Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 September 1944 — Page 24

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SPORTS...

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© BOB MURPHY, Detroit Times sports editor, said “This you can bet on. There is no lack of confidence among the Tigers as to which * American league pennant.” In his column, “Bob Tales,” Murphy said in part, “The Tigers _ think they are destined to win. Individually and collectively, they _ do not hesitate to say so. We haven't been in the Tiger dressing poom of dugout a lot this season. But our visit there last Sunday _ gave us a view of professional spirit g

team is going to win the

that was startling.

“As a general rule, pro athletes take everything in stride. There is no hip-hip-hooray about them. They look on the do-or-die spirit,

pest and the team is hustling.” = = es

joined Steve O'Neill's club after the

as embodied in the collegians, as child stuff. “The Tigers are not loud about their beliefs. ‘nothing under the well-known bushel.

But they hide They believe they are the

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RED BOROM, Indianapolis infielder recalled by the Tigers,

close of the American associa-

tion's regular season. .. . He is listed as utility infielder,

Tigers Turn Back Checks for

Reservations :

DETROIT club officials announced that requests for world series reservations are not being accepted at Briggs stadium. ...

Many checks are being sent back. The Tiger executives said that,

instead of taking reservations

by mail, there will be a public sale at Briggs stadium should Detroit

win its way into the series. .. quest of the ODT, no elub is permitt immediate championship games' are

. Anyway, in compliance with a re-

ed to sell tickets outside of the a.

Wyrostek Takes A. A. Batting Crown

JOHNNY WYROSTEK hit hard

and timely enough to hold the

American association lead before he departed to fight for Uncle Sam. . .. The Columbus outfielder, in 110 games and 410 times at bat, hit .363, according to unofficial averages. Hal Peck, who dueled with Wyrostek for the batting championghip through most of the season, led the league in three depart

ments: runs, hits and total bases.

Leaders: ‘Individual batting—Wpyrostek, Columbus, .363; runs— Peck, Milwaukee, 141; hits—Peck, Milwaukee, 200; runs-batted-in— Polly, Louisville, 120; two-base hits—Wyrostek, Columbus, 50; threepase hits—Mallory, Columbus, Genovese, Louisville, Baron, St. Paul, 11: home runs—Barna, Minneapolis, 24; total bases—Peck, Milwaukee, 278: stolen bases—Cookson, Minneapolis, 46; sacrifice hits—Baron, St. Paul. 27.... Leading pitcher (won and lost)—Caldwell, Mil-

waukee, 19 and five. ... o o 2

Strikeouts—Wilson, Louisville, 148.

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JIM TREXLER, Indianapolis’ 1943 ace southpaw, who was on

one defeat, . , . He turned in a fancy

the Great Lakes mound staff this season, won 14 games against only

low earned run average of 1.15.

Three pinmen connected for outstanding scores in last night's league sessions throughout the city.

‘Schott’s 684 Leads Bowlers; 3093 Is High Total for Team

Falls City Beer, aided by the big series of Schott and Schleimer, posted its second 3000 total of the

,{which sent their fellow townsmen,

Clarence Schott set the pace with | season, getting 937, 1096, 1060—3093. 204, 235, 245—684 in the Indianap-|The Beermen's 1086 middle effort olis league at Pritchett's and Dutch {was the season's top single game. Haufler was runner-up with 161,257,| Bertha Urbancic continued her 255.673 in the American Legion superb shooting to lead women pas-

_ John Mencin, Indianapolis

loop at the Pennsylvania. Fred Schleimer rolled 219, 246, 190—653 in the Indianapolis.

OTHER 600 BOWLERS Ed Striebeck, Indianapolis Gib Smith, Indianapolis John Feh:, Indianapelis Faen Tom Conley, Knights of Columbus.... Ed Dietz, Howe Club... ray « Joe Malarky. Curtiss-Wright Office . Fonnie Snyder, Inter-Club Wilbur Green, Eli Lilly Co, ..

(MEN)

640! 638 |

628 |

68 625 | han ... 618 Ga 1

Dan . Glubka, Indianapolis u's . 6&1] Bob Holdeman, Seolataire Mixed ..... 612 Art Johnsen, Indianaposis .. . ...... 611

Harold Arnholder, Howe 400 Club..... 608 Lou Dugan, Knights of Columbus .... t Joe Rea, Indianapolis ..

Bob Carnagua, Indianapolis ........ 603 | Everett Theiss, Lukas-Harold ..... 603 Russ. Hadley, Delaware Recreation ... 605 Wm. H. Block {

Harold Goldsmith, Leonard Litz, St. John Evangelical... 602 H. Johnson, Indianapolis . 600 OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (MEN) ! Leroy Suiter, Speedway Handicap ... 593 Robert Rankin, West Side Merchants 581 Bert Garland, R. C. A. .............. id

Maurice Lathrop, Independent War 56

jorkers .. ‘ EEN .. 562 Chas. Weber, St. Philip. Men's Club.. 562 Cunningham, Uptown creation ..,, 551 Tom Seifert, International Detrola ... 550 J. Wolfla, Dezelan Industrial ........ 549

Wilbur Holle, Post Offi Larry Wilson, Allison & Insp. ... nin: kr Jim Forsyihs, North ‘Side Recreation. 530 £4 Molledore, Sears-Roebuck Mixed . 510 ¥rancis Levings, U. §. Rubber Jim Jones, Fidelity Trust Mixed

ce coevive as O89 Manufacturing 532

Games Canceled By Ft. Sheridan

FT. SHERIDAN, Ill, Sept. 14

! Agnes Junker, Johnson Coal {| Genevieve Stampf, Ell Lilly Co. ...

406 | Iva Underwood, Johnson Coal

timers with 160, 192, 220—3572 in the Johnson Coal Co. session at FoxHunt,

OTHER 500 BOWLERS (WOMEN)

Mary Baas, Johnson Coal .. Margaret Skkiton, Johnson Coal .... Genie Drexler. Johnson Ceal .. Judy Hindel, Johnson Coal .... Doris Parsons, Johnson Coal Marie Fulton, Johnson Coal ........ Muriel Hayes, Johnson Coal ......... 522

Dorothy Berkopes, Johnson Coal ..... 522 Ella "May Vickery, Johnson Coal ..... 520 Dorothy Woedlock, Johnson Coal . 8

Helen Erdly, Indiana Bell Telephone . paid

OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (WOMEN) Alice O'Grady. Our Lady of Lourdes. 499 Mabel Daywith, Wm. H. Block Mixed 488 ‘Martha Lockman, Inter. Detrola 486 Viola Wellenkamp, Solataire Mixed.. 463 Ruth Smith, Kay Jewelry............ # Ruth Henderson, Fid., Trust, Mixed.. 456 L. Sutter. Ft. Square Squeeze........ 455

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Helen Waddell, Sears-Roebuck Mixed 445 V. Diedrich, North Side ........... 4 Wilma Johnson, Allison Plant 5 .... 398

Seeks Ring Title

(U. P.).—All Ft, Sheridan football games will be canceled after the soldiers’ game with Great Lakes naval training center Saturday, Col. George H. Cushman, come manding officer, announced today. - Cushman said players had sustained four major and several minor injuries last Saturday in the Western Michigan game and several other players are fo he transferred elsewhere, leading to cancellation of the remainder of its schedule, “If we attempted to carry out this schedule it would only result in great disappointment to people who might attend,” said Lt. John R. Phipps, athletic officer. “The men who are vailable are not experienced enough for this kind of football and they would actually be in danger of serious physical injury.” *

2 Players Acquired By Boston Yankees

BOSTON, Sept. 14 (U. P.).—Center Dale Carmody of Southern California and halfback Courtney Driscoll of Marshall college, both pur-

Boston Yankees today.

‘home in Richmond, Va, was triple-threat backfield man at ti Huntington, W. Va, college, —————————— deena.

FOOTBALL SCORES

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chased from the Brooklyn Tigers, were added to the roster of the

Carmody, one of the outstanding pivot men on the West coast last season, recently received a discharge from the marines. Driscoll, who was a schoolboy sensation at J

13; South Bead Cemtral Cath.

Arnold Deer = (above), rugged Indianapolis 156-pounder, will get a crack at the Indiana state middleweight championship at the Armory tomorrow night when the = fast-stepping local belter collides with Frank Rand, young Indianapolis prospect, in an eightround title mill. The bout is sance

mission and will revive the middleweight crown after a lapse of several years during which the 160-pound throne has been vacant, Deer is slightly’ favored over his youthful rival as a result of two previous meetings during “Club Night” fighting this summer at Sports arena.

‘| of Ft. Wayne.

Will Name Officers

'p. m. tomorrow in the club house. } 3 Whe shun.

333 |ders, they never caught up. John523 ny Barrett and Ellsworth (Babe)

tioned by the state athletic come.

The former Golden Gloves standout- edged out close shade decisions on both occasions over Rand. The winner of tomorrow night's title tilt will be called upon to defend the crown against two other leading contenders as designated by Sam Murbarger, head of the state commission. They are Rolland Hopp, temporarily on the shelf with an injured hand, and Bud Hershey,

The Pleasant Run Golf club will

In - : st. - Fane : ¥ 02.10 * elect officers at a meeting at 8 ig. eee 08 1-3 5 :

[Pesky Pirates |Add to Woes -

Of Tired Cards

NEW YORK, Sept. 14 (U. P).— Although ‘there was no cause for alarm—as yet—the St. Louis Cardinals were at least temporarily afflicted today with the same lethargy

the Browns, tumbling out of the American league lead. With the Cards it appeared that their trouble was an overdose of games with the pesky Pirates, who humbled them in their second con-

The American League pennant race at a glance: = 1

Team W. L. Pct. G.B. New York ... 76 61 555 .. Detroit ...... 75 61 S551 % St. Louis ..... 75 62 547 1 Boston ...... 73 64 533 3 Games remaining: : New York—At home: 2 with Philadelphia. Away: 4 at St.

Louis, 3 at Detroit, 3 at Cleveland, 4 at Chicago, 1 at Philadelphia. “> Detroit—At home: 3 with New York, 4 with Boston, 3 with Philadelphia, 4 with Washington. Away: 4 at Cleveland. .

St. Louis—At home: 4 with New York, 3 with Boston, 4 with Chicago, 3 with Washington, 3 with Philadelphia. Away: None. Boston—Away: 3 at Washington, 4 at Detroit, 3 at Cleveland, 3 at St. Louis, 4 at Chicago. At home: None.

secutive double victory last night, 7-3, and 10-5, to reduce the margin of the league leaders to 13'2 games. While that still is a healthy gap between them and the futilely ambitious Pirates, it is significant 0 note that on Aug. 31 the Cards led by 20 games and their current margin is the smallest since July 25. Last night's double triumph gave the Pirates a record of nine straight over the Cards and gave them a 12-10 edge in victories for the season, leaving them the only club in the circuit to enjoy a margin over

-1St. Louis.

Probably - of chief concern to Manager Billy Southworth are the facts that the team faces a long eastern road trip. The players dppear tired and the pitchers ineffective, and though winning the pennant still is a foregone conclusion, they may be stale for the world series. The Pirates went after two of the top Cardinal flingers, Harry Brecheen and Max Lanier like they were batting practice pitchers last night. Brecheen was knocked out in the fifth inning of the opener when the Pirates scored three runs, despite the fact that homers by Johnny Hopp and Ken O'Dea had given him a 3 to 1 working margin. Truett (Rip) Sewell, who yielded only two singles after the third, won his 17th game. Lanier yielded five runs before he was lifted in the second game and although the Cards got to Xavier Rescigno for four runs in the sixth on a three-run homer by Hopp and another by Ray San-

Dahlgren hit homers for the Pirates to fatten: their margin.

Yanks Miss Chance

The congested stretch race in the American league remained at an impasse with the Yankees denied a chance to fatten their margin at the expense of seventh-place Philadelphia. when rain caused postponement of their game until tonight. The Yanks, if rained out at Philadelphia tonight, have asked to have the game transferred to Yankee stadium where they play the As Saturday and Sunday. The other contenders, the. Browns, Tigers and Red Sox remain idle until tomorrow. In the only other games yesterday, the Cubs remained a half game ahead of the Giants inv the National league race for fourth place, by splitting a double-header with the Reds, winning the second game 3 to 2 after dropping the opener 4 to 1,. The Reds broke a 1-al] tie

_|in the opener with a three run

ninth inning rally against Japhet (Red) Lynn, to give Harry Gumbert his 11th victory. Frank Secory's {three-run homer, his first in the

|majors, produced all of Chicago's iiss hit last night, a single over {tallies in the second game to giVe|ihirq base.

| Claude Passeau his 12th triumph,

header, probably the last of the season, will bring together the Memphis Red Sox and Chicago American Giants at Victory field, starting at 5:45 Saturday night. :

Final Double-Header

A Negro American leagué double-

Purdue Backs | Feature Drill

LAFAYETTE, Ind, Sept. 14 (U. F.).—Long twisting runs by Stanley Dubicki, former South Bend Washington back, and Chalmers Elliott, Bloomington, Ill, highlighted Pur-} due’s drill here yesterday. Head Coach Cecil Isbell also registered ‘approval of the hard and fast slashing drives of Ed Cody, bidding for the starting fullback spot. Both lettermen, Dubicki and Elliott are top candidates for the left halfback position in Purdue's “T” offensive.

35 Qut at Franklin

FRANKLIN, Sept. 14 (U, P)— Coach Roy E. Tillston’s initial call for football candidates was answered yesterday by 35 men, Franklin, one of four smaller Hoosier colleges lacking V-12 trainees but who will play football this fall, opens against Central Normal here Oct, 7.

Wabash Loses Star

CRAWFORDSVILLE, Sept. 14 (U. P)—Coach Pete Vaughn of Wabash college today listed Halfback Dick Rucinski, who scored both touchdowns in Wabash's 14-12 win last week over Indiana State, as a doubtful starter this Saturday against Western Michigan at Kalamazo00, Mich., because of a sprained ankle. Vaughn stressed defensive tactics in yesterday's drill.

Irish Stress Passing

SOUTH BEND, Sept. 14 (U. P.).— Coach Ed McKeever placed the emphasis on offensive and defensive passing drills as Notre Dame's foctball squad went through a short practice yesterday. Joe Gasparella and Frank Dancewicz, battling for the quarterback position, connected frequently with long passes,

Softhall Champs Blank Locals, 2:0

Hammer fleld Raiders, world champion softball aggregation, meets the local Curtiss-Wright 10 in the second tilt of their twogame series at Victory field tonight. The champions registered "a 2-0 decision over the locals in the initial contest last night, with Sgt. Kermit Lynch hurling one-hit ball, The solder pitcher struck out 20. Herb Laymon, local pitcher, held the champs to five safeties, but ene was a home run by Pfc. Al Linde, scoring Lynch, who had singled, ahead of him. Linde, who played outfield last night, is slated to take the mound for the Raiders tonight, with Logan Kinnett opposing him. Lee Lady registered the lone Cur-

Curtiss-Wright girls won from an all-star aggregation, 6-5, in a preliminary. The same teams will meet in tonight's opener at 7:30. The feature starts at 8:30. Score: Hammer Field 000 200 000—2 5 0 Curtiss-Wright 000 000 000—0 1 0 Lynch, Chandler and Alexander; Laymon and Clendening.

The Baseball Calendar

Manual high school’s football squad of more than 45 Is practicing daily at Delavan Smith field under the direction of Coach Clarence Bruness in preparation for the season which will be opened at the South Side field Sept. 22 against Columbus, Ind. Top left is Dave Shaw, senior letterman, fullback, and rated one of the best schoolboy punters in town. Top center are (left to right) Melvin Dill, junior center; Jake Weingardt, junior halfback, and Wayne Morical, junior guard. Top right is Raymond Baker, senior

halfback. Below are (left to right) Charles Fitzgerald, senior tackle;

Walter Dininger, senior guard, and Morical.

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failed to get a hit, and remained when it put over one run. Louisville scored twice in the first inning and once in the third. Jim Wilson was credited with the victory, but pitched a ragged game and had walked nine Brewers before he was relieved in the eighth inning by Vic Johnson. He was replaced by Dwight Simonds in the same inning. Gassaway Victim of Errors Charlie Gassaway, a victim of errors in the first and third inning was the loser. He lasted until the seventh inning.

At Toledo, Outfielder Babe Mar-

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