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- Wright Wins 9th Triumph Of Season, 8-5

By ‘BOB STRANAHAN

Ed Wright, the American associa §

.tlon’'s leading pitcher, had triump

‘No, 9 to his credit today with th help of veteran George Jeffcoat bu

our Indians still remained a gam §

and a half back of Louisville Colonels. Wright's victory, an 8-5 decisic over the Kansas City Blues, wa fashioned last night before a Juni Baseball crowd of more than 501 fans. But the Redskins only ke, pace with the leadérs as Louisvil:

the leadin

was rapping the champion Brewers §

for the Colonels’ the last 15 games.

13th triumph iw ®

The Tribe and Blues get together

again tonight with either Jim Wal-

lace or Ben Cardoni slated to do | the flipping. The Indians wind up ?

their home stand tomorrow night

and begin a long road jaunt which § will take them to all of the associa- §

tion cities. Trautman Attends

The clubs played before Associa- |:

tion President George M. Trautman, who occupied the box of the missing “Happy” Chandler, The! baseball commissioner had to stay in St. Louis to award trophies to the world champion Cardinals but] was due to arrive in Indianapolis today in the interest of Junior Baseball. The Tribe's game came after an all-star team of youngsters and the Rhodius Park PAL club, last season's 14-year-old champs, played to a 2-2 deadlock in six innings. Bob Dill, who came to the Tribe in a swap with Minneapolis for Eddie Morgan, made his first appearance in the Indianapolis lineup. He failed to get a hit but poled out a couple of long.ones and did a hustling job in his right-field spot. This brought Gil English back to the hot corner. Wright was in trouble most of the way last night, giving the | Blues 10 hits and issuing six passes, | but the Redskins aagin supported him well and lashed out 12 safeties. | Included were triples by Bob Brady | and Stan Wentzel and a double by | Ben Geraghty. Tribe Takes Lead Our boys bounced out in front | at the outset at the expense of Jim | Moore. They scored twice in the initial frame on an errant heave | by Shortstopper Frankie Zak, late! of the Pirates, and a wild pitch by | Moore after Art Parks and Vince | Shupe had singled. Another came

Higgins Rules as District Champions Sparks Runner-Up

Joe Higgins of Highland rules as champion today although Dale Morey’s still is safe. Higgins finished up at Broadmoor yesterday with a four-over-par 76 for a total of 220. He had identical rounds of 72 at Hillcrest and Speedway in the first two days of the meet. 5 u u

the Indianapolis district golf 1944 record for the 54 holes

Going into the final round with a five-stroke lead and only two § {shots over par, it appeared that the {Highland “star ‘might crack the ? {mark of 216 set last year"by Morey. | But the wet course and putting | trouble finally caught up with Hig{gins and he was fortunate to es|cape a tie with Paul Sparks of | Speedway.

Misses 12- Foot Putt

Sparks missed a 12-foot putt on § [the final green which would have §

(given him a birdie and a tie with | Higgins. : | Cards of the leaders: {PAR OUT .. 444 344 | Higgins .. 544 354 {PAR IN . 435 543 | Higgins . 445 543 |Sparks Out.. 544 353 335—35 | In.. 535 442 454-3671 "Bill Reed of Speedway, a former | district titleholder, loomed as a {threat for a while yesterday when

435—35 445-38 454—31-12 454—38—76 |

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Joe Higgins

across in the second on Brady's three-baser and a fly. The hostile Blues picked up one of these in the fourth and fell on Wright with great gusto in the fith to go ahead, 4-3. Three runs came] across that inning on three singles [Ki

right back with a pair in their turn | to lead once more, 5-4. Geraghty's | double, sacrifice: by Wright, an in-| field scratch by Parks, wild pitch . and a single by Shupe produced | these counters. Two more “insurance” runs were scored by our boys in the sixth,

oe Wright Arising he Boros Sih |

single. Manager Bill Burwell lifted his | ace flipper the next inning, however, | ‘after the Blues got two men on base. JefIcoat issued a pass and one! runner scored on a long fly, but the | Tribe relief pitcher steadied to breeze one past Passero. He stopped | the visitors easily in the last two! frames while another Tribe tally trooped across on Wentzel's triple and Brady's infield bouncer.

South Grove Will Show Golf Movies

. Motion pictures of the country’ leading golfers ‘will highlight evening of golf instruction at the South Grove clubhouse tomorrow! hight at 8:30. The showing, free to all golfers of the city, will feature Rov Smitn,| Highland golf professional, who will give a talk during the running of the 1200 feet of film showing star players at the Tam O'Shanter tournament in Chicago.

Baseball Calendar

AMERICAN ASSOCIATION Pet, Louisville 6 INDIANAPOLIS Milwaukee Toledo Columbus St. Paul . ' Minneapolis ...... Kansas City .

620! S68 | 563 481 An! 330

AMERICAN LEAG

Detroit New York , Boston St. Louis Chicago Washington Cleveland

cing Raine nah 43 | Philadelphia .. ...

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Pet. 584 | Aik S74 Se 535

New York .... Pittsburgh Brooklyn St. Louis Chicago Boston Cincinnati Philadelphia

522 ATR 216

RESULTS YESTERDAY AMERICAN ASSOCIATION (First Game, Seven Innings)

Minneapolis 300 030 0— 4 Columbus 000 030 0.3

Mipgola, Kash and Savino; Brock, tiwether and Bucha. (Second Game)

7 5

Mer-

Minneapolis Columbus ,.. , 820 011 41x12 17 3)

dbernathy, Hearn, Carabello and Blazo; Brunswick and Bucha,

BASEBALLVICTORY FIELD Indianapolis vs. Kansas City

TONIGHT, 8:30 P. M. For Information or Reservations

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Zak, | Tucker, 2.

Or aowekl,

and a pass, but the Indians came {Pevencenzi,

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38 | Toledo

| Knierim,

9 | Stephenson;

| Eaton,

1 2]

100 600 010-2 8B 2]

i St. Paul at Toledo (night). Fs

{he played the front nine in even par and was only four strokes in| (arrears. He fired one into the cup from some 190 yards for an eagle 2 on the second hole. Putting. Goes Sour Reed's putting game went sour | on the back stretch; however, and he faded from contention with three-putt greens on Nos. 14, 16 and | 17. He finished with a 74 for a| total of 225 and the third spot.

The Box Score

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ansas City .. 000 RDIANASOLIS . 210 Runs Batted In—Wright 3, Parks, Ostirowski, Nowak 2, Devencenzi, Shupe,| Brady. Two-Base Hit—Geraghty. ThreeBlase Hits -- Brady, Wentzel. Sacrifice— right. Double Plays — Heltzel to Ger- | to Shupe 2. T.eft on Bases—Kansas City 10, Indianapolis 4 Base on Balls— Off Wright 6, Jeffcoat 3. Strikeouts—By Wright 5, Moore 6, Jeffcoat 1, Marshall 1. Hits—Off Wright, 9 in 6 innings (pit tched Tth.; Moore, 10 in 7; Marshall, 2 Jeffcoat, 1 in Wild Pitches— Moore 2. Balk — Wright, Passed Ball — Castro Winning Pitcher — Wr Los 1g Pitcher—Moore Ump eS nr. | Rudolph and Peters and Peters .Time—2 17

LaFata Fined

. COLUMBUS, O., June 14 (U. P. —President- George M. Trautman of the American association today fined Minneapolis First Baseman

130

3 and received a book of war stamps

from the district president.

Snider Is Picked To Ride Hoop Jr.

BALTIMORE, Md. June 14 (U. P.).—Assignment of a new

jockey who never had ridden Hoop

to 2 1

17-to-5 odds by which the Kentucky Derby |the 55th running of the Preakness takes at Pimlico Saturday. Fred Hooper, the Alabama con-| | tractor who, owns the fleet bay son| of Sir Gallahad III, announced last | Joe LaFata $10 for abuse of um- night in a telephone conversation pires in a game at Indianapolis! from his Montgomery

June 8, {Alfred Snider would be up on Hoop |

|r. when the expected field of nine | |

trots to the post Hooper and his "trainer, Ivan Parke, had attempted for several days to again obtain the services of 7 1i/Eddie Arcaro, who drove little Hoop | Yanaie 0 a six-length victory in the mud| Kaufman [8% Churchill Downs. But Arcaro is| {a Greentree stable contract rider . and that barn ordered him to stay s o/home this week-end and ride its and Devil Diver in the suburban handicap at New York's Belmont Park. |

‘ Tulsa, ] Bunker Hill To Play Indiana

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, June 14 (U. P.).—Athletic Director Z. G. Mueller and Swift. | Clevenger announced today 000 111 000— % 14 2 COmpletion of Indiana university's 000 400 01x— 5 7 o|10-game 1945 football schedule, Kl d Hayes; Haynes, z coatman and ear: lsynes, . Two home games have -been added, one with the Bunker Hill { (Ind ) Naval Air Station team, and {the other with the 1945 Orange Bowl champion team, Tulsa university. Four {completed schedule: Sept. 22, at Mieligan: orthwestern; Oct. 6, at Illinois; Oct. 13, Oct. 20, at Towa; Oct 217, J, Bunker Hill Naval Air Sta-

10, at Minnesota, Nov, 17, at Nov, u Purdue.

(First Game, Seven Innings) Paul 010 301 0 7 108 00 0— 4 Nitcholas and Lewis; Humphrey Kimberlin, and Missler, Comyn (Second Game) 001 000 060 1 200 130 Mx 6 Narron; Whitehead

Lanahan

St. Paul Toledo Camp and Missler

200 000 10-3 8 000 132 00x 6 14

MeGillen, W Davis and Patton, Simonds and Millles.

Milwaukee . Louisville

Scheetz

AMERICAN EA ¥ | St. Louis 011 000 002 4 8 | Detroit 200 010 30x 6

9 Potter, Shirley and Mancuso; Orrell, |

Cleveland Chicago Gromek, Johnson,

Boston at Philadelphia, (postponed, rain),

Only games scheduled.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ,. DOO %00 1012 5 1 Brooklyn , 010 020 00x38 7 0 Feldman, Adams and Lombardi; Gregg) and Dantonio. | n

— Nebraska 000 002 0004 2 8 T.Tyisa: Nov 000 000 001~ 1 7 1|tion; Nov

Donnely, Sots | Pittsburgh;

. New York

Sept. 29, at

{Cincinnati

| t. Louis { Powman and Unser; {and O'Dea,

(First Game) 011 001 000 83 6 3 | Boston 001 700 00x— 8 10 | Barrett, Lucier and Peacock, Seminick; Cooper and Masi

Detroit to Revive Racing Saturday

(Second Game, 16 Innings) |" DETROIT, June 14- (Us P)==The 3 Detroit Racing association an-

Philadelphia

Philadelphia 001 0U1 010 000 0B pb ¥ Boston 000 200 001 000 001 4 11 Lee, Mauney, Barrett, Judd and lly cuso; Logan, Hutchinson and Kluttz, Masi, Only games scheduled,

SCHEDULE TODAY

be revived in Michigan Saturday

a Season of 85 racing days.

Fourth went to Bud Timbrook of |

Talbot of Bloomington led the out- |

Higgins was presented the Ed | Lennox trophy following the meet | Cpl. Dick Cook, Camp Atterbury, vs.

Jr. was expected to knock down the |

home that |

the |

games are at home, The)

nounced today that the sport will)

when the Detroit fairgrounds opens!

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Baseball Has I lining at Victory Field

Junior ‘Baseball, Inc., had its inning at Victory field last night before some 5000 fans. cluster around Association President George M. Trautman and Co-owner Frank E. McKinney of the Indians (right). Above, Don ‘Campbell of the All-Stars is shown at bat in the first inning. The catcher is Bob Cook of the Rhodius PAL club and the umpire is Les Durham. Below are the All-Star managers (left to right), Leroy Allen, Herman Olsen, Kurt Ehlert and Daniel Moriarty. The AllStars and Rhodius teams played to a 2-2 six-inning deadlock in a

At the left, a group of the youngsters

curtain raiser to the Tribe game.

Denson Boxes |

Again Tonight

Heavyweights will collide in ten- | round main event action at the, outdoor Sports Arena tonight when Jack Trammell, 193-pound Youngstown (O.) heavy who boasts 52 wins by knockouts, tangles with Johnny Denson, Indianapolis “trial horse” heavyweight in the featured mill of {a five scrap boxing bill to be staged | by Matchmaker Lloyd Carter's Hercules Athletic club. It will be the second outdoor fistic

| bill ofthe summer season held at

street

| the North Penrisylvania [punch bowl. The completé program follows: Main event—10 rounds—heavyweights: ~ Johnny Denson, Indianapolis; ‘ver Jack Frammell-Yoings- { town, O. Semi-windup—6 rounds—welterweights: Sparky Reynolds, Indianapolis, vs, Tiger Jackson, Cleve- | land, O. Prelim—8 rounds—lightweights: A. C. Lee, Indianapolis. Prelim—4 rounds—heavyweights: Earl Mook, 180, Akron, O., vs. Pedro Carsonia, 185, Indianapolis.’ Prelim—4 rounds—middleweights: | Ernie Derho, Billings hospital, Ft. Harrison, vs. Willie Taylor, Indianapolis. Trammell and Mook will be making their first starts here. The Derho-Taylor bout will start the action at 8:30 o'clock.

3 a : | winner was favored to win

Tennis Tourneys

Planned for City

Novice sectional tourneys for boys, girls and juniors in tennis have been planned for the week of June 25 in Indianapolis, the junior

{tral Indiana Tennis association announced today. The City Recrea- | tion department will assist in spon- | soring the event which will be con- | | ducted in each player's respective |

| section of town.

| Winners and runnerups in the |

| tourneys will attend a clinic at the | Woodstock Country club the week of July 2. The association also is plans to send representatives to the

iors at’ Kalamazoo, Mich.,

troit, Junior Development committee members include Eddie Toombs, | Julius Sagalowsky, K. Mark Cowen, | Mrs. Andrew B. Bicket and Mrs

Louise K. Murphy. COME SEE

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governs the athletic destinies of the coast conference. Instead of penaliizing the subsidized . athlete, the { conference will fine the conference ; $1000. {team found subsidizing an athlete

will be fined $1000, the conferences! VV INS Links Meet board of athletic control announced! The women's spring today. The board, composed of faculty | won by Mrs. Charles E. Harrison, represehtatives from each of the| who defeated Mrs. John G. Mancos, league's 10 schools, made major | 1 up, in the finals yetserday.

SPOKANE, Wash, June 14 (U.P) .| —Any Pocific Coast

Rickey Seconds

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As Dodgers Get With Five Strai

United Press Sta

NEW YORK. June, 14 --Dodger ment supporting his peppery pilot, he either has had a change of sen

changes in the Atherton code which |

school |

handicap | news that Capt. | golf tourney at Meridian Hills was premier Tiger slugger, soon may be | Harrison, 3-to-0. in & no-hit game in the

{hat & they are just a half game out | with Rickey's confidence in Duroch-, ‘er at a time when he is involved in court action for allegedly slugging | and breaking the jaw of a critical fan.

At any rate the Dodgers are | hustling as they haven't sitice they i beat the Cardinals out of the pennant in 1941 and Rickey's statement | that “When our men are in trouble, (we will stand by them” is the staunchest backing he has given | | Durocher since taking over operation of the club shortly before the 1943 season. incidence either. Rickey Likes a Winner But Rickey, man, likes a winner and the miracle | of the current motley crew, being | barely behind the leading Giants, may have convinced him t | Durocher “is an outstanding manager. The Dodgers, almost unanimously picked for a lower second division i finish were at the peak of their current winning wave of straight "and six wins in seven games, when downing the Giants, 3 to 2, last night

It took the Phillies 15-innings in the second game of a double header at Boston to end thelr 16-game losing streak, winning 5 to 4 after the Braves had won their ninth | straight with an 8 to 3 win in the opener. Mort Cooper pitched second victory in four days in the opener for his sixth of the season without a loss. he Cards raised their world championship flag at St. Louis before Commissioner Albert (Happy)

| Chandler, then dropped their game 'g

to the Reds, 2 to 1. Castofl Joe Bowman - won his third straight | since being waived .out of American league by the Red Sox. York Out of Slump Rudy York came out of a pro-

longed slump with three hits, in- | {cluding a homer, to lead the Tigers | {to a 6 to 4 victory over the Browns | The victory increased |

|at Detroit [their league lead over the Yankees [3 a game. Even more cheering | than York's power display was the

| discharged from the army. | The White Sox made some time- | 'ly hits off Cleveland ace, Steve

Maybe it isn't co- |.

a shrewd business |

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Hank Greenberg, |

RSDAY, JUNE 14, 1945

‘Lippy Leo’ Into Stride cht Victories

By CARL LU Da

ff Correspondent President Branch Rickey's state Leo Durocher, indicated today that timent or that he definitely doesn't

want to break up a winning combination, J Maybe the fact that the Dodgers ‘are riding a winning wave and

of first Place. hag Somesiag. to do.

Major Yearden

By UNITED PRESS AMERICAN LEAGUE

AB R Cuceinello, Chicago .. 45 159 23 | Etten, New York ... 46 163 30 Case, Washington .... 40 163 25 Stirnweiss, New York 46 182 40 Estalella, Philadelphia 45 170 21 NATIONAL LEAGUE G AB 47 200 40 157 49 178

| Holmes, Boston ....- Rosen, Brooklyn .... Ott, New York vy | Kurowskl, ‘St. Louis.. 43 151 O’Brien, Pittsburgh... 33 110

HOME RUNS

Lombardl, Giants 13 DiMaggio, Phillles. 8 Ott, Giants 8) Adams, Cardinals. Ww

| | : 8 | Weintraub Giants 8 Stephens,

Ripa ns. 8°

{Gromek, to beat him, 5 to 3, at {Chicago as Joe Haynes scattered [14 hits, Case Michaels, with a long {fly and his first big league homer, drove in’ two Chicago runs. Boston at Philadelphia in the: American was postponed and the | other teams were not scheduled.

Yesterday's star—Rudy York, Tiger slugger, who came out of a slump, hitting a homer and two singles to bat tn four runs in a 6 to 4 win over the Browns.

Softhall | League Tilts Are Carded

Tonight's softball activities ine clude three league games at Speed= way stadium and three at Municipal. The Smith-Hassler leagues schedule at Speedway follows: 7 — {Omar Bakery vs. Allison Gears; :20—Meeker Music vs. Mocse |Country = Home; 9:40—Link-Belt | Bearings vs. Quality Tool & Die, | The Bush-Callahan Manufacturjer's league schedule at Municipal is as follows: T—Kingan Knights vs. Curtiss-Wright; 8:20—E: C. Atkins vs, U. 8. Tire; 9:40—SchwitzerCummings vs. Allison's.

his |

ct: Ft. Harrison WAC's defeated Stewart- | Warner 10-to-4. Debonair humbled RCA, 8-to-4, and Beck Canvas defeated Lukas- | Harold, 13.t0-2. in the Smith-Hassler® Girls league * last night at Speedway | stadium. Indianapolis. Rallways defeated Ft. {| Bush-Callahan Manufacturer's league at | Muniespal stadium and Moose dropped a | 6-to-4 decision to Stewart-Warner while

| Kingan A. A. blanked Mitchell-Scott, 10« 0-0,

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