Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 June 1944 — Page 8

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s Exceeding $55,000,000

NEW YORK, June 31 (U. P). «The from the Borough @f Brooklyn, who long have been

portant, Uncle Sam Was richer by more than $55,000,000. In the only baseball game ever played where mutuel machines could have been used to compute win, place and show results, the Dodgers demonstrated their superiority over their hated National league rivals, the New York Giants, and in addition, gained some measure of revenge from the New York® Yankees, who defeated them in the 1940 world series. = » » CONCEIVED to promote the ale of war bonds, the Polo

Grounds was scaled at $25 for a bleacher seat, $100 for a reserved seat and $1000 for a box seat, and nearly 50,000 fans turned out for the game. Their admission bonds; plus a purchase of $50,000,000 worth by Mayor LaGuardia for the city of New York, totaled more than The Dodgers nearly scored a double shutout in winning, 5 to 1 and 0, the lone Yankee run coming while the “Bums” were in the showers. Each. team had six at bats and six afields and Paul A. Smith, assistant professor of mathematics at Columbia university, assisted the official rers by “charting the game,” which he said required the use of a slide rule.

Manager Leo Durocher said “This game was made to order for us,” as his Dodgers rose to new heights of daffiness by scoring a first-inning run while the Yankees were fielding and counting two more in the next frame off the Giants, ¥ » " DUROCHER started his ace pitcher, Rookie Hal Gregg, and he and reliefers Les Webber and Ralph Branca proved too much of a pumle for thé Yanks and Giants, Among the sellout crowd was 8 contingent of 500 wounded soldiers who came by ambulances from three nearby hospitals to witness the proceedings that would have made Abner Doubleday, who invented the game of baseball in 1839, wince.

Tribe Chiefs Push Search for Talent After 9th Loss in Row; Saints Win 3d of Series, 4 to 1

By EDDIE ASH Times Sports Editer

Although

ball players are a scarce article and the Indianapolis In-

dians are mired in last place and out of the race, the Tribe management

still is dickering for new timber in a better brand of baseball.

an effort to give Victory fleld fans

There is a bright possibility that some interesting news will be re-

Jeased before the week is out on Tribe chieftains still have hopes of lifting the team out of the Ameriean association cellar, and they are combing the country again in an effort to land some players who

gan drive in runs as well as run. The St. Paul Saints made it three straight over the Indians in the current series at Victory field last night, and it was the Tribe's ninth consecutive defeat. The score was 4 to 1. This season the Redskins have yet to defeat the Saints at Victory field, and in only two games at St. Paul.

Series Finale Tonight

The finale of the series is to be played tonight, starting at 8:30, and the guess is that Woodie Rich will be sent out to face the visitors on the mound. However, the choice of pitcher doesn’t mean anything nowadays. * The Tribe hurlers have been doing better than fair, but have been hampered by loose fielding, mental lapses and the inability of the hitters to deliver in the clutch. In the Indians’ last five games they have scored but eight runs, and in that stretch of defeats they have failed to score more than once In an inning. A “big” inning, in the Tribe book, apparently is beyond their reach.

Pitcher Smacks Double

In last night's game the Saints got off to a one-run lead by scoring §n the first inning on an error, an infield out and two hits. In the sixth the visitors scored again on a single, an infield out and Pitcher Ernie Rudolph’s double. In the seventh the St. Paul pastimers batted Wes Flowers out of the box on a single, sacrifice, a second single and Piet's double. That was the extent of their scoring for the night. Harry Kelley relieved Flowers and checked the seventh-inning rally. Ed Morgan batted for Kelley in the Tribe seventh, and Carl Lindquist pitched the eighth and ninth for the home boys, allowing only one hit, a roller, and no runs, The Indians tallied their lone marker in the eighth on singles by Blackburn, Sabena and Poland. It was the only inning in which the Redskins got more than one hit. This “rally” ended when Joe Burns rolled into a double play. He also stroked into a double play in the fourth, Squeeze Play Flops

A ladies’ night crowd of approximately 2000 was jolted in the fifth when Kerby Farrell led off with a triple and failed to score. Chet Clemens, next up, looked at a third strike, and Joe Aliperto walked. With Pitcher Flowers at bat the Indians tried the squeeze play and it flopped. Flowers’ bunt was short, took a backspin, and Catcher Padden pounced on it and tagged Farrell coming in from third. Blackburn's fly ended the inning. The Saints collected 13 hits and made two miscues; the Indians garnered seven hits and made two errors. All errozs were chalked against the shortstops. After tonight's game the Saints will move on to Louisville, and the gixth-place Minneapolis Millers will invade Victory field for a fourgame series calling for a single game tomorrow night, single game Thursday night, and a double header Friday night, twilight and night. ‘Kelly Night’ Tomorrow In the first of the series with the Millers tomorrow, “Bernard (Mike) Kelly night” will be cele-

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brated by the Men's club of the Church of the Little Flower in honor of the Tribe skipper. ' Tribe Secretary Al Schlensker today announced the outright release of Albert Gwinn, catcher. saw bullpen service with the Indians. A semi-pro last year, he was obtained through Boston Braves’ channels. In addition to dickering on deals with major and minor league clubs, the Tribe management has watchers checking amateur and semi-pro circles in a search for rugged lads who can hit for distance.

Swedish Angel Meets Champ

“wild Bill” Longson vs. the Swedish Angel in a title match will be offered local wrestling fans tonight at Sports Arena. It is for two falls out of three. Action gets under way at 8:30

with Angelo Martinello of Toledo opposing a newcomer in Gorilla Poggi from Argentina. It is for one fall. ‘ The semi-windup brings together Lumberjack McDonald of Portland, Ore., and Steve Nenoff, a Russian, who is listed out of New York, It also is for one fall. Longson, the heavyweight champ from Salt Lake City, retained his crown against the Angel last April when they met indoors at the armory. The Angel injured a knee in that tussle and was forced to forfeit. Longson has been appearing here for several seasons and has never dropped a local match although he has had several “close calls” and has been held to a draw on one occasion.

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Set Tourneys

The Indianapolis Athletic club's annual golf tournament will be held tomorrow at the Highland Golf and Country club, starting at noon. The committee in charge includes J. D. Welch, chairman; D. D. Cutright, Dr. Harry Leer and Walter Scott. The Columbia club's postponed tournament will be held at Highland Thursday.

Interclub Golf

Meet Tomorrow

The Interclub Golf tournament of which Rollie G. Clark of the Universal club, is president, will stage it first tourney at Riverside tomorrow afternoon. Approximately 100 are expected to compete in the meet which is open to all luncheon clubs in the city. , Since the tournament falls in the midst of the fifth war loan drive, the majority of prizes will be in war stamps. Awards will be distributed at a dinner in the Athenaeum at 7:30 o'clock.

Lions Sign Collegian DETROIT, June 27 (U. P.).— Coach Gus Dorais of the Detroit Lions professional football team said today that he had received the signed contract of Russ Lee Morrow, six-foot-eight-inch center from

8t. Louis university.

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Runs batted in—Chapman 32, Rudolph, Drews, Poland. Two-base hits—English, Kimball, Rudolph, Piet. Three-base hit— Farrell. Sacrifices — Baron, Gillenwater, Chapman. Double plays—Sabena to Farrell, Aliperto to Burns to Farrell, Drews to Piet to Baron, Rudolph to Piet to t on ses—St. Paul 11, InBase on balls—Off Flowers 2, Rudolph 1. Struck out—By Rudolph 3, Flowers 1, Lindquist 2. Hits—Off Flowers, 1 mnings; Kelley, ¢ in 35 inning; Lindquist, 1 in 2 innings. Losing pitcher —Flowers. Umpires—Mullen | Peters Time-—2:08.

Junior Clubs Play 6 Games

Six Junior Baseball, Inc. league games were staged at Brookside park yesterday, two in Class A, one in Class B, and three in Class C. In the Class A games, Holy Cross defeated Roberts Park, 11-2, and U. B. Stars won from Keystone, 8-2, In the Class B tilt, Northeast Giants thumped Pirates, 8-2. Home runs by Buster Boehn and George England featured the St. Philip's 18-13 victory over Northeast Midgets. PAL Club Browns won from Indianapolis Capitols, 12-10, and East Side Dodgers put on a 10-run inning to lambast PAL

Club Eagles, 21-6, in other Class C games,

Gold Medal Beer of the Municipal Amateur Baseball league swamped Naval Armory, 15-3, at Riverside park yesterday afternoon. ‘The Beermen got away to a seven-run lead in the second inning and added eight more before the sailors broke the ice in the sixth. The winners garnered 11 hits oft four Navy hurlers, while Richmon

and Hershberger of the Medals allowed eight.

_Kingan Black Sox, behind the six-hit pitching of Jim Bennett, defeater Camp Atterbury All-Stars, 6-5, at Speedway stadium last night, It was the initial baseball game at the stadium, which recently increased its lighting facilities to accommodate hardball games. The soldiers held a 4-1 lead at the end of the sixth inning and knotted the score at 5-all after the meatmen scored four times in the seventh and eighth innings. The Sox scored the winning tally in their half of the ninth when Bennett scored on a wild pitch. Jim Crockersham was the titting star with a home run, triple and a single in four official trips.

Strincevich and Lopez Classed 2-A

PITTSBURGH, June 27 (U. P.) — The Pittsburgh Pirates’ hopes to retain their second-place spot in the National league were strengthened today when it was learned that Catcher Al Lopez and Pitcher Nick Strincevich had been notified by

their draft boards of 2-A classification,

Lopez, 35, is regarded as one of the finest catchers in the league. Strincevich, 28, has won five and lost four games this season.

Williams to Meet Pirrone in Philly

PHILADELPHIA, June 27 (U. P). —Jke Willams, highly regarded Trenton, N. J., lightweight has been signed to meet Joey Pirrone of

1 Cleveland here at the outdoor arena

on July 10, Philadelphia promoters said today, Williams, who scored a technical knockout over Cleo Shans of Los

‘defense of his N. C. A. A. crown by

‘| Georgia Tech.

ree-Club Game Brings War Bond

Pancho looked anything but tired, however, as ‘he stepped onto the court yesterday just getting off a train from where he had to go five sets to defeat Bill Talbert, Indianapolis, for the tristate title Sunday. The volatile Ecuadorian opened

rolling up 28 points on his accurate placements to defeat Richard Warner of Utah, 6-1, 6-3, in his first match after drawing a bye in the first round. Segura must answer to himself for each bad play he makes. After muffing a shot, he audibly says “Awwwww, Pancho” with a look of utter disappointment in himself,

Gives Self Pep Talk : “That's my little pep-talk to my-

Cola girls tonight when they pions, at Speedway Shops meet Dodge Plant Knights at 9 in other games.

Mid Owens and Butch Hoffman will : meet Marion Victory girls, state chamstadium. The game is scheduled at 8. Ewart at 7 and Noblesville Eagles ‘play Kingan

Golfdom's 'Big

at Edgewater golf club tomorrow.

four-ringed competitions rolled into one, this forusome will be shooting

self, and it helps me to play better on the next shot,” he said. In other matches, a mild upsat occurred when Bob Lewis, 17-year-old freshman from Utah, defeated Bob Crawford of Annapolis, 7-5, 7-3. Lewis was the starting guard for Utah's national championship basketball team this year. George Druliner, College of Pacific, seeded No. 2 had a tough fight on his hands in defeating Felix Kelley, Texas sophomore, 6-2, 10-8. All other seeded players advanced, including Harry Likas, Gonzaga, John Hickman, Texas; Nick Bugolich, Pepperdine, and Joe Willett,

Bell Has Trouble, But Beats Zivic

PITTSBURGH, June 27 (U. P.).— Tommy Bell rang up his 38th consecutive victory last night on a split

10-round decision over Pvt. Fritzie Zivic of the army air corps, the ancient gladiator, who once wore the world welterweight crown. Before this bout &t Forbes field, 31-year-old Zivic was publicized as the man for whom the bell would toll, because young Tommy had knocked out 28 previous opponents. Bell, weighing 148, was the 2-1 favorite. But the crowd of 10,018 cash customers was pleasantly surprised at the stiff opposition = provided by Zivic. Bell, although 10 years younger than Zivic, had to come from behind in the closing sessions to win. The lanky, 21-year-old Negro from Youngstown, O., looked like a novice taking lessons from master Zivic in some of the early rounds.

Bearings, Fielders Win at Softball

In last night's Bush-Callahan City league games at Softball stadium, American Bearing won over Kingan Knights, 8-2; Stout field

-| defeated J. D. Adams Co., 3-1, and

Ft. Harrison swamped Light Metals, Inc, 10-2.

Tonight's Bush-Callahan Factory league schedule at Softball stadium follows: 7:00—U. S. Tire vs. Lukas-Harold. 8:20—Eli Lilly Co. vs. P. R, Mallory. © 9:40—R. C. A. vs. Harvester.

International

Suspend McCreary At Arlington Park

CHICAGO, June 27 (U. P)— Jockey Conn McCreary, winner of the 1944 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, was under suspension today for the remainder of the Arlington Park meet for fouling Al Bodiou in the fifth race yesterday. McCreary brought in Twosy by & nose ahead of Blue Skimmer but was charged with grabbing Bodiou by the knee just before the finish line. Blue Skimmer was declared the winner and Twosy was disqualified and placed second.

Violets to Return’ To Grid This Year

NEW YORK, June 27 (U. PR) Philip Badger, chairman of New York university's board of athletic

.| control, today said that the school}

which dropped football in 1043,

would field a team this year with a program “geared to wartime con-{

ditions.”

FIGHT RESULTS

By UNITED PRESS NEW YORK—Aaron ington, knocked out Vie

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for $3000 in war bonds, with extra cash to be added to the prize later. The war bonds winnings of this formidable quartet break down as follows: McSpaden, $15,100; Nelson, $14,341; Byrd, $14,066; Wood, $10,566. A triumph for any of the “big four” would put him close to Sam Snead’s' all-time money-winning record of $19,534.49, which he made in 1938,

Before launching their assault on the newest melon, these four linksmen will compete tomorrow and; Thursday in the 36-hole play for the pro-senior, pro-amateur and prowomen’s titles, with each pro pairing up with a partner in each of the other three divisions. Two-per-son scores over the two days of play will decide each team title, - Byrd and Bob Cochran of St.

Spaden, Byron Nelson, Sammy Byrd and total of $53,973 in war bond prizes in 1944 light today as favorites in the Victory national competition which opens

In the Victory open tournament,

Louis will defend the pro-amateur

Four' Gains

Spotlight in Victory Open

Bill Urban will be the second man to make the trip. He trailed HamJ ilton by five strokes, but that was good enough for the runnerup spot.

27 (U. P.).—Goifdom’s “big four”—Harold Mec-

Craig Wood—who have won & tournaments, gained the spot-

which begins Friday as part of the

title they won last year, and Byrd, open titlist in 1043, probably will couple with his wife, a leading golfer of the Philadelphia district last year, for the pro-women’s Crown. Nelson figures to offer a threat in all four competitions, as he will be teamed with Wilford Wehrle of Racine, Wis., in the amateur, Catherine Fox of Bloomfield, N. J, in the women's and George Blossom, former U. S. G. A. president, in the seniors’, Other bids will come from such imposing pairings as Lt. Ben Hogan and Mrs. Babe Didriksen Zaharias in the pro-women’s, Pvt. Chick Harbert and Chick Evans in the prosenior, Ky Laffoon and Steve Kovach in the pro-amateur and in the pro-women's Wood and Jeanne Cline, McSpaden and Dorothy Germain, Johnny Revolta and Patty Berg and Harry Cooper and Georgia Tainter,

The Baseball Calendar

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w ct. Milwaukee 45 20 .692/St. Paul .. Columbus .37 24 .607 Minnepls.. .22 36 379 Toledo ...36 25 .590 Kan. City .19 40 .322 Louisville .36 27 .571/INDPLS. ..17 4.

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RESULTS YESTERDAY

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION 200 001 100— 4 1 Lippold, Hogsett, Bowman and Aragon; Lucier, Wilson and Walters.

Kansas City ....... -40% 030 020-11 9 1 Toledo 004 611 00x—1% 14 2 Davis and Taylor; Geedde, Fannin, Kimberlin and Martin, Milwaukee 111 020 100-6 13 © Columbus

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AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Neo games scheduled.

GAMES TODAY AMERICAN ASBOCIATION (All Games at Night)

St. Paul at INDIANAPOLIS (5:30). Minneapolis at Louisville. Milwaukee at Columbus. Kansas City at Toledo.

AMERICAN LEAGUE No games scheduled,

NATIONAL LEAGUE No games scheduled.

Kelly Turns Orator

Manager Mike Kelly of the Indianapolis Indians will speak at the Indianapolis Real Estate board luncheon at the Hotel Washington Thursday. He is an associate member of the board.

He was one over par in the fore-

the seven on the par-four fourth hole. He continued to equal his initial 18 with a 72. Wayne Timmerman, host pro, who is suffering with a back ailment and was not expected to compete, went around in 145 and will receive the third assignment to the National if it is allotted. Timmerman had a 74-71, Other competitors and their scores follow: Bill Henlein, Noblesville, 75-73—148; Maurice Feeney, Stadium driving range, 71-78-149;

Rey Smits, Hgnand, 71-153 CD GROUP. STAGING Tout Keesting, Indien Lake, w-1—| BIRTHDAY JUBILEE

Fred Keesling, Indian Lake, 79-77— 156, and Fred McDermott, Tippecanoe, 78-80—158. District 47 of the Office of civilian Marion Smith, Kokomo, and Wal. | defense will hold a jubilee tonight ly Nelson, Woodstock, withdrew in the Brookside community house after the first round. to celebrate their second annivere

Brooklyn may be going newhere in the National league race but they have three of the loop's 10 leading hitters, Dixie Walker (top), .377; Frenchy Bor. dagaray (middle), 314, and Augie Galan, 334,

Royals Gain Full |x: Game on Orioles by

By UNITED PRESS boxing bouts between members of The second place Montreal Royals| the junior police.

gained a full game on the first Books Capital Fight

place Baltimore Orioles in the InWASHINGTON, June 37 (U. P).

cluding Bob Munger as master of ceremonies, Joan Ruth' Devin, Martin and Georgian Oyler, dra‘be

ternational league race Mst night by beating them 6-3. George Wash-

* | burn went the route for the winners| Lloyd Marshall of Cleveland,

and allowed 11 hits in recording the holder of the duration light-heavy< triumph. weight boxing championship, snd The Jersey City Giants, behind| Holman Williams of Chicago, lead the four-htt pitching of Ken Bron-|ing middleweight contender, have x dell, defeated the Rochester Red|pheen matched by Promoter Joe Wings, 11-7. Three Jersey City Turner for a 10-round bout in errors paved the way for unearned) Griffith Stadium July 11. runs by the Wings, but Bill Trotter, who was charged with the loss, had] KING'S NEPHEW A CAPTIVE three errors committed behind him.| 1 ONDON, June 27 (U. P).—Lord

too, as the Giants scored tainted Lascelles, 21, nephew of the king, tallies. missing in action in Ttaly,

reported The Newark Bears put on a four-| wo¢ pelieved to have been wounded run uprising in the seventh inningi.n4 captured by the Germans.

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winriers and allowed eight units. John Tising was the loser. The Syracuse Chiefs defeated the Toronto Leafs, 9-5. Woody Woodend, first of three Syracuse hulers, was credited with the victory as the trio allowed the Leafs seven blows.

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