Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 April 1944 — Page 20
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Pertel tells Pitcher Don Stark what to throw while Hitter Fred Queisser pretends he isn't kibitzing. With the Indians in the field, Fred flied out on the first pitch to Joe Aliperto at second.
‘Odom to Face Hens Tonight; Kerby Farrell, With 4 for 4, Leads Attack Before 10,583
\ By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editor The jubilant Indianapolis Indians, happy over scoring a shutout in the 1944 lid-lifter at Victory field last night before more than 10,500 fans,
have a hunch they have a better
physical condition than the Toledo Mud The Tribesters won the opener, 4 to 0, behind the elegant three-hit pitching turned in by huge Johnny Hutchings who struck out seven and
only issued two walks. Big Dave Odom, down from the Boston Braves, is slated to face the Hens in the second of the series at 8:30 tonight. Large John Whitehead is Toledo Manager Ollie Marquardt’s mound choice. Last night's attendance, including 457 service men who were guests of the Tribe management, was 10,583. The -paid attendance was 10,126.
But for a misjudged infield pop fly that went for a hit, Hutchings would have had a two-hitter last night, Only real blows off Johnny were & double by Len Schulte in the second and a single by George Sebesak in the seventh. Hen Pitcher Harry Kimberlin got the scratch hit in the sixth. Hutchings retired the side in order in four of the nine innings. The Tribe made three errors and the Hens one. Farrell Gets Four Blows Kerby Farrell, the Indians’ new first sacker down from the Boston Braves, broke in with four hits in as many times at bat. And he scored one run and batted in one. The big crowd roared its approval of his batting and smooth fielding. Manager Ownie Bush wasn’t surprised by Hutchings’ fine mound form but he was surprised at the way the Indians hammered Harry Kimberlin's offerings. The home boys collected 12 safeties and four walks, and had 10 runners left on base. Wayne Blackburn belted two runs home with a double in the fourth when Kimberlin weakened. The Tribesters tallied three markers in that stanza. After one out, Hugh Poland singled and Farrell lined a single to right. Poor base running enabled the Hens to trap Poland off | second for the second out.
Fill the Bases Como Cotelle singled Farrell to) third and Cotelle took second when Don Smith, Hen center fielder, muffed his ground single. Joe Aliperto drew a walk, filling the bases, and with Hutchings at bat, Farrell scored the first run of the game on! a wild pitch, Hutchings walked and the bases were again jammed. Blackburn] Lned a double to center, scoring Cotelle and Aliperto, and Bill Heltzel lined out to retire the side. { The Indians chalked up their] fourth marker in the seventh, Helt-| zel led off with a single, Morgan| fouled out and Joe Burns flew out. Poland's single put Heltzel on third anf Farrell's fourth hit of te. fracas scored Heltzel, Hutchings worked out of trouble in the sixth when he fanned the! dangerous Bob Boken for third out| with two on. In the eighth he struck out both Smith and Boken when the Hens had two men on th e| sacks, It was an exhibition of bear- | ing down in the clutch. The fine break in weather aroused the city's diamond enthusiasm and “all roads led to to Victary fleld.”
The Indians’ servi service flag adorns| the left field tower. It contains 18 stars.
18 for 25¢
They "benched" public officials for opening ceremonies and
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| home with what his .physicians | termed a bad case of influenza, will
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balanced team and are in better Hens.
The ‘Tribe management picked up another outfielder on option from the Braves. He is John Henry Lehman, a righthanded hitter. He is 37 and recently received an honorable discharge from the army.
The opening game started 15 minutes late to permit pre-game ceremonies. The contest lasted 2 hours 12 minutes.
Lt. Col. Frank E. McKinney, part| 2 owner and vice president of the Indians, came on from New York to take in the lid-lifter.
The fans were hungry and thirsty and the concession stands did a land office business—cleaned aut.
No. 1s of Opener
First Pitch — Called strike on Kimble. First Putout—Burns, on foul by Kimble. First Assist—Burns. First to Strike Out—D. Smith, by Hutchings. First Hit—Schulte, a double. First Walk—Kimble, by Hutchings. First Stolen Base—Kimble, First Error—D. Smith. First Run—Farrell. First Run Batted In—Blackburn.
This is part of the crowd of more than 10,500 which cheered the 1944 Indians to their impressive 4.0 victory. The scene was in the fifth inning while Mike Sertich of Toledo was at bat.
Bertelli Is First in Pro
Grid Draft
PHILADELPHIA, April 20 (U. P.).—Angello = Bertelli of Notre Dame, standout player of the 1943 collegiate football season, was first choice in the National league draft today, being selected by the new Boston club, which received first draw, Bertelli now is in the marines, but Boston will get first call on his services after the war, provided that he chooses to play pro football. Pat Harder, former Wisconsin fullback, who also is in the armed forces, was selected by the Chicago Cardinals, last place team in the 1943 race which was given second pick. The Brooklyn Dodgers took Creighton Miller, Bertelli’s colleague in the backfield last fall, while the Detroit Lions picked Otto Graham, Northwestern back.
Keep It Up!
TOLEDO ABR HO AE Kimble, 3b ...... ...2 0 0 4 5 0 Wren, 2b ...c.00vann 4 0 0 0 3 © D. Sm en, he .4 0 0 3 0-1 creas .4 .0 011 0 © Draarey it. 4 0 0 2 1 0 Schulte, ss .. 4 0 1 3 1 0 Sebesak, rf .. .4 0 1 0 1 © Sertich, © ..... ..3 0 0 1 0 © Kimberlin, p .. .2 0 1 0 3 © Storti ......000 ..1 0 0 0 0 O Goedde, p ..... .0 0 0 0 1 0 Totals .......... 32 0 3 24 18 1 Storti batted for Kimberlin in eighth. INDIANAPOLIS AB R HO A E Blackburn, 5 0 2 4 0 1 Heltzel, 88 .......... 3 1 1 0 3 0 Morgan, rf .. 4 0 1 2 0 0 Burns, 3b ... 4 0 0 1 2 ) Poland, ¢ ... ..4 0 2 7 0 0 Farrell, 1b ... ..4 1 4 8 0 © Cotelle, ¢f .........4 1 1 2 0 @ Aliperto, 2b ........ 32 1 0 3 3 1 Hutchings, P se0es.. 2 0 1 0 0 0 Totals Creessaseers 34 4 12°27 8 3 Toledo ........ccenmesevens 000 000 INDIANAPOLIS MP 000 300 10x—4
Runs batted in—Blackburn 2, Farrell. Two-base hits—Schulte, Blackburn, Stolen base—Kimble. Left on bases—Toledo 7, Indianapolis 10. Base on balls—Off Hutchings, 2; Kimberlin, 2; Goedde, % Struck out—By Hutchings, 7; "Kimberlin, 1 Hits— Off Kimberlin, 12 in 7 innings; Goedde, wild pitch—Kimberiin.
0 in 1 inning. Umpires «—
Losing pitcher — Kimberlin.
First Wild Pitch—Kimberlin,
Steengrafe and Paparella. Time—3:12.
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
WL Pet L Pet. INDPLS. ...1 0 1.000' Minneapolis 6 0 .000 Columbus ..1 0 1.000 Toledo ..... 01 .000 Milwaukee. 1 0 1.000 Louisville ...0 1,000 Kan. City ..0 0 .000{St. Paul ....0 1 .000
AMERICAN LEAGUE Pet.
WIL Pet! WL St. Louis ...2 0 1.000 New York 12 .383 Phila. ......1 0 1.000 Washington 0 1 .000 Chicage ...1 0 1.000 Cleveland ,.0 1 .000 Boston 21 .667Detroit ....0 2 .000
GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Toledo at INDIANAPOLIS (night, 8:30). Columbus at Louisville (night). Minneapolis at Kansas City (night). , St. Paul, at Milwaukee. AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Washingten. St. Louis at Detroit. Only games scheduled.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
Boston at New York. Brooklyn at Philadelphia, Chicago at Cincinnati, Pittsburgh at St. Louis.
Joe McCarthy Ill On 5th Birthday
BUFFALO, April 20 (U. P).— Manager Joe McCarthy of the New| ; York Yankees, ill at his Buffalo |
{have to spend his 57th birthday an-
McCarthy, who. ‘will miss the Yanks’ home opener tomorrow against Washington, was ordered to bed yesterday as soon as he arrived from Boston, where ‘he also missed Tuesday's 3-0 Brst- -game victory
Dr. Arthur J. Burkel, his physician, said he expected McCarthy to be all right in about a week. X “But he's sicker than he will admit,” Burkel said.
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RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
Columbus ,. .+.000 000 002— 2 3 1 Louisville ..... ...000 001 000— 1 4 1 Burkhart, Barreit and Garagiola; Wilson and Walters, St. Paul ......00000ns 000 001 010— 2 9 1 Milwaukee e..0-100 200 02x— 35 9 3 * Webb, Rudolph, Pugsley, Camp and Castro; Caldwell and Pruett,
Minneapolis at Kansas City, postponed.
AMERICAN LEAGUE
(First Game)
New York ...e..0....010 000 000—1 9 3 Boston ......... e..-.001 005 00x— 6 6 3
J. Johnson, Turner, Page and Garbark; Woods and Conroy.
(Second Game)
New York ........... 0106 001 000— 2 7 1 Boston .............. 020 101 01x— 5 11 ©
Dubiel and Drescher; O'Neill and Partee.
St. Louis ............ 100 011 000— 8 8 1 Detroit ........ RP 000 100 000— 1 3 0 Sundra and Mancuso; Gentry, Gorsica and Swift, Miller. Cleveland ......... «000 000 010—~ 1.7 0 Chicago ......e...... 100 010 10x— 3 10 1
Smith, Harder, Calvert and McDonnell; Grove and Turner.
Philadelphia at Washington, postponed.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
L001 000 000— 1 4 1 200 000 00x— 2 8 0
Pyle and Lombardi,
Boston ......e..0... New York .......... Tobin and Masi; Mancuso,
{Brooklyn ......,...001 210 000 1— 5 12 2 i Philadelphia .., ...200 000 002 0— 4 9 © Davis, Chipman and Owen; Gerheauser, Lee, Donahue and Seminick.
Chicago ......e..o...000 001 000—3 ‘3 1 Cincinnati ..,. Sl. 000 200 00x—2 5 2 Hanyzewski i Holm; Riddle and Mueller,
Only games scheduled.
Golf Club to Meet
The Pleasant Run Men's Golf club will meet at 7:30 p. m. Friday n the clubhouse, President Ralph
Close Games in
hasn't been a one-sided result. Six three by two runs, four by three runs and one by five runs. Two games have gone into extra innings, and in nearly every one a concerted rally would have changed the complexion. Similarly significant has been the brilliance of pitching, which was apparent again yesterday. There were three three-hit games, two in the National and one in the American, with the top hurling duel of the program finding Ewald Pyle of the Giants edging Jim Tobin, the Braves’ slow-ball specialist, 2 to 1, at the Polo Grounds. Tobin gave out only three hits, but one of them was Manager Mel Ott's first homer of the season.
Homer Wins Game
Ott's drive came in the first inning, bringing in a runner ahead of him. . Elmer Riddle, Cincinnati's dependable right hander, likewise set the Chicago Cubs down with a trio of hits to top Eddie Hanyzewski in a 2 to 1 duel at Cincinnati. Hanyzewski yielded five hits, but the Reds got three in the fourth, Ray Mueller batting in both runs with a double. The Browns, winning their second straight at Detroit, 3 to 1, made hits when they counted to back up Steve Sundra’s three-hit pitching. Rudy York spoiled Sundra’s shutout with a home run; the 1000th hit of his major league career. Vernon Stephens, Brownie batting star,
000—0 {drove in the marginal run with a
long fly. + “Big Poison” Homers The White Sox opened their home season by defeating Cleveland 3 to 1. Orval Grove's pitching was a shade better than that of Al Smith, the loser, who was removed in the sixth. Grove allowed seven hits. The Dodgers evened their series at Philadelphia but had to go 10 inpings to gain a 5-to-4 victory. The 41-year-old Paul Waner, drove in the deciding run with a pinchhit single after Philadelphia tied the score in the ninth with two runs on a single by Buster Adams with two men on base. The Red Sox turned in the most decisive victories of the day, defeating the Yankees in a Patriot's day double-header at Boston 6 to 1 and 5 to 2. George Woods won the morning game with a steady pitching performance. In the second game, Emmett O'Neil held the Yankees to seven hits while Walter Dubiel gave up 11. »
Wins Marathon
BOSTON, April 20 (U. P.) With a medically discharged veteran of world war II breathing hot on his neck through the last six miles, Sgt. Gerard Cotes of Montreal staggered home yesterday to win the 48th Boston A. A. marathon for the third time in four years.
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League Season Point to Keen Competition Despite Talent
NEW YORK, April 20 (U. P.) —Competition, the element which has kept wartime sports alive and healthy even when the standard of play has deteriorated, appeared likely today to make both of the new major league baseball races as interesting as any in recent years. In the 14 games played in 4he first two days of the season, there
Young Major
were decided by a one-run margin,
Abandons League The Bush-Callahan Softball association has abandoned the girls’ league which was scheduled to play Monday nights at Softball Stadium. A boys’ league will be established in its place. Interested teams call RI-4453.
The Fountain Square Athletics want a single or double header for 2 p. m. Sunday at Finch Park. Contact Hyatt G. Johnson, 725 Shelby
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[Lawrence Wins|5 n Tourn : May Attract 128 Pin Teams
An extension of the deadiine for making entry ip the Broad Ripple Bowl's five-man elimination tenpin tournament, scheduled to get under way Saturday, gives competitors until tomorrow midnight to register. By extending the time, the Bow] management and Johnny Mencin, tournament secretary, hoped to send 128 teams into the event.
3d Mid-State Track Crown
e Three Records Set as Manual Beats Howe.
Lawrence Central held its .third consecutive mid-state conference school track championship today, but individual honors went to members of losing teams, Partwood, Brownsburg’s hurdler, and Thomas, Mooresville miler. While Lawrence was amassing 44% points for team honors in the meet at Washington, Partwood broke conference records in the high and low hurdles. His times were 15:8 for the high barriers and 24:6 for the low, The other new mark, set by Thomas in the mile, was 4:49. In team totals, Speedway was second with 40; Danville third with 38%; Brownsburg fourth with 36%. Mooresville garnered 12, Plainfield 4 and Decatur Central 1,
Manual’ high school's half-mile relay team won in 1:35.9 the best time in the state this season, as the
The tourney is the first of its tractive prize list for both survivors of the eliminations and high scorers. Entry may be made through the alleys, BR-0018 or Mencin at MA-2243.. The Indianapolis league came into its own again last night, developing the top scorers. Pete Ernst carried off individual honors with 690, while Bowes Seal Fast was the outstanding team with 3101. Ernst connected for games of 232, 202, 256 for Bradley Barbecue. Carl Hardin's 243, 211, 223-6177, third best individual series of the evening, John Fehrs 620, Joe Fulton’s 605 and Larry Fox's 601 boosted the Seal Fasts to games of 1108, A014, 979. With Jim Hurt Jr. at 644, Johnny Mencin 637, Harry o o - OTHER 600 BOWLERS (MEN)
Redskins won their second track
in four starts. The Manual mile-relay team set a season's city record in 3:43 and
Roland Scholl, Manual, won the 100, 220 and 440-yard dashes.
Briefly—
fieller, passed his pre-induction physical examination at Jefferson Barracks, Mo, today and was assigned to the navy. No date was indicated for calling him for induction.
Directors of the Indianapolis District and Indiana Golf Associations will meet next. Thursday noon at the Columbia club to discuss tournament plans.
Colburn Seay, Southport, struck out 11 batsmen as the Cardinals defeated Cathedral, 6-2, in the first game for the Irish at Southport
st.
yesterday.
meet from Howe, 76-41, at Manual | Mansel Schonecker, Indianapolis yesterday. lo Kelly, It was the Hornets’ first ea
Paul Stoyonovich set a new city]
i i | Leo Fole Knights of Columbus record in the mile run. He was jt Brae American Legion timed at 4:53.6. Bob Earl, St. John Evangelical egion
Danny Litwhiler, Cardinal out-|
{a7 Live ngood, American Legion .... 645 Patrick, Lukas-Harold ............ 641 Br Deer Sr., Indiangpolis .. . 689 Lou Ostheimer, Knights of Columbus. . 638 Bob Wuensch, Indianapolis ........... 637 J. Elliott, Lukas- . 636 Maurice. Collier, Sacred Heart Men... 633 John Mahan, Knights of Columbus ... 626 Andy Kirby, American’ one... ces 628 Dan Hackard, West Side Mercha . at
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Knights of Colum 1 Omer Vo elsang, Knights ay “Columbus 611 evault, U.S. Rubber .. 619 Deppen, Uptown Recreation pave une 619 Gray, Knights of Columbus .. 617 Aa Schroeder, Sacred Heart Men 615 Bob Hughes, Indiapapelis ............. . 61
Earl Goodhue, Indianapolis ....
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OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (MEN)
Elmer Allee, Antlers Reen. ... Whitey Pruitt, Allison Owls... Don Gray, R. C. A. Workers... Everett Johnson, Inter-Club...., Geo Haven, Diamond Chain..... D. Grubbs, U. §. Rubber 2 Biller, Riviera Clab Moody, Eagles CERT Cr . ect Trowbrh ee Curtiss-Wr. Office. Geo. Brown, Indpls Power & Risse. Joe Decenso, Schwitrer-Cammings.. H. Rosemeyer, Post Office A M. Butler, R. C. A. Night Workers “iu Louis McGill, St. Philip Men's Club. . Don Yandell, Friendly Mixed.......
OHTER 500 BOWLERS (WOMEN)
Dorothy Berkopes, Johnsen Ceoal..... Ann Crull, Johnson .e Margaret Skelton, oharon Coal. Betty Nigh, Johnson Coal. ... ve Jean Schneider, Johnson Marie Fulton, Johnson Coal... ........ Frances Sayder, Johnson
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Wheeler 627 and Oscar Behrens 604, Marott Shoes connected .for 1014, 1032, 1019—3065. ; Conkle Funeral Home was also among the top scorers, getting 1052, 953, 1013—3018. Bob Carnagua with 254, 205, 226—685, the runnerup series, paced the team. Jess Montague came through with 629 ahd Lou Schwitzer with 618. «Although no 600 series appeared on the score ‘sheets of the Emest Johnson Coal women’s: league matches at Fox-Hunt, 24 soloists turned in totals over 500, seven being 550 or better. The leaders were Judy Hindel 585, Tillle Kagel
583, Bertha Urbancic 570, Damsel’.
Baxter 568, Rita Sheehan 566, Mary Schmidt 554 and Bernis.Robling 550.
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Helen Miller, Our Lady of Lourdes. .. 496 Ellene Whipple, Ind Bell Telephone .. 480 Bessie Nelson, Ind. Bell Telephone... 480 Miriam James, Mallory Office ........ 468 Virginia French, Riviera Club... . 481 argaret Sunderman, Friendly Mixed. 440 Elisabeth Lang, Ft. Square an . M46 Louise Zweisaler, ty Trust...... an = International By UNITED PRESS The International league was
scheduled to open its 61st consecutive pennant race today with President Frank Shaughnessy predicting that competition will be the keenest in many years of a “leveling off process.”
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“The quality and quantity of s31| players are spread around more ! evenly because of the military draft |and other manpower drains,” he said. “The standard of play may
si! hot be tops, but contrary to rumors, . 4 the eight clubs have plenty of play- ‘.. sasiers and will go right through the 538 season if the government permits us i= to do 80.”
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