Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 January 1946 — Page 22

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Winner in 1933 Sh By ART WRIGHT Along about 1960 one of the entrants in the Times-Legion Golden

Gloves tournament will have in his corner & winner from the first

He was a sophomore at Beech Grove high school in 1933 when he

“Times-Legion Golden Gloves tourney by chalking up four knockouts. Although he didn’t score a K.O. in his title bout, he won a close decision over Bernard Cangany to earn the trip to Chicago for the finals. The 118-pound bantamweight lost his first match at Chicago.

In 1934 he came back wearing the colors of the Southside Turners for the second time . ,. and again won the title in the bantamweight class. The fights that year were moved from Tomlinson hall to the Armory. Johnny was credited with an easy decision over Kelly Burgess of the Washington A. C. in what was described as the outstanding battle of the 19<fight card in the finals. Seasoning of the first yeat proved valuable for the Beech Grove star for he reached the quarter-finals in Chicago. : The next year Johnny was out of

For Johnny Krukemeier, flashy Beech Grover who slugged his way to the bantamweight title in the inaugural go in 1933, sees a future Golden Glover in 2-year-old Tommy, ' “And I hope he continues to like mixing it up,” the former Gloves champion said during a friendly scuffie with the youngster, “I think the Golden Gloves is a swell thing « « » it's a great conditioner for a boy—and I never miss seeing the fights.” Johnny says he'll be at the ringside again this year. Now a parther in the Dugan & Krukemeier Manufacturing. Co. makers of plastic products at 8 S. Holmes ave.; Johnny says he once expected to make a career of boxing. ‘ %

Versatile John McCarthy May Change Braves’ Experiments at First Base

By MILTON RICHMAN, United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—1Itf you're looking for a suitable adjective to describe first-baseman Johnny McCarthy of the Boston Braves, thumb through the “V's” in the dictionary and stop at “versatile.” The blond navy veteran, who celebrated his 33d birthday two weeks ago, has dabbled as cigar-department manager in a chain drug store, | a member of Chicago's suburban police force, amateur boxer, football | coach, and baseball pitcher. There * - ———— is little question in the minds of baseball observers, however, that first-base is where he really belongs. Johnny was born in Chicago

and 1938. His fielding was so fine that Johnny earned the nickname of “Slick,” but his hitting wasn’t powerful enough to cause opposing

and pitchers any sleepless nights.

sing choir, In order to play ball and occasionally, Johnny complied with her wishes. He was a cagey customer with his| dukes but was even better as a hurler. He caught on with a strong semi - professional club in the Windy

the first-base job all to himself, but then hulking Zeke Bonura came along. :

left-hander was cast in the role of an understudy. Bonura stayed with the Giants one year and then went back into the American league, . Johnny On Job Terry, an excellent ficider him-

McCarthy City and was so impressive on the

with awkward fellows in the field, 50 Johnny again was given the job when Bonura left,

where he batted .340. During that same winter, the Dodgers traded Johnny, Outfielder Buzz Boyle and $40,000 to the Newark Bears for Pirst-baseman John (Buddy) Hassett. A short time later, Bill Terry, another firstbaseman, entered the picture, Terry, manager of ‘he New York Giants at the time, had seen MeCarthy while he was with the Dodgers and was so impressed bv the deft way he handled himself around first-base that the Giant skipper decided to get him for his team, ” He obtained Mac from Newark

the first-base assignment with Sambo Leslie for the Giants during 1937

ll Results

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improvement and he still had that ballet-dancer’s touch at the initial sack. He was becoming an important cog in ‘Boston's wheel, hitting 304—his best average in the majors —when he entered the navy at the! end of the 1943 baseball season. Since his departure, Boston has experimented continuously with players at the quarter-turn. Me-| Carthy probably will change all! that this summer.

Plan Sports Arena In Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 24 (U. P.. ~A group of six, including Oscar Johnson and Roy and Eddie Shipstad, owners of the Ice Follies, announced tonight that they would construct a $1,500,000 sports arena in Philadelphia and bid for a National Hockey league franchise, The new construction will begin as soon as building materials are! available. The structure, to be designed by George Funk, noted! architect who built. Madison Square Garden and the Boston Garden will house 10,000 fans for hockey and 13,500 for boxing shows,

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4 Shelbyville; 24, Greenfleld; 3d, sou es hi or on. Devon MECRERY 8 mp co ete ESE HR Sv oluli £8 (0) Ducks of the Middle Atiantic| [ioe but apart from primate | T : league in 1934, his undoing. The Se released| ON INDIVIDUAL Avzsiens Cook's Tour him after the 1941 season and he|F. hope 192.5/M, Wright 1840 The next year “Mac” went on 8 found his way to Indianapolis of | hs 0, min -- 1807. Davidson .. 1814 cook's tour of the minors but/the American association. With | Dorsett .. ...0 188.9/Stanley .. 178.4 mround up the season with Brooklyn. the Hoosiers he drove in 133 runs “***' Aili i sabi a In between, he received his mail at and batted .295 so the Braves PUT mma Tey. . Haman Reading, Pa. Allentown, Pa. and | chased him in August of 1942. Marsh Sacramento, Cal. He spent most| Back in the big leagues again, |Bener™. :: 188.0/Borders ....... of the season with Allentown his hitting underwent a distinet|® Addison ... i

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discharged from the | Pytlak.

Potential Golden Glover gets some tips from-“Daddy”—Johnny Krukemeier, a Gloves champ in the

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school and ready to “cash in” on the experience he gained in the Golden Gloves . . . but “things got tough,” he recalls; and he had to 80 to work in those depression years, Johnny did get three professional fights in during 1939—two at the|prea Armory and his last one at Dayton, O. After working at Allison's and Ofville

other plants here, he went into busi-

in 1944,

“But I still like to go to the fights,” he said. Here's the complete card of winners in the first Times - Legion tourney: Flyweight, Harold Mason, Vietory A. C.; bantamweight, Johnny Krukemeier, Southside Turners; lightweight, Tillman Garrett, Ft. Harrison; welterweight, Nate Goldberg, unattached; middleweight, Johnny Chesunos, Ft. Harrison; light heavyweight, Edward Schmidt, Ft. Harrison; heavyweight, Marsh- | all Kealing, Washington A. C.

Simpson Has

High Total

Simpson of the Kingan team fired a 194 to be the. outstanding {individual in the week’s firing for ithe Central - Indiana Rifle league. Scores and statistics follow:

NGAN Simpson ........ Borders re

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a] DANVILLE (Forfeit) PENN 182 Clevenger ...... 100} (Forfeit) KE ian 183 Clever .......... 183 Brinsley ....... 172 Total co. 910] INDIANAPOLIS BELL W. Davidson ...190|F. Davidson . 186 Reece ".:........ 187 Mears 180 Banna ......... 185{ Thompson ...... 174 Alexander ...... 174{Loeffler ........, 174 Shas ue naan 1 cecnnnesas 113 Total .....c en 907 Total ......... 886

MID-SEASON LEAGUE STANDING 1st,

Andres, Pytlak Sign

BOSTON, Jan. 24 (U, P.).—The Boston Red Sox announced today 19046 contracts have signed with third baseman Ernie Andres of Jeffersonville, Ind.; pitcher George Woods of Rutland, Vt. and catcher Frank Pytlak of Buffalo, N. Y. Andres recently was navy as was

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231, while McGrew, in action with Goodman's Department Store, had 222, 247, 200. : Members of the Indianapolis league, in session at Pritchett's, turned in three sparkling performances, with Jerry O'Grady of Fehr's X-L Beer setting the pace with 188, 236, 245668. A team mate, Ed Striebeck, was next in line with _|178, 236, 252-666. Emil Luca rounded out the trio with 236, 207, 218—

|661 for Van Camp's.

[Six Soloists Roll Above 650 Mark to Set Pace hn F or Bowlers in

High scoring honors in last night's local tenpin league sessions were divided as six soloists hurdled the 650-mark in their trio of efforts. Snub’ Cave, in setting a season record in the Moon-Lite Classic league, rolled a 669 to tie the three-game total of John McGrew in the

Cave, performing with Shorty’s Paint & Body Shop had 242, 196,

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Loop Play

652 in the Post Office league at the Indiana alleys, was the top solo series of the season in that league, and completed the sextet of heavy hitters of the Wednesday matches. Another 600-series was added to women's accomplishments as Della Beck posted a 630 in the Anderson Spring Service matinee session at Pritchett's, She had 175, 220, 235 for her initial entry in the select class this season and the first 600-series

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ye THURSDAY, JAN. 24, 1946

End of Trail—'Tony'

: By CARL LUNDQUIST, United Press Sports Writer NEW YORK, Jan. 24.—It looked like a long, hard road ahead today for the major league oldsters who kept baseball alive during the war. For instance, there wasn't ‘a job to be had anywhere among the 16 big time teams for Tony Cuccinello, the 88-year-old Chicago White Sox veteran who missed the American league batting championship by less than a percentage point, “Cooch,” with the deepest regret in his vofce, announced his re tirement from baseball yesterday, anti-climaxing his greatest year in 14 seasons In the big time, a year when he batted. 308 and was nosed out for the junior circuit batting title because George Stirne weiss of the Yankees hit a bare .309. 3 y » » ® = ” And it wasn’t as if it were an old man past the period of his use. fulness was giving up the game. With the colorf little Italian from nearby Long Island city, the “old Cucecinello” of 1 was better than the “Cuccinello of old,” who down through the years hit major league pitching for a .281 clip. In other words, the White Sox saw fit to let 80 a veteran who rounded out a long major league career with the best season he ever had and who wis unable to land a job with any other team, either ag

! ness under the present partnership a

Tl Crawfordsville against seven wins.

Dwight McKenzie's 224, 191, 237—|in the Anderson loop.

Betty Weaver, Johnson....,... Emmalou Burton, Eli Lilly Hilda Gildmeier, Ei Lilly ............ Rosemary Kakius, litaire Mixed. .,. Agnes Junker, Johnson ...... Rosemary Minatel LGS Mixed Margaret Maffett, U, 8. 2 Betty Dobyns, Johnson Dorothy Ohristian, oR

Mary Jane Wilmoth, St: Philip Elsie

Ethel Ward, Kay Jewelry .......... Mary Waltermire, North Bide Mary tson, Budweiser .

Ruth Lehmann, Riviera 600 | Gene Crist, Wm. H. Stewart-Warner

Opal Reynolds, Stewart-Warner...... Ruth Henderson, Mary Tarpey, Wm. J. Holliday Mixed 387

Bus Orphey, Knight of E. Brody, Medical 1 * Eh a (pox i Hickey Is Back . : W. Pugh. Log Med «With Kautskys Jack Kirby, St. Philip Men's Club 365 ; Geo. Meno, Wm. J. Holliday Mixed .. se1| iil Coach Nat Hickey ready for Red Schwab, Sam Tyner's Tavern ... 560 |action again after recovering from Sam. Sink, R.C.A. (Uptown) © 558

an ankle injury, the Indianapolis

Miller, Li pher 7...:.. .. : 24 Kautskys will be at full strength Bill Kohistadt, Fidelity Trust Mixed. .. 503

for their National league basketball game with the Oshkosh All Stars at the North Pennsylvania street armory Sunday afternoon. Hickey played for the first time in almost two weeks as the Kautskys upset Ft. Wayne in a contest at Louisville Tuesday night and he probably will resume his regular position at guard against the All Oshkosh boasts the best defensive record in the league so far this season and should provide a stiff test for Kautsky’s improved attack.

MeMillin Cancels Trip to Japan

BLOOMINGTON, Ind, Jan. 24 (U. P)—Alvin N. (Bo) McMillin, coach of Indiana university's 1945 Big Ten football champions, said today he had cancelled plans to set up recreational football among G. L’s in Japan. McMillin said a lingering cold has confined him to his home since late December and that he planned to spend three week vacationing’ in Ft. Worth, Tex, in an attempt to “break” the cold. He blamed his illness on the rigorous grind of after-dinner speeches required after his undefeated season and selection ‘as coach of the year. The army had asked McMillin and several other leading football coaches to set up the G. I. football in Japan.

Emmett Cox, Real Silk Knitters. .... J. Reading, Farm Security Mixed....

600 BOWLERS (WOMEN) Della Beck, Anderson Spring Serv...

Two City Teams

Score Victories

chalked up victories in high school basketball games here last night. The Blue Devils checked a lastminute rally of Crawfordsville’s Athenians to finish with a 43-41 margin at Shortridge. It was the seventh win in 12 starts for the Blue Devils and the seventh defeat for

Don Hinkle with 14 points and John Kroetz with 13 paced Shortridge. After the visitors jumped into an early 4-0 lead, the Blue Devils wound up ahead for the first period to the tune of 14 to 17. 11th Victory Sacred Heart's’ 11th victory in 13 starts was at the expense of Plainfield at the Spartan gym. The final count was 45 to 29. The Visitors trailed 13-7 at the end of the first quarter and continued on the short end of 26 to 14 at intermission. The Spartans were paced by Mike Zahn and Botts Conway. On the county side of the docket, Franklin tdwnship’s new tourney champions, rumbled to a top-heavy 81-18 triumph over Boggstown. It was easily the season’s highest total in Marion county, in fact, the highest in many years.

INDIANAPOLIS GOES FOR PLANTATION

Locai league Tenpin Scores

ack, Marmon-Herrington Mxd. 487

re, Our Lady of Lourdes 472 , Eagles 1 1|{A. Rodman, Farm Security Mixed.... 467

Fidelity Trust Mxd. 432

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" fact that baseball in 1946 may be of the highest standard in a decade, Major league executives probably didn’t

overlgok. Cuccinello, they just were unable to fit him into their pros. NG - ton NOMEN} pects for the coming season with a heavy array of holdover talent, Snub Cave, Moon-Lite Classic........ 669 | Beulah Maners, Ern. Johnson Coal Co. 575 & } 100 on their player lists. John McGrew, West Side Merchants . 669 |1sabel Kroeger, JORRSon............ se: 550 . Be a. a jerry O'Grady, Indianapolis. ......... 668 pulty Strie se JORDSON. ousvs iy 541 Ed febeck. Indianapolis 666 ie Jardina, Johnson..... 537

The White Sox veteran is only one of a number who have been turned adrift recently, despite outstanding 1945 records. Pitcher Paul Derringer, who won 16 games with the ® national league champion

3| Cubs, is another example, although unlike Cuccinello, he settled for a

Job with a minor league club, signing a contract to pitch with the Indianapolis Indians of the American association. ~ - ” There are others on every club who soon must come to the same crossroads. Bill Dickey, the immortal Yankee catcher, is one, Charley Ruffing, his strong-armed right-handed battery mate, is another. There probably are good minor league jobs awaiting them, or perhaps come fortable occupations in private business, which was the choice of

Beavis : han, Johisan Dodger Pitcher Larry French. French, the wily left-hander, Farold Ruschaupt, EN Ldlly.......... 615 big who had won 197 major league victories, decided to sell automobiles in Re Whig rn SIR at OTHER LEAGUE LEADERS (woMEN) | California after returning from the navy, rather than to go on the Walter Engl Indianapolis... ....... 12 a lory Ser Yandicep... iM mound after a three-year layoff. And French could have had Prank Held Jr., West. Side

a job had he wanted it. ‘a Dodger

Purdue’s I. U. Rivals Pay Tribute To Skill of Lambert, Retiring Coach

Times Special BLOOMINGTON, Ind. Jan. 24.—The announcement today of Ward (Piggy) Lambert's retirement as Purdue university's head basketball coach, brought the following comments from Indiana university athletic officials, all of whom have been close associates of Lambert during his 28 years as Purdue's head basketball coach: Branch McCracken, head basketball coach duty: “I've always considered ‘Piggy’ Lambert as one of the top coaches of basketball in the nation. He has done as much, if not more, for basketball than any other coach in the country. I hate to see ‘Piggy’ retire from the game. It is going

Just returned from navy

in getting the most out of the material he has had available for the use of the fast-break offense. His retirement will be a loss to the basketball coaching fraternity ™ Z. G. Clevenger, Indiana’s director of athletics, had this to say: “Ward Lambert has been one of the outstanding basketball coaches of the nation. He has established, 8 most enviable record. He can retire now knowing that no one will surpass his achievements for many, JAY years,” :

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