Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1943 — Page 8
SPORTS... By Eddie Ash
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IN Saturday night's game at Milwaukee, the Indians defeated the Brewers’ new southpaw pitcher, Julio Acosta, a Cuban. . . . Acosta was Brewer President Bill Veeck’s birthday gift to Manager Charlie Grimm. Jolly Cholly received an assortment of presents, but . the gift he wanted most of all, a victory over Indian-
apolis, was denied him. - The Brewers’ new lefthander was purchased from the Richmond (Va.) club of the Piedmont league to help the team in the pennant stretch. . . . He won 17 games and lost six with Richmond. Among other gifts received by Grimm ‘on his 45th birthday were a banjo, his favorite musical instrument; a rocking chair from his players, a $1000 war bond from the Milwaukee club, and an electric clock from the Milwaukee Old-Time Players’ association. But the whole thing proved a jinx to Jolly Cholly. . , « The Indians won three straight. Milwaukee is over the 272,000 mark in home attendance. . . . The Cream city and Indianapolis have “carried” the American association this year, with some help from Louisville and ° Columbus. . . . The Indians are at the 186,000 mark in Victory field attendance, and have 14 games left on their home schedule.
Indians Buy Two Hartford Players :
THE Indiansholis bell club is starting now to assemble new material for the 1944 season. « « « The Tribe has purchased two _ players from the Hartford club of the Eastern league, which closes the current season on Labor day. . , . The new Indians are Don Manno, outfielder, and Thomas Neill, infielder. Manno’s present batting average is 329. . . . He is a righthanded hitter, stands 6 feet 1 inch, weighs 190 pounds, and is 28 years of age. ; » rs » » » 2 NEILL, a regular second baseman, bats lefthanded, is 24 years old, stands 6 feet 2 inches, and weighs 200 pounds: . , . His current batting average is 287. . . . Tribe Secretary Al Schlensker said these players are the pick of the Hartford club. Hartford is a farm for the Boston Braves, and it’s a good guess that the Braves are maneuvering to bid for one or two members of the current Indians.
Tribe Booked at Great Lakes Today
ON THEIR open date today the Indianapolis club stopped in Chicago before proceeding to Toledo to open a series with the fast stepping, fourth-place Mud Hens tomorrow night. . . . The Indians’ business in Chicago was a date with the Great Lakes naval training station, nine on the Great Lakes diamond to entertain the many
_. sailors there, Early in the season the Great
Lakes team, comprised of star
r. major and minor league players, visited Victory field and thumped
the Tribesters. . . .
The contest today was the third service game
played by the Indians this season. . , . In mid-July the Bushmen played and defeated the sbldier nine at Camp Atterbury,
Allison Wins Softball Title
Allison qualified for the interstate regional softball meet at Ft. Wayne next week-end by capturing . its second straight county title from the Lilly All-Stars last night by a score of 8-2, Logan Kinnett, pitching for Allison, became a member of a championship team for the fifth consecutive time.
In the curtain-raiser ‘at Softball stadium, Kingan Knights edged out International Harvester, 4-3.
Allison Patrol 401 200 1-8 14 1 Lilly All-Stars 010 100 0—3 6 3
Kinnett and Young; Blasengym, Davis and Sartor.
The meet at Ft. Wayne also will draw teams from Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Kentucky. The Zollner . Pistons of Ft. Wayne, who bested Hebron 5-0'last night for their sec- . ond straight state crown, also will compete.
Jack Sunderland
f Leaves for Base
Jack W. Sunderland, local tennis star, has left for the marine base at San Diego, Cal, for preliminary leatherneck training. Sunderland, a graduate of Shortridge high school, was runner-up in the men’s singles in the recent city tournament. He had to default in the men’s single and doubles and mixed doubles in the city parks’ tourney when he was called by the marines. He won the Red Cross tournament, early this season and gained top honors in city parks junior singles and doubles last year. ; Marine Sunderland is the son of Charles B. Sunderland, 4243 Winthrop ave, ’
Jimmy Demaret
Takes Crown
MIDLAND, Mich, Aug. 30 (U. P.).—Texas-born Jimmy Demaret, 32-year-old professional at Detroit’s Plum Hollow golf course, reigned today as the new champion of the Michigan Professional Golfers association. Demaret won his title in yesterddy’s one-day tournament with a 36-hole total -of 142 which gave him a three-stroke edge over Al Watrous, of Detroit. Twenty-two pros were entered in the event,
Giants Sweep 4-(;ame Series
By UNITED PRESS The Jersey City Giants completed a clean sweep of a four-game series with = the second-place Newark Bears by taking both ends of a double-header in yesterday's International league play. Crip Polli hurled six-hit ball in the opener to win, 2-1, and Bob Wells held the Bears to a single hit in taking the afterpiece, 1-0 The Syracuse Chiefs won a pair from the Baltimore Orioles, 6-1 in the first and 7-1 in the nightcap. Arnold Carter and Horatio Bartleson were the winning hurlers, both going the route. Rufus Gentry pitched the Buffalo Bisons to 10-7 victory over the Montreal Royals. Three runs in each of the third, fourth and seventh innings iced the game for the Bisons’ who rapped three Montreal hurlers for 15 hits. The league-leading Toronto Leafs shut out the Rochester Wings, 4-0, behind the four-hit hurling of Nick Strincevich, Kemp Wicker was charged with the loss.
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Here Are the Champs
Women's National Senior A. A. U, Champions 100-Meter Free Style—Brenda Helser, Multnomah club, Port-
. 300-Meter Individual Medley—Joan Fogle, Riviera club, In-1500-Meter Free Style—Florence Schmitt, Women’s Swimmniig Platform Dive—Jeanne Kessler, Lake Shore, Chciago. 800-Meter Free Style Relay—Riviera .club “A” team, Indianapolis, (Mary Ann Walts, Joan Fogle, Ann Hardin, Betty Bemis.) 100-Meter Backstroke—Suzanne Zimerman, Multnomah club, 200-Meter Breasistroke—Patty Aspinall, Riviera ou, Indian-
400. Meter Froo. Style—Aun Curtis, Crystal Plunge pool, San
e-Mer Free Style—Ann. Ourtis Crystal Plunge pool, Ban Ee sivkce: Bixinghonrd Divinge-nn Boss, st. George Drag-300-Metsr Md Relay-Mutzomah, dub Porland, Ore, Bu- |
Dillard, unattached, Ft. Worth,
«| Partlow, 6-2, 5-7
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Pace-Setters
In Twin Bill
Times Special MILWAUKEE, Aug. 30—The Indianapolis Indians wound up their final western tour here yesterday by trouncing the league leading Milwaukee Brewers in both ends of a double-header, 6 to 4 and 1 to 0, giving them the series, three games to one. The Redskins, now second in the American association's torrid pennant chase, are only, one game behind the leaders and one-half game ahead of third-place Colum-
‘| bus.
The Indians ousted Columbus from the runner-up position by edging Milwaukee, 6 to 5, Saturday night as the Red Birds lost at St.
Paul. But the Birds, like the In-
dians, also swept a twin bill yesterday at the expense of the Saints to keep very much in the running.
Invade Toledo Tomorrow
Toledo, running a strong fourth, also is onea rampage and the Indians must tackle them in a series opening in Toledo tomorrow night as they resume their long trip. On their open date today, the Tribesters were scheduled to play an exhibition at Great Lakes, meeting the powerful Sailors. The Indians achieved a grand comeback on their' final swing through the league's western cities by winning 11 games in 17 starts. They dropped one series—at St. Paul —and won three, from Minneapolis, Kansas City and Milwaukee in that order, all three games to one. In the St. Paul series the Tribesters won two and lost three. The Indians are three up on the haughty Brewers in their season’s clashes, 13 victories for Indianapolis, nine for Milwaukee.
Fairly Geis Timely Blow
In yesterday's games out af Borchert field huge John Hutchings pitched the first tussle for the Indians and Woodie Rich hurled the second game, the shutout, seyen innings by agreement. Carl Fairly, Tribe shortstopper, singled with the bases full and two out in the seventh, to drive in the winning runs. He also won Saturday night's game by walloping a home run in the 10th after the Redskins tied the score in the ninth. In yesterday’s second game Catcher Stewart Hofferth batted in the lone run of the game in the sixth stanza when he doubled with Joe Moore on second. Rich held the hard-hitting Brewers to five hits. He was in a lot of trouble on account of wildness as he issued seven walks. But he had his stuff in the clutches and the Brewers were goose-egged. The Indians also were held to five blows by three Milwaukee pitchers, Gassaway, Bowman and Caldwell. Hofferth’s timely twobagger broke the Brewers’ hearts.
Play Errorless Ball
The Redskins played errorless ball in both games while the Brewers committed four miscues in the opener. Home runs in the first tilt were hit by Morgan of the Indians and by York and Norbert of the Brewers. Joe Berry and Bowman worked on the mound against the Indians in the first struggle. The Tribe's Hutchings allowed eight hits and six walks, but he rolled up nine strikeouts. Yesterday’s paid attendance of 12,881 was the second largest turnout of the season at Borchert field. In the Saturday night game Bob Logan received credit for the Tribe victory after relieving Glen Fletcher in the eighth,
Tennis Tourney
Moves to Finals
Finals in the Riviera club tennis tourney will be played next weekend after the field was reduced in play yesterday. Results of this week-end’s conVests:
s’ Bingles—Harry Helft defeated Joe How ins, 6-2, 6-1; Bonny Barth defeated Bob Martin, 6-3, 6-1- Johnny Kroetz defeated James Doyle, 2-6, 6-3, 4 Charles DeVoe defeated Bill Eckhart, 6-3.
Junior Singles—Bob ra defeated
hart, 6-0, 6-1; Bill King defeated DeVoe, 2, 6-0; Nelson Gaddy' defeated Allan 6-8, 9-7, 6-1. Women’s Singles—Sally Doris Hurt, 6-3, 6-4; Lilly feated Suzy Schlueter, 8-2, 6-1.
Men's Singles Bu Jisenback Setented . : ekins, 6-3, 6-0; J. C. Hampson defeated Rod Purcell, 3-6, 54, 6-0; Lowell Hamilton defeated Eckhart ¢L 6-3; King defeated John Bayless, 6-1,
Ve Veterans’ es—Robert Avels defeated z. “Martin, © r 6-1; Homer Woods dea
Green Sefented Gebhardt de-
A ¥, Ferry, 6-3, 6-3; Smatth defeated Hawkins, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4. Veterans’ Doubles—Woods and Marshall Christopher defesied Ferry and Purcell, 7-5, 4-6, 7-5; G. D. Bryan and Smith defeated 8 Seidensticker and Herman Lauter, Men's Doubles — Jack Holloway and Clyde Raub oe Ittenback and Jim
Bob. Bastian, 6-2, 6-2; Helft defeated Eck--
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‘Finest Young Star’—Sawin
You can take the word of ‘Charles L. (Bud) Sawin, for the fourth consecutive year coach of a national senior A. A. U. women's champion swimming team, that the hottest thing at Shakemak this year was a straw-haired little girl- who has not yet reached her. 12th birthday. The little lady is Kathleen Clark, Akron, O., who specializes in free style events that range all the way from 220-meters to a mile. “I think she’s the finest young swimmer in) the country,” Sawin said yes y. . “If 1 had her for one year after she: reaches 12 I'd make a national champion out of her.” 3 Reminded of Ryan
, The Riviera coach said that she is one of a few swimmers he .has ever seen that had good coordination between her arms and legs. ‘Those who have that factor turn out to be champions,” Sawin said, Sawin said that little Miss Clark reminds him of another youthful paddler that he once coached to the American mile mark. That gir], | team Mary Ryan, was the same type of
swimmer,
Straggly-haired Kathleen 1s just in the seventh grade of school and cannot wait to reach that 12-year mark in order to compete side by side with the “big” names in swim-
ming. Turned Back Medal
She's got a few things to make up for, particularly one day just a month ago, when, with tears in her eyes, she handed back a medal she had received in winning the national junior 440 at Cincinnati. Kathleen did not know that she s|was under the age limit for competition and when she was informed of the fact, she unhesitatingly turned back her award. Sawin, naturally, would like to have the young lady swim with his own team of Riviera girls. But whether or not she does is some~ thing that will have to be decided later. Right now, Kathleen has set her sights on becoming a champion and the Riviera coach, who ought to know, says that she will.
Stout Field Loses, 3-2
Baer field of Ft. Wayne edged out Stout field, 3-2, here yesterday when Left-fielder Wingo hit a home run with one on in the fifth, Dallmier pitched a three-hit game for Stout field and connected for a triple in the seventh to drive in two runs,
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Tops Mitt Card
NEW YORK, Aug. 30 (U. P).— The Lulu Costantino-Jackie Wilson 10-round featherweight bout ‘in
ranova, recognized by the National
Washington tonight will feature this|.
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" Members of the. Riviera club's relay team, which took the 800-meter er event in the national senior women's A, A. U. swimming and diving championship, Shakamak State park, Ind., in 10:42:I to become the first team to win the event three straight years. Left to right, Joan ‘Fogle, Betty \nn Hardin and Mary Ann Walts,
Riviera Swimmers Caplure Title for 3d Straight Year
‘By FRANK WIDNER Bud Sawin and a band of youthful swimmers from the Riviera club today held their third consecutive national A. A. U. women’s swimming
and diving championship following their impressive victory in the event
cham in winning. The Riwiera coach tutored a Louisville, Ky., team to the title three years ago before coming to the Indianapolis club. It was a pleasant victory for the Indianapolis lassies as they fought off the’ challenge of other teams studded with such name stars as Ann Curtis, Crystal Plunge pool, San Francisco; dark-haired Brenda Helser and the top-notch combination from the Multnomah club, and many others. The Women’s Swimming associa-
with 22, followed by Crystal Plunge Pool, San Francisco, 15; Lake Shore Athletic. club, Chicago, 8; Medinah club, Chicago, 6; George Dragon club, Brooklyn, N. Y., 5; Shoreham Hotel, Wash-
, Cleveland, 2, and the Firestone club, Akron, O, 1. Two Records Cracked In individual competition, which} saw two American records shattered, Ann Curtis of the Crystal| Plunge team scored 13 points to lead Joan Fogle, Riviera, who had 11; mah, 10, and Florence Schmitt of
tion, 8.
tached from Ft. Worth, Tex., broke tbe women’s American record for |M. the 100-meter breast stroke in de-
1:243. The -old record of 1:26.86, was set in 1939, by Edith Pemberton of the Los Angeles Athletic club. ~ Miss Dillard clipped a fraction of a second off the old record in
and then broke both marks in the finals later in the day.
Sits on Side Line
Catherine Breen of the Firestone team set a new American women’s national junior 300-meter individual medley mark of 4:48.2,
| bettering the old record of 4:504,
set in 1939 by M., Higuchik of Honolulu. -In the senior women’s 800-meter
Hagen Refuses Kirkwood Dare
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which ended a. four-day run at Shakamak state park yesterday. The Riviera team, piling up 46 points, beat out the crack Multnomah club, Portland, Ore., by 13 points and gave Sawin his fourth - Straight
free style, Betty Bemis of Riviera, who failed to qualify to defend her 400-meter title yesterday, sat on the side of the pool and watched Miss Curtis win in 11:19.3. Miss Bemis was a member of the WAVES and Sawin said she was badly out of practice. Anne. Ross of the St. George team successfully defended her three - meter springboard diving championship with 137.83 points. In winning - the ' crown last year, she scored only 118.80.
Yesterday's summaries: Women’s’ Senior 1 Meter Breast Stroke rd, unattached
record. Old ton, Los Angeles, Women's - Senior 800-Meter Free Style— Asp Curtis, Crystal Plunge; secong, Ann Walts, Riviera; Joan Fogle, viera; fourth, Florence mitt, Yomen's Swimming SOT. Time: ‘Women's
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five runs in the first frame to give Head a margin that was never threatened. Break Losing Streak The Boston Braves came out of their six-game losing streak with a double victory over the New York Giants, 4-1 in the first and 1-0 in the nightcap. Jim Tobin pitched the win in the opener and Al Javery was credited with the second game both notched their 12th triumphs the season. Javery was pressed win his game and drove in the winning run himself in the fifth inning. The Cincinnati Reds and the St. Louis Cardinals split a pair, though|. the Cards were forced to 11 innings in the second to salvage one game of their four-game series with the
Defending - Champion Reds.
Elmer Riddle picked up his 17th victory of the season in tie opener, 5-3, to make it three straight for the Cincinnati team. Max Lanier came in to pitch the 10th inning of the nightcap, fanned four of the six men he faced and started the rally that gave the champions a 3-2 victory by opening the 11th with a single. Walker Cooper singled him home.
Cubs, Pirates Split
The Chicago Cubs and the Pitts purgh Pirates split ‘a double header when the Bruins defeated Rip
Lake Sewell, 11-2, in the first and then Gornicki, 3-1, in the |yinn
nightcap. Bithorn recorded his 16th victory in the opener when a ninth-inning uprising of seven runs clinched the he same and kept Sewell from his 20th victory. In the American league, the Cleveland Indians moved into undisputed possession of third place and dumped the Chicago White Sox into fifth with two wins, The veteran Mel Harder hurled the opening victory and allowed the
Swimming | gox to hit only four balls out of .|the infield as the Tribe scored a
2-1 decision. Orval Grove was the
Fire-|l0ser. Rookie Allie Reynolds won
the nightcap, 6-1, assisted by Jeff Heath’s 18th home run, The Detroit Tigers took the St. Louis. Browns to camp twice, 15-5 and 4-2. Rudy York hit two homers, one in each game, to raise his major league leading total to 30, but failed
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Charley Keller hit his 234 : 24th homers in the opener and the veteran Al Simmons of the Red Sbx gained his first. Spud -
Marshall Christopher : selqns city public parks tennis chi today after defeating Andy
in the final match Yesterday, 6-3, 6-0.
women’s crown by conquering. Atkins, 6-4, 6-2.
Bicket in semi-finals, capt junior title by defeating Bill 8-6, 7-5, 4-6, 6-4. i The men’s double title by Christopher and Eddie OC who bested Bicket and Irvin man, 7-5, 6-2. The B Ki
donated by Billy Talbert, city cha pion and nationally ranked
Named at Delphi |
DELPHI, Ind, Aug. 30 L. H. (Sonny) Victor, Br high school coach for the years, wag named sitilotio |
and coach at Delphi high sc day.
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