Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 September 1944 — Page 22
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USUALLY an eight-club league produces four teams capable of winning half their games... But the National league in 1944 has developed just three clubs—the Cardinals, Pirates and Reds—which have won more than half their battles. Such a thing hasn't occurred in the old league since 1915, when the fourth place Chicago Cubs won 73 and lost 80 for a 477 percentage. In many ways 1915 was one of the strangest pennant chases of all time. ... The New York Giants finished in last place, but had a percentage of 454 which is enough to assure a team of ending fifth ordinarily. Kansas City may finish the season with the second lowest percentage in the American association's long history . . . The all-time low was Columbus’ 1926 record of 39 won and 125 lost for a .238 percentage . , . In 1928 the A. A..schedule called for 164 games.
Leagues Forego World Series Tickets “THE major leagues are going all-out in compliance with ODT requests to confine attendance at the world series to the cities where the games will be played. Besides restricting the ticket sale to fans in the cities directly {nvolved, American and National league headquarters and member clubs in other cities will pass up their usual allotment of tickets. In the past, it has been customary to make blocks of tickets available to headquarters of the two leagues and to officials of nonparticipating clubs. 2 ” o » ” » THE ODT's request to the majors read in part as follows: “As _ a further step in our campaign for the curtailment of non-essential travel, we request the additional concession that in connection with the forthcoming world series games, such special arrangements for the distribution of tickets will be set up as will confine’ “attendance tn the cities in which the games are played.”
Last Series at Home for Reds ANSWER to query: The Cincinnati Reds open their last home gerins of the season tonight, meeting the Pirates . . . The Pirates will be in Cincy over the week-end, playing a single game Saturday afternoon and a double-header Sunday afternoon . . . Sunday twin ‘bills at Crosley field start at 1:30 (12:30 Indianapolis time). - .a 8 ss =x =u , If any other team than the Browns wins the American league pennant, the prospects of . the’ champions being housed at their regular St. Louis home—Hotel Chase—are not so good. Early reservations by fans, in anticipation of an all-St. Louis series have the popular hostelry, as well as other Mound City hotels, booked solid.
= EJ o ” ” 2 LAST SUNDAY, in Louisville, the Colonels and Toledo Mud Hens started double-header play at 1:45 p. m, and the second game
Louisville's home attendance for play is 224,035, which is 80,000 more than last season at Parkway field.
wasn't completed until 7:20. ., .
regular season
Many Clubs i in Softball Derby |
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Connersville and Lafay
ette
~ {entered teams in the girls’
division,
STYBBLE TROUBLE?
| pion in the girls’
drilling daily for the season which
Left is Larry Stuart, senior
These four returning lettermen form the nucleus of the 1944 Shortridge high school football team which Coach Tom Woods is
will be opened at the Shortridge
field Sept. 22 against Warren Central.
halfback. Insert is Dick Sutton,
senior guard. Next is Bill Myers, senior right end, and extreme right is Jack Thompson, senior quarterback and captain.
TOLEDO, Sept. T—In the series opened out at Syawne field last night the second-place Toledo Mud Hens whitewashed the sixth-place Indianapolis Indians, 4 to 0, behind Earl Jones’ three-hit pitching. And the Hens supported Jones’ fine hurling by playing errorless ball. Stanley Klopp- opened on the Tribe mound and the Hens got to him for a run in the fourth stanza. The home pastimers sewed up the contest in the eighth by staging a three-run splurge. Carl Lindquist relieved Klopp in the eighth, The Tribesters made two errors. The Toledo boys won the struggle on eight hits while Jones kept the Redskins subdued. Two games remain in the series, tonight and tomorrow night, after which the Indians will move to Columbus to close the season, playing the fifth-place Red Birds in a single tilt Saturday night and a double-header Sunday afternoon. . In 20 clashes with the Mud Hens this season, the Indians have won eight games and lost 12.
Ind. AB HO A! Tol, ABHOA Sabena,2-3 4 0 2 2'Coronacf.. 4 3 0 0 Borom,3.. 3 0 0 O0'Schulte,2.. 41 3 4 Aliperto,2. 1 0 0 0Schultze.. 3 0 4 0 Bickbrn,ef 3 0 2 0/Martinlf.. 3 0 2 0 _English,rf 4.1 1 0Burgo,rf... 4 2 0 0 Clemens,Iif 3 0 2 0 Boken3... 4 0 0 2 Poland.¢... 83 0 7 0 Ignasiak,1. 4 118 0 Farrelll1.. 3.1 9 1 Kimbless, 0 0 0 1 Heltzelss, 3. 1 1 4/Gregory,ss 3 1 1 6 Klopp.p .. 20 0 0Jones,p.... 3 001 Lyon ..... 100 0 Lindquist. 0 [I] 0 Totals. 30 “324 “al Totals... 32 823714
Lvon batted for Klcop in eighth.
Indianapolis 000 000 000— Toledo ... 000 100 03*—4
Errors—Poland, Sabena. Runs batted in —Boken 2, Burgo. Two-base- hit—Burgo. Stolen bases—Heltzel, Schulte. = Double play--Heltzel to Sabena to Parrell. Left on bases—Indianapolis 4, Toledo 6. Base on balls--Off Jones 1, Klopp 1, Lindquist I= Strikeouts—By Klopp 6, Jones 4. - Hits —Off Klopp 6 in 7 innings, Lindquist 2 in 1 wild pitch—Klopp. Losing pitcher— Kiopp. Umpires—Paparells and Steengrafe, Hime—1:40
Two Games Carded At Victory Field Two games for the East-West supremacy in. Negro baseball are on tap at Victory field tonight, starting at 6:45, withthe Birmingham Black Barons, Negro ‘American league champions two successive vears facing the New York Cubans, in the first game, and the Indian-
v entry has been repor ¢'among the early out-of-town en-| in the annual softball derby start- tries, according to John Deveny, ing at Speedway Stadium tomorrow w ho. is in charge of the event. night, | Deveny also announced that Day-| Teams from . Muncie, Anderson
ton, O., Marion Victory Girls, Con-{ Willie Joyce, speedy 140-pounder are nersville and Camp Atterbury had|from Gary, division.!decision over {Pepsi-Cola is the defending cham-| San Francisco, here last night bewhile fore 4000 customers, | Ru se's Service of Brownsburg are| | present title holders in the men’s finished fast to win the judge's de-
apolis Clowns, taking on the Cubans in the nightcap. Both games are | seven innings.
G ary Fighter Wins
OAKLAND, Cal, Sept. 7 (U. 2).
scheduled for
Ind, won a 10-round Chester Slider, 143,
Slider took an early lead but Joyce
67 .464 Philade'ia
RESULTS YESTERDAY
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION First Game, 7 Innings, Agreement
division, - Lcision. A The Baseball Calendar AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Pot.) Louisville at Columbus, postponed, rain. I . Pe ——— IMilw'kee 09 48 .633 Columbus, ~ 67 541) Minneapolis and Kansas City not schedToledo 92 56 .622 INDPLS. 57 88 .398 | Louisville 83 59 585 Minneap. 51 93 334 Sl St. Paul 80 63 .539 Kans. C'y 38 105 . AMERICAN LEAGUE AMERICAN LEAGUE |Ghlthgo “22 011 006 ode— 3 # © . ¢ 3 New York 14° 0 a6 Cleveland 94 ob 48) pointy ang Richirds; Humphries and a Louis 73 3 553 Pie ia 63 > AGT ——— etroit , 72 .545 Chicago . 60 172 455 Boston | 31 @2 384 Waan'n 56 79 fio] O°) game stheduled. “eins NATIONAL LEAGUE . NATIONAL JEAGUE, e: Wil Petd W. L.Pet.| No games scheduled Li Louis 93 385 .727 New York » 31 454 tape | Pittsb'gh 78 AT 598 ton. 54 77 412 AME] | Cincinn’i 69 58 552 Brooklyn 53 78 405 G A 8 TODAY | Chicago. 38 50 77.8047 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION _
LINE | 000 000 0— 0 3 8, od aa pera LEAGUE iwaukee ........0 — ‘Cleveland a etr {ph Hey. 3 Louis a (hignt).
400 Boker, ker. Worth. Furey and Castro; Acosta St.
- (All. Games at Night) INDIANAPOLIS at Toledo. Louisville at Columbus {wal © St, Paul at Milwaukee (iw Minneapolis at Kansas City “(two).
NATIONAL NAL LEAGUE er Night) -
Mud Hens Blank Tribe, 4-0;
Brewers Win Pennant Again
" By UNITED PRESS
The Milwaukee Brewers today had ' undisputed possession of the American association pennant for the second consecutive year after splitting a double-header last night with the St. Paul Saints. The Brewers made the 1944 championship a mathematical certainty when they drubbed the Saints 6-0 in the first game, giving them a standing of -98 wins and 48 losses for 671 per cent. The champs then dropped the nightcap, 6-5, in a 10-inning show. It was the fifth time the Brewers have won the association flag. Other pennants were. won in 1913 and 1914 when Harry Clark was manager, in 1936, under the late Allan Sothoron, and last year under Charley Grimm, present manager of the Chicago Cubs. Pitcher Julio Acosta nailed the flag to the mast. when he held the Saints to three hits during the seven inning go, while his fellow Brewers hammered three St. Paul moundsmen for nine ‘hits to bring in four runs in the first ifiining and swell the total again in the fourth and fifth, In the second game the Brewers trailed 4-1 in the last half of the ninth, but staged a three-run rally that made everything even. In the 10th the Saints crossed the plate twice and the Brewers were able to match them with only one run.
Quarterback Hurt CHICAGO, Sept. 7 (U. P).— Northwesetrn university's veteran quarterback Frank (Red) Clawson will be out of the lineup when the Wildcats open their season Sept. 22 against Ft. Sheridan because of a dislocated left elbow, Coach Lynn Waldorf said today.
| THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES
wri Sept. 22
Heavies Top
_|the Tigers and Browns, both op-
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NEW YORK, Sept, 7% w. P.)—| yankee Manager Joe McCarthy, the ol’ black magic man of baseball, is making ‘his pennant bid with a squad of striplings from the minors which includes replacements for 12 players of ‘the 1943 championship team. Compared with the other threc| contending teams, the Yankees have the most revamped lineup of all, which probably accounts for their belated bid, since McCarthy worked for weeks to eliminate “bugs” by experimenting. He simply switched players until in typical fashion he hit a winning combination. . In contrast o the Yankees’ are
erating with virtually the same squads as in 1943. Only one Tiger|
Bloodworth, - and two pitchers, Tommy . Bridges and Virgli Trucks, |
finished the race a year ago. The| Browns had only to find replace- | ments for three pitchers, Steve Sundra, Charley Fuchs and Al Mil- | nar, veteran catchers, Rick Ferrell and Prankie Hayes, both traded
Second Baseman Jimmy away,
Wes ez THURSDAY SEPT. 7 i McCarthy Bids for Pennant With Squad of Striplings Recruited From Minor Leagues
Gone from the Yankees afe Joe. (Gordon, conceded the top second
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 7(U. P). Emerging from an avalanche of 40,000 mail requests for world series tickets, the St. Louis Cardinals management oried “Uncle” today and announced it no longer could accept such orders. With only 12,000 seats available at Sportsman’s park, the Red * Birds bosses said all future check or money-order bearing mail would be returned—unopened, if
possible. Ticket assignment will not be made until the National leagueleading Cards actually clinch ‘the pennant, The tickets are being printed and are expected to be delivered next week.
and a substitute outfielder, | Hal Epps. The “Boston Red Sox were hit
are absent from the team which hard, losing such stars as pitchers
Cecil (Tex) Hughson, catcher Hal Wagner and second baseman Bobby Doerr in the midst of their pennant
baseman in baseball; Charley Kel« ler, one of the great outfielders and
son, winner of the 1943 league rookie award; Spud Chandler, top pitcher in both leagues, and William Dickey, without a peer as &- catcher. The other losses were outfielder Roy Weatherly, catchers Hemsley and ‘Ken Sears, and piteders Marius Russo, Charley Wensloff, Johnny Murphy and Marvin Breuer. But McCarthy never gave up, He got Hershell Martin, a spirited outfielder from Milwaukee, George Stirnweiss, a disappointment while serving as second fiddle to Gordon, developed into a standout fielder, the team’s leading hitter and the league's top base stealer, Oscar Grimes, shaky for awhile, became an adequate replacement for Johnson at third, while Prank Crosetti's return cleared a major problem at shortstop. Hemsley, “until called to the colors recently, was a capable fill-in for
bid, but nevertheless have all but | four regulars and five pitchers who
Dickey and the unexpected steadie ness of Mike Garbark has kept the
‘ lecatching up to par.
were along in 1943.
Pro Mitt Bill
weight, and Homer McClain, new- | comer from Chicago, will top the | pro mitt bill to be staged at Sports Arena tonight.
at 183.
follows:
Six rounds—Heavyweights: Chaney, Indianapolis, vs. McClain, Chicago.
Sherron, Indianapolis, vs. Robert | Fowler, Minneapolis.
Five rounds—Middleweights, Tito Taylor, Chicago, vs. Arnold Deez, Indianapolis.
Five rounds—Lightweights: Cook, Camp’ Atterbury, vs. Christie, Chicago. Four rounds—Middleweights: Jim Crowe, . Danville, Ill, vs. Frank Rand, Indianapolis. Four rounds—Welter weights: Mike McKessick, Indianapolis, vs. Tiger Kiggins, Indianapolis. The McKessick-Kiggins clash will open the action at 8:30 o'clock.
Sgt. Ross Gets Gold Medallion
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 7 (U. P.). ~-Marine Sgt. Barney Ross,
Ted
lightweight and welterweight boxing champion, today held a gold medallion from the Helms Athletie foundation. Foundation director Bill Schroe-
to Ross at Legion stadium last night for his ring and war record. Ross won the navy cross for his heroism on Guadalcanal in holding a foxhole by himself in the face of two-way Jap gunfire, The foundation presents a regular award to the Southern
California “athlete of the month”
and his achievements in life far
form of government, and champion * who finally succeeded in abolishing lame ducks (not the kind subjects to open season, although many once thought they should be), to swell the fish. population of America. The vast bodies of water backed up by the massive TVA dams are well stocked with fish and the power dams themselves are equipped to protect migrating fish. 2
And Another Project
FROM THE TVA sprung another project in the west known to all residents, of the vast Platte valley some hiindred miles this side of the rolling hills leading to the Rockies as the P. V. P. P. and I. D. Natives can roll that off thei® tongues quicker than Joe Jacobs can yell “We waz robbed.” But to the outlander it's a mouthful and means the Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District. The P. V. Pp. P. and I. D. 15a huge series of canals, locks and fakes which serpent-like twines'its way through the hills and tiny
ering more and more water and momentum until at various locations it funnels off into the t green farmland to either side of it . Through all this system science has done hs. best to Jropagate ject has
also did a great deal.
valleys of the Platte district, gath--
By TIM TIPPETT THE DEATH THIS WEEK of Former Senator George Norris of Nebraska marks the passing of one of American fishermen's best friends, although the much-respected statesman was not an angler
overshadowed anything as small,
comparatively, as improving this country’s angling. Senator Norris, father of the TVA, creator of the unicameral state
A six-round bout between Colion | Chaney, young Indianapolis heavy- |
Chaney will scale | 190 pounds, while the Windy Cily! puncher expects to tip the beam!
The complete six-event program !
Colion | Homer
Six rounds—Welterweights: James
Dick |
Guadalcanal hero and former
der presented the special award’
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past decade but already fishing is excellent and crappies, bass and pike churn through the connecting canals in almost a solid mass of wriggling game. x a =
Gates Protect Fish
FISH GATES, huge steel curved walls, save millions of fish from pouring into turbines and rigid game laws and co-operation from anglers assure better and better fishing as the years go by. And so anglers everywhere, who appreciate a politician who. works only for what he thinks will im« prove his fellow man’s lot and no his vote getting ability, join with the rest of the nation that admires a statesman, in knowing that Senator Norris lef{ .gomething behind him that is ‘concrete and not just a handful of Congressional Record pages filled with blather.
~ Who Knows?
THE CARLETON LAFORGES, back from Pickeral lake in Michigan report that fishing is good in that area although we notice they haven't done much bragging about thelr catches. . . . Claude Allison,
some pretty good first-hand information on state lakes, and to C. A. Bryant, who wants to know | where he
back from. vacation ought to have
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