Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 August 1943 — Page 17
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Billy Talbert, Now a ‘Resident
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By DICK CLINE
Cincinnati’si loss was Indianapolis’ gain when Billy Talbert, fifth-
ayer of this country, chose the Hoosier capital for his
future home. Unknown to many sports enthusiasts, Billy is now a resident
Hf this city, which explains his appearance in the city tournament being | layed this week at the Riviera club.
He came here because of the many
he has, and is now employed by Electronic Laboratories.
| "Because of a physical disability
which keeps him out of the army, Talbert was ordered by his doctor 0 take up an active sport. That 5 only eight short years ago. To« he is regarded as the finest ddubles player in this country. Last ar he won the national clay court championship and put the finishing touches on his rating by taking a different partner and winning the national doubles title on grass, The 24-year-old wizard has trav-
Ii eled over 150,000 miles following the
tournaments. He holds titles too nuHe considers
Aires the best foreign competitor he has met. . Beats the Champs
The reticent Talbert cannot defy
the records which show that in the major doubles tournaments ‘in he has reached the of them. He has had a beating the champions. In
| 4941 he defeated Bobby Riggs, then ' National champion, in the Land of
he Sky tournament at Asheville. And last year. he defeated Ted Le , national champion,
summer when he and Charles Matt-
man of Los Angeles defeated South
America’s two most famous tennis
players, Alejo Russell and Segura, in a gruelling five-hour match. The set scorss were 12-10, 9-7, 21-43, 11, 8-6. All, five were deuce sets.
I ra already compete in the coming singles tournament at Forit will be unfortunate if
LaBelle Whips Count Zuppi
Rene LaBelle, Toronto, Can, topped Count Zuppi, New York, N. Y,, in the main event of the weekly mat bill staged last night at Sports Arena by the Hercules Athletic - club. LaBelle . took two straight falls in their junior heavyweight struggle as 2300 fans looked on. The ‘first fall came in 28 minutes when the: French-Canadian clamped
on a double toe hold and nelson and:
LaBelle then won the second session with a dropkick in 13 minutes. ‘Ali Pasha was the semi-windup victor when the tricky! Hindu grapplier secured a “cobra hold” on Buddy Knox, of Akron, O. The bearded Hindu won in the waning minutes of a 30-minute time-limit clash by gaining the victory at the 26-minute mark. The Phantom, a masked matman, continued his winning ways at the expense of Freddie Carone, of Chi-
|cago, by taking the opener in 13
minutes with a headlock.
rounds, despite | had a suit of clothes.
acclaims him as the man of the
o # 2
Whoopee! Hooray! And nine
climbed within 41% games of the
setters in another twin bill tonight, twilight and moonfight, 6:45 and 8:45. In appreciation of the fine crowd of 7001, which turned out last night, Tribe Secretary Al Schlensker announced that tonight’s bargain attraction will be a special ladies night. Woodie Rich is slated to pitch the first game for the Tribe and huge Johnny Hutchings the second. The Redskins are back in the pennant fight, and will be in the thick of it again if they can two-
time the Brewers again tonight.
‘ Diehl in Top Form
George Diehl pitched last night's 3-t0-0 shutout and held the hardhitting Brewers to three hits in the seven-inning opener. He struck out five and walked two. He retired the side in order in three of the seven rounds. The Tribesters got their three markers in the third stanza, off Charles Gassaway, southpaw. Blackburn, first up, beat out a bunt; Moore flew out, and singles by Hofferth and English and a double by Haslin knocked the props out from under the. Brewers. ‘The Indians didn’t score again, but that three-run splurge was enough behind Diehl, who received faultless support. The Indians accumulated eight hits off Gassaway and Sproull. The Brewers’ first blow off Diehl was a triple by Nelson in the second stanza. He was left on third as Diehl tightened and fanned Johnson, In the fourth, the visitors got two hits after two down and Nelson walked, filling the bases. Diehl emerged from that jam, too, by forcing Johnson to ground out.
Haslin Cuts Off Double
In the seventh and last canto, the fielding gem of the game occurred. With one Milwaukee runner on base and two down, Mickey Haslin went back of third, scooped up Pinch Hitter Pruett's bid for a double and got the hitter at first by a long and accurate throw. There were a couple of baseball oddities. The Brewers had only three assists, and First Sacker Nelson had only one putout. In the second game Tribe Skipper Bush called on Glen Fletcher, a jinx to the Brewers, to go out and do his stuff. And Fletcher delivered to the hilt over the regulation nineinning route by holding the visitors to six safeties. The Indians col-
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By JOE WILLIAMS Tow : $ » Times Special Writer CHICAGO, Aug. 11.—If records mean snything—afld all prize fight records should be examined closely, there being .less in most of them than meets the eye—Mr. Lee Savold, the reformed bartender, is the hottest thing in the wartime heavyweight ranks, They are daffy about him oui here but then the capacity for this : type of daffiness locally has never been on the meager side. remember how the addicts went for Tuffy Griffin who wi has going to be another Dempsey, and how later they crashed the cym fish Levinsky, and how, still later, Mr. Jack Hy offered a suit of clothes if his Lem Franklin didn’t stop Joe Louis in the fact he knew, should have known, we already
bals for Kingto buy
Anyway, the Chicago Times today refers to Savold as the new Cinderella man of the fight racket and the Chicago News modestly
hour, ‘which may be just: another’
way of saying he knows what time it is.
THIS IS THE same Savold, of course, who indicated such a distaste | for the less refined aspects of the ring business, that, in facing Billy Conn, he didn’t offer a lead in nine rounds. To get where he is today, to reach this summit of blinding ame,
Nine Rahs for the Indians! They Clipped Brewers. Twice And Are Back in the Fight
By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor
rahs for the Indians! The home
boys bounced back. They have won five out of their last gix starts, have
league-leading Milwaukee Brewers,
and are only one-half game back of second-place Columbus. After trouncing the Brewers in last night's double-header at Victory field, 3 to 0 and 4 to 2, the Redskins are going to tackle the A. A. pace-
Allison Patrol
Seeded No. 1
Softball Team
Pairing for the 33 teams entered in the annual Marion County Softball association tournament which gets under way Sunday at Speedway and Softball stadiums were drawn up last night by team managers as four of the squads were given
seeded ratings. Allison Patrol, city and county champions last year and runnerup in the state finals, was seeded No. 1. Curtiss-Wright was voted No. 2 in the seeded list, Stewart-Warner No. 3 and U. 8. Tires No. 4. Two games will be held at each stadium every night in the week with the exception of Monday and Saturday. However, one tilt will be necessary next Monday to determine the winner of the lower bracket in the first round because of the uneven entry list. R. C. A. and El Lilly, which were drawn last, will play at Softball stadium
that night to. decide which one will x
face Link-Belt in the: first round
bracket.
Girls’ Teams Matched
At the same. time, it was voted that the two entrants in the girls’ division—Curtiss-Wright and PepsiCola—play a two-out-of-three game
series at Speedway stadium to de- Ros
termine the champion. They will clash Aug. 27, Aug. 31 and Sept. 2—
if necessary. The men’s first-round pairings:
SUNDAY—Allison Patrol vs. In-
dianapolis Railways and Kingan go, A. A. vs, Capehart-Packard at Soft-
ball stadium; Big Four vs. New York Central and International Harvester vs. Bridgeport Brass at Speedway stadium, MONDAY~-R. OC. A. vs. Eli Lily All-Stars at Softball stadium. TUESDAY — Stewart-Warner vs. Allison V and Mbose vs. Bethel at Softball stadium; Allison Red Rings
vs. Lukas-Harold and Stout Field |
vs. Kingan Indians at Speedway stadium.
WEDNESDAY—Curtiss-Wright vs.
P. R., Mallory and Allison Gauge
A
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‘World's Greatest,’ Says Swim Coach of
Blond Star Who Will Come Here Aug. 27
By DAN McGUIRE United’ Press Staff Correspondent ' SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11.—If blond, statuesque Ann Curtis wins the national 100, 200, 400 and 800meter swimming titles at Indiana’s Shakamak state park starting Aug. 27, it won’t come as a shock to Charley Sava, coach of the 17-year-old San Pranciseo swim sensation. Ann is ‘scheduled to ‘take part in those events which are part of the national women’s A. A..U. swimming and diving champion-
ships to be held at the Southern
-! Indiana park. Several other en-
tries from throughout the country are expected for the event. “The world has never seen 8a girl swimmer as good as Ann,” de-/ clares Sava. “She swims with better form than Helen Madison, she ‘is just starting to develop and she has all the physical qualities to be the greatest of all champions.” Sava, veteran mentor at the ‘city’s Crystal Plunge pool, made this sweeping statement before Ann carved almost six seconds off the American 440 record last Sunday, covering the distance in 5:25. Ann, whose figure could get her a job as a Powers model, churned first 100 yards in 1:04'and was ‘2:21 for 200, seven. secof the schedule she
“I wasn't tired,” she said. “I knew I was far ahead. I could faintly hear a lot of people yelling that I was cracking the record but I didn’t think I was that much under it.” Ann, a home-grown product, hit the national spotlight at the Far Western championships last month when she set new American marks for the 100 and 220. She likes the distance races best, a rather strange phenomenon for a feminine star, for they require rigorous training under the critical eyes of slave-drivers like Sava. But Ann still thinks Sava is the greatest teacher in the country.
League-leading Toronto defeated
i ‘a3 and, 4-1,
Mack Says Game : Will Continue
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Savi] kposked out, Nate Bolden, distinguished nonentity, the aforementioned horizontal, Franklin (twice), and finally Lou Nova, the man who only talks like a fighter. ‘These four consecutive knockouts - have netted him $33,000 and an enthusiastic local following which is beginning 10; ask: #Who did Louis ever: whip?" : » # 2 s = » : ONCE A FIGHTER gets hot his handlers begin looking forward to the, richer pastures of New York, but this time, it’s different. They're going to keep Savdld out here where his genius is appreciated. They want to put him in the Cubs park with Tami Mauriello for a September go. This will mean doing business with Mr, Mike Jacobs who, it appears, has a sori of parental interest in Mauriello, though there are some who insist on spelling it “percentage.” Mr. Jacobs has had an. inactive season. The Madison Square Garden’ people haven't been very co-operative. Instead of giving him open dates they have given him the open gate. This has been dis-
tressing since Mr. Jacobs has a fat radio contract by which he must :
produce a fixed number of fights, (and please be careful not to read: it a number of fixed fights) a year. These circumstances have reversed Mr. Jacobs’ customary position. He used to wait for the fights to come to him; now he must go fo them. This situation Suggests that the Chicago people will not have any trouble in doing business with Mr, Jacobs with respect to his affec-
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Favorites Win Matches With Ease
Winning their matches in straight sets, favorites in the city tenis. tournament scored easy victories at the Riviera. club courts yesterday. In the women's division, Virginia Binford defeated Jane Phillis, 6-0, 6-3, and Marianne Gallagher won from Lilly Gebherdt, 6-1, 6-2. Art Linne won over David Bourke in the men’s matches, 6-2, 6-2; Walter Seaman over Bob Goodman, 6-3, 6-3; Andy Bicket humbled Dan Wolf, 6-1, 6-0; Carl Hartman bested Capt. Ben Felson, 6-3, 6-2, and Marshall Christopher trimmed B. . Wilkens, 6-2, 6-2. Today’s schedule: 4:30--Bastian-Bastian vs. Goddy-Pratt. 5:00—Wayne Pratt vs, Jack Sunderland. i 5:30—Dick Light vs, Marshall Christopher, Linne - Sunderland vs. Ittenbach-Hamilton, SeamanFelson vs. . Modinger-Goldman, Goodman-Talbert vs. Smith-Pur-‘cell. 6:30—King-Water vs. Christo-pher-Toombs, Cox-Higging vs. Eckhardt-Coretz,
Baseball Calendar
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
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Kansas oity ORL, J S—— "NATIONAL LEAGUE
pionship. Miss Byrne meets Mary Agnes featured second round match and ‘i%|the victor will step from the jumbled field as’ the choice to succeed Betty Jameson of San Antonio, Tex., as the champion. §| Dorothy Ellis, Indianapolis, will ‘s29| face Ann Casey, Mason City, Ia.; 5 Catherine Fox, Glen Ridge, N. J, plays Mrs. L. H. Selz, Ravinia, Ill; Georgia Tainter, Fargo, N. D., will meet Jeanne Cline, Bloomington, Ill. and Dorothy Foster, Springfield, Ill, battles Marjorie Row, Detroit, in other second round matches today. :
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GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (All Games at Night ) Milwaukee at INDIANAPOLIS (two, 6:45 and 8:45; special ladies’ night). eapolis at Toledo (two). St. Paul at umbus. Kansas City at Louisville,
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Chicago at Boston (two). Pittsburgh at St. Louis at New York. Cincinnati at Brooldyn.
Only Hoosier Left
Miss Ellis is the only Hoosier entrant left in the tourney. She advanced to the second round yesterday by defeating Shirley Ramsdell, Cedar Falls, Ia., 2 and 1. Miss Byrne advanced yesterday by defeating Mrs. F. W. Zimmerman of- Chicago, 6 and 5, while Miss Wall scored the most decisive triumph of the initial round by ousting Dolly Schildmiller of Cincinnati, O., 8 and 7. Miss Byrne now is playing the best golf of her career and an assist for her vast improvement goes to the veteran Willie Goggin. s| “I was t an 85 shooter
100 8 Bain, Wonson ek AE n nson 0; Sane ord aad Reller. ?
AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at St. Louis. W n st Detroit (twilight Philad bia at Cleveland (two, wilight and night). Boston at Chicago (night).
RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ‘(First Game; 7’ Innings) Minnespolls | 04 100 0 1 3 0 oledo 100000 1—2 5 0 an henier a and Rolandson; Rinmetlin
ing instructions from Goggin,” Miss Byrnes said. “He convinced me I could play top-flight tolirnament golf and worked with me until 1 believed in myself. I can’t give him too much credit for helping me.” : :
Mrs. Blaine Miller Fires Hole-in-One Mrs. Orland Church captured low net honors in a ladies’ day tournament at Woodstock yesterday but
Mrs. Blaine Miller provided the highlight of the tourney. Mrs: Church’s card was 37 for nine holes while Mrs. David L. Stone, Indianapolis Country club, led the. guests with a gross score of 46. :
satisfied with it until I began tak-|:
an ace on the No. 3 hole fired by
tonal’ Interest in Mauriello. Indeed, we are told they have been so informed. Of course, Mr. Jacobs would be the Brumolen b of the promoter. In other words, a local Lemuel Q. Stooge would the fronting. It seems this little detail is necessary to make every=
thing legal.
.'The fact is common sense, dictates. Savold should continue to do : his fighting in Chicago. They'd have a hard time rebuilding him
for a New York presentation. Too
many of us remember him against =
Conn. Mauriello’s a natural for him out here. He had Mauriello on
the floor but couldn't beat him. Mauriello.
And the locals have never seen
Come to think of it, they had never seen Nova elther
and didn’t realize how lucky they were un they saw him.
* NOVA’'S MANAGER says he’s washed up as a fighter. The truth is he has been washed up for some time, He didn’t have many assets. One of his best was that he could take it. He took Max Baer's best: shots, he stood up for 14 rounds against a foul and brutal attack by. ‘Galento. He lingered for six against Louis. But out here in a third rate heavyweight tdt, the moment he was
cornered and hit he was through.
How do you figure it? Perhaps
it’s best not to try. We've been trying for years and we still can't figure what happened to Goliath against David. A 1 to 8 shot, too. * How the gamblers must have squirmed? ;
Carolyn Varin, Indianapolis (left), congratulates Jane Goodsill, St. Paul, Minn., after the latter had defeated the local golfer in the first round of the Women’ s Western Open of Evanston,
i Dorothy Ellis Only Hoosier Left in Women's Western
& Als EVANSTON, Ill, Aug. 11 (U. P.).—Kay Byrne, slender, black-haired % Rye, N. Y,, girl who swings a golf club with the same smoothness she does a torch song, was in a position today to establish herself as ihe Pot. | favorite to. win the 43d anndal Women’s Western amateur golf cham-
Wall of Menominee, Mich, in the
WLINC
Members of the Indianapolis Proprietors association, officers of the Indianapolis Bowling association and representatives of local newspapers will be the guests of Johnny Beam at a fish fry at Indian Lake Country Slip Friday night. » ‘Beam, owner of the Pennsylvania,
: Illinois and Central alleys, recently
returned from a fishing trip at Lake,of the Woods, Canada. »
- He was accompanied by Dr. Her=- |
man Gick, Lou Fahrbach, Walt Jones, Herman Kiesel and Leo Miller, all well-known in bowling circles. The party brought back 600 pounds of . fish, which are now in cold storage.
Local Golfers at Evanston
Dorothy Ellis . . . on the hivays at Evanston.
Hagg Set for Mythical Mile
NEW YORK, Aug. 11 (U. P.).— Predicting that a 3:57 clocking is possible for the mile, Gunder Hagg of Sweden shoots for the mythical four-minute time as he makes his farewell American ‘appearance ag
Triborough stadium tonight. The “Flying Fireman” will face four rivals as he attempts to break the 4:02.6 world record set by Arne Anderson, a fellow coun A since Hagg reached the nited States. 2 The Swede with the flowing hairs cut raced to seven world records in . Sweden last summer and the mark which he coveted most was his 4:04.6 record for the mile. In a transcone tinental tour, the “Smorgasbord Special” has clipped the tape in‘two mile runs in 4:05.3—a new American record—and again in 4:054. S0 he feels he is ready to run the “mile of the century” and promises to go all out in an effort to regain that: mile standard from. Anderson. : His opponents will include Bill Hulse, former N. Y. U. star; Gil Dodds, Boston theological student; Rudy Simms of the New York Pioneer club and Al Daily, formerly of Manhattan college. ;
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