Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1944 — Page 6

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By Eddie Ash

© BLACK BADGE, one of the nation’s fastest sprinters, will not be sent to the post in the Kentucky Derby. « .» Frank Childs, trainer of the 3-year-old, plans to enter the horse in several of the races at Churchill Downs, but not in the run for the roses. Approximately 1100 horses are already in Louisville warming up for the spring meetings. . . . Racing starts at Churchill Downs next Saturday and the program calls for 31 days of action. “ee The first 10 days will be Keeneland's meeting, the Lexington track for the second straight year transferring its spring card to Louisville in order not to tax transportation facilities. Churchill Downs’ own meeting of 21 days will start on- April 27 and continue through May 20. . . . The 70th running of the Derby is scheduled for Saturday, May 6. . Russell Sweeney, resident manager of Churchill Downs, reports Derby boxes and seats are selling at a rapid clip. . . . There are a few first-floor clubhouse boxes, mezzanine and grandstand seats left, but he expects these to be sold in the next two weeks.

Five Pitchers Form Minneapolis Staff

THE Minneapolis Millers are down to five pitchers. . . . Forming the “staff” are Roy Mosley, Loren Bain, Chief Wonson, Otey Clark and Wayne Johnson. . .. The last named is a rookie. . . . At present Minneapolis has less experienced timber than any other team in the league, with the possible exception of Kansas City and St. Paul. Two St. Paul rookies, an outfielder and a first-baseman, wrapped up their gloves and departed for home to return to their regular Jobs.

o . » n » n AFTER serving on the St. Paul Pioneer Press-Dispatch since 1925, George Edmond last week resigned as executive sports editor to become assistant fleld director in foreign service for the American Red Cross.

Five Columbus Players Are Absent

ABSENTEES from the Columbus Red Birds’ camp are Outfielders Johnny Wyrostek, Lou Scoffic and Jim Mallory, First Baseman Joe Mack and Pitcher Johnny Podgajny. . . . Maybe the boys don't realize the A. A. season opens on April 19, = » » » » » ANSWER to query: Managers of the teams in the six-club Ohio State league (class D) are Cliff (Runt) Marr, Lima; Emil Barnes, Middletown; Easy] Wolgamot, Springfield; Grover Hartley, Marion; Clay Bryant, Newark, and Jack Knight, Zanesville. . . . The season opens May 2. 2 . o 8 o 2 BABE RUTH participated in 10 world series. . . . Three were with the Red Sox, seven with the Yankees. . . . He only made one appearance in the 1915 series, and that as a pinch hitter.

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NEW YORK, April 10.—Adding to baseball's expanding wartime headache is the well warranted fear the race tracks locally will cut into its business. Opening day at Jamaica contributed little to the mental comfort of the club owners. Attendance: 45,976; betting: $2,601,836. These figures are illuminating. They show where the sap-happy sporting interest resides today , .. in the horses and in the mutuels. # # » o 8 THIS WAS an ordinary, opening day card, too. Besides, the weather was unfavorable. Yet Jamaica, a minor league track, drew & record-breaking crowd. We don’t feel too confident any opening day ball game will equal the Jamaica turnout next week. You can spread active sporting interest only so thin. It is perfectly clear a fellow can't be at a race track and a ball park at the same time. Given his choice, especially in these jumpy times, he is more. likely to go to the track. Baseball has suffered in Chicago and Boston, horse towns. That it must suffer here seems inevitable. It is perhaps just as well the horses are not permitted to run on Sundays. o » .

Short on War Bond Booths

INCIDENTALLY, the Jamaica track management will never win any awards for foresightedness. If you buy a war bond at the tracks this year you are admitted free. How many booths do you think the management provided Saturday? Exactly one. There should have been 20. This is the same management which anticipated the gold rush of the mutuels several years ago by making an elaborate alteration in the club house: An old-fashioned swing door was changed to a revolving door. That a trap door would have been more appropriate goes without saying.

At the Keenland race meeting julep cups are presented to the winners but they aren't being manufactured any more and only 10 remain for the current meeting, another reason for speeding Vie tory. We are having our agents check a report that Ben (Whirlaway) Jones fought chickens with Pancho Villa in Mexico years ago. Some of the better name horses were not nominated for the Preakness, next major 3-year-old test after the Derby, This number includes Platter, Duranza, Stir Up and Olympic Zenith. They can get in as supplementary starters by paying $1500 this week.

Pensive seems to be Warren Wright's chief Derby hope and the rail birds are wondering if the colt. will feel more like running than Hyperion, his full brother, an indolent performer. It actually happened at Jamaica, & femme war worker in slacks, still wearing her identification button, visited the $6 combination window. “One ticket please” she sald. .., “Okay, lady, on what?” «+. "On combination,” she replied. That's Just about how much most of the newcomers to racing know about the horses,

Moore to Meet Nenoff

Jack Moore of Chicago will op‘pose Steve Nenoff, Russian grappler, in the semi-windup on the Armory mat card tomorrow night. 8igning of Moore completes the the three-bout program, !

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Pirates Play at Victory Field Big League Clubs to Open Exhibition Series Today

The Cleveland Americans and Pittsburgh Pirates today were scheduled to launch a three-game exhibition series at Indianapolis’ Victory field. The field was a little soggy, but both managers decided at noon that it was fit for play. Second of the series is scheduled tomorrow,

Games are slated to start at 2p. m. The Cleveland team did its early training at Purdue university, and the Pirates went through the paces at Muncie. Like other managers, Lou- Boudreau, Cleveland, and Frankie Frisch, Pittsburgh, are moaning about a lack of outdoor practice this spring. ° : Both clubs plan to hustle fast and hard from now until the majors open on April 18, in an effort to gain some sort of physical edge by the time the championship races start. Over the week-end the Pirates won one game and tied one. On Saturday, in Evansville, they defeated the Detroit Tigers .in 11 innings, 4 to 2, and yesterday. in Evansville the teams played a 4-to-4, eight-inning deadlock. The Sabbath contest was played in the mud and was called at the end of the eighth to permit the Pirates to catch a train for Indianapolis. Clevelands’ two week-end scheduled exhibitions with Indianapolis at Lafayette were weathered out.

Heavy Entry In Pin Meets

Although the bowling season is drawing to a close, with many leagues having already completed their schedules, three major tournaments are to be conducted this month. Down at Sport Bowl, an extra shift has been added to accommodate entrants in its first annual singles sweepstakes, scheduled next week-end. The scratch affair, will consist of six games rolled across 12 alleys. Squads will face the maples at 7:15 and 9:30 p. m. Saturday and at

Although new leaders appeared today in the team events and allevents divisions. of the annual State bowling {ournemanet at Muncie, Gib Smith and Bob "Hughes Indianapolis bowlers, clung to first place in the doubles with 1235. Gary bowlers created the changes, when Jack’s Department Store fired 2942 for the team lead and Pete Baltes assembled 1865 in his nine games for the leading position in the all-events.

4, 6:15 and 8:30 p. m. Sunday. The Sunday 4 o'clock squad was added when it became apparent that en-

"|trants would be unable to compete

on the four shifts. In event the present five shifts are filled up immediately, the overflow will roll at 1 p. m. Sunday.

Openings Available

A registration of 102 was reported today with six openings left on the 7:15 shift and seven on the 9:30 p. m. shift of Saturday and five on the 4 p. m. shift Sunday. Bowlers desiring to enter should get in touch with Paul Stemm, tournament secretary, or Del England, Sport Bowl manager, at GA-0917. An entry of 60 teams was reported irr the five-man elimination tournament planned at Broad Ripple Bowl for five week-ends, starting April 22-23. It will be the first elimination event ever attempted here and the entry is limited to 128 teams who will open play over the initial week-end.

$2540 Prizes Offered

Teams are allowed 75 per cent of the difference between their league average and 1000, the scratch figure, as a handicap. Entry fee is $15 per team, including bowling, each Sunday. The $2540 prize list will include eight awards for high actual totals, along with the various prizes for survivors in the five week-ends process of elimination. The final winner will receive $500. John Mencin, tourney secretary, will visit various alleys during the week. Arrangements to enter can be made through him or by calling Broad Ripple Bowl, BR. 0018. John Beam, operator of the]

alleys, is planning a regular five-

‘Iman event in the near. future, the

site and date to be set sometime this week. He announced today that the head-pin tournament

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day and out-of-town competition Saturday plans are incomplete.

Stad ium ;

A group headed by Harold G. Engelhardt (right) of the Lukas-Harold recreation department has purchased Softball stadium, English ave. and LaSalle st., from the corporation headed by Robert Fink (left), which has operated the park for eight years. Robert L. Hunter (center), treasurer of the new organization, looks on as the transfer was completed. Engelhardt plans to give the stadium a spring renovation. Girls' leagues will play on Monday nights; industrial leagues Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Fri-

will be brought in Sunday nights.

year-old player yesterday. The accident occurred in the third inning of an exhibition with the Boston Red Sox which the Dodgers won 3 to 2 in the 12th on a clutch single by Outflelder Luis Olmo, which scored pinch hitter® Clancy Smyers from second,

NEWARK.—The Boston Braves moved to Wilmington, Del, for an exhibition game with the Phillies today after rain caused cancellation of their game with the Newark Bears of the' International league yesterday.

EVANSVILLE, Ind—After being blanked four innings by Truett (Rip) Sewell, the Detroit Tigers rallied late. yesterday to gain a 4 to 4 tie with the Pittsburgh Pirates in a game called in the eighth. Elwin (Preacher) Rowe yielded all the runs on eight hits in the final innings. Paul (Dizzy) Trout and Rufus Gentry scattered eight hits for Detroit. FRENCH LICK, Ind—~The Cubs and the White Sox cancelled their spring city series game scheduled to be played at Camp Atterbury, Ind. today after army officers notified Managers Jimmy Wilson and Jim Dykes that the post's field was under water.

BLOOMINGTON, Ind.—The pitching strength of the Reds was depleted further today when Bob Malloy received notice to report for induction into the navy, April 13. Malloy pitched briefly for the Reds late last season after coming up from Birmingham of the Southern Association. The Sunday game between the Reds and Cubs was postponed because of rain,

WASHINGTON.—The Senators cashed in on timely hitting yesterday to-defeat the Phillles 2 to

1, scoring their runs on three straight blows in the seventh inning.

ATLANTIC CITY.—Tight pitching and timely hitting paid off yesterday with an 8 to 3 victory for the Giants and the Yankees. The Giants got 15 hits off Yankee rookies Frank Hiller and Karl Drews, while the Yanks made only three off Bill Voiselle and Ewald Pyle. Phil Weintraub, Giant first baseman, got a triple, a double and a single to lead the attack,

BALTIMORE.—The “cooling off” of the Athletics continued yesterday when the Baltimore Orioles of the / International league handed

Illinois, Central and Pennsylvania |thém their third straight defeat, 4

to 3 after they had won six exhibition baseball games in-a row.

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Dodgers Revamp Infield; Camp Atterbury Game Off

By UNITED PRESS NEW YORK.—The Brooklyn Dodgers started anew to revamp their infield today with manager Leo Durocher’s come-back as a player cut short after two days because of a double fractiure of his righ thumb, Durocher, persuaded by president Branch Rickey to be a stop-gap second baseman as a steadying influence on Shortstop Gene Mauch, suffered the injury when he tried to handle a snap throw from the 18-

Briefly—

Tommy Woodward, Columbus, O., and Arnold Deer, Indianapolis, middleweights, have been signed for the eight-round semi-final of Fri-

day night's boxing card at the Armory. Woodward earned a sixround decision in their last meeting. Jack MarsHll, Dallas, and Johnny Denson, Indianapolis heavy, meet in the 12-round main go.

The Stadium driving range near Victory field has opened its 16th season. Maurie Feeney is manager. His brother, Lou, will continue as pro at Hillcrest this season. The range manager said that about 6000 golf balls are available for use. Steel tee boxes will be installed.

Lou Spivey, defending title-holder, and Jay Knapp, South Bend, will engage in a 150-point play-off for the state three-cushion billiard championship at Harry Cooler’s parlor this week. The first. 50-point block will start at 8 p. m. tomorrow, the second at 3.p. m. Wednesday and the last at 8:30 that night. At the conclusién of regular play they were deadlocked with six wins and one defeat each.

Capt. Ernie Nevers, former Stanford star and Chicago Cardinal fullback and coach, revealed in a letter from a zone where he is fighting the Japs that after the war he will seek a National Football league franchise for San Francisco.

NEW YORK, April 10 (U. P).— Sal Bartolo, featherweight champion of the National Boxing association, headlines the nation’s fistic program this week with a “10-round non-title bout at Harrisburg, Pa. against Johnny Cockfield Thursday night.

Grooms at Jamaica

Demand $5 Bonus

NEW YORK, April 10 (U. P.).—A dispute between stable grooms and owners threatened today to interrupt the newly opened metropolitan racing season at the Jamaica track. The grooms, who are demanding a bonus of $5 for each horse they start in a race, received a temporary settlement shortly before the races started Saturday from the owners, who stressed that they would not continue the arrangement. The owners asked the Metropoli-

purchasers to retain their stubs for today’s racing, because the program will be called off unless the dispute is settled. They are holding out for the present practice of a bonus of $10 to the groom of the

ST. LOUIS.—The Cardinals and Browns prepared to take turn-

planned at the Illinois April 22-23 had been called off and that the regular weekly session of doubles events, sponsored by the bowling

The Nenoff-Moore match is a |proprietors, would be held at the Junior heavyweight meeting, with heavies to clash in the other two bouts. The opener pits Jack Wentworth of Johannesburg, South Afri- | ca, against Ralph Garibaldi of St. |

Central alleys this week-end.

Rocket Trackmen To Open Season

squad, under the direction of Coach Mordie Lee, will inaugurate its current season in a triangular meet with Howe and Franklin township tomorrow afternoon at the North side oval. Other meets billed for the Rockets are as follows: April 14, Law-rence-Brownsburg; April 18, Nobles-ville-New Augusta; April 22, Southport relays; April 26, city meet; May 5, Ben Davis-Deaf School;

tional; April 20, state meet.

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about workouts at Sportsman's park today in resuming spring training here after closing their camps last week. The teams play the second game of their annual exhibition series tomorrow, with the Cards seeking to make it two straight victories.

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» ‘BUFFALO, April 10 (U. P.).—The

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the American Hockey league for the second straight season today, completing a four-game sweep over the Cleveland Barons in the final playoff series with a 6 to 4 victory last night. . The Bisons put on a remarkable climax offensive to settle the issue

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in the final period. Burlington Sets Pace Cleveland, led by Tommy Burlington, who scored three goals in the first two periods, led 3 to 1 when the final period began. Roger Leger, Bison defenseman scored twice, Rimstad and Gordon Davidson picked up goals to sweep the Barons out of the running. Rimstad got the first Bison goal in the opening period. Cleveland made the final goal, late in the period, on a long shot by Earl Bartholome, The Barons finished in first place in the western division in the regular season’s play and defeated Hershey in the opening playoffs. Buffalo, second place winner in the eastern division, eliminated Indianapolis in the first round playoffs.

Adams Gets Starting Role

NEW YORK, April 10 (U, P.).— + Ace Adams, the willowy-winged pitcher, who has spent most of his three seasons with the New York Giants “on relief,” was the happiest player on the team today because he isn't going to be the No. 1 habitue of that right field bull pen at the Polo grounds any more. He's going to be a starting pitcher. The iron man from Iron City, Ga., admittedly wasn't too happy last season when he set a major league record by toiling in 70 games or practically every day in a ‘futile one-man crusade to save the Giants from eighth place, When the time came for negotiating his 1944 contract he indicated that he might prefer to stay in Georgia and raise peanuts than to come back here and resume his career as the National league's No. 1 fireman, Along with a substantial raise in salary which forestalled cracks that he would have to be pitching for peanuts instead of raising them, the Giants assured him that his relief chores would be passed on to someone else as soon as an eligible candidate could be found and whenever he had proved he could go the route and maintain his effectiveness. No. 1 candidate to succeed Adams on relief is 40-year-old Lou Polli, up from the Jersey City farm club, whose effective ness of short-haul jobs in spring training has convinced Ott that he can be called upon frequently.

Called by Army

PHILADELPHIA, April 10 (U. P.). ~Lightweight champion (New York version) Bob Montgomery reported today that he had been instructed to appear for his pre-induction physical examination Wednesday.

Championship; Hawks Again More Than 17,000 Fans - See Hawks Bow 3d Time

CHICAGO, April 10 (U. P)~— Montreal's Canadiens, one of the most rugged and clever teams ever assembled in the history of the National Hockey league, headed for home" today with an impressive three-game lead in the Stanley cup finals after defeating the Chicago Blacr. ‘Hawks, 3-2, last night. Montreal's third consecutive triumph in the final series came with startling suddenness in ‘the third period, when Les Canadiens drilled home two goals within one minute to crumble Chicago’s 2-1 lead and add the points that eventually brought the victory.

17,694 See Contest

The game was played before 17, 694 at the Chicago stadium, bringing the Hawks’ season total to more than 425,000—a new league record. The battle for the cup and its accompanying cash intake will resume at Montreal Thursday, where the Canadians are favored to make a clean sweep of the best-of-seven series. Last night's battle, although hotly-contested, did not bring its usual shower of debris from the partisan Chicago fans, who had been warned by League President Mervyn Dutton that the game would be forfeited if the crowd repeated its display of last Thursday. Only in the final period, when the rough-housing among players broke out, a lone pack of playing cards came cascading out of the

Te ’ Be A Washed Out BLOOMINGTON, Ind, April 10~ After spending the week-end in Lafayette doing nothing, the Indianapolis Indians were back in Blooms ington today trying to catch up on their exercise. The exhibition games scheduled with the Cleveland Americans at Lafayette were washed out. On Saturday the grounds were too wet for play, and yesterday the rain kept the clubs idle. Both tilts were cancelled. So far the Bushmen have played only three games, defeating Columbus and losing to Indiana university and the Cincinnati Reds, The Indians’ next game on the spring

national league to be played at Bedford Wednesday, \

Weather Holds "Em. Back

" The Tribesters have not had the benefit of an outdoor workout since last Thursday, and the players are

regular batting practice. The pitchers also need the practice in bending the sphere over the plate.

and he also‘ will direct tomorrow's workout. President-Manager Ownie Bush is in St. Louis attending a two-day

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I'm Not as Good as I Looked,

Says Permane of Triple-Five

By JACK CUDDY United Press Staff Correspondent NEW YORK, April 10.—As {Bobby Permane shifts, his riding | activities to Jamaica today, the lit{tle blond apprentice with the tafly | locks hopes that racing fans “won't {think I'm as good as I looked while scoring that triple-five at Tropical.” Blue-eyed Bobby, who amazed the {turf world by riding five winners ion each of three consecutive days {during the closing programs at {Miami's Tropical park, arrived by plane yesterday. { “I'm not as good as I looked at | Tropical,” he said, with a modesty that approached shyness, as he {leaned against the registration desk {in Jamaica's Whitman hotel. “I was almight lucky down there. {You've got to be lucky to go like {1 was going at Tropical—80 winners jin 30 days. I'm not that good; I've got a lot to learn yet before Il be in the same class with fellows {like Eddie Arcaro, Don Meade, etc.” { - The reporter suggested to the 20- | year-old gee-gee pilot that there might be some other reason, in addition to luck, for his. sensational {success at Tropical, where he rode {18 winners in the last four days. { With a grin, the kid in .the |checkered-tan sports jacket and | brown slacks ventured, “Well—those {horses seemed to get as much kick |outyof running as I did out of {riding them. They seemed to go iofit' for me. Mr. Wessler says horses run for me, because I enjoy riding ithem so much.” Jules Wessler, a

New York trainer-owner, has the {kid from Milford, Mass, under | contract. Diminutive Permane, who is.a 4-F because of 94 pounds on a five-pound chassis, admitted that Wessler was right about his ens joyment. He said, “I'd rather ride than do anything in the world, I've always loved horses, although the first time I got on one, I almost got killed." How was that? “My father and mother gave me a pony for my 10th birthday. The first time I climbed on him, I fell off and hurt my head so badly I was in bed for three weeks.” Did they shoot the pony? “No—my folks kept the pony, and sent me to a riding academy where I learned to set him properly.”

ride “at least four” horses today at Jamaica, will give the bookies “Permane poisoning” if he wins on the New York tracks like he did at Tropical.

Advance in Soccer

PITTSBURGH, April 10 (D. P.) — Led by Pete Pawlick, left half, who scored two goals, the Morgan Strase ser soccer team defeated the Cleveland Americans, 8-1, in the western semi-final round of the national amateur tournament at Bridgeville park yesterday. Morgan will meet the Chicago Vikings in the western final, probably at Bridgeville, in two weeks,

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