Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 January 1946 — Page 20

1941, Bucky Walters and Derringer

Paul Derringer

Given Release

CHICAGO, Jan. 3 (U. P).—~Paul

in 15 years. General Manager James Gallagher of the Cubs gave the big, $0-year-old righthander his unconditional release with the announcement that it was “a move to give youngsters a chance.” “Oom Paul” broke into the majors with the Cardinals in 1831. Pitched for Cincinnati from 1933 through 1942 and joined the Cubs in '43. He was the only hurler in the majors last season to have participated in three world series with three different teams. In 1931; he opened the October classic for the Cardinals against Lefty Grove of the A's. In 1939 and

pitched Cincinnati to pennants and last fall Derringer pitched for the Cubs against the Detroit Tigers. Derringer's. peak seasons were 1031 and 1939 when he led the National league in winning percentage. He won 18 and lost eight in 1831 and 25 and seven in 1039. Der-

. games and lost only two, but the

ringer had a 16-11 record last season.

a Former Baseball Stars Named For This Year's Hall of Fame Ballot

"By MILTON RICHMAN, United Press Sports Writer : , .Jan. 3.~Twenty-one former baseball 'stars were riominated today for the 1046 ballot from which the baseball writers association will elect new members to baseball's hall of fame at Coopers-

town, N. Y.

December from a list of 202 nomi~ nees. Those who siirvived the initial voting were Frank (Home-Run) Baker, Chief Bender, Mordecal Brown, Frank Chance, Gordon (Mickey) Cochrane, Jerome (Dizzy) Dean, Bill Dickey, Johnny Evers, Frankie Frisch, Charles Gehringer, Clark Griffith, Robert (Lefty) Carl Hubbell, Miller Huggins, Herb Pennock, Joe McGinnity, Walter" (Rabbit) Maranville, Joe Tinker, Harold (Pie) Traynor, Rube Waddell and Ed Walsh. In the final balloting, the writers are authorized to select five men they consider most worthy of entering the hall. Perpetuated at Cooperstown This method has been adopted under the new rules which govern the voting. Any player who receives 75 per cent of the final votes on Jan. 190 automatically will be perpetuated at Cooperstown. Nominations, however, must come from the list of 21 as a vote for a luminary

The final balloting will be completed Jan. 19. The select 21 were nominated by members of the association during {cepted the position with the atti-

Carroll Widdoss (loft) last aight asked to be reliovad of bis hood ding post at Ohio State. Paul Bixler, his assistant, was elevated to the job and Widdoes, Coach of the Year in 1944, was re. tained as an aid in the Buckeye samp.

Head Grid Coaching Post Changes Again in Buck Camp

COLUMB(S, O, Jan. 3 (U. P.

Derringer was out of a major league | who in his first season became ‘‘Coach ef the Year” in a job he never pitching job today for the first Kime wanted, turned over direction of Ohio State's football team to Als as- | sistant, Paul Bixler, today, but remained as a member of the , gridiron

stafl,

The switch was made at Widdoes’ request at a special meeting of

the university athletic board last night. It was without parallel in college coaching ranks because Widdoes in two years with the| Buckeyes had established himself as one of the most brilliant young mentors in the game. In 1044, taking over as head coach when Paul Brown left to become a naval officer, Widdoes directed Ohio State to a perfect record season and the Big Ten championship and was named “Coach of the Year” in the annual award of the New York World-Tele-gram. Loses Only Two Games Last season the team won seven

defeats were to Purdue and Michigan and cost it a successful defense of the Big Ten title. Widdoes in tendering his resignation told Athletic Director L. 8B.

greats. The committee consisted of Ed Barrow, Connie Mack, Bob Quinn, two hall of fame officials, Stephen ©. Clark and Paul Kerr, and writer Melville Webb of the Boston Globe. : In addition to Bresnahan they elected Jimmy Collins, Hugh Duffy, Mike Kelly, and Jimmy O'Rourke. Those selections brought to 38 the total of immortals honored at Cooperstown, a little hamlet'in the foot~ hills of Otsego county where Abner Doubleday gave birth to the idea of baseball more than 100 years ago.

Probe Is Started In Bribe Attempt

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 3 (U. P)~— Track officials, police and stewards at Gulfstream race track continued

10.) high school. Brown and Wid-

an investigation today into an alnot included in the list of candi-|leged attemtp to bribe a jockey dates is void. and a trainer yesterday. 2 Under the new regulations also, Track police arrested John Sulli-

at least 200 votes must be cast to validate an election. + During the 1045 balloting last Januaty no one was elected under the out-dated rule which required a candidate to receive 75 per cent of all the votes cast. Chance, the

Cubs missed being installed by the narrow margin of seven votes, gar nering 179 votes of the 247 ballots

¥la., Dec. 3 (U. P).—The| cast. company’s annual

Close behind Chance were Wad-

¥ for “the most valuable| gal] Evers, Roger Bresnahan, Walsh,

Orange Bowl" was last

to Holy Cross’ All-|atcher Bresnahan is missing trom

_Btan

Ko8low- | tha current list and he was voted

into the hall by an old-timer's mittee eight months ago.

Ten Elected Last April

around the turn of the century.

“peerless leader” of the Chicago|_

and Huggins. Of the five only

Last April a committee of “older German Bout baseball men,” selected by the late Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis,

Landis created the committee be‘cause he thought the modern wtiters overlooked some of the old-tinde champion of Germany, at Hamburg

van, of Philadelphia and Miami Beach, and turned him over to the county sheriff's office late yesterday. on charges of attempting to bribe Jockey W. Mann and Trainer Ralph” Bohn of the. Midwestern stables.

Layden Rites DAVENPORT, 1a. Jan. 8 (U. P.. -Funeral services will be held. Saturday for Thomas Layden, 79-year old father of Elmer Layden, Nation-

died last night after an extended illness. The football league executive and another son, Mike, a Big

m= Ten official, were at their father's

bedside when he died.

BERLIN, Jan. 3 (U. P.) Press reports from. Hamburg state that|Jackie Westrope's 1044 record of elected 10 players who were active promoter Walther Rothenburg is|301 wins, -finished 1945 with 200 planning to match Max Schmeling, former world heavyweight chaimpion, with Walter Neusel, current|4Y 11 wins last year,” Jessop said,

| Anderson, Purdue

) Carroll Widdoes of Ohio State,

Here Tomorrow Carroll Wigdidoes is due to be in Indianapolis w at the IL A. C. for an Ohio State Alumni affair. He is scheduled to arrive tomorrow afternoon and will show grid films following a 6 p. m. dinner,

St. John that “two years ago I fell heir ‘to the position of head coach to which I had never aspired.” “At this time I have come to the conclusion that. I would be better satisfied as an assistant than I have been as lead coach,” he

staff as an assistant.” . Bixler, who was brought to Ohio State from Colgate when Brown became head coach in 1941, got his start as a line coach in a Canton,

does were long standing friends, both coming from Massilon (O.) high school where their coaching record was a distinguished one. Bixler, a father of five children, said “Naturally, I'm happy to have the opportunity that this gives me, but it is going to be a big responsibility.” “However, that is part of the business,” he said, “I have ac-

tude that I want to do the best job 1 can in developing a fine football squad at Ohio State. “1 know that Carroll wanted to step out of the responsibility’ that goes with the head coaching ‘job and I will bé glad to have him as an assistant.”

Ol' Diz Thinks Its Cards, Yanks In Next Series

LOS ANGELES, Jan. § (U. P)—

today that the Cardinals would meet the New York Yankees in the 1946 wdrld series. “Getting back all their stars like Slaughter and Musial and Moore, the Cards should ‘win easy,” Dean said. “And the same way with the Yanks. That Di Maggio alone will put them over, Dean, vacationing here with his wife, added he really was only kidding about a comeback, but that his brother Daffy, 33, recently dis-

{Best Purdue |For 2d Time

| rsh pointes for a Saturday date {with skidding DePaul today after

Jos Boyd, DePauw

‘|The 20 points moved Brown 62

tHassett swished a set shot to send

“night takes on an international

said: “With the approval of the new | head coach and the athletic board | I will be happy to continue on the

Dizzy Dean, ex-pitcher for St. Louis, in the National league, predicted |

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racking up consecutive victory No. 6 at Purdue's expense last night at Lafayette, 50-48. The Irish, outscored from the

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More Lineup

Changes for Caps in Store

More lineup changes are in store for the Indianapolis Capitals who face the champion Cleveland Barons here .next Sunday night. Rosy Rossignol, winger, has heen recalled by the parent Detroit Red Wings for a trial and Johnny Holota is back with the Sub, having reported last Tuesday It also appeared that the Caps will have to get along with three defensemen again Sunday or shift

due this season. Purdue blew 14 out of 24 free shot tries. In the state's only other game last night, lanky Harold Brown of Evansville college tossed in 20 points to pace the Purple Aces to an up-

" Here are the state’s top scorers: a Fa PFT

Brown, Evansville Royer, 18 State Wallace, I. U. CNY. Butler .. Cofer, Ind. State Janisch, Valpo Jones, Evansville . Kistler, Klier, Hoffman, Purdue Dille, Valpo \ Wittenbraker, I. U. .... BOIYIX, ‘Notre Dame Lash, Ind. State . 1 Cobk, - Batler a ie Pearcy, Ind. State PR | Depeugh, Ind. State ... Catlin, Ind. Central ... 7 Englebright, Evansville ...

’ set, 46-43 decision over touring Marshall college of West Virginia.

peints ahead of his nearest competitor in the individual state college scoring race.

Capacity Crowd

Hefty 711 by B Is re Local Pin Score

. Bill Gooch, star Negro bowler, in rolling the best three-game series of the season at the Fun Bowl, became the. 12th pinman to pass the 700-mark in local league play during the current’ campaign. Opening with a 279 that resulted when he connected for three consgcutive strikes, spared, and struck out, he added counts of 202 and 230 for ‘T11 for the Davidson-Smith Péod Market of the Fun Bowl |league club the Caps have failed to

ill Gooch.

a forward to the back line. Rollie McLenahan has been called to his New Brunswick home by the death of his father. Dick Behling, recently dachaiped from the army, is back with the club but probably won't be in condition for a while. He was due to practice today, however, after ‘taking several sessions of solo work. Blanked Twice *

Cleveland is the ‘only American

Industrial loop.

games, 1030, 10483006.

In the Purdue-Notre thriller, crowd of

Dame

some 8500,

rugged Paul

18-10 margin midway in the first| half. Notre Dame, with Leo Klier and George Ratterman showing the way, spurted to a 25-22 halftime margin and the Boilermakers led only once again—32-31 with 15 minutes left to play. Capt. Bill

the Irish ahead for keeps, Notre Dame leading at one stage, 47-39, The state’s college cage card to-

flavor as Puerto Rico university's touring quintet plays the ° ‘world’s | tallest basketball team” at Valparaiso university.

Leo Durocher

Now in Fold

MIAMI BEACH, Fla, Jan. 3 (U.| P.)—Leo Durocher, the Dodger | dandy who surprised baseball by | 7 not getting himself fired when, Branch Rickey became boss Brooklyn, began hig eighth year as | manager today. Durocher renewed his one-year | contract as Brooklyn manager in | a long distance telephone conver- | sation last night with Rickey in New York. "The signing of Durocher for his Kurth yas under Rickey reporty was on the same basis as last year when he made better than $60,000 to become one of the highest paid managers in major league history. That contract was on a bonus basis in which he-was promised $5000 for each 100,000 paying fans who came to Ebbets fleld in excess of 600,000. The signing of the contract put | an end tq rumors that. Durocher might lea%® the Dodgers to take over as Yankee manager under his old boss, Larry MacPhail, now head of the American league team.

Event Arranged By Casting Club

Signs With Reds

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the Fox-Hunt alleys.

650 was Omer (Shorty) Vogelgesang 991,

of the Knights of Columbus league. '213-63¢. The 991 game tied the round to Pittsburgh in the West80 Rolling with Royal Crown Cola at | Hoosier. Coal & Oil Co. for season|ern division race when the Hornets the--Dezelan alleys, Vogelsang- had |}onors- The- Hoosiers posted--their | trounced the--8t. Louis Flyers last 209, 168, 273—650. His final try big game in the Kernel Optical night, 5 to 2, |was the top single. game "of the loop. 71|8eason in the K. of C.: circuit.

The only other leaguer to reach of the season in femininé ranks. Mrs. Thorpe paced her team to times cut 6n the Baron rink. 876, 917—2784 with 241, 180,

last night's hig

master this season. Furthermore, they've been blanked their last two Meanwhile,

Indianapolis © lost

h [St. Louis, hand the Flyers a drub-

{a failure of the automatic clock en-

Al Striebeck, secretary of the an- abled Pittsburgh to score a goal

Bermis nou- week-ends; reports he has a few the Hornet goals. played before a capacity ling Thorpe turned in her second choice spots open on the schedule.! Danny Summers got the St. Louis the Irish 600-series of the season. to lead Teams desiring to shoot in this scores. spurted to a 5-0 lead only to have Mechanics Laundry to the best popular event are requested to call! Hoffman. and Capt. | three- -game total of the evening Striebeck at CH-7061 or the FounMwyin Anderson lead Purdué to anand a tie for the top single game: tain alleys, FR-2012.

Two classy performances emerged nual Fountain Square 1050 scratch When the period actually shogld from the weekly matches of the handicap team tournament that have been over. Ernest Johnson Coal ladies loop at’ opens Saturday for a run of two

Peanuts O'Flaherty made two of Fido Purpur and

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CINCINNATI, O, Jan. 3 (U. P). —The Cincinnati Reds, in the process of rebuilding with young players, today had signed Ted Kluszewski, Indiana university football and baseball star. The 6-foot, 2-inch, 205- first baseman was given a substantial {bonus for his signature, which was sought by several big-league clubs. Kluszewski tried out with the Reds here last season, and during batting practice drove five of about

tant right-field: bleachers.

Conn En Route To Hot Springs

PITTSBURGH, Jan. 3 (U. P).—

left last night for Hot Springs, Ark,

The Indianapolis Casting club is sponsoring an ‘accuracy casting | tournament registered with the National Association of Angling and Casting clubs Sunday. . The program will include 3's ounce plug accuracy, %'s ounce plug accuracy and a team event. Competition is expected from the Muncie, Columbus, Gary, Ft. Wayne and Jeffersonville casting clubs.

charged from the army, would report to the St. Louis Browns’ train- | ing camp at Anaheim, Cal, month. “I wouldn't be surprised to see| him get in a couple more .seasons| in the majors,” Dean said.

Jessop Is Up

al ‘Football league president, who On Four Winners

MIAMI, Fla, Jan. 38 (U. Ps Bandy-haired Dean Jessop, leading jockey for 1945, started off the new year with a bang when he pushed home four winners yesterday at Gulfstream park to set a new track record. Jessop, who tried in vain to match

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Lennan said that $30,000 would- '

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The Hornets, playing on home Vera Downs of ‘the Kay Jewelry rice accomplished what they had - Members of the Indianapolis Co, circuit at the Indiana failed to/béen unable to do all season at league, in session at Pritchett’s, land among found the going tough, but the gcorers, but she proved the most | bing. However, the game was played Marott Shoe quintet managed to consistent bowler of the*€vening,|under protest by the Flyers after top the 3000 mark in its trio of when she posted three 166's in her! the first period. - They charged that The Shoemen had 928, three league games.

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