Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 August 1943 — Page 6

City Gang Tomorrow

JOE WILLIA SAYS. . ..

| © DETROIT, Mich., Monday, jus 9.—Mr._Joe Kirkwood, the Australian trick shot player who has been seen touring America -for 28 years, added a new act to his engaging repertoire here. -He took a powder, or run out. . Only ‘the most: charitable critics would say the new act ‘was patriotically moving. - True, it did not have the sturdy elements of melodrama and was performed in the ~enerable tradition of the “you can’t do this to me, Jack

Dalton” school but it didn’t go over with a smash. ‘ ‘vhis should not be held against Mr. Kirkwood’s excellent hamming. It is simply that the war has wrought a change in critical standards, The added: fact that this was a Red Cross benefit, the entire receipts ‘of which (about $35,000 )going to a humanitarian ‘organization which knows no boundaries as to citizenship, may have toughened the critical approach, too. Kirkwood, (the brash wise crackers were referring to him as Mr. ‘Jerkwood around the Plum Hollow course today) is no longer a competitive golfer of high skill. He is a sort of Al Schacht of golf. His importance to any tournament these days is about in ratio to Schacht’s importance to a world series. In short, an amusing inter- * Jude. With this in mind, he was urged to come here with all ex‘penses. paid. - ‘More Players Invited Than Needed '' BUT THERE WAS a bit of carelessness in the correspondence and Mr. Kirkwood assumed he was to appear not only as clown ‘but player, a contrasting role that would bring out the better features of Charley Chaplin and Walter Hampden. When it became evi‘dent there would be no place for Mr. Kirkwood as player he flashed the correspondence on the press. Had there been any way to sue he would have won his case for there was no questioning the strength of his position. What he neglected to do was to state his understanding and appreciation of the problems of war time golf, how difficult it is to guarantee the appearance of a given number of name players at a certain club on a certain date. Until the players . appear there is no way to know for sure they are actually going to be on hand. It was at the last minute, for example, that Lawson "Little; navy lieutenant (jg) walked into the locker room here. What had happened was that more players than would be needed were invited; a loose policy but one that appears to be necessary to insure a full array of talent. Lx 8 = » IF MR. KIRKWOOD is familiar with the circumstances of war time golf it is plain from his performance here that he is indifferent: There was only one important contribution he could make and that was through his skill as a trick shotter. His angry beef at not being named player as well as clown—and. the way he plays these days it’s ‘hard to split the two roles out—took on such dimensions that a ' generous but obvious effort was made to pacify him. * Bobby Cruickshank, lovable Scot who came over at about the same time Mr. Kirkwood did, and who goes around practically fly"ing the flag from his hat, agreed to retire. N\ It was announced that Cruickshank, never healthier in his life, had suddenly been taken ill and would not be able to play. Thus .an opening was created. But Mr. Kirkwood scorned the device. This was not the proper way to treat a Chaplin and a Hampden rolled into one. He would pack his bags and leave the show flat.

It Was Just Small Boy Stuff ;

THIS WAS MR. KIRKWOOD'S big scene and he gave it the full treatment. Did any one realize he had passed up an $800 theatrical engagement to come out here? .What's more, did any ‘one know that some foul, evil person, had broken into his hotel room the night before and stolen all his jewels, $2000 worth? And now this had to happen! It shouldn't happen to a wandering divot. . Of course it was small boy stuff and the only one who really suffered was Mr. Kirkwood. His popularity and prestige fell oft ‘many points. He had a chance to react gracefully to a situation which was scarcely beyond his understanding and sympathy. He - disappointed thousands who had made the long trip to the course and dropped their money into the Red Cross Kitty. And he gave poor Walter Hagen, captain of the team, a headache the violence of which was unprecedented even for a Hagen headache. # = 8 nn

BUT IN THE interest of accuracy it must be reported the ‘matches went to a successful and exciting conclusion, thereby supporting a suspicion that it is- quite possible to conduct a Red Cross competition in this country without the genius of Mr. Kirkwood. It has been said that Mr. Kirkwood can make a golf ball sit up and talk. We would suggest that in the future he let the ball do his -

talking for him.

Baseball Calendar

Walters and Mueller; “Erickson, Wyse, | Burrows, Warneke and Livingston.

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

L 40

(First Game) TACO +.. 100 002 030—6 10 0 101 020 04x—8 10 2

Gornicki, Butcher, Rescigno and M. Cooper, Dickson, Lanier and

Pittsburgh St. Louis ro pes; a W. Coo (Second Game)

Klinger and Baker; Brecheen and O'Dea.

25388558

(First Game)

000 000 050—5 9 © New York ......... »+ 000 100 000—1 8 2

Kraus and Moore; Melton, Adams and

Lombardi. (Second Game)

529 | Philadelphia 010 110 320—8 15 © New York 001 000 100—2 5 ©

Gerheauser, Barrett and Moore; Mungo, Fischer, Adams, East, Allen and Mancuso. 102 001 001—5 10 4 121 000 000—4 8 1 Andrews and Masi; Lohrman and Owen.

AMERICAN LEAGUE . (First Game) New York ......... ee 001 111 102-7 8 2 . | Philadelphia 100 000 000—1 5 © Chandler and Dickey; Harris, Fagan and W 3 ’

2TEERSSE

+ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Milwaukee at Columbus (night). _ Only game scheduled.

Bonham,’ Mubphy, Zuber and Hemsley; Flores, Black, Wolff and Swift, Wagner.

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(First Game)

New York

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bus. Wynn, Carrasquel and Early; Ryba. and snd Hell; Roe and Heath. Conroy. ' (Setond Game; 7 Innings) KOS icvrrovrn ... 010 000 1—1 J 000 000 0-0

(Second Game)

020 000 1003 11 2 4e++ 000 200 11x—4 11 0

Candini and Early; Woods and Partee.

2 (First Game)

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Lee; Eumphries and Trésh; Trucks and MUnser. oh : 5 Skil (Second Game)

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Oilers Rally To Edge Out

Beermen, 4-3

Pyge Oil defeated Gold Medal in a Municipal league baseball game yesterday and drew within one-half game of the losers who are still in

first place.

off Campbell and pounded him out of the box in the fourth, bringing McGill to his rescue and the tall left-hander had things his own way the rest of the game, keeping home plate well guarded and permitting only three hits. ; Woody Payton tied up the game with a four-ply punch in the sixth, and a long double by Oris Manley scored Sol O’Haver all'the way from first with the winning run in the eighth. Score:

Gold Medal 200 100 600—3 10 1

000 111 Olx—4 7 0 Stanisha and Berry; Campbell, McGill and Toon. Dean Williams blasted three home runs off Allison Red Rings’ pitching as DeWolf swamped the Rings, 214. Rollie Miller, Emmett Whitehouse and Joe Thies also hit for the circuit for the winners. ; Score: : 123 224 421-21 18 Red Wings -........... 200 020 000— 4 9

Miller, Smith and Rusie; Mennel.

Norman Sherwood pitched R. C. A. into undisputed possession of second place in the Big Six feague with a one-hit game over Edgewood, 8-2. Score: 4

R. C. A. 000-8 8 0 Edgewood 165

Sherwood and Mosi; F. Ressler and Dugdale, Linn.

Armour won an. easy 11-4 victory over Southport on the latter's diamond yesterday. McCammon, Armour pitcher, was only in trouble once and had 10 strikeouts {o his credit. Score:

Willsey and

030 201 032—11 10 2 6 3

Stippich; Aterburn, S.

Southport

MeCammon and Kaufman and Jame

Carl Rarick, P. R. Mallory ace, pitched and batted his team to a 6-1 victory over Kingan Reliables yesterday in a Manufacturers’ league game, The Reliables’ sole run came on a round {iripper by George Coffman in the first” Rearick handcuffed the Relibales the rest of the way. > Score:

31 010 302 00x—6 13 2

Boyd, McGill and Young; Rearick and Briner.

U. S. Tires forfeited to Allison. Zionsville defeated 40 and 8, 5-2, yesterday at Zionsville.

Score:

000 000 002-2 &§ Zionsville 010 302 00x—6 13 2

Kops, Moore and Kaiser; Swails and Rosenstiki :

Martinsville Eagles defeated the Indianapolis Eagles, 4-3, in a game featured by home runs by Scott and Bradford for the winners. Martinsville will travel to Odon next Sunday, but has all September dates ‘open. Call Lester Ueal, Martinsville 114, 5

Net Tourney Opens Today

Billy Talbert led a list of 32 players into the first-round matches of men’s singles as the annual city tournament got underway at the Riviera club courts today. Talbert, one of the nation’s .topranking players, was an overwhelming favorite in: the men’s division. Those seeded behind Talbert were: Arthur Linne, Jack Sunderland and Specialist First Class Andy Bicket. ‘Florence Wolff, defending champion, was the favorite in the women’s division. Of the 12 players entered the three others seeded are in the order named: Ann Atkins, Emily Flickinger and Virginia Binford. - EL Ne a0 Entries for - the doubles division will close at 6 p. m. today. Reservations may be made with Mrs, Bickel at WA-4291,

Tribe Batting

Pike ...coiv0ues. 60 Schieuter ....... 19 English ......... 91 Hofferth AR 89 “ 4 Blackburn ......101 378

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Will Play Brewers Five Games | In Three Nights; Saints Limp | Dropping 3 out of 4

By EDDIE ASH - Ldn : A | Times Sports Editor . 1 After winning three out of four from the St. Paul , diahs will get a needed rest tonight on an open date while awaiting| the invasion of the league-leading Milwaukee Brewers tomorrow. | And it will be a maximum invasion by the Suds City gang, the series calling for five games in three nights. Double-headers are to be played tomorrow and Wednesday and a single game on Thursday.

Saints, the Th-

The’ Brewers hold a 5%-game lead over second-place Columbus and a seven-garhe advantage over third-place Indianapolis. The Redskins: trail Columbus by one and one-half games. : American Legion night is. to be celebrated at Victory field tomorrow and the program will be packed with entertainment. A band concert at 6 p. m. will lift the lid on the big show. - ? There ‘will’ be a flag ing at 6:20 and a presentation of awards at 6:25. Field events for players of both clubs are to get under way at 6:30 and the Brewers and Indians will go to bat in the first half of the twin bill at 6:45. > ;

No. 14 for Trexler

" Jim Trexler, ace southpaw, pitched the Indians to their third straight victory over St. Paul in the first half of yesterday's double<header. He achieved a shutout, 4 to 0, and allowed only three hits. It was his 14th triumph of the season against five setbacks. °° In the second half of the Sabbath bargain attraction, seven innings by agreement, the Saints won,

519 to 5, after overcoming an Indian-

apolis 3-to-0 lead. George Jeffcoat, Bob Logan, Al Bronkhurst and Woodie Rich took turns on the Tribe rubber and St. Paul used Ernie Rudolph and Ed Weiland. Jeffcoat was the losing pitcher: and Weiland the winner. The Apostles had a big fourth inning in which they scored six runs on six hits and a costly error by Carl Fairly, The miscue on a double play paved the way for four of the six markers. » The Saints tallied their other three ‘markers in the seventh and final inning on three "hits and another Fairly error.

Crowd of 6027

The total attendance was 6027 and the fans were well paid in entertainment by Trexler’s pitching in the first game. . He was wild in ‘two innings, the. second and eighth, but pitched himself .out of the holes. The Saints didn’t get a hit until the fourth. Their second hit was registered in the sixth and their third and. final in the ninth. The : Tribesters collected seven blows off Fred Speer, Blackburn and Morgan belting triples and Moore a double. Nr “In the fifth stanza the Indians had a bad time. They had run-ins with both umpires. English led off with a single and Haslin bunted. It was a short bunt toward first and Catcher Andrews went after it. Haslin failed to get out of the way in time and was called out for interference by Umpire Boyer and English was ordered back to first. After a lot of bickering play was resumed and Barnes grounded to Drews at second. . Drew tossed to Blanchard, covering second, but when Blanchard attempted to whip the ball to first he dropped it. Umpire Gordon ruled that English had been forced and that the play at second was over before Blanchard dropped the pellet. This provoked another argument and Eric McNair, coaching at first, was banished. ; 4 It was announced ‘that the Indians were playing out the game under protest but since they eventually won,’ the protest is canceled. Tribe Gets Going

The Redskins broke the scoring ice in the sixth on Blackburn's single, Moore’s double and Hofferth’s single. They added a pair of markers in’ the seventh on Blanchard’s error, a walk to Trexler and Blackburn’s triple to right center. The Tribesters scored. their fourth tally in the eighth on Morgan's triple and English’s scoring fly. Ban ai Saal and urn helped Trexler the shutout, : In the second gime in the third Inning the Indians scored. three markers on singles by Fair Blackburn, Moore’s triple wy ~t ferth’s scoring fly. +i . That looked like a good lead for 8 short game but Jeffcoat was unable to bear up. He was batted out of the box in the fourth and Logan

wasn’t much of an: improvement. The Saints batted ground and

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EVANSTON, Ill, Aug. 9 (U. P).

—A golf tournament without a title | "rier a four-minute world record Wednesday in what is billed as

but if he connects it will be the mile of all the

favorite, That was. the strange situation which developed today as a field | of 137 competitors teed off in. the qualifying round of the 43d annual Women’s Western amateur. Three outstanding players who have been frequent competitors" in recent Western Amateurs and would easily have qualified as a favorite this season are forced by circumstances to skip the tournament. The trio is composed of Betty Jameson of San Antonio, Tex:, Mrs. Russell Mann of Omaha, Neb., and Dorothy Kirby. of Atlanta, Ga. Miss Jameson won the championship in 1940 and 1942, but is now residing" in Mexico City and unable to make the trip here because of transportation difficulties. Mrs. Mann, also a two-time champion, is now a war plant worker and could not get sufficient time off to participate. Miss Kirby likewise was prevented by work from entering the event.

Savold Faces Nova Tonight

CHICAGO, Aug. 9 (U. P.). — Lee

Paterson, N. J., who revived interest in big-time here, fourth consecutive Chicago ring triumph tonight when he meets Lou Nova: of Van Nuys, Cal, in a 10round bout at Wrigley field. The bout, the first .to be held in the big National league ball park since 1934, is expected to draw a crowd of 20,000 fans and a gross gate of appr ly $60,000. .Savold re d boxing on a major scale in this former red-hot mitt center by his great indoor performances when he knocked out Nate Bolden and twice kayoed Lem Franklin, the vy-fisted Cleveland, O., Negro. ~~

Art Wall Holds. 13-Stroke Lead | MIAMI, Fla. Aug. § (U. P)— Art Wall Jr. long-driving Hones-

dale, Pa., amateur, ‘held a 13-stroke advantage at the half-

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“|his teammate Stan Corrigan had

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| Be the Mile of All Centuries

. By OSCAR FRALEY United Press - Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.—Gunder

centuries. :

Hagg, Sweden's “Flying Fireman,”

‘It’s a moot question as to how fast those non-restaurant running

that set in 1865 by Webster “of England. He turned in a "4143 performance and in the. intervening 78 ‘years the boys have reduced it 41.7 seconds to a svelte 4:02.86. : The Webster record was broken rather frequently until 1884 by English and Irish runners, Thornton of England dropped it to 4:37 in 1866. and a countryman, one Chinnery, pulled it down to 4:29 two years later. Slade" of Ireland cut off. three seconds in 1874 and the “following year reduced it' to 4:245. - W. George, an Englishman. who died recently, took over in 1880 with 4:23.2, - He then broke the’ record three times in a row to wind up with a 4:184 mark in 1884. An American assumed the reins nine years later as Tommy Coniff registered 4:17.8 and knocked it’ down to. 4:15.6 in 1895. ;

Balked 16 Years

This hurdle balked the boys for a full 16 years before John Paul Jones, another Yank, cut it to 4:154, and two years later, in 1913, fo 4:144. Jones’ mark stood only two years before Norman Tabor, also an American, %ook the crown with a 4:122 record. * Tabor’s mark stood for eight more ears. and then came Paavo.Nurmi, the “Flying Finn,” with a 4:10.4 performance. Jules Ladoumegue of France popped up eight years later, in ‘1031, with 4:09.2 and once again the parade wds on. For four straight years the boys battered it down, Bill Bonthron of Princeton

‘Greeks of old covered ground, because the first recorded mile mark was

New Zealand to 4:076 in. 1935; Glenn Cunningham, “Iron Horse,” to 4:06.8 in 1936, and Sid Wooderson of England to 4:06.4 in 1937. i When the clock-like Nurmi was in his prime, the question of a fourminute mile was treated with scorn. But as the boys moved closer and closer. the ranks of the incredulous thinned. It did, however, become

an almost forgotten issue during

the five years. after Wooderson's performances. until suddenly Hagg blazed forth with a 4:08.2 performance last’ year and then knocked it down to 4:04.6 after Arne Anderson, a countryman, equalled his mark. © ' ‘Showed, Consistency Hagg was invited here for a tour after setting world records. at six other distances, afd no sooner had he landed in America than Ander- | son startled the track world with a 4:02.86 record. . Hagg, since his arrival, has been conditioning himself for:a crack at this' mark. He set an American mile standard of 4:05.3 and showed his consistency by following with a 4:05.4. He turned up for the distance with a two-mile American record of 8:513 at Cincinnati Saturday,” breaking. the United States standard le set in Los Angeles by 2.3 seconds. . Now, in. his final American ap-

pearance, it's all or ‘nothing and|

“Gaunt Gunder the Wonder” has

promised to go all out.

to 4:08.7 in 1934; Jack Lovelock of

Zollner Pistons

‘Leo Lukon, not to be outdone, pitched a no-hit, no-run game last night against Lukas-Harold after

permitted’ Curtiss-Wright “a. single’ safety as the Zollner Pistons swept ‘a double-header at Speedway stadium. pnd Herb Layman, Curtiss-Wright twirler, gave up only two hits. but the Pistons used these to good advantage and pushed the only

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Cop Double Bill af Speedway Stadium

Allison Patrol went or a hitting spree at Softball stadium last. night and downed the visiting American Central Manufacturing Co. of Connersville, 11-5. Logan Kinnett, Batrol finger, whiffed 16, but poor contrel gave the visitors several scoring opportunities, In the preliminary contest the Curtiss-Wright girls swamped the American Cen-

Denson, Arthuf Meet Tonight

A 10-round heavyweight mill {ween Johnny Denson, Indianap and Bob Arthur, Columbus, O., will

the Kansas].

top the five-scrap inaugural ofits door boxing program to be stage tonight ‘ab Sporis Arena by ir cules Athletic club. | The complete card, follows: 1. MAIN EVENT —10 rounds Heavyweights Johnny Denson, Ine dianapolis, vs. Bob Arthur, Columse bus, O. : SEMI- WINDUP—-8 rounds—Light= heavyweights. Roy Finn, Dayton, 'Q., vs. Al Sheridan, Indianapolis. ; .y PRELIM—8 roundssighivechilh Buddy Maxwell, Indianapolis, Mutt Schwart, Cleveland, O.

PRELIM—4 rounds — Middle weights: Arnold Deer, Indianapolis, vs. Jimmy Gust, Indianaapolis.

.. PRELIM—4 rounds— Weltere weights Marshall Allison, Shelby ville, Ind., vs. Tiger Kiggans, Indie anapolis. ; The first bout will start at 8:30 o'clock. © | ' :

Wrestling Card Is Completed

windup action completes the three bout mat card for tomorrow night at Sports Arena, i / "ghe bearded Hindu from Calcutta, India, will mix with Buddy Knox of Akron in a one-fall tussle. Al is an exponent of the “cobra”

the French-Canadian from Toronto, against “Count” Zuppi of New York, It is for two falls out of three. The “Count” follows a “meanie” style of grappling and-beat Lefty Pacer here

last week. ; x , In the other match, “The P.

~ |tom,” a masked matman who

won in his first two ap 'g takes on Freddy Carone, rugged Chicago wres tler. It is for one 7?

Rupp in Charge LOGANSPORT, Ind, Aug. 9 (U,

P.).~Adolph Rupp, coach of the University of Kentucky bask team, will be in snarge of the staff

of instructors at the 15th annual

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basketball school here Aug. 16-18,

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