Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 June 1944 — Page 14

IN A straight cash deal, the Indianapolis Indians nd staff by purchasing Wesley

strengthened their ,

Flowers, veteran southpaw, from the Brooklyn Dodgers. . +. The deal was closed last night and the hurler is scheduled to report to the Tribesters here Saturday.

The southpaw is an ex-Indian, in 1988. , . . The following year

having pitched for the local clul he was traded to the Louisville

Colonels and immediately became a puzzle to his old teammates, . , .

With the Montreal Internationals

last season, a

fourth place club, he had a 50-50 record. . . , The southpaw won 13 games and lost the same number. .. . His earned-run average was above average, however, for the choice mark of 259. . . . He participated in 31 games and worked 205 innings. . . . He started 30 games and completed

15.

With Brooklyn this season, Flowers won one game and lost one and also worked relief as-

signments.

The Indians now will have two southpaws

Wes Flowers

on their staff, which may help, since there are a lot of lefthanded hitters in the league. , . . Bob Logan is the other

Tribe lefty.

After the mound staff is bolstered, the Tribe management will turn its efforts to scouting up some long-ball hitters, , ., There is a dearth of extra-base swingers on the Indians’ roster and as a result the team gets few runs for the pitchers to work on.

AFTER TOMORROW, the major league clubs will be forced to reduce their squads to 25 players and President Ownie Bush of the Indians is overlooking no bets to purchase additional timber of

Class AA caliber,

In addition to Flowers, new players scheduled to join the Indians here Saturday are Shortstop Mike Sebana and Pitcher Carl Lindquist, obtained on option through Boston Braves’ channels. , ,, And it's a safe guess other deals are pending.

Golf and ‘Good Neighbor Day’

AN INTERCLUB golf tournament, designed to promote a “good neighbor day” among the luncheon clubs of Indianapolis, will be held June 28 at Riverside course, according to Rollie Clark, president of the Interclub Golf tournament, . It is estimated that 100 golfers will participate in the tourney

which, if successful, will become a

monthly feature. , . . The first

foursome will tee off at 12:30 p. m. with others following at five-

minute intervals until about 2:30, ,

. « The starting time was estab-

lished with a view of all golfers completing their rounds in sufficien lime to attend a dinner at 7:30 in the Athenaeum. :

PRIZES, based on a blind par handicap and including awards for Jow gross and low net, will be distributed at the dinner. , . . The full fare for the June 28 outing will be $3.50—50 cents for the green fees, $1.15 for the prize fund and $1.85 for the dinner. , . , Separate tickets will be issued for golf and the dinner and may be had from the athletic chairman of the various luncheon clubs. All facilities at the Riverside course will be made available to the tournament participants, according to Paul V. Brown, super-

intendent of parks and recreation,

Mild Mel Won't Show Off as “Tough Guy’ to Spur Giants

NEW YORK, June 14 (U. P.).— Mild Mel Ott won't play JekyllHyde to spur his New York Giants to greater heights, he said today in response to suggestions that he “get tough” with his hired help. “I am tough,” he insisted. “I can be as tough as I have to be. Just ask my ball players. But I'm not going to put on a show. I'm not the fiery type, maybe, bu: neither is Joe McCarthy and I understand he’s a pretty good manager.” Everybody has always liked the chunky little fellow who came to John McGraw as a catcher, 16 years old, in 1925, and became one of the best outfielders and power hitters in baseball,

2 » 2 AS MANAGER of the last year's cellar inhabitants, Ott lost weight, fell off in his batting, was confined to bed with stomach disturbances. “Nerves,” he explained. “The doctor told me I'd just have to stop worrying so much, that’s all. Do I worry? Sure, how can a man help it?” Somewhere in the off-season, Ott acquired new philosophy, although he can't put his finger on

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“I decided that. a manager

could be either an asset or a | liability to his club,” he explained. | “If yon strain nervously so much |

113 Teams Join

Junior Leagues

Although organization of some leagues will not be completed until later this week, 113 teams are ready for the start of the 1944 campaign under the banner of Juror Baseball, Inc., according to reports submitted at the monthly meeting of managers and coaches last night at the Central Y. M. C. A. Seventy-three teams participated in last year's program . Reports last night showed 25 i Cteams for boys up 6 13 years ; old, 52 B teams for boys up to 15, and 38 A teams for boys up to 18. League play at most centers will start next week, but a few loops may be delayed a week so that all organization work can be ocmpleted. . It also was decided last night

to let the four leading teams in |

that you lose baseball values— Jerk a pitcher too soon, or hold off too long; or hesitate to shove the infield back for a double play, or to try a ‘squeeze’ yourselfee then the team senses it instinctively, and you're done for the day.” ® o » A MANAGER'S toughest job, Marvelous Mel said, is to take ball games “as they come, and dismiss them when the last putout is registered. Frankly, I can't do it, yet. I wish I could. But no manager ever thinks that the other team won; he conjures up scenes where his team lost.” The payoff in baseball is in common sense, plus a hunch, plus the nerve to carry through, Ott said, “and the rest is up to the boys.” A record-setter practically every time he hits a homer, walks, scores, or drives in a run, the “Little Giant” is enjoying one of his greatest seasons, but admits he has no scientific explanation either for his showing or the Giants’, And here's how one Giant star felt about Ott's “cracking the whip”; “He's got a reputation for being easy-going, and he is, to a certain extent. But he's such a nice guy that the fellow . who

| must be a heel.”

Clowns Play Barons Tomorrow Night

to gain a full game on the Birmingham Black Barons when they meet the defending champions and this year’s leaders in the Negro American league at Victory field tomorrow night at 8:30. The Clowns will send Roosevelt Davis, ace hurler who won his first six league starts, egainst the Barons, who will start either Al Sayler or A) Gipson, Birmingham is stronger than last year. They have acquired Pitcher- | Cateher Ted “Double Duty”) Ragj cliffe, who last year managed the {Chicago American Giants to the | {league’s second half title and was {voted the circuit's most valuable { player; Ed Steele, slugging right fielder;, Art Wilson, shortstop, who Is now leading the league in hitting, and Lafayette Washington, pitcher,

Service Clubs Tied

won't try to play ball for him

The Indianapolis Clowns will seek |

{Indians Again And Win, 4 to 3

ST. PAUL, June 14—From the looks of things it apparently isn’t inthe Meridian Hills Country club for

the cards for the Indianapolis Indians to defeat the St. Paul Saints this year,

won three In a row at Indianapolis, and last night, out at Lexington park, in the delayed series opener, the Saints again won, 4 to 3. The second of the series is to be played tonight starting at 8 o'clock. The Indians are to wind up here tomorrow night and then shove off for Indianapolis to open a long hothe stand on Saturday in a twilight game with Kansas City.

Blanked Until Ninth

Last night the Indians were goose-egged for eight innings but in the ninth staged an uprising good for three runs. Ernie Rudolph walked Wayne Blackburn and Eddie Morgan and Otha Nitcholas relieved him with the count two and nothing on Hugh Poland. Poland singled to right sending Blackburn home, Batting for Herndon, Lyons singled to score Morgan. Bob Logan ran for Lyons and Cotelle, batting for Anderson, hit into a double play while Poland scored. Nick Rhabe grounded out. The Indians only collected five hits. Woodie Rich worked the route on the Tribe mound and pitched seven-hit ball but the Saints got to him for one marker in the seventh and three in the eighth, which was his downfall. Both teams played errorless ball. The Indians’ record on the current trip stands at only two games won and +10 lost, gnd they are still in the league cellar. A victory last night would have tied them with seventh-place Kansas City ,

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INDIAN. St. Paul Runs batted in—Poland, Lyons, Cotelle, Baron, Chapman, Marion 2. Two-base hit —Marion. Stolen base—Vitter, ~Baron. Double plays—Plet to ¥ Rich to Poland to Morgan. Left on bases —Indianapolis 4, St. Paul 5. Base on balls —Off Rudolph 3, Rich 2. Rudolph 6, Rich 5. olph 3 in 8 innings (pitched to two batters in ninth), Nitcholas 2 in 1. Winning pitcher —Rudolph. Umpires—Donavan and Fenton. Time—1:45.

McDonald Wins 2 Falls From Angelo

Employing a leg breaker and a cradle hold, Lumberjack McDonald | of Portland, Ore, won two out of | three falls from Martino Angelo, ! Akron, before 2000 fans at Sports|

McDonald took the first fall in 12! minutes, lost the second in 17 min- | utes, then won the third in one] minute and 20 seconds. Coach Billy Thom of Indiana university defeated Irish McGee, Chicago, and Frankie Hart, Chicago, drew with Angelo Martinelli, Toledo.

Arena last night. r

In Title Bid

noon as leaders in the Indianap district golf tournament teed off af

the final round of the 54-hole

tourney. ’

AS firing neared the climax, Dale

Morey was low with a 147 for 36

» rounds. ; annexed three straight from the In-| The favored Morey, to equal the, dians, in mid-May the Apostles|tournament record of 218, must!

knock a stroke off the par 71 on the |

long Meridian course.

R. C. Block, treasurer of the Wm. H. Block Co., sank a hole-in-one on the 173-yard fourth at H Golf and Country club y . He used a No. 3 iron.

Morey posted a one over par 73 at

Broadmoor yesterday to go with the |i

74 he shot Monday and should have

an edge today because Meridian is} his “home course” when the Mare! tinsville star is in the city. Hel

doesn’t tee off until after a few of those within range will have posted their final scores giving him a tar-

get to shoot at.

Russ Rader, Sarah Shank: Harold Cork, Speedway, and Bud Edwards of Meridian Hills are three of those

within range who should have completed the final round by the time Morey goes to the tee. Cork slipped on his first nine today, requiring a seven-over-par 42. He was two over the par 4s on both the fourth and ninth, Clark Espie of Hillcrest, who is in a three-way tie for third with a 149, is playing in the foursome with Morey, Blake Scores 76

Dr. Robert Blake of Anderson, who set the pace for the first round with a 73, slipped to a 76 yesterday. He three-putted four greens, dropping strokes that could have kept him up there. The greens have been pretty fast for the boys the last two days and were really hot for the final shooting. Arnold Koehler of the Howe high school golf team, who plays at Pleasant Run, shot a one under par 34 on the first nine yesterday but lost five strokes to the old man on the way home for a 76 to go with his first day’s 79. Mike Borson of Anderson and Dick Keil of Speedway are tied at 148 for second. Tied with Espie for third are Robert Blake and Phil Talbot of Bloomington, all with 149. Dr. Harry Leer of Highland has the number four spot all to himself with an even 150. . Other scores: Bud Edwards, Meridian Hills... 76-77—153 Louis Leath, Country Club ..., 74-79—153 Paul Sparks, Speetiway Russ Rader, Sarah Shank Don Ross, Anderson 76-78—154 Since putting so far has not been anything exceptional thus far, many of the entrants were on the practice green today as they awaited their starting times.

Softball Leagues In Action Tonight

Last night’s Bush-Callahan Factory league games at Softball stadium were postponed because of wet grounds. The Bush-Callahan Industrial league schedule, for tonight: 7—Kingan A. A. vs. Metal Auto Parts, 8:20—Capehart-Packard vs. Indianapolis Bleaching. 9:40—Moose vs. Wings.

Allison Red

The Girls’ league schedule at Speedway stadium tonight: T—Camp Atterbury WACS vs. Stout field WACS. 8—R. C. A. Radio Girls vs. Ft. Harrison WACS. 9—Beck Canvass vs. Prest-O-Lite,

The Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION W L Pet. W L Pet. Milwaukee 38 15 .717 Toledo ... 28 23 .531 Columbus .30 19 .612 Kan. City .15 32 .319 | Louisville .27 22 .551 Minnepls.. . 17 27 .386 St. Paul , 22 18 .550 INDPLS... 11 33 .298 |

AMERICAN LEAGUE W L Pet.

W L Pet. 5. Louis 29 23 .358| Chicago 5

22 23 .489 oeston 26 23 531) Wash’gton 24 26 .480 Detroit -25 25 500 New York. 22 24 478

Cléveland 25 26 .490| Phila. . 2% 25 .468

NATIONAL LEAGUE W L Pet. St. Louis 33 15 .688 Brooklyn Pittsburgh 26 19 ,578/ Boston 3 30 .43 Cincinnati 25 23 .521; Phila. ...19 27 413 New York 25 24 .510, Chicago ...16 27..372

GAMES TODAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. (All Games at Night INDIANAPOLIS at St, Paul (two). Louisville at Minneapolis, Columbus at Milwaukee. Toledo at Kansas City.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Philadelphia at Boston (iwe). t at Loteiant tw)

St. Louis 010 008 103-5 10 1 Chicago .., ........... 110 000 010-3 9 2 Kramer, Caster and Hayworth; Lepat, Maltzberger and Tresh.

000 000 000—0 MA 010 001 10x—3 5 Zuber, Johnsen and and Ferrell,

Detroit “at Cleveland, postponed, rain.

NATIONAL LEAGUE First

Boston 002 000 000-2 8 1 Philadelphia 000 100 000-1 8

. Tobin and Masi; Raffensberger and Peacoc,

Boston caveeees. 001 O10 308-7 12 1

and Kiutts;

000 1 Goedde, Lamacchia and Schultz; § fon. Hendrickson, Grunwald, Deis snd

Louisville at Minneapolis, postponed,

score is 155.

‘Best Golf You

NEW ROCHELLE, N, Y., June 14 (U. P).—Handsome Sammy Byrd, in the blue slacks, yellow sports shirt and white visor, will tee off tomorrow in the $13,333 war bond Red Cross open golf championship over the Wykagyl Country club course, wondering sadly if he will be able to complete the four-day tourney. At any moment the word may come: “Your father is dead!” and Sammy will break away from the tournament and return to Birmingham,

That's the way Sammy's dad

Bill Talbert Wins From Chicagoan

DETROIT, June 14 (U. P).— Francisco (Pancho) Segura of Ecuador, and Pauline Betz of Los Angeles, led their respective divisions into the third round of the national clay courts tennis championships here today after comparatively easy victories in their opening rounds yesterday. Segura, who is ranked third nationally and seeded No. 1 in this tourney, advanced at the expense of Mack Taylor of Detroit, winning 6-0, 6-2. Miss Betz, seeded No. 1 in the women’s bracket, used her power game to advantage and didn't lose 8 game as she defeated Miss Ruth Miho, Los Angeles, 6-0, 6-0. Bill Talbert, Indianapolis, second seeded male player, experienced some difficulty in downing Gene Vash of Chicago although the trouble was not apparent in his 6-1, 6-2 victory, Vash pressed the lanky Talbert in every game as the favored Hbosier had trouble with his placements.

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. Amold Koshler, Pleasant Run, shows his affection for the red hot putter which helped him tour the first nine at Broadmoor yesterday in one under par. He had a 76 for the 18 and his 36-hole

Dying Dad Tells Byrd to Play

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wants it. Bronzed, brown-haired Byrd would rather not be playing tomorrow. With reluctance, he entered last week's Philadelphia Inquirer competition, which he won to the tune of $6700,

s » = BUT SAMMY, former New York Yankee outfielder, is carrying on —under instructions from his dying father, Rhone Byrd, who from his sick bed told Sammy: “There's nothing you can do here for me, son. You'll make me hapPy by going out and playing the best golf you know how until , , » Sammy, former baseball understudy to Babe Ruth, did as his father requested. Playing with a bitterly-forced smile, he attained the greatest golf of his carer at Philadelphia, winning the tournament in a walkaway—for his dad. He finished Sunday with a 274 for 72 holes of medal play, seven strokes ahead of his nearest competitor. That night in his hotel, he wept over the $6700 in war bonds—richest prize ever given in United States golf history,

Schedule Handicap Doubles Pin Meet

A men's handicap doubles tournament will be staged at the West Side Bowling Center Friday, Saturday and Sunday. A handicap of 75 per cent of the difference between the entrant's average and 210 will be allowed. Shifts are to start Friday at 5 p. m. and Saturday and Sunday at 1 p. m. For further information call Dick Nordholt at BE-1946.

The weekly doubles tournamens)

conducted by the Bowling Proprietors association will be held at Pritchett’s alleys this week-end.

Action starts at 6 Saturday night||

and at 2 Sunday afternoon.

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