Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 September 1944 — Page 24

By Eddie Ash

(Pinch hitting for Eddie Ash, who is on vacation) By DAN DANIEL Seripps-Howard Staff Writer A ST. LOUIS, Sept. 29.—~Though he had spent 18 years ° "in the National league and developed just as fierce a soyalty for it as any of its veterans, and had been in the American league, with the Yankees, only since Sept. 1, Paul Waner today discovered that he could speculate over the fast approaching world series with the calm, dispassionate judgment of the true baseball connoiseur. “The way things shape up, the Tigers will be the opponents of the Cardinals here next Wednesday,” the 41-year-old outfielder opined. “And the way I size it up, Hal Newhouser and Dizzy Trout will be the greatest pitchers in the serie field. Billy Southworth hasn't a hurler to match either of Steve O'Neill's stars.

“THE TOUGHEST hitter in the classic—with reservations for whatever chance the Browns still have—will be Dick Wakefield, Detroit's left fielder. In my estimation, he is the No. 1 ball player of the American league. : : » s

Pitchers Make Tigers the Favorites

“WITH, TWO such pitchers as Newhouser and Trout, Detroit must be regarded as the favorite. Why, these two could wind up handling most of the job between them. Newhouser, I am quite sure, will open against Mort Cooper. O'Neill will be shoeting mainly at Stan Musial, Ray Sanders and Johnny Hopp, the outstanding strength of the Cardinals, all left-handed hitters. . “With his limited pitching staff, O'Neill will have to fight desperately to keep the series from stretching out too long. Even with Detroit having the advantage of its own park, a seventh game might bring out a very tired Newhouser or a faligued-Trout, or possibly throw the burden on Stub Ovérmire. However, he who tries to get down right prophetic about world series pitching is a "sucker. : “Don't get me wrong,” Waner pleaded. “I am not asking you to picture a Cardinal rout. Southworth’s men will be hard to beat, The Tigers will have to beware of the speed of the St. Louis club, its balance, poise and multiplicity of good pitchers.

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Cardinals Lack Old Fierceness

“PHIS CARDINAL team hasn't the fierceness of the gas house gang. But it gets just as good results with a business-like routine, If you beat these Redbirds, they have no excuse. They say, “okeh, you had it, but watch out tomorrow.’ Cold-blooded. “In my mind, there is an important factor in favor of the Tigers which you will not find in the player roster,” Waner continued. “In a world series, I like the team that had to fight for the pennant right down to the last few days. I favor that club, other things being even.

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“THE YANKEES? Sure, they won a lot of world championships after having clinched their pennants early. But in those cases, other things weren't even. I am afraid that, with their walkaway forthe pennant, the . Cardinals have been let down so much that Southworth will find it difficult to lift them back to a fighting effectiveness.

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NEW YORK, Sept. 20 (U. P).— Tomorrow's sports matinee provides fans a double feature program of

tion-wide slate of college grid games vying for attention with the last stages of the AmATipn league pennant race, The big time football teams who used to spend the last Saturday

in September kicking the stuffings out of some courageous little upstart eleven in the general neighborhood, have in most instances elimindted that. practite, and tomorrow’s program finds numerous matches rated about even. The Broadway betting gentry, up to its statistical neck in revising world series quotations, had little

aged to post a few odds. Army's cadets, opening against North Carolina and Navy starting with North Carolina Pre-Flight, are apt to combine to provide a blue week-end for the Chapel Hill campus with both teams rated at 2 to 1 over th Southern invaders. y

7 to 5 on Notre Dame

Notre Dame's team, one of the “greenest” ever to represent the Irish, still rated a strong 7 to 5 over Pittsburgh in a crossing of “T” formations in. the steel town. Columbia was 8 to 5 to win its opener against Mel Hein’s little Union eleven, probably the only opponent over which the Lions will be favored all season. Dartmouth was only 7 to 5 to beat Holy Cross, Duke was 9 to § over a young and untried Pennsylvania eleven, Colgate rated 5 to 2 over Rochester, Yale 2 to 1 over Coast Guard academy, Cornell 3 to 1 over Bucknell and Penn State. 3 to 1 over Muhlenberg. At least three games in the Southland were rated strictly even— Louisiana State-Alabama, KentuckyTennessee, and Florida-Mississippi— mainly because there is no basis on which to rate them from past performance. Georgia Tech was 8 to 5 over Clemson, Georgia Pre-Flight's Sky-Scrapers 6 to 5 over South Carolina and North Carolina State 6 to 5 over Virginia,

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GARY, Ind, Sept. 20 (U. P).— Marse Gonzales, captain-elect of the University of = Illinois track

team, was convalescing today at {Methodist hospital from an appendectomy

Gonzales, a state sprint champion while at Gary Froebel high school, said he would return to Illinois when fully recovered from the operation and said he believes he will be “faster than ever now the troublesome appendix is removed.”

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Hunchy Will Seek Revenge Against Michigan Tomorrow

CHICAGO, Sept. 20 (U. P.).—The promised revenge of Indiana's Bob (Hunchy) Hoernschemeyer hung heavy over Ann Arbor, Mich, today 4s the Michigan Wolverines prepared to open defense of their Big Ten football co-championship against Indiana tomorrow. Hoernschemeyer, the rubber-armed freshman passing sensation of last year, will start against Michigan to avenge the 23-8 Michigan victory of 1943 when he was throwing with an injured arm.

Against the Wolverines that day, Hoernschemeyer connected with only four out of 15 passes for 48 yards as compared to 70 completions for 1136 yards in 155 tries for the 10game season. . “If Coach Bo McMillin says I'm ready there may be a different story to tell this year,” Hoernsche: meyer said. \ Named the outstanding freshman of 1943, the Cincinnati youth returned to Indiana on a special navy discharge Sept. 20, played a minor role as Indiana lost to Illinois last week-end and went through his first regular drills this week in preparation for the Wolverines, - Michigan Tough in Air Michigan is set to come back with the Midwest's current No. 1 aerial combination, end Dick Rifenbury and halfback Bill Culligan. The twosome—playing “their first year together—haveé accounted for three of Michigan's four touchdowns to date and supply half of the Wolverines’ vaunted one-two punch. The followup punch comes from Capt. Bob Wiese, smashing 190pound fullback who is in Michigan's famed spinner back post this year. Local odds-makers figure Michigan 13 points stronger. In the other Big Ten game tomorrow, Wisconsin ® will open its 1944 football season against Northwestern at Evanston. The game

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consin prep stars, Johnny Yungwirth for Northwestern and Earl (Jug) Girard for Wisconsin. Yungwirth, successor to AllAmerican Otto Graham, will be operating with a half-veteran team

oe 7. | while Girard, heralded as the top

passing prospect to hit Madison in Coach Harry Stuhldreher’s eight-

Following are tomorrows major midwestern football games:

Big Ten Wisconsin at Northwestern, Indiana at Michigan. Non-Conference Illinois at Great Lakes. Nebraska at Minnesota. Marquette at Purdue. Missouri at Ohio State. Notre Dame at Pittsburgh. Olathe, Kan, Air Base at Iowa Pre-Flight.’ Gustavus Adolphus at Iowa State.

year tenure, will be with a green team. However, he will have the benefit of throwing to two veteran ends. Odds-makers rate Northwestern 13% points better. Illinois, still featuring its stopwatch backfield, will meet Great Lakes with a badly undermanned line. Regular center George Bujan is sidelined with injuries. Sam

the Saturday game, and starting guard Jim Elison have been de-

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prohibiting ship's company men from playing with university athletic teams. Illinois is rated 13 points weaker, Purdue, at home after giving a good account of itself ‘in lesing to Great Lakes last Saturday, will meet Marquette. Coach Cecil Isbell’s Boilermakers are rated 13% points better. Other games with’ odds-makers’ ratings are: Nebraska at Minnesota, with Nebraska ‘figured 28 points weaker; Missouri at Ohio State, and the Missourians are given 25

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By LEO PETERSEN United Press Sports Editor ST. LOUIS, Sept. 20.—With an eye on the weather and Detroit— the St. Louis Browns and the New York Yankees called on their pitch-

attempt to overhaul the Tigers for the American League pennant, They were scheduled for a doubleheader, necessitated by rain which postponed the opener of their cru-

The American léague pennant race at a glance: : W. L Pet. G.B. Detroit ....... 86 64 573 .... St. Louis ..... 85 65 .567 1 New York .... 83 67 553 3 Games left to play. Detroit—At home: Four with Washington. Away: None, St. Louis—At home: Four with New York. Away: None,

New York—At home: Away: Four with St. Louis.

None.

cial four-game series yesterday, and Manager Luke Sewell of the sec-ond-place Browns nominated Jack Kramer and Nelson Potter to keep 8t. Louls, battling for its first pennant, in the running. : Manager Joe McCarthy of the Yankees, facing an almost hopeless three-game deficit, was expected to counter with Hank Borowy and Ernie Bonham. But it mattered little which team won unless the Washington Senstors upset the dope and beat the Tigers in the closing four-game series at Briggs stadium. The Tigers must lose one before either the Browns, only a game off the pace, or the Yankees can even tie them.

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AMERICAN LEAGUE

W. L. Pet.) Ww. h Pet. Detroit .. 86 64 5i3/Clev. ..... 12 % 48 St. Louis. 85 65 .5687 Chicage .. 60 81 . . XY. .... 83 67 558 Phi). ..... 68 #2 .458 Boston ... 75 5 .500 Wash. ... 62 38 413 ~ NATIONAL LEAGUE W. L. Pet.| " W. L. Pet. St. Louis 104 47 €80/N. Y. ,.... 65 86 .430 Pitts. ... 89 61 .593 Boston ... 62 88 .413 Ciw. -..... 88 63 383 Bkiyn. «es 61 90 404 Chicago . 74 76 .493(Phil, ..... 59 91 .398 RESULTS YESTERDAY

AMERICAN LEAGUE

Washington at Detroit (postponed). New York at St. Lowis (postponed).

Boston at Chicago ( ned). Philadelphia at Er rapt, ed). NATIONAL LEAGUE

000 001 010-8 7 1 AY 000 000 000-0 5 © Donnelly and O'Dea; Pyle, Adams a Mancuse, Berres. - 000 901 000-10 14 © Sokirn ya nu aly 230 001 000 6 12 1 Gumbert, Fox, Shoun and Mueller; Herring, Wells, Zachary, Brancés and Bragan. Only games scheduled,

—— GAMES TODAY AMERICAN LEAGUE New York at St. Louis (two). Washin, at Detroit (two). Philadelonia at Cleveland (two). Boston at C (night).

NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis at New York. Cincinnati st Brooklyn.

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And the Senators have been easy for the Tigers this year—having won only three of 18 games, It has been a different story with the. Browns and Yankees, The New Yorkers hold a 10-to-8 edge in the played this The Browns were basing ebbing hopes for their first American league pennant on their performance in their last series with the Yankees when they beat them three out of four at Yankee stadium. But neither Kramer nor Potter has been too effective against the Bronx bombers. Potter has won one and lost one against them and Kramer has beaten them only once while losing to them twice: ' Both Borowy and. Bonham have 500 records against the Browns, Borwy with two and two and Bonham with one and one. ce Not only did the Browns and Yankees need assistance from the Senators; they needed some help from the weather, too. Sportsmans park still was muddy and dotted with puddles and the Browns announced that in the event the double-header had to be postponed today the contests would be played as part of twin bills on Saturday Should two successive ; double-

Browns and Yankees, Tigers and Senators: Begin Stretch Drive in Double-Headers

headers become necessary both the Browns’ and Yankees’ chances would be reduced—for the percentage on double-headers is a split and neither team can afford to lose now, Of course, that percentage also goes for the DetroitWashington double-header today, but the story was different there for the Tigers knew that they could

NEW YORK, Sept. 29 (U, P). ~Manager Billy Southworth of .the St. Louis Cardinals said that his ace southpaw, Max Lanier, had returned to St. Louis and was scheduled to begin treatments by Dr. Robert F. Hyland, club physician, today for a “catch” in his back and for a sore arm, but should be ready for the world series next week,

lose one and still tie for the pennant even though the Browns sweep four games with the Yankees

The odds seemed almost hopeless, but néither Sewell nor MecCarthy were conceding a thing. They were ready to play out the string—and hope for Washington's success in Detroit and clearing skies in St. Louis. ,

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Cross-Country To Be Held at 1. U,

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Sept. 29, —Indiana university will be host to the Indiana state cross-country meet on Saturday, Nov. 18, accord. ing to the five-meet 1044 crosse country schedule for the Hoosiers announced here today by Coach Gordon R. Fisher. Fisher, who came to Indiana as head track and cross-country coach last summer after the death of Coach E. C. Hayes, announced the following other 1944 meets: Oct. 21, Purdue, there; Nov. 4, Ohio State, college and Indiana at O.; Nov. 14, Big Ten cross-country meet at Chie cdgo; Nov. 23, Shamrock club ine

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