Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1944 — Page 18

Is the Cry i in A. L.Flag Fight

ANIEL Scripps-Boward Staff Writer - (Pinch Hitting for Eddie Ash, Who Is on Vacation) DETROIT, Sept. 20.—In none of his four previous s with the Tigers could Hurricane Harold Newwin more than nine games or climb over the .500. . In the wake of his sixth success against the ees this year, the southpaw today dominated the » major league pitching picture with a command unthed since 1934, when Lefty Gomez took 26 games the Bombers. Hurricane Harold had won 26 and lost snly 8, to write himself a .768 pass which appeared good r entry into the world series. By contriving that sixth victory over the New York club, Newor achieved a supremacy over it which no hurler had excelled 1912, when Walter Johnson registered seven successes in his ties with the then tatlerdemalion Highlanders, In the Yankee era which set in with the arrival in New York of Huggins in 1918, Schoolboy Rowe, Johnny Babich and Emil pniard had beaten the Bombers five times in one season. But now six and Newhouser, and men wonder upon what meat, in this r of war and rationing, hath this our Harold fed that he hath pwn 50 great?

veill Credits His Great Control

WE PUT the question to Steve O'Neill, manager of the Tigers, d he replied: “Control, a happy married life, a baby, control, an pazing change in disposition, the tremendous influence of catcher wil Richards, and control.” It would appear that O'Neill rates control three-sevenths of the ppy accumulation of circumstances which lifted Newhouser from “he ruck of a record of 8 won and 17 lost that placed Hal among Jesser lights last year. What Steve did not mention was the American league's loss of many great hitters to the war. Nor did O'Neill say anything t L'Affaire Wakefield, Or did the pilot advert to this when he d Hal's disposition had changed, . In the spring of 1939, Mons Aloysius Egan, ivory hunter for the figers, spotted Newhouser at the Wilbur Wright High school in pit and signed him. Hal was only 18 and his mother acted as 3 agent, The Newhousers received a bonus, But it was very . Around $1500. Hal was sent to Alexandria in the Evangeline league, quickly d to Beaumont in the Texas league, and at the close of that | season, ruslied into Detroit, where he has been ever since. ¥ = » 3

‘akefield Got Bonus and a Car, Too

THINGS MOVED smoothly in the Newhouser development until , 1941, when Dick Wakefield, who had had two years at the versity of Michigan, and, as a schoolboy contemporary of Hal's, Chicago, had done nothing much, was signed by Detroit. Amid a tremendous welter of publicity, with the managements the Indians, Yankees and other big league organizations tearing hair in frustration, Walter O. Briggs Sr. gave Wakefield a us of $52,000, and added a $2500 car. | The Newhouser connections didn’t mind Wakefield's landing the manza. But why had Hurricane Harold been lured into the fold chicken feed? . This situation had obvious repercussions which emphatically did help ‘Newhouser in his business of winning ball games. But I'Affaire Wakefield no longer harries Hurricane Harold. ceivably he received some financial balm last winter. eill told us, N2whouser no longer squawks over errors behind Now he is cal); serene, all poise. There .. = baby, and there 26 victories.

mer Hits .400 at 38

DIZZY TROUT, who by nightfall may Have his 25th victory, is greatest workhorse in the majors, and Frank Overmire made self a great pitcher this season by picking up a slider, O'Neill “But the man I want to talk about is Doc Cramer,” Steve “Here is a guy who, at the age of 38, not only has ved his youth but is playing the most amazing ball of his 14 in the American league. . “When Hank Borowy hung a hoss-collar on Doc yesterday, performed quite a trick because Cramer had hit in 18 consecutive pes for a streak average of .400.”

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NEW ' YORK, Sept. 20 (U. P).~ e@ cry of “Hold that Tiger” echoed through the American league today but it appeared that there was no one capable of carrying out that refrain, without benefit of either music or lyrics, the Tiger in question, the Detroit Tigers, held a game and a half lead in the tight junior circuit

The American league pennant race at a glance.

Team WL Peto GB} + gr ree New Sok 3 38 3 Toledo Can Clinch Fir irst t Leg

Games left to play: Detroit—At home: 2 with New York, 4 with Boston, 3 with Philadelphia, 4 with Washington, Away: None. St. Louis—At home: 4 with New York, 3 with Boston, 2 with Washington, 3 with Philadelphia, Away: None. New York—At home: None, Away: 4 at St. Louis, 2 at Detroit, 3 at Cleveland, 4 at Chicago. Boston — At home: None. Away: 4 at Detroit, 2 at Cleveland, 3 at St. Louis, 4 at Chicago.

Louisville ‘eliminated Milwaukee

Francis Schmidt

Dies in Spokane

SPOKANE, Wash, Sept. P.) —Francis Schmidt, 58, former head football coach at Idaho and Ohio State universities, died last night at St. Lukes hospital after an extended illness.

His physician did not disclose the pature of Schmidt's illness, but it was learned the former coach had been under treatment at the hospital for more than a month. During a seven-year coaching tenure at Ohio State, Schmidt saw his team win 39 games, lose 18, tie one, capture the Western conference title once, share it once, and place second three times. He was named to the head football post at the University of Idaho in March 1941. In 1943, however, the university joined other northern division coast conference schools in dropping football because of the war. Last March, with football prospects 'still uncertain, the university did not renew his contract. Schmidt began his long coaching career at Henry Kendall college, He later went to Tulsa university, and then to Texas Christian university, where his teams won two Southwest Conference titles before he took the coaching post at Ohio State.

S.I A. C. Is Headed By Bedford Man

pennant chase, their strongest of the season. And with Dizzy Trout, a 24-game winner slated to oppose the Yankees in today’s contest, the Bengals were favored to increase or at least maintain their advantage. Hal Newhouser southpawed the champions into 4-1 submission in the first of their important threegame series yesterday to drop the Yanks to three full games off the pace. It was Newhouser’s 26th triumph of the campaign and the sixth time in seven starts that he has beaten New York. He had a shutout working until the ninth inning when Johnny Lindell tagged him for a home run, the eighth of the eight hits he doled out.

Tigers Bunch Their Hits

Hank Borowy, ace of the Yankee staff, allowed the Bengals eight hits, too, but the Tigers bunched theirs to score a first-inning run, two more in the sixth and the other in the eighth, Newhouser allowed only one New Yorker with the exception of Lindell to get to third base and only two as far as second in recording his sixth straight victory. The second-place Browns lost a tough one to the Washington Senators to drop a game and a half

BOSTON, Sept. 20 (U. P).— Stan Musial, hard-hitting St. Louis Cardinal outfielder, was expected to be back in the lineup here today as the Cards attempt to clinch their third successive National league pennant with a victory over the Braves. Musial, out for two “weeks because of injuries sustained when he collided with outfielder Deb Garms in attempting to catch a

P.) —Harold Lloyd of Bedford last

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annual championships.

fourth in six games, before a hometown crowd of 8320 fans. Rain forced postponement of the St. Paul-Toledo game and the two teams

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WASHINGTON, Ind., Sept. 20 (U.

night was elected president of the Southern Indiana athletic confer-

Representatives of 14 of the 15 member schools voted to maintain the point system of determining

Other officers named were Herman Keller of Evansville Bosse, vice president, and George Fraham of

Of Playoffs With Win Tonight

By UNITED PRESS Toledo can dine the Dok tr os to eriaan assonation’s annual Shaughnessy playoffs tonight with a victory over St. Paul and win the right to play Louisville in the final series.

last night with a 7-5 victory, its

meet tonight for the sixth game

with the count at 3 and 2 in favor of the Mud Mens, Snitz Brown won the game for Louisville with a double in the seventh with the bases loaded, then stole home on a wild pitch by Charlie Gassaway. The game opened with both teams scoring a run in the first inning, and the score remained tied until the sixth when the Brewers broke loose and tallied three runs. The Colonels came back in their half of the sixth with three runs off Steve Barath's 330-foot home run over the left field wall, scoring Nick Polly and Brown ahead of him, Melvin Deutsch started for the Colonels but was relieved in the sixth by Cy Simonds after the Brewers had scored their three runs. Don Hendrickson, Gassaway, Owen Scheetz and Charlie Sproull hurled for the Brewers. . =

Bisons and Orioles Seek to Be Finalists

TORONTO, Sept. 20 (U. P.).—~The Newark Bears, already in the finals of the International league’s Governor's cup playoffs, today awaited the outcome of the best-of-seven game series between the Buffalo Bisons and the Baltimore Orioles to determine their finalist opponent. The Bears, who completed the regular season in second place only one percentage point behind the Orioles, won their fourth straight game from the fourth place Toronto Leafs last night, 3-2, Seventeen-year-old Don Johnson held the Leafs to four scattered hits and was in trouble only in the fifth inning when an error and two singles accounted for both of the losers’ runs. Luther Knerr went the route for Toronto and gave up 10 ‘hits in losing. The. Orioles and Bisons have been able to play only one game of their series, inclement weather forcing postponement of the others. The Bisons scored a victory in that con-

fly at St. Louis, is the second |Vincennes, secretary-treasurer,

test.

leading hitter in the ma jor leagues with a mark of .348,

Bernice Miller Bowls 614: ight Scoring Still Evident

Light scoring was again evident in the various. bowling loops performances of the evening,

Marott Shoe loop at Pritchett's.

jon last night, a woman bowler posting one of the outstanding solo

behind Detroit. Battling to a 0-0 tie through 10 innings, the St. Louis defense collapsed in the 11th and permitted six Washington runs to score as their ex-teammate, Johnny Niggeling, shut them out, 6-0. Niggeling scattered four hits through 10 innings and his relief

ANGOLA, Ind, Sept. 20 (U. PJ. —Four members of the Fremont

in high school baseball team re-

Six Fremont High School Players Hurt in Auto Crash

Williams, 17, and Craig Weigle, 16. Less seriously injured but suffer * ing arm or leg fractures were Dean Palmerton, 16, driver of

days ago after recovering operations on both injured knees. He

rh Bs Tile pe Recovery of Filley’s Knees

CHICAGO, Sept. 20 (U. P.).—The Irish of Notre Dame, who originated the multiple team system to rise to National football glory, today{ based hopes for their second consecutive national championship on two recently repaired knees. The knees are owned by Capt. Pat Filley, also captain of last year's once-defeated team, who is needed for almost full-time play at guard this fall. Notre Dame's guard corps is undermanned and Head Coach squatty, 175-pound star “must come through” if Notre Dame plays for national honors this season.

Ed McKeever said the

Pilley reported for prgc fics 1

is expected to start when Notre Dame opens a gruelling 10-game schedule against Pittsburgh, Sept. 30, but the question is when Filley will be ready for heavy duty.

‘He Holds the Answer

Seldom has one player held the answer to Notre Dame's season prospects. ‘This is the third wartime footbal fall, however, and not the years of Knute Rockne and following seasons when two and sometimes” three complete Irish teams took the field during a game. But with Irish luck, Notre Dame has gained outstandnig freshmen, bulwarked by V-12 trainees. If the guards hold up the Pighting Irish should be one of the nation’s great teams once again. Gone are backs Creighton Miller, Johnny Lujack, Angelo Bertil, Jim Mello, and Linemen Jim White, Johnny Perko and John Yonakor. However, freshmen or holdovers have a habit of rising to the occasion at Notre Dame. The prime example is at quarterback, where Lujack took over i mid-season 1943 to make them forget Bertilli. This year Joe Gasperella, 17-year-old Italian freshman from Vandergrift, Pa. is rated as good if not better than Bertelli or Lujack at the same stage” Pressing Gasperella is Frank (Boley) Dancewicz, a third stringer last year who apparently has found a new passing arm. Dancewics will start against Pittsburgh, according to McKeever, because he is currently “hot” and more experienced. With Dancewicz hitting with his passes, McKeever has a chance to break Gasperella into big-time foot-

Two Four-Round

Bouts Are Added

Two four-round scraps have been added to the pro fight bill on tap for Friday night at the Armory with welterweight Marshall Allison,

Villie Pep Wins By Kayo i in Sth

HARTFORD, Conn., Sept. 20 (U. P.) —Featherweight Champion willie Pep of Hartford, today held his most impressive victory since starting his comeback campaign after receiving a medical discharge from the navy—an eight-round knockout over Charles (Cabey) Lewis of New York. Pep, weighing 127, celebrated his 22d birthday with his win over Lewis, third ranking featherweight, before 4500 fans at Hartford's outdoor arena last night. At the start of the eighth of the scheduled 10-round non-title tilt

Bernice Miller of the L. C. B. team rolled 220, 185, 200—814 in the It was the best three-game series if the season among feminine pastimers. Two other women passed 550

pitcher, Roger Wolff, pitched hitless ball in the 11th to preserve his triumph. Denny Galehouse was the loser and was started showerward

their league tries, Gene Holmes ting 580 in the Allison Office lixed at the Speedway and Edna gagner a 556 in the Marott cir-

Bill Brown, rolling in the Social league at the Fun Bowl, topped the

when Rick Ferrell, who had doubled, scored after two were out when Mike Kreevich was unable to

mained in the Angola hospital today folloging an automobile accident yesterday while they were en route to a game at Salem Center, Two were regarded as in critical condition. They were Howard

the car, and Donald Smith, 15. William Bonner, 17, and Norman Fisher, 15, were discharged after treatment for fractured feet. Officials were told that the car crashed into a tree after a blowout.

ball gradually. O'Connor Is New Star Another coming freshman star 1s Bill O'Connor, outstanding New

York prep player who will start at left end. At tackle, Notre Dame

Pep caught Lewis with a right to the head which dropped the New York Negro Wor a four count. A right to the chin put Lewis down again for a seven count midway through the round and as soon as he arose, Pep caught him with a

will have senior Johnny (Tree)

two-handed attack that drove

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The scores were made in the first,

W. L. | . L. pet.| Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (rain). Earl Malone of Chicago, after 17|8t Louis 9 45 8IN. York i 71 .430 Only games sobeduled. . minutes of the Pittsbgh. 83 38 306 Boston.. 18 82 414 opener. Ciney. 79 60 Phila. 51 81 413 ‘GAMES TODAY - Chieage. 8 78 {15/Brookiyn. 58 85 i411 ASSOCIATION PLAYOFF Warren Wins, 18-0 RESULYS YESTERDAY | T° ™ oh Fas wei Jack Rodewald passed two touch- ASSOCIATION PLAYOFFS AMERICAN LEAGUE down, passes to- Charles Roberts as | Milwaskes ...... 100 008 dur5 3 sr Berio th Gre t. arren Central blanked Ben Davis, | OIE isc has 300 veland : y Da Hendrickicn, Gisaway, Sebests, Sproul Washington ‘at 85. fouls (night)

— The ' National Hockey league sought a new president today -after it was learned that Maj. Connie Smythe of the Canadian army had declined the $15,000 a year post. Smythe, recovering from spinal wounds suffered in Normandy, ‘sai last night he believed he could do more for hockey by remaining as head of Maple Leaf Gardens, home of the Toronto club. It was assumed that Mervyn (Red) Dutton, who agreed to act as head of the league until Smythe had decided, although he had resigned because of personal business, would continue as president until a successor is named. Smythe recommended the expansion of the league into an eightclub circuit immediately “making it sound and stable for the post-war years.”

The Baseball Calendar

Red Sox Lose Ground

Cleveland threw considerable cold water on the pennant hopes of the fourth-place Boston Red Sox, dropping them five games off the pace with an 8-2 shellacking. Unleashing a 15-hit attack against three Boston hurlers to virtually eliminate the fourth placers from any chance of overtaking the leaders. Rookie Steve Gromek, who has been tough for all competition lately, scattered nine hits over the route for the decision. Rookie Rex Cecil was the loser. White Sox made a bid for fi place by defeating the Athletics 6-3. The only National %ague games scheduled, Pittsburgh at Brooklyn and a double-header, Cincinnati at Philadelphia, were rained out,

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1imeeting in the history of the two .{schools. The first meeting was last

tomorrow night brings together the Pittsburgh Crawfords, former world’s champions, and the Harlem Globetrotters, just back from a tour of Canada, the far northwest and Mexico. The first game will start at 6:45. Tex Burnette, one of the most famous managers of» Negro ball, pilots the Orawfords, \who boast such players: as “Spoon” Carter, Cecil Kaiser, Schoolboy flawe, Wee Willie Pope, Fred Morefleld, Evan Smalley, Howard Kimbo and others. The Globetrotters, an offspring of the basketball team of the same name, were organized this year to tour Canada, the West Coast and Mexico,

Shortridge Opens

Against Warriors

When the Shortridge Blue Devils and the Warren Central Warriors clash at the North Side field Friday afternoon, it will be the second

year on the 50th anniversary of football at Shortridge. Shortridge won, 27-0. Coach Tom D. Woods has cut his squad to 30 players and his probable

“Istarting line-up will be: Ends—Bill Myers and Lloyd Herr; tackles—

Adams, an All-America candidate

who stands 8 feet, 7 inches, and|LSWis 10 his knees and Referce Bill

complete, Watford has lined up some tough competition for his

proteges. Attucks will open the season

school of Dayton, O. The game will be played at Attucks field, Shown above are some of the team’s outstanding players. Up. per left (left to right) are Lester McClung, junior, right guard; Myron Thomas, senior, center, and Thomas Ovelton,” senlor, left guard. *

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George Sullivan, who worked be- Conway halted the fight.

hind All-America Jim White last year, Rounding out the line will be a sophomore end, guard and center, plus 17-year-old George Martz from | East St. Louis, Ill, who fills in for Filley. The running star of the backfield probably will be Bob Kelly, a 1943 standout now recovering from a minor leg injury, with support coming from fullback Elmer Angsman, 190-pound sophomore, and halfback George Terlen, 166-pound junior sprint star.

FOOTBALL SCORES

Noblesvmtie. 55; Shards an, Warren Central, 18; Ben Davis, 0. Alexsndtin, 0; Portland, 0.

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