Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1945 — Page 12

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ooper’s Debut With Braves Overshadowed by Hurling of Ferriss Against White Sox

By CARL LUNDQUIST United Press Staff Correspondent

NEW YORK, May 28.—Morton Cooper's American league. jink

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still plagued him today—his four hit shutout debut with the Braves|.

rated only second billing in Boston because the incredible Dave Ferriss of the Red Sox topped that performance with a one-hitter,

Cooper always has had trouble with the American league in world

“series and all-star games, so it was no surprise that even with a 4-to-0 triumph over Cincinnati he was | ; hexed out of the headlines by Fer- today. The Bucs made 268 runs riss, who gave the White Sox: just | and 31 hits in the two games, . one dinky single in winning 7 to 0. | knocking Bill Voiselle out with four Ferriss lost out on a no-hitter | runs in the first inning of the only because Outfielder -Bob John-, | opener as - he sought his ninth ‘son barely missed making a shoe | [ straight victory. string catch on Tony Cuccinello’s!| The Cubs won and tied against hit in the second. Only three men the Dodgers at Chicago, taking the reached base, the others on a walk | |opener, 6 to 1, behind Ray Prim'’s and an error, and two were expired eight-hit pitching. The second on double plays, so Ferriss faced game ended in a 2-all deadlock only 28 men. It was the sixth when darkness: Halted proceedings straight victory and the fourth|in the eighth with Claude Passeau <hutout for the ex-air forces cor=-|of the Cubs and Vic Lombardi of poral, who has allowed just three |the Dodgers sharing honors in a| runs in 54 innings since joining tight duel. { the team a month ago. | The Tigers and Senators divided | He has topped all records in both [at Washington, Detroit winning 3 leagues for rookie pitchers over a to 1 behind’ Hal Newhouser's ninecomparable period and at his pres- hit pitching while Mickey Haefner ent pace of 50 earned runs per countered with a five-hit 2-to-1

pinch-hitter.

Dave: Ferriss, sensational rookie hurler with the Boston Red Sox, claimed major league attention yesterday with a one-hit performance against the Chicago White Sox for-his sixth triumph. Ferriss pitches right-handed, but the ex-army corporal has played first base lefthanded and is a good enough left-hand batsman to be used as a

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Headlines

Debate Still |Rages About Links Champ

day as to whether Byron Nelson or | Slammin’. Sammy Snead was the unofficial golf champion of the! world—their 72-hole match for the! crown having proved only that the payoff still is in the putting. Nelson, who

rolling acres. of Essex Country club to ‘win their 36-hole match play test, 4 and 3. But nothing was conclusive except that it was raining to a tune]

-ibrella man who was elated at the] array of bumbershoots; that Nelson didn’t carry one of his products; that Snead sported a pretty pink parasol with red -trimmings,

over two feet. Nelson was hot as a firecracker when they started their jaunt over the drenched Orange mountain foothills and when he finished the

game may break the major league triumph. for the Senators in the mark of 90 set by Ferdinand Mau- { second game. | rice Schupp of the 1916 Giants. Lou Boudreau's first homer of the | Held to Two Hits year started the Indians off to]

a ~ {their sixth straight victory, 8 to 3, | Teammate Emmet O'Neill gave! . philadelphia. Ferriss a run for his money, hold-

ing the White Sox to two hits in a Michigan Big 10

2-to-1 second-game . victory. . The; Fortunes on Wiel

defeats ran Chicago's losing streak to six. ‘O'Neill had a no-hitter for six innings, Hut the White Sox got a run without a hit in the second. Cooper, purchased from the Cardinals last week, worked his fork ball to near perfection against the Reds. Only one player reached

CHICAGO, May 28 (U. Michigan's Wolverines, who almost turned the Big Ten. into a oneteam conference, were considerably |

P. G. A. Rehabilitation Fund

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The Professional

Golfer's association renabilitation fund benefitted

first nine five under par he already was four up. That went to six up before Snead won two holes to finish the 18. four down. He was only three down at the end of -27 holes when his putter failed him { miserably and on five straight holes he hung his first put on the lip and

richly from several golf. tournaments held by local clubs .over the Stood there amazed as the ball re-week-end. fused to drop. In Sunday's tourney play at Breadmoor, Bob Goldberg and Art|. Goes Four Down

Londe divided honors with cards of 91-22—69 and 8§8-19—69, | handicap play, while Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Cole registered an 86 td take! up on ‘the Py { gross honors in a two-ball mixed)

foursome event.

third base and he struck out eight.| joqated today as the Western con-| to the P. G. A. fund.

Bucky Walters countered CoOper’s | ference prepared to close out its| fine work, winhing the second game, | 1944.45 sports season. 5 to 0, holding the Braves to three | Michigan was shorn of two of its hits. | championships during the week- | It was a rough Sunday for 1ast | and as Illinois and ‘Ohio State year's champions, both the Cards|ctryck to end ‘the Wolverines’ .and Browns losing. double headers. sovereign rule of Big Ten athletic | The humiliation was worse for the! |fields. Last season Michigan's Cards, who were humbled twice by| | Maize and Blue colors swept the last-place” Phillies at" St. Louis, | seven championships in eight 2 to 0 and 3 to 2. The defeats| sports, but this year the Wolverines | dropped the Cards from third to apparently will retain only four of fifth place. | their titles. The Yankees ran their winning Illinois captured . the aubdoos streak to seven games and increased | track and field crown Saturday, their league lead to a game and a ending a two-year Michigan reign,

half by beating the Brownies twice| and Ohio State took the golf ge Pel and Olass B. No. 6-4. A. Zin;

in the rain, 10 to 9 in 14 innings, | after Michigan had won it -three and 3 to 1 in an eight-inning game years running. Michigan lost its called because of darkness. Score Three in Ninth Three runs in the ninth, climaxed | dle, heady Be fhe! Wo by Frankie Crosetti’s two-run sin-| Ferines Do rear Wronly gle gave the Yankees a tie, 804} "no ceball is the only sport left they went on to win with two runs on the Big ‘Tens 1944-45 sports, in the 14th on singles by Oscar ordar. ® oan which has Grimes, Frankie Crosetti and Bud for zames to play, has won sini Metheny after the Browns scored e pay once in their half. The Pirates deflated - the New York Giants in the National beating the league leaders, 16 to 4, in the first game and leading them

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29th and cost him the

gross honors, In Members of the club contributed Higgins

proceeds of the tournaments, $306, Charles Holstein had

hole that put him four down. On Class A net, Joe the 30th it was a simple four-footer with 68-2—66; that held on by a single blade of 79 for. Class grass-as Snead leaned on his club

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est in Class B net;|of eyes watched expectantly. But ad 87 in Class Clit didn't fall, and he was halved. Young 89-20—69 in| That was the story on the next {three halved holes that closed out Carolyn Pickgring’s 91 was g00d|the match and gave Nelson a stand-

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It was the fourth time that Nelson, the squint-eyed Texan who is had tourney. |met the hard-hitting Virginia hill

An undisclosed sum was raised at|®

{John Coryell. Class B: No 6—Carl {Ruth Lustgarden and Bob Durham | 2nd it meant that each had taken land Judy Anderson tied for honors | tWo decisions.

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Members straight and needs only one more! a two-day A. B. C. event. to win its second straight pennant.|with a three-under-par 87 took low at 8 o'clock at the Sport Bowl.

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Their two-day show raised $25,000 —m © {for the Professional Golf associaIn yesterday's best ball event atition's veterans’ rehabilitation proand gram, But all it proved was that the pay-off is still on the greens.

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Kingan Knights Win Feifin 4-2

Hal Mahaney's hfthe run ahead gave Kingan Knights a 4- 2

A meeting of captains of bowling ninth

Greensburg in last night's feature softball game at Municipal stadium.

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lost one down to! Snead 'Saturday in a 36-hole. medal third “victory of the season, test, came back yesterday over the nine De ‘Wolf News hits scattered, County | | spreading their three runs over four |

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Leads in Amateur Leagues

Displaying superiority in all departments of play, Reb Russell's| Kingan Reliables remained undefeated in Municipal amateur baseball] league play through. a 16-4 victery over DeWolf in the second game of a

Bob Elliott's

of the meatmen started swinging in, {the third and they scored three | | times to take over a lead they nev er| relinquished. An eight-run splurge! in ‘the eighth put the victory far|

lout of reach of their rivals.

Ochell Tuck, in registering his

kept |

innings. The Reliables pounded Bob Adler, Norwood, Raleigh Miller | and Fred Stegomller for 19 safeties, which included two doubles and | two singles by Lowell Young and a home run and two doubles by Lou!

Te Norman Beplay's Gold Medal Beer | edged out Leonard Cleaners 10-9, for their season's second victory

and.that Snead couldn't buy a puttin Municipal league play. |

Beermen Take Lead

The Beermen got away to a 3-0 lead in the opening inning, and | although their rivals kept close on | their heels, they never were headed, | and halted a Cleaner ninth-inning | rally that produced two runs, Johnny Twigg allowed the losers seven hits, while Bus Linville emerged as the batting star with] three hits in five times at bat. Ft. Harrison lambasted Roose-| velt Pharmacy, banging out 13-hits|

| for=a 14-5 decision in a Municipal

| game. { one-all at the end of the second in-

victory over McKinley Produce of if) ters loop contest, 27-6.

ame Lukas- lin the first half of second inning, 10 to 5 in a suspended second In other stadium games in the ¢ x AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | Toledo at Milwaukee (2d game post-]| Toledo Lee 100 0000001 7 1 5 odge, 2-0, S game, called in the eighth because Won Lost’ Pet. poned, rain) | Milwaukee © m3 000 00x— 4 12 2, Harold blanked Moose Lodg but the Atkins bats started boom of the Pi Av : Milwaukee suemansnnanns 1% 9 654 (First Game) | © Whitehead and Comyn; Hendrickson and Curtiss-Wright walloped ing in their half, producing two e ennsylvania curfew. The |} guisville Cav ETre aes 16 12 571 Columbus . 016 000) 430-14 14 0 and Stephenson. Greenfield, 10-1. - | kers. They followed with clustunfinished game will be completed INDIANAPOLIS Conn ves .... 18 13 ,352| Kansas City 000 000 010— 1 11 0 @ 'markers. 1 clust Toledo ........cov0en.e 15 483 Brunswick and Bucha; Pringle, Uniak,| Louisville .... - 010 000 001— 2 4 4! 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A. won the wom-| with Harold Toons double and By UNITED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE | | DessaR iia rex 330 900 m3 11 31 en's division. lG Bri wivie featuring a NATIONAL LEAGUE { Won Lest Pet. | INDIANAPOLIS at Minneapolis (2, post- | Wilson and Richards: Black Gerkin) ene riner’'s Pp g ".G AB R H Pot |New York ......coiiiinnnen 20 11.645 poned, rain), . and Foor ’ ’ { In last night's exhibitions that | third-inning four-run rally, P. R oon al BLE TRL rie ig 3B anglvile a Ss hw a ny : followed the derby play, Bethel|maliory Co. scored a 9-3 victory rr New York ...... 35 118 30 45 .381| 2 "xq : Cliieage: ......eev0.; 000 000 H0H— 0 ves, New York 35128 17 46 .368| 3%. Lows . 13 S38 : - - New York 12 032 23x13 1s 1| nosed out Speedway A. C, 2-1, and | over U. 8. Tires in the remaining Jowski. 8t. Louis.. 3 1 35 4 368 Be tes 5 47 ‘19% AMERICAN LEAGTE | cl Johnson, aatuchetone and Tresh, | Pepsi-Cola girls shut out opponents Manufacturers game. 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At the Municipal Stadium tonight Stou Stephens, Browns. 8 DiMaggio, Phils .. 8 Philafelphis ..ivconesrs 10 24 294 Washington 001 000 000—1 9% 1 Cincinnati .. 000 000 100— 1 § 1| Field plays East Side Merchants at 7 RUNS BATTED IN reese | Newhouser and Richards; Niggeling, Car-| Hansen and Lombardi; Bosser, Beck, | Service Products’ meet Bridgeport Brass “ Lombar A mmd » v. > {rasquel and Ferrell, Evans. | Bush and Lakeman |at 8:30 and Electronic Laboratory clashes =n arg} Giants 32/Elliott, Pirates ....29 GAMES TODAY { Second Game) | . : | with Indianapolis Bleaching at 9:40 in he oY hl. Caras , 31IDU4. Giants --28 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION | Detroit 010 000 600— 1 5 1 Philadelphia 000 001 M0— 1 4 of Bush-Callahan City league games. y gers .. 30 Nieman, Braves .. 26 Milwaukee at Kansas City (night), | Washington 000 000 011— 2 R® 2 Chicago "000 100 Wl—2 5 2| Err St. Paul at Minneapolis (night), Orrell and Richards; Haefner and Evens, | Lee and Mancuso, Peacock; Erickson! 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With the score knotted at

ning, the soldiers crossed the plate eight times in the third to coast to an easy win. : Three circuit clouts were turned in by the winners, Ed Taylor spark- | ing the third-inning rally with one of the round trippers with the bases loaded. Leo Calac connected for|' one to score two runners ahead and George Stangby- hit one with a runner on. w Williams Team Wins

Williams Tool - & Engineering broke into the victory column for the first time this season in Municipal competition, through a- 6-5 decision over 40 & 8, which is now the only team in the loop without | a victory to its credit.

Allison's, playing the first half of the Victory field twin bill, remained the undefeated leader in the Manufacturers league. The former city champs banged the ball at will as the game opened scoring nine times in the initial frame on three walks, five singles, and Verne Johanna's and Kenny Ausdale's two-base knocks. Allison's beat R. C. A, retain the top-spot.

E. C. Atkins went on a rampage

13-4, to

!scored in amateur league play. They walloped Lukas-Harold in a Manu-

Atkins Bats Boom The losers got a runner around |

{

{participation in- the track sport for

{is headed for a record-shattering

jseven series—one fourth of the to- | tal—643,000 fans witnessed P. C. L.

| double-header at Vietory field yesterday afternoon.

| newsmen, who also were defending an undefeated! ,(U. P.).—The debate still raged tO-|yecord, got away to a one-run lead in thé initial stanza, but the big bats] t

Tech Sports Head Seriously iin. Methodist Hospital

- stricken at his home, Copple, for many years an

instructor at Tech and a former coach, became athletic director # at the school in Copple: September: 1938. |. He served as acting director from February of that year when Fred R. Gorman was appointed vice principal. Gorman ig handling his studies until conclusion of the school term

South Side Meet

Carded Tomorrow

The fifth annual South Side grade school and track and field meet will be held tomorrow afternoon at Delavan Smith Athletic field at 3 o'clock

under. the, auspices of Manual high »

school,

Harry Thomas, acting athletic director at Manual, will be in charge. He will be assisted by Track Coach Raymond Van -Arsdale, who will serve as official starter. School No, 8 is the defending champion in the meet, scoring 31% points to win among 12 schools last year, The event is held to encourage

the youngsters. Among Manual athletes who had first taste of action in similar meets was Dave Shaw, standout on Redskin cinder squads.

Oakland Rookie May Bring Big Price

OAKLAND, Cal, May 28 (U. PJ. —Owners of the yOakland Acorns predict that Rookie Vic Picetti, the 17-year-old first base flash, should be worth $50,000 to $100,000 on the open market to the majors next yvear—if he isn’t called into service when he becomes 18 this fall. Picetti has been pounding the ball hard—and on top of that, his clutch hitting has been something that makes even the veterans: sit up and take notice.

‘Record Season By UNITED PRESS The Pacific coast baseball league

attendance season that may put as

many as 2,500,000 through the turnstiles during 1945. During the first

games,

Sign for Scrap NEW YORK, May 28 (U. P).— Welterweight- Champion Freddie (Red) .Cochrane has been signed to meet Tommy (Rocky) Graziano in a 10-round over-weight bout -at

MONDAY, MAY 28, 1045

Kingan, Allison Teams Hold |Tribe Rained

‘| ration day.

Out; to Open Stand at Home

"MINNEAPOLIS, May 28. —Rained ut of- their double-header with he Minneapolis Millers yesterday, the Indianapolis -Indians were en route home today to open a home stand which will keep them at Victory fleld until June 15 On the road, the Tribesmen won two of three games from Kansas City; dropped a series to the Brewers, two games to one; divided a pair with the Saints and dropped ‘a Section to the Millers Shture 8-4. ive unearned runs. came across in" the fifth inning of this ene counter to make Lefty Jim Wale lace’s first start with the Tribesmen a losing one. Wallace came to the Hoosiers from the Boston Braves. Highlight of the Indians’ western swing was the no-hit performance of Ed Wright against Kansas City on May 17. It was the first no-hit game pitched by an Indianapolis hurler since 1916. Wright unques= tionably will get a fine reception from Indianapolis fans when the club gets back home. Open With Colonels The Indians are slated for wn single game with the Louisville Colonels at Victory field tomorrow night, then play a double-header with the Kentucky club on Deco The first game will start at 7 p. 'm. Louisville will be met, in a single game on Thursday, "Here is the schedule for the Ine dianapolis home stand: May 28, Louisville, 8:30 p, m. Louisville (double header), 700 May 31, Louisville, 8:30 Pp. om: Minneapolis, 8:30 p. m. (ladies June 2, Minneapolis, 8:30 p, m. Minneapolis (double header), June 4, nite), June 5, St. Paul, 8:30 p. m.; June My: St. Paul (double header), 7:00

Jade 7, St. Paul (double header), 708 ; June 8, St. Paul, 8:30 p, m. (ladies

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June 3, 2:00 p. m.g Minneapolis, 8:30 p. m. (ladies

nite).

June 9 Milwiukee, %:30 p. m.; June 1, Milwaukee (double header), 2:00 m.; June 11, Milwaukee 8:30 p.m, Dadies nite). June 12, Kansas City, 8:30 p. m.; June

13, Kansas City, 8:30 p. m. ball benefit) ; pm. June Niadies nite).

Newcomers Meet On Armory Show

Tom Felis of Columbia, Mo., and Joe Steele of Des Moines, Ia. both newcomers to Indianapolis rings, will open the all-junior heavyweights wrestling show tomorrow night as the Armory. ‘They are scheduled for a one fall tussle. The other supporting tilt brings together Earl Malone of Chicago and Don Eagle, young Indian from Quebec. Don has an impressive record here. The match is for one fall. A pair of rugged and rough grapplers, both of- whom have registered . triumphs over numerous front . line opponents, are in the main go scheduled for two falls out of three. They are Mike Angelo,

(Junior bases June 14, Kansas City, 8:30 15; Kansas City, 8:30 p.m,

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