Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1944 — Page 19

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Milwaukee and Columbus have baseball ander Mike Kellys husting taken charge of the first division so| methods. The Tribe has Ta You res far in the American association's) pT al : NEW race. | M. Tra | association Penny The Indians are 12 games behind League Scouts first-place Milwaukee and 11% !(Giants) and games behind second-place Colum- | (Tigers) were visi bus. field last night.

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The current series calls for three tilts, two tonight, one tomorrow night, and the Indians hope to climb out of the league basement at the expense of Jack Saltzgaver’s pastimers. A sweep of the series would lift the home boys to sixth position in the event Minneapolis keeps losing. The seventh-place Millers lost again last night, 10 the Red Birds in Columbus, and it was the Minneapolis team’s ninth consecutive defeat. Now the Millers are only one game ahead of last-place Indian-

Blues are to try a double-header tonight out at Victory flelll, first game twilight starting at 6:30, secscheduled

er, is slated to pitch the first encounter for the Tribe and Johnny Hutchings the second. It's the first-twilight-night twin attraction offered here this season and one admission is good for both games. When the Tribesters were in Kansas City recently they swept a four-game series from the Blues and snapped & l4-game losing

th2 Indians finally pounded the bail; Blues and Indians, which explains like a first-division club and! the scheduling of the bargain at|punched out 14 safeties, including traction tonight. It was the Infour for extra bases. {dians’ ninth home It’s a happy sign. With hitting of, Nick Rhabe, Tribe outfielder, apolis and Kansas City is 24 games| that caliber, the team has a chance Was injured by a pitched ball Tues ahead of the Redskins. This spety- | to go places. The Indians have de- | day night, is back on duty. He was lation only concerns the teams veloped into a tight fielding team hurt painfully, but an X-ray dis-

Cecil Isbell, Nts appointed head football woud at Purdue, was one of the first coaches to arrive in Chicago for the annual conference of Big Ten athletic directors, coaches and faculty committee members. He's shown at work preparing for the meeting,

Windy City.

SPORTS By Eddie Ash

opening today, soon after arrival in the

HEINZ BECKER, Milwaukee first baseman, passed his pre-induction physical examination last week, . . . He was born in Germany. . . . After slaughtering Toledo, 28-0, Tuesday, the Brewers fell before Louisville

last night. . . . The Colonels are red hot. Formerly seventh in the current A. A. race, the Colonels now are near the 500 mark and in fourth place, displacing Toledo. . Over s three-week stretch, the slipping Minneapolis Millers used six different players at third base.

The Brewers scored 32 runs in 10 innings, 28 in nine at Toledo

Tuesday and four in the first inning at Louisville last night. ... However, the Brewers have had a poor road trip so far and Columbus is but one half game behind them. Toledo has shipped Pitcher Don Spence, southpaw from Indiana. university, t0 Elmira of the Eastern league. LJ ” - - ” ” NO official records are available, but it is believed the Brewers’ 20 victories in their first 22 games was the fastest start in A. A. history. . . . President M. J. Kelley of the Minneapolis club believes the best pravious mark was made by St. Paul, in winning 19 of its first 25 games in 1920, when he had the Saints.

Play and Argue Baseball in South Pacific

FROM the South Pacific: Storekeeper 1-¢ Howard Bland, Indianapolis, was engaged in his favorite pastime, playing ball. ... With a runner on first base, Bland was at bat and bounced a hard one to the first sacker. ... The first sacker fumbled the hot drive, recovered and stepped on first ahead of Bland for the out. ... The first sacker then threw to the shortstop, covering second, ahead of the runner going down from first. The shortstop failed to tag the runner but the umpire ruled it a force play and called it an out, .., Storekeeper Bland protested but the umpire refused to listen. ... According to the rules, the runner was safe, as Bland contended. ... When the batter was retired at first, that removed the force at second. . The runner bid to be tagged. ... Bland's brother will mail this Shsiara tion to him so he can climb on the umpire's neck the next meet somewhere in the South Pacific,

Van Mungo to Pitch for Camp Atterbury

VAN LINGLE MUNGO, former big league and American association pitcher, now is stationed at Camp Atterbury, according to reports, and will pitch for the Atterbury army nine... . It is said Mungo is getting his arm ready to hurl for Atterbury against the Indianapolis Kempler Radio Reds in a night game at Speedway stadium, June §. s = = . s = = WITH the return of Dick West to the lineup, Lt. Cmdr. Mickey Cochrane has moved Schoolboy Rowe back to the pitchers’ list of the Great Lakes Naval Training center team. ... Ned Harris, former Detroit outfielder, is in boot training and working out with the Bases during liberty period,

Sprint Champs To Race June 4

Meet for Handball Title at Central ‘Y’

Pvt. Joe James of Ft. Harrison

will clash with Norman Brodey at the Central Y. M. C. A. at 6:30 p.m. today in the final round of the annual handball tournament which opened four weeks ago with a field

‘victory over Gus Grens, 21-18, 13-21, 21-17. Brodey was seeded No. 3 and | ~ Grenz No. 2,

CHICAGO, May 28 (U. P).—A special handicap race between Jesse Owens and Helen Stephens, America’s sprint champions in the last Olympic games, today was scheduled to be run at Wrigley field on June 4. The handicap and and distance will be decided later. The contest will be staged be“tween double-header ‘baseball

games featuring the Kansas City -the Chicago Brown

Monarchs vs. Bombers and the Monarchs against the Chicago Firemen in the nightcap. Satchel

DePauw to Play : Oberlin Twin Bill

held over the Bronx Bombers. Last year he beat them on three out of four tries and has one victory over them to date this year. Oddly, in 1939, he beat the Yankees four times, then faltered and lost 12 games to them from 1940 through 1942, beating them just once.

which he yielded five hits and four runs, then pitched three hit baseball the rest of the way. The Detroit Tigers, coming home with a six-game winning streak, had it ended in rude fashion by the Athletics, who won 8 to 4. Catcher Frankie Hayes hit a home run with

.| the bases loaded to spark a six-run

second inning. It was his sixth homer of the season.

Kraker Wins Sixth

The ex-Sea Bee, Jack Kraker of the Browns, pitched his sixth victory against two defeats, beating the Red Sox, 7 to 13, to spark the team's home-coming.

picked up a half game on the league-leading Yankees, whose night game at Chicago was rained out, The Cubs, continuing their belated reversal of form, won their fifth straight game, defeating the Phillies 2 to 0 in a night game at Philadelphia behind the five hit pitching of Paul Erickson. Erickson struck out seven. * Picking up a half game on the idle Cardinals, the Pirates won their sixth straight game 8 to 1 at Boston, taking advantage of five Brave errors and the wildness of Jim Tobin. Pitcher Truett (Rip) Sewell of the Pirates aided his own cause by getting three hits.

Curb Softhall Sectional Play

ELKHART, Ind, May 25 (U. P.). —Restriction of sectional softball competition to county champions and elimination of regional tournaments to cut down transportation needs, was announced today by Vic, Palmer, commissioner for the In-| diana Amateur Softball association. Palmer said that under the new plan only teams which won the championships of county leagues or a team arbitrarily declared county champion by the county commissioner might participate in sectionals, which will be held Aug. 10, 11 and 12. Semi-finals were scheduled for Aug. 17, 18 and 19, and the finals were carded at Ft. Wayne Aug. 24, 25 and 26. Palmer also announced reappointment of Robert Griffey of Shelbyville as Southern Indiana commissioner, He said that sectional commissioner appointments and tourRamen. sites would be announced

Manual Awards Stars of Track

Manual high school has made awards to the track team which was second in the city standing and 10th in the state. Roland Scholl and Dave Shaw, mile relayers, won the gold track shoe, the big test award, and Harry Nahmias and Lou Pardo, who com-

‘Sweaters. Paul Stoyonovich, city mile and cross-country champion; Donald Hafer and Alexander Pappas were others of Coach Raymond Van Arsdale’s tracksters who won sweaters. ‘Ray Raker, winner of the section=

ining a morning-night double-head-

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streak.

which are down in the dumps, since and are playing alert, heads-up closed no fractures.

Baksi Trains on Onions; Favored to Whip Savold

SUMMIT, N. J, May 25 (U. P).—In onions there is strength. Accordingly we are forced to pick Joe Baski, the Slavic slugger, to beat blond Lee Savold in tomorrow night's heavyweight brawl at New York's Madison Square Garden. Baski has been training on raw Bermudas. Before shaving off his three-weeks’ beard today at Bey's Hillside oonditioning «camp, the former coal miner of Kulpmont, Pa.,

Dale Charles Dew, 18, currenfly riding at Cleveland's North Randall, is carrying on for his brother, Earl, who was killed when his mount fell at Agua Caliente, Feb. 2, 1941, Earl led the nation's jockeys the previous year. The boys’ father, John, also was a jockey who turned to breeding and training at Sac City, la. :

Maple Leafs Now |= In Third Place onions between

By UNITED PRESS Baksl was a 12-5 favorite to The Toronto Maple Leafs took beat Savold in their March enover third place in the Internation- counter, because of his upset vic-

tory over tough Tami Mauriello on al league standings today, exchang-

Peb. 25. Baksi lost to Lee, he exing with the Buffalo Bisons by Win-|plains because he could not get

'in proper condition. He had accepted the bout on short notice. His acceptance interrupted his honeymoon with bride Anne. Baksi's youth was a major reason for his being favored over Savold in March. He is only 22, six years younger than the New Jersey blond. But it was young Joe spaced. who faded in the later going, inThe second-place Rochester Redistead of veteran Lee. Because Joe Wings divided a double-header with [tired in the closing sessions of that the Montreal Royals, winning the}10-round engagement, some experts first game 8 to 6 and losing the sec- believe that tomorrow night's longer ond 9 to 2. The veteran southpaw route will be to Savold's advantage. Kemp Wicker came in to save the Kulpmont Joe disputes this vigorst game for the Wings in the sev- ously. enth, shutting off a five-run Mont-{ Baksi should be strong all right, real rally. after all those Bermudas. And he Baltimore gained a game on the should know his onions this time, sixth-place Jersey City Giants by after that previous defeat. We pick defeating them 8 to 1. him to win because of his youth, Syracuse at Newark was post-|strength, ruggedness, heavier punch, poned because of rain. and 12-pound weight advantage.

RCA Girls Beat

a pungent leek and promised, “I'll give Lee such a licking that the critics will say, ‘Scallions to Savold’!” Savold of Paterson, N. J., close 10-round decision over "Bashi! in their first meeting at the Garden, March 10. Tomorrow night's return melee is scheduled for 12 rounds. Sav

onions between sessions, as he!

er, 8 to 1 and 4 to 1 yesterday. In the morning contest at Toronto, the Leafs got three-hit pitching by Al Jarlett, while connecting for 15 hits off two Bison hurlers. Woody Crowson took ovér the pitching in the night assignment and gave up six blows, keeping them

Three Junior Loops Assured

In the Pepsi-Cola girl's softball league games at Speedway stadium! last night, R. C. A. won a double- | header, downing Stout Field WACs, 13-2 and Camp Atterbury WACs, 10-0. In another game, Beck Canvas Products won from Ft. Harrison WACs. Tonight's Link-Belt Interdepartmental league schedule at Speedway follows: T7—~Dodge vs. Ewart Office. 8—Tool Room vs, Ewart Shop. 9—Ewart Foundry vs. All-Stars.

a meeting last night to further] plans for the season. Three leagues, one in each ‘age division, are assured, according to! John Turner, East District Y. M. C. A. secretary, who was in charge.

Other teams will be organized i adult managers can be obtained to complete plans. Teams in the Brookside park area are also busy with their organization and have scheduled a meeting tomorrow night at Brookside Community center at 7:45 alohg with Jim Burford, Brookside PAL club director, is organizing this district.

Tech Loses 1st Game

Tech high school's baseball team lost its first game in nine starts to Richmond high, 4-2, there yesterday. Bob Quigley of the winners allowed the Greenclads only two hits in the seven-inning contest, while Ed Wiltse of Tech allowed six bingles.

Tonight's Bush-Callahan Manu{facturer's league schedule at Softball stadium follows: 7:10—~Curtiss-Wright vs, LukasHarold Cards. 8:20—Schwifzer - Cummings vs. Bridgeport Brass. 9:40—Electronic Laboratories vs. E. C. Atkins.

Holman Williams Beats Chase Again

OAKLAND, Cal, May 25 (U. P.). —Holman Williams, Detroit middleweight, made it four straight over

He said 16 teams had been enrolled.]

munched

Twenty managers and captains of | Junior Baseball, Inc. teams of the! Other low cards were registered

Ellenberger park district, attended. 8

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82, 84 and 83 Golf Cards Win)

The Indiana Senior Golf associa- |

old will not last the distance if tion staged the first of its monthly the Kulpmont clouter chews on! tournaments at Hillcrest Country

Club yesterday, 65 members participating. Competition was divided into] three groups, Dr. M. E. Clark carded | an 84 to lead in Class A, for golfers 65 years old and up; Dr. J. F. Durham led Class B, for golfers between | 60 and 64 years of age, with an 88 and William Atterbury’s 82 was the best score in the Class C, that in-| cluded those between 50 and 59 years of age. Fred Wuelfing took medalist | honors with a card of 78. Bill| Kelly's 29-foot putt was the best] in the putting event and A. C.| Demaree's drive that put his ball} within 9'2 feet of the cup, led the | competition in the hole- in-one | event, Women Hold Tourney

In the season's initial guest-day| tournament for women at Meridian | Hills Country club yesterday, Mrs. | Paul Whittemore of Highland won low gross honers with a 103. Mrs.| Edgar Rogers was second with 104, ! and Mrs, C. A. Jaqua third with | 107. Mrs. Ben Olsen with 108 and Mrs. Horace Storer with 112 handed in| the best cards for the host club. Mrs. Roscoe Sinclair was low medal- | ist with an 85. She received the| Western pin, which will be gwarded | to the low net winner at each fu-| Permanent possession | of the award will be given the golfer

winning medalist honors on three

consecutive occasions.

iby Mrs. R. L. Flanigan, Hillcrest, 7, Mrs, Bruce Hulbert, Meridian Hills, 90, Mrs. Larry Burton, Lakeshore, 93, Mrs. Lacey Shuler, High- ! land, 95, and Mrs. J. O. Mogg, Hillcrest, 97,

Municipal League

With the announcement that the Kempler Radio baseball team had withdrawn from the Municipal league, last night's Indianapolis Amateur Baseball association's meeting was centered on obtaining a replacement. Two aggregations are being considered, Chevrolet Commercial Body and Leonard Cleaners. Action for | the appointment of one of the teams has been delayed until later in the week. The team selected will compete with Mitchel-Scott Sunday. Two players, Billy Layton and Charles Shanklin, were reinstated to their amateur status and will play with P. R. Mallory team.

Jack Chase of Denver, former California state champion, by taking a 12-round decision here last night. The two Negro boxers, who had

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met twice in San Francisco and once in Denver with Williams winning all decisions, fought a fast bout, with the Detroiter showing too much speed.

Dell Isola Gets Grid Coaching Job

BOSTON, May 25 (U. P.).~John

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION

W L Pet.| Milwaukee 22 9 .710/Toledo.. 3 Columbus 22 10 .688 Kansas C. St. Paul . 13 9 591 Min’apolis Louisville 14 15 83 naps |

5 Tei 31g ms 385 9 20 310

AMERICAN LEAGUE

W L Pet.| 17 10 .630 Detroit... 18 15 .545/Boston....

W L Pet. New York 15 17 . St. Louis. Wash’ton, Phila.....

16 14 .583/Cleveland. 4 15 15 .500/Chicago... 13 17 433

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Milwaukee ,.........400 000 100— 5 10 4 Louisville ..,. .050 020 12x—10 183 © Gassaway, Farmer, Hearn and Pruett; Byers, Wilson and Walters.

St. Paul at Toledo, postponed. Kansas City at Indianapolis, postponed.

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington .........000 102 200— 5 11 © Cleveland 400 000 000— 4 8 1 Leonard and Ferrell; Smith, Klieman, Reynolds and Rosar.

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Hornsby to Play With Lafayette

LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 25 (U. P.)—Rogérs - Hornsby will play second base for the Lafayette Red Sox, Indiana semi-pro champions, in games Sunday night and

next Tuesday, club officials said today. The officials said that Horns-

by's appearance was strictly an exhibition attraction to allow central Indiana baseball fans to see the famous infielder in action. Ft. Harrison is the Red Sox op-

ponent Sunday and the South Bend Hoosiers come here Memorial day,

pleted the mile team, were awarded |.

Black, Berry and’ Ha, pie, Beck, Orrell and §

t. Louis am Vv. Johnson, Wagner; Kramer and Hayworth,

W L Pet.| St. Louis. 21 8 .700/New' York Pittsburgh Cincinnati

Phila.....

16 10 .615 Brooklyn , 17 12 586 Beston.... 13 14 .481 Chicago...

GAMES TODAY New Yok Held AMERICAN ASSOCIATION ew York at Chicago, postponed.

(AIl Games at Night) NATIONAL LEAGUE Fema City at INDIAN LIS (two,

6:30, 8:30 RA at Louisville, Minneapolis at Columbus.

000 Sewell and Lopez; Tobin and Masi. St. Paul at Toledo,

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Freshmen who received three-inch, numerals gre Elvin Bryant, Clarence Christ, Larry Quragzo, Robert Grider, Anton Holevas, Frank Gréen, Kenneth Innis, Thornton Lambert, Slacunon Pais. Rand Paw, Allen

“AMERICAN LEAGUE

Philadelphia at Detron, Boston at St. Louk Washington at Cleveland (night). New York at Chieage (night),

Erickson and Holm; inl - Finley.

Cincinnati at New York, postponed. St. Louis at Brooklyn, postponed.

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Indianapolis vs. Kansas City DOUBLE- HEADER

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NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pittsburgh at Boston. Chicago at Philadel St. Louis at Brooklyn (might). Cincinnati at New York (night). ——

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