Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 May 1944 — Page 16

‘All Out’ Now For a Victory

Force Millers to Go 10 Innings Before Bowing.

MINNEAPOLIS, May 10, — Although they still are losing, the In|dianapolis Indians afe improving. It required 10 innings for the Min

Al Schlensker, Indians’ secretary, and Barney (Mike) Kelly packed their duds today after Mike signed his contract to manage the Tribe as Al looked on and tonight they will leave for Milwaukee. Mike will take over the reins there and see what can be done to halt

the Tribe's losing streak.

neapolis Millers to defeat them yesterday, 9 to 8.

defeat and tied their long 1943 losing streak. The American associa~ tion “record” for consecutive defeats is 17, “posted” by Kansas City in 1907. Despite their long run of setbacks,

the Indiafig are going “all out” in an effort to find a winning stride. They believe that just one victory will straighten them out and they almost made it out at Nicollet park

SPORTS By Eddie Ash

THE eastern clubs of the American association have met disaster on their first invasion of the western half of the circuit. . . . Eighteen games have been played to date in the intersectional clashes, and 16 defeats dished

out to the four eastern teams. The only games won thus far by the “tourists” in the western area were one by Toledo over Kansas City and one by Louisville over St. Paul. . . . Even Columbus is in a losing streak, four in a row in the West, three defeats by powerful league-leading Milwaukee and one by Kansas City. With the exception of Milwaukee, on pre-season ratings, the four eastern clubs were ranked superior to Minneapolis, St. Paul and Kansas City. . . . Milwaukee continues building up a big lead and threatens to pull away from the field. The Brewers are already 4! games ahead of second-place Columbus and, don’t look, the Suds City team is 11a games ahead of last-place Indianapolis.

The Jolt Is Hard to Take

IT IS too early to say whether the four western clubs represent the league's power because history will show that A. A. clubs usually have difficulty winning.on the road. ... A true line on the situation will be obtained when the four western clubs make their first 1944 invasion of the four eastern ciiies starting May 18,

. ” » » os » AT any rate, it's a jolt to the league the way the western clubs have belted their eastern rivals in recent games. . . . A. A, fans hope the race levels off when the western teams are called upon to be out on the road a couple of weeks. ... The Brewers have won six straight and have yet to lose a game at home. . . . Their home record to date is eight straight.

Kelly Learned Baseball at Old Garfield

WHEN Indianapolis Mike Kelly, the Indians’ new manager, was a youngster, he spent most of the spring and summer playing ball at old Garfield park. . . . He played on a strong kid team called the Merit Juniors and later for the Indianapolis Printers. After he entered the semi-pro ranks Kelly was the star catcher for the Kokomo nine, one of the strongest independent clubs in the state in the old days. Indiana had many fast semi-pro teams at the time and the competition was tough. . . . Indianapolis also had several topnotch semi-pro teams which made trips out of the city every Sunday, mainly by interurban.

. . » s - ” KELLY was to visit the Victory field offices today and sign a contract with Tribe Secretary Al Schlensker looking on. . . . Kelly and Schlensker will depart for Milwaukee late tonight 2nd Mike will take over the Tribe reins when the team reaches the Cream City tomorrow.

yesterday. Although the Millers jumped off to a four-run lead in the first inning ,the Tribesters refused to surrender and battled from behind to tie the score in the fourth. But the Tribe pitchers simply could not check the Millers.

Homers With Sacks Loaded

The Miller's Ab Wright belted a home run with the bases loaded in the first stanza and that “blow knocked Tribe Pitcher Dave Odom out of the box. He was relieved by Harry Kelley. Johnny Hutchings took over in the eighth and was charged with the defeat. The Indians took the lead, 5 to 4,

the Millers bounced back with two markers in their half. In the eighth the determined Hoosiers tied it at 6-all and drew out in front, 7 to 6, in the top half of the ninth. Then Babe Barna, pinch hitter, | walloped a homer in the half of the ninth and knotted the score at 7 and 7. In the first half of the 10th the Tribe scored one marker and gained the lead, 8 to 7, only to have the Millers tally two markers in their half and the contest was over.

Tribe Collects 16 Hits

The Indians collected 16 hits to 11 for Minneapolis and made two errors to three by the Millers, Minneapolis called on four pitchers and Curtis, who went to the home mound in the ninth, was the winner. The two Miller home run blasts, good for five runs, wrecked the Indians’ hopes. The series finale was to be played this afternoon, after which the Indians will depart for Milwaukee to meet New Manager Barney (Mike) Kelly tomorrow. The series in Milwaukee calls for three games, in the afternoon tomorrow and Friday, and a morning game on Saturday. After Saturday, the Tribesters will travel to Kansas City to complete the road trip, playing the Blues a double-header on Sunday and in .single games Monday and Tuesday.

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WASHINGTON-MANUAL

H. Nahmias (M). Time, :10.5 Mile Run — Stoyonovich on, (W), Cassoria (M). Time, 4:46.5. Shaw

(M). Time, :54.7.

Leverenz (M), Pryor (W). Time, :17.5. 880-Yard BoheRukty on,

Overstreet (W).

wDunn (W). Time, :23

Leverenz (M), Jones (W). Time,

Helght. 11 feet.

and Allen (W). Height, (W). Distance, 42 feet 6 inches Broad Jump—H. Nahmias (W), tie for third between

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Pardo, Scholl), Time, 3:41

Jacobs, Allen, Hines), Manus. ton. Time, 1:37.4

100-Yard Dash—Jacobs (W), Scholl (M), Murray 440-Yard Dash—Hines (W), Pardo (M), 120-Yard High Hurdles — Jones iv Stultz Ww), 220-Yard Dash_seaei (M), Jacobs (W), 164-Yard Low Hurdles — Bad ™

Pole Vault—Byfield (W), tle oy ord between Donahue (M) and Courtney (M),

h Jump—Jones (W), Pappas (M), tie Yor ir among Bottles fy Byfield 'W) 5 feet 6 inches. shot Put—Hafer (M), Byfield (W), Jones

Allen Byfield (W) and Jones (W), Distance, 19 feet 9 inches, Mile Relay—Manual (H. Nahmias, Shaw, Washington, Washington.

Half-mile Relay — Washin (Dunn, Washing-

Washington and Broad Ripple Defeat Manual, Noblesville

Washington and Broad Ripple oh in the first half of the fifth but A A os The Continentals won over Man-| ual, 6023 to 563, at Manual fleld. individual { honors for Washington with 135-6 Millers’ | Points. Paul Stoyonovich, Manual athlete, broke his own city record

of 448, when he ran the mile in

The Rockets, in winning seven of 11 events, defeated Noblesville, 60-40 at Broad Ripple. Jerry Mogg, Broad Ripple, won the quarter-mile and half-mile events to be the outstanding soloist of the meet, Despite a rain-soaked field, Bill Miller, Rocket star, set a new track record of 23.2 in the 220-yard dash.

. . ” _ RIPPLE-NOBLESVILLE 100-Yard Dash—Dashiell (N), (BR), Kennedy (N). Time, :10.9, Mile Run—McPall oy Casey Perry (BR). Time, 5:07.9 440-Yard Dash-—Mogg (BR), Beck (BR), 120-Yard High BR}. Atwood

Jordan (BR),

(BR), Howard Time, 574. Hurdles — McDermed {8R), Harney (N), Time,

880-Yard Run—Mog| Millikan (N). Time, 220-Yard Php eu, (N), Newport (BR). Time, :23.3. 200-Yard Low Hurdles—Kelly ~ dan (BR), McCoy (BR). Time, :28 Mile Relay—Won by Broad Ripple oN Howard, Mogg, MoQuistan), Time, 4:03.1, Half-Mile Relay—Won by Broad Ripple {Daniels Minniear, Newport, Miller), Time,

PL vi Moser (BR),

Dashiell

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¢Dermed (BR), McMahan (N), Guyot (B

J), Height, 5 feet 4 inches. 8hot Put—Chapman (BR), Wood (N), Bastian (BR). Distance, 36 feet 8% inches,

Pole Vault—Kelly

(N), Kennedy Millican (N).

(N) Height, 10 feet 1; inch. Broad Jump--Jordan (BR), Kelly (N) tie for third between Kennedy (N) and Wood (N). Distance, 17 feet 13%; inches,

Baseball Calendar

Local Coach Heads

State Association Ray Scott, Washington high school basketball coach, has been elected president of the Indiana

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Majors Tonight Open Most Extensive 'Under-Arcs' Sked

B NEW YORK, May 10 (U. P.).—Several major league ball clubs tonight begin the most unprecedented schedule of arc light baseball in |g,

the history of the national sport.

The Washington Senators, whose sun tan from this point hence will have to be acquired on the road, open their series of 43 night contests by playing host yo; We » Louis Browns, current ‘leaders of | Blazo

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the Washington schedule are on Sundays and holidays. Other initial night games include! Boston at Pittsburgh and New York at Cincinnati in the National league | as play in the first intersectional rivalries opens with the eastern clubs of the National league in the] West and the western helf of the American league in the East. Day war workers will have A chance to see 197 night games of major league baseball this season. Club and league officials, with an

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The added night games, coupled with the fact that there is plenty tickets, mises to give baseball one of

Totals 9 11 30

Ebranyl batted for Meyers in fifth, Barna batted for Padden in Ninth, Blazo batted for Surtis in tenth. (Ten Innings) 001 301 011 1—8 400 002 001 2—9! Runs Batted in—Heltzel, Farrell, Burns, Morgan, Kelley, Wright 6, Dill 2, Barna. Two-Base Hit—Danneker, Home Runs— | Wright, Barna. Stolen Bases—Cookson | 3, Danneker, Blackburn. Sacrifices — Schaedler, Farrel. Double Plays—Heltzel| to Burns to Farrell, Blackburn to Burns to Farrell, Vaughn to Danneker to Schaedler. Left on Bases—Indianapolis, 13; Minneapolis, 12. Base on Balls—Off Odam, 4; Kelley, 5; Hutchings 2, C. Johnson, 3; Mosley, 1; W. Johnson 1, Curtis, 2 Strikeouts—By Kelley, 6; C. Johnson, 2.| Riis—Ont Odom, 1 in ‘0 inning (pitched to five batters in first); Kelley, 6 in 7 Hutchings, 4 in 223; C. Johnson, 9 in 6

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GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION INDIANAPOLIS at Minneapolis. Toledo: at Milwaukee. Louisville at St. Paul (night). - Columbus at Kansas City (might).

AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit at- New York. Cleveland at Boston. St. Louis at Mastingion (night). Chicago at Philagelph

NATIONAL NAL LEAGUE

Philadelphia at Cmdages Brooklyn at St. Loul New York at Cineinnatt {hisht). Boston at Pittsburgh (night).

RESULTS YESTERDAY | AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (Ten Tanings)

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High School Coaches’ association, Scott succeeds Charles Cummings »|0f Anderson. Other new officers included C. H. Englehardt, Seymour, vice president; James Crowe, South Bend, sergeant-at-arms, and Russell Jullus, Shortridge, secre- . | tary.

Series Rescheduled

BLOOMINGTON, Ind., May 10.— .|Indiana’s home-and-home baseball series with Camp Atterbury, both games of which were rained out this month, have been rescheduled, Coach Paul Harrell announced today. The Hoosiers will travel to Atterbury on May 30, while the

Blind Bowling

Turney Set

Another “blind” tournament is scheduled at the Illinois alleys tonight. A curtain is stretched across the alleys at the half way mark, obstructing the bowlers’ view of “the pins. They are advised of pins left standing by announcers back of the curtains and shoot at their spares accordingly. The event is open to both men and women bowlers. Hallie Striebeck is in charge. Entries may be made by phoning her at CH. 7061 or LI. 0740. Enter Semi-Finals Falls City Beer, Lukas-Harold Tool Design, Herff-Jones and Dr. A. C. Danke are the semi-finalists of Broad Ripple Bowl's elimination series, which opened three weeks ago. The quintets won their way to this week-end's competition by outscoring other quarter finalists at Broad Ripple last night. The semi-finals are carded at 8:30 p. m. Saturday with the finals scheduled at the same time Sunday night. Three leagues completed their schedules last night, the Community at Uptown, Our Lady of Lourdes at Pritchett-Hunt-O'Grady

‘land the Grotto at the Delaware.

Last Game Decides Race

Rendezvous Inn finished in first place in the Community race. Hartley with 621 and Carl ‘Miller with 620 were high scorers of the finale. In a race that lasted to the final game, Tower Studios was winner in the Lourdes loop. Jerry O'Grady topped competitors in the final night's scoring while Harry Harding finished first in the loop’s sweepstakes. He had a 641, that included 60 pins handicap. Monarch outdistanced other quintets in the Grotto standings. A 954 by Homer Snyder was good for last night's solo honors, Leon Cottongin posted a 577 in the only other loop in action,” the Moon Lite Major,

Amateurs Practice

Practice sessions were planned this afternoon by two Municipal league teams, De Wolf News and Kempler Radio. The Newsmen were scheduled for a session at Brook-

Soldiers will come to Jordan Field for a return game June 6.

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eye to relaxation for war workers and, incidentally, toward their own pocketbooks, voted the after-dark games to those clubs whose parks were equipped with lighting facilities at the winter meeting last year. In the American, Washington, of course, leads in the number of after dark games. St. Louis fol« Jows with 21, and Chicago, Philadelphia and Cleveland were allots ted 14 each. Detroit scheduled seven twilight contests and Boston and New York play only day games at home, The National plays 15 less than the 108 arc games in the junior circuit with the Cardinals allotted 21, seven more than any of the jBiooklyn, } New York, Phila-

A newcomer to Indianapolis prize rings, Mike Kelly, of Pittsburgh, and Rolland Hopp, local middleweilght who is undefeated here, wiil clash in one of the six-round preliminary tilts on the five-event boxing card at the Armory Friday night, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules Athletic club has announced. The scrap will SHEEN a program calling for 32 rounds and featuring a third meeting between Johnny Denson, former Indiana

champion, and Bob Garner, of Louisville. The Hoosier belter holds an edge over the Kentuckian with a 10round draw and a decision in 10 in previous battles. Another former Indiana heavy-

(none out in seventh); Mosley, 3 in 15; W. Johnson, 1 in 24: Curtis, 3 in 2. Winning Pitcher—Curtis. Losing Pitcher —Hutchings, Wild Pitch—C. Johnson. Umpires—Peters and Mullen. Time—2:40.

Gino Garibaldi Is Victor in 2 Falls

Gino Garibaldi, stocky Brooklyn Italian, was too much f8r Vic Holbrook, young Hollywood grappler, as the Brooklynite annexed two of three falls to win the featured tussle of the wrestling bill staged last night at the Armory by the Hest. les Athletic club. Garibaldi scored a stnsatongl 16second triumph in the first session to get away in front, and although Holbrook rallied to take the second fall, he fell before Garibaldi’s headlock and press to lose the deciding tussle in five minutes.

————— AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled,

NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled.

“FIGHT RESULTS

JERSEY CITY, N. J.—Joe Governale, 153, Brooklyn, tinned Ruddy Giscombe, 148, New York (10); Irving Polesky, 144, New York, decisioned Milton Skyers, 144, New York (6).

NEW YORK—Frankie Terry, 155, Brooklyn, decisioned John Jones, 151, Pittsburgh (8); Pat Giordana, 148, Ottaws, de-\ cisioned Georgie Wilson, 154, Detroit (6); Frankie Gromada, 138, New York, decisioned Johnny Gurtleri, Je. New York, (8); Patrick Scanlon, 138, Ni or ork, teohnically knocked out Pete Pela Kelly, 133, New York (3).

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side at 5:30, and the Radios were to work out at Riverside at 5 p. m.

11/3 inches. practice run.

in preparation for the meet,

Responsibility shouldered by the various ménagers

Board of Trade building last night. Pal Club, C. Y.O, the Y. M. C. A. and city recreation department will aid in organizing the various loops, but their future will rest upon the officers of the manager's association, who will be elected soon. They will supervise all league play and rule on any difficulties that may arise.

Discussion of operation of the city-wide championship play, following regular schedules, was postponed until a later date. The Ellenberger district teams plan a meeting May 24 and the Brookside district will meet May 26. Organization meetings will also be held by the . Riverside, Garfleld and 40th and Arsenal districts in the near future. A “code of conduct” to be observed by all players in the leagues

STEPHAND BROTHERS, PHILA, PA,

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These Washington high school athletes will be among those representing the Continentals in the sectional track and field meet at Washington field Friday afternoon. I. Carter Byfield, pole vaulter, whose best jump isn foot 2. John Jacobs, dash and relay star, getting a toehold for « 3. Frank Hines, quartermiler, goes through some calisthenics

4. Bud Jones, high jumper, whose best jump is & feet 1/3 inch,

Juniors Depend On Managers

was adopted by the 30 managers present at the last night's meeting,

it was decided in a meeting in the, J€VEN Games On

Yale Grid Card

'NEW HAVEN, Conn, May § (U. P.)—Yale university, the only school in the Big Three which definitely plans to field s foot ball team this fall, has listed a seven-game schedule and two open dates for 1044. Harvard has given up intercole legiate football for the duration and it was understood that Prince ton also would abandon the grid sport, : The schedule, announced - yesterday by Athletic Director Ogden Miller, calls for %all games to be played in Yale bowl. The schedule: Sept. 30, Coast Guard academy; Oct. 7, Carnell; 14, Columbia; 21, University of

‘| Rochester; 28, open: Nov. 4, Dart-

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Lou Plummer, Baltimore, bested Jim Coffleld, Kansas City, in the semi-windup and ‘Martino Angelo, Akron junior heavyweight, stopped Angelo Martinelli of Toledo in the opener,

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