Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 August 1943 — Page 14
THE Indianapolis Indians today were in Jinxtown,
in’ “other words, Kansas City, where they return to. the
“double-heaider league’ tonight, twilight and moonlight.
+ + « Last time the Tribesters were in Kawtown they lost four straight. ... The current series: calls for four " games in three days.
The Indians and Blues have met 18 times this season and have .
scored nine victories apiece. «se The Redskins got, their, eye on the ballin Minneapolis, and’ ‘perhaps they will hammer the K. C. pitchers, ' 100. ... The Blues are back in last place but are no pushover for: any rival nowadays. . . . But it will be all right with this department if the Indians shove the Blues deeper into the cellar. The Indians have four more games remaining with the Milwaukee Brewers and 10 with the Columbus Red Birds. . .. Also 11 with the Louisville Colonels and seven with the Toledo Mud Hens.
s » 8 » » » THE games-behind standings in the A. A. are Columbus 1%;, Indianapolis 3, Toledo 9%, Louisville 9%, Minneapolis 12%, St. Paul 14 and Kansas City 14... . It’s a “hoss” race between Toledo and Louisville for fourth place, last position to qualify for the post- . season playoffs. Several years ago Louisville finished fourth in the regular race and ‘then mopped up. in the playoffs and represented the league in the little world series.
Tribe's Bill Barnes Goes A. W. O. L.
. BILL. BARNES is not out on the road with the Indianapolis élub. . + » He picked up his shoes and glove and jumped the team
before the Tribesters departed on the current trip. ... Tribe secre-
tary Al Schlensker said Barnes disappeared after the Kansas City series at Indianapolis. . . . The infielder was located at his home in North Carolina. . . . He has been placed on the suspended list. «+» . Barnes was not in first class playing condition when he joined the Indians and probably decided to call it a season, :
» ” 8 #" » » TEE SAINTS’ Ed Weiland, pitcher, has departed to join the seabees. . . . The Blues’ George Scharein, shortstop, played his last
league game Sanday for the duration. ... He will be inducted into
the army Sept. 4
New Timber Delivers for St. Paul
‘THE LOWLY ‘Saints have won six out of nine starts on their current home stand. ... The surge is. attributed to new player timber consisting of Pitcher Frank Melton, Shortstop Joe Orengo, First Baseman Jack Bolling and Qutfielder John (Red) Marion. . Melton and Orengo are down from Brooklyn, Marion from Washington and Bolling up from New Orleans. Melton, Orengo and Bolling were obtained in the Howie Schultz deal and Marion in the Jake Powell deal. . . . The Saints also re- . ceived some important cash in both transactions. ... Looks like the Apostles have “made it” financially for the season, with or without dividends at the gate. : # =» =» ® & = ATTENDANCE in the American association | is up better than 10 per cent in all cities except Minneapolis and Kansas City. . . , Milwaukee and Indianapolis are running far ahead of any peacetime year.
They'll Wear White Gloves In Order to See the Punches
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 24 (U. P.).—In the interest of science and, of eourse, their paychecks, Turkey Thompson and Elmer Ray, both Negro
: heavyweights, meet tonight equipped with white boxing gloves.
As a contribution to science the outcome is doubtful but as a lure to boxing fans the deal already has a guaranteed success at the Olympic
suditorium box office. L
The background of this experi- T ment dates back a few weeks to San Diego, Cal., where the two dusky
‘baftlers met in an outdoor fight atibe at ringside to pass judgment.
of the State Athletic commission, the three members of which will
Yane field. Thompson, topnotch . fighter in the ranks of civilian boxers, was a prohibitive 1-20 favorite over the unknown Ray, a hungry- - looking heavy from Florida. , Ray had the spectators toppling out of their seats for six rounds by pounding the fat Turk with ease. In the sixth, however, Ray ‘#aid he could not continue because ‘Turkey had fouled him. Referee Lee Ramage said he saw the low blow, called the fight “no decision” and’ stopped it, The two judges said they could ‘not see the low blow. Sports writers described it as an: invisible punch and that’s how the white gloves . (no. tie or tux) came into the picture.
Cal Working, loquacious manager of the Turk, expressed pleasure in the use of the white gloves but he admitted he wasn’t thinking of the contribution to science. “This time Ray will be able to see what hits him and the punches will be right down the fairway, not out of bounds as he claims happened before,” said Silent Cal.
Walker Wins
Times Special
BALTIMORE, Aug. 24—Buddy Walker, Columbus, O., heavyweight who will fight Johnny Denson in Indianapolis Monday night, today held a decision over Charley Eagle, Waterbury, Conn., following his 15-
The experiment has the sanction
round victory here last night.
Plenty of
‘Artillery’
) oF ir ins Decision Over F ritzie
By JACK cunpy : United Press: Staff * Correspondent PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24—Lightweight Champion Bob Montgomery
- | stood out today as the ring’s master
in-fighter after beating expert Fritzie ‘Zivic at his own: ‘close-quarter game.
. Montgomery hammered out a de-
| cisive decision. over the 30-year-
old former welterweight champion in their 10-round non-title bout before one of the year’s largest boxing crowds—21,452 paying ° fans—Ilast night at Shibe park. " Brown-skinned Montgomery of Philadelphia, making his third ap-
weight crown from Beau Jack in May, had command of the bout in most stages because of his superiority at close quarters. He combined his youth, strength and ring craft to “bull” ancient Fritzie from rope to rope and: to slow him with crushing body barrages almost every time the pug-nosed Pittsburgh veteran threatened to take control.
Decision Is Unanimous
The decision of the three ring officials was unanimous. The United Press scored seven rounds for Montgomery, two for Zivic and one even. Because both men did most of their fighting at close quarters the action at times wasslow. . Then the fans, who had provided a gate of $60,924.50, yelled for the principals to step up the pace. Although ‘there were no knock downs, both battlers suffered gashes
-| to their left brows. As early as the
first round, Montgomery bled from, a split lower lip, Zivic’s injury may prevent his going through with ‘a 10-round “rubber match” against Jake Lamotta of New York for Promoter Mike Jacobs at Madison Square Garden, Sept. 2. Zivic and Lamotta each had won a’ bout in previous meetings. After last night's engagement, Zivic saiq he doubted if his eye would heal in time for the Garden fight. He said he would negotiate for a return match with Montgomery at Pittsburgh on Sept. 217.
Weight Too Low
Meanwhile Montgomery will defend his crown in a return 15-round bout with Beau Jack at Madison Square Garden Sept. 10. Last night Zivic scaled 144 pounds, eight more than the Philadelphia Negro. But Pritzie’s handlers claimed this weight was too low for the ex-champ—that he had weakened himself paring down.
All-Star Tilt
Is Tomorrow
CHICAGO, Aug. 24 (U. P.).—The Washington Redskins, champions of the National Professional Football league, and the College All-Stars, composed of the nation’s best collegiate grid talent, formulated strategy today for tomorrow night's 10th annual All-Star classic. The Redskins held a three-hour skull session yesterday behind closed doors during which they reportedly planned defensive tactics. Last night they worked out under the lights at Dyche stadium in their final drill before the game. The All-Stars concluded their practice: Saturday, reviewed plays and assignments with Harry Stuhldreher, Wisconsin mentor who heads the All-Star coaching staff. A crowd of 50,000 is expected to watch the contest.
Coach Resigns
LOGANSPORT, Ind., Aug. 24 (U. P.).—Loganssport high school officials announced today that Norbert Kniesly, track coach and assistant basketball mentor here for five years, resigned to sign a three-year contract to become basketball coach and physical education instructor at Martinsville high school.
pearance since winning the light-|
There'll be plenty of amour as well as ¢ kil on hand when the National’ Senior A. A. U. women's swimming and diving ampliondhit of open Friday ‘at Shakamak state
park as these pictures will testify. Four members of the Multnomah Athletic club, Portland, Ore., who will be on hand to defend the titles they hold are in the picture to the left. They are (clockwise from the top) Nanci Merki, Brenda Helser, Suzanne Zimmerman and Maryanne Hansen. The three young ladies in the picture at the
right are (left to right) Berniece Looney, Katherine Breen and Betty Lachok of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. team. The swimming carnival will be
The Gent Who Said 'You Can't Win 'Em All' Must Have Had the *
Saturday and Sunday.
Net Favorites
Are Advanced
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24 (U. P). —Top-ranking girl tennis stars of the nation moved into the upper brackets of the National Girls’ Lawn Tennis championship matches at Philadelphia Cricket club today by virtue of easy victories over lessexperienced opponents. Doris Hart, Miami, Fla., defending champion, drew a first-round bye and moved into the third round with a victory over Joan Stewart Huntingdon Valley, 6-1,. 6-0. The field of 50 was reduced to 16 as play opened for the second day. Remaining players include Shirley Fry, Akron, O.; Dorothy Head, Alameda, Cal.; Lillian Lopaus, New York; Betty Rosenquest, South Orange, N. J.; Louise Snow, Bakersfield, Cal.; Margaret Carey, San Diego, Cal.,, and Gloria Evans, Upper Montclair, N. J. Miss Fry defeated Jean Cooper, Ocean City, N. J., 6-0, 6-1, and then bettered Annette Danehower, Lansdown, Pa., 6-0, 6-3. Miss Head, national hard court champion, lost one game in matches with two opponents, defeating Jean Abbott, Norristown, Pa., 6-1, 6-0, and Ruth Barnes, New York, love match, Mrs, Lopaus defeated - Norma Depperman, Harrington Park, -N. J., 7-5, 6-2, and Kitty Hill, Boston, 7-5, 6-3. Miss Rosenquest was victorious over Margaret Varner, El Paso, Tex., 6-1, 7-5, .then bettered Jane Stanton, Bronxville, N. Y., 6-0, 6-1. Miss Snow, Southern California junior champ, won over Nina Lou Fischer, Jackson Heights, N. ¥., and Anne De Luc, Moorestown, N. J. Miss Carey Elise Coates, Bayville, L. I, and Barbara Wilkins, New Rochelle, N. ¥. Miss Evans eliminated Hunt Cromwell, Baltimore, in a love
match, and Jean Crook, Radnor, Pa.
Baseball Calendar
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17-Year-Old Star Holds Good Edge
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 24 (U.| P.).—Louise Snow of Bakersfield, Cal, 17-year-old tennis star who is playing two prominent tournaments simultaneously, held a good edge in the Middle States Women’s tennis
By GLEN PERKINS United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Aug. 24.—The gent who said: “You can’t win ‘em all,” must have had the Philadelphia Athletics in. mind. Today the “A’s” have lost 18 straight games, thereby settling. the hope that is said to spring eternal in the human breast down to a mere hop as far as the Mackmen and their fllovers are concerned. In dropping both ends of a dou-ble-header to the Chicago White Sox yesterday, 7-6 in the first and 7-0 in the nightcap, the Athletics
the American league record held jointly by the 1906 Boston Red Sox and the 1916 crop of Philadelphia Athletics. For a short time the “A’s” seemed about to break the streak when Bob Estalella homered in the ninth inning .with a mate on base to give the losers a 6-4 margin. But in the Sox’s half of the frame, Guy Curtright duplicated the Estalella feat
Why Merritt Was Ousted
NEW YORK, Aug. 24 U. P)— The Jockey Club of New York and the State Racing commission today made public their reasons for not granting Jockey Bobby Merritt a license to ride on:New York tracks. In compliance with a state supreme court show cause order, Empire Steward Marshall Cassidy testified that Merritt had pulled the horse, Peep Show, on two occasions last season and then had attempted to win with the mount in a third race to benefit certain heavy betters. Cassidy said that after the third race Merritt was summoned by the stewards and told that he was not wanted on New York tracks. He said that while Merritt denied the charges the jockey told the group that he would be pleased to be able to go some place else and race rather than be ruled against and
® have a suspension on his record.
Merritt took his case to court in an effort to force commission and track officials to grant the license.
Developer of Modern Officiating Is Dead
PHILADELPHIA, Atg. 24 (U.P). —Funeral arrangements were made today for William G. Crowell, 60, football player, coach and official, who was credited with the modern technique of officiating. Croweli, who died last night at his home following an illness of five months, was said to have officiated in at least 627 football games after starring at Swarthmore prep and college. He later coached George Washington university, Swarthmore college, Lafayette college and Haverford school.
Camp Campbell Wins WICHITA, Kas., Aug. 24 (U. P). —~Camp Campbell, Ky., defeated the Salt Lake City Wings, 10-89, last] Semi-Pro
‘championships today at Philadel- 1; phia Cricket club, Miss Snow,
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off Rookie Pitcher Lou Ciola and reliefer Russ Christopher came in to walk the winning run across. A five-run seventh inning in the night half of a twilight-night double-header insured Orval Grove's 11th victory of the season. The, Boston Red Sox defeated the Cleveland Indians, 9-7, in a scoring spree which set Al Smith down in his nfth defeat. George Woods, rookie right-hander, was credited with the win, though helped through the last two frames by Tex Hughson. "All of Boston’s 13 hits and nine tallies came off Smith. The second game of the scheduled double bill was postponed. Bill Zuber pitched the New York Yankees to a 4-1 triumph over the Detroit Tigers in a morning game. Joe (I Used to Be Called Flash) Gordon, homered in the sixth to account for two Yankee runs and Nick Etten’s long single provided the league leaders with their other
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the league's strikeout king, was charged with the loss, his eighth straight since developing a sore arm. The second game was postponed. The Washington Senators and the St. Louis Browns split. Washington took the first, 10-5, on a five-run rally in the tenth. Early Wynn was the winner after he had relieved Jim Mertz in the ninth. The Brownies took the nightcap, 2-1, with Nelson Potter receiving credit for the triumph over his old teammate Johnny Niggeling. Milt Barnes - singled the winning run across in the sixth inning. In the only National league game scheduled, the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Boston Braves for the 13th consecutive time this season. Nineteen hits, good for .31 bases, trounced the Beantowners, 14-5, as Max Lanier racked up his 10th win} of the season. Seven doubles, a triple and Johnny HOpp's second homer of the season spelled defeat
held Friday,
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Laymon Joins Allison Patrol
Herb Lavinon, top-notch nasil for the Curtiss-Wright softball team, which was eliminated in the Marion County Softball association tournament last week, will be: in the uniform ‘of the Allison rat |
Softball Schedule TONIGHT
Softball Stadium
Allison Patrol vs, International Harvester. 4
Stewart Warner vs. dians.
Kingan In-
‘ Speedway Stadium : Speedway 'A. C. vs. P. R. Mallory; U. 8. Tires vs. Eli Lilly All-Stars
tonight when the defending champions meet International Harvester at. Softball stadium. \ The ame is one of four schéduled for ' Softball and Speedway
two in the eighth. Hal Newhouser,! for Starter Manny Salvo.
{the quarter-final round.
Galento Loses Three Times
NEWARK, N, J, Aug: 24 (U. P.).—Two-Ton Tony Galento. today had lost three successive rounds in his fight with New | Jersey law. Round one of Tony's tiff with the law ended with Tony flat on the street in front of his tavern after he had engaged Police Officer James Meehan in a fist fight over whether a nickel should have gone into a parking meter when Mrs. Galento had parked her car last June 16. The second round was scored for the law when Police Judgé Philip Singer found Galento guilty on assault and battery charges and fined him $65. The third round was staged yesterday when Common Pleas Judge Daniel Brennan reaffirmed a lower court’s decision that Tony had been a disorderly person. Galento’s fine of 30 v was also upheld.
To Brush Up On Fine Points STATE COLLEGE, Penn., 24 (U. P.).—Football’s first femnine coach brushed all strictly
academic matters from her blond head today as she prepared to
Three Bouts on Armory Mat Bill
Joe Ferona, an ex-boxer, opposes Rene La Belle in the main event on the outdoor wrestling program tonight at Sports arena. It is a bill of three bouts with Junior heavyweights furnishing all of the action. Frankie Hart of Ontario, meets Lefty Pacer of Chicago in the 8:30 opener, while “Count” Zuppi of New York grips with Ali Pasha of India in the semi-windup. Ferona is from Boston and is as an aggressive grappler. dropped a close one to La Belle winter after getting away to by taking the first fall. It ‘be Joe's first appearance of the season. Rene is from
an intensive brush up course in the finer points of the game as practiced by Penn State's Nittany Lions, Accepting Coach Bob Higgins’ offer to instruct her. during the Lions’ pre-season drill sesions, Miss Pauline - Rugh—Bell town‘ship high school’s answer to the
football . coaching problem—expects to arrive here Thursday
Toronto. La Belle and Ferona meet for two falls out of three, with the suptussles each scheduled for one fall,
Johnson Reports
study of the Higgins’
of play. She was advised by Coach Bissing to Joie 50 ume bs gute ting started because—as he expressed it—"“This Soatall. is &
versity of Indiana, has reported for duty at the U. S. navy pre-flight| . school here, He has just completed 1
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stadiums as the tourney moves into
Warner will meet the Kingan Indians in the second tilt at Softball stadium, while P. R. Mallory will face the Speedway A. C. and U. 8. Tires wil] engage the Eli Lilly Alle Stars in the -two games at Speedway stadium, At the same time, two girl’ teams—Curtiss-Wright and Pepsi~ Cola—made preparations for their first engagement in a two-out-of-three-game series at Speedway stadium Friday night to determine the champion in the women’s division of the tournament: The second game will be played Tuesday night
held Sept. 2.
(Giants Snap
Orioles’ Streak
By UNITED PRESS Play in the International league yesterday saw the Baltimore Orioles’ eight-game winning streak snapped by the Jersey oity Giants in the second game of a twin bill, Paul Calvert bested Bob * Wells in the opener, which the Orioles
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thning broke a 1-1 deadlock. Ken Trinkle received. credit for the vietory in the afterplece as two runs in the last frame gave the Giants a 6-5 victory. Burt Swift wai charged with the loss. 5
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