always a possibility that the worm will turn, and the Indians promise to treat with respect any kind of a‘ night-crawler which shows up at Victory field. After losing nine consecutive games the Tribesters are on the lookout for anything which might - break the jinx, Score in Last Round

They suffered their ninth straight setback at the hands of the Millers last night, all for the want of runs. The score was 3 to 1, and the

Indians didn't tally that one until the ninth stanza. Prior to the American association game, the Brooklyn Dodgers defeated the Indians in an exhibition, 5 to 1. And the Redskins didn’t score after the first frame, although they collectéd 12 hits, all singles. A goodly crowd was there. The total attendance was 8763, and the free-spending fans made a night of it by buying out all the beer, hot dogs and anything oifered for sale. They swept the park platter clean in no time at all. In the exhibition, started in the twilight, the Dodgers got to Woodie Rich for three runs in the first stanza after two down on three walks and a pair of singles. In the second ' inning the big leaguers scored two additional markers on a couple of singles, an error and two scoring fly balls.

Tribe Pulls Triple Play

Rich pulled’ himself together after the second round and gooseegged the Dodgers the remainder of the way. The Indians solved Max Macon, southpaw, for a run in Blackburn, Moore. and English. Indians in the run column, although they got one or more runners on base in every stanza. But they left 10 runners stranded. The exhibition was highlighted by a triple play executed by the Redskins. In the fourth inning with Barkley on third and Walker on first, Waner whistled -a-low: liner at Ed Morgan at first. Morgan stabbed the drive with his gloved hand, stepped on first, doubling Walker, and then threw to Haslin at third for the third out. Barkley was “tripled” because he thought Waner’s drive hit the ground and he broke for home. Macon worked six innings on the Brooklyn mound and "Kirby toiled the last three. Higbe rolled up five

Tribe Suffers Ninth Straight Setback at Hands of Millers; Also Bow to Brooklyn Dodgers

By EDDIE ASH

the Indianapolis Indians now throw

themselves upon the mercy of the breaks of the game. For two weeks

nless the law of averages comes to

their rescue at once they aré going to be shoved into fourth place. The Tribesters are only 8/ game and a half ahead of fourth-place Minneapolis, and the third and finale of he series with the Millers

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Blackburn and English got three hits apiece for the Indians. In the regular A. A. (game, the Indians bumped into hard luck in the very first inning. They had the bases loaded with one out, and it looked like, at long last, they were going to have a “big” inning. But it didn’ furn out that way.

* Gil’'s Drive Is Caught

Gil English’s sizzling line drive landed in Third Baseman Clifton’s glove, and Fairly was doubled up off second. After which Miller Pitcher Owen Scheetz, right-hander, settled down and the Indians were subdued until the ninth when they go their lone run on doubles by Morgan and Haslin. Bill Barnes fanned for the game-ending out. Jim Trexler, the Tribe’s ace southpaw, retired the first 13 Millers in order. Rolandson scratched a hit off him as second up in the fifth, and the next two hitters were erased in order.

In the sixth Ed Skladany was;

first up and he tripled to right center and continued on home when Barnes fumbled the relay. The runner stumbled and fell before -he reached thé plate and Catcher Nor-|2 man Schlueter sat on him and called for the ball. The runner was tagged “out,” but Umpire Jim Boyer ruled interference by Schlueter and allowed the run. The Indians played the game out under protest, although the interference was obvious.

Sewed Up in 8th

In the eighth the Millers got to Trexler for four hits and two runs, and that sewed it up for them. It was Trexler's fifth. defeat against 13 victories. He has lost his last four starts, all by close res and with the Indians failing to hit behind him. Of the Indians’ seven hits off Scheetz, Trexler collected two. After the third of the series tonight, the Millers depart Indianapolis and the St. Paul Saints will open a four-game series at Victory fleld tomorrow night. Infielder Fred Vaughn and Pitcher Chief: Hogsett, released by the Indians last week, now are on the Minne-. apolis roster. Miller Manager Tom

strikeouts in his three-inning hitch.

Sheehan signed them as free Pgenis,

Tribe Box Scores

(First Game; Exhibition)

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Brooklyn 320 000 000— 5 Indianapolis 00 000 000— 1

Runs batted in—Herman, Owen 2, English, Walker, Waner. Two-base hit— Olmo. Dousle Jays. Herman to Waner, Barnes Fairly to Morgan, Barkley to Waner. Yom TN to Haslin, Jax on bases Tndiabapols 10, Brooklyn Base on balls—off’ Rich con 1. Strike outs—by Rich 6, Macon 1, Higbe 5. Hits—off Macon, 8 in 6 innings, Higbe, 4 in 3 innings. Winning pitcher—Macon. api res—QGordon and Boyer. Time—1:35

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Major Leaders

LEADING HITTERS National League

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American League

G AB Appling, Chicago .., 94 362 Wakefield, Detroit. 85 407 Curtright, Chicago 77 254 Stephens, St. Louis 81 305 Hockett, Cleveland. 81 346 HOME RUNS RUNS BATTED IN Keller, Yankees 3} Nicholson, Cubs. 74 Nicholson, Cubs Etten, Yankees.. 72 Ott, Giants ers 69 Stephsn, Browns 1 York, Tigers ... 14 | Johnson, Ya

Softball Notes

Fountain Square A. C. seniors will tangle with Bethel A, C. Sunday at 2p. mina double-header on the Bethel ave. diamond. The Fountain Square juniors, boys under 16, would like to schedule Wednesday

Contact Hyatt. Johnson at. MA-307,

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(Second Game)

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The Washington league, one of the city’s oldest loops, will be organized for the coming season. The league was inactive last season after a majority of its members joined

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Following a workout, Phonograph speaks to Tom Berry and his stable companion, Dick, a bantam rooster perched on the veteran trainer and driver's shoulder. Phonograph is highly regarded as a candidate for the $40,000 Hambletonian for 3-year-old trotters at

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Baseball Calendar

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St. Kansas City 54 NATIONAL ‘TeacuE

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RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First Game) Milwaukee Toledo 001 Berry, Gassaway and Helf; Whitehead and Keller.

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(Second Game; 12 Innings) 000 003 012 001—_7 16 1 Toledo 003 200 100 000— 6 15 ¢ Sproull, Bowman, Gassaway, Fleming and Pruett; Peterson, Kimberlin and Keller, (Ten Innings) St. Paul 501 000 008 2 3.21 “2 Louisville 100 000 000 1— 2 8 2 +Herring and Blaemire; Johnson and Doyle.

Kansas City at Columbus, both games postponed.

Rowe, etnpauser, Kimball and Moore;

Pittsburgh

Only gam. scheduled,

AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled.

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Entries Close Saturday for Softball Meet

Entries for the annual Marion County Softball association tournament which will get under way at Speedway and Softball stadiums here Aug. 15 will close at noon Saturday. Applications for entry may be left at either of the softball parks or at ahy of the downtown sporting goods stores. Pairings for the tourney will be held Tuesday night at city hall. Forty teams were entered in the meet last year.

Hal Mahaney Hurls No-Hit, No-Run Tilt

A no-hit game by Hal Mahaney, Metal Auto Parts’ star hurler, fea-

‘|tured play in the Bush-Feezle In-

dustrial league games at Softball stadium last night. Mahaney, serving them up to Brumer, fanned eight while his mates ganged up on Alfrey, Capehart-Packard moundsman, for an early lead that they kept building up for an easy 10-0 triumph. Auto Parts gapitalized on faulty Capehart-Packard play and used their seven hits to good advantage. R. C. A. dropped Kingan Knights, 4-0, as Ott, R. C. A. ace, handcuffed the Knights when hits meant runs while his backers had Deem, Knights’ twirler, in hot water throughout the game. Allison Red

Ring won by the conventional 9-0

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Hagg Again

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 (U. P).— : Secretary Dan Ferris of the nas tional A. A. U. announced today that handicaps will be given four milers competing against Gunder Hagg in his farewell race in this country Aug. 11 at Triborough stadium. Rudy Simms, James Rafferty, Don Burnham and Frank i will be allotted handicaps by Phil". Keeler, Metropolitan association handicapper. Completing the fleld will be Bill Hulse and Gil Dodds,

score when the Motor Armory nine failed tq make an appearance. Two Bush-Feezle -league champions, Curtiss-Wright and Stewart Warner, will clash tonight in ths feature game at 7:45 at Softball stadium. Kingan A. A. will tang with the Kingan Knights imme ately following this game.

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