Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 December 1943 — Page 6

THE Pittsburgh Pirates’ home office has announced » Bucs will leave Pittsburgh, March 14, bound for ‘Muncie, Ind, where they will drill for a whole month before moving to Detroit for a couple of exhibition games with the Tigers. . . . The Pirates trained in Muncié last

‘Manager Prank Frisch's 1944 Pirates also expect to play exhibi- * tion games in Muncie, Evansville and at other Hoosier points prior to taking off on a barnstorming tour. . . . Improvements are to be . made in the Muncie ball park and the Bucs ex“pect to be in fine shape for the opening of the © National league's new season. 5, The Detroit Tigers are to return to Evansville for 1944 spring training and the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox are to return to French Lick. . . . The Cleveland Indians probably will return to Purdue university but there is some doubt about the Cincinnati Reds returning to 7% Indiana university. . . . The Indianapolis Indians 3 have first call at Bloomington. . . . Latest args, 3 4 1 rom Cincinnafi is to the effect that the = oC RNEE Ha training site is yet to be selected. Frank Frisch Last spring the Minneapolis Millers trained at Terre Haute and the St. Paul Saints at Richmond. . . . These clubs have announced they will not train in the Hoosier state next spring. . +. In the event the Indianapolis Indians do not return fo Indiana university the guess is they will do their 1044 prepping at Victory field. Two Detroit catchers, Dixie Parsons and Paul Richards, have been moved into military draft class 1-A. . .. Other catchers on the Tiger staff are Bob Swift and Al Unser,

Four Cincinnati Rookies Join Colors

cats last night. : The convincing 22-point margin was not calculated to add to the merriment of the New Castle ' Jans’ Christmas. New Castle has been rated consistently as the No. 1 high school team, with Ft. Wayne Central in second place. However, New Castle has lost one game of |" the nine it has played-—a 36-35 decision to Muncie Central, The undefeated champions’ top=heavy win over the same team indicated that Ft. Wayne, winner of 23 straight games over the last two seasons’ intended to play second fiddle to no.one. In another important game last night Kokumo climbed into a firstplace tie in the North Central conference with Muncie Central, but ran into a surprising amount of trouble doing it. Marion's last-place Giants forced the Kats into an overtime before Kokomo eked out a 33-31 victory. Muncie and Kokomo now have won four and lost one in loop play.

Vietim No. 6

Undefeated Elkhart added view | No. 6 to the list with a 44-35 job| on Greensburg, while South Bend Washington bumped an in-and-out | Michigan City quintet, 37-26, In a North Central conference game.

FOUR players, Dick West, Willard Howell, Hank Sauer and Mike Schults, all of whom helped the Syracuse Chiefs gain the International league playoffs in 1043 and who were scheduled for spring trials with Cincinnati, joined the colors since the close of last baseball season. . . . West is a former Indianapolis catcher.

lin tripping Ft. Wayne North Side,

{It was the fifth win in a row

Goshen won its first N. I, C. game | |

38-35.

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Back in Washington after leading his teammates to a 28.0 victory over the New York Giants, "Slingin' Sammy" Baugh, ace passer of the Washington Redskins, reads a newspaper account of his breath-taking aerial plays. The boy from Texas wears a 10- | gallon hat and western boots. He is all set to meet the Chicago | Bears on Dec. 26 in the national pro championship game. :

cms ming Lian 310 1 Bears Seek Sixth Grid Title;

‘111 men of the team were trans-

. |ing in naval aviation,

in 11 starts.

{as many nights when the powerful

{Dame surprised Purdue with a 47-40 setbaek, the: fourth victory for the

Five Trims [Boilermakers

Lt. Everett Case produced a “five-by-five” basketball team last night which was good enough to give his | DePauw V-5 cagers a 74-44 triumph over Freeman field, while Bunker Hill naval air base trimmed Stout field, 40-28. : Five of the DePauw V-§ players scored five baskets each to lead Case's cagers to the victory. just a few days after nine of the first

ferred elsewhere for advanced train-

Warren Cartier and Don Waldron, the holdovers, and George Cook, Weiger and Maikkla all hit five field goals. Each of the 12 players used by Case scored at least once as the {Naviators rang up their ninth win

Stout field lost its third game in

Bunker Hill squad swept to victory. In a major college game, Notre

Irish in 13 games with Purdue. A revamped Notre Dame lineup: used Purdue's own weapon, the fast break, to good advantage to get away to a 32-23 half-time lead, which they slowly increased until the last minutes of the game, when a brief Boilermaker rally made the final count more respectable,

winners; Charley Haag was best for Purdue.

Y. M. C. A. Sets

Leo Klier and Carl Boyd led the}

The matching of Whitey Wahlberg, the Minneapolis grappler who is undefeated here this season, and Gil La Cross of Boston, is announced as the wrestling feature for next Tuesday night at the Armory. : La Cross has been “going places” in recent appearances. Two weeks ago he dished out an upset over Martino Angelo, being the first to beat the Akron star, while last Tuesday he easily disposed of Jackie Nichols in two consecutive falls. Wahlberg is of the “big time” and kis victories here have been against top ranking matmen.” He tossed Joe Ferona last Tuesday and the previous week he won over ihe popular Rene La Belle. The La Cross-Wahlberg tussle will be for two falls out of three. It is announced that another newcomer will see action on the card. “He !s Paul Bozzel of Okmulgee, Okla. Jack Bloomfield, a Birmingham wrestler who ~ was

dependable performers, Goalie Ken

McCauley and Forward Grant Warwick, until they recover from in-

{juries suffered in a 5-3 defeat at

Detroit last night. A third player, Otto Heller, Ranger

| defenseman, was struck by a flying

puck and dazed temporarily, but was expected to play in the Rangers’ next game. The others were left behind in a Detroit hospital,

Warwick was knocked unconscious

in the second period last night in a collision with Cully Simon, Detroit defenseman. He suffered a bad skate cut on the back of his head which required several stitches. A few minutes later, McCauley was hit on the jaw by a shot by Carl Liscombe and the game was delayed 15 minutes while he was given treatment.

The Rangers started the scoring

in the first period on a goal by Dutch Hiller but. Joe Carveth countered with two goals to put Detroit ahead, ‘John ‘Mahafly scored for the Rangers in the second period but Mud Bruneteaii got two and Don Grosso scored once for Detroit to give them their marginal lead. Bill Gooden scored New York's final goal in the third period. Standing of the teams:

here for the first time last Tuesday, {will be back for another match. Res

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CIVIC THE PRESENT

{the Hatchets, who lost three of their |

[first four games before finding : Baugh Is Chicago's Big Worry

{winning stride against Bicknell Dec. | iT. The defeat was the first SBouth- U. P)—

Fred Sanford, Toledo pitcher who entered the army at the close of last semson, is mow stationed with the infantry training battalion * at Camp Roberts, Cal. , . . George Selkirk, erstwhile outfielder of

Sports Events 700 WILLIAMS Says

Five competitive events, including |

the Yankees, now is an ensign in the naval reserve. , . . He is stationed at Newport, R. I ” ” - . . » » BABE PINELLI, National league umpire, is about to become a grandfather for the second time. . . . Both of his sons are jp sevice,

{ CHICAGO, Dec. 24 oa Hagin Liege Conference when the Chicago Bears clash with - gton Redski in t At" Southport, the home team |e “Joe ps Ra Sunadded another to its string of In| day they will be seeking their sixth

joan lay claim to “iron man” honors

if they weather the Bear storm successfully. The Washington club has withstood the longest, most gruelling schedule in history, beginning with the annual all-star

... Ray, the yougger, #s a lieutenant in the srmpmedical apie = w wa

trations and Rogethe older, a doctor in the navy; The California winter baseball league is comppsed, of AX

dianapolis victims when the Ogthe- world’s professional football title 4 and their fourth playoff victory.

Since the playoff contest was inaugurated in 1933, the Bears have

1 Irish fell, “ 47-21. Southport was a thorn to all the capital city squads, during the football season, and fn basketball twa Weeks ago

game last August, then three exhibition games before the regular 10-game schedule, plus an extra

and the players include numerous major and mithiof “Jeaguiers’ who are working on ‘defense jobs and receive no remunefition for taking

part in the games.

*."it has suffered in seven games,

paced all teams in collecting cham‘plonships. But the world’s crown isn’t the only honor at stake in this

handed Shortridge tHe’ only defeat

Other scores: Center Grove, 37; Nineveh, 34. ’ | |

contest with New York last week to decide the eastern title," The Sunday contest—held on the latest i playoff date on record-—will be the

an indoor track meet and a swimming carnival, will be held for members of the boys’ department of the Central Y. M. C. A. during the Christmas holidays, according to an announcement today by John Piper, director of boys’ physical activities. : The" schedule of special events follows: Monday, Dec. 27, 9:30 a. m,, table tennis tournament; Dec. 27, 2 p. m., swimming carnival;

| 16th consecutive week of football for

Critics Take Pokes at Pro Gridders CERTAIN it is that some drastic action is necessary to clear the cloudy professional football situation. . . . Critics all over the country are taking some pretty hard pokes at the pros because of

Converse, 45; Flora, 23. | Clay City, 32; Jasonville, 35 Clay Twp. (Miami), 38; Chili, 18, Camden, 23; Deer Creek, 20, Bremen, 38; Wakarusa, 25, Fulton, 42; Onward, 13, Fairmount, 3; Pendleton, 31. Grass Creek, 46; Richland Center, 24, re ; Sharpaville,. 18,

things that happened in the 1M3 play-for-pay schedule: . . . They o. 3; Pulaski, 3

are pot likely to let up until Commissioner Elmer Layden makes & move that will kill the gambling rumors forever. . . . He undoubtedly is doing quite a little investigating on his own hook.

« 5 8,

«35: Gaston, 2 « 39; Oakland City, 19. § fe 21 (overtime),

Cowlan, 30, Royal Centre, 44; Walton, 34, Senman, 46; Guilford, 33. © ile, 36; Mexico, 23,

BERT WILSON, former Indianapolis baseball radio announcer, . Wotoott, ae Reynolds, 22.

will climax a season of professional gridiron broadcasts over- WIND, Chicago, Sunday, with a description of the National league cham‘plonship game between the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins,

ANSWER to query: Notre Dame gridders played in one Rose Bowl game, on New Year's day, 1925, defeating Stanford, 27-10... » It was the Four Horsemen team of 1924.

Easy Decision FALL RIVER, Mass, Dec. 24 (U. P.).—Burlie Lanier, 161, Philadelphia, scored an #asy 10-round decision over Bob Wade, 158, Newark, N. J. in the feature ‘bout at the Casino tonight before 1000. fans.

the Redskins. ; Washington's biggest threat is the Bears’ biggest worry—Sammy Baugh. The mild-mannered Texas cowboy has become a snarling dynamo, always bobbing up. where championship. the action centers. Formerly a gent The Redskins arrived here | who would climb into the box seats yesterday for drills at Puriwe und- 15 ayoid an altercation. Baugh for the game, but confined prac- |isckie and three times accosted oftice to walking through plays |.a1s with his newly found belligerwhen their uniforms were delayed ency. in transit, The Bears always have feared i — | the old Baugh and his passing arm. year's blue chip game—the Bears| They fear the new one even more. want to even the score with Wash-| Although Coach Hunk Anderson ington and knot their playoff series |0f the Bears stressed defensive tac\at two triumphs each. *|tics this week, he predicts a highThe Redskins defeated the Bears, | =O Ene, WIE the Passer of 128-21, in the 1937 title game, but = .

|the Chicagoans bounced back: hard | N8¢0e: :

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Dec. 24 (U. P.) ~The Washington Redskins went through their first outdoor drill today in preparation for Sunday’s game with the Chicago Bears for the professional football

Thursday, Dec. 30, 9 a. m. track meet trials; Friday, Dec. 31,9 a. m,, track. meet finals, The swimming meet will include the underwater swim for distance and 100-yard events for breast stroke, back stroke and free-style swimmers. Events on the track program wjll include 100-yard dash, 440-yard dash, broad jump and high jump.

Get Official 0. K.

NEW YORR, Dec. 24 (U. P).— The New York Giants yesterday announced that they had received an official o.°k. from Judge Kenesaw Landis, high commissioner of baseball, on the deal which sent Dolph Camilli to the Oakland, Cal, club

ager.

Cuddy Hopes That Santa Can Solve Louis' Financial Worry

Hatcher Wins 1in1940 to hand Washintgon the

ZIHIADELPHIA, Dec. 24 (U, P).| most humiliating defeat. in pro mmy Hatcher, 134%, South |, e history. 73-0. Then the RedCarolina, tonight wodn an eight-| eAgU TY, .

round split decision over Dorsey | Sins came back to outclass. the

Lay, 135, Phiadelphia, before 1300 BeATS. 14-6, last year and take a 2-1

lead in the playoff meetings.

Despite Manpower Shortage, Central Normal Will Carry On

By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 24.—As we sit this Christmas eve before our arti-

ficial fireplace, waiting for Santa |

cause he is more than $100,000 in | {ans at the Olympia, {debt to Uncle Sam for income taxes | : 'and has no other source of income Hal White Inducted [than the modest stipend he makes| UTICA, N, Y., Dec. 2¢ (U. P.).—

| {as a sergeant. | Hal White, Detroit ‘Cigers' pitcher, His wife, the former Marva Trot- was inducted into the navy here

Only Ones To Repeat

| | The Bears are the only team ever ¢geven.come-eleven” basketball team {to repeat for the playoff triumph |is sixth in the 10-team Indiana con{two years running, although Green | ference race, has no intention of

Bay captured three straight cham- abandoning sports despite its man-

to come down the dumb waiter |ter, Is studying singing and hopes 0 | yesterday, and ordered to report for|pionships before the inter-division power shortage, and Coach Glenn

shaft, our greatest hope, as an R0 into vaudeville soon to help refill his final physical examination in {contest was installed.

American, is that he will bing a quick and satisfactory end to the war and, as a sports. writer, that he will be able to solve Sgt: Joe Louis’ financial problems, : Your hopes as an American are A the same as mine so we won't need to go into ‘that, but the sad case of Bomber Joe, a $2,000,000 winner in his meteoric ring career needs a 1 elucidation. Briefly, he is

tile

The world heavyweight champion, one of the greatest and cleanest fighters the ring has known is the victim of wartime circumstances Which finds his wallet too depleted for him to pay cash for a Christmas necktie, though he is at the peak of his career,

- May Establish Tavern

However, with the help of a triumvirate of Broadwayites, who days, sald he may accept a fight considered seriously last night the With his old rival, Jake LaMotta, possibility of establishing a lavish [Bronx welterweight, at Detroit in Joe louis Tavern in Harlem, the February,

tives.

{the depleted Louis exchequer, Pret-| Albany, Jan. 3. {ty and talented, she.should be a big | help, but Bomber Joe was against | . {her going to work in the first place B b t land would like to lend a helping oof, u {hand—a 'doubled-up right fist to be {exact. However, that is out of the] {question until the war is over, and

the Harlem tavern and referee tour

{seem to be the next best alterna |

| Louis has been touring army

‘camps ‘and fighting exhibitions al-

{most every night since last August {with a party of five other boxers, {Cpl. Ray (Sugar) Robinson, Payne, Sgt. Jimmy Edgar, | Jackie Wilson and Sgt. George { Nicholson. - They will resume the {tour at Mobile, Ala., next week and {after it-ends with the furlough, he and Robinson probably will go overseas to entertain troops, Robinson, also here for the holi-

Lie Appling, American leaquebatling ‘champion; iwanden

alleviating his difficulties. Joe would | have the tavern “running for him” | during the war and, of course, the |

DePauw Play in

Sheridan, Il.

how he would cover shortstop in jeep-like GI shoes. The White: Sox star has settled down te business of becoming a soldier at Ff.

Yankee Stadium? Steen GREENCASTLE, Ind. Dec. 24.—

In naming Bob Steuber to his first team - All-America squad, Harold

pastimers passed 650, while

Gib Smith Sets Bowling Pace f Jane Wulzen

{ Johnson already is planning a track team. Just 11 boys—and 56 girls—were in school the first semester, and all of the boys except one were con{nected with the team. Seven played land three others were student managers. They'd have played, too, but physical defects ruled against it, The 11th boy played in the band. The manpower situation eased up -1a little with the start of the second semester this week. Now there are 15 boys in school. Two of the newcomers are basketball ‘players, but ‘ithe team still is a seven-man outfit because two of the originals have left—one a graduate and the other tor navy duty.

Built Around Fine The team is built around Marion

The campaign-weary Redskins

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bas scored 52 points in his last two games. During the first semester Bob Baitz of Arcadia, the only returning letterman, added experience to the attack, but he was graduated. | Expected to take his place is newlyenrolled Don Johnson, who played one year at Earlham college. Paul Bradford is a sophomore, but didn't play last year. ¢ Yi The other players are freshmen

Beckwith had a 613 in # Jane Wulzen tapped

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Central Normal college, whose | and

Fine, Indianapolis freshman, who

4-F's. Lawrence . Mclliree, | Charles Alltop, George McCool and | John Davidson complete the squad. The team practices nightly in Central Normals fine gymnasium, and Johnson reports that the boys i ‘with enthusiasm. “They love to play,” Johnson said. “We wouldn't think of giving” up athletics at Central Normal. It fills a real need in the program and as long as we have five boys in school we'll have a team.” ?

They Do Okay Central Normal has done well with its small squad, winning one game and losing four. But in only

or Second Time in Week: eons Rolls 624 Series to Lead Women Leaguers

Something played havoc withjother bowler to top 650. He had] OTHER me BOWLERS (MEN) scores in local bowling leagues last{179, 242 and 236 for 657 in the|Merbert McClintock, Automotive .. night, and inasmuch as ‘t's so near| Shrine 4

ristir the blame may as weil] 00 be nid ‘on Santa Claus. Two male|"1¢ circuit.

NEW YORK, Nec. 24.—This is the day the mail interests us most of all. Christmas greeting from old friends, Many from overseas this year. Jim Crowley, one of the first name coaches to join up, now somewhere in the Pacific.

Rockhard Midget Smith, bantamweight champion back in the ‘20's now fighting in his second world war in Italy's hills. Our own Jim Burchard reporting the war first hand for Stars and Stripes in the «distressed land Mussolini plunged into chaos. Terry Moore chasing Japs with the same success, one feels sure, he used to chase flies for the Cardinals, » » »

CAP'N EDDIE RICKENBACKER'S greeting, philosophical, as always... . . “Few men have had the privilege to. have visited all the fighting fronts, including Russia, as I have during the past months. This opportunity has crystalized one basic thought in my, mind—that America has produced a generation of fighting men unequalled in our history, fighting men whose deeds, in_my

victory in Europe during the year of 1944” . . . Coming from the cap'n, this prediction, we. should say, is most significant. » » -

THIS YEAR the Jack Dempsey card is from the old man mauler and the two children, a poignant reminder of the family crackup. “From Babe and Joe McCarthy.” “It's an interesting coincidence that “Babe” should be the

his wife. Tommy Lyman and Gus Van, two grand old troupers. Did anyone ever put more torch, in “The Man I Love” than: Lyman? And how many centuries ago was it that Van was beating us at hand ball? Cards from Jim Farley dnd ‘Ed Barrow arrive at the -same time. And that reminds us of a spring night in Florida when Barrow confided only one legitimate offer had been made for the Yankees. It was by Farley,

hope yet. Lillian Jenkins, who Square Irish, who moved in as its presi--

dent when Col. John Reed Kilpatrick went off to the wars, And

ar Bsde ihe £:

Yankee manager's pet name for’

who, incidentally, hasn't given up.

ter in the history of the blues. It ‘was Haack, then. promoting fights in Memphis, who gave W. C. 'Handy (The St. Louis Blues) his first regular job. Boston's Eddie Mack, a contemporary fight

| promoter, who speaks with a Har-

‘yard accent and curses in bowery patois, a startling contrast. 2 = =» WE JIMMY DAVANT, who was our first cartoonist. Mr. Davant would always come up with something on Joe Mandot. Kent Watson's card is post marked Orange, Tex. As a roving journalist, Mr. Watson covers more ground than PF. D. .R. ant Winnie. One of our favorite golf pros, Cpl. Steven Ternei, writes from the Pacific: “This kind of fighting is good for my golf game.

down.” Ted McGrew, happy in ‘his new job with the Phillies but lamenting the shift which takes’ him away from Broadway. “And I had just reached a point where two head waiters were beginning to speak to me,” he adds morose~ ly. Tommy Silence, who used to be Jim Coffroth’s secretary. . . . And what an apt name for a sec-

cado grove 26 miles north of San Diego,” he writes. “I go to bed

these days.” = » ”

A CARD from Willie Stevens. The football writers will remember him as the imaginative young man who christened St, Mary's the Galloping Gaels. Barbara Smith relays Horton's greetings from Asheville. George Lilly, now in the navy, whose version of the “21” club in: Sebring was a hilarious jest. Walter Grego who built a special hole for our hole-in-one tournament at Bayside. . . . And haven't come . close to a hole in one since. Mine host Tim -Hall refuses to budge

fights again, Barrister Eddie Egan who. once boxed with

Dempsey . . . “and nearly got killed” he soberly confesses. The

Mother Dies

The funeral of Mrs. Santa Orlane

When in doubt,

I never forget to keep my head:

retary. It was Mr. Silence who = {first tipped us off to Ted Williams. . .. “I've ‘bought an ava- °

and get up with the chickens Hmmmmm. of

from Sarasota until Joe Louis |

do, mother of former Detroit Red

Wing star, Jimmy Orlando, will