Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1945 — Page 26

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JOE LLIAMS

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Bruised Bruins T ackle ‘Cousins,’ The Reds

Leading Tigers Take Rest and

Some Haunting, Agonizing

straight at the expense of the

As you may recall there was accomplishment, \ anonymous ‘phone call from a

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life.”

that game, anyway. They sent it

At least, that’s what one of

offered him a large sum of money to “throw” the game, could have happened but the more distinguished Detroit gamblers in-

NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—It cannot be said that Steve - O'Neill is tearing the American league apart with his glass managerie, his fragile, handle-with-care Detroit Tigers, but even so the stout man is making progress. * The race has reached a point where even-splits do him no harm. He got one with the Cleveland Indians yester-

day and all he needs to be home free is to get another with the St. Louis ‘Browns in the only two games that remain on the Tigers’ ule,

.gven if the percentage should run against him, as it well ight he'd still have one final crack at the flag because the worst that can happen to the Tigers now, meaning a double loss to the . Browns, would result in a tle and a play-off with the Washington wall flowers who have been sitting out the run down the stretch.

Moments

AT THAT, these must be haunting, agonizing moments for the stout man, A year ago he thought he had the pennant won only to it elude his eager clutch on the very last day of the season. This was when Dutch Leonard of the then last-place Washington beat his * Tigers in a Sunday game while the Browns were making it four

Yankees—the first time the Browns

had ever done that to Joe McCarthy, by the way.

a touch of melodrama to Leonard's

Before the game he revealed he had received an

supposedly sinister character who Now that

sist it didn’t. They say it was.either a gag or a dream.

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#Can you imagine a smart guy trying to do business like that?” “No, if you're going to try to reach a ball player you don't just pick up the 'phone and say ‘listen, chum, you don't know me from a bale of hay but if you want to make yourself some dough “I've got a nice little proposition for you. “That may be the way they do it in the pictures but not in real

As » matier of fact, the Detroit gamblers apparently didn’t go for

in on the Yankees-Browns windup,

and sent it in good. They didn’t think it was in the book for the. Yankees to blow all four games to the Browns, so that's the way they bet.

the bigger bettors told me affer it

was all over and he gave no credence whatever to the Leonard story. In fact, he was the one who described it as “either a gag or a dream.”

Think It Over

DETROIT, Sept. 27 (U. P.), = There were a few new characters but the script was the same today

for the league leading Detroit Tigers. The last two days tell the tale.

This time the setting is in St. Louis and the battered Bengals have two days of rest before the final act in the American league pennant race.. They are a little better off in one respect—they already have clinched a pennapt tie and need only one more victory in their remaining two games with the Brownies to clinch the bunting undisputedly. And the Tigers are geared. They have those two big days of rest before resuming play on Saturday when it is highly possible that their “money pitcher,” Hal Newhouser, will be back on the mound trying to win the “clincher.” Can Take No Chances

Manager Steve O'Neill, knowing that two defeats will end the race with the Tigers and the well-rested Washington Senators in an exact tie, can take no chances on a playoff game with Washington on Monday, A defeat Saturday would make the pressure on the Sunday pitcher tremendous, He might gamble with Paul (Diazy) Trout, who has been batted hard in his last outings, leaving Newhouser certain to go Sunday. Browns All Set The Browns will have their best pitching talent, probably Nelson Potter and Bob Muncrief ready to go against Detroit. Potter beat

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i E14 under way at.11 o. In. with he exception of the Park school ntest which begins an hour earlier, Opening contests in the senior for boys of ety school age postponed Oct.” 1. me. ed ver Sundays. Probable starters in iis division are Golden Hill Eagles, Bucket, Garfield = Redskins,

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expanded program of from eight to 12 teams in operation,lof the town for his masterful, 11city recreation junior football league will start operations .Satur~|to-0 shutout in which he struck out

Saturday's schedule of play will consist of teams made up of gradeto 206, taps for both major leagues. pl boys who have not yet reached their 16th birthday.

Creek plays at Park school, Spring

Boogie Haven, Northeast Commu{nity center, Rhythm Rockers, Jive Town, Eastside Bagles, Brookside, Jive Hive, Merchant Knights, Oak Hill, 30th and Illinois, Keystone and Southside Smoothies. Owing to a shortage of equipment, particularly in the head gear and shoulder pad line, K. Mark Cowan, city recreation director, issued an appeal for used football items. Mr. Cowan added that ar~ rangements will be made to call for the sporting goods if anyone who has equipment will phone the recreation department.

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REMAINING GAMES

them with a two-hit shutout last Sunday and probably will start Saturday. : There were few post-mortems on yesterday's split with the Cleveland Indians before 41,800 fans in the last two home games for the Tigers. Newhouser was the toast

10 batters to run his season’s total

Two Important Homers

First inning help from the bat ters gave Newhouser a 5-to-0 lead, mainly because of a three-run Roy Cullenbine homer, but he didn't let down. Hank Greenberg blasted another three-run homer to make it 8 to 0 iin the seventh but Newhouser still bore down, He scattered seven hits. to record his third shutout in a row in winning starts. That made him a total of eight shutouts and 34 victories for the campaign, The 3-to-2 loser of the second game, Alton Benton, had no excuses. Timely hitting had given him a 2-to-0 lead when his own fielding miscue got him in hot water in the sixth. That put two men on base and set the stage for Les Fleming to hit a game-tying double, George Caster came on to yield a single to Pat Beerey which scored Fleming with the marginal run.

Robinson Gets Close Verdict

CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (U. P).— Ray (Sugar) Robinson, New York, leading welterweight contender, staged a terrific 12th round rally last night at Comiskey park to gain a narrow split-decision win over jolting Jake LaMotta. The bout was a close one for the officials as well as the 14,755 customers who poured nearly $80,000 into Promoter Jack Kearns’ coffers. One judge awarded the fight to LaMotta 63 points to 57 but the referee and another Judge favored Robinson with 61 to 59 counts. Robinson gave away nine pounds to the chunky New York middle weight but he kept his sharp left In LaMotta's face the entire evening to keep Jake off-balance where®his weight was of little advantage.

Omaha to Return To Hockey Play

- DETROIT, Sept. 27 (U. P.) ~The Omaha Knights of the United States Hockey league will resume competition for the 1046-47 season

after a two-year wartime lapse, it Pee

was learned today. The league itself, also inoperative during that period, has been reore ganized and Omaha, like Indian< apolis, a farm club of the Detroit Red Wings of the major National league, will be ready for action Jack Adams, coach of the Red Wings, sald the army had released the Omaha arena, which had been used as an ordnance depot,

Gould Chief ‘Ump’

of the Indianapolis Umpires asso-

ciation. Other officials of the or-| Jess ganization for the coming year are | Hilda John | Helen

Lee Nathan, vice president; Hoffman, secretary, and Paul Kramer, treasurer. The group's

| final meeting of the year will be a Le"

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Harry Gould is the new president | Ba

Hoosier college football teams take on seven games this week, including the season-opener by the Irish of Notre Dame against Illinols at South Bend. Butler is to open its season against Eastern Illinois Normal at the Fairview bowl. . The Notre Dame engagement puts all of Indiana's “Big Three” into action, Indiana began with a clean slate last Saturday by whipping a favored Michigan outfit, and Purdue duplicated with a triumph over Marquette. DePauw university, which took possession of the traditional “Monon bell” by surprising Wabash, meets Illinois State at Greencastle this Saturday. Valpo to Open The Hoosiers of Indiana, fresh from the Ann Arbor victory, will go to Northwestern for the second 1945 contest, while Valparaiso university opens at Indiana State,

which conquered- Eastern Illinois last week.

Illinois Wesleyan at Crawfordsville,

Hilltoppers, journey to Great Lakes.

By HARVEY HARRIS High school football fans were assured of a choice program this week-end as Indianapolis elevens went through final shaping-up plans for tomorrow's tests. Five feature afternoon games in the city are scheduled along with two outstanding night contests. Headlining the Capital city contests are 8 pair of games which feature the initial meeting of four schools. Broad Ripple and Tech square off as gridiron strangers on the East Side fleld while a spunky Howe eleven will be opposing Manuals Redskins for the first time in intra. city foothal play, Tech's Greenclads rule a slight favorite over the Rockets on the basis of previous scores. The Big Green won from Jeff of Lafayette last week, triumphing handily, 21-6, while Broad Ripple took the measure of a weak Ben Davis team, 33 to 0. In another section of town, at Delavan Smith field, an Fast Side team, Howe, will be attempting to halt the victory cry that Manual rooters have been chanting since Walt Floyd first called his team together,

Some heavy scoring resulted in

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215—666 for Broad Ripple Post in 3 American Legion league at the Sturm alleys. Ralph White, the Irvington sharpshooter, came in for some share of honors, when hé paced the Knights of Columbus eircuit In its weekly gathering at Dezelan’s. He had 195, 225, 235-— 655 for Scott Moving & Storage. Other High Hits Bert Garland posted 213, 237, 204 ~G54 for Solataire in the MoonLite Classic, and Jack Fahey hit 650 on nose with 223, 200, 227 for Wallace Tool & Die in the Rost Jewelry session at Speedway. Bertha Urbancic starred In feminine circles, getting her second 600-series of the current season, She had 192, 186, 225--603 for Hoosler Coal & Oil Co. in the Ernest Johnson Coal Co. loop at Fox-Hunt. The Hoosiers also took team honors with 794, 916, 937-2647. Three other Johnson league members passed 550, Lucy Court getting 573, Judy Hindel 565 and Bernice Robling 561,

OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS

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FRIDAY

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Wabash will try again to get into the winning stride in a game with

Purdue’s Boilermakers, who barely got by a fourth-quarter rally in noon wh a home game with the Marquette ern Illinois Teachers after a war-time lapse. A sophomore, Fine formerly played with the Ben Davis 8 high school eleven.

City, County High Schools Face Heavy Slate

Hoosier College Griddars to Perform in Seven Games This Week Including Big Three’ Teams

Marion Fine, left halfback, will be in action Saturday afteren Butler resumes footbalh at the Fairview

Both elevens annexed last week’s contests by identical scores, 26 to 0. Manual nipped Columbus while Pike township bowed to Howe. The cards

» TOMORROW'S SCHEDULE Broad Ripple at Technical. Howe at Manual, Warren Central at Washington, Sacred Heart vs. Cathedral at Victory field (night). : : Shortridge at Southport (night), Beech Grove at Silent Hooslers, Sumner (St. Louis) at Crispus Attucks. Speedway at Lawrence Central Pike Township vs. Ben Davis at Speedway (might), Decatur Central at Plainfield.

should fall in favor of Manual, if experience counts, Since experience does count, Man= ual with reputedly the best -line in the city should have the upper hand in this contest. A bevy of burly baeks should also aid the Manual cause; In another afternoon encounter, Washington will play host to Warren Central. The Warriors boast

Todd Wilbur Paces Midweek Tenpinners With a 688 Tally

sions as Todd’ Wilbur carried off individual honors with a 688 in the

Rolling with the Special Assignment team at Speedway alleys, Wilbur, star amateur baseball player, connected for game of 215, 217, 256. Jack Falk took runnerup honors when he connected tor 202, 244,

an aggressive county squad “this

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2-Bout Fistic Menu Filled

Mike McKessick, Indianapolis | middleweight, and Doug Jordan,! Chicago, have been added to the lineup of fighters who will see action tomorrew night at the Armory, Matchmaker Lloyd Carter of the Hercules Athletic club has ane nounced. The pair will clash in the

opening four-rounder on the fivetilt program,

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year and the game should see the two teams fairly evenly matched. Other city contests feature Crispus Attucks against Sumner of St. Louis end the undefeated Silent Hoosiers entertaining Beech Grove. Heading the evening's football card will be the Sacred Heart-Ca-thedral classic at Victory field. This is the contest that the Spartans have been pointing for over a perigd of 12 months. As Coach Frank Oliphant of Sacred Heart asserted, “We'd rather win this game than any other on our schedule.” Perhaps the Spartans remember the 53-7 lacing they suffered at the hands of Cathedral last year. Shortridge has been working on a pass defense all week in an effort to stop the aerial offensive of Southport tomorrow night at the Cardinals’ stadium. The Blue Devils will be watching especially for the passing-receiving duo of Kenneth Bridges and Hank Tonges, Shortridge shellacked Crawfordsville last week in their lid-lifter, 40-0 while Southport sports a record of two wins and one loss suffered at the hands of Warren Central.

3 Pilots Lead Raceland Field

‘What -shapes up to be a hairsplitting three-way scontest in local midget racing circles loomed this week-end as a trio of drivers counted their points in preparation for the season finale at Raceland Sunday afternoon, Ted Duncan, Chicago; Duane Carter, Lok Angeles, and Harry MacQuinn, Indianapolis, are practically deadlocked for points. A special prize will go to the driver annexing the greatest number of points, Duncan leads with 126 points. Just a single point behind the leader is Carter. Slow to get started but gaining steadily is MacQuinn, who has 117.

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The featured bout, slated for 10 rounds, will be a rematch between | Bob Simmons, Indiana welterweight | champion, and Bob Fowler, Minne- | apolis, with the local battler holding | the edge by virtue of a previous | eight-round decision win over the | northerner, Other bouts will pit heavyweight | Vie Hutton, Terre Haute, “against Jack Pumphrey, Chicago, heavyweight Al Sheridan, Indianapolis, against Billy Sullivan, Chicago, in & rematch from last week when Sullivan scored a second-round

ts |k 0, and a six-round semi-final

middleweight skirmish between Jack Hill, Bloomington, Ill, and Leroy Scales, Chicago,

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THURSDAY, SEPT. 27, 1945

their “cousins,” the Reds.

And a sweep of today's twin bill would salve a lot of wounds and bolster a shaken team. The Cubs were glad to leave town after the 11-to-6 mauling they received from St. Louis yesterday, cutting their lead to one and a, half games, But despite that, the Cardinals’ cause is a fading one. Provided the Cubs lost two of their remaining five games, Manager Billy Southworth’s scrappy crew has to win all of its remaining four games, starting with tonight's tilt at Pittsburgh, to gain a tie. But whether they win or lose, let the 1945 Cardinals be known as one of the grittiest teams of the many fighting clubs that have worn the Cardinal red. Cubs Use Seven Pitchers Riled by taunts from the Cub dugout, angered by jeers from the capacity crowd of 42,298 fans, the Cardinals exploded with all the fury of the old “Gashouse Gang” yesterday to climb right back on the Cubs’ heels. The 1945 edition of the “Gashousers” know they're a “thousand-to-one” shot, to win their fourth consecutive championship. But no team ever met the challenge more eagerly, The league leaders could have practically rung up the pennant on the Wrigley fiéld flag pole yesterday with a victory, but the Cardinals slugged seven Chicago pitchers for 18 hits, climaxing their thundering offensive with a six-hit, five-run explosion in the seventh inning against four Cub pitchers. It gave the Cards their 16th victory in 22 games with the league leaders. It was the game clincher, although Cub Manager Charley Grimm announced that the remainder of the contest would be played under protest.

Louisville and St. Paul Idle

ST, PAUL, Sept. 27 (U. P)— Louisville and St. Paul, tied with two games each in the American association finals playoff series, ‘meet again fonight in the fifth game of their post-season series to determine the league's entry in the little world series. Last night's contest between the two teams was

postponed by rain. Winnér of four out of seven games will be named the A. A. representative to meet either Newark or Montreal in the International league.

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Cubs Play Twin Bill in Ciney While Challenging (Cardinals [Battle Pirates in Night Tilt

CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (U. P.)—The league-leading Cubs, deafened by the noise of crashing Cardinal bats, expected to find a cure for their “St. Louis Blues” at Cincinnati today by sweeping a double-header from

The Cubs, who set a new league record this year for winning “twos a-day” games, have whipped the Reds 19 out of 20 games this season.

Grimm Claims

Mate on Line

CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (U. P).-= “You understand, we don’t need the game,” Manager Charley Grimm of the Cubs, said today. “Nobody is going to catch us now, but we're filing a protest just to show that we know when we're robbed.” Grimm was sore. He believed his league-leaders were “robbed” yes terday in the seventh inning when the Cards pushed across five runs for a 11-to-6 victory over the Cubs. Grimm announced, after the second Cardinal hit in the seventh, that the game would be played the rest of the way under protest. Decision Is Reversed .

After Whitey Kurowski led off with a single, Ray Sanders whistled a drive to the rightfleld wall where Bill Nicholson apparently caught it with his hand against the concrete and then threw to the infield, doubling Kurowski off first. Umpire lee Ballanfant ruled it a double play. But when advised by Umpire Walt (Butch) Henline that the ball had grazed the wall and then stuck in Nicholson's glove, Ballanfant reversed his . decision, putting Kurowski on second and Sanders on first. Grimm protested, but not about Nicholson’s catch. Grimm claimed that Sanders passed Kurowski on the baseline and therefore was automatically out,

Negro Champions Play Here Tonight

The Homestead Grays will play the final Negro baseball game of the season here tonight when they ope pose the Cleveland Buckeyes, nae tional champions, at 8:30 at Victory fleld. The Ohio aggregation took four straight contests from the Grays te gain the Negro crown this year,

Nelson is Favorite In Portland Open

PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 27 (U, P.)—Byron Nelson, whose golf earnings probably will exceed the income of the President of the United States this year, squared off today against a top field in the opening round of the .$14,333 Porte

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