Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1943 — Page 13

~~ NEW YORK, Monday, Aug. 16.—Putting one little word after another—oh, we forgot we had asked waivers on that one. At that, we'd still like to know whatever became of cuffless pants. Another thing we learned on wt our recent trip West ig that the Gay Gamboleers are going to make the Cards favorites over the Yanks i in the ‘World Series. The world sure do change don’t she, big boy ? = ‘They tell us this Amerigo Dumini, held by the anti-Fascists, eommonly identified as the slayer of Matteotti, early Mussolini rival, used to be a ham and egg boxer around East St. Louis. We find no mention of him under this name in the record books, though. . . . Just for the novelty of it we'd like ot see a picture showing F. D. R. smoking a cigar and Winnie a cigarette, . . . Dapper Dan Ferris, who is Mr. AAU as far as the East is concerned, rates a nod for bringing Gunder Haag to these shores; the human “C” card more than stood fue. and what's more, gaye vitality to “the summer track and fleld */ program,

Accuses Turf of Being ‘Luke-warm’

THE SARATOGA-AT-BELMONT race Jmeet ined. over ap-

. proximately $125,000 to war charities, a neat sum, but in the judgment of Col. Matt Winn, only half enough. ‘The turf in general, the 4, colonel insists, is guilty of luke warm co-operation in the war program. The colonel’s charge is spread on the records. The rebuttal continues to be a long and embarrassing silence. The Wideners, the Bulls and the Kilroes, locally, just don’t want Ato discuss I. Meanwhile, their press agents write lyrically about “their: generosity, failing to mention, of course, this generosity is processed out of sucker money. We suppose it’s merely a coincidence -that Washington, over the week-end singled out the turf as a non essential, rating the personnel as non-deferables. No other sport ‘was so classified. . Jim Thorpe, Jesse Owens, Eddie Cicotte and scores of other name athletes are working in the Ford factory. Key Man Harry Bennett, a boxer in his navy days, is sports minded. . Hero Barney Ross took tme out. the other p. m. to: flatten a rumor He had socked an officer in camp and as a consequence had been hustled to the front. : So ‘many people have asked me about that,” said the sergeant. #How do such ugly stories start? i “I had a perfect record in camp. I got quick action because I 4 had 8 sympathetic C. O. and he gave me the green light. They had me giving boxing lessons and that’s just what I didn’t want to do. I ‘went to the C. O. and told him when I quit the ring I had hoped Td never see another boxing glove as long as I lived. I managed to convince him exactly how I felt about the war and pretty soon Iwas on my way.” » » » SPORTS WRITER HARRY GRAYSON is going around walking Je Hemingway and talking like Saroyan. He’s got a book coming out. To celebrate the occasion, One-eyed Connolly, Musky Jackson j and Single Tooth Yager are going to toss a literary tea for the author. «The baseball writers are now referring to the Giants’ president as , Toots Stoneham. Wonder why? ... Brother Branch Rickey talked to the Brooklyn fans by radio the other day. It was a masterpiece of rhe‘oric and logic. The only trouble was his listeners didn’t know what he was talking about. One of the boys at Flynn's said he just Poly get the “pernt at all.” The guy even talks in a foreign “langWiedge, ” he complained. » » #®

And Would You Look at Brooklyn IT MAY TAKE runs to win ball games but you can't prove it 4 by the Dodgers. They lead both leagues with 496. They've scored ome 50 more runs than the ey Cards. . . . Has it occurred to any one that MacPhail might have kidnapped Mussolini? . + « Alsab has made two starts, finishing third and fourth respectively, and this was the year he was going to run away and hide in the big stakes. You never can tell, can you? oR # A’'DETROIT REPORT that Senor. Ben Smith was peddling his Mexico City track is denied by the gentleman. . . . Dick McGeorge of

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\, the Toledo Blade is doing big things in the way of golf, sponsoring

2 tournaments for home boys at the front, home , boys in prison camps, ete. in addition to keeping the sport very much alive. The basic features of the McGeorge promotions could well be applied nationally. : This is where the U. S. G. A. could be.of service but the golfing fathers are slumbering gently. ~ Please do not disturb.

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From Blues

By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor The American association race tightened over the week-end and the Indians bounced right back into

| the thick of the pennant chase be-

fore departing on a three weeks’ road trip. - After losing three straight, one to Milwaukee and two to Kansas City, the Redskins returned to winning form yesterday afternoon and defeated the Blues in both ends of the double-header, 4 to 3, in 12 gs, and 6 to 0, in the seven =hming nightcap.

COLUMBUS, 0, Aug. 16 (U.P.).. ~— Manager Bill Burwell and Pitcher Joe Bowman of the Louisville Colonels were fined $10 each today ‘by President George 'M. Trautman. of the American association for an argument with Umpire Ray Snyder in last Thursday night's Louisville-Kansas City game. ~ Outfielder Willard Pike of Indianapolis was fined $10 for abusive language to Umpire Collins Fenton in Thursday night's game between Indianapolis and Milwaukee.

While they were helping -themselves gain ground, the Indians also received help from the Louisville Colonels who .downed the léagueleading Milwaukee Brewers three straight, one Satlrday night, two yesterday. The combination of circumstances boosted the Tribesters within three games of the Brewers. Columbus also splurged over the week-end at the expense of Minneapolis and pulled within one game of Milwaukee, The runnerup Red Birds are two games ahead of third-place Indianapolis.

Dread Long Trip

Today is an open date in the league as. all clubs travel to the western cities. The Indians open their long journey in St. Paul tomorrow night by playing a doubleheader. The Redskins dread the trip which will keep them away from Victory field until Sept. 6. They had no luck on their last two treks away from home, but there’s always & chance that the breaks will come

| their way as they speed down the

pennant stretch. The trip calls for the Indians to vigit six cities and to play 25 games, invading - St. Paul, Minneapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Toledo and Columbus in that order. . The jinx which Kansas City held over : the Indians was snapped yesterday by the superb pitching of Glen Fletcher in the first game and by Jim Trexler in the second. It was 'Trexler’s 15th victory of the season and his third shutout. Fletcher and Clem Hausmann waged a snappy mound duel in the 12-inning tussle, allowing eight hits apiece, The Blues scored one marker in the second ‘inning and the Indians deadlocked it in the third on Haslin’s triple to right and Fairly’s infield out.

Pike Smacks Triple

In the fourth both teams tallied & pair of runs, making the score 3all. Two singles, a sacrifice and another single accounted for the Blues’ fourth-inning markers. In the Tribe half Moore walked and Pike - scored him. with a triple: to center, and Pike scored after the catch on Hofferth’s long fly. « Then the teams fought it out until the 12th with: both hurlers disposing of hitters in monotonous order. In the Indians’ half of the 12th Moore led off by ramming a single to right, English fouled out attempting to sacrifice and Pike singled, Moore stopping at second. This brought up Stewart Hofferth and he]. belted ‘a long double to right center, scoring Moore with the winning run. While Trexler held the Blues io (Continued on Page 14) .

greens in regulation figures: He was winning matches in the

the Amateur and

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establishing a record of 286 for 72

to Francis Ouimet at Pittsburgh’s 7 and 6, at Engineers in 1920.

history.

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the Western Open three.

teur crowns.

fering bag luggers.

through Northwestern university. Evans has not always been at

Chick also was runner-up in the v. S. Amateur championships of 1912, 1922 and 1927 and was run-ner-up to Walter Hagen in the 1914 Open.

EVANS, BORN IN July, 1890, won the Chicago city title in 1907 and repeated three times. up to 1914, He won the Western Amateur eight times and In 1911 he’ held the Western Open, North and South and French Ama-

Having been graduated from the caddie ranks, Chick always was sympathetic with the long-suf-Perhaps his crowning monument in golf is “Evans Scholars” for worthy caddies, a scholarship plan sponsored by the Western Golf association, which has sent more than 25 ex-caddies

United States Golf association. Decidedly outspoken,

“big Shots

i Chick Evans Had Used a Putter Like, Travis and Travers, the Boys) w ould Have

To Start Inventing a

By HARRY GRAYSON AMERICA'S first victories of note in golf were ‘made possible by the red hot putters of Walter J. Travis and Jerome Dunstan Travers, Charles Evans Jr. Chicago's first gift to topnotch golf, was America’s initial stylist. . It often was said if Chick Evans could puft like Travis and Jerry Travers a new game would have to

be invented, he’d be so far out in front. Evans never quite learned the knack of con_sistently brilliant putting. But it is doubtful if in his. heyday there was a player, amateur or professional, who could maintain his average of hitting

Evans never quite lost’ the. hang ‘of ‘good golf.

U. S. Amateur

right up to the time world war II halted hostilities. This is remarkable when it ‘is considered he held

Open championships of the United States for the duration of world war I.

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CHICK WON the Open at Minikghda in 1916,

holes that stood

for a score of years. Gene Sarazen tied the mark at Fresh Meadow in 1932, but it wasn’t surpassed until Tony Manero established his record 282 at New Jersey's Baltusrol in 36. This mark incidentally, stood for only one year, falling to Ralph Guldahl’s 281 at Michigan’s Oakland Hills. - Evans lost the Amateur in 1919,

when he: bowea tricked-up Oak-

mont, but regained the title by Gefeating Ouimet,

Eyans came mighty close to bowing out in the semi-finals ‘of the 1920 tournament. down to Reggie Lewis playing the 36th hole, and it looked as if the party was over for him when he put his drive into a trap. Chick played a remarkable iron shot out of the trap, however, and got down in one putt for a par. The feat so unnerved Lewis he three-putted, sending the match into extra holes. Chick won on the fifth green, which made ‘it the longest extra 36-hole match in U. 8. Amateur

He was 1

Chick Evans as he appearoi when he held the Amateur and Open championshins of. the United States for the duration of world war.IL correct bend of left arm in the drive.

Chick criticized with a sharpness that equalled his stroking wizardry. ' -. Sectional rivalry, backed by much coin of the realm, waxed hot whenever Evans, Francis Ouimet and Jerry Travers gathered. After the last world war, ‘Travers dropped out of the national picture entirely and left the field to the Chicagoan and the * Bostonian. They fought many epic battles. The East threw in its lot’ with Ouimet. The West was quite as cesfain Evans was the nation’s best. Harry Vardon and Big Ted : Ray, the British masters. who were considered the last word in golf perfection back in those days, regarded Chick Evans as America’s outstanding player,

: NEXT—Jess Sweetser.

peace with the

v Golf Game

Note -the

Armour Draws

bing Radioemn, 15 to 2.

to stand idly by and hope for a victory by Edgewood Merchants over Armour as the latter two teams play off a postponed game from. earlier in the season:at 6:30 at Garfield park tomorrow. Should

Armour win it will be all over.

Armour ganged up on Sherwood, R. C. A. ace, for 11 runs in the

him: from the hill while Lon MecCammon ‘held R. C., A. in check throughout: be

evens cesses 000 110 000— 2 7 4 : -. 200 0R0 65x—15 12 2

Sherwood, Smutte, Barnes and Mosie; bert.

mmon and Lam . Forty and ' Eight, undisputed champions of the Big Six loop, blasted Edgewood, 14-3, as Buddy Ratcliffe of the winners had a perfect day at the plate. Score: Edgewood 100 001 010— 8 5 2 Forty and Eight ... 340 220 21x—I14 12 1

Mobley, Norwood ‘and Dugdale, Keath; Kops, Moore and C. Dunham, Kaiser,

Gold Medal Beer captured the Municipal league pennant by walloping the Eagles, 19 to 4, to wind up their league play for the season.

City Series in Dropping R.C. A.

Armour and R. C. A. fought it out for second place in the Big Six loop yesterday and a right to enter the city finals with the former drub-

— Ea seventh and. eighth innings to drive

Closer to

Slim though it is,” R.. C. A. still has a mathematical chance of halving the race with Armour and forcing them into a play-off. With their schedule completed and ohe-half game behind, R. C. A. will have

City champions of the last two years Gold Medal rode to victory on home runs by Norm Beplay, Paul Bowman and Ned Berry as Dersch turned back the Eagles in his final appearance with the Beermen before joining the armed forces.

001 002 010— 4 i060 8 153 310 38x—19 14 3

Bain, Cassady and Cora; Dersch

Berry. Pure Oil remained in the shadow of Gold Medal by defeating DeWolfe News, 5 to 2. Rollie Miller of the losers had a clean day at the plate with four hits. Sol O'Haver of the Oilers blasted a homer. Score:

DeWolf 0 100 001—2 9 1 Pure. Oil 200 000 03x—5 8 1

Miller and Rasie; Kimble, McGill and Toon.

Managers of teams that have won their way into the finals of the city series will meet at: the Star at 7 o'clock - tonight to draw for pairings. The annual election of officers of the Indianapolis Amateur Baseball association will be held at Fox's Steak House at 7 o'clock

Wednesday night.

Baseball Standings and Results

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

L 43

SBTRESSE

ATET2ES Se

First Game)

Geovnd Game; 10 Innings) 001 204 001 1— 3 10 001 000 2— 4 “7 White and O'Dea

|Top Lukas-Hareld

‘Messick and Seneth, 6-1, 6-0.

and | 6-0;

Allison Netters

The Industrial Tennis league's round-robin tournament got under way yesterday as Allison submerged

Lukas-Harold,” 4-1, at Riverside while the Butler Cadets swept all the singles matches to gain a 3-2 decision over CurtisssWright at Fall Creek. 'In the scoring a doubles match was worth two points and a singles match one. . Summary: Allison vs. Lukas-Harold: Singles— Haideman ' (A) defeated Robbins, 6-3, 6-2; Young (A) defeated Bohn, 10-8, 7-5; Grebe (L-H) defeated Fox, 7-5, 4-8, 6-4. Doubles—Reich and May (A) defeated

Butler Cadets vs, Curtiss-Wright: 8ingles—Habel (B) defeated Carrington, 6-3, - Dinsmore (B) defeated Boyer, 6-1, 6-2;. Wickham (B) defeated Heidenrich, 6-3, 8-6. Doubles —Crumbaker

(CW)

and Hutchinson

“1/See Return of

|| Old-Fashioned {Hockey Game

TORONTO, Aug. 16. (U. P.).— Better individual stick work and old fashioned hockey playing will result ‘this season from passage of a new rule by officials of the National Hockey league and the Canadian Amateur Hockey association at their meeting here, experts agreed today. The new rule calls for adoption of a center line behind which the defending team can make forward passes without penalty. ° The change, advocated for some time, was designed to permit defending teams to break away from power plays more easily, thus cutting the use of the lunging attack by making it too hazardous for the offensive players.

Believed Serious Threat

Use of the power play, which permits several of the attacking players to go down ice and accept a long pass from a team mate, has increased to such an extent in recent years that the rule makers be-

lieved it a serious threat to the life

‘of Canada’s national game. Under the revised ruling; attackers will fear to venture at great length down the ice because of the possibility of being trapped out of

position in case the puck is stolen]

by an opposing player. Thus, the stick work and brilliant offensive play of the individual in getting the puck into the scoring zone will be brought forth.

Blue Lines Stay

The present blue lines will remain in use under the new ruling, but will not hinder the passing of a defensive player. The new center line will be designated by a two-inch red stripe through the ice. No other im t rule changes were made by the N. H. L. and C. A. H. A. rules committee, nor did the group make any predictions regarding professional and amateur

hockey’s future for the coming’

winter.

BOWLING

The Knights of Columbus Bowling league will meet at 8:30 p. m. Friday in the K. of C. clubhouse.

A meeting of the Parkway Recreation league will be held at 8 p. m. Thursday at the recreation hall. The league average is 875 and for reservations call WA-0977. The season opens Sept. 3.

The West Side Church league will meet tonight at the West Side alleys.

Members of the Dells Bowling league are asked to attend a meeting at the Uptown Recreation Co. hall a 7:30 p. m.

Wednesday.

hy tains of teams in the Capital Paper owling league will meet at 8:15 p. Soar at the Central bowling ie All captains of last year’s teams are requested to be present.

Coleman Rangers Defeat Airmen

WICHITA, Kas, Aug. 16 (U. P.). —The Coleman Rangers defeated a team from the Alliance, Neb., air base, 11 to 3, yesterday in the national semi-professional baseball tournament. e¢ Memphis Ferry Command defeated the Kansas City Rupperts, 8 to 1, and the Enid, Okla., airbase team concentrated seven hits in ihe

7th and 8th innings to come from.

behind and defeat Kirtland field,

i Jeteated Shaughnessy ‘and Doss,

Allison Club Sets Meeting”

- Harrell Mosbaugh, director

“fish and game, state departs

of conservation, will be the Speaker at the next meeting

the Allison Employees Conserva-

tion club, to be held at 8 p. tomorrow at Wayne Legion hall, 6566 W. “Washington st. Moving pictures on hunting fishing will be shown.

and Clyde E. Gregory,

of the program committee, will in charge of arrangements and entertainment after the regu business meeting of the conserva tion club.

Allison Patrol

Wins Opener

The 1842 city and county sof champions, Allison Patrol, pas the first test in the defense of i title last night by taking the op ing round game of the Maric County, Softball association’s annual tournament = from = Indianapoli Railways, 7-0, at Softball stadium.

Softball. Schedule

TONIGHT

Softball Stadium

9:45—U. 8. Tires Riverside Amusement,

9:00—K. C. A. vs. EX Lilly All-Stars.

vs.

- Kingan A, A. pounded out a 9decision over Capehart- -Packard in the second contest. International Harvester shuj out Bridgeport Brass, 4-0, at Speedway stadium behind the one-hit pitch ing of Tommy Lang. Lang sent : batsmen down via the surike-ot : route. v Big Four eliminated New Yo! Central, 5-2, in the nightcap at Speedway.

Matmen Offer All-Star Show

An all-star show, headed by & return match between two riv has been lined up for the outd mat offering tomorrow night Sports arena. A no-time-limit main event | Rene La Belle of Toronto ag Billy Thom of Bloomington, I with the semi-windup send Lefty Pacer of Chicago against bearded Ali Pasha, Hindu’ matms from India. Opening the action at 8:30 w be a newcomer. He is Pedro Go mez of Mexico City, Mex. He is deaf mute and clashes with Estes of Hammond. At the request of La Belle, k regulation 90-minute time rule has been waived, and he will battle Coach Thom in a match in which there must be a winner and a loser. They drew here in 90 minutes two’ weeks ago. All contestants junior heavyweights.

East Gridders Win From Western Squas SAN DIEGO, Cal, Aug. 16 (U. P) —The Eastern squad of the Ws ington Redskins, professional f

ball champions, aided by “borrow army players, today boasted a 10+

Albuquerque, N, M., 9 to 3.

victory over the Western squad. i

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