Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 May 1944 — Page 16
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By Eddie Ash
. BIG LEAGUE SCOUTS are trailing the Milwaukee Brewers watching Outfielder Hal Peck, hit, bunt, run and throw. . . . Before Charlie Grimm resigned as Brewer pilot, to return to the Chicago Cubs, he listed Peck as a $50,000 to $65,000 asset. Caley Stengel, who replaced Grimm as Brewer pilot, calls Peck a “million-dollar baby” . . . The Wisconsin native is leading the American association in batting and has maintained an average above 400 since the start of the season. - In September, 1942, in a shooting accident in the yard of his Genesee, Wis, home, Peck lost two toes on his left foot, . .. For that reason, the Brooklyn Dodgers, who purchased the player before the accident, asked waivers. , . . The Chicago Cubs claimed him and from there he went back to Milwaukee. : Peck is 27 and has Jot of power at the plate in addition to his " skill in beating out wy .. Only time his left foot hurts, he says, is in the second game double-headers. ’
Peck Took Liking to Tribe Pitching
WHEN the Brewers played the Indians a three-game series at Victory field last Saturday and Sunday, Peck. collected six hits in 12 times at bat. . . . His safeties included a home run, a triple and two bunts. , ., . He is so adept at bunting that he beats 'em out even when the infielders play for him. ... He bats-and throws left.
o » . s o s PECK has been in the Brewer organization since 1938. He started in the old Kitty league, was promoted to the Three-I, and finally advanced to the Milwaukee varsity in 1940. In 1941, when Grimm and Bill Veeck took over the Brewers, Peck was their outstanding performer. . . . Impressed with the outfielder's speed right from the start, Jolly Cholly found pleasure watching Hal run. At Grimm's suggestion, Peck went in for bunting. . . . At one stretch, Hal bunted 17 times and beat out each attempt for a hit.
Tincup Pitched Perfect Game in ’17
BEN TINCUP, now building boats for Uncle Sam at Jeffersonville, Ind., took time out from his work the other day to swing three scrapbooks into action to prove the National League Service bureau miscued in crediting Chet Covington, southpaw of the Phillies, with being the first to hurl a perfect game in the minors. Covington performed the feat. while with Scranton in the Eastern league last season,
- - . = » s OLD BEN doesn’t know whether anybody else pitched a perfect game in the minors, but he has clippings to prove he accomplished the feat. : Hurling for Little Rock of the Southern association against Birmingham, June 18, 1817, the Indian faced only 27 batters, none getting a hit or reaching first base.
® » 2 2 8 ANSWER to query: The Indianapolis Indians’ games have not been broadcast so far this season because no local radio station was in a position to handle the broadcast at a suitable time, particularly night games, according to Al Schlensker, club secretary.
For 19-Game
America’s busiest street on Mes morial day, the famed Indianapolis
“knights of the roaring road,” was deserted today.
Speedway, the path of glory for the||
The Indians departed for Louisville this morning to meet the fast-
a four-game series opéning with a double-header tonight.- The first
stepping, fourth-place Colonels in}
Not since 1941 has the biggest of all automobile races been run. The sigh of a spring breeze was {the only substitute for the roar of {a thrill-hungry crowd that in pre-
half of the twin attraction is to be a twilighter. It is the Indians’ first 1944 appearance at Parkway field in old Derbytown. . - This Tribe trip calls for 19 games and the team will be out on the road until June 17. Still mired in the league cellar
war days packed the acres of
grandstands. | Deserted also were the spacious parking grounds surrounding the Speedway, where automobiles bearing license plates from every state in the union used to stand by the thousands. <3 Absent, too, was the odor of burn-
12%; games behind the leading Milwaukee Brewers, it could- be that
ing oil and rubber, and the air was
the team is destined to remain last. Mike Kelly has the pastimers hustling to the hilt but apparently this isn't enough. The club is short of extra-base hitters and speed. The management is overlooking no bets to arrange deals and is ready to trade or make outright purchases. The Indians have won 12 games
Benefit Games
The first of two benefit nights
against Kansas City, six victories and one defeat. They have lost five out of six to Milwaukee, four to Columbus and no victories, six straight to St. Paul, one to Louisville in the only one game between the rivals so far this season, won two and lost three with Toledo, and won three and lost three with Minneapolis. The teams which are doing better than the experts calculated before
affiliating with the American Softball association.
Two
while Kingan Knights play Brownsburg A. C. in the feature attraction.
Scheduled af
Softball Stadium Tonight
A no-hit game, pitched by Hilde-
planned by the Marion County brand of Kingan Knights against | Softball association is scheduled at!J. D. Adams Co., featured last and lost 23. Their best record was! Softball stadium tonight. All pro-/night’s Bush-Callahan City soft{ceeds will be used by the asscocia-|{ball league tion to defray expenses involved in stadium,
games at Softball ¥ Hildebrand turned in nine strike-
outs as his mates supported him for games have been carded as @ 11-0 victory. In other games, tonight's attraction, Lukas-Harold Ft. Harrison won from American Cardinals being matched against/Bearings, 8-5, and Stout Field U. S. Tires in the opener at 7:30,|trimmed Light Metal, Inc., 10-2.
Fountain Square A. C. plays
By affiliating with the national Bethel' A. C. in a double header at
the start of the season are St. Paul ard Louisville,
Louisville has won 11 of its last 15 games. So far on its current home stand, the Colonels have won nine and lost four, In other words,
association, winners of the tourna-| ment in this Qistrict will be eligible,” op Park Sunday afternoon, the for the playoffs in Cleveland later) first game being scheduled at 2. in the summer. ' ' The same teams met last Sunday, Bill Calvert is president of the Splitting a twin bill. Bethel won the county association and has an-|Opener 10-8 and the A. C.s the nounced that the second benefit nightcap, 7-6. The Fountain team
the Indians are starting their trip! night will be staged at Speedway
| with the St. Louis Browns, today had r-alized at last his major ambition
against a “hot” club.
NEW YORK, May 30 (U. P.).— A request for a more severe penalty to prevent flagrant use of thé boring out-of-bounds kickoff today was in the hands of Lt. Col. William J. Bingham, NCAA rules chairman, with ‘indications that a ‘“gentlemen’s agreement” among coaches would have to suffice. Bingham, Harvard athletic director, could not be reached for a statement on whether he would call the 10-man rules committee together to consider that recommen-
Football Coaches Study Curb On Out-of-Bounds Kickoff
"stadium in the near future.
artificial kicking tee no more than one-inch in height. 2. That forward passing be permitted from anywhere behind the line of scrimmage. The passer now must be five yards behind the line. Coaches from the Far West and the Rocky Mountain section opposed the latter recommendation on the theory that it might make college football into “an outside basketball game.” Two days of discussion behind closed doors brought forth other suggestions which are now pending
dation and others made yesterday by the National Football Coaches association. Indications were, how- | ever, that he would stand on a!
The Baseball Calendar
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION St. Louis .......... , 110 020 000—4 8 0 W L Pet. W L Pet. NewYork ... .... ... 140 010 00x—6 6 0 Milwaukee 25 11 .694 Toledo ....16 18 .471| Jurisich, Schmidt, Donnelly, Munger Columbus 23 13 .639 Minnepls.. .13 20 .304 | and Cooper,” O'Dea; Fischer, Adams and St. Paul . 16 12 571 Kan. City .12 20 .875| Mancuso, * Louisville 17 17 .500 INDPLS... 12 28 .343 Pittsh (Eleven Innings) MERICAN LEAGU sburgh , ....... 000 100 610 01—3 8 0 AM AGUE Philadelphia... 001 100 000 00—2 7 0 W L Pet! W L Pet. Roe, Cuccurullo, Rescigno and Lopez; New York 20 12 .625 Boston ... 18 18 .500 Raffensberger and Finley, St. Louis 21 18 .538 Detroit . 18 20 .474 Wash’'gton 19 17 .528 Cleveland 16 22 .421 Phila, .. 19 17 .528 Chicago .. 14 21 .400| Only games scheduled. NATIONAL LEAGUE oes TODAY RICAN > W L Pet. W L Pet] MERICAN ASSOCIATION | St.Louis, 24 11 .686 Boston .. 17 21 .447 _ INDIANAPOLIS at [Louisville (two, Pittsburgh 19 12 613 Brooklyn . 15 20 .429 MEA). Cincinnati 20 14 .588 New York 15 20 .429 | Columbus at Toledo (two, night). Phila. ....14 17 .452|Chicago .. 11 20 .355| Kansas City at Milwaukee (two). ——— St. Paul at Minneapolis (morning). Minneapolis at St. Paul (afternoon). RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION AMERICAN LEAGUE
(All Two Games) Boston at Cleveland. New York at Detroit, Washington at St. Louis. Philadelphia at Chicago.
No games scheduled.
AMERICAN LEAGUE New York ......... ,-110 010 000— 3 10 4 St. Louis 204 110 30x—11 13 0 Donaid, Roser, Johnson and Hemsley, Collins; Munecrief and Hayworth,
: NATIONAL LEAGUE | (All Two Games) 3 . | Chicago at New York Philadelphia 000 400 140—9 12 1 8 : Cleveland 000 120 100—8 14 2 | St. Louis at Boston.
? Pittsburgh at Brooklyn. Hamlin, Berry and Hayes; Poat, Nay- Ar hi ick, Gromek and Rosar. Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Washington ....,.... 000 000 100-1 5 2 Detroit Sei sen. 000 11x—2 6 5 Leonard and Ferrell; Gorsica and Swift
Clowns and Memphis To Meet Tonight |
Boston .............. 000 200 010—3 9 0 . | Chicago ........,.... 000 000 010—1 8 3 The Indianapolis Clowns tonight | arughson and Wagner; Ross, Haynes encounter one of their toughest | obstacles in their bid for the Negro | . NATIONAL LEAGUE American league championship | Cincinnati ..........340 001 212-13 17 1] en ey face the Memphis Red Brooklyn ........... 103 000 000— 4 9 4|SOX in a double-header at Victory | Walters and Mueller; Wyatt, Head, field.
Chipman, Ostermueller and Owen.
The Leaders
NATIONAL LEAGUE
The first game, starting a 6:45, will be of seven innings, and ‘an
nightcap nine. Between games, an
hour's fireworks show will be | presented. The Clowns will select their |
pe, (Starting hurlers from among Duro 438) Davis, Antonio Ruiz, Pepper Bas- | 368 sett and Albert Overton. Memphis 330 nas Porter Moss, Verdel Mathis and 3 -340| Bob Keyes primed.. Neil Robinson, ‘ {home - run - hitting king; Larry per | Brown, ace catcher, and Infielders 395! Jim Ford and Fred Bankhead are 3 other Red Sox stars.
333} lies rons manren oe. © Mrs. Hill Enters Schultz, Dodgers. 34 Stephens Browns 23 Benefit Tourney
Weintraub, Giants 26 Kurowski, Cards.. 23+ Hayes, Athletics . 26 York. Tigers 231 Tabor, Red Sox . 24;Sanders, Cardinals 23) NEW YORK, May 50 (U, P.)— HOME RUNS {Mrs. Opal 8. Hill of Kansas City, Ott, Giants + 6 Haves, Athletics... 6g f tl A ki Schultz, Dodgers . 6 Seerey, Indians ... 6 ng one o he nation’s Tangs Kurowski, Cards. women golfers, will make her first | professional appearance on a New | York area course when she competes {in the women’s division of the $10,-
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Holmes, - Boston Wasdell, Philadelphia 108 AMERICAN LEAGUE
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previous rules committee decision | that a meeting would fet be neces- | | sary this year. | Thus, the only recourse was a!
'gentlemen’s agreement among the | The
further study. They included such changes as: That no times out be taken when a substititution is made; running into the kicker not be an automatic first down; no penalties greater than one-half the distance to the goal, and olarification of the off-side rule, “gentlemen's agreement”
[oires games. Call Johnson, MA. 3075. :
o ° Tech Nine Wins * * . . Division Title Led by Bobby Meyer, captain, Tech high school’s baseball team claimed their second consecutive North Central Conference title by downing Richmond, 4-0, at Tech's field yesterday. Meyer hit a single in the fourth and contributed a triple and a run in the
fifth inning in which Jim Tribby, Ed McLean and Ed ‘Wirtz also scored.
Mannal Beats Ripple Gaining revenge tor a previous
20-3 defeat, Manual high schooi's diamond squad dowhed the Broad
hits, striking out eight.
In his last previous start against the Yanks, Muncrief missed victory by the narrow margin of one strike, wheri with two out and two strikes “{on the last batter in the ninth inning, a rally cost him the game. scored six runs in the first two in-} 4 § Par sh nings to assure the big right-hander A y Ele ; his long-awaited triumph. The \rm i fu even : Browns, exploding a 13-hit attack| om. BN fhe Ney Yokes 13 It was »Qr Ss ; ames uncrief’s only victory in 14 starts rs od Et : % against the Yanks during his career.| “WEST POINT, N. Y., May 30 (U. ok TR sien into second place—above the Wash- | director of athletics at the military g In normal fimes, this man on |INEton Senators and Philadelphia » today announced that Control | ® ’ . Athletics, now deadlocked for third.|army’s football team would play this date would be wearing a | Detroit edged Washington, 2-1, as nine games. Sho helmet, his face blackened with [Johnny Gorsica limited the Senathe arcsse that cathers on tors to five hits. Detroit got only| JO0es said the schedule inclu ‘By CHARI grease that gathers on you. | ix hits off Dutch Leonard, who lost| three new opponents which were: Sexippe-Bow when you drive a 500-mile nis first game of the season because|North Carolina, U. 8. Coast Guard _ WASHINGTO speedway race. He's Floyd % shoddy nme ) play. . Meanwhile; academy of New London, Conn, of government Davis, co-winner with Mauri and Duke university. Sugar. problem : "ERD rung with the Senators by wallop-| jones said the cadets will have Rose in the 1941 "500," the last |ing Cleveland, 9-4, although outhit|nye home games and that the site éhort, permits I race since the war began, An (bY the Indians, , Tvs Jou of the finale with Navy was also and may contrib . ge «say run bursts e fourth listed for al after aviation machinists mate $6C- |i nings accounted for the Philadel Histed Jor Amal hough the : Shot tage ” ond class, Floyd is stationed at |phia victory. Jittery Joe Berry, who! more or nia, ed 10 Balls elated industrie Dinner Key field, Miami. relieved Luke (Hot Potato) Hamlin The Army schedule as announced « Part of the ¢ in the fifth, achieved his fifth relief by Jones: Sept. 30, North Carolina the fact that : . win of the season. at West Point, Oct. 7, Brown at Scattered. amon Sailors Here Walters Wins Eighth West Point; 14, Pittsburgh at West and the cry is The Boston Red Sox registered |Point; 21, Coast Guard at West sugar” who en their seventh straight victory over Point; 28, Duke at New York; Nov, Sf] Sogether » * + |the Chicago White Sox, 3-1. Tex| Villanova at West Point; 11, | Lack 5 chin into the eighth inning—spaced hits| Sylvania at Philadelphia, and Des. pn Coach Lt. (jg) Jack Baer, U. 8. Kr is itr victory. Buck Ross i Navy at Polis. 3 and OPA is ne N. R., will bring his Bunker Hi In the National league, Bucky | ing controls, naval air base team to town today Walters scored his eighth triumph— Thom to Try for Consw for a double-header with the Kem- more than any other pitcher in the WFA and OP ler Radio Reds. The games will majors—as the - Cincinnati ae 'Wi Ov N f ) pet ? {trounced the Dodgers, 13-4. Cin- m er eno Seteng most of be played at Speedway stadium,|.....u sounded Whit Wyatt for Sus fumnitcs with the’first game scheduled at 2 seven runs in the first two innings! Billy Thom, head wrestling mens | high political ct p. m. ‘ {to give Walters, the best night'.. A & aut The naval fiyers are loaded with! pitcher in baseball, more than suf °F at Indiana university, will seek | Yeten talent, having some of the nation's gajent margin. to even the score against Steve | tinderstood to ¢ outstanding athletes on thelr roster)... __. Nenoff, a Russian grappler, in one Jor SB GREY Coach Baer, former baseball men- Loses Heart-Breaker ' : 3 office, vigorous tor at the University of Oklahoma,| The Giants’ home-run , Man- | Of the feature matches on the mat and offshore (I has announced that he will use Ty ager Mel Ott and Rookie Day Gar- card tonight at Sports Arena. 3 etc.) production Berry and Charlie Schupp on the della, provided the New ers! The bout serves as half of a dous try's manpowe mound. : with a 6-4 victory over th St. rie main event. with both features | needs, get ship The Radio team, which includes Louis Cardinals for an even split in! . all . 3 ports, and cont: many of the city’s outstanding play- their four-game series. In making listed for two falls out of thres, | It also urged ers, has met several service teams it two straight over the National OF 90 minutes. i civilian sugar r during the season. Manager Cham. league champions, Ott and Gar-| Nenofl has won five matches ia | Jess as residual pion has selected Gene Moore and della duplicated yesterday's feat of five appearances. He downed Thom | cluding lend-les Johnny Morris as his starting winning with home runs. {here several weeks ago. Steve also lished factor hurlers. | The second-place Pirates, by captured his fifth victory last Tues. equally with. th The Speedway stadium is located virtue of an 1ith-inning triple by day by defeating Mike Angelo. It Report
on W. 16th st, across from the In- Tommy O'Brien, edged the’ Phillies, is 8 junior heavyweight tussle. dianapolis Motor Speedway. 13-2. Rookie Southpaw Ken Raf-| In the second feature, Emil Dusek
{the first three innings, DeWolf Phillies to lose a heart-breaker after from Omaha, will clash with Gino Ripple Rockets, 1-0, yesterday at the South Sider’s diamond. Tribe! pitcher, Don Hafer, scored the only | run when he made the only hit off [Amold Theiss with a double and, innings after relieving Al Cuccurullo over Young Gotch and Vic Holbrook Rocket Moundsman Dick Woods. a triple were the hitting stars, The in the 10th, was credited with the in local action. Frank Morgan of Hafer allowed the Riparians two DeWolf team is a member of the victory when O'Brien scored on Toledo and Jim Cofficld of Kansas,
Scoring seven of its eight runs in fenberger went the route for the Of the ‘Rioting Dusek Brothers”
News bested Naval Armory yester- having set a seasonal record of fan- Garibaldi, of Brooklyn. Gino Is day at Riverside, 8-4. Bob Adler ning 13 batters. Xavier Rescigno, irated a strong challenger for the with two doubles and a single and who pitched hitless ball for two heavyweight title and recently won
Municipal league. {Babe Dahlgren’'s long fly.
| Hotel Astor that they would not use |was similar to one-in which Big
coaches, who pledged at the end of {into which all coaches, representing
i heavies, open the show at 8:30.
their two-day meeting here at the all sections of the country, entered
ithe stalling tactic.
The coaches recommended:
Ten coaches agreed last week at their meeting in Chicago. The com-
off be put in play on the receiving, practically nullifiies team’s 45-yard line, instead of the
In International
1. That the but-of-bounds kick-|plete agreement of the two bodies the out-of-bounds rule despite the lack of 35-yard line ds at present, and that official sanction from the rules compermission be granted to use an mittee.
Bisons Climb The Chiefs Are Minus Mascot
By UNITED PRESS BEDFORD, Ind, May 30 (U. P.). The Buffalo Bisons moved to —First Chief, a bear cub was minus within a few percentage points of poth Baws, BO a was minus . . lWo bears and finally the Syracuse he first-place Toronio Leafs yes baseball team of the International terday in International league Play jeague was without & mascot today. by scoring a 5-0 shutout victory It began several weeks ago when over the Rochester Red Wings. Chief, a cub intended as a mascot Hank Oana was credited with the for the Syracuse club which trained victory for the Bisons. lat Bedford, stuck his paw into the In the only other game scheduled, cage of another cub “hamed Jeep. the Jersey City Giants edged the The latter mangled Chief's paw. Syracuse Chiefs 5-4 in a 13-inningf| Yesterday, the inquisitive Chief marathon. Ken Miller and Beb lost the other paw the same way. Bebber each went the full 13 in-| Bedford's mayor, Paul Lostutter, nings with Miller getting the de- thereupon ordered both bears decision on a 10-hit performance, |stroyed. He said that Chief's death Srtetieet————————— was a mercy killing, but Jeep's demise was unlabeled.
Hockey Star Draws Four Years in Prison [Two Pirates Fined DETROIT. May 30 U. p)— After Game Fracas
James Orlando, former Detroit Red
Wing hockey star, convicted on a Ford Frick, president of the Nacharge of evading the selective
term June 12, federal authorities Maggio and Catcher Al Lopez of said today. He was ordered to surrender for fined for their part in the fracas imprisonment when attorneys failed |i Sunday's double-header between to file an appeal with the U. s. the Pirates and the Phillies. Supreme court. A circuit court of| Frick said hethad fined DiMaggio appeals, Cincinnati, had allowed 30|$50 and suspended him for, three days for filing a petition after up-|days for laying hands on Umpire holding a lower court's verdict. In George Barr. Lopez was fined $25 addition, Orlando was fined $2000.|for his part in ‘the melee. Barr ejected both players from the game.
Louis Challenges British Champion
LONDON, May 30 (U. P).—Sgt.
{Cleveland Sacker Called for Exam
NEW YORK, May 30 (U. P.).—
{tional league, announced late yes-| service, will begin a four-year prison |térday that Outfielder Vince Di-/
the Pittsburgh Pirates had been!
Joe Louis, world’s heavyweight
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champion, has challenged Sgt. Freddie Mills of the R. A. F. Britain’s light heavyweight titleholder, to a three-round exhibition bout which may take place this week, Stars and Stripes, U. 8. army newspaper, reported tiday. It said that Capt. Fred Maly, special services officer who is man-
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CLEVELAND, May 30 (U. P).— Second baseman Russ Peters of the Cleveland Indians said today he had! been called by his draft board in Roanoke, Va., to report there next Monday for his pre-inducttion physical examination.
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