Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 March 1944 — Page 6

SPORTS... By Eddie Ash

AFTER an absence of 12 years, one of baseball's real veterans, Harry (Nemo) Leibold, returns to the American association ‘as manager of his second club. ‘oe Leibold succeeds Bill Burwell, for the last five years skip- _ per at Louisville, as the manager of the Colonels. . . . His previous piloting experience was with Columbus. A lot of water has gone over the dam since Nemo Leibold made his bow in professional baseball. . .. That start also was in the American association which he joined in 1912... .. Nemo was born 52 years ago in Butler, Ind. ] Despite his dimunitive size, being only 5-ft. 6-in, tall, and weigh~ ing only 150, Leibold soon became an aggressive and capable outfielder. . . . He was picked up by the Brewers in the fall of 1911 after making an enviable reputation in semi-pro ball in Milwaukee. . + « After only one season with the Brewers he was sold to the Cleveland club, remaining there through 1915 when he was acquired by

the Chicago White Sox. No Touch of Scandal in 1919

LEIBOLD was 8 member of the championship Chicago White Sox team of 1917 which defeated the New York Giants, four games

to two. . . . He appeared in only two games of that series, but batted 400. . . . Again in 1919 Harry was a member of a pennant-winning club. . . . That was the year dhe Black Sox scandal when eight

of his teammates were permanent Jarred from baseball for conspiring with gamblers to throw the series to the Cincinnati Reds. Leibold was one of those who was never touched by the breath of suspicion. ...A left-handed batter, he appeared in only the four

games of the series. Played With Champion Washington Club

IN 1921 Leibold was sold to the Boston Red Sox, and in 1923 shifted to Washington. . . . The Senators won the 1924 pennant and defeated the Giants in the world series, four games to three, Leibold playing in three games. . . . That year marked the close of his career in the major leagues, and he joined Columbus as an outfielder, Before the start of the 1928 season he was appointed pilot of the Columbus club, continuing in that capacity when the club was sold to the St. Louis Cardinals and the nickname changed to the

Red Birds. - Leibold was released in mid-season of 1932 by President Larry MacPhail, being replaced by Billy Southworth. ... He was out of

baseball for a while but returned to pilot Clarksdale in 1938, then shifting to Scranton to lead- the Red Sox farm there for the next five seasons. . . . The promotion of Burwell gave him his chance to return to the American association where he has always been ex-

tremely popular,

Ray Starr May Rejoin Reds; Wyatt Faces Early Army Call

BEAR MOUNTAIN, N. Y.— Whitlow Wyatt, who wound up the 1943 season by pitching 10 straight victories for the Brooklyn Dodgers, may wind up the 1944 season by pitching for Uncle Sam. Wyatt, a 37-year-old cottpn farmer, advised Manager Leo Durocher that he had been placed in 1-A and that he probably would be called for his physical examination after coming to New York.

LAFAYETTE, Ind—The Cleveland Indians scheduled an intra-| squad game today, weather per-| mitting, after their exhibition yes-| terday with the Pittsburgh Pirates at Muncie, was called off because of snow and high winds.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — The Cincinnati Reds, badly in need of pitching strength after the loss of Johnny Vandermeer and Clyde Shoun to the armed: forces, may be able to use Pitcher Elmer Riddle for the first part of the season, Manager Bill McKechnie sald. Riddle, inducted last week, will repert to training camp this week to play until he is called, McKechnie said. Another pitcher,

LAKEWOOD, N. J—Relief Pitcher Ace A. Adams of the New York Giants, announcing that he had {received a substantial salary boost, {hoped today -to become a starting {hurler “if it is all right with Manager Mel Ott.”

happy about. the whole thing—and

2. The victory marked the first

Capitals on the latter's home ice this season, and they couldn't have picked a more opportune time to do it. The defeat, administered before a howling crowd of 6996 paid customers, pulled Buffalo within one victory of copping the series and the right to meet the winner of the Hershey-Cleveland, games for the cup. No Penalties Called Conspicuously absent from the game were the usual hockey penalties which are expected even more in the playoffs. the tall, curly-haired referee who

Indianapolis and Buffalo fans, kept

Barons Forge Ahead The Cleveland Barons needed only one more victory today to win their first-round playoff series. Cleveland was a 3-to-2 vietor over Hershey in an extra-pe-riod “sudden death” playoff last night, with the Barons getting the winning goal at 4:47.

the game in hand and did not give out any bench-warming, although there were several incidents on the part of both teams that could have been called either way. Inbetween periods, Moose Sherritt, burly defenseman for the Caps, was given a $150 diamond ring for being voted the most player on the Indianapqlis team. The hero of the Buffalo victory was Roger Bessette, a slim young man whose job it is to keep that puck out of the Bisons’ net. And

drives by the Sorrellmen compared to 17 by Harry Lumley of Indianapolis, Most of Bessette’s saves bordered on the sensational type, and it was these drives which he turned back that spelled the difference between victory and defeat.

Thomson Scores First

Seven times the two teams changed lines in the opening period

| but neither was able to find a scor-

ing combination although it was the Caps that put on the best drive. Bettette made 11 saves to Lumley’s three as the Indianapolis Blue Shirts pounded him hard. Bill Thomson came through with the first goal of the game at “1:35 of the second period after booting a closeup chance at the nets a second before, Nakina and Winky Smith. playing on the wings with the be|spectacled center-ice man, teamed

time the Bisons had defeated the.

But George Hayes, N

has had his hands full with both

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thats’ just what he did, stopping 25 |

Try in Vain to Cheer Them to Victory

By FRANK WIDNER

The Bisons and the Indianapolis Capitals prepared today o return to Buffalo tomorrow, but-only Ed@fe Shore's boys had a reason to be

they had two.

_1..The Bisons now lead the Caps, 3-1, in their best of seven games

in series “B” of the Calder cup playoffs as a result of trimming Coach Johnny Sorrell's sextet at the Coliseum last night, 3-2,

= o » Indianapolis (2) Buffalo (3) Lumle nara nes Bessette Kane Sherritt...... Left Defense .. .. Davigsn Thomson.....,.. Center .........Tt W. Smith Sr Sorrell......... Left Wing ...... Thibeault

Indianapolis Spares—Olinski, Buller, N. Smith, Kowcinak, Glover, r eFelice, Ritson, Ruelle. &: Mottin, Dire

Buffalo Spares — Waldrift Dyte, Kaminsky, Klein, Bennett, Rims! g - Se Anan Wakoanett Rimstad, Kobus

Referee—Hayes. Linesman—Reed, —Score by Periods— INDIANAPOLIS ..... Rees’ @ 1 1-2 Buffalo svee 0 1 2-3 Jirst-Period Scoring—None. Penalties— Second-Per — Thomson. (N. Smith, W. Smithy aro:

| Buffalo, Kobussen (Rimstad, Leger), 8:32, Penalties—None. Third-Period Scoring—3, Buffalo, Leger (Thibeault), 1:13. 4, Buffalo, Thibeault ‘Davison, Thurier), 2:04. 5, Indianapolis,

| W. Smith (Sorrell, Buller), 9:33, Penal- | ties—None. —Saves by Periods— Lumley ........ci0nan. 3 3 11 —17 Bessette .............. 11 5 9~—25 » » n

PLAY-OFF STANDINGS

AMERICAN LEAGUE Indianapolis 2 (Buffalo leads three games to one). Cleveland 3, Hershey 2 (overtime, Cleveland leads three games to one). NATIONAL LEAGUE Chicago 2, Detroit 0 (Chicago leads two games to one).

Buffalo 8,

of the final period when Leger batted in a hard shot from almost {at the Indianapolis blue line. The (Bisons, on the move, poured in an{other seconds later when Larry Thibeault canned one from Lum-

iley’s right at 2:04. Thibeault assisted on the first

| goal of the period while Gordon {Davidson and Freddie Thurier

‘shared honors in the other.

near the Buffalo goal when George DeFelice swung his stick in a high arc while attempting to get away from the boards fast. He left the game after being revived in a few minutes. The game went into another delay when Bessette came clear out from his nets to actually make a save at the blue line. What happened was this: Thomson, breaking loose from the Indianapolis zone, was in the clear for a shot when the ‘Bisons’ goalie started moving fast, stopping the disc and falling on it just before Thomson got to it. Again, as in Friday's game here, peanuts, pennies and even marbles this time came tumbling on the ice as the fans protested Hayes’ decision that play was automatically stopped when Bessetté® { fell on it.

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Hapless Caps, Beaten Again, |__ Go Back to Buffalo in Hope Of Salvaging Play-Off Series

Locals Bow to Bisons, 3-2, as 6996

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Walter Atanas was knocked cold;

Ray Starr, who announced last week that he was staying out of | baseball this eason, has reconsidered and is expected in camp within a few days.

“Of course I'd like to be a start-| er, but the main thing is that I am getting what I think I am | worth,” Adams said.

| ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Three | EVANSVILLE, Ind—The Chicago more regulars from the world | White Sox and the Detroit Tigers, championship New York Yankees | finished all even in their week-end | bowed out of the baseball picture exhibition series, the White Sox| over the week-end, leaving them winning yesterday, 10 to 4, after| with only 11 of the 16 players who dropping the Saturday contest to| took the title from the Cardinals the Tigers, 5 to 3. I last fall.

Indians Will Play Exhibition

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. March 27.—After an off-day from exercise | Sunday, the Indianapolis Indians all were readied up to swing back | into heavy practice today. They received their first outdoor workout of | spring Saturday, and put in a two-hour drill in running and batting. | Manager Ownie Bush is tuning the boys up to be prepared for their | first exhibition games against the Cincinnati Reds here Wednesday. | — mm — He probably will start the veteran | ° | Johnny Hutchings on the mound | Briefly— {against the big-leaguers, and per{mit him to fire the ball for two or {three innings. Hutchings is a forA near capacity crowd of 2000 Mer member of the Cincinnati

saw the Pure Oil All-Stars defeat a h hoped t ti . | } ush hoped to get the the New York Rens, 49-43 at the boys outdoors again today, weather Armory yesterday. Angus Nicoson, permitting, and he believes that | Franklin Township high school they will make a good showing | coach, led the winners with 21 against Cincinnati Wednesday. points, | “The Reds are a little ahead of | Lo LT us in training, but our boys are in New Augusta holds the county! goog physical condition, and I think | grade school basketball champion- | i; will be a close game,” said the ship. The team defeated Bluff Ave- | Tribe skipper. nue, 16-6, in the fina] game of the| pj) Heltzel, shortstop, down from | tournament at the N. A. gym Satur- the Boston Brav as day night ; C Aves, was due to re- ) gnt. {port in the Tribe camp today. He —ee | was scheduled” to reach BloomingCLEVELAND, March 27 (U. P) —! ton yesterday, hut since there was Matchmaker Larr Atkins today an-! no Sabbath practice, he was not nounced that Tommy Bell, Youngs-| checked. town, O., Negro welterweight, would! ——— oe erie meet former champion Fritzie Zivic 8% Tomlinson hall yesterday with a of Pittsburgh here April 11 in a 10- 194 score. Bill Manning was secround bout. ond with 192. Osterman also was first in the five-eighth-ounce event. St. John's, a decided underdog; re-' Harry and Myrtle Sutphin won the tained the national invitational bas- husband and wife event with a 192. ketball championship today, taking The team évent was won by Jack the title for the second straight) Moore, Osterman, Don Carlisle, year last night with an upset vic- Jerry Foley, Bob Stephens and Dick tory over DePaul ‘of Chicago, 47 Brooks. to 39.

ns 9 1 V i Pitty boys bon mrt in Center Bill Arnold was high tournament sponsored by t ers’ class of the First Brethren church. vision winners were Harold Sturgeon | games, and Leon Bell. Junior division winpers were Carroll Johnson, Don |

Graham and Gene Nash.

Frank Osterman won the three- | ARMORY—-TUES, March 28

eighth-ounce open event of the In- Jj 8:30 P. M. dianapolis Casting club's tournament HEAVYWEIGHT

CHAMPIONSHIP MATCH

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2 Out of 3 Falls, No : . Admissi

i later with a 25-foot shot from Lum-

a marble scorer for the Royal Crown Cola he Build- | basketball team this season, figures United disclosed today, during a campaign Intermediate di- which saw the team win 14 of 23 He collected 156 points. |

I WRESTLING

beautifully to pick up the rebound for the score. Rusty Waldriff then was cut over the right eye in a pileup on the boards, and had to be helped from the ice after the game was delayed for a few minutes. Eldy Kobussen scored a second |

Winky Smith Scores

Indianapolis scored on a beautiful shot by Winky Smith from close up to the nets at 9:33 after Bessette had stopped a hard one by Sorrell. The Caps’ coach had received the puck from Hymie Buller. Sorrell tossed four forwards on ley’'s right after Morey Rimstead |the ice with less than four minutes had passed across the rink to him. | to go, including himself, the two

Roger Leger also drew an assist on!Smith boys and Thomson in an ef-

the tying score which came at 8:32. fort to score, but their power plays Buffalo took the lead, 2-1, at 1:13 failed to connect.

Shown above are the new

state bowling

MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1044

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Arranged for

| Boxing Show

One More Bout Is Needed To Support Feature Battle

Four of the five fights scheduled for Friday night at the armory have been signed with heavy. weights, middleweights and welterweights down for action on the

eNambioms, Sally Twyford's Comets. The aggregation

took over first place in the final session of team events Saturday night. They are (left to right) Mrs.

Twyford, Rosemary Kruger, Helena Madden, Gertrude Bradley and Ma

who replaced Mrs. Madden in the lineup is not shown.

Local Women Win All State Titles in Bowling Tourney

Indianapolis bowlers made a clean sweep of the four tep positions in the 20th annual Women's State tournament which was concluded at the Vigo bowl in Terre Haute yesterday. Sally Twyford’s Comets won the team title with 845, 873, 899—2617.

Mrs. Twyford paced the quintet with Bradley 529, Margaret Skelton 520°

541, Marie Fulton had 535, Gertrude and Rosemary Kruger 492. Ideal

Furniture, 1944 city champions, fin-

2, |ished three pins behind for second

and Marott Challengers took third on a 2482, Mrs, Twyford added to her many championships by annexing the singles title with 586, Judy Hindel finished second with 581. Pat Striebeck, 14-year-old star, and Bernis Robling clung to their doubles lead of 1140, established earlier in the event. Mrs, Hindel was the.allevents leader with 1681.

None of the city pinmen in action in the men's 35th state meet, being staged in Muncie, were able to penetrate the top positions. However, Bob Hughes and Gib Smith clung to their doubles lead with 1253. Coca-Cola of Muncie is the five-man leader. The only change in leadership came in the singles. L# Kienitz of Michigan took over the top spot with 665.

Blades Roll Into Lead

The Blades, an E. C. Atkins Co. entrant, rolled into the lead yesterday as the fifth annual five-man tournanient at Fox-Hunt alleys got under way. They had a 2565 series that was boosted to 3195 through a 630-pin handicap. Thirty pins behind the leaders were Automatic Screws of the P. R. Mallory loop, who grossed 3165 through an actual 2575 and 590 complimentary pins. Mechanical, an Indianapolis Power & Light Co. quintet, held third on a 3145. They had 2662 and a 483 handicap. M. Weber assumed the lead in the race for the individual high single game award of a $25 war bond, with a 267. The bond is donated by the Indianapolis Bowling Proprieto: association. i

Connersville Five Ahead

sumed the lead in the third annual Pritchett-Hunt-O’'Grady women's tournament on the opening weekend, and none of the teams competing since was able to dislodge them. They were declared the winners on the strength of a 2854, made possible through an actual 2357 and 497 handicap pins. The world champion Logan Square Buicks of Chicago threatened the leaders in their Saturday night appearance, but wound up in the runnerup spot. The Windy City five posted the top actual series of the tourney, 2648, and added a 185 handicap for 2843. Tess Morris

paced the quintet with 202, 205, 211

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—818, the best individual effort of the event, . Tillie Pesut, tournament secretary, announced that the low total to cash was 2720 and that winners of the special prizes awarded teams and individuals outside the regular prize list would be named later this week.

Rolls Near-Perfect Game

A near-perfect game by Howard Mitchell featured the Link-Belt doubles tournament at Pritchett’s. Mitchell opened his game with 11 consecutive strikes but left the 9pin on his final delivery, getting 299. He added 234, 195 for 728, which, combined with Chuck Richardson's 580, was good for 1308 and first place in actual scoring. Paul Gates and John Darlington copped the top prize in the handicap division with’ 1444, Miss Striebeak, who shared the state doubles championship, was the star of the week-end doubles tournaments sponsored by the Bowling

Sub-Par Golf Wins for Craig

DURHAM, N, C,, March 27 (U. P.)—Consistency paid off today for Craig Wood, the golfer with the aching back, who also had to fight an attack of indigestion yesterday, while playing his fourth straight sub-par round to win the Durham open golf tournament with a 72-hole total of 271. Playing the three-day meet on different courses, Wood finished yesterday with rounds of 69 in the morning and 68 in the afternoon on the par 70 Hope Valley layout. His first rounds gver the Hillindale course were both 67's. Par for the four rounds was 71, 72, 70 and 70, giving Wood a card of 12 under par for the meet. Second place went to Byron Nelson, Toledo, O., pro who had a 274 total, two strikes ahead of Jimmy Hines, Amsterdgm, N. Y,, who ‘was third with a 276 par.

rie Fulton. Margaret Skelton,

the duo 1178 and first in the women's event. War stamp winners for high games were Bill Lane, 258; Miss Striebeck, 256; Miles, 255; Wilfred Brehob, 245, and John Deswick, 245.

Kentucky Teams Win

Six American Legion quintets from Louisville won over six local Legion aggregations in matches at

Proprietors’ associattion at West

the Pennsylvania yesterday. The

Steel Kitchens of Connersville as-|-

Side. She posted 220, 178, 256—652/ visitors were victorious in 14 games in the mixed doubles, and the total,| While the locals won four, with Paul Moore's 517, and a 168 | Martin Hillerich, member of the handicap, netted the pair 1337 and Shawnee Post of Louisville was first place. {high scorer with 232, 222, 244—698. Floyd Miles with 634 and Howard Other 600 shooters for the winners Mitchell with 628 used 128 free pins| were Johnny Leu 628 and Johnny for 1390 and first in the men's dou- Schneiter 624, Local high scorers

card, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules Athletic club has The headliner will be a 10-round heavyweight brawl between Johnny Denson, Indianapolis, and Ira Hughes, Pittsburgh, Pa., with both belters out to win the support of local boxing fans. Denson lost his state heavyweight title to Sgt. Willard’ Reed on the occasion of the former's last appearance here, while the visitor will be making his first start in this city against the former Hoosier titleholder, : Heavies in Semi-Final Another heavyweight encounter will feature the semi-windup when Colion Chaney, Indianapolis, faces Jack Hodges of Columbus, O., over the six-round route. Other sixes will pit Tommy Woodard, against. Arnold Deer, Indianapolis middleweight, and Willie Russell, Cleveland welterweight, against Tiger Kiggins, Indianapolis. A four round opening bout will complete the card.

McCready to Sub For ‘The Angel’

Earl McCready, Australian champ, will substitute for the Swed« ish Angel and meet “Wild Bill" Longson, world’s champion, on the Armory wrestling card tomorrow night,

Matchmaker Lloyd Carter was notified today by Jack Pfefer, mane ager of the Angel, that the latter eceived gn injured leg In a match in Kansas City and will be “on Wie zhelr for at least a week. cCready, who is from Canada, - met the Angel here six weeks ago and won the first fall, but was ine jured later and was forced to fore feit the bout. Two speedy and skilled junior heavies will open the “big time” show. Frankie Hart of Chicago and Whitey Wahlberg of Minneapolis will meet in the 8:30 opener. The main event will follow after which Frank Taylor, Toledo heavyweight,

bles. Ruth Richardson's 402, Louise were Dr. George Goldman 605 and Ronk’s 459 and 317 free pins gave! Ty McGhehey 601,

clashes with Lou (The Great) Plume mer of Baltimore.

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A lifelong Indi Mr. Lueke was a |

—the Sahara ployed at the Paran previous to going Survivors are hi son, Robert A. Lue and his mother, Martin of Indiana; Marion lodge 35, have charge of serv Wednesday at Fla: an mortaury with Zorn officiating. 1 Crown Hill

MRS. LULU MILL j Mrs. Lulu Bainbr pe buried at Crow 1:30 p. m. services Brothers Central cl nois st. An Indianapolis than 60 years, Mr: day at her home, :

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goes well-deserved credit for the high standards of medical care prevailing in our State. .

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In a very real sense the well-being of all of us in Indiana is in the capable hands of approximately 3,800 physicians and surgeons and over 7,000 nurses. At their disposal are the facilities of 141 hospitals which have beds for nearly 29,000 patients at one time. In an average year about 275,000 patients are admitted to these institutions. To the Indiana Department of Public Health

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